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^mSliSSS^SSkm?o, WHOLE NUMBER 18,523.
RICHMOND, VA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1911.
THIS WEATHER T DAY?Cloudy.
PJRICE TWO CENTS,
Re apportionment Bill!
Losing Many of Its
Supporters.
WARM CAMPAIGN
IS BEING WAGED
Those Favoring Increase of Mem?
bership Grow Rapidly in Num?
ber, and Success Is in Sight
for Crumpacker Measure.
Virginia May Keep Her
Ten Congressmen.
(Special to Tlic TImea-Dispatch. 1 |
Washington, D. C. February f..? j
Republican leaders of the ttoure wore]
astonished when they learned this af?
ternoon that many of tneir followers
who had promised to stand by the j
caucus and vote for the 31? i epporllou- j
incut itili had yielded to pressure und j
would vote with Representative Crum?
packer when he makes hl'i motion on'
Thursday to take up a:; a constttu- j
llonul question his hill wnich provides
tor a membership of the House of 133, j
After March ::. 1.913.
Representatives Langley, ol Ken- |
tucky; Slcmp, of Virginia; Austin, of
Tennessee. Guernsey, of Maine, and
liamcr, of Idaho, have been diligently
at work since last Saturday rocurlng
pledges for tio- Crumpacker hill
-m tin.- Republican side of the House.
Representatives dames. .?f Kentucky;
Hay. of Virginia, and Page, of North
Carolina, have been doing missionary
work among Democrats who are
.known t i bo opposed to any increase
in the: House membership. .It.:;t before
the House adjourned to-day, a state?
ment was mad,- to 'lie effect that near- ,
ly nil the opposition against the in- ;
crease in membership on the Democra- i
tic side had vanished, all but ten j
Democrats promising to stand by ttie j
Crumpacker bill.
Representatives Dnnglcy and Slemp
were not prepared to give any figures,
but spoke with confidence of success.
When Representative Whip Dwlght
learned of this change in sentiment he
got busy, and is now trying to give
little ginger tn the weak-kneed Repub?
licans who had promised to stand tor
the 391 proposition.
If this plan is carried \ irglr.ia and
North Carolina each will retain its
present number of Congressmen.
P. II. McC
House W ill fuvcHtlgnte.
Washington, Tj. c, Februarj ?A
thorough Investigation Is to be made
Irttb the sensational Incident v hlch ocf
-urn-d in the House last Saturday
when Representative Mucoii, of Ar?
kansas, made a bitler vor lot 1 attack
upon a newspaper man because <>f an
article which appeared In a Ideal news?
paper. Tiie proposed inquiry Is to be
.indertaken as the result of the adop?
tion by the House to-day of a resolu?
tion offered by Representative Gard?
ner, of Massachusetts, providing for
an investigation of the incident by a
subcommittee of the- Judiciary Com?
mittee. This committee is to report
[is conclusion- to the House- by Feb?
ruar y lSj-.jfo
The action of the House followed an
address by Mr. Macoh to-day, when he
referred to an experience upon the ad?
journment of the House on Saturday,
>vhen ho declared he was approached
an tho door of the House by a. news?
paper reporter, whom he had pre?
viously during the session denounced
as a "wilful, deliberate liar. :i dirty lit?
tle pilferer of words, and a contempti?
ble little ass."
The reporter, Mr. M?cbn said, called
him a liar, "but he was well away from
me when he did it," added Mr. Macon.
Mr. Macon also asserted that the re?
porter was accompanied to the floor
by a number of his friends from the
press gallery.
"The question Is Just this," Mr. Ma?
con concluded: "Are the members of
this House to be protected by the Con?
stitution, or must they protect them?
selves with shot guns? If the latter
is to be the policy, I want to get my
gun to-day."
Mr. Macon insisted that for some
reason the newspapers hael been un?
friendly to him ever since be came Into
the House.
Opposes Direct Hlectlonn.
Washington, D. C, February ti.?Re?
sistance to the uttermost of the at?
tempts to transfer from Congress to
the various State Legislatures the cem
ti ol of the time and manner of elect
tng United States Senators as proposed
by the resolution providing for their
election by direct vote c>f the people,
was adfvised by Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, In a speech in the Sen- j
ato to-day.
