The times dispatch. [volume], December 28, 1911, Page 6, Image 6

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TWO FAVORITES
ARE SUCCESSFUL
Clear Weather and Attractive
Card Bring Big Crowd
to Track.
Columbia, B- C, December 2L?Clear
weather for the first time In rJjorc than
a week, with an attractive card,
brought out a good-sized crowd to the
Fftlr Grounds to-day. Two favorites
were successful. Oakley proved a sur?
prise In the fifth, defeating the favorite.
i>oa Swell, by halt' a length. Emperor
William, heavily barked, stopped tu the
last Quarter and finished far back. Hai
deman came from far in tho rear in
the closing furlong to win the sixth
event handily as a well played favor?
ite. Summaries.
First race?S'-OC. three-year-olds' and
upward, five furlongs, selling?L'Ap
pelle (3 to 1. 6 to 5 and 1 to 2) tirst,
Eoni;ie Bee (3 to 2, ." to .*? and out) scc
6ad, WJnnlr.g Smile (20 to 1, S to 1 and
S' to 1) third. Time, 1:0S 2-5.'
?Second race?J200, three-year-olds
?nd up, five furlongs, selling?Tom
Shaw (t> to 6, 7 to 10 and out) tirst,
Dust (e to 2, 6 to 5 and 2 to ?) second,
Elizabeth (6 to 1. 2 to 1. even) third.
Time. 1:0S 2-5.
Third race?$200, three-ycar-old3 and
up, eve furlongs, soiling?Sir Edwarri ]
(c to 1, 6 to 2, 0 to 6) tirst, Vnca (2 to'
1, 4 to 6, 1 to 3) second, Chilton Sipmw
(5 to 1, 2 to 1, even) third. Tlinu, liOS
Fourth race?$200. three-year-olds
and up, one mile, telling?Warner Grts
well tS to 2. even. 2 to 5) tirst. Roso
burg II. (S to 1. 3 to 1, 3 to 2) ttvund,
Flarhey (2 to 1, i to i>. 1 to 2) third.
'Jiruo, 1:03.
Fifth race?$200. two-year-olds -and
trp. rive and a half furlongs, telling?
Oakley (6 to 1, 3 to 2, 11 to 10) tirst,
6e.fi. Swell (4 to 6, 2 to G, 1 to 4) second,
Dove Watches (S to 1, 3 to 1, S to 5)
third. Time. 1:14.
Sixth race?$200. three-year-olds and
up, mile and seventy yards, selling?
lltldeman (6 to C, 1 to 2, out) tirst. Joe
Koso (4 to 1, ? to 5. .1 to 2) second,
Dolly Bultman (4 to 1) third. Time.
1:67 4-5.
WHILE SEARCHING BUILDING
TWO POLICEMEN ARE HURT
Kxploalon Uurls Ofnecrii Into Street,
Ouc Being Seriously Injured.
Hunt Woman's Annuitant.
Buffalo. K. T.. December 27.?Po?
lle, men William Ahearn and John
Fiynn were searching a house on Fay
Street early to-day for Paul Lutz, sus?
pected of having committed a mur?
derous aseoult upon a woman, when an
explosion wrecked the building and
hurled the officers Into tho street.
Ahearn was badly burned and bruised,
but Flynn escaped with a few bruises.
Half an hour earlier tho police hud
[?been notified that a murder had been
.committed at 02 Pay StrooL Tho of?
ficers found that Mrs. Ida Schultz.
? Jit'ty-flvo years old, had been beaten
lover the head with a blunt instrument
'and was dying.
A search was at once begun for Paul
Lutz, who had occupied rooms in the
rear of Mrs. Schultz'? house. Tho of?
ficers were preparing to break In his
door when the explosion occurred. A
search of the ruined building revealed
tie- body pf Lutz in the debris. Lutz
had been act'.np strangely of lato and
rh. woman had ordered him to vacate
3ii; rooms.
BOYS' CONFERENCE
Many Speaker* to DI?cum T. M. C. A. Work
This Week.
Many ppftkors of note have hee.7* onjr.i.ceri
to artdrtJ> the drat conference of VlrRlnl.T.
Ole>r Christian Boy?, which will be held
?btro on Frldfo and Saturday under th.i
allspices of Ihn S;:r.e Boys' Work Commit-''
t'c of the V. M. C A. of Virginia. Amonq ;
the ?peakorf. ?rill h,. Oeorse W. Hinckley,
tfounocr and superintendent of the faniotu
Ooodirlll farm for boy* in Maine: David
Jt, Toner. International secretary for hlirli j
sah il work; Pr\?r. G Walter Flskf, junior [
iear, of Obfrlln Seminary; C. C. ltobtnson. j
Sot Ketv York, and Prof Charles W. Reut, j
M C. A , a reception by Governor and Mrs! |
.Mann, an automobilo sightseeing tour of i
\Y.< city, jnil, ,j yvi'v k'oui demonstration. J
The banquet-will be ,10 chiirice of the wo-I
Man's Comm|ttee of the Y m C. A,j and I
i-lfitor." may look on from the gallery ,,f I
'h? gymnasium
The nlKht .-itslon? of the c-mferer.cr.
be '.?.<l!4 in tr:o wnoelxttoD auditorium, v
Ix- or>?r. to the punllc.
