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HcgretinbU' Confusion
f x the most casual manner, President Hard
* ing yesterday tossed u medium-size bomb
shell into the very midst of tho Wasliing
tnn conference Friends ot 1 ho four-power
ugreoineni. in tlit? conference, in tlie Senate
and on th" sice.lues, were still desperately
busy at late accounts with an attempt to
make the scene appear as i[ no explosion had
taken place. .Mr. Harding himself, it. must
he recorded, was doing everything in his
power to lielp tin- restoration along.
In the course of his talk with correspond
?iits, the President had quietly uttered
the opinion that the homeland of .lapan was
not included in territory covered by the
phrase, "tesulur posses-ions and insular do
minions." That was all. But that was quite
enough to galvanize the American "big four"
nd nearly all of their susceptible political
acquaiutauces within a radius of many
blocks. Tho President's statement meant
'imply that he did not interpret Article II.
fust as it has been interpreted by the men
who wrote it and signed it. It meant, more
over, that the President, certainly without
intending to do so, hud played directly
Into the hands of those who are laying their
piuns 10 defeat the pact, since it is a matter
?if common information that opponents of
.he agreement are training their heaviest
guns on this particular article and its al
leged obscurities.
The question that at once presents'itself
io the observer is this: Why has not the
?cnfercnce come right out in the open with
? full explanation of this article? The pub
lic?as well as the President of the L'nited
-.tates, it appear:-?lias been left to make
a hat it might of the provisions of Article
II. Such official ?explanations or interpreta
tions as have 101110 to the public notice
?eeni to have been sqM*.P':'.ed,f?ut of roluct
i.it spoke-m.11, and "fner* only after wholly
inofficial 1 Tilookers had raised the question
jf the article's inclusiveness. What does it
tnean? Admiral Uaron Kato speaks of a
Idedgo ?(! secrecy. That is an unhappy note.
Sew.- puji"!' i' I: lit now credits the inclusion
?t Japan'
inlands leaving no qu<
:ion ihat this inclusion wa.; ijv careful and
deliberate design- to the American and
British delegations The Japanese delega
it^n, it is inferred, was reluctant. Why
liese respective positions \\er< taken, i
eft to conjecture.
I11 tiio meantime, the whole situation has
11 thro ad into confusion by a clear-cut
?mergence of intt;r'pretation as between the
'resident and the American delegation. The
President has undertaken to relieve tlio
??nsion by declaring that the "dirference in
?iews in nowise will be permitted to 0111
jarriiB.s t!,.- conferent.,r the ratiiication of
?he atrreeiiient.-' J5Ut tj,e President is really
'.ot in a pi -ition to guarantVe thai promise.
' here is a certain amount of comfort in his
at neither tlie inclusion
1 Japan's home islands
1 the significance of 1 he
not blot out the pros
ing debate over the
ixegesis and intent Gf the article.
Leaderin the conference
Mnerican and Hri'isli leader
1 in mediae- ? tcps to t >. rii ( very available
.aridle-pow-r of light on i i delta tod article
? >; it mean: nothin;.-. 1 hat fact should be
fatabliKhfnl beyond dispute; if it means so
tnucli that ilir> jjiicr wouid he eninseiilated
t>y its amendment, ii.at meaning should be
Mucidatcd fuLv. The suspicion thiit there
!-? something dark n I sinister in the inclu
tion of Japan s homeland ought not to be
encouraged by reticence or conilicting views
if there is, in fact, nothing dark about it.
u.plied assurance 11
sor liie exclusion o
ft'ould materially a 11<
reaty, but tl.i.s do.
sect of eaiharra:?.
notably thn
should take
Sound Public Policy
THB United States Suprenu Court hand
ed down two decisions Monday which
iiore clearly define tlie rule by which sound
public policy is to be advanced. One of
these held invalid a legislative act of Ari
jena prohibiting the courts of that State
!rom issuing injunctions against picketing in
itrikes. The other declared the open com
petition plan of tho American Hardwood
Uauufacturers' Association a restraint upon
Irade in violation of the Sherman antitrust
Saw. In the latter decision the court di
flded 6 to 3, while In tho former the dlvl
lioj) was 6 to 4.
Tho substance of the decision in the Ari
lona case ivao that the States, in the exorciae
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k
of their police power, have no authority
through legislative action to prohibit the
courts from enjoining picketing In labor dis
putes when the object is the prevention of
lawless practices that constitute an invasion
of the rights of the employers and the re
striction of the freedom of willing workers
to pursue their labor unmolested. The
opinion of the court was delivered by Chief
Justice Taft, and the order ?uitered was that
the lower court orred in refusing to con
sider the application for an injunction which
was sought to restrain cortain methods of
picketing, and the case was remiinded to the
State courts for further trial, with the in
struction that should the facta he found as
represented, an injunction should be issued.
In I heir opinions dissent <ug from the
conclusions of the majority of the court,
the four justices appear to have harked
back in part to the early theory upheld l?y
certain extreme advocates of State rights,
but long since overthrown, thut the Supreme
? Court is limited in Uh power to declare in
valid the acts of State Legislatures in mat
ters pertaining to the exercise of authority
over their own domestic concerns. In so fat
as this theory may have influenced the atti
tude of the dissenting justices. Chief Jus
tice Taft makes this soundly reasoned, an- !
swer: "The legislative power of a State
I can only be exerted in subordination to
j the fundamental principles of right and jus
I tice which the guaranty of the fourteenth
| amendment is intended to preserve, and that
? a purely arbitrary or capricious exercise of
j that power whereby a wrongful and highly
injurious invasion of property rights, as
here, is practically sanctioned, and the
I owner, stripped of all real remedy, is
wholly at variance with these principles. . .
