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SYSTEM BARELY HOLDING ITS OWN Norlolk and Western Annual Statement Shows Decrease in Net Operating Revenue. With a barely perceptible increase In operating revenues. and a much larger Increase in the expenses of con? ducting transportation, the annual statement of earnings and expenses of the Norfolk and Western Hallway sys? tem for the liscal year ending June 30. made public yesterday by Comptroller Joseph W. Coxe. shows that the road j la hardly holding its own, the net oper- | ntlnit revenues huvlr.g decreased 10, pel cent from the preceding fiscal year, while the net Income from all sources shown a decrease from the preceding | year ol 14 per cent. The revenue an.l j expense statement will form an impor-j tant part ol the annual report of the railway system, which will not be forthcoming for several weeks. During the >??.-..r Just cloyed the sys tem had Under operation 1,972 miles' of tru'k. having increased Its trackage during the year by twenty-seven miles. In the report of revenues, the passen? ger, mail and express business has fared well, but the freight business was practically what it was in the pieced ing >iar. Every Item of operating ex-j pense, including maintenance of way and structures, maintenance of equip? ment, traffic expense and conducting transportation, shows an Increase fur in excess of the small increase in bus? iness bandied. Freight Itvvenue Hie Sum*. Passenger, mall ami express revenues for the yeur amounted to 96,130,111.34, an increase of $314,387.14, or 7 per cent freight revenues amounted to $30,427,411.13, an Increase of $179. 261.91. or lesa than 1 per cent The total operating revenues werfe 115,567,622, an increase of $193,SS2, or slightly more than 1 per cent. Maintenance of way and structures for the year cost $4,328.71 7, an Increase of $370.672; maintenance of equipment, $?.?38,841, an Increase of $650.9.11; traf !!<? expenses. J5S0.715. an Increase of $31,909; conducting transportation, 110,672,624, an Increase of $002.898; general expenses, $7.11.3*1, an Incress* of 110,106, The total operating expenses were f 2-'."-?fiS.280.05. an Increase of $1,911. 520.36, or 9 per cent. This leaves the net operating rev? enue for the tlsral year $12.599.212.12. u decrease from the net operating rev enue Of the preceding year of $1.417. 868.31, or approximately 10 per cent. Other Income amounted to 11,254,003, i.inking the gross Income $ 13.s r.". 215. Fixed charges for the year amounted to $4,792,866.67, an Increase of $217.781. Taxes amounted to $1,320,000. an In? crease of 1201,035.41, or IS per cent., leaving the net Income for the fiscal i ? ear $7.740.375. a decrease from the j net Income of the preceding year of | $1.302.786.15. or about 14 per cent. For the month of June, 1911, the last one Included in the annual statement, operating revenues amounted to $2. 106 810; a decrease of $106.312; expenses | to $2.009.001, an Increase of $S3.193, leaving the net operating revenue for the month $886.609. a decrease of| $191,505. or 18 per cent. ELOPES WITH ACTOR WHILE PARENTS SHOP Wilmington. Del., August C.?While! former Mayor John C. Fahey and his j wife were doing their marketing yes? terday morning their daughter. Miss {Catherine Maria Fahey, nineteen! rears old. eloped to St. Paul's Church, j Ju.-t around the corner with William i -". K. Wells, twenty-two years old. and was married. The couple left nt once for a wed? ding tour. Wells is a theatrical man. News of South Richmond South Richmond Bureau, The Times-Dispatch, '102u Hull Street. 'Phone Madison 17;".. ! Names for the bridges connecting the north and south shore of the lames River form an Interesting topic of debate In South Richmond. Old Mayo's Bridge has had that name for more than a century; in fact, the first grant to build a floating log passage? way over the river below the falls of the James was made to one William Byrd. of an ancient and honored fam? ily. When tne new bridge ? is com? pleted, there seems no doubt but that the old name will be retained. Rut a name is needed for the Free Bridge at the foot of Ninth Street. (Credled as a free bridge by a com tarty, all the stock of which was owned ay tho cities of Richmond and Man? chester, at a time When Mayo's Bridge was a toll thoroughfare, the simple aame "Free Bridge" was sufficient, s'ow both are free?both owned by the rlty?and the distinction Is unfair. Both are free bridges, and one is as much entitled to a name as the other. Historians may present the name of ?nme honored family of equal stand ng; since Colonial days, which would 3o suitable for the Free Bridge when lhat also is rebuilt. Avraltlng Council Action. South Richmond is vitally Interested in the passage of a bond ordinance to be presented to