POLICE COURT CASES
yirtvor nl Pnited State? Malt Delivery
Wagon llnrd ler TterkletttncM.
?lo.Sn Bentlay. driver of a United sta
rhtcfc dws.
for $10. wa
SlfXK r\ BAY OF TW*< IV.
fuTimm "?triinier Chios Wrecked mid
All Ilm 'I i.i, en Hoard I ??.
<"hios. foundei
irlhrirt?T the r<
t
The mechanism is tougli as Chronic
Vanadium steel. The wheels arc made of
the strongest second growth hickory.
"Ask the man from Detroit."
FORD AUTO CO., 1629 West Broad.
MURDERS SEVEN:
HANGS HIMSELF
Prosperous Farmer and Mer?
chant, in Fit of Despondency,
Exterminates Family.
Benton. Ark.. Dcccmbor 37.?De?
spondent; according to a note found
to-day. James Grant; prosperous, far
rner and merchant, clubbed his wife. !
live children un,| Btcpsoii to death |
at his home, autir Benton, Lost night,
and then hanged himself Grant's body
was found suspended from a ratter In
a barn, and those of the woman and
children about the farm dwelling, their
skulls crushed.
Hugh Grant, a slxtccn-ycur-old son.
made the gruesome discovery when he
returned from u holiday celebration
on a neighboring farm.
The note explains that "owing to
deep despair, and that I sec nothing
for me or my children, who. I (believe,
would be better off In heaven. I com?
mit this act"
Instructions were glvon where
money might be found to cover burl'i'i
expenses, and a request that Grant's
parents bo nol notified until after the
bodies had been burled.
The bo<i yof the woman was found
In a sitting posture partly disrobed.
Apparently she was preparing to re?
tire when eho was killed. Those of the
children, ranging In age from five to
thlrtocn yours, were found In their
beds. A heavy oak club, covered with
blood, ivaa found near the bodies of the
children.
RUSSIAN PROGRAM
AROUSES BRITISH
(Continued Prom First Rnge.i
uary. Medical assistance has been sent ?
hi in. The consul was 'bulng escorted !
to his post by 100 Indian Sowars when
.in attack was mado by SUO Kushgnl
tribesmon. The Indians were forced
to retreat to Kaaeroon, leaving the
consul behind, and fur a time much
anxiety was felt concerning his fate.
Reinforcements of 150 Sowuru have
been dispatched from rfhlraz to relieve
the force nt Kozoroon.
FATAL CHRISTMAS FEAST
Thirty-Six Homeless Men Die After
?Seating Putrid KlaU.
Berlin. December 27.?Thirty-six]
homeless nun. who sought with decay-!
cd smoked herring to add to the frugal |
meal of bread and soup served to I
them at the Municipal Lodging Mouse!
hist night, nrr dead. More than forty 1
others arc sick, several of whom arc:
believed to be dying.
The cause of death baa not yet been
announced, but the authorities tiro con-.
Ildenl that the putrid iish are responsi?
ble. The partially completed uUtop
slos appear to substantiate this, view.;
All those known to have partaken of I
tho Itsh are dead r"' In such condi?
tion as to be unable to throw light
on the subject. It is believed, how?
ever, that on,- of tho victims found
the tish in the garbage pile of a near?
by market and divided them among his
comrades. The men became sick early
tili;- mornmg, death following rapidly.
MAULS PHYSICIAN
Larerel Ooodc Brenk* Loose In Jull
and Injures |)r. Took.
Dr. Cook, druggist and general
physician in the City Jail, was attack*
ed yesterday afternoon by Lazcrel
Goodo. colored. :ind was sa,ved from
the negro's clutches after some dilll
culty.
Goode had ijO&n arrested as an In-1
nine- person, and, as Is the custom, was'
sent to the Glty Jail. Immediately tu?
tor being 'aken Into the hospital ward,
he- set upon Dr. Cook, and proccede-1
to maul him all about tho room. ? The
druggist defended himself as best he:
could, but was no match for the in?
sane negro. Guards rushed In. and.
rescued htm. and he was brought but]
with only an Injured nose. Goode
wns placed In .'? padded cefi. He nf-|
lerwards quieted down.
PLEADS FOR DEFENSE
Sjtn Orleans A?k>. That Mississippi
?Over He Cared l'or.
New Orleans, La., December 27.?Since
the formal opening of Southwest Pass} |
with its thirty-flvo-foot channel to the
gulf, the commercial organizations ol'.j
this city have decided lo take the lignt
for an adequate system of defense for
the Mississippi River tit the Joint Army
and Navy Board in Washington, to?
gether with the protest ug.lllist the pro?
posed abolition ? of the New Orleans
naval station. , A letter of nppcnl,
signed by :h< bends of i.ll the commcr
rial organl/.atlons, was forwarded lo
Calling iittehtloh (o the fact that lin
priivemenia '? >>'???. valued at
$ If.,000,000, and tin naval station, val
?i ' $3.000,0(1(1 would lie jeopardized
In til-, i vent of humilities which might
bio 1: the Mississippi River. Hnd a con?
sequent indefinite paralysis of the riv?
er's ocean commerce, the letter appeals
I? i i liefer.: ?? for the mouth of tho river
I "wlilch, iti our opinion, can no longer
h. delayed, an I that Faid defense can
m mm
MM ?m 8B3B i$Sls
Quaker Whiskey
disputable claim on your patronage?it is belter
R. L. Christian & Co., Distributors. Richmond. Ya. . ' .
Pertinent Comment
By GUS MALBERT.