The Constitution was intended to prevent,
experimentation with the fundamental
rights of the individual."
The decision applies to this particular
case the principle recently laid down by the
court upholding the right of inferior courts,
both State and Federal, to grant anti
picket ing injunctions wlien the facts pre
sented showed that lawless methods wore
being pursued by the pleketers.
\ot a Mere Incident
IT would he most unfortunate if the tolls
feature of the Hyrd Park bridge pro
| posal should be obscured by other aspects
| ot the matter, either in the public mind or
I in the deliberations of Councilmcn. The
| tolls provision appears, in fact, to be the
| heart of the matter; certainly, from the
I viewpoint of (he public, it is of paramount
; importance.
Much has been said in advocacy of "a"
bridge. Public interest justifies every word
that has been uttered on this side. The
need for the bridge is not only obvious, but
extremely urgent. There is the danger,
nevertheless, that this need may so be em
, phasized in connection with the discussion
of the present proposal as to divert attention
! i'?om the real significance of the pending
plan.
This question should be held in mind:
j Roes Richmond want another toll bridge?
Richmond is not unacquainted with toll
bridges. in fact, Richmond ought to be
justified in claiming some measure of an- '
thority on the subject. it may hardly bo i
doubted that tho people of Richmond, with i
a reasonable opportunity to record their j
views on the subject, would leave an lm- '
pression of some hostility toward the idea I
of further committing the municipality to '
the private toll bridge system.
1 he desirability of a bridge requires no
supporting argument. We are all agreed on
that point. Now, let's get down to a calm
consideration of the feature of the proposal
on which there is a lack of agreement, tho
tolls feature. It is not a question of whether
we want a bridge, but a question simply of
whether wo are prepared to accept a bridgo J
on the terms that have been laid down.
Richmond s experience does not suggest an
itHirinalivo answer.
lint suppose it should be the senso of
City Council, after a thorough survey of ,
the matter, that the desired bridge cannot
be constructed without some provision for
a limited period of tolls collection. Would
not such a conclusion immediately justify
un inquiry as to why the city itself may not
wisely assume the burden of the project,
and itself collect the tolls until such time 1
as it may he practicable to make the bridge j
free to the public? A decision in Tavor of j
temporary tolls charges would clearly givo
pertinence to this question. And certainly, '
with a building arrangement of the sort here !
suggested, there would be less occasion for
! uneasiness and misgivings 011 the part of
the public with respect to the ultimate work
, ing out o.f the enterprise.
Decorating at the Expense of Others
j *-p\VO considerations that como.to mind at
, 1 once should operate to place a measuro
. of restraint upon . ity dwellers when they
, bend tl.eir steps toward the wooded coun
tryside in search of holiday greenerv: tho
simple property rights of others, and con
servation of a cherished gift ofy nature. It
should not be necessary to remind persons !
oi ordinary thoughtfuluess that both of i
these considerations are of high importance, j
I lie tii.-t, particularly, should require no :
< mphnsls either in newspaper columns or
in personal discourse. Unhappily, occasion I
for a definite reminder arises with tho ap
proach of every Christmas season.
I he requisition that is now being laid
upon wooded private properties in the coun
try about Richmond amounts to nothing
less than spoliation in many cases, and It
i:; safe to assert that generally the'despoil
ing draft has not been invited or authorized
by tho property owners themselves. That
these property owners only occasionally
register public protest and almost entirely
forego recourse to legal means of defense is
evidence merely of their forbearance and
innate sense of nclghborlincss, not proof of
complacence on their part. This inclina
tion to generous indulgence should in itself
act as a deterrent upon the activities of ax
carrying visitors from.the city. Apparent
ly, it does not in a great many instances.
Automobiles laden with large branches,
even with trees?root and branch?art? dally
streaming into the city. Leaves, twigs and
small branches do not satisfy; wooded places
are being ravaged with a lack of restraint so
mauifest as to suggest a feeling that this is
to be the last ( hristmas, and a theory that
110 resident of the country districts could
possibly havo the slightest Interest in pre
serving the plant life which shades and
beautifies his estate.
This is an old story, of course, and per
haps thero are sorno who have grown weary
of hearing itj^but 1L way be observed that
tho Btory Is one which in a fow yours will
possess only historical significance unless
it gains more serious attention now. It is
really not necessary to transport tho woods
of tho soction in tliuir entirety to the halls
and living rooms of Richmond in order to
give tho latter an appropriate holiday touch
and atmosphere. Something should bo left
for seed, so to speak; and a few respocta
blo plant speclmons might be spared ns ovi
denco to our indulgent i.oighbora beyond tho
city limits that our conception of Christ
inas ohservauco Is not wholly beside the tra
ditional idea of that colebratlou.
ttnuun Goldman's stay in Russia has con
vinced her, slio says, that "there is too
much government everywhere." A rather
i'.mhiguous statemeut. but a ray of light
may be found in Miss Goldman's declara
tion of her Intention to return to the United
States as soon as may be practicable.