the City Council to? night. It carries the funds for water, sewers and gas for the Southslde. and the sooner work is begun on these utilities the better every one will be pleaded. The Southslde is pledged gas by April 15 next, two years from the date of annexation. The sewers are a necessity?street work is being held back until proper drainage can be afforded. And the need for connect? ing South Richmond with the settling basins is becoming every day more apparent, as the time draws near for completing a big sewer which will empty Into the James above the pres? ent ln-tftke pipe, of the Southslde Water Works. Arrested for Fighting. Walter Waugh and L. M. Cotts were arrested yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock on a charge of engaging in I a street nght. Bernard Armistead (colored) was also arrested yesterdey afternoon. He is alleged to have promiscuously thrown billiard balls into the street from a pool room at 1S20 Hull Street. Both case's will be heard this morn? ing In Police Court, No. 2. Daltlmoreon Preaches. Rev. ?James E. Cook, of Baltimore. Md., preached at the morning service yesterday in the Porter Street Presby? terian Church, where he was welcomed by a large congregation. ?BOHEMIAN # ! BEER : SERVED WHEREVER QUALITY COUNTS THE MOST EX PENSI VELY BREWED BEER IN AMERICA The PHIL G. KELLY, Inc., Distributor*, 1413 Ep Main St, Phone Mad. 1358, for a Caaa' THE STROH BREWERY CO,, DETROIT^ MICH. WI1H VIRGINIA'S SOLDIERS AT CAMP SALE CAMP RAI4K, SECOXD REGIMENT, COLONEL lEEnv ivn ?Tirr ' lbLDI ST.U-r._ CHAPLAIN. CAPTAIN CLEVELAND HALL, SECOND REG IM EXT. COMPANY MESS. REVEILLE ROLL CALL. CAPTAIN BALTZELL, V. S. A., Inntructlns officers in ?obre drill. TWO HUSBANDS KILL WIVES FOR BURGLARS New Orleans, La., August 6.?Two husbands within 200 mtles of each other killed their respective- wives through mistaking them for burg? lars. Both women were injured In the same part of the body. Mrs. Luther Morris of Hlo. La., was shot In the shoulder and her arm was amputated at the New Orleans Hospital .She tiled a few hours later. Jasper Green, of Aberdeen, Miss., thinking his wife a burglar, shot her. Buchshot struck her In the shoulder, tearing off her arm and killing her In? stantly. I .uro HTA NT CON I KllEXCES AHE BEGUN AT MONTHEAT Asheville, N. C. August 6 ?Two of the most important conferences of the Presbyterian Summer Assembly at Montreat opened to-day, these being the Young People's Sunday School Con? ference and the Foreign Mission Con? ference. Both we*,l continue throughout the week, and prominent speakers from all sections of the country are on the program. The Rev. A. L. Phillips, D. V., of Richmond, will conduct the Sunday school conference, while the foreign mission meetings will be led by the Rev. S. H. Chester, D. D., and Rev. Egbert W. Smith, secretaries of foreign missions. The opening sermo? this morning was preached by Dr. A. B. Curry, of Memphis, Tenn.. who discussed "The Relation of Pastor and Sunday School." T>r. Phillips addressed the confer? ence to-night on the "Unashamed Worker." VIEWS OF CAMI* SALE. "ORINKLESS JAG"! Chicago Court Was Anxious to j Learn Secret and Marshall j Told Him. Chicago. August 6?Thei;e have been' all sorts of Jags discovered, but it re? mained for Edward Marshall, forty years old, to spring the new "beerless Jag." Marshall vowed In court that he never drinks beer or any intoxicating j liquors, but still he manages ulmosij every day to accumulate a good, heal-1 thy Jag. His drlnkless Jags, however, became' so perpetual, according to his wife, that she could stand them no longer, and as a remedy sought the aid of Judge Sabath. Marshall was asked what he had to say In reply to his wife's charges. He frankly told the court that he never drank a drop of anything that could in the least turn a man's head, and his persistent clinging to this defense got the- court somewhat perturbed. "Well, say now, how do you do It?" the court asked. "You see. Your Honor." began Mar? shall, "1 am working for a beer pump company, and during the day 1 am compelled to visit a iarge number of saloons, and" "And 1 suppose you take a drink In every saloon every time you hit the pump." broke In the court. "No, just the contrary,'' replied Mar? shall. "Well, how on earth, then, do you manage to get drunk every day?" i "The only explanation 1 can offer, Y'our Honor, is mat it must be caused from tho fumes of the beer which come through the pumps." "Well, that's a new one. on me," said the court, as he leaned back In his big chair. "1 guess 1 will have, to give you about thirty days in the Bridewell, and this will give you an 1 opportunity tq take the Jag-by-the I beer-pump cure." > Marshall's wife told the court that he earned $30 a week, but that she never sow any of the. money, and that he very frequently came home burd i ened with a merry jag. TO STORM SOCIETY Their Harvest Over, Farmerettes Go to Newport. