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S?SSWSSgSSSVK"" WHOLE NUMBER 18,832.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1911.
TUE WEATUKU TO-PAY?UmcltlctL PRICE TWO CENTS.
TUFT'S ADVISERS
IK FULL CONTROL
OF PROCEEDINGS
p.- -
Little Trace of Friction
in National Commit?
tee's Meeting.
CHICAGO NAMED AS
CONVENTION CITY
Call Issued for Assembling of
Delegates on June 18?No
? Further Move on Part of
j Roosevelt's Friends?Sig?
nificant Political Inci?
dents During Day.
"Washington, Decomber 12.?With
llttlo trace of friction the Republican
National Committee met nero to-day
und formulated the preliminary plans
for the campaign of 1912. The program
agreed upon was carrlod out ex?
peditious))- In two short sessions ag?
gregating barely more than two hours.
Chicago was choaen as tho conven?
tion city, and the call was Issued for
the assembling of delegates on Tues?
day, Juno IS to nominate candidates
for Prosiucnt and Vlco-Presldent.
Acting Chairman .lohn F. Hill, for?
mer Governor of Maine, was unani?
mously elected chairman of tho com?
mittee, after the acceptance ot '.he
resignation of Pustmaster-Gcneral
J/Yank II. Hitchcock, wiilch went Into
effect on April 1, 1909. William Hay
ward, of Nebraska, was elected sec?
retary to serve until the now national
committee is organized In Chicago In
June.
The committee adhered to the con?
vention cal 1 of 19GS. and the primary
question, which had been the solo dis?
turbing topic before tho committee
?was left as It was four years ago. The
champions of presidential preference
primaries and S'atc-wldc primaries
for the selection of delegates to the
convention In States where primary
laws are not operative were defeated.
They were led by Senntor Horah, of
Idaho, who contented himself with a
minority report from the subcommit?
tee on call, of which ho was chairman,
and with a brief speech to the com?
mittee. The meeting was unique In
two respects: There was a complete
absence of bitterness and the proceed?
ings were conducted with open doors.
Meet Ihr la t'ro-Taft.
Politically, the meeting was pro
Taft. The president's advisers con?
ti oiled the situation. Early In the day
it became apparent that Secretary
Hilles and Arthur Vorys. national com
mitteeman from Ohio, were In con?
trol. The disinclination of Postmastcr
tlcncral Hitchcock to Indorse the se?
lection of Colonel Harry S. New, for?
mer chairman of the committee and a
member from Indiana, as chairman of
the subcommittee on arrangements
wat, overcome, and Mr. Hitchcock took
no part In the proceedings of the day.
The Southern commltteemcn, said to
be opposed to Mr. New for fear that
lie favored a reduction " Southern
representation, voted for the Imllanlan.
Th. other members of the commit?
tee arc David Mulvan. of Kansas;
Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey; Ar?
thur I. Vorys. of Ohio; It. E. Williams,
of Oregon; K. C. Duncan, of North
Cnrollna, and Victor Kosewatcr, Ne?
braska
Chairman New announced after the
meeting of the full committee that his
subcommittee would meet In Chicago
In January to begin the work of or?
ganizing,the convention plans.
The wishes of the Taft committee
men prevailed throughout the meet?
ing. The Ohloana and New Yorkers
who had given publicity to the Roose?
velt propaganda contented themselves
with tho progress they have made.
"Walter Brown, leader of the Ohio
Roosevelt band, took no part In the
proceedings, while National Commlt
1eo.m-n William I* Wnrd. of New
York, who did not attend the White
House dinner Monday night, was In
accord with the program adopted.
A committee of three was named lo
devise rules and regulations for the
national committee and Its ofllcers.
which are to be reported to the 1912
convention. Ostensibly its function Is
to devise rules by which the treasurer
And secretary of the committee shall
be given places In the committee and
entitled to votes.
rinsh In ran.
The expected and long-heralded row
over the primary question proved a
flash in the pan. The following mem?
bers of the committee were appointed
to draft the call: Messrs. Borah, of
Idaho; Kellogg, of Minnesota; Ward,
of New York; Rosewater, of Nebraska,
and Capers, of South Carolina. The
com' ilttee was appointed at tho morn?
ing session, which begnn at 11:30
o'clock and retired Immediately. With?
in an hour the committee had agreed
to report.
Messrs. Kellogg, Ward and Capers
signed the majority report, which em?
powered States with primary laws to
select delegates by primary If their
committees so decided, and Mr. Rose
water signed it with the reservation
that he favored tho primary iden. Mr
Borah submitted his minority report
which ' added a provision that would
permit presidential primaries In nil
States, regardless of the existence or
non-existence ot a primary law.