Popular interest in the 10.000-word state
ment which is said to bo coming from Lin
denfeld has been lessened somewhat by the
publication of a six-word statement from
Mrs. Lindeufeld: "My husband," she says,
"is a born liar."
What was said or done iu the secret ses
sion of tho IJail Eireann, tho public has
not yet been told. it may bo worthy of
remark, however, that tho Georgetown seis
mograph has just bad another spell of vio
lent agitation.
Mexico's Minister of War has resigned
to become Minister of Agriculture. It is
too much to hope, however, that any great
number of Mexican generals will soon be
found between the plow-handles.
in passing, it may be remarked that tlio
railroad men, the business men, tho meat
packers, the carpenters and others who
voted a year ago for a,change arc having a
chance to think it over.
An American citizen is-said to have been
invited to become King of Albania. Some
body seems to bavo gotten an exaggerated
idea of tho trials and tribulations of being
an American.
The American ambassador occupied a
seat of honor for the opening of the British
Parliament; but, happily, it was another
George who did the talking.
It is hoped that the new colonels will be
named so that they can have their uniforms
made while tho prices are lower than in the
spring season.
Federal Prohibition Director Fulwiler is
the only man who will openly admit that
he has moro liquor than he really needs.
War tax on railroad tickets will end this
year, but that will not atYect the men who
ride the bumpers.
Up With the Times
IIv II. O. II.
Jack Dcmpsoy aspires to become a member
of tlie American Federation of l.nbor, but
where will bo find an opponent who can
stand up against liim for tho regulation ciglit
liour day?
If in its poverty Richmond is going back
to the methods of our fathrrs, why not erect
toll gates at Main and Kighth Streets and at
Seventh and Broad? They would bo produc
tive of much revenue, even if llioy did ntunt
tho city's future.
Now that Ireland has been made free, why
not start a similar movement hero In the
United States?
Fortune in bogus United States notes seized
by Federal agents probably was intended for
purchaso of bogus booze from crooked boot
leggers. And that scorns fair enough.
!>rbs free at Christmas, and ex-service men
looking for jobs. Depends on the viewpoint
just how merry It Is going to be.
Signing of the British peace pact ^ecins
to have aroused the "DeVal" in Do Valcra.
Monarchists of Germany still prating of the
Kaiser's flight as a "great sacriflcc"; but then
he saved his precious skin, which seems to
make It about fifty-fifty.
"Woman poses as husband," says a head
line; she merely usurped tho title, whtlo tho
vest of them as ye.t are content with the
prerogatives
One way to l>c merry on Christmas is to
forget there is such a date as January 1.
Kxcurslons acrosa tho Atlantic to witness
the peace dovo in Ireland would better be post
poned until the old bird's nervousness has
worn off.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch. Dec. 21, 1871.)
I,yno & Brother, real estate agents, yes
terday sold a brick tenement on the corner or
Monroe and Grace Streets, lot 33 by 153 feet,
for *3,500 to K. Y. Cannon.
Married, on tho 4th instant, at Flcteher'tf
Chapel, by Rev. J. Carson Watklns, W. W.
Phillips, of Richmond, and Miss Fnnnle Brown,
of l.unenburg County, Va.
Senator l.owls yesterday presented in the
United States S'-nnte a petition from
Richard Garrett, of Caroline County,
Va., asking compensation to the amount
of $2,?25 for his barn and goods
destroyed / by Colonel Baker to effect
the capture of John Wilkes Booth and D. C.
Harold In lSC,r>. Booth and Unfold, It will bo
remembered, were concealed in Garrett's burn
and H was destroyed by lire In order to get
them.
General Mahone has not ycl moved to Fo?
torsburg, but will become n citizen of that
city immediately after Christmas. So he stated
to a friend in this city yesterday.
George II. Burrows ha? been appointed, or
rather nominated, to be internal revenue as
sensor for the Fourth Virginia District.
,1. llngerty, of this city, has been granted a
patent for a pinking machine upon which ho
has In ? n working for a long time.
Mr. Braxton lias1 offered a bill In the lower
house of Congress for the contlnunnco of tho
improvement In tl:o Rappahannock River.
'I'li.: business before tliu present session of
the Virginia legislature is of such Import
ance. and thero is so much of It, the Senators
and members of the House are proposing an
unucuaily short Christmas recn?s.
According" to tho figures issued from tho
Cetihuh Bureau at Wanhington tho value of
farm lands In tho United States In 1870 was
$0,201."75.121; 'Implements employed on them,
$330,89,871; wagew paid, $310,068,473; products,
k ?2,446,602,870; live stock, $1,624,271,714.
A now lodgo of the Knights of Pythian has
been Inaugurated In Bmlthfleld, Isle of Wight
County.
SEEN ON THE SIDE
l?V IIliftIIY KDWAItn WAItNKK
Tonight. ?
Tonight I feel liko thirty conts,
Ono quarter and a lowly Jit,
1 ride ? tonipcruinontnl fenco
Ami don't think very much of It.'
Wore you to bFlng mo something nlco
Of amber hue. or sparkling gold,
Or tinkling' with the clink of Ice, v
I'd turn It clown?refuse it cold!