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.1 New York. August ?Twenty pretty young farmerettes, their 150 acres of potatoes, hay and corn all harvested and sold, sailed for Newport on the Fall River IAne Commonwealth last evening to "break" into .society under the guldanco of Mrs. O. H. P. Bolmont. During their visit they will be guests at Marble House, the Belmont mansion. Other members of the house party there are Mrs. George Tiffany, of Par? is, and Mrs. William Slater. "Gee, I'm glad to get a vacation," exclaimed MiFs Leona Brokaw. drop? ping Into a deck chair She was pic tuersque in a heavy coat of tan, a white sailor suit, with green cloth col? lar, and a big straw farmer's hat with a green band. "We've worked awfully hard at Heinpatead this summer," she explain, ed. "Yesterday we finished picking tho last of the 1G? barrels of potatoes. And we have gathered 13,000 oars of sweet corn. I guess that is going some." The farmerettes are carrying to Mrs. Belmont somo of their prize farm products, including several pounds of butter and several dozen fresh eggs. Only one incident threatened to mar the progress of the party on to New? port. Miss t?ucy Knlan who holds the record as expert buttormaker, nearly fainter when ahe discovered she had lost her powder-box. , "Dear me." she exclaimed, "I shan't bo able to meet tho swell friends of Mrs. Belmont with my face and hands tanned so." INLAND WATERWAYS MUST BE IMPROVED Senator Penrose an Earnest Advocate of Better Faci.ities for lhis Class of Transportation. Problem National in Scope. (Special to The Times-Dispatch.] . Wahsington. D. C. August 6.?Sena-j tor Boise Penrose. of Pennsylvania, I chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance, whose handling not only ' ' of the Canadian reciprocity pact, but ' other revenue measures has brought I I him hundred^ of congratulatory let- j j ters and telegrams from all parts of j the country, is not unmindful of the ' fact that the country is interested in ! j other things besides the tariff. Rep- ; j resenting a State whose interests arc ; j probably more widely diversified than any other In the Union, Senator Pen- j i rose took time from consideration of' I the. bills amending the Payne-Aldrlch | j bill and other matters arfecting the; ; revenue of the government to say that,; the BUbject of transportation was al- J j ways the great problem for inland : I sections of the country. That cheap; I and abundant facilities for the trans- | ! portation of the great natural pro- . j ducts of the forest, farm and mine ' I not only add to the value of all farm ' and city property within the sphere of their influei.ee. but increase ma- ' j terlaliy the growth of natural wealth ? j and reduce the average cost of the I necessities of life in the great cen i tres of population. "I believe that there Is no subject j now engaging the attention of the j people more truly national in its scope j [ than th? systematic, scientific and j permanent improvements of the in- , J land waterways of the country." said I Senator Penrose . "Frankly. I have ! ! thought sometimes that there was a ' j good deal of exaggeration about cer- j i tain urged projects, about the build- , i ing of certain canals connecting bodies j of water because their commercial needs have never been apparent, but I ap to the necessity for the Improve- j ment of certain rivers of the coun i try I have not the least doubt. "The Interstate Commerce Commls 1 slon In Its far-reaching decision re I cently handed down affecting rates . Delicate Flavor Virgin Quality Hermann Schmidt Monroe 101 504 East Broad St. between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific coast, notified carriers that they will be allowed to meet water competition to a reasonable extent, which seems to give waterways a new status anu put them upon a new footing. "Whilj I believe In a conservative treatment of out waterways, 1 am not blind to the fact that certain im? provements must be made in our rivers looking always to their tlnal comple? tion wher their up-keep will be the only charge upon the government, in order to bring this about we shuold have unnual river and harbor bills conservatively made up to cover con tlnuliiK contracts to the end that work begun on our rivers be completed within a reasonable time. The Ohio is one of those rivers which should be pushed to completion us rupldly us good business Judgment warrants. Tor had the Ohio Hlver improvement been completed wo would not have witnessed a steamer fitted out for the purpose of carrying down that water? way members of the Rivers and Har? bors Committee of the House, and