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LOCAL SPILLERS
LICK LYNCHBURG
Palace Alley Duckpin Artists Too
Much for Hill City
Players.
The second scries of duckpin sanies
with Lynchburg was rollud lust night
at tho Puluce ullcys, with tho rosull
l hut the local loam Increased Its lead
seventy pins, making a total of elgiuy
nvu pins tnu Lyncnburg team must,
overcome. In order to win the series,
following le the score:
Lynchburc.
1. 2. 3. Total.
Wrenn . 85 8C 93 261
Paris . 100 99 10G 304
Davenport . 90 119 9? 311
Sieglar. loo iu2 93 295
Wlegund . 91 102 91 2?!
475 50S 481 1,404
Richmond.
1. 2. 3. Total.
Lohmann . 107 loo 91 298
l-iws in . 113 U3 91 297
?Smith . 90 92 99 281
Sellers . 102 ill 118 334
Cosby . 113 101 110 324
525 600 509 1,534
First Second
series series. Total. Load.
Lynchburg .... 1,622 1.464 2.086
Richmond . 1.537 1,634 3.071?85
COLLEGE LOSES
FOURTH STRAIGHT
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.] ,
Chapel Hill. N. C, February 2.?The
liPskeUaall team of the Virginia Chris?
tian College, of Lynchburg, Va., suf
fred Its fourth defcut within us many
nights from tho Old North State quin?
tets, when the University of North
Carolina defeated it to-night by a scoro
of 43 to IS. The first half of tho
game moved at a slow pace, with the
. coring evenly divided, the score at
tho end of the Hist half standing 13
to 5 in favor of the locals.
Continuous fouling and lnalortncss
on the part of tnu visitors made the
game uninteresting In the first half.
At the outset ol the iast half Caro?
lina braced up, nnd by clever trick
plays piled up successive scores on
the Christian!". Tillen and Smith piayed
ijood ball for Carolina, atickley was
i he star for the Christians.
Y. M. C. A Athletics
The Y. M. C. A. Sjiars. captained by
'. <;. Kolbe, trimmea the Cnri^l Church
VBSOClutlun inooor tiascuuu team in an
tlitcrobUng gainu in too V. M. C A.
-.?ymnuEium luat nrghL 24 to a. Tho
icore:
Christ Church Association.
A. Ii. R. H. O.
ireeh, cf. 4 l 2 3
mlth, if. 4 0 0 4
Murdock.
.Siuiuvck, lb.4
iregory,
lull. is.
V'estou,
D. Swell; 3b.
. Leake, le. ..
oolsby. 2b. ...
Illlam, p.
raves, rf.
iintord, rs. ...
wining, If.
lee. C.???
;olbe, lb.
A.B.
. 7
6
O.
4
3
61
Totals .6i -4 -?* S?
tit ore by innings. ??. ?*
y M r ? A. 4 0 1 4 0 6 3 2 4?24 24
,V ? x . 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2? 8 10
''Summary: Struck out?by g.ilium. 10;
by Weston. 1. Buse on balls?by \\ es
tori, 4.
Frederick College Wins.
[Special to The Timew-nispa tc.h.J
Front Royal, Vn.i February 2.?Fred- ,
-rick College laankctball team, of .
'"reiierlck. Md., defeated Randolph
Macon ^endemv this afternoon, 31 to |
? 0 Frederick College team rushed the
\cademy from tho start, and only a
hard rally Bayed the academy from a
shut-out.
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OBNTLY 8WK3BP TTB) SYSTI3M.
Will Hold Conference
With August Hermann
Representatives of William? Fac
tlun to Virginia Ltnine to Go
to Cincinnati Sunday.
[Special to The Tlincn-Dlapntcti.]
ItooDok?, Va., February 2.?Pres?
ident C. It. WUIlnir?, of the Virginia
Lrague; Elmore O. Heine*, presl
dcut of the Honnoke club, und
others representing the no-colled
WIHInmn factlou, will lenve tton
I nuke Sunday afternoon for "luclu*
nntl to confer with a Ulfas t Her?
mann, cbolrman of the National
lliutclitill Commission, regarding tbo
troubles In the league arising from
the efforts of the I.rnrhburg, Hteh
mond and Unnvllle clubs to oust
Mr. Williams from the presidency
and (in- ltonuokc club from the
league.
The Petersburg clnb will be rep
| reicnted also, but It lias not been
j determined yet whether President
Uevrurd wjll ko or send Denny Per
klnnon or Gordon McCabc.
GUILFQRD WIKS
FROM A. AND I.
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Itaicigh, n. C, Kdoruary z.?a. & M.
lost to Guiltord to-mglu by fouls, the
score uemg 25 to 21. The Quakers and
A. &. M. both scored eight gouls, but
Gulitord got nine points on touls out
or about twenty chances. A. & M
led at the end of the first half, the
?coro being 13 to 9. but Guliford took
a braco in tho last period and won
out by superior tcumwork and ability
to throw fouls. Bentiow and Hayes
starred tor Guliford, while Captuin
Chambers, LeUraud and Phillips did
oxceptlonal work for A. i II.