When the committee resumed Its
meeting at 2 o'clock Mr. Borah pre?
sented reports and explained the dif?
ference In the two. He consented to
an amendment by Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, which overcame the con?
flict between the call and the South
Onko'.a law. The call required that dele?
gates must be chosen thirty days her
fore tho convention. Ttnd the South
Dakot-. law Axes June R as the date
of the primary. Tho Penrose amend?
ment waives tho rule lnt the case of
South Dakota, Another 'difference in
Iho call was one which directed that
tho call for the South Carolina solec
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NAVAL PRIZE BILL REJECTED
limine- of Lord* Defeat* Measure by
Votc of 140 to 52.
London. December 11.?The Home of
Lords to-njght rejected the i\aval prize
bill by a vote of 115 to 63. The Earl
of Solborne. In mpvlng the rcjeetlejji.
objected to tho constitution of the pro?
posed prl>Stt court, pointing out that it
grave the British Empire only the wimc
representation ns that accorded petty
Central American republics. Further?
more,, he said, the bill permitted an
appeal front the British I'rivy Council
to the prize court, but no correspond?
ing nppenl front the United States Su?
preme Court, the representatives of the
United (States having discovered that
under thflr_ Constitution it Is Impos?
sible to carry on appeal from their
Supreme Court to any International
tribunal.
It was therefore possible, Dord Sel
borno argued, to get two sets of con
Hlcllng Judgments.
The naval prize bill pnssed Its third
reading In the. Bouse of Commons on
December 7. but Its rejection by tho
Lords had been predicted.
According to the London Dally Tele?
graph the rejection was determined
upon by the Lords to prevent the gov?
ernment from ratifying the declaration
Of London. This procedure will delay
the passage of tho prize bill for two
years, and the declaration of London
cannot bo ratified until the prize bill
hae received the royal assent.
NOW AMONG LEADERS
United Ii tu ten Mukc? Record fh Speedy
Ilnttlrithlp Construction.
Washington, December 12.?The old
reproach that American battleship?
were so long building that they be
i-itne obsolete by the tlmo they were
commissioned no longer applies. Ac?
cording to Chief Constructor R. M.
Watt, in his annual report, the United
States Is now among the lenders in the
rapidity of battleship construction. Ho
attributes this to the adoption of good
management, which he says means
"knowing exactly what you want to do
and then seeing that It Is done in
tho best and most rapid way." which
might be one way of describing tho
modern system of ''scientific manage-,
nient."
In tho faro of this great reduction
of time in tho construction of naval
vessels thtro has been a similar and
progressive reduction In the cost of
construction. Tbc chief construrtor de?
clares that "lh<- total cost per ton ot
displacement ot battleships recently
built by contract for the United States
Is less than that of previous United
States battleships, and less than that
of similar foreign vessels."
DEVOTED TO THE POOR
Member of .New York's Bxe'aatve J?etK
Ilri-umm Philanthropist.
Chicago, December 12.?Frederick
Toivnscnd Martin, once prominent in
New York's exclusive set, who Is in
Chicago as a guest of the National
Business Congress, gave out the stale,
mint last night that henceforth his
life will be devoted to the salvation of
the poor, the down-trodden and the
Unfortunate.
Mr. Martin was well known ns a
member of clubs In Now York, Paris
and Rome.
"My mission now is to solvo tho
problem of poverty and banish mis?
ery," said Mr. Martin. "I have tiuit
puzzling my brain to devise ways to
feed and entertain the idle rich, and
shall be content hereafter to be known
as the poor man's friend."
Mr. Sfartln snld he had already taken
up his life's work and declared that
bo would work to banish crime from
the Whltechapel district of 1/ondon nnd
from the Bowery In New York, and
remedy similar conditions in Chicago.
DIPS INTO WATER
Hydro-Aeroplane OI\e* Ducking to
Llcutruunt Badgers and Pasrieugrr
Annapolls, Md.. December 12.?While
engaged in experimental flights In .1
Curtis hydro-neroplane here yesterday
a(f tornoon Lieutenant John Rodgers,
the navy's expert aeronaut, and En?
sign victor Herbster, his passeng-.-r.
got a wetting.
Neither was hurt, however, nor was
the aircraft damaged to any extent.
The accident occurred near Orecnbury
Point Lighthouse. The craft was at
an altitude of between 100 and 200 feet,
and Lieutenant Rodgers started the
machine downward, with the object of
making a skid along the surface. As It
noaretl the water it seemed to have a
little too much speed and failed to
right Itself. A Naval Academy launch
went to the rescue.
NOW FOR CHRISTMAS TREES
Mayor Shnnk, of Indianapolis, Pinns for
Their Sale.
Indianapolls. Ind., December 12.?
