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NO ?ICK-TO-DICK
NOTE SN RECORDS
Vain Search for Letter
Bearing on Controller
Bay Charges
TESTIMONY FAILS
TO LIFT MYSTERY
President Recalls No Reference
to Matter by His Brother,
Charles P. Taft?Dennett
Says Original Order Open?
ing Land Changed Be?
fore Promulgation.
_
Washington, July 1.?The story of a
vanishing letter, both addressed and
signed "Dick,'' from Richard S. Ryan,
ot New V"i k. to Richard a. Baliinger,
then Secretary of the Interior, pur?
porting to show that Charles I'. Taft
had Influenced his brother. President
Taft, to forward the alleged attempt
of Guggenheim interests to acquire
Controller Bay, the only outlet for
large coal fluids In Southern Alaska,
figured In a congressional inquiry be?
gun to-day,
The testimony before the House
Committee on Expenditures In the in?
terior Department, and statements
from the While House and from
Charles P. Tart's o|||coh failed to lift
the mystery enshrouding the alleged
letter Commissioner Dennett, of tho
Genera! Land Office, the only witness
to-day, testified that he knew nothing
of it, and that he would not neces
rarlly know of Its existence, and such
a letter was not recalled In any other,
quarter The letter was not to be found
In the files, though Miss M. F. Abbott,!
a newspaper writer, who will testify
later, says she copied such a document |
from the official files. President Taft]
has expressed confidence that hlH 1
brother never communicated with him j
on the Fubjeet, either orally or Ir,
writing I
Miss Abbott, already subpoenaed as j
a witness, probably will appear before |
the committee Wednesday.
Among the witnesses the committee !
will summon Is Ashmun Brown. a I
Seattle newspaper man. who was prl- j
vate secretary to Secretary BalPnger |
and who. according to Miss Ahbotl :
was present when she saw the allegc-q
Byan-Balllnger letter.
It was stated at the White HOUSej
to-day that a careful search of the i
files in the executive ?IBces failed to
revenl any record of a letter to the
President from Charlos P. Taft con?
cerning Byan or hearing In any way
upon the Controller Bay affair.
Testlmou) of Dennitt,
The most important dcvelojment to?
day was the tenimony of Commission?
er Dennett that the claimants repre?
sented by Bichard 5. ftyan, of New
York. *ald to repres-at t the Guggen?
heim Interests, had benefited by th?
omission of one provitr;<n in the filing
of the papers.
Mr. Dennett said that when the ex
ecntlve order opening the Controllet
Bay land lo entry reached his nflir?
I. contained a provision under which
?ntrymen could not file on the land
for sixty days after the order was
Issued In some way or other he did
not know how, he said, this provision
was lost or eliminated before the final
promulgation of the order.
Mr. Dennett satd that*thc first draft,
which, in aeco,-danc*? with the usual
rustom. was prepared at the Depart?
ment of Agriculture, contained the
Sixty days' provision, but that It was
not in the order as finally signed by
the President.
"Who struck It out?"
"I do not know."
Chairman Graham, of the committee,
asked Mr. Dennett to furnish copies of
.all telegrams anil correspondence re?
garding the Controller Bay claim* and
the report dealing with the surveys
mad" there.
Statement by Fisher.
Secretary Fisher, of the Interior De?
partment. Isstied a statement to-day
concerning the Interview attributed to
Miss Abbott. In which she referred to
a postscript to a letter from Mr. Byan
to Secretary Ballinger.
"No reference whatever." says Mr.
Fisher, "was made In this Interview
io wh.it Miss Abbott very proper!;,
rails the "amazing postscript,' which
she says she found attached to a letter
to Secretary Balllnger from Mr. Ryan,
nor was this postscript ever men?
tioned or referred to |n any other in- l
tervlew which I have ever had with I
Miss -Abbott, or any one else prior to j
Its publication In a Philadelphia news?
paper.
"I am told upon my return to-day
that the most diligent search of the
records of this offVe has failed to dis?
close any such document, and every I
one who has searched the record says
most emphatically that he has never'
seen this postscript, or any other
writing of ttils character. This In- I
eludes Mr. Brown, who was prlvuto
secretary to Secretary Ballinger.''
The President's Recollection.