It would appear from tho votled and
covered Insinuations, behind which not
ono bit of argument or logic or con?
clusive evidence Is found, that some?
thing rather mystorlous Is going to
happen at tho next meeting of tho
Virginia League. To thoso of us pos?
sessed will! the normal thinking ap?
paratus. It Is Impossible for anything
miraculous to happen. The one thing
which Is worrying the minds of most
of those who ai:c directly Interested
is who will be the president of the j
league.
There enn be nothinK mysterious
about this. It will either be tho In?
cumbent or some one cj.se. That's all
there Is to it- Personally the writer
believes that the Incumbent will snc
,-eod himself, und he will be truly
sorry |f he does not. This feeding Is
not brought about by anything save
the welfare of the league, 'i'be writer
has no nxo.- to grind, lie is not in
the employ of tho Virginia League,
nor in the employ of any onu connected
with the Virginia League. He has !
never received any favors from tho ]
Virginia League, nor is he expectlna
any favor of the Virginia League or
any one connected with the Virginia .
League.
The writer of these lines is cm
ployed by The Tlmes-Uispatch, ana
only by The Timcs-Dlspatclu He Is '
jvaiil to express bla views along Bport- |
lng lines. He is given his weekly
salary to serve no parttculnr hull- ?
vldunl, but to serve tho public. Dur- j
ihg the actual baseball playing sea- |
son ho Is paid to "report" baseball |
games. He Is Instructed to loll of
the game just as It happens. If It is
a good game ho is compelled to say
that it Is a good game. If It Is a
poor game he is compelled to say
that it Is poor. There Is nothing
which makes htm the oxcuso.r-ln-e.hicC :
for any of the raisplays of which the.
men engaged in the game may be ]
guilty.
In other words. The Times-Dispatch
is simply a recorder of what actually
happens, not an organ wherein ap- J
pears apologies for those who may j
not have given the public its money's I
worth Haseball Is a form of amuse- |
tnent, paid for by those who enter the
iratcs of the baseball park. And as
an amusement Is subject to the same
criticism as any other form of amuse?
ment, whether It be given In the open
air or In a theatre. Tfce public Is en?
titled to know all that goes on, or at
least as much of what goes on as the
reporter can Und out. Unless the re?
porter does this he loses his Job.
For a reporter of a husebull game m.
sit through a contest and after It Is
over tc say that It Is good, or to pro-j
cecd to excuse It if It Is bad. Is an uf-l
front to the rest of the crowd pres-j
ent. each of whom Is nearly as well
able to Judge the game as the man oni-i
ployed to write It. It Is always easier!
to boost than to knock, but It Is al-j
ways best to tell the truth. Thus Tbe:
Times-Dispatch serves the people whol
go to see baseball, regardless of In?
dividuals, regardless of teams, regard
loss of leagues. If the public. In the
face of true reports, should such re?
ports carry information which mlfrht
hurt the Hlohmond team, or the Vir?
ginia. League, still wants to pntronlr.e
the games, then the writer of tho're?
ports and tho paper for which he
works, will at least have' the knowl?
edge of having done their duty as they
aa w i t.
So far as the presidency of the Vir?
ginia Loap~'c ts concerned, the writer
will guarantee to support the man I
elected no long ao he does hla duty
and tries to give tho peoplo who make
the Virginia League posslblo the class
of baseball to which they are entitled.
His support of President W.lltumu is
becauso of tho fact that WUlJams has
made a good executlvo; one who has;
looked after the Interests of the,
league, has not btfeu bulldozed, has!
stood for the right as ho saw lt. und
baa not bocu Inlltiencod by favoritism,
or any of the powers suppot/cd ? to|
reign in Virginia League affairs. In
his support of kViUlaihs ho Is at lcayt
as secure in hin position as those,
who oppose him. for he has throe
clubs occupying the sumo position,]
while a llko number disagree.
ABlde from all this the brutal fact?]
brutal becauso of the dlscoloratlons
which scent almost biased?remains]
that 'It is the public which must be
.served. Regardless of what might he'
written and regardless of what might
bo aald, those who go to the baseball]
park are the host Judges. The writer
is willing to leave his position In the
hands of these people. Williams ruayl
or may not be re-elected. It Is of;
small concern when the bigger ciuc.*- |
tlon of a truthful and accurate report;
of the happenings of the Virginia]
League is taken Into consideration, j
Xcw ;;, news which is nccurutc and I
which tells what happens, is the os-!
sonce, the very right-to-llvo of the'
reporter. This 13 what the writer Is
striving to do, and he believes that |
he nearly accomplishes his purpose, at'
least, he tries to do so.
The man who wrote the letter which'
appeared in the Bpbrtlng Section of
The Times-Dispatch last Sunday Is not.
In the city. Ho will be back before |
the cn<| of the week. As he has no I
interest whritovor in the proposed!