Nny. would I though? . . . Come, tent me then
And see. The way I feel, I trow
N??t many more uncertain men
K.xlttl: 1 really do not know
What 1 Would do. for as i say. I
Tonight I do not feel myself!
I've had a rotten sort of day? ,
I'm feeling rather on Iho shelf.
Would 1. . would you? ... 1 say, old top, I
Would you resist tho siren call j
of giggling hubbies and the hop.
Or would you grab it. after all?
Wouldst dally with the grape, and feel
j The ancient thrill of halcyon days.
J or would you scorn, with will of steel.
The lure of bacchanalian ways?
I I
(iadsool'.s, whatever that may mean.
Come tempt ine an you will! ... I might !
Kail f>>r It: 1 at least might lean.
Kor I iim feeling punk tonight!
Clinreoiil l'ph'N Dnllj- Tlo>imli<.
"Hit nln' no credit t" a man t' die pore.";
j said Charcoal l-'ph, moodily. "Hut bit's a heapj
I better'n bavin' yo'nll corpse carried out I'm |
i a place whar dry a In" no trutllc cops or
liothln'. Knt a pickle, Mlsiah Jackson."
I.ncnlnppe.
Honest men fear nothing but detection.
The will to win is half tho racc.
One man is as good as another and some
times better.
Stripes are considered fashionable by zebras.
Trust your enemy, for you know him;
Suspect {'our friend, fur you trust him;
And in all things, keep your counsel.
Helios, Kor Sale.
The liUctlc that Nero played while Home i
was burning.
The gangplank Noah used for the Ark.
A piece of the backbone from Jonah's;
big fish.
A lock of Absolom's hair; also Srimson'S.
A bump front the bald head of Elijah. j
,
roof:
"Gee, I had a rich dream last night! Dreamed
I bad all my pockets stuffed full of money." j
"Find any when you woke up?"
"Naw. 'Nother fellow must havo dreamed
he was a pickpocket an' swiped it!"
USICLK8S lOKKOHT?Trying to convince an!
ultra-reformer that maybe .something he lRn't J
boosting Is hit right.
The Spring.
It's coming! I can Uenr it.
1 can feel it. I am near it!
There's a richness In the mofning
That must tempt the birds to sing!
Tho dawn more softly breaking
Seems to catch the crocus waking.
And the forward buds give warning
That it's very nearly Spring.
Health Talks by Dr. Brady
Another CynecolngiHt..
It is not impossible there may be a few
renders still surviving who recall the "Con
fessions of a Gynecologist." I took u chance
and printed here n few eons ago. Well, for,
the benefit of the younger readers tho jln-e- ]
| coll-o-Jist sort of deplored the letdown In j
morals and morals among the fair sex- In rc- '<
cent years and casually remarked Hint he lost!
respect for all tjie young girls who bad per- j
j mitted him to kiss them when ho was a youth!
and had retained reverence for one or two;
who had been beyond and above that sort of!
thing. This part of the confessions brought j
some spirited and pointed, not to say barbed, j
comments from fair readers, several of whom !
wanted to know whether the kissed girls had :
retained any respect for the smug gentleman
who was so impartial and generous with hlsj
declarations of love, etc., for they could none j
of them for a moment Imagine that a man of i
such lofty principles and so on?you can 1
| imagine the rest, it's ton scathing to print. '
I Now 1 do not know the gynecologist personal- j
ly, but 1 vouch for him professionally, and)
let us remember he was writing .*i frank con-j
fenslon for the best purpose in the world,]
I namely, to encourage young women to bo ware 1
I of the philandering type of young man who j
. would take an option on a woman's fancy but!
not flic bis claim or record the transaction
by announcement of an engagement, which;
I might embarrass his further adventures in'
philandering. Another gynecologist of equal- j
ly good standing h.i? something elso to say j
which I take the liberty to quote:
"Your recent article, 'Hnsehall Versus Barn- |
1 yard Clolf,' is all very true, but you step from j
| baseball to real golf. I have watched your;
i slams on this honorable Scotch game for some
time and have concluded that you should be
talked to about it. Kvidentiy you havo never
played the game." (True, true, and pity 'tis,
'tis true, I have .only played at it.) "There Is,
as much science in it as thero is in the game .
of billiards, and as for exercise, walking over ;
hill and dale for thirty-six holes Isn't to be j
sneezed at. It beats your two miles of oxygen j
I on the hoof bccause it affords montal dia-1
traction as well as physical." (Why, walking
i? the best time to think!) r*'
"Regarding barnyard golf, I was brought up j
; on it and will talco yoti on for a contest of
' skill any time the opportunity arises, and
if I don't bent you seven times out of ten, I'll
buy you a good dinner. I used to be purty
good at it, by heck. Did you know that it
was part of tho original Olympian games? Bet
you didn't.
"About the 'Delicate idea.' I received a
letter from mv youngest daughter, at > i
the other day, in A-hleh she speaks of taking j
her hikes just the ?nme when menstruating |
! and It doesn't do her a bit of harm. She Is
[ the youngest girl on the basketball team,
' too. Home kid."
| Now. then, feminine readers brought up on
the delicate Idea what have you to Fay about
this gynecologist's views?
(lurKllmiM nnd Anmrer*.