Mr. Dodge was .speaking in opposi?
tion to the proposed new amendment
to the Constitution as a whole, but he
found an especial mark in the portion
placing the direct management of the
detail of senatorial elections in the
various State Legislatures.
Declaring that the proposed change
In this respect "strikes at the very
foundation of the national govern?
ment," Mr. Lodgo said that the plan
violates the plans of tho framers of tho
Constitution.
"It Is now proposed," he continued,
"to put the United States government;
eo far as the election of Senators Is
concerned, at the mercy of the States.
It Is proposed to take from the United
States any power to protect its own
citizens In the exercise of their rights,
no matter how great the need might
be for such protection. If this amend?
ment should become a law twenty
three States. Including perhaps only
a minority of the population, cotilel at
any moment arrest the movement, of
the government and stop all its oper?
ations.
The Senator denounced as "mock?
ery" tho "pretense" 'that the proposed
legislation Is progression. Not only
was It a mockery, but it was retro?
gression and reaction of an extreme
kind.
"If adopted it would," he said, "car?
ry the government back to the. con?
troversies and the struggles out of
which the Constitution was born and
which beset and endangered the in?
fancy of the United States."
Pnpcr Men Hoard,
Washington. February 0.?Manufac?
turers of print paper faced a tire of
^ .{Continueil pn~Third Page^X
In Caucus, Democrats
Vote to Support Ca?
nadian Agreement.
MEANS PASSAGE
IN LOWER HOUSE
Only Twenty-Two Oppose Taft's
Measure, and They Will Vote
With Party?Glass, of Vir?
ginia, Among Those Who
Are Against It?Action
Made Unanimous.
Washington, 1 >. C. February G.?Fa- |
vorablc action or the House- on the I
Canadian reciprocity agreement was
assured to-night, when the caucus of |
Democratic Itepresentat'ves formally ]
pledged lite party to vol., for the
agreement;
The resolution indorsing the Ca?
nadian agreement was carried fifty :o
twenty-two. On motion of Mr. ?Mark,
of Missouri, e action of the caucus
was made unanimous.
Th': twenty-two who voted against
the resolution it was explained later,
were thoso who had voted for free
lurnber, etc. and their action in
caucus was to make their position
consistent. It was stated that they
would vote with the party. Tue reso?
lutloh a!? adopted by the caucus fol?
lows:
hereas. the Canadian reciprocity
agreement negotiated ? y the Reci?
procity Commission of the Dom'nlon i
of Canada arid the President of the
United States, while not formulated
in accordance with Democratic plat?
form demand-, is a reduction of some i
of the prohibitive schedules In th< i
Payne tariff law, and will tend to ex?
pand the trade of the L'n'ted State.?
In tin- Dominion ?>f Canada, and is In
part a recognition of the principle?
tin Democratic party has contended
for in the Congress and In Its plat?
forms: therefore be It
' Resolved, That this caucus indorse
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
and hind ourselves to vote for a bill
carrying It Into effect."
I nformn t ton for l-'armcm.
The caucus unanimously adopted a
resolution, by Mr. Cantrlll. of Ken?
tucky, declaring that the caucus be?
lieves that every American farmer
should have at his disposal "the in?
formation of the production and stockH
on hand of agricultural products, and
pledge ourselves to attempt to bring
about that end by legislation."
The reciprocity Democrats were
given free rein at to-night's caucus.
Moat of those opposed to the Canadian
agreement .?nbmitted by President
Taft expressed their views, and a num?
ber dwelt on the fact that the hill in?
corporating the agreement should not
pass without amendment. Amendments,
of course, would Invalidate the entire
agreement.
More than 100 attended the caucus.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, the minority
leader, and Mr. Underwood, of Ala?
bama, led the movement o indorse the
reciprocity agreement, both of them
declaring for it unequivocally.
Messrs. Hammond, of Minnesot ;
Bran tit/, of Georgia; Webb, of North
Carolina; Legare, of South Carolina,
and others spoke In opposition.