President Taft has made no direct
or Indirect statement about what has
come to be known as the Controller
Bay, Alaska, case. Ills only concern
about the matter has been as to the
attempt to connect his brother, C. P.
Taft, now In Europe, with the matter.
Tn the Controller Bay records In the
Interior Department the alleged dis?
covery was made that It. s. Ryan, rep?
resenting the Controller Bay Company,
wrote to Secretary Ballingcr that ho
had sent for C. P. Taft and told him
to tell the President, whom he really
represented. The President has had
every scrap of his oorrapondence with
C. P. Taft starched, and nowhere ilnds
the slightest reference to the Con?
troller Bay matter. lie does not re?
member, it la said, that his brother
ever spoke of the subject to him, and
Is confident that there was no refer?
ence to It, either orally or in corre?
spondence.
The President has always referred
with some pride to the claim that C.
P. Talt has consistently kept out of
White House business, appointments
and otherwise. He has often stated
that his brother has steadfustiy re?
trained from recommendations or sug?
gestions as to appointments or other
business, even In Ohio, where Senator
Burton has had undisputed sway in
patronage.
There was a tacit ygiderstanding, it
is said, that C. P. Taft should be al?
lowed control of the patronage in
Southern Ohio und Senator Burton have
the other part of the State. Mr. Taft
failed to accept this opportunity and
left everything to Senator Burton.
">?> V/rrrcy tjlmcrved.
At the While House it was said that
there had been no secrecy or anything
unusual 'n the order opon'ng Con?
troller Bay to entry. The mattet was
passed upon by the Cabinet in regular;
form, it was stated.
It is explained that R. S. Ryan, rep-'
resent ng the Controller Bay Navi?
gation Company, secured a frontage of!
eighty rods on Controller Bay. The
gov-rnment retained every other eighty I
rods of the water front on the bay,'
making, the department officials de-,
clare. a monopoly impossible.
Xn Letter? In C. P. Tnfi'n Files.
Cincinnati, July 10.?At the request
of President Taft the letter files of
h's brother. Charles P. Taft, were
s<-:irched her" to-day for trace of pos- j
slble correspondence with the Presl- j
dent. Richard S. Ryan, or other per- I
sons reirard'ng Controller Bay affairs1
or Alaskan lands. No letter hearing
upon the subject was found, and, so:
far as the file* In Mr. Taft's office
show, he had no acquaintance with Mr.
Ryan or any Interest In any Alaskan
Investment. Mr. Taft Is In Europe. I
TWO ERROR WRITS
ill DAMAGE S?ll
Appeals Taken by Parties Who
Lost as Result of Elevator
Accident.
In two cases resulting from the re?
cent death of Waiter B. Owyn. a prom- !
Inent resident of Norfolk, In an eleva- I
lor accident. ..the Supreme Court ol
Appeals yesterday allowed writs ol
error. The point involved in one case
is as to the liability of certain defen?
dants for damages because of the sit?
uation regarding a lease and in othel
the doctrine of the "last clear chance'
as applied to his case Is assailed.
Mr. Owyn, while ascending to his
office In the Dickson Building in nn
elevator, met his death. The elevator
seems to Indicate that after the car
had passed the third floor he called j
'.'third" and the boy operating the j
elevator returned to that floor. He;
opened the door and Mr. Owyn tried
to rtep out- Either the elevator start
ed <lown again or eise.it did not stop
at all. and Mr. Owyn was caught be?
tween the roof of the car and the sill
of the third floor, suffering fatal in?
juries.
Got I I ml i of Ilntnnges.
The widow, Mrs. Helen C. Owyn,
sued for and obtained {10,000 damages,
naming the Real Estate Trust and In?
surance Company, the Courtney Reaity
Corporation, Robert A. Walnwright and
Charles Mclntoth Tunstall as defen?
dants. It seems that William C. Dick
son bad conveyed the leasehold on the
property for a term of years to thf
Real Estate Trust Company, Wain
wripht and Mclntosh, and that these in
turn had transferred it to the Court?
ney Realty Corporation However, the
salaries paid for care of the building
were disbursed, and the rents collect?
ed by the other corporation, the of?
ficers of the two being the same.
The petitioners in one case set forth
that the Courtney Realty Corporation
alone Is responsible, ns the lessee,
and that the others cannot he held.