United States League, and us he has]
been made the subject of some qrltlctsm,
he will probably make a reply. Just as:
Information, it miirht be stated that]
he Is one of the biggest and most In?
fluential men in the city of Richmond,
?.1 man whose word Is his bond and
for whom respect is entertained by!
men In every walk of life That's ail
for tho present. |
Prantlo efforts are helnc made by
tho press agents of the big fellows :ol
encounters. Now that Jack Johnson'
Is buck in this country and Just spoil-]
lug for a fight, the various promoters]
are anxious to make n little changed j
Johnson is still In a class by himself,
and the result of any tight arranged'
lor him at the present time will be
known before the licht takes place.
Jim Plynn couldn't give him 11 battle,
neither could Carl Morris nor Al.
Kaufman. Sam McVey and Lankford
are across the wntera, but even If they]
could be brought right buck, the fact!
that they uro ofr color would lessen!
interest in the tight.
So Ronhag broke nnothor record. As]
an American Olympiad possibility hoi
looks bettor than most of the rest. I
America will have a rather hard time]
holding Its own when the games orb
pulled off over In Copenhagen.
Sammy White, of Princeton who
won at least two games for his foot?
ball ?loven. through his own endcav-j
ors. has received more votes for a
plHce on the All-American team than
any other candidate. Sammy deserves
jusl what he got. While probably not
as brilliant a player as sonic of his
predecessors, and while maybe he was
an opportunist, still he shone bright?
er than the rest tad won his laurels.
create some Interest In
KENNEDY WHIPPED BY
OKLAHOMA ENGINEER
New York, December 27.?Carl Mor?
tis, the Oklahoma engineer, outfought
Tom Kennedy, tho New York heavy?
weight, in eight rounds of a ten-round
haut at the Empire Athletic Club to?
night. In the general opinion of those
at the ringside, neither of the "white
hopes' showed any advancement to?
night toward their aspirations of some
day wresting the world's championship
troni .lack Johnson. The heavier Okla?
homa man. weighing pounds, as
compared with Kennedy's -'l',, was con?
sidered too slow, and Kennedy's much
-praised footwork proved a disappoint?
ment.
Tho New York man showed great
gardeness in taking'punishment. Ho
had so much tho worst of It in the later
rounds that many of the spectators
shouted to Referee D.m Tomo 10 stop
the bout, but he declined to Intorff-re.
The tirst round was even, with Mor?
ris's best blow* lefts und rights to the
body and Kennedy's left jabs to tho
face. Morris rushed In In tho second
VAST TERRITORY
IS LOSI TO CHINA
(Continued From First Page.i
? ?! military activity. Tho soldiers eoi?
lldtintly expect that Yuan will yield
as griittff ally US possible whenever
such a demonstration Is made.
.Inpnii Xn| OppoHcd in Iteimlilie.
The conference which was held here
December ? I between the members of
ih,. Jnpuncsi Cabinet und some of tin
eider statesmen decided, according to
the Kokumln Shliribuh and the Yama
to. that In the event of the. Chines:
rebels insi.-ting oh the foundation of
rttpulilic, Japan would place no ph?
stacle in the way. The plan Is con?
sidered lo re as i est calculated to
maintain the territorial Integrity of
China,
Hoib ?>! tii.wspnpois mentioned
are organs Of Prince Kutsurn, former?
ly l'r< mlor and Minister of Finniici .
and who was present at the conference.
Plot Vo AKHnnstnnte l.radcrH.
I Amoy, China, December 27.?A plot
has been discovered among the Ho
nancse troops .r> this city as assassi?
nate Ftian, th> tnotal, and Choy. the
military eomma rider. The lender of
ilie plotters ban been arrosted and sum
marlljl beheaded, while several of hiti
fullowers are under arrest.
*>niind?i llclinnre to All.
New York, December I".?Owen Mu
?he English tighter, arrived from
England on |h< Olympic to-Fighf,
ipO'iudtng defiance to everybody in the
lightweight division of put-lli.-'i-..
"I have come li'cre !<? make a match
with Ad. Wolgast." said Mornn, ???and
I hope to defeat him.'or any others who
ird themselves as champions. To
prove that' I i.upnblc I will take oil
ethei then in Wolgast'? class ami deal
with th>-ni first, giving away weight to
run of them and lighting any mm. at
132 t>o,und#,"
with a left to the faro, followed by
lefts and rights to the head and stom?
ach. Kennedy sent bark a eonple of
Icfl Jabs to the face.
.Morris kept forcing through the th'rd
round with rights and lefts to the body
and a left to the face Kennedy alHO
go; In a stinging left to the Western?
er's face, and followed with a left
swing to the Jaw. They exchanged
body blows, and were in the midst pt'
a hot rally at the hell. It was Morris's
round.
Morris was the aggressor again in
the fourth, but in the fifth honors
went to Kennedy. After taking a
right and left to the head ajid being
forced into a neutral corner. Kennedy
exchanged left hooks with Morris and
^ot a bleeding nose. Kennedy came
backt however, with a shot of his
right to tho law. staggering Morris
to til,- rope:- at; I In end of the round
Morris came back in the sixth with
severe punishment lor Kennedy by
short arm jolts, half Uppercuts and
a straight left on Kennedy's nose,
which made it bleed the more. Froin
this on Morris was all over his man.
with Kennedy lighting hack as: gamely
as he could. Tile botit ended with a
; rally. In ?vhich both ivcre iutiglitlng
' to the body. They clinched several
times, and in the brcakways Morris
i got in the more telling blows. The
I Oilly damage Morris showed was a
pulling of his lip.--, while Kennedy was
bleeding profusely at ih-- nose and
was severely battered.