Drug Habit?l'lease tell me how to cure the
cigarette habit, for my husband and not my*
| self. Also, will not such large doses of quin
ine be harmful? ' It. r.
Answer?Glad to send by mail instructions
for overcoming the tohacco craving, If you will
accompany your request (not a clipping) with
a stamped envelope addressed to yourself (not
"city"). I do not understand what doses of
quinine you allude to. Quinine Is much abused
by the laity. Kor Instance, thero Is no good]
renson for swallowing such a drug in tho
belief that it will "break up a cold," nnd such
ubuso often causes Injury.
Tho Restless Sex.?Ho so kind as to, send
mo tho karell trentmont for reduction. -r I am
10 years of ago, C foot and 6 inches tf.U and
weigh 139 pounds. v MISS R Jb. M.
Answer?I wouldn't help you roduco for the
trorld. You do not understand?the Karell
regimen la for fat folk*, . . ? .{
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W. BLAIR MATTHEWS
DIES HERE, AGED 42
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Musoti, odd Kcllon and I', O. T. Suc
cumb* After MnRtrlne
lllneu.
W. Blair Matthews died after n
lingering Illness at Mb home. 3132
Park Avenue, yesterday (afternoon
nt 12:25 o'clock. Mr. Matthows wa?
4" yean* of age, niul was born In
Hanover County, although ho had
resided In (his city all his life. 11a
married Miss IOva Kern, of Rich
mond, who MurvivoR lilin. with one
'laughtor, MIkb Ductile Mutthewj
Mr. Mutthowe was a traveling
salesman for Flelsehman, Morris A
Co.. wholesale shoo dealers, of this
city, hst viiiyr been connect id with
this lirm for a number of yearn. He
had a host of friends in Virginia and
the Carolina^ wliero ho wns well
l-.nown.
Mr. Matthews was a member of
Park Place M. M. Clnireh, a member
of Metropolitan Bodge, No. 11. A.. I**.
A. M.; Patrick llenry Bodge of Odd
Fellows, No. 110. and tho United Com
mercial Travelers.
The funeral will be conducted
from the late home tomorrow after
noon at 3:30 o'clock. Interment will
in' In Hollywood Cemetery.
CAPT. J. M. GALLAGHER
DIES IN BALTIMORE
Wcll-liiinwii Former ltesldent of l'e
lcr*hnr(t KucrmtiliN After ."hort
lllneNH.
(Special to Tlu> Times-Dispatch. 1
PETERSBURG. VA? Dee. J'l
News bus been received here of tho
death in Baltimore yesterday yf
Captain James M. Gallagher, foriti
?.-ly <>f this city m<1 oik, ol Petcrs
tiiatg's best-known for ner rewldcnts.
I':.* death fo"owod a snort illness.
Captain Gallagher was 75 years of
age and was born in Brooklyn. 1I?
leaves a brother and sister, both of
Baltimore. lie died at the latter'H
home. The funeral will he held from
the cathedral In Baltimore Thurs
day.
The deceased for many years wns
the Petersburg agent of the Old
Dominion Steamship Line. He was
with that company for about forty
years and several years ago was re
tired. His death came as a shock
to his hundreds of friends here, lie
removed to Baltimore several yoars
ago.
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Mr*. Mnrjorle Klnc Taylor.
Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorle
(Polly) King Taylor, wife of Hay
wood F. Taylor, will take place from
the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles
. Chlldrey, near Bakeside, this morn
ing at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Taylor was a
member of Greenwood M. H. Church.
Mr*. Surult C. (? Hilts.
Mrs. Sarah C. Glbbs died last night
at 7:30 o'clock in her home, olO North
Sixth Street. Mrs. tllbbn would hnvo
been 91 years old on Christinas Day.
She was the widow of John A. QlbtoH.
Mrs. Glbbs Is survived by two sons,
F. and W. C. Olbbs; three daugh
!? rs, Salllc. .1. and Annie Olths and
Mrs. Kosa 10. Cunningham; sixteen
grandchildren, thirty-two great
grandchildren and two great-great*
grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock from Christ
ICpiscopul Church. Burial will be in
Oakwood.
llury A. F. Stevnrt Today.
The funeral of Andrew Frazer
Stewart will he conducted from the
late home, 1101 Orove Avenue, this
afternoon. Interment will be In
Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Stew
art was 70 years of age. He died at
a local hospital Monday morning.
l'hlllp V. Selierrr.
Funeral services for Philip Valen
tine Scherer, about SO years of age.
who died Monday ni?ht at 11:30
o'clock In his home, 601 North Side
Avenue, Highland Park, will be held
from the home this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Mr. Scherer's death was
caused by paralysis. Besides his
widow, who was Miss Susan Ann
Mahonc, he Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. C. F. Wright, of
Norfi Ik i?nd lIrs. J. P. Slaughter, of
Blclimond, and three sons, Wallace
E. Scherer, of Norfolk; Ga^lanl S.!
and Hiram It. Scherer. of Richmond, j
Sirs. Annie J. Kern.
WINCHESTER, VA.. Dec. 20.?
Mrs. Annie J. Kern, 41*. wife of
George P. Kern, dairyman, died of
complications at her home near
here. She was a daughter of the
late Joseph Mason. In addition to
her husband, she is survived by
three children, four brothers and two
sisters.