The Courtney company invoked the
"last clear chance" doctrine, claiming
that Mr. Owyn was guilty of contri?
butory negligence to such an extent,
and within the instant In which all
the events occurred, that the doctrine
does not apply.
UMPIRE'S LIP SPLIT
BY SHERWOOD MAGEE
Philly Player Attacks Indicator Handler Because
of Decision, and Now He Must Go to Hos?
pital for Repairs?Finneran
Was the Man.
I Philadelphia, Pa., July 10.?During.
I the third inning- of to-day's gam* be-|
: twcon the Philadelphia and St. Louis
i National League baseball clubs', Shcr- '
I wood Magee, left lleldcr of the home j
? team, made an assault upon Umpire
Flnneran. The letter's Hp was spilt, \
, and he was compelled to go to a ho?-j
j pltal to have It sewed up.
j In the second Inning Magee made .
; a big kick when he was called out by
: I'mplre Rigler while trying to steal'
second base. In the next inning Ma- |
; gee wa scalled out on strikes by Um
J plre Flnneran. Magee threw his bat|
I in the air and started away from th?-i
' plate. For this exhibition of dlsap- I
! proval of the umpire's Judgment Fin-1
'? neran ordered him to the clubhouse.
I Magee turjied and made a rush at Kin
| neran. who stepped towards the. player
? The men clinched for a second. Then
! Magee stepped buck and, pushing Fln
; neran away, Fhot out his left with
full force. The blow landed on Fln
neran's mouth, and he tell to the
ground as it knocked out. Although
dazed by the unexpected assault, a
score of playern rushed to the spot,
with Assistant Umpire Klgler.
Flnneran finally managed to get to
his feet. Blood was flowing from the,
gash In his lip. Flnneran made a rush
toward Magee, but he was held by the
players. Magee then walked to the
home team's bench, and Flnnera...
breaking away from the players and
ICIgler. ran nfter him. At the bench
Flnneran hid to be again forcibly re-,
strained from mixing it up with the
left fielder. Rlgler finished the game
alone. Magee claims that the assault
was provoked by Flnneran calling htm
ah offensive name when he was ordered !
off the Held. !
Umpire Flnneran denies that he!
culled Magee any names. "I simply]
told him to get out of the game," said I
Flnneran.
Pertinent Comment
IiY GUS MALBER'i
Over in the city of Wash r.gton they
are talking of trying to buy a fran?
chise In the Virginia league. The
noise listens good, and Washington
would be welcomed with open anna
and purses. So far as the story go*?,
the Inference is plain that no opposi?
tion to the American League team, now
enjoy'hg franchise rights In the capi?
tal of the nation. Is :^_ten ed. In tact,
It Is clearly stated that snould Wash?
ington be successful In securing a
berth in the Virginia League a sched?
ule would be formed which would
make the playing dates In that clt> !
occur when the major league team
was away on a trip.
One of the advantages printed out
ny the writer of the story la that Sun?
day bail could be played, such games
being permitted at Union League Park,
in Washington. However, Sunday base?
ball ror the Virginia League Is, to say
the least, a questionable advantage.
The probabilities are that should such
a proposition be brought before the
magnates It would he promptly- voted
down, regardless of Us attractiveness
from a financial standpoint. But this
is going a little ahead of the horse
to market.
There are several things to ne done
before Washington could get Into the
'Virginia League. First, the consent of
the Washington club of the American
League injyst be secured. Then a fran?
chise must be secured In this league.
WUh due regard for the sincerity ot
the author of the story, it must b<<
iargely r??arded as an improbability,
for the officials of the Washington
club would hardly invite opposit'on.
Magnate Bradley j-?'arl?" secured
pitcher last Sunday. He went all the
way to Newport News to do It, but at
tne last moment a hitch occurred whlcii
broke off the deal. He started at once
In another direction, and promises that
the needed twlrler will he on hand
to win many games for the Colts.
Petersburg is now In fifth place, I
having dropped yesterday's game
Lynchhurg. Despite the wa'l which is
being sent out from the Hill City the
fact of the matter 's that the Shoe?
makers are really playing great base,
hall, and if some of the other man?
agers don't look out will be contenders
for that rag.