Mayor Shank, who recently sold bcv
eral carloads of potatoes and more
than 1,000 Thnnksglvlng turkoys to
the public nt cost. Is now planning to
Import Christmas trees which he will
sell at the lowest possible cost.
"1 atji told." said the Mayor yester?
day, ''that it Is possible to get Christ?
mas trees. In Michigan for practically
nothing, nnd that about nil they would
cost us would be the labor for handling
them and freight. If this is true we
may bring In a few carloads and let
every person have a Christmas tree
at u reasonable price."
WILL HANDLE COTTON FUND
Alnbnmn (ioverner Will Appoint Three
Members on That Slate's Committee,
New York. December 12.?Governor
Kmmet O'Neal, of Alabama, said to?
day that he would appoint three mem?
bers to compose Alnbnma's committee
to handle the SiO.000.000 cotton fund,
which, it Is said, will be furnished by
New York bankers to finance the cot?
ton crop. Governor O'Neal was not
preparetl to announco the personnel
of the committee.
INJURED MAN'S STOICISM
Picks I'p Severed Arm. Wrnps It, nnd
i.ne... to Hospital.
Binghnmton. N. Y.. December 12.?
Picking up his right arm. severed from
his body when he fell beneath Ir.hti
wheels of a moving train at Norwich
near here. Andrew Usrtson carried the
member to the railroad roundhouso,
calmly wrapped In up and then hur?
ried to n hospital. He took his plnco
on the operating tnblo and went
through the operation necessary t-j
remove the crushed fragments without
Asking for nn anesthetic.
Tariff la Considered.
Washington, D. C. December 12.?
The. general tariff situation and
particularly President Taft's forth?
coming message to Congress on
the wool tariff schedules were dis?
cussed at length by the Cabinet to?
day.' The message will be sent to
Congress next week, and It was said
to-day It will ho brief.
BRST BBItVIOK TO CALIFORNIA.
Standard or Tourist. Latter personally con?
ducted Without change. Berth 15. Wnsb.
Stinset Route. 307. Main Street,;
KING PROCLAIMED
EMPEROR OF INDIA
George V. and Consort
Crowned With Mag?
nificent Ceremony.
PRINCES OF EAST
PLEDGE LOYALTY
.Scene for Richness of Color and
( Beauty of Decorations Proba-.
bly Never Surpassed in Mod?
ern Times?Money Dona?
tion for Education An?
nounced by King.
Delhi. IriiUa, December 12.?King
George V. and his consort. Queen Mary,
were to-day proclaimed Emperor and
Empress of India. The culminat.ng
act ot the English monarch's accession
to the throne of his vast Indian domin?
ions took place amid a scene which
for richness of color and magnificence
? ?f decorations probably has never been
surpassed in modern times.
The crowning was followed by an act
of generosity on the King-Emperor's
part, of which a slight hint had already
been given. The Viceroy proclaimed
that the Klng-Empcror was to donate a
larg- sum of money to promote popu?
lar education, and that further hand?
some gifts would be made.
Another important change announced
by Eord Ilnrdlngc was that the seat
of government was In future to bo
transferred from Calcutta to Delhi.
Ilrilllnnt Scene Presented.
The huge amphitheatre which had
been erected In the Durbar camp was
thronged from an early hour. The
bright tissues and sparkling gems of
the many Indian princes and the smart
uniforms of the soldiery contrasted
strongly with the white dresses of the
European women and the sober garb of
civilian ofllclals.
The great feudatory princes and
rulers of India, with the leading
I'.ritish officials, occupied seats of
honor near the- pavilion located In the
centre. Screened from the gar.rt of
the curious by a lattice framework,
a number of mahuranls and other In?
dian ladles of high rank occupied two
sections of the front galleries.
The Interval of waiting was beguiled
by the playing of military music. The
EOldlcrs played a large part In the
Durbar, and a guard of honor com?
posed of !0iV picked" n-.en was drawn
up before the central pavilion. Troops
of every arm surrounded the arena In
a compact mass, and lines of soldiers
extended along the route of this royal
approach. ?
Veteruos of (lid Wars.
Cheers lit raided the arrival of a
little band of veterans, the survivors
of the armies which had made the
present Durbar possible. lhe old
fighters. In their weather-be t ten uni?
forms, strove to keep up a show of
military formation as they marched
to the privileged place allotted them,
but generally It was Impossible, and
m:iny of them limped to their seats.
Almost Immediately the vice-regal
procession came into view. Escorted
by a brilliantly uniformed native
bodyguard. the viceroy ami l?ady
Hardlngc sat in their state carriage,
drawn by blooded horses, with out?
riders uniformed in scarlet and gold.
Iln>n1 1'nrty Approaches.