Congressmen whose districts front on that stream going on numerous sand? bars during the Journey from Pitts burg to Cniro. It was an object lep son of the first Importance, for with pools along Its course It would bo comparatively easy to transport the thousands of tons of coal and other bulky commodities waiting for move? ment along its course. What is true of the Ohio is undoubtedly true of Other waterways throughout rhe coun? try. I realize that the people of Western Pennsylvania are as deeply Interested in the Ohio River project as are the people of any other section of the country. ?The question of r.n Intelligent treatment of our rivers, harbors and canals should neither be local nor sectional. It is a national question, and its solution should be, along na? tional lines, and It should not be made the subject of politics." P. II. McG. VICTIM OF SEWER TRAGEDY IS BERTHA COURTNEY Ilrgged Protection From Threat of I -Murder When Lust Seien Alive. Cincinnati. O., August t>.?The body of the young woman found mu.-dered and decapitated In a sewer on the out*! skirts of this city Friday was identi? fied to-day as Bertha Courtney, twenty-six years . old, member of a well-to-do family of Hlnto, Ky , and 1 h'ghly respected member of the young- ( er society circles of that place. The last time Miss Courtney was seen alive was three weeks ago, when she called on acquaintances nere. and! asked for protection, saying she was1 afraid of a certain man. The young woman was dresses when murdered in the sume garment that she wore on the day that she sought protection in the house, where she for? merly resided. It was by means of these clothe^, that the proprietress was certa'n that the young woman was Miss Courtney. Miss Courtney was a tall woman of the brunette type, with brown eyes, and was very striking In appearance. Some little doubt as to the manner in which the young woman met d^ath wnji evident until late last night, when some searchers found a hunch of hair which the detectives think helong to the dead woman a few feet from where the body was found. This, together with u coll of rope knotted and twist? ed In innumerable places, and in which hair was tangled, which was found by the police lato yesterday afternoon, substantially upholds the theory of an atrocious murder, RELIEF EXPEDITION OFF FOR LABRADOR Loaded to Capacity, Schooner Leaves to Succor Thousand* Suircriug From Fall nie of FUhlug Season, Boston, August 6.?With her hola filled to utmost capacity with supplies and decks completely taken up by fuel. oil and other nonperlshable goods consigned to Dr. Wilfred L. ?renfell, Hie Labrador explorer, the three-masted auxiliary schooner Oeo. B. Cluett cast off from the old gas house pier to-day and started on a long cruise of relief to Labrador and New Foundland. The object of the cruise is to relieve the many thousand persons among whom Dr. Grenfell labors, who are now enduring great sickness and suf? fering through the failure of the In? shore iishlny, season. The supplies are mostly necessities, such as surgical supplies, clothing, shoes, hooks and machinery. Captain Charles Mill has charge of the expedition. On thu vessel also are W. R. Stirling, of Chicago, and a party who, after I leaving the supplies, will cruise for six weeks in the Hudson straits. The George B. Cluett is a brund I new vessel, designed by Charles D. i Mower, ot Philadelphia, and is built j along the lines of the Roosevelt. j NUGENT ULTIMATUM FIRMLY SUPPORTED j State Coiumltteemen Give Him One More Chance to ftull for InaaltlUK Governor. Asbury park. N- J . August 6.?Mem i bers of the Democratic State Commit? tee of New Jersey, who a week ago ! called upon their chairman, James R. ? Nugent, of Newark, to resign his otllce ! because of the' Insult he had publicly i offered to Governor Wilson, met yes I terday at the Coleman House to con i slder what further steps should be ! taken in the matter. Chairman Nugent i had failed to reply to the letter sent ; to him informing him that his conduct had unfitted him to remain as State ' chairman. Tho conference lasted an hour. At its conclusion William K. Deverenx. secretary of the Mate Committee, was directed to send a letter t all mem? bers of the committee asking them to meet at the Coleman House next j Thursday at noon, when. If Chairman Nugent has not then seen tit to re? sign, definite action probably will be 1 taken looking to his* removal. But it is not expected that any ? such drastic action will be necessary, Information was conveyed to the meet? ing that the reason Chairman Nugent ? had not replied to the ultimatum sent ! him last week was because his friends i were endeavoring to evolve a plan by I Which he can yield to the general de j mand for his resignation in A manner that will