Chicago Is In first place, and the
Phi'.lles and Giants are tied for sec?
ond In the National League As another
writer puts It, this up and down trav?
eling of the teams under he big lop I
is nerve-racking, to bay the least. It I
is better in the American League, for
only two teams must '?e watched?De?
troit and the Athletics?but in the |
National five of them are so closely
I hunched that each day bring.? a hunch
I of changes, and no man can guess
what the changes will bo
Tidewater League
Standing of the Clubs.
Cubs. Won. Lost. P.C.
Elizabeth City. 4 0 1.0001
Norfolk . 4 0 1.000
Newport News. 2 2 .500'
Suffolk . 2 2 .500 j
Old Point. 0 4 .000
Portsmouth . 0 4 .000
Where They Piny To-Day.
Newport News at Suffolk.
Norfolk at Old Point.
Portsmouth at Elizabeth City.
Ellr.uhcth City Won.
Elizabeth City. N. C. duly 10.?Eliza?
beth City won again to-day, defeating
the Portsmouth Pirates.
Score by Innings: B. H. E.
Portsmouth.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 n ft?2 S 3
Elizabeth City..? 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 ??4 8 4
Batteries: Hcnchey and Cole; Staf?
ford and Seifert. Umpire, Hennegnr.
Nancies Win.
Suffolk. Va.. July 10.?In a hard
fought game that was featured by the
batting of Charles, of Newport Newa,
and the all-round work of Catcher
Klock. of Suffolk, the Nancies beat
the Shipbuilders by one run.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Newport News ..0 0 040000 2?6 S 3
Suffolk .02000041??7 9 1
Batteries: Gunderson, Thompson nnd
Rogers; Sweeney and Klock.
Shortstop Hurt.
Hampton. Va., July 10.?Norfolk de?
feated Old Point this afternoon In an
uninteresting game which ended In a
0-to-7 score In the visitors' favor.
GDI. tho Norfolk shortstop, was pain?
fully hurt by a pitched hall, and had
to retire, his left arm belns badly lac?
erated.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Old Point.4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0?6 7 1
Norfolk .1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1?7 14 0
Batteries: Old Point?Morley and
Slesnick. Norfolk?High and Lucia.
Destroyed by Fire.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
I.aCrosse, Va., July 10.?Last night
about the midnight hour the old store,
building belonging to Dr. B. J. Mont?
gomery was burned to ashes. This
biilldlng was occupied by B. W. Smith.
Mr. Smith's furniture and $114 In casn
In a ?pockotbook wore lost Jn tho
flames.
Vanderbllt a Winner.
Paris. July 1ft.?The Prix de Saulea
run at St. Cloud to-day was won by
,W, K, VanciorblU's Uomhurt.
SEA NETTLES
STOP SWIMMER
Vance Veitch, Trying for Record,
Between Old Point and Nor?
folk, Forced to Quit.
Norfolk. V.T., July 10.?Vance With,
champion long distance swimmer of
Philadelphia, failed yesterday ufter
noon In an attempt to establish a .new
record by breasting the tides and cur?
rents between the Old Point docks and
the wharves at the foot of Hute .?tr?.-t.
The strong swimmer had covered ebon;
B?ven miles when the sttnff of sea net-!
ties cramped his right l<g and he gave
lip the attempt for the present. Sev?
eral hundred persons saw the start at
<dd Point.
Lud'? Mend Split Open.
(Special to Thi Ylmes-Dlspatch.l >
Danville. Va.. July 10.?The little
sen of Kev. and Mrs. S. F Nix. of Pel?
ham. N. Cm had his head split open
this afternoon by getting in the way
of an axe in the hand of his brother,
who was cutting wood. The fast train
for the North by mere chance nip
pened tp stop at the station and tne
little fellow was brouvht here for
treatment. He will recover.
Bond Election To-Oay.
rSpecia! to The Times-Dispatch.]
Danville, Va., July in.?To-morrow
the bond issue election will be held. '
ar.d the citizens of Danville will be
given the opportunity to vote us lo
whether they will improve the city
electric light plant and repave North
Main Street, the former to be done at
a cost of $160,000 and the latter at,
It is all-important that your Plumbing
Fixtures should be of the most modern
sanitary pattern. It is an assurance
against much sickness and expense. We
are the headquarters in Richmond to
which you should come.