Then the bopmlng of an imperial
salute announced the upproach of the
Emp-?ror and Empress. The royal car?
riage drawn by four magnificent
horses was almost hidden from view
by the gaily caparisoned escort. The
Emperor wore a robe of Imperial pur?
ple, a surcoat of purple, with white
satin breeches and silk stockings. Ho
1 was decked with the collars of the
orders of the Garter and the Star of
India, and also with the star of the
latter order. The Imperial crown con?
sisted of a band of diamonds, studded
with large emeralds and sapphires,
with rubles in the centre nnd n cap
of purp'e velvet turned up with ermine.
I The Queen-Empress's dress was of
white satin, embroidered with a de?
sign of roses, thistles and shamrocks,
with a border of lotus flowers. The
St-r of India embroidered the front
of her dress. Hor Majesty's Imperial
robe was of purple velvet, trimmed
with ermine, and with a border of gold
braid' She wore the orders of the
.Garter and the Star of India. Her or?
naments were a diamond and emerald
necklace nnd brooches.
Carriage nfter carriage with mem?
bers of the suite followed the imperial
pair. The guard presented arms ami
the bands burst into the royal anthem.
The combined processions proceeded
slowly to the great central tent, where
Their Majesties stood up to receive the
homage and congratulations of the
governors, ruling princes and other
representatives of British lndln.
nrgeou? VnlforniK Worn.
When this gorgeously uniformed line
had tiled past the imperial and vice?
regal parties nppoared before the vast
assemblage in the Durbar amphi?
theatre. When they took their seats
on the crimson dais the strains of tho
national anthem were heard and tho
people rose as one pcrsun and stood
In profound silence.
U wns a pretty group around 'he
four thrones of the Emperor, tl.c Em?
press, the Viceroy nnd the Vicereine,
at the back of which Imperial nnd
viceregal staffs and the Imperial ec.rtet
corps, composed entirely of youthful
princes and scions of princely familes,
formed In rank.
Tho first formal act of the cere?
mony was performed by the fore'gn
secretary.. who advanced to the dais
ami asked permission of the Emperor
to open the Durbar. At his signal a
long roll from the drums and a thrill?
ing call from the bugles were sounded,
followed by a triumphant peal of
music from the b?nde. Then a not--,
from tho heralds' silver trumpets rang
over the plain. ? '
At that moment appeared the strik?
ing ngure of tho Imperial- herald,
mounted on a jet r61Ack charger and
blazing in his brilliant uniform of gold
nnd purplo. Behind him wevo a drurn
(Continued on~Thlrd I'age.)
Provides Increased Pen?
sions to an Amount
Exceeding$40,000,000
SENATE MAY NOT
ACT FAVORABLY
Measure Is Vigorously Opposed
by Several Democratic Leaders,
and Eight Republicans Cast
Vote Against It?Fight
Waged Largely Along
Political Lines.
Washington, D. C, December 12.?
The Sherwood service pension bill,
which would add upwards of ?10,000,
000 to the government annual expendi?
tures by granting Increased pensions
to Civil and Mexican War veterans on
(he liasis of length of service, wan
passed by the Mouse to-night, dcBpllc
the determined opposition of many
Democratic leaders. Secretary of the
Interior Fisher had estimated that the
bill would add $75,000,000 to the pen?
sion roll If the 100,000 veterans eligible
tuk?; advantage of the Increased wage.
Light Republicans voted with the
eighty.four Democrats against the I 111.
Speaker Clark voted with the majority
of his party for the hill, and Demo?
cratic Leader Underwood and Fitz?
gerald, of Now York, chairman of
the Appropriations Committee, voted
against it.
The bill now goes to the Senate,
where there Is a disposition to pass
some form of amended service pension
legislation. Senate lenders. however,
will proceed slowly In the considera?
tion of this legislation, and many
House Democrats voted for the meas?
ure In the belief thin the Senate would
not pass It.
The Sherwood hill would establish
the following basis of pensions: For
service for ninety days to six months,
$15 per month; from six to nine months,
$20 per month; from nine months to
one year, $25 per month; more than
one year, (30 per month.
Changes Made In mil.
Two Important changes were mad?
In the Sherwood bill during the all
day buttle over It. A Joint amendment,
by Representatives Hauch, of Indiana,
und Cox. of Ohio, struck out the pro?
vision denying entrance to Federal
soldiers' horn's of veterans recefving
more than $10 a month, and refusing
to State homos Federal aid for the
support of such pensioners.
The redlstrlctlon against the pay?
ment of any pension to a veteran
Whose Income exceeds $1.0on a yenr
was voted out, on tho motion of Rep?
resentative Rucker. of Colorado.
The fight on the 'bill was waged
along political lines to n considerable
extent, and members of earn party
charged the other party with bun?
combe, in "their attitude toward the
old soldiers."