Kansas City, Mo.. December 57.?
frank notch, world's wrestling chum;
! pioh, defeated Alec IIunj'o, tlx- lhig
' iisii champion, in straight falls here
1 to-night. The liist fall cam*) In twelve
minutes and ihe second in eight min
1 utis five seconds, eiieh with a half
I Nelson ami crotch hold.
! After tin- decision Ootch came over
to the ropes and smilingly s.ild to
Hie newspaper men:
"Boys, I'm don.-. This was my last
appearance on the mat."
It \y?H the e:,sies-| mutcll fjotch ll'IS
ba.) for several v, ars. Tin- Ihiglish
; man displayed ion scum Knowledge
of tin- game, Tin- champion secured
his fii.i fall tty getting a balf-Nolson
while In was raising Munro high In
the air. t'lotch brought the- Ihiglishinan
down in lite mat.'and. affixing the
? rot' ii bold, easily gained Ihn fall In
' twelve minutes flat. The second fall
\-. . uveii easier, the champion still
ndkcrlni; to tue successful hold of the
first fall. Tin- time was right min?
ute,, and five seconds.
"Knghind for liiilie." said Munro. "1
i \* is epinplctel> outclassed.".
h is superlatively good and refresh?
ingly delicious with the untnlstiiknbli!
character of elegance?The Velvet Kind
i ice Cre.uii.
News of South Richmond
South Richmond Bureau. i
Tho TUnoa-Dlspatch.
10C0 Rull gtrcot,
Telephone Madlton 17f..
In the. Hustings Court. Port 2. this morn?
ing. Judge Erneut H. Wulls presiding-. Mio
caeo of Louis stein, who sues tho Virginia
irou A Metal Company for JS.Mo, in. as
eumpall. 11 lb0 heard boforo a Jury.
Sloln Is represented by Rhode? & Rhoden
uJid Willlnm S. Mullen, who In thotr doola
ration set out thnt tholr client bad boon
employed by the dofendants under a yearly
contract, whereby he wo? to be paid a sal?
ary of f 1.-JC0 a year and was to receive 10 per
rent. ?f tho pronto accruing from a certain
portion of the business; that Stein had en
icrcd into bis employment, and after worli
In? nearly six months was, without cauM,
discharged: that stela for the liniance of
-the time cdntraoted for. 'hold himself In
readiness to perform the work, and that
I his amount an well as the profits aro still
due. ' ,
Nelson .t- Nelson representing the defend?
ant company, in their answer plead non
asauniptilt: that Stein did iv?t serve faith?
fully, as nllcged. and that the president o:
the company saw _iiiet cause for the plain?
tiff, discharge, ami ho was discharged for
cause; thui there |,nd been a complete set?
tlement ">r salary mid profits and that tho
salary claimed In extra compensation not
earned, or Is extra compensation forfeited.
The salt was instituted February a 1SU,
and has been set for trial several times,
meeting with a postponement ?ach time.
Urldge Work Held t.p.
Work en ilia new Mayo'a Bridge has
again been held up owing to tho frcahet
caused by the r'-r.-m rain". Profiting by this
.aillcr experience with the high water, the
contractors had made all movable material
fact to the bunku with heavy cubic*, and
consequently the loss has not been vory
severe, with the exception of tho temporary
loot bridge which was completely demolish?
ed Tuesday night.
The high water at this, time. It Is feared.
will de up the work until spring, as the
difficult p..rt o( the work, pdttlng up the
timbers to support the frame work of the
arches, Is ye; to bo done. Low water will
he necessary foi this work, as the river bed
must lie leveled and a firm foundation to
sustain the tremendous weight of the
arches while the concrete Is settling, must
be made.
I'm Winston Arrested.
I. ate last r, Ight Officer "Mike" Mooro
placed I?ol Winston, colored, under arrc-sl
on a warrant charging him wtth having In
Iiis possession stolon goods. Winston Is tho
second Ol the gang which for the past year
la alleged t? have stolen considerable
lettthcr1 iroin thi> American 1,-ice Laaither
Company. The ni?t person urrested ?vaj
Thornton Tallafcrro, colored, wito in Po?
lice Court, fort was granted u contln
unnce until Monday.
Charged with being n suspicious (harae
ter, wanted for felony, Carl Ch.-.uham was
arrested last night, and Is being hid for
the Itlchmond authorities.
In I'oUri* Court?
Leniency marked the attitude In which
Justice II. A. Maurice acted toward a
heavy docket In Police Court. Part .'. ye?
terduy morning when only one flno. that of
(S and vests, was assessed, the victim being
Ocorge Tinsley, colored, who was charged
winh resisting an officer In discharge of
his duly. (Jcorge lio Is known am-jriK his
race as the "Cold King." because of hi"
huvqr-endlng supply o; that kind of cur?
rency, lived up lo ids reputation^ produced
., double eagle, which, with n.jny hows, h-?
presented to f.'l'-rk John Hastings.
Holding that Curtis Dell, seventeen years
old, charged with threatening Curtis sta?
ples, color.-,!, with a gun, was acting In
Sotf-defense, Justice Maurice ordered tho
boy dismissed.