McGraw-Yarbrough Co.
Plumbers' Supplies
122 S. Eighth St., - Richmond, Va.
Out-ot-town orders shinned ouicklv
W. Fred. Richardson's
Storage nnd Trnnsfer Depnrtment,
Main nnd Helvldero Sts.
Hauling. Packing and Storing Hlgh
Grade Household Goods.
Phones: Madison 843. day; Monroe
t4 2. night.
HAVE you SEEN
THE
New Method Gas Ranges
AT
Pettit & Co/s?
KITCHEN CABINETS ore used by
400,000 housekeepers.
Ryan, Smith & Co.
MILLER MFG.CO.
>.. SOUTH RICHMOND,VA.
INTERIOR TRIMMINGS, NEWELS,
STAIRWAYS, WAINSCOTING.
OFFICE AND BANK FIXTURES.
Rlftht Prices. Quick Delivery.
THANKS PUBLIC
FOR GREAT HELP
Chairman of the Ice Mission
Gives Amounts Contributed
to Poor.
The TImos-Plspatch has received
the following from .Mrs. C. E. Rollins,
chairman of the Ice Mission:
"I beg to acknowledge the many
generous contributions sent in re
sponse to the appeals In behalf of the
Ice Mission, and to return thanks to
all who have so kindly aided In the
effort to relieve the suffering entailed
by the intense heat of the past two
months.
"Despite the unprecedented demand,
no requests have been denied, und
hundreds of the sick'and suffering have
received the benellt of a dally supply
of ice. In addition to contributions
already acknowledged, the list below
has been received since the last re?
port, and grateful thanks are extend?
ed to :|U who have contributed."
Through The Times-Dispatch. . $223 ?7
From Loving Band, Second Pres?
byterian Church . 5 00
From "A Grandmother". l Q0
"Cash" . 1 00
Ruby Bigger and The'.ma Leltch Si
"Miss E. M," Lynn, Mass. 1 00
"In Memorlam M. P, M.". 5 00
Miriam Society. Second Presby?
terian Church . 5 00
Through the News Leader office 48 in
Erom box at Crenshaw's. 1 25
From box at Tragle's. 2 26
From box at Grant Drug Co.'s, 1 7 4
From box at T. A. Miller's. 2 03
From box at Ml'.ler & Rhoads's 3 32
From box at Shepherd's. 87
From box at Chlldrey Drug Co.'s 14 40
From box at Woman's Exchange 3 38
From box nt Times-Dispatch of?
fice . 27 85
SEVEN KILLED BY HEAT
llrnltli Hoard Gives Tbnt ism Record
for I'reHeut Summer.
Seven deaths from heat this year?
four of them during the present spell ?
arc listed by the Board of Health,
while in almost every classification the
death rate is believed to have been
increased by heat as a contributing
factor. Deaths directly due to he:tl
are;
Odel) Green, colored, age eleven
months, died May 21.
Alfred Walton, age fifty-nine, 2415
Park Avenue, overcome and died
June 14.
William L Pierce, aged forty-nine,
1114 West Avenue, overcome and died
June ;4.
Joseph B. Mahoney, aged sixty. 406
Easl Main Street, overcome and died
July 4.
William Patterson. colored. aged
twenty-two. S05 North Sixth Street,
overcome and died July 4.
Bridget Hennessey, aged fifty-nine,
overcome and died July \
Mary Williams, colored, aged on.i
month, overcome and died July >'.
Deaths from prostrat ons. It is ex?
plained, represent but a small fraction
of the deaths due directly or Indirect?
ly to heat, as that is a contributing
. in practically all cases of infant
mortality, while people have died from
nil manner of diseases whose chances
for recovery would have been vastly
better In cooler weather.
THUNDER SHOWERS
PROMISED TO-DAY
Washington. July 10.?More than a
half score of persons succumbed to
the heat here to-day, but there were i
no fatalities, High humidity, coupled
with a temperature of 97 degrees,
brought suffering and discomfort In
the downtown streets the thermome- j
ters registered 106 degrees) but thun?
der ^bowers are promised for to-mor?
row, and tho Weather Bureau holds
out promise of less Intolerable con
dit Ions.