Mr. Brantley urged postponing all
such legislation t.ntil the next Con?
gress rather than put on the statute
book a measure that will be used by
the Republicans as campaign material.
Mr. Brantley objected also - on the
broad grounds of th- disadvantage that
such legislation would impose upon the
raw materials of the producer, and he
expressed the belief that there is no
occasion to rush through any such
plans, because of the painstaking work
that soon will be undertaken by a
tariff making body of a Democratic
Congress.
He suggested that the reciprocity
would let American automobiles into
Canada cheaper, but operate disad?
vantageous^- on the American farmer.
Mr. Webb talked simtllarly as to raw
materials.
Mr. Webb announced that he could
not vote for a blow at raw materials.
These Democrats Invoked the caucus
rules which exempts a man from the
binding effects of caucus action when
he has made a pledge to the contrary to
his constituents: Webb, of North Caro?
lina; Jujo. and Broussard. of Louisiana,
and Hammond, of Minnesota. All
these had made pledges to theii consti?
tuents to vote for raw materials as
against the manufacturers.
Mr. Class, of Virginia, opposed re?
ciprocity, and Mr. Hardy, of Texas,
favored it
The reciprocity agreement -was em?
bodied in the McCail bill, which was
the measure directly before the cau?
cus.
DREXEL GOES TO WORK
Trampt? Through Sluah and Cold aa
Menaenger Boy.
New York. February' 6-?Anthony J
Drexel, who married Miss Marjorle
Gould, went to work to-day. He got
a job as messenger with a Stock Ex?
change firm and began his duties at
the stroke of 9 this morning. "With
an idea to learning the business from
A to Z, he determined to start at the
lowest rung of the ladder.
Young Drexel worked hard on his
first day, and tramped through the
financial district in the slush and cold
until 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. He
had twenty minutes for lunch. To?
morrow Iiis sister-in-law, Vivien, mar?
ries, but he will work half a day,
nevertheless, quitting Just in time to
dress for the. ceremony.
OWEN KILDARE DEAD
??Kipling, of the; Bo^very" Had Pictur
cmqmc Cnreer.
Now York, February 6.?Owen K1I
dare. sometimes called "the Kipling of
the Bowery," is dead. Broken in health
and spirit, ho died on Saturday in the
Manhattan State Hospital for the In?
sane at Ward's Island, but thb news did
not become generally known until to?
night.
Kildaro was forty-seven years old
and had had a picturesque career. He
was successively newsboy, professional
pugilist, newspaper writer and Anally
author and playwright.
Many Conflicting Re?
ports as to Rebel Lead?
er's Intentions.
JUAREZ NOW IS
BELIEVED SAFE
Whereabouts of Orozco's Forces
Discovered, and Civil and Mili?
tary Authorities Have Not
Relaxed Vigilance?Only
Five Dead in Sunday's
Battle.
Orozco at Rancheria
Kl Pn*o, TesBS, February It.?1<
lonrned definitely to-nixht thnt
I'ltHqiinl Oro/.co, leader of the inxur.
reeto force*, J* ni Hanchcrlu, about
ilMren mllen nnnth of .Innre/., with
bis entire command. What he In?
tend* (o ?|o In u mutier of eonjee
tuic.
i-:i Paso, Tex., February G.?The bc
j iief prevails |n official circles to-night
that General Pasuual Orozco has aban?
doned, for the present at least, his
plans to attack Juarez. This has re
?ieyed the tension that has existed
across the international border for
four days, but Mexican military and
! civil ofllcers have not abated their
?* ig l lance.
No dennite knowledge is obtainable
to-night as to the whereabouts of
Orozco's forces. Mexican ofllcers are
inclined to credit the report that the
insurrecto chieftain has retired to
famalayuca, his supply camp, twenty
five miles south Of Juarez, to effect
his long-delayed juncture with General
Blanco's 700 troops.
Contradictory advices to-day from
the insurrecto juiita state that Orozco
is camped ten miles west of Juarez,
within easy striking distance. The
same advices to-day report that he was
joined early by Jose De La Luz San?
chez and a considerable force of rebels.