not look as if he were quitting under lire. Despite recent criticisms. Chairman i Nugent retains the friendship of many j prominent Democrats, who do not for? get his past services to the party, and ; they arc doing their liest to bring i about a satisfactory adjustment of the ! difficulty in which he finds himself. I it Is said that, far from being in ? the truculent mood that report had declared ho was In, Chairman Nugent fully realises that ho was sadly in the wrong In denouncing Governor Wilson and that he would like to make amends. In the conference this fact was taken into consideration, and |t served as a brake on the impulse of some of those present, who would have pressed the demand for his in? stant resignation. CAPTURES ONE RATTLERj FINDS HIS HAS THREE Monterey. Va., August 6.?Price Wil? son, a colored man who lives near Monterey, came Into town yesterday with a large black rattler that hu had lassoed In the mountain near where he lives After exhlbltelng the enraged captive for some time he took it home and placed it In a box for safe keepns When he examined it this morning, he found, to his astonishment. !wn baby rattlers about six Inches Ion?; each tiny caudal appendage adorned by tho indespensahle button. it is supposed rhat when the' small family was interrupted by the colored man's approach on the preceding day, the little follows ran down the moth? er's throat and took refuge in her body, as this is a well known pecul? iarity of reptile Ufe. Price secured a convenient weapon, and the family was not divided in death. Kills Immense Crane. (Special to The Times-Dispatch. | Lynchburg. Va., August 8.?Several days ago Stokes Reld, who lives at Rustburg, shot und killed an immense crane, which was feeding at a pond near that village. The bird measured eight feet from tip to tip of his wings and stood four foot high No One Ever Ques? tions the Value of a Steinway Piano The supremacy of the Steinway is a fact universally conceded. And a Steinway is always worth what you pay for it. Let us send you a FREE catalog. Walter D. Moses & Co. 103 E. Broad St. Oldest Music House in Va. and N. C. CUM OF RAILWAY W R EC K I _ etnt. . orgo. Salisbury, N C, August >',.?Rlche?'PUu' Taylor Wilson, the thrce-and-a-h. Kawi. year-old sou of Mr. and Mrs. R. ^{,,1"t" Wilson, of New Orleans, wno was -,'atural Jured In tho wreck o? tho South'. Railway passenger train No. 22, at >L'vin<L Jollca, five miles west of here, Frld. afternoon, died this afternoon at ifroro local hospital, where the Injured wcrdrom rushed after the wreck. The body M will be sent to Mobllo, Ala., for burial.,, X.* Mrs. Wilson and Mr. G. S. Taylor the boys' mother and grandfather, who M. were also Injured, will be unable to ac-._ company the remains. The father ar? rived last night, however, and will ac'fty company the body to Mobile. Southern Railway officials arc still making an Investigation, but so far have not determined the cause of tho wreck. The prevailing? opinion is thJR it was due to the spreading of tho rals. ' HEAD OF FEDERATION OF WEAVERS PASSES AWAY New Bedford. Mass., August 6.?Mat? thew J. Hart, secretary of the Now Bedford Cotton Weaver's Protective Association, and president of the Na? tional Federation of Weavers, is dead at St. Loke's Hospital, following a, brief attack of intestinal trouble. Mr. Hart, who was fifty-four years old, was a native of Lancashire, Eng? land, and for a lonij' period of years had been widely known In labor union circles, having appeared at Washing? ton several times In behalf of labor legislation. Dlek Direct After Purse. John W. Porter, of Richmond, with Dick Direct, expects to get at least a allco of tho $2.000 purse offered in the race at the State Fair in which he is entered?the 2:11 pUco. -'Dick" la In good shape, and is looked up^n for something good at the Fair meet. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of i that Is GOOD FOR THE EYES supplied by us. Prescription work our specialty with complete manu? facturing plant on the premises. Headquarters for Artistic Developing and Printing. Mail orders receive prompt atten? tion. Lowest charges in all cases. TheS. GALESKh" Co. Main and 3 Eighth Sts 223 East Broad Next to Corner COME HERE 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. Wo are the headquarters in Richmond to which you should" comC. McGraw-Yarbrough Co. Plumbers' Supplies 122 S. Eighth St., - Richmond, Va. Out-of-town orders shinned nuicklv VT? ten "american AND aEUROPBaN AVOKt* THE BEST V~ BY EVERY TEST iflectmas. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TflK stockholders of the Watkins-CottreH Company will be held In the office of the company. 1311 East Ma Street. Richmond. Vs., on AUGU 8. 1011. at 12 o'olock noon. ' ' C. 9. FENSOM. Secretary sad Treasurer.