Prominent Democrats attacked the
bill as directly opposed to the Demo?
cratic principles of economy and de
etriictlvc of the plans to reduce the
tariff.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Appro?
priations Committee, fought it be
cause of its tremendous draft on
the treasury. Representative Harri?
son, of New York, a leading Demo?
crat on the Ways and Means Com?
mittee, declared that the bill "knocks
In the face all pretensions mndo by
the Democratic party In the last cam?
paign."
I'crcy Attnekn Itenr.t.
Washington. Deremher 12.?Senator
Leroy Percy, of Mississippi, rose to a
question of personal privilege in the
Senate to-day and delivered a scath?
ing denunciation of an article re?
lating to his election published In the
November number of a popular maga?
zine. He nlso bitterly attacked Wil?
liam R. Hearst, who. he said, owned
the magazine nnd Inspired the article,
and former Governor Vnrdaman. nom?
inated by the Mississippi Democratic
primary to succeed Percy. The Son
j ator said he would not ask for an
: investigation of his election, but
1 challenged bis prospective successor to
make such a demand, saying: "If he
W'll by let" !?' .ulv'se me that any ono
1 of these eighty -s?vcn volis cast for
me wns Improperly Influenceil in my
behalf, nnd he desires nn Investiga?
tion by the United States Senate, I.
In his hehnlf. will introduce n reso?
lution requesting such an Investiga?
tion and urge Its favorable considera?
tion."
He alFO said he would urge an in?
quiry if one were asked for by Iht
Mississippi Legislature, which, he de?
clared, bad ridden Into office, by the
fame tidal wave that had nominated
[ Vardaman.
! Tongue-lashing Vardaman. Senator
Percy declared that the former was
now defendant In a suit, filed by tho
Attorney-General of Mississippi, charg
I Ing emhessslemciit of trust funds. Mr.
i Hearst wns characterized as "a states?
man without a record; a mendacious
muckraker without a peer," whose
'bitter; malignant and incendiary ut
[ icrnnces caused hlin to be held by the
emmtry morally responsible for the
si. .its tired into Cue body of William
McKinley."
Every allegation of corruption men?
tioned in the magazine article, the
Senator snld. had been probed by tho
I courts or Legislature of Mississippi
\ nnd found wanting. In the faco of tho
wide publicity given the. chnrges and
I the "avid and gloating indorsement
by the Senntor-elect from Mississippi,"
I Senator Percy said he could not, as ho
linn announced, carry out his Intention
of presenting his reslgnntlon as Sen?
ator to tho Stato Legislature next
month.
Vardnmnn Aska Injunction.
? Jackson. Miss December 12.?United
States Senator-Elect James tC. Vnrda
mnn to-day tiled petition for nn In?
junction to prevent hearing of a suit
filed' against him, asking for' an nc
^Continued on Second Pago.)
Wednesday Club Plans
to Bring Other Stars
Here in Spring.
GRAND OPERA IS
ULTIMATE GOAL
Semi-Annual Seasons Discussed
at Annual Meeting of Club.
Proposition Is to Make Af?
fair of 1912 Greatest in
History of Organi?
zation.
Seventy-five members of the Metro?
politan Grand O;iori chr.rus, ibe Metro?
politan Orchestra. Madame Alma Gluck,
prlma donna of Unit organisation, six
op?-ra stars to he chosen from such
names of Caruso. Rlccardo Martin.
Geraldlne Farrar, Louise Homer and
Madame Schumnn-Holllk, Z'.mbaltst,
the Russian virtuoso, and the famous
Richmond pianist, John Powell, will
be brought hero to augment nnd assist
the chorus of the Wcdnosduy Club In
giving this city next spring the great?
est music festival In Its history.
Such are the plans outlined and en?
thusiastically adopted last night at
the annual meeting of the Wednesday
Club at tho Jefferson Hotel.
Going Afl.er Chorus.
Louis K. Weitzel, organist and choir?
master of the Grace Street Presbyter
Ian Church, and for years the nccom
pantst of the club, was chosen by tho
executive committee to conduct tlio
work of the Richmond chorus, and
w-as Instructed to begin Immediately
the difficult task of organizing and
welding together a singing body of
four or live hundred local voices. Jan?
uary 2 was named ss the night for the
tirsl meeting of the chorus, by which
time all preliminary details will have
been arranged. The hoard ot" gover?
nors will secure immediately a suit
abb; hall fur rehearsals.
According to the plans already
agreed upon, Richmond will be given
next May its first concert, In which
the most celebrated and accomplished
artists of the musical world will ap?
pear. The Wednesday Club will givo
this city grand opera except for the
stage setting and the costuming. Cor?
respondence between President J. G.