Itev. Arthur Powell lirnjr,
DAW It EN CEVII. BE, VA.. Dec. 20.?
Itev. Arthur Powell Cray, a retired
clergyman of the Kpiscopal Church,
died here Sunday night at the holnc
of his daughter, Mrs. It. B. Tyler, at
the age of 08 years. He had been
paralyzed about six weeks prior to
his death. Ilo was the son of Judge
William' H. Gray, of Beesburg, Vft.,
whose wife was Ellen Douglas Pow
ell, of "Blangollen," Loudoun Coun
ty. lie was married in 1SS1 to Mina
Badford, of Bradford County. Be
sides his wife, he is survived by one
son, itev. Arthur P. Gray, Jr., of
Richmond, and one daughter, Mrs.
It. B. Tyler, of Bnwroncevllle.
John T. Conic,
1'ftTERSBURG, VA.. Dec. 20.?
Funeral of John.T. Cogle, 67, who
tiled Monday morning at his home
here, took place today at the grave
in Itlandford Cemetery. He Is sur
vived by two daughters, Mr?. Her
bert Potts and Miss Bettic Cogle;
four sons, Arthur and Howard Cogle.
of Petersburg, and George and
Charles Cogle, of .Prince Gcorgo
County, and four brothers. J. M. and
Alexander Cogle, of this city, and
Daniel and Charles Cogle. of Prince
George County.
Mrs, Coilie .Munforrt,
PETERSBURG, VA.. Dee. 20.?The
funeral services of Mrs. Codie Mun
ford, 43, who filed Saturday In the
Petersburg Hospital, were conducted
Monday afternoon from St. John's
Episcopal Church, the Interment be
ing in Blandford Cemetery. Her
husband. J. I?. Munford, of this city,
one sister, Mrs. Lekey Moore, of
Kenilwortli; and one Irother, Joseph
Inge, of Petersburg, survive.
MIftU E. n. Ilelflelil.-.
HEATHSVIDDE, VA., De6. 2ff.?Miss
E. D. Belfleld died at her homo near
Farmers' Fork Friday and was bur
led a Menokin Church Saturday. She
was ono of tho oldest citizens of
Westmoreland County, being more
than DO yearn ot ago. She was
known throughout tho county a
woman of extreme culture and for
many yoars on active worker In
Church and community Interests.
I,. A. W. Ilynson.
HEATHSVILEE, VA.. Dec. 20.?T?. A.
W. Hynson, 80. of near WcPford's
Wharf, died Saturday evening In
Mary Washington Hospital, , Fred
ericksburg, whors ho had undergone
an operation. He was a vuluod and
esteemed citizen of Richmond Coun
ty. Ho Rerved with oradlt in the
Confederate army during tbo entire
.War Between the State*. His body
csp^ca
Kortrrsl: Virginia?
l'nipttled, pnmilbly 11klit
mln today: tomorrow
partly eloiidy ami eon
iiltltrahly, i-fllilfr.
Nortli Curol [nil ?
Cloudy Ami unnettlrd
loilu) anil tomorrow;
probnbly ruin, rolilrr,
liHimrrow,
l.neul Temprrnture Yesterday.
3 P. >1. u-mperaturo
Maximum temperature to * 1*. M. ...
Minimum tomiuTiituri' to 8 I'. >1. ...
Mean tem|>eraturo yi ulerdny 40
Normal temperature for thin date... 4')
Deficiency yesterday None
lii' r.?? slnco March I <;02
K?i'?s -!iii< .1 tnuary 1 511
I .oral Itnlnfull.
11.i!nt.li J J liouru c inline s J*. M....N?no
Painfull :i Imiirt) ending 8 1*. M... .None
Deficiency ulnru March 1 12. 22
Untlclcno' tine January 1 ll.il
I.ocul (llmrnulloiMi hi H 1'. Jl. Yulfrilny.
Wind direction, south. wlinl velocity. : ;
woathAr at S J'. M., partly cloudy.
Npcclul Datn.
S AM. 1 I'M. S I'M. I
T'lnporaturi', dry 1,u1b. 31 4S 4 1 i
Temporature, wet bulli. ?'<?) t2 *?'*
Relative humidity 'J2 '.4 C7
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT C ITIKS. j
TVmp**rnlur?
5 P.M. Illcrh. Low. WOntlicr. ?
! Akhcvlllo 4?; M :? C!. :u
I Atlanta G'J tS 4 4 Cloudy j
i Atlantic city ... 44 44 28 Clear * j
ItoHtnn 2 4 40 2 4 Clear ,
HufTalo 3S 3* 2'- Cloudy j
Charleston r.r, C2 4>? L'lfar ^
ClilcaKo S2 40 22 Cloudy
, Denver 22 24 14 Clear |
1 < In I vent on 4,? 72 tl Cloudy
I Uniterm ....... SO E.4 10 P. cloudy'
I llavri ??> -2 -22 Cloudy
i Jncknonvllln .... IS CO f.0 Clear
' Kannaa City .... 22 2i5 22 Cl?ar
I Montgomery .... 12 c.B 40 p. cloudy j
! New Orl'uim ... 70 7< CloU'ly j
t New Vork 3 4 42 20 Clear
| Norfolk 4 4 fiii 4 2 Clear
) Oklahoma ;;?) :.o (^lear 1
I T'lttfitiurKh 42 4 * 20 Cloudy
| IlnlolKh 4% tr. (Meat
j Ft. I.oul* 26 4i 3S Clear
| San Kranel*':o .. S2 CO 4? Cloudy
i Havanr.ail f.4 C* 4 1 Clear
! Tarntm 70 7H C2 <-l?-ar
j Wanhlnct'.n .... 42 4< 20 Cloudy
j Wythnvllle 4 4 f. 4 2 4 Cloudy
MINIATL'HK ALMANAC.