Percy Marshall, charged with ihr theft
61 11-' from A. K. (..rimes, was dismissed.
W, C. Ilallowny, drank, was allowed to
return home after taking a pledge l0 ab?
stain from drinking for a year.
The cumc of Thornton Tallafcrro. charged
With stealing a side- of laco leather from
the American Lace Leather Company, was
continued by request of counsel until Mon
duy.
Ilulnrnul and Mandolin.
Another quiet day in police circles was
reported yesterday, only onn arrest being
runde, the unfortunate being J. 6, Floyd,
sixty-five year., old. -Ahe was p|.*k<-d up by
' nplain A. S. Wright and locked up un;!!
sobered, and then allowed to go home.
Ai the Third Police Station S 1". NIco'.O
poolns reported yostorduy that Ids home, cr;
West Twentieth Street, had In en robbed
during the nicht of December :'. of a rain
coat, valued at fi. und a mandolin, valued
at KV. The entrance was effected with
talsc keys. It Is thought.
Royal Arcanum Officers.
At the regular meeting ol the .Manchester
Council, No. 1117. Royal Arcanum. held
TiieadS) nh-h: the following officers wore
elected. F. 1?. Dunfcrd, regent: .t. P. Jones,
vice-recent: .1. It. Patterson, treasurer; J.
II. Vurdy. secretary; t:. T. Duvai, collector;
L. 1' Peel, orator: A. J, Smith, chaplain:
Is. J. Brooks, warden; A. S. Wright, sen?
try* Charles nurkert, guide; H. C. Boattle,
A. L. Adamson and Augustine Roy?!!, trus?
tees.
riiur?-h Entertainment.
An : iterestlng proKram. i.onslstlng of roc
Rations and Kinsing, will bo renderd to*
night at the anntia! Christmas tren enter?
tainment of tin Porter Street Presbyterian
Sunday school Santa Claus wli| he pres?
ent and will distribute gift* id the school.
Sure doev, keep the joy flags wavln' ?
The Velvet Kind?Fruit Brick Ice
Cream.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Change of .Schedule
January l. nil-.
%UZ I'. M. Florida Limited, solid
Pullman train for Florida points will
i..- . stahllshcd.
9:42 P. M. Pttlman sleeper to Jack?
sonville: day couches to Birmingham.
11:33 V. M- Pullman sleepers to Pine,
hurst, Jacksonville, Ttompa, Birming?
ham and Memphis: day coaches to
Jacksonville.
l or .'10 Vcars tbr Mouse of Quality.
Straus, Gunst & Co.,
DintlllcrH nnd Blender* of
Finis Whiskeys.
Drink Old Henry
Its Long Record Proves Its Mrrlt.
1/? OUNCES OF QUALITY
I U IN EVERY POUND
I Waverly Electric Victoria
$500
Richmond Motor Co., Inc.
_313 West Main._
? ^?zaw* . Serve
Highen Price nnd Dcst
W. C. SMITH & CO.,
?14 N. Fifth. A'lne and Main
The buyer who know, the dlffere i
a automobiles will own a
Jones ffiotoi
Car Ca
Allan Ale and B.r?Md_?JrjH, . ^
Tho public It cordially invited to b* prot?
on t.
Married In Washington.
Friends In Houth Richmond yettorda? r?
oelved word of tho marriage In Washington
Tuesday night of Mlu Mary B. Cbooly.
daughter of Mr* Mattle R, Chaaly. to Mack
11. ArcUor. Tho young couplo were acoom
panlod by August Krause. Arter a brief
wadding trip Mr. and Mrs. Arch or will b*
ut homo to their friends at 113 Oowardln
Avonuc.
Lodge Meetings.
Manchester Lodgo of Elks will bold Its
regular weakly moetlnc to-nlgiht at the
Elko' Homo. Eloventh and BalnbriAgo
Street.
The regular weokly mooting ol Henderson
Lodgo, No. 105, l o. o. f.. will bo hold to?
night at Tone/? Hall, Eleventh an* Hull
Streets.
Davis Council, No. S. Jr. o. U. A. M., wtU
meot to-night at ita room, Eighth and Hull
s'trcota.
Discuss Y.*3L C. A. Brunch.
Great onthualnam was displayed last night
over tlio proposed plann for a branch V. M.
C. A. In Mouth Richmond, whon tha pro?
position was placed before a clUzons' moot?
ing called In tho homo of J. P, Jonas. VJK
Datnhrldgo Slroot. Aftor a abort dlscuaalon
tho meeting waa adjourned u> moot nost
Wednesday night at iho same plaoe.
No definite plana for tho Bouth Richmond
branch bavo boon formulatod, and tho mai?
ler will bo taken up In detail next week.
C bvugb ter-M a rtln.
Miss Eula Loo Martin waa qulotly mar?
ried to James Basil Slaughter lust night at
?J o'clock by the Rev. J. L. Haloy at hla
residence on Balnhridge HtreoL Immedi?
ately following tho ceremony ibo youug
couple woro tendered a reception at the
groom'a homo. Bit West Eloventh Street,
ivhoro they will bc at homo to ttiolr friends
after a brier wedding tour.
Personal und Crtierul.