As to his immediate plan of cam?
paign, advices are equally contiicling.
One report says that Orozco plans to
go south to-night to meet General
Navarro's federal troops, marching
overland from Chihuahua to the relict
of Juarez. Another stales that Juarez
Is still the objective point of Orozcu
and that he Is planning a surprise
attack.
Although business in Juarez was
partially resumed to-day, there is con?
siderable nervousness amotiE resi?
dents.
Only Five Dead.
Fl Paso. Texas, February 6?The to
i tal casualities in Sunday's lighting at
i Bauche, south of Juarez, were five
[dead and twenty-nine wounued. The
federals lost three dead, according to
Dr. I. J. Bush, of the insurrecto hospi?
tal corps, who remained on the Held
when the rebels left.
The insurrectos lost two dead and
three wounded.
Of the federal wounded, twenty-six
are now In a Juarez hospital, six of
them women and twenty soldiers. The
wounded and the dead women were
camp followers, wives of the federal
soldiers.
JFrec From Danger.
Washington, D. C, February 6.?The
Mexican embassy here received the
following telegram to-day from Knrl
que Creel, minister of foreign relations
at Mexico City, Mexico.
"Colonel Rahago arrived ?n Juarez
last night after encountering the dis?
turbers and causing them heavy loss.
Juarez is free from any danger. Rum?
ors that reach Mexico City that, armed
filibusters have crossed the. border are
absolutely false, as the watch of the
United States troops prevents any
breach of the neutrality laws. The re?
ports published by some papers of a
general uprising in Texas to iielp the
disturbers in Mexico had no founda?
tion at all."
Rebel Agent* a( Work.
I Pueblo, Col., Februnry 6.?No fewer
than 175 Mexicans have left Pueblo
and vicinity within the last week with
the avowed Intention of Joining the
insurrectos around Juarez, according
to Information piven out by the police
to-night. This is confirmed by local
Mexican leaders, who admit that revo?
lutionary agents have been working
among Mexicans in Southern Colorado.
All Wires Commnndered.
Laredo, Texas. February 6.?Without
explanation, announcement was made
to-night that the Mexican Federal
Telegraph Company had commandered
all telegraph wires south of Nuevo
Laredo. Fast upon this came rumors
of a revolutionary outbreak at SaltUio,
In the state of Coahulla. but. confirma?
tion of this report was lacking. How?
ever, a more plausible explanation of
taking over the wires is that the Gov?
ernment Telegraph Company probahly
v/ill utilize the lines through Nuevo
Laredo to clear up the crush of busi?
ness caused by developments near
Juarez.
ARGUING "IMMUNITY"
j Government Declares "Hnth" Cannot
WhnIi Facta Away.
Chicago, Uli, February 6.?The stand
to bo taken both by the government
and the defendants on the motion tc
quash and on pleas In abatement of
the Indictments against ten Chicago
packers were, outlined In the first day's
arguments to-day.
Attorney John S. Miller, for the
packers, argued that immunity grant?
ed the packers by Judge ffumphrow
prevents any reference to facts prior
to it. ? he. government's contention If
that while the "Immunity bath" may
wipe out criminal liability of an Of?
fense, it. docs not remove the fact of
it.
*Tf this were not true," said Attor?
ney James H. Wllkerson, for the gov?
ernment, "It. would result In tho vir
tual crushing of any further litiga?
tion on the pnrt of the government to
prevent law violations by the thirty
four men named In their Immunity
judgment."
Attorney Wllkerson had concluded
, his argument when court adjourned
LuntU to-morrow.
Scenes in Juarez, Where Revolution Is Raging
?MA.MIEI. COSH), MINISTER OP VVAH, OEXKHAi. GHEGORIO RUIZ, GENERAL HODUICO VAI.DES.
BKIDGE HUT WE ION El, PASO, TEXAS, \NI) CITY OK
?ILAHK/,, MEXICO.
CUSTOM HOUSE AT CITY OP JltAHEK;
TV1MCAIi MEXICAN TROOPS.
AEROPLANE SCOUT
Collier's Wright Machine Will Be
Rushed b}' Express to
Border.
DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS OFFER
Effort to Have Senate Render
$125,000 Appropriation .Avail?
able at Once.
Washington, D. C, February 6.?
So far as an aeroplane can discover.
General Iloyt. the commander of the
Department of Texas, will', probably
soon be in a position to determine the
facts as to the activities of the in?
surgents along the Mexican border.
To-day, General Wood, chief uf staff,
let it be known that at least one aero?
plane would be employed in observa?
tion work along the Rio Grande. This
decision was reached after a consulta?
tion with General Allen, chief signal
officer, who is in charge of the aero?
nautical service of the War Depart?
ment, and John Barry Ryan, president
of the United States Aeronautical Re?
serve.
The War Department has accepted
the tender of Robert Collier of one of
his new Wright biplanes, which is now
in New York, and this will be rushed
to the Mexican border by express and
turned over to General Hoyt
In order that the government may
be able to purchase aeroplanes for use
in patrolling the Mexican border, the
War Department has taken up with
Senator Warren, chairman of the Mili?
tary Affairs Committee, the question
of making the approprlat?on of $125,r
000 for aeroplnnes In the army avail?
able immediately instead of on July 1,
as would be the usual course The bill
appropriating the amount mentioned
for the purchase, maintenance and
operation of aeroplanes in the army
already has passed the House, and Is
now in the hands of the Senate Mili?
tary Affairs Committee.
The aeroplane offered the govern?
ment by Mr. Collier will be operated
by Lieutenant Foulois, of the signal
corps of the army, and A. I,. Welch, an
expert Wright aviator.
FIVE LASHES ON BARE BACK
Salty Sentence for Man WHo AaemuKed
Hin Wife.
Baltimore, Md., February 6.?Five
lashes on his bare back and two
months In jail was the sentenco im?
posed by Judge Duffy in tho Criminal
Court here to-day on George E. Wood?
en for assaulting his wife and terribly
mutilating her face with a knife. Tho
last time the whipping post in the Jail
IjbAx? wdlk used was in 1907.
DENIES LETTER
Swears lie Did Not Write
"Poison" Missive to Con?
fessed Murderer.
EXPERTS ARE DIVIDED
Mis Attitude Is That He Mas
Been Made Blackmail
Victim.
St. Petersburg, February U.?Count
Patrick O'Brien dc Lassy. who, with
Dr. Pantchenko. is being tried for the
poisoning of Count Vnsslll Bouturlin,
occupied the centre of the stage at
the proceedings to-day. The prosecu?
tion is endeavoring to establish that
De Uassy wrote a letter to Pantchenko
relating to the plan to poison both
General Bouturlin and his son.
The letter, which was typewritten,
was found among Panichenko's papers
at the time of his arrest. The envelope
was missing and Pantchenko explained
that he had thrown it away. The au?
thorship of this letter has l>?en at?
tributed by Pantchenko to Do
who stoutly denies this, as a test, Da
Lassy was instructed to r?copy a por?
tion of the letter or. his own machine,
which was brought into .muri to-day.
Surrounded by gendarmes and type?
writing exports, he wrote two lines
with great difficulty and then feigned
oye fatigue. An examination of the
lines showed that he had made a gross
error.
E&'pertit Divided.
The experts were about evenly
divided. One government expert de?
clared that the letter had been written
on De Lassy's machine, another tltat
it was written on a Union machine, but
that it was impossible to state whether
it was De Lassy's or somebody's else.
One expert, for the defense, declared
definitely that the letter hud r.bi been
written on De Lassy's machine. Others
took the ground that the data was not
sufficient to warrant any conclusion.
The interpretation of the letter Is
also presenting difficulties. The lettet
bears no date, and reads ?*:> follows:
"Dear Doctor.? Received your letter,
but could not see you. as I was not
alone. Could do nothing here, as the
weather was too cold for iodine, but
commence in short while. Snail soon
come. In expectation study weii tech?
nical side of the tj liest ton. Your patient
will arrive on the twelfth. Accept
^(Continued on Third Page.)
PUT IT IN YOUR PI) KSK.
A box of Brown's Bronchial Trachea.