Corlcy, of the Wednesday Club, nnd
the directors of the MetropolfTnn Upera
Company disclosed the fact that many
of that famous organization could be
engaged for a local concert at reason?
able rates, as the company can stop
over here either going or returning
from Atlanta.
Wnnl Operatic Music.
When It was found that the week
of opera In Atlanta fell at tho lime ot
the May Festival here, the board of
governors immediately met and re?
commended the adoption of the fol?
lowing resolution:
''Resolved, That In the opinion of
tills board. It is desirable to give,
operntlc music in concert form at the
approaching festivals, and to that end
to organize forthwith a local chorus
and engage a portion Of the Metro?
politan chorus to sing in conjunction
with the local chorus, provided it is
found practical to blend Hie two
choruses."
This resolution was unanimously
adopted, after the fear of some mem?
bers had been allayed that the intro?
duction of the Metropolitan chorus
nnd the singing of operatic music
would result In the dissolution of the
Wednesday Club. The board of gov?
ernors assured the members, however,
that such was not the Intent of the
resolution, and made clear that the
Metropolitan chorus was designed to
augment the Wednesday Club chorus
of 100 or 500 voices.
Radical Action Needed.
Lively discussion was provoked wTien
P sldent Corley suggested that two
festivals he given each year tinder
the nusplces of the Wednesday Club,
a midwinter concert of purely oratorio
music, to bo sting hy the Wednesday
Club chorus, assisted by regular ora?
torio stars and an orchestra (fecus
lomed to play oratorio music, and a
May Festival of grand opera to be
clvcn by the Metropolitan company
In Its entirety, to consraft o the full
performance of two three operas.
Radical as this suggestion seemed, it
was enthusiastically indorsed by IT.
T. Meloney. "the father of the Wed?
nesday Club." In a speech which point?
ed out the need for radical action on
the part of the club to preserve Its
position nnd educational power. He
called this suggestion the eventual so?
lution. Had it not been demonstrated
that Richmond hns no auditorium with
a stage suited to the production of
grand opera, it is probable that Iii?
club would have, adopted the seml-an
nunl festival plnn.lnst night. As It
stood, conviction was expressed thai
within the year, the Wednesday Club
must mnke arrangements to give
Richmond a season of grand opera.
With Atlanta. Washington, Philadel?
phia. Roston and many smaller cities
having their seasons of Metropolitan
opera, It was agreed that Richmond
demanded and would shortly get a
similar operatic festival. The progres?
sives In the club say that If grand
opera Is to come here. It should come
under the auspices of the Wednesday
Club, nnd from the enthusiasm shown
on the subject last night, it seems cer?
tain that such will shortly be the
case. \.
Iteal Opern Stars.
Immediately after the adoption hy
the club of the resolution concerning
the Metropolitan chorus, President
Corley announced that the services
of the Metropolitan Orchestra had been
bttl?ffled for the coming festival.
Madame Alma Gluck, whose wonder?
ful voice captured th/1 hearts of those,
who heard her at th'n last festival, has
also been engaged, Mr. Corley stated.
In addition, five of the shining lights
of the New York opera are to be sign?
ed up, as soon as possible. The se?
lection Is to be made from the stars
TYcontlnuod on Third *'aso.)
SUCCESSOR TO WYMAN
Dr. J. II. White Will Be Namc<1 an
Surgeon-General.
Washington, December 12.?It be?
came known from an authoritative
source this morning that Dr. J. H.
White, surgeon In the Public Health
snd Marine Hospital Service, has been
chosen to succoed the late Surgeon
General Walter Wyman as heed o? that
service.
Dr. White Is ow In charge of the
New Orleans district, and Is regarded
ns one of the most capable offActuls in
tho entire sorvlco. lie led the fight
against yellow fever In Now Orleans a
few years ago and scored a grout tri?
umph In that movement. So Impressed
were the New Orleans people with tho
work done by Dr. White at that tlmo
that he has by their rennest been kept
In that district ever since. ?
The only other strong competitor Dr.
White hod for the surgeon-generalship
was Dr. Itupert Blue, who also In ouc
of the. most successful surgeons In the
service. He Is on his way to Wash?
ington now from Honolulu to look
after his Interests In this matter, but
It has been practically settled at the
White House that Dr. White will be
given the poslt*on.
M'CREARY INAUGURATED
ttcorriiples Chnlr n* Governor of Ken?
tucky After l.npnc of .12 Ycnrs.
Prankfort, Ky., December 12.?Next
to Kentucky's incoming Democratic
Governor, James B. McCreary, and the
retiring Governor. Augustus K. Wilson,
positions of honor at the Inauguration
to-day were occupied by the twelve
surviving members of the old McCreary
Guards. This wus a military company
organlzed In Prankfort In 1877 during
Governor McCreary's llrsl administra?
tion. Six on a side, these veterans es?
corted the Governor's carriage' to-day
In the parade that led from tho Gov?
ernor's mansion to the Capitol.