Temporary Belief.
New York, July 10.?A brief thunder
shower this evening brought only tem?
porary relief from the heat wave
which holds the city. The tempera?
ture reached 96 degrees at 3 P. M.. and
after the storm the mercury stood at
86, and the humidity, which was above
80 per cent, for a portion of the day.
was but little relieved.
The report of the Board of Health
for the last week shows:
De\ths from sunstroke. 200; deaths
from the same cause during corre?
sponding week In I910. 33 The total
deaths for the week were 1.754. against
1^472 for the corresponding week of
1910.
The death list at 11 o'clock was
eighteen, while proVralions numbered
above 200.
lee Famine In Gloucester.
[Special to The T Imes-Dlspntch.]
Gloucester. Va.. July 10.?There is
an Ice famine In this section and a
supply cannot be secured from Nor?
folk or Newport News. The regulnr
supply -omos by hoat from Norfolk,
but Saturday not a pound was shit p id.
There Is great suffering; ar.long tho
ill Doople and children.
Norfolk. Va.. July in.?Rev. G. VV.
Cox. pastor ot Burrows Memorial Bap?
tist Church here, preached in his shirt
sleeves last night to a c?atles? con?
gregation, The heat was intense, with
the congregation suffering from Its
seventy, when the preacher relieved
the situation l>y suggesting that the
n ale members of the congregation re?
move their eoats. while he preachod in
his shirt sleeves. The men removed
their coats while the woman all took'
off their hnfs. The Baptist Ministers
Conference to-<iay congratulated Rev.
Mr. Cox upon his bravery.
BALLOONS START
M GREAT RACE
Every Pilot Pleased When
Driven to Northeast by
Wind.
Kansas City. Mo., July 10.?Driven I
j by a fifteen-mile wln>l from the South
I west, several large gas balloons sailed
j away from here late to-day In the
.rational elimination balloon race. The
two leaders In the contest will he prtv- j
I lleged to sail two of the three balloons
I that will represent the United Slates
j In the .lames Gordon Bennett cup race. :
j which will sturt from Kansas City on
1October I.
Every pilot in the race was pleased
when the Wind parried them off to
the Northwest. The Aero Club, which
controls the race, ruled that disquali?
fication would not follow for any of
the contestants who should be so un?
fortunate as to alight in water.
Not a serious accident marred the
start. Five of the aerial craft made
perfect starts. Too much ballast caused
the Topeka II. to. collide with a canvas
fence.
The occupants of the basket were
Jarred slightly, and after a couple of
hags of sand had heen dropped, the
balloon sailed away.
The Million Population Club, piloted
by John M. Berry, did not till per?
fectly, and refused to rise when first
released. Freed a second time. It rose
about ISO feet and drifted at that
height for a mile. The dropping of
ballast then caused the balloon to rise
nearly 2,000 feet.
Great Interest centred around the
[New York, because It held the choice
starling pt^iiion, seventh in the race,
and also because Augustus Post, the
aide, divided honors with Allan B.
Ifawley In piloting the America II. to
victory in the James Gordon Bennett
cup race lust year. The New York Is
a new balloon.
A race with a train was run between
; here and Liberty, Mo., tlfteen miles,
by the balloon Kansas City. As the
hallfton left the ground a passenger
train left a station near the aviation
Held. As Captain Honeywell had to
depend on the air currents, the train
won by two minutes.
BANK TELLER ARRESTED
Charged With M Isupiiroprln t Ion of
More Than ?5,000.
Pittsburg, Pa.. July 10.?L. A. Kerri?
gan, paying teller of the Exchange
National Bunk, was arrested to-day,
charged with misappropriating more
than $.'..i>00 of the bank's funds. Ker?
rigan had charge of the checks mat
come from a clearing house, and it
Is alleged thai by manipulation he
would cause the bookkeeper to make
two entries of the same checks, and
thus cover up the alleged discrepan?
cies.
rot VI V OFFICERS NAMED
VT ItOTETOUItT < o.\ VI0.\Tli)\
[Special to Tue Times-Dispatch. |
Pincastle. Va.. July 10.?The county
held its convention here on Saturday
for the notniiialli.n of a representative
and county Officer's. There was n strong
delegation present and much Interest
shown. There were morninu and eve?
ning sessions, which culminated In
the nomination of the following coun?
ty officers: C. M. Lunsford, for county
representative; VV, it. .Mien, for Com?
monwealth's Attorney; Turner Mc?