A. & M. Positions. Guliford.
Phillips.right guard ..Moorofleld
L. DeGrand.. . left guard .Sawyer
Chambers (capL). centre.Edwards
Sumner. left forward .Hayes I
Hm grove., right forward ...Bunbovr
Tlmo of halves?20 minutes Referee
and Umpire?Curtmcll. University of
Pennsylvania. Attendance. 800.
LOCAL V. .11. U. A- tll l.NT
ready i-ok LYiscuuurta
Tho local Y. M. C. A. quint will try
conclusions with 'ho Lynchburg flvo
to-iiie in In the Central Association
gymnasium for basketball honors. The
gume will bo called promptly at 8:30
o'clock, und promises to turnlsh good 1
sport. The line-tip of the two teams j
follows:
Richmond?Twining (captain), for- I
ward; Lawrence, forward; Thornton.1
centre; Wells, guard; Gilman, guard;
Tyler, guard.
Lyncnburg?Campbell, forward;1
Jamerson, forward; James, centre, Off
lerdtnger. guard; Aduins, guard; Hanes,
substitute.
Tlie iT??/ie will be called promptly
at 8:30.
Bowling
Powers-Taylor'and tho Pro-Phy-Tol
teams, of the Drug League, played
their regulur scheduled games last
night at the .Newport Alleys. Both
teams put up the best gume of any
played ro far. Powers-Taylor had their
rolling cloihc3 on, and won the first
game In easy fashion, and also the sec?
ond. The Pro-Phy-Tol got mad and
got sweet revenge, capturing the tlnal
gume. The following is tho score:
1'iiwcri-Tiij lo? Co.
L 2.
Ban kin (capC) ...133
Kussel) . 93
Burnett .162
Hyde .138
Llttlepage.123
749 661
Pro-Phy-Tol Co,
1. 2.
Tyler (capL) .130 117
Davis .162 96
Krug .146 120
Woody.75 .
Peters .118 US 134
Toone . ... ~. 140 108
621 617 664 1,802
ORTH 10 COACH
COLLEGE TEAM
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Lynchburg, Vn.. February '-'.?Al
Orth has signed and returned his con?
tract to me athletic autuoriiies of |
Washington and Leu University as
coach lor the baseball squad during
the coming training and playing sea?
son, and he will be in charge of the j
work until tho close of the college;
season. I
Orth Is making his arrangements
to go to Lexington to begin his work
on March 1, and bo expects to stay
with the men every day until tne cur?
tain rings down on college baseball j
for tho season.
Orth realizes that he has a lot of
good material at Washington and Leo, |
and ho bollovcs a winning team enn
bo gotten out of it. one that will give
an unusually good account of Itself j
on the college diamond this year. He
says ho Is going to work hard and
try to glvgo the university the best
there Is In tho shop.
Urnd-Ht rcct's.
New York, February 2.?Bradstreet's
to-morrow will say: Trade and In?
dustry uro now moving in consonance
with highly-keyed anticipations, but in
general tbuslncss tends to expand, fol?
lowing a relatively quiet period In
January. Visiting buyers ar not mak?
ing heavy purchases, being content to
buy frequently and In small lots, only
to cover actual requirements, and not
to unllclpato them In a eecculatlrc
sense.. Staples ore In most request,
and tho leading dry. goods markets
display a comparatively good uplift,
with prices on somo makes of goods
tending to harden.
Roatl salesmen wore achieving Ir?
regular success, results throughout
cotton-growing sections of the South
nnd somo parts of tho Southwest off?
setting comparatively good develop?
ments elsewhere. No marked spurt is
expected until weather conditions be?
come moro settled, but consumptive
demands arc sufficiently heavy to pre?
vent stocks from accumulating, and
In lines that are relatively depressed.
Shoe buvors aro cautious, largely be?
cause prices are expected to go higher;
supplies of leather are light, produc?
tion being below normal; cotton (roods
aro firm; worsted yarns are firmer;
silks are steadier, and the strike sit?
uation In New England has Improved.
New business In llnlshed steel Is some?
what quiet, but mill opcrutlons aro
Increasing, and In tho South the pig
iron situation has Improved, though
Northern markets are dull. Cool Is In
good request, an actual shortage In
Bttpplles being noted In Alabama. ,
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending February
1 wero 312, against 43ft last week and
290 In tho like week of 191L
Verdict for ?25.000 Returned.
[Special to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch.]
Goldsboro, N. C February 2.?An
Important caso In tho Superior Court
here was tho suit of David C. Aaron, of |
ML Olive, against the Atlantic Coast
Lino Railway for $40,000 for personnl
Injuries. . Tho Jury brought In a ver?
dict for $25,000. A motion to sot astdo
the vordlct wns made, but was not
allowed, an order being handed down'
for tho hearing of this motion, on a
motion of elthor plaintiff Sr. defendant
for appeal in th? Supremo Court, at a
later dato out of court
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FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
SOON WILL BE READY
Washington and Lee to Hay A. & IVL, North
LarJina, V. P. L, Georgetown and Other
btr.,ng Teams.
(.Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Lexington, Va., February 2.?Tho
Washington and Leo (ootball schedule
will bo ready for publication in a fow
days. Manager F. W. McWane has
done some excellent work on it, and
bis labors havo been very successful.