Governor McCreary, most of whose
life has been spent In public orlice.
vacated the chair lid rooccufjled to-day
thirty-two years ago. Now he is over
i seventy.
Many personnl and political friends
who attended the first Inauguration
were present to-day. along with the
2.0110 members of the Democratic
marching clubs from the various cities
I of the State. In electiiur Governor Mc?
Creary Kentucky returned to the Dem?
ocratic column.
NO TRACE OF ROBBERS
Believed Men Who Held Up A. C. I?
Train Bscnpcd to North.
Savannah, Ga., December 12.?Though
olliccrs of two States and several cities
and a battalion of railroad special
agents have searched far and wide,
they seemed no nearer to-night the
solution of the mystery of tho Iden?
tify of the two men who held up At?
lantic Coast Line train No. Su. north?
bound, near Hardevlllo. 8. C, early tills
morning, and robbed It of one "Jacket"
of reg-'slered mall. The value of the
booty le estimated nt $5,000. One man
was arrested at Savannah, but was re?
leased. No other arrests have been
made, according to local ofllcers.
Bloodhounds wen; put on the trail
of tho robbers and followed It into
the country for probably a mile, then
circled back to the railroad. Officers
believe this Indicates that the robbers
made their escape on a later north?
bound train, boarding It very near the
scene of the hold-up and possibly while
ofllcers were searching for them but a
few hundred yards away.
ATTACK IS UNSUCCESSFUL
Turkish Troops Attempt In Brenk
Through AMvnnced l.ln? t>f Itnllnnn.
Benghazi. Tripoli. December 12.?An?
other attack was made by Turkish
troops last night. They attempted to
break through the advanced lines of
the Italians, but were unsuccessful, re?
treating with a loss of thirty-six dead.
The Italian officers /say Italian truops
lost three dead ami one wounded.
British Steamer Fired On.
Marseilles, France, December 12.?
The British steamer Baron Polwartb.
which sailed from Manila on Novem?
ber S for this port, arrived to-day und
reported that she had been IIred upon
by an Italian cruiser while passim;
through tho Red Sen on November SO.
Her bows were badly damaged when
she came Into port. The captain says
that the commander of the Italian
cruiser apologized for the occurrence.
GOVERNMENT NOT WARNED
emphatic Dciilnln of Sintritjcnt flouring
uu Destruction ?f the virdnc.
Washington. December 12.?Rmphntlc
disclaimers were mnde to-day at tho
State, War and Navy Departments of
the possession of any information con?
firmatory of the statement of ex-Consul
A. C. Hrlce thnl he was warned of
the approaching destruction of the
Maine two days In advance by a Cu?
ban sympathizer In Mntnnzas. Ad?
miral Wainwrlght, who was executive
officer of the Maine when the ship
was destroyed, also says that no warn?
ing reached him. It Is tho opinion
of officials that only through a death?
bed confession. If at all, will the secre t
be disclosed.
ANOTHER VENIRE SUMMONED
Seven Men llemnlii In Juiry Ilnx for
Trial of Chicago Pucker*.
Chicago, December 12.?The trial
of the ten Chicago meat packers n
dloted for violation of the criminal
provisions of the Sherman antitrust
law. was adjourned before the usual
hour because of the absence of fur?
ther venlremen. When court convenes
to-morrow fifty venlroment are ex?
pected t" be on hand. Excuses will
first be beard, and later the weeding
out process will be recommenced. At
the'adjournment seven men remained
in the jury box out of the twelve ten?
dered earlier In the day by the pack?
ers' counsel to the government.
WILL MAKE NO COMPROMISE
Iliil-Fiing-lCnh Instructed in Hohl Out
foe Chinese Republic.
Knn Francisco, QaL, December 12.?
The revolutionary government at Can?
ton dispatched Its delegate. Hul-Fung
Knh, to Shanghai to-day with instruc
tlons to hold out firmly for a Chinese
republic at the general constitutional
convention, according to a dispatch re?
ceived from Canton by the Chung *ai
Vat 1*0, Hut haa been forbidden to
malte any compromise.
In a clash oetwosn soldiers and a
robber band on Sny-Hoy River, the
dispatch adds, where many have been
plundered, ten of the robbers wore kill?
ed and a number of others captured.
These were put to death.
BOYLE GETsT?WrACT
New York -Sculptor Will Hrect Statue
to Commodore ltnrry In "WiinhlnKtou.
Washington, December 12.?After
many delays and much controversy, a
contract has been concluded with John
J. Doyle, of New York, sculptor, for
the erection in this city of a statue
to Coinmodoro John Barry, famous. In
the early naval annals of the republic.