Dowell, for county clerk; Dr. R. H.
l.alune. for treasurer: O. U. Brugh md
.1 K. McClaugherty, f.-.r commissioners
of the revenue for the upper and
lower districts.
GILBERT WiNHER
OF PRELIMINARY
In Match Shoot, He Captures
Hazard Trophy From Lester
S. German.
Wilmington, Del., July 10.?Prelimin?
ary to the sixth annual Eastern handi?
cap shoot, which starts to-morrow,
Fred Gilbert, of spirit Lnke, Iowa.
and Lester S. German, of Aberdeen.
Md., two of the best known shots In
the country, to-day shot at the Dupont
Gun Club for the Hasard trophy, a
1750 cup offered by a powder company,
for the double target championship.
The match was won by Gilbert by the
I score of 1SS to 178.
CAN'T RAISE PAY
AT PRESENT TIE
Chesapeake and Ohio Employes
So Notified by President
Stevens.
President r.cnrgo W. Stevens, of tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, has re?
iterated to the employes of that sys?
tem that tho company will not con?
silier any demand for Increased pay
until one month after Its earnings
reach the same point they did In th<
list six months of last year. Business
conditions, he points out, at the pres?
ent time are such as to net a small
profit and not sufficient In proportion
to the investment.
The employes of the Chesapeake and
Ohio are organized and have made a
formal demand for an Increase of
about 4 cents per hour In their wages.
The request for more money has come
from carmen, hoilermakors, pipefitters,
machinists, blacksmiths and helpers. A
vote is now being taken to decide
what they will do.
Before the railway will accede to
the wage Increase under prevailing;
business conditions, according to Presi?
dent Stevens. It will permit its shops
to close.
None of the officials of the road
could he seen here yesterday. They are
at the White Sulphur Springs, engaged
with President Stevens In a divisional
conference, concerning the affairs and
policy of the road. Including the im?
pending labor question.
Returns have now begun to come in
from the men who are voting whe?
ther or not to strike, hut It will liko
ly he the end of the week before rite
result cnn be known. There Is said to
he a division among them concerning
the advisability on resorting to this
drastic action.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
At Atlanta: Atlanta-Memphis, wet
grounds
At Nashville: Nashville, 2; Chatta?
nooga, 0.
At Montgomery: Montgomery, 4; Mo?
bile, 5.
At rirmlngham: Rirmtngham, D; New
Orleans. 6.
Through Fast
KXCtnSION TO THE MOUNTAINS
nnd
I.CRAY CAVERNS,
Via N. A W. and C. & O. R. It.
JULY 13TH.
Rnte and nchedulc same as last year.
Hours of travel In tho Valley of Vir?
ginia, In full view of the Blue Ridge
and Alleghany Mountains. Night and
more than half day at Luray.
ALL, F.XIM'.NSES.
Railroad faro, three meals, lodging,
transfer, admission with guide, JUS.50.
Children. $0.o0.
Leave Petersburg Thursday, July 18,
:> A M. Arrive Luray. 5:40 P. M. Re
turning, leave Luray Friday. 14th, 2:0<
P. M.. arrive Petersburg 10:15.
Personally conducted by
ISHAM R. OVER,
Petersburg:, Va.
"Ouarrtntecu for Ltfo."
RICHMOND MOTOR CO., Ine\
313 WestMaln,
OUNCES OF QUALITY
IN EVERY POUND.
Motor
Car
FORD
Touring Car. $700?Roadster. $?00.
1627-29 W. BROAD ST.
The buyer who knows tho differcne
to automobile j will own a
Jones Motor
Car Co.
Allen Ave. and Broad Streets.
y._-:-_-L-a
Two Cycle
4 Cylinders
TIIK CAR THAT HAS NO VAI.V?B.
Guaranteed Engine Sarvlce.
i'rt.c, ?1,200 to *2,ot)0.
Imperial Motor Car Co., DUtrlbnte?*
1031 \V. Bread St. Phone Mo a. tTUt.