December 21, 1S2*. j
.Pun rl?ei, 7:22; lun H?ti, 4:34.
A.M. P.M. I
I I.ow ttdcH 4:53 6:2*1
: Illgh Ultra 9:U 10:1 J |
' was brought t" h!s o 1?J homo Sunday '
I ami Interred :ii Cobhain ? Park Hap- I
j tint Church. Hov. tleorge M. Con- ,
nelly conducting tho burial service.
Cl?rrnri> Snrnil.
FOHK UNION, VA., Dec. 20.?Clur
ontii Snead, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
J. Snead. who illed In West Virginia
of paralysis, was buried here yes
terday. He Is survived I:y bin widow, .
Iwo children, a sister, .Mrs. It. T. Dan- j
lol. of WeMori, N. C., and three
brothers, Claude Spend, of Went Vir
ginia; Russell Sricari, of Amherst, anil
I'rotCMnr Edwin J. Snend. c,f tho !
Folk Union Military Academy.
Ckarlri A. Ilroun.
CHAnLOTTKHVITAiR. VA., Dec. 20.
?Charlea A. Brown, f>5. a retired
farmer, died yesterday at bin home
near Mount Fair, In Ilrown'.i Cove,
after a long Illness. The funeral will
be held from Cove Church, the nerv
ko to bu conducted by Hov. M. M.
Leggett, of Albemarle clrouit. Mr.
, Prown wnf a native ?">f Albcntaile. '
He is survived by two .sisters. Mr.-. !
t ICdgar Hrown and Mrs?. H. T. l'arrott, |
i botn .->f the Broivn'n Cove section. j
1 .Madge Krunrdy In "Cornered."
I In the admission, "glad to be i
bark" from ncreen to singe, Madge
t Kennedy, who will appear person
ally at tlio Academy Friday and
Saturday, anil Saturday matinee, fol
lowing her six months' success at
the Astor Theater, New York, echoes
the sentiment of practically every
'legitimate" player who lias taken
a fllor In the movie*. Miss Kennedy
sayB she really enjoyed h o r
three years of scroon acting. "If I
hadn't," she confessed, in speaking
of "Cornered," I could never have
completed such a long contract. "In
fllniH," declared Miss Kenroedy, "I
learned a great deal about acting.
Pictures made up to me largely for
the experience I missed in dramatic
stock. Hefore J went on the screen.
I had played only six parts iu a
stock company, and four parts in
productions?"Over Night," "Little
Miso P.rown," "Twin Beds," and "Fair
and 'Warmer." "On ihe screen, I
had to play uli sorts of heroines?
emotional, dramatic, pathotic,
psychic. when 1 returned to the
I stage, I wanted a role that afforded
| the same scope. In "Cornered," my
! dual rolo lias everything."
??TIic Kinperor Jonn" Coming.
Kugeno O'Neill's, "The Emperor
Jones," comes to the Academy of
Music Monday, December 26, with
Charles S. 'illpin, in the titla role,
supported by tlio Provlncetown Play
ers and under the management of
Adolph Klauber. No changes have
been made In raet or production
since tlio piece made Its sensational
success In Now York last year. It
conies hero from tho Playhouse, Clii
cagq, where it recently completed a
six week's engagement. Any ad
vance notice of this unique produc
tion is quite inadequate. Nothing
liko It lin? ever been written or
acted. The play itself makes start
ling reading and, when interpreted
through Ihe medium of Charles Oil
pin, it Is beyond the Imagination of
any ordinary playgoer. "The Jini
peror Jones" marks an epoch in the
atricals. The engagement is for
threo days, with a special matinee
Monday, and tho regular matinee
Wednesday.
Klre I* Hotel Kitchen.
Flro In tho kitchen of tho Jeffer
son Hotel yesterday morning brought
four engine companies to extinguish
It. Tho blaze was conflnod to^ a
greaae pan. Tho guests wero riot
arpucsd. At Madison and Main
Streets an automobile caught Are and
a chemical oompauy waa called. The
was Bupor,flolttl.
I/Ctlrra fop (hit "Voice of tk?
People" Column ahould not exceed
3IW word* In Ifiixlh. Beyond (hut
number lk? lidltor rruivti |k?
riRht to blue pencil. Nnoic and
uddrcuB must accompany curb rum
?nunlcntlon, not for publication, II
the writer doc? not wUh It. bat
ai cvlilrnve of guuil faltli.
School Hoards (nnil Superintendents.