Mra. B. M. Robertson and boo. Iugram.
are vlalllng Mr*. Oaului D Brldgforth In
Lunonburg.
.Misses Bailie Blankcnehtp, Loipl M. Hoop?
er and Zuleln DuVal have returned from
l-'armvUic to spend the holidays.
Miss Annie Xoell, of Bedford, la vlaiting
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Doyle. 15? Porter
tftrooL
-Mrs. W. M. Tompktns and daughtera.
M lanes Elizabeth and Evotyn. of Toiect
Ulli, are guests of rolativca la Now Jeraay.
illsa Mattle Harris, of Brunswick, who hoa
been vlsltlug Mrs. M. R. Cheoly. has re?
turned home.
Mrs. W. A. Neil, who has botn ver>' HI,
Is slightly Improved.
The. condition ?.' Carl ton Rodford. non o( i
Mr. and Mra. J. E. Redford. who recently
mid. rwent a serious operation at the Me- I
niorlal Hosplta:, la reported as very ?alle- j
factory. Ho hopes to bo ablo to return |
home In a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar O. Faebeck ore vl?
ttlng relatives In Canada. After a visit to I
relatives In Ohio and Michigan thtty will
return lo tholr homo In Chesterfield.
seduce mmi
BY EQUALIZATION
? Continued I'rom First Fuge.)
formulate general rulen and regula- I
lions for the uniform assessment of
property.
Illpbt of Appeal.
Land assessments, pursues the re- j
port, should be based on actual sales j
values. Improvements should be ua
sesscd In a like manner throughout the
State, arid personal property should be
taxed at Its fair uniform value. Ma
chlnory Is provided to protect locall
tlc-a from unreasonable averages. Any
section would have the r!nht to ap?
pear and sul.mlt evidence as to the
value of Hk lands, and If it be dis?
satisfied with the average tlxed, It
would have the right oC uppeal to the
courts. No commissioner of the reve?
nue, actinic as land assessor, would
be permitted to return a land book
showing mi average valuation of lands
lower than that fixed by the State
Such a commission, it Is recommend?
ed, should consist of tin- Governor, the
president of the Senate, the .Speaker
of the House of Delegates, the chair?
man of the State Corporation Comm's-'
slon, the chairman of the Plnuncn Com?
mittees Of tho Senate and House, the
Attorney-Cenrul, th Auditor and the
Treasurer. All of those would servo
without pay, but then would be one
paid excutlvc officer to gather material
and supervise the work of assessment.
Taa oh Net learnings.
Tho existing system of taxing public |
? ervico corporations Is held to be unsat- |
's factory In some respects. It is sug?
gested that just as soon as the dccls
Ions of Federal courts will permit, such
corporations be placed or. a moss earn-;
IllgS basis, which is said to be the mo.-t
I equitable plan that can br devised, This
I system would be adjusted no to rail-,
I roads according to the ratio of opera t-I
ling expenses to total gross earnings,
j As to other corporations. It is recotn- l
mended that the. tax on express com ? I
panics be Increased from 46 to $7..Ml a'
j mile: that the tax on passenger car scr- I
vice (Pullmans) be doubled, and that!
i freight car service corporations pay on !
the property used in this State. The,
present offset of 10 per cent, allowed l
banks on their taxes should be abol- i
ished, according to the Tax Commission. ;
No changes In Insurance taxes are:
recommended, although there Is consid
arable discussion on this point- Dr. j
Freeman In his report asked for the j
ultimate removal of the municipal taxes
of insurance companies, their agents
and policies, except the real and per?
sonal properly owned by them.
The income tax conii-s In for a great
deal of attention. It Is recommended
thai, all llrms and corporations be re?
quired to reports the it mounts paid by
them to any individual in excess of
$1,000 the year, such reports to become
prlina facie evidence of assessment,
luerense In LicmneH.
Nine changes are suggested tp the
specific licenses. Onr of these is to
double the pawnbroker's license and
to reduce by 60 per cent, the amount of
.interest allowed: to put the medicine
vender's license at $100, instead of $2v;
lu double the tax on menhaden Ushers;
to Impose additional penalties for the
violation of the law licensing money ?
lenders, and to increnso the stock bro- i
ker's tax. No recommendation Is made
as to the removal of the physician's
license tax. I'ho secretary felt that
this came under the same rule with
vocational licenses, and If it were abo'.
Ishcd, all others of the class should be.
"Wc have found," said tnc report,
"that the work done by tho examiners
of racord is expensive, and since the
examination of delinquent accounts,
the work for which the examiners were
first appointed, has In large measure
been completed, we havo sought to dis?
cover soruo method whereby this work
can be done with the same success and
at less expense to the people. We arc
convinced that the work d. by the
examiners of record can bo done, and
done as well,'by the commissioners of
th. revenue. If the latter arc undo
the supervision of the proposed Tax
Commission- Accordingly we recom?
mend the abolition of tho" office ot
examiner of rcrords and the amend?
ment of the act creating them so as
lb provide- that the work ho done by
commissioners of the revenue. The
saving would be considerable Und there
! will- be no loss Of efficiency.''
I Tux llnsebnll (tarne?.