FIGHT FOR CHANGE
Councilman Has Plan to Revise
Charter So as to Simplify
City Government.
WILL MAKE EARNEST EFFORT
Present System Too Clumsy to
Permit of Businesslike
Methods.
On the ground thai any man who
will conic to the rescue of Richmond's
clumsily administered city government
hus the opportunity to build himself
a monument of which any one might
be proud, Councilman Gilbert K. Pol?
lock has prepared and will offer on
Thursday night in the Common Coun?
cil a Joint resolution looking to a
general revision of the city charter
and a change in the form of govern?
ment to a businesslike and economical
basis.
Mr. Pollock Is the second oldest man
in the Council in point of service, and
has seen service on every important
committee and with every department
He is now subchalrman of the Com?
mittee on Streets and one of the active
floor leaders of the Council.
Mr. Pollock says he has consulted a
majority of t lie leaders in council
manic action, and that there Is gen?
eral agreement that the city's business
is not being administered to the best
advantage. lie attacks no one?
makes no charges against any one?
and says he does not believe there
is any serious graft or Intentional
mismanagement, but that the system
has gradually grown until It Is wound
about with red tape, making the sim?
plest action an almost interminable
matter of councilmanlc and committee
procedure'.
As to procedure, Mr. Pollock opposes
taking any hasty action. He will ask
the Council on Thursday night merely
to authorize the 'appointment of a
joint standing committee composed of
three Councllmen and two Aldermen,
to study the question from every
available source during the coming
months and prepare such a plan foi
the administration of the city gov?
ernment as may seem best. The whole
matter is to be determined, if possible,
h< fore the election of the next Leg?
islature, and the members from this
city are to be pledged to secure such
charter changes and general enact?
ments as this city may demand to give
it a right to administer Iis own af?
fairs in a businesslike manner.
Illustrations to members of tho
Council. Mr. Pollock says, will hard?
ly be necessary. Those who have seen
the long efforts to get through the
simplest resolutions, the inevitable de?
lay in every matter, will agree as
to the need, if not as to the remedy.
A striking illustration has been af?
forded recently in the Electricity Com?
mittee. The contractor failed utterly
to live up to his agreement to er vet
the overhead system of poles and
wires, the delay costing the city about
$3.500 per month. Vet had the Com?
mittee on Electricity, a committee
above the average of the Council, and
ac ting noonreiitly m the best of faith,
rescinded the contract, as it had the
right to do. it would have taken
months of delay to secure authority
from (lie Council to advertise for bids,
award a contract and then have the
Council several months later confirm
the award of a new contract.
It. Is believed by all who have, stud?
ied the matter that great saving Could
be made In almost every department
were the city run on business princi?
ples.
An Alderman made the offhand
statement recently that he would pay
(25,000 a year for the privilege of run?
ning the city government, and would
save enough op the profits to lettre
In a year or two. Mr. Pollock has had
the matter under advisement for a
long time, and will ask that the presi?
dents of the Council use their utmost
Judgment In making a committee com?
posed of the host timber available?a
eommitteo Which can consider the sub?
ject seriously and without bias or pre
Judgment. and which can render a re?
port which will command the respect
of the public generally, in explaining
his position. Mr. Pollock avoids the
ierriv'.''C?|nh?iSslon,'' and all other terms
referring to specific forms of govern?
ment, lie wants his committee Irco
to work out a plan suited to the needs
ot Richmond, and tlmt plan it will rec?
ommend for adoption.
VETOEDBY MAVOR
BECAUSE IT OIL!
HELPED GRIMES
Message to Council Saya
Measure Must Have
Slipped Through,
FINALLY REJECT
WHARF PLANS
Lower Branch Votes for Music
in Parks, Gives Beck Power,
Adds Thirty Men to Police
Force and Gets New
Traffic Law From
Umlauf.
What Council Did
Received from Mayor Rlehnrdsou
veto message against spending city
money ''to Improve private property
of Alderman .lohn It. Grimes."
Rejected outright proportion to
build a public wharf on .Innics Hlvcr.
Ordered Finance Committee to in?
clude $4,900 In budget for nmnle In
the pnrkK.