Congress appropriated $&0,000 for
this purpose In 1006
BOARD ADOPTS
ORIGINAL PLAN,
WHICH GOES TO
i LOWER BRANCH
Health, Police and Fire
Departments Stricken
Out of Amended
Ordinance.
WHOLE CITY IS
NOW CUT DOWN
TO FOUR WARDS
Common Council Reduced Front
Membership of Forty to
Twenty, With Twelve Instead
of Twenty-Four Aldermen^
Great Crowd in Chamber and
Corridors Cheers Wildly as
Better System of Government
Is Provided?Regarded as Cer?
tain That Council Will Concur,
Owing to Tremendous Pres?
sure From Business People.
Special Meeting to Be Called
for Final Action.
Division of the city Into four vrnrda
wns concurred In by the Honrd o(t Al
tier men ln?t night by n vote of 15 to (I.
'I'lie original plnn for nn ndmlulMtra
tlvc hotiril, ax proponed by the npcclnl
committee, wan nilnptcd by the decisive
vote of 111 to ?*>, nil amendment* eon
lathed In the lllrschberg substitute
being ntrlrken nut, nml the pn|>er Kent
bnck to tbe Common Council for con?
currence iim nmeudrd.
The onllunncc rcdlntrlctlag; tbe city
Into four uard* of approximately equal
population reduce* ibe membership of
the Common Council from forty to
twenty member*, nnd of the Hoard oC
Aldermen from livcnty-tmir to twelve*
taking effect from September 1 nest.
The new Council will lie ?cleeted nt n
nrlntnry held previous to the general
election nn the nrrunil Tuesday in .Tune.
Amendment* Killed.
By .adoption of nmendmetits offered
by Mr, Don Leuvy, ihe Hoard eliminated
from control of the proposed adminis?
trative, board the KIre, Police and
Health Departments, which, under the
original committee plnn adopted by tho
Aldermen, will continue as heretofore.
The amendments bring the paper back;
to Just what was originally recommend?
ed t.i the Council, other amendments
proposing submission of the matter to
popular vote, and the appointment In?
stead of election of members of tha
proposed board, being rejected.
President Peters suid that as soon
as the smoke had cleured away a little
a special meeting of the Common Coun?
cil would be. called, probably for next
.Monday night, to take up the question
of concurrence In the administrative
board ordinance as amended by tho
Aldermen. The four-word rcdlstrlct
ing ordinance goes to the Mayor for
his iinnl signature as soon as it Is enn
grossed.
Voic Wildly Cheered.
Every member of the Board of AH
tlermen was In his scat when President
Whittct's gavel fell last night, and
more than .100 people were standing
In the limited public space within the
chamber, while outside the corridors
j and staircases were packed with cit?
izens, waiting eagerly for news ul
better and progressive, government.
Applause rang frequently through
the house, and was echoed oack from
tho halls, spectators being apparently
In favor of tho whole ordinance as it
came from the Council and shorvlng
no approval when the vote wus an?
nounced eliminating the Fire. Police)
and Health Departments. The fca<
was expressed that this move would
result In a deadlock In the two
branches and the delays that could
only spell defeat. Leading advocates
of the plan, however, Including mem?
bers of the special committee which
drafted It and of tho commercial or?
ganization* which have given it such
unanimous and hearty support, predict
that hot less than thirty Councilman
will come out for the Administrativ?
Hoard, now that the Police, Flro and
Health Departments have been ox*
eluded.
K?mest and open canvassing for
votes went on throughout the cham?
ber both before the meeting and dur?
ing the reading of the minutes and
other preliminaries. A quick poll
showed only eleven Aldermen who
would certainly vole for the Adminis?
trative Hoard with the I'.lrschborff
amendments, and it was considered
dangerous to force the Issue on that
vote, although Mr. Ilohson, Colonel
Orundy and others fought hard to tho
last for a clear-cut vote for the whole
proposition Just as it came from tha
lower branch.
Pour Word Pinn First.
The redist riding ordinance came tu?
first, and Its reading was dispensed
with. It was reported, as a substitute
for a tlvn ward paper ortet ed by Coun?
cilman Ratcllffo last February, ha
having been the first to propose the
reduction of the Council by cutting
down the number of wards. It was
jocalled that there was open laughter
in tho body when the paper was tlrst
offered, the campaign of education of
the past ten months having produced
wonderful results.
Mr. Don Leavy. for the advocate"
of tho ordinance, stated that It w?<
so evident that a reduction was ne?
cessary and since redistrlctlng tvaa
tho plain duty of the Council the pm
per would be submitted to a.-vote with,
out argument, unless the opposition
raised .questions which needed to ba
answered. The argument was brief*
Mr. Powers held that the whole matts*