I'o the Kdltor of Tho Times.Dispatch:
Sir.?According to the roport pub
1 Iflic<l In your Issue of December it;,
ono would conclude that the legis
lative committee or tlio Karnn'r.V
Educational and Co-operative Union
at thu recent meetliiK In Lynchburg
did not insist upon a tent vote oil tho
proposition of electing ecliool trus
tees and superintendents by popu
lar vote. Jt would seem that tho r?>
commendation wan made by tin.
commlttuc, but that opposition was
bo strong the suggestion wus tabled
without a light on tho part of thu
supporter*, if this he true it was a
pity; for a fight in behalf of tho
principle involved has to bo made,
and the sooner thu skirmishes begin
thi better.
The Idea of conducting public edn
eatlon on the plan of a sort of
"benevolent feudalism" from above
downward Is a false one. The sup
porters of this idea are doubtless
sincere In believing It a better plan
than nivi11tr all the people a hand in
the great work, but they are mis
taken. There will never be full and
hearty support by the people in any
public enterprise so lint; as the at
tempt Is made to work on them In
stead of with them. This is tho evil
element In till centralization of
pow-vr, which is of course undemo
cratic in spirit. The whole theory
of working on the people instead of
with them Is founded on the Ancient
feudal notion under which the Ion!
protected and eared for his depen
dents. This protective spirit stilt
'?x!?!s. and is strongly fortified in
the minds of many good people. But
It is a relic of the past and, as I
have said, it is a mistaken notion,
certainly In any system that pn
tends to be democratic. If there In.
anything that ought to !><? demo
cratic in principle and practice it Is
public education, Everybody ought
to havo a hand In It, and feel hln.
self- or herself at: active agent.
Furthermore, Just n?< the .States
have their rights witjiin t he Ked
eral government, so Hie ? utilities
should have their rights within tl??
State government. There Is no valid
reason why a centralised Statu
board should choose a county super
intendent of education. Tho prin
ciple is wrong In theory, and I t
practice tho testimony.V*o far a?? I
have been able to observe, is that
Just ns good superintendents are
K-rup'd by local choice. Tin must
satisfactory way is to ?? l? ? t ti ?
trustees. or county boards, by Ho
people and 1 ?? t the.-os boards iliiu.-"
the superintendent.
The present writer happened >???
a member of the Statu board in ?>
sister State- when the centrallz-d
method of election wuk In-vogue, and
had the opportunity ot e.l.scry >
the change of method and It* e-iT-ei,
One fact which surprised many wa
the care which county bo,ird? took
in making tlio selection ot superin
tendents. Some of tli?' boards ? \? n
went outside the State to get th
man they wanted. And why not
Why should public education be
hampered In the selection of good
men any more than colleges? Ilut
this is another story. The point i
that our school system should not ! ?
centrall/.ed. We want the local re
sponsibility which certainly tend- lo
increase the local interest. _
JAMEK II. IMEDABD.
Charlottesville, Va., Dec. 1?. 1S1!1.
ROCKEFELLER RICHES
GAIN $678,000,000
]|nvi> Increased Tremendously Since
Dissolution of Trust
In 101t
[ By United News]
NEW YOHIC Dec. 20.?Theoreti
cally speaking, the Rockefeller for
tune In ?>ii stocks has increased JC78.
000.000 since tho dissolution of tho t
Standard Oil "trurt" in 1511. The
actual increase has not been mada
k nown.
The foregoing figure was arrived
at by Wall Street dopestor.f on the
basis of the rise in all Standard Oil
ficcurit ies.
It develops that since the dissolu
tion decree of the t'nlted States Su
preme Court, stocks of companies ?
that composed the original Standard
oil Company have appreciated ?-','J01.
000,000 in market value, and now are
figured ut VJ, 805,1100,000. fi.'h1s in
cludes dividend# turned bock.
At the time of dissolution of tho
company the Rockefellers owned 30
per cent of the stock. This ratio w;w
used in estimating tho Rockefeller
gains.
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JJrylnjc Flowers.
?Mrs. A. C. T., Lynchburg.?This
formula Ior drying flowers In their
natural form and pose is known as
tho Kngllsh method: 1-Niu.il quanti
ties of plaster parls and lime are
thoroughly mixed together, and sifted
about tho flowers until they are com
pletely imbedded In their natural
form; and then the preparation Is
gradually heated to lOo degrees Fah
renheit. The flowers aro soon dried
in this way. After removing tho
flowers they should bo carefully *
di'sted off. Jf they are found too
brittle for this they should bo laid
aside for an hour of so to absorb
molstnro from tho atmosphere. Then
to completely remove all appearances
of hoarlness the flowers should bo
varnished with live ounces of dammar
to sixteen ounces of turpentine. Be
oro varnishing tho flowers can bo
(lyed any desired color. However,
whether dyed or not, tho flowers will
he made more durable with a coat or
two of tho varnish. Tho lime called
for should be powdered" and un
slaked.
About "Faust."
Mrs. M.. A. P.. DatnnScus: Faust
was a famous magician of' the six
teenth century, a natlvo of Suabla. A
rich uncle having left hint a fortune.
Faust ran to every excess and when
his fortune was exhausted ho made a
pact with tho devil for a certain num
ber of years, at tho end of which time
tho dovll was to possess his soul. Ills
sweotheart was Marguerite and Wag
ner his faithful servant. Gounod
wrote tho music for tho opera called
"Faust" and tho libretto waa com- ?
posed by Berblcr and Carre. Qoothu
wroto a dramatic poem callcd "Faust"
and Bnyble Bernard mado an English
verBlon.