! ' Professional baseball games arc tu
be charged license taxes, ' If the pi q
W'hon better Ice Cream Is mode The
XsXyoj, Kind .udU make iu
gram of the oomml6slon is enaoted. It
is pointed out that baseball 1? an or
ganlzed industry, with a large profit la
many lnst&noes, and "there would B08m
to be no reason why its promote ra
should have nn advantage over other
persons engaged In holding publto por
formancos. The business Is privileged;
it derives Its profits from the commu?
nity, and should contribute something
to the public burden." The license
would not apply to garnos playctj by
persons not organized Into professional
leagues or receiving a fixed compensa?
tion for their servlcoe.
Dr. Frocman, In hts report, this purl
not being acted on by the commission,
calls the second Auditor's office an "ad?
ministrative anomaly." All the busi?
ness should bo under tho direction of
the Audttbr of Public Accounts, in Ills
opinion. ,
In its conclusions the commission ex?
presses tho conviction that the equal?
ization of land taxes will make possible
a reduction In the rate of tax to 20
cents. "The tlruo is rtpo for tax re?
form." says the report. "The Common?
wealth is entering on a new era of
prosperity. It Is essential that tho pub?
lic llnuncc keep pace with the needs,
of the State."
MESSSlFICE
FOR FOLLOWERS
Reyes Well Supplied With
Funds and Could Have
Escaped.
San Antonio, Texas. December 21. -
"General Reyes was mistaken about
the people of Mexico when ho under?
took this revolution." common ted Se
noru neve-., his wife, to-day. "In tele?
grams sent by him to Scnaro Del Vails
he said that while he called to the
people for assistance he was not an?
swered. The government soldlors fail?
ed to capture the general. Ho has an
abundance of funds on his person and
could have easily made his way to the
gulf, boarded a tteamcr and escaped
to Kurope. He did not cure to do thin
os he feared his followers and sympa?
thizers would be taken and executed."
Rehorn Heyes was not convinced of
the general's surrender until she re?
ceived a telegram from him to-day.
Not Silicic Follower.
Washington, December 27.?A gen?
eral without an army and a revolution?
ary patriot without even u Mingle fol?
lower was the plight In which General
Bernardo Reyes found himself when
he unfurled his standard of rebclli?.r&i
in Mexico. According to advices re?
ceived to-day at the Mexican embassy
here from Manuel Calcro, minister of
foreign affairs for Mbxlco. General
Heyen confessed that "not one man '
had rallied to him when he crossed lo
Mexican soil. Minister Cnloro's dis?
puted follows:
?'Please communicate to the i.
Officially, that General Reyes has ?i?r
rnhdered to the government, making
lim following declaration:
" 'In order to effect the counter-re?
volution l Issued a call to rocoluilori
Ists. to the army and to the people-.
When l entered Mexico from tht
United States not one man ons#cred
thy summons. This dear demonstra?
tion of the general sentiment of l ho
nation obliged me to yield myself up.
acknowledging the imposslbtVH? of
creating war."
The embassy officials foretell a re?
markable era of development In the
development of Mexico now that tho
menace of civil war Is removed.
one record broken
IN AMATEUR MEIST
New Tork, December 27;?Ono record
whs broken in a scries of well-contest?
ed , vents thai wound up the two
nlghl Amateur Athletic Fnlon Indoor
championship inert in Madison Square
Garden lo-night, a few records were
equaled, among them those for the
l&O-yard run and the 600-yard run in
the senior events
Tin: record sent Hying was In the
five-mile run. which was the star fea?
ture of the evenings ruid aroused great
enthusiasm. W. J. Kramer, of the
Long Island Athletic. Club, set the
marl; at 25 minutes 12 t-5 seconds, af?
ter a grand race, in which for the
ilrst two miles, first one and then an?
other of the (Ivo leaders set the pace.
At the two-mile mark, however, Kra?
mer took the lead, and thereafter no?
body could reach him. He won by
about I Oft yards. The old A. A. L\
championship record was 25 minutes
15 seconds, made in lOftX by T. .1.
Collins, who finished second in to?
night's race.
Washington and Lee Defeated.
Ashevllle, N. C, December 2T.?The
local Y. M. C. A. basketball team to?
night defeated Washington und Lee
in the first of a series of two games,
score no to 10. The second game will
be played Thursday ovenlng.
It's as healthful ns it's delicious?
Tho Velvet Kind?Maple Nut Ice Cream.
ACADEMY?New Year's
Matinee anil Night.
MISS DELL.t CLARKE.
In a Carnival of Laughs.
"Introduce Me"
Prices: ?-?5c to if 1.50.
B'JHU?This Week
Matinee Thursday and Saturday.
MISS EUGENIE BLAIR,
"THE TEST"
First time at Bijou prices._
BIJOU?Next Week
KPBCLVL MAT IXEE MONDAY
Viuertca's ftrcatent Contra Teonr,
MR. RICHARD if. josi3,
in the Sweet Pastoral Play.
"Silver Threads"
CONCERT.
1 nie L'nlvrrnttV dec. Ronjo nnd Mnu
dolln . Clubs.
Jefferson Hotel Auditorium.
>-\iturdav. December 30. at S: 15 P. M
DANPIJMsV
Tickets now on aale at McCoy's, Poll:
Miller's, Walter D. Mose.? .C- Co., Y. M
<" A. Wright's Drug Store. Warlnner's
lung Store. Bauer's Drug Store.
Come and hanr CJole Porter slug Tale
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