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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.
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QUALITY COUNTS
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BREWED BEER IN AMERICA
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WI1H VIRGINIA'S SOLDIERS AT CAMP SALE
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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.
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Street. Richmond. Vs., on AUGU
8. 1011. at 12 o'olock noon.
' ' C. 9. FENSOM.
Secretary sad Treasurer.