Authorized Increase of police force
l?y thirty pairolmcn.
Adopted ordinance giving Building;
Inspector complete control of City
Hull janitors.
Tabled proposition to continue
contract for ornniucutnt street khk
Inmpn.
NEW MEASURES OFFERED.
Pollock resolution for revising
city ebnrtcr and providing new form
of eity government.
l.nilnuf ordinance rcgulntinp;
afreet traffic nnil licensing of chauf?
feurs.
Lynch ordluaiicc petitioning Leg?
islature to ubollsli oltlec of City Col?
lector and to put that officer on smI
ury, in lieu of fees, menuwhlle.
Hogers ordinance io require fire
proofing of hotels, lodging houses,
school house*, jails, hospitals and
asylums vthlch e.veccd fortv feet In
height.
I minor ordinance in regulate
hatidllug of flangcrous liquids, pow?
der, firework* and nitroglycerine.
Umlauf ordinance to prohibit
pawnbrokers to receive an security
Pistols, razors or any kind of wea?
pon.
Asserting that the Council had not
given the matter the attention that
its importance demanded, Mayor Rich?
ardson last night returned to thu
Common Council with his veto a reso?
lution directing the grading of the
sidewalk on the south sido of Frank
Uli Street, east of Twenty-ninth, to
an alley beside the property of Alder?
man John R. Grimes, of Marshall
Ward, with the statement that no lia?
bility rested on Use city by reason of,
the condition of the street; that tho
work would cost $91?.22: that there
was no benefit to the city or the gen?
eral public, tho proposed sidewalk ex?
tending but half a block, passing no
bouses and terminating in a bank ot
arth.
The. Mayor characterized the whole
matter as one ealculated to create a
liability against the city where none
now exists and the payment of neariy
$1.000 for tho Improvement of the
private property of /ldernian Grimes.
Ucnsoiis stated by .VInyor.
The Major takes the ground In his
veto message that the members did
noi realk'.o Its importance as a pre?
cedent when they adopted the ordi?
nance. He recites that on July T, 1910,
Alderman Grimes, owner of the prop?
erty, called attention of the Street
Committee to the hillside beside his
house, which, he said, was sloughing
off and endangering his property, and
which he asked the city to underpin.
On August 25. 1910. City Attorney Pol?
lard rendered a written opinion, of
record in the Street Committee, to the
effect that there was no legal liability
on the city, and the City Engineer
Submitted at the same time an esti?
mate of the cost of the work as
$946.22. , ? ,
The whole matter was then tabled,
and on December 28. 1910. the Street
Committee adopted it. recommending
that the Council grado and gravel
the sidewalk, and that Assessor of
Damages A. C. Harman be appointed to
appraise the damage to abutting
property.
The Mayor said that an inspection
of the site shows that there is no
benefit to the city or the general pub?
lic; that the proposed sidewalk Will
extend but one-half a block, on which
no houses front, and will terminate In
a bank of earth, and it is evident that
it would not often be used as a walk?
way.
Only Help to Grime*.
??The resolution creates a liability
against the city," s.iys the Mayor's
message, "where none now exists, and
puts the city in the position of having
to pay nearly $1,000 for the improve?
ment of the private property of Alder?
man Grimes. It is a serious precedent,
since, as there are probably as many
as one thousand pieces of property so
situated in the city, to assume th*
liability of making suc h improvements
might seriously embarrass the city in
its finances. I earnestly recommend
that the members of the Council give
the subject the consideration that its
importance demands."
Subchairman Pollock, of the Street
Committee, moved that tho resolution,
together with the Mayor's message, bs
recommitted to the Committee on
Streets.
"That committee should have looked
into It before." said Mr. Pollard. "1/
tho Mayor is correct the Street Com?
mittee has already done Its best to
put the city In a hole."
"I am satisfied that the Mayor wa?
under the imprcsston that tho assess?
ment wa.s binding." responded Mr
pollock. "The City Attorney has ruled
that such is not the case. That Im?
provement is one that ought to h*
made, and was fully discussed in tho
Street Committee. 1 ask that tt bs
recommitted that we mav hear all tha