He seems to have practically com
plctcil the best schedule which has
been gotten out of Washington and
Leo in recent years.
The Thanksgiving game will be
played In Norfolk, with the A. &. M.,
of North Carolina. Tills gamo is ex?
pected to draw a good crowd and bo
us good a gamo a.s the people of Nor?
folk havo lowj In the paal few years
years with V. P. I. against A. & M. All
of tho alurnnl welcome tho return of
tho ThankBglvlng Day game to some
placo a little nearer home than the
lust two have been played.
The Saturdays Immediately before
Thanksgiving will be tilled with games
with the University of North Carolina
and V. P. L
Tho arrangement with North Caro?
lina culls for two games to bo played,
tho first in Ureensboro. N. C. |n 1812,
and a return gamo the following year
In Lynchburg. Hoanoke will be tha
scene of the usual game with V. P. I.
the second Saturday In November.
The earlier gamea to be playod on
the home grounds are tilled with
heavier teams than in former years.
Among these will he Western Mary
land College. Davidson, and Wake For?
est. About the middle of October a
game is scheduled with Georgetown
University in Washington.
All of these gumcs ure practically
ussurcd. although In sorno ot them tho
actual contrucls havo not beon return?
ed. This set of football contests Is
about the hardest which has ever been
lined up for Washington and Lee. and
will rot|Ulro a strong team to meet
them with success.
Dr. Poliard, who has boen haudling
tho coaching of tho football teamB hero
for two years, has resigned because of
tho Increase of his dutlos In Die do
1 purtment of biology, und tho athletlo
council Is busy looking around foi'
the right man to take his place. There
aro several names for consideration.
Tho team to meet this schedule will
be captained by "Katz" Miller. Captain
Miller has played In tho White and
Blue line for tho past two seasons,
and is expected to make an able leader.
Very few of the men who wero on the
team with htm last soasun will bo lost
J by graduation, and nearly all of thorn
are expecting to return next fall.
I Francis. Rothrocb and Barker probably
; wll) play the ends. The entire line,
I with the excoptlon of Captain Moomaw,
; will be .back fighting for a Job.
Webster, Rogers and Miles are sure
to bo found doing excellent work,
while In the back field Raftery, Mal?
colm. Bono and Burko may be ex
pocu-d ?0 appear.
MACE WILLING TO
BE CHILE UMPIRE
Has Talk With Bradley, but No
Conclusion Reached?Anxious
for Berth.
Harry Mace, some time umpire In,
the Virginia League, and last season
with the illfaled Tidewater organ.za
llon. came up to Richmond yesterday
from Norfolk. Mace's trip Is in tho
Interest of certain legislation for tlio
city ot Norfolk. Still, while lobbying
is his main purpose, he Is not averoo
to tulklng baeebalL In fact, Harry
admitted, without one solitary blusli,
that he wouldn't mind being In tho
Virginia League next season as tort ot
supervising umpire. Ho doesn't caro
much whether Williams or Boatrlgnt
Is the man he works for so long -ts
he gets the Job.
He held a short consultation with
W. B. Bradley yesterday, the result cf
which was that the question of um?
pires would bo left to whoever hcadod
the Ucgue. Mace 1b a good umpire,
and whether he comes to this State or
goes somewhere else, he will make
good.
William?, Wade and llnrrow Eliminated.
The fourth round of The Tlmes-Dls
patch elimination tournament, which
was rolled last night at the Newport
I Alleys, proved to be by far the most
Interesting of my played, and great
was the enthusiasm shown by the spec?
tators. One of the largest crowds ever
at the Newport Alleys was on hand.
There were only seven players who
had qualified for this round, which
made the contest that much more In?
teresting. All of the bowlers had
blood in their eyes, and they went at
the pins In earnest. All previous rec?
ords for high scores were broken. Tho
following are the scores:
To
Ell's .213 191 171 16i 1M
Bell . 169 199 202 1S2 17S
Terdle . TOI 1S5 ?02 IS? !?
Chnpln . 167 212 20S IM 1S2
Williams .191 H7 202 169 1$J
Wnde . 1S9 194 171 21S 160
Barrow . 161 1CT HB 161 134
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Record, 107 words per minute, net, fori
one hour, from new matter.
Mr. Emll A. Trefzger. tho English j
typewriter champion, winning tho Eng?
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the city and will give a speed exhlbl- I
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th3 Underwood Typewriter - Companv, I
No. 1212 East Main Street, to-day niid i
Saturday, from 12:00 to 1:30 F M to
which all stenographers and the busi?
ness public aro Invited.
Friday morning ho will demonstrate
to the Smithdeal's Business Collego:
Friday evening to tho Massey Biislno8H
College, nnd Saturday morning to tho
Haynas Business College. The public
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OIL BILL OFFERED
IN LEGISLATURE
Adams Proposes Tag Tax and
Inexpensive Analysis of
Products.
Not satisfied, apparently, with having
Initiated a pure paint bill and amend?
ments to the pure seed laws, Berkley
D. Adams, of Charlotte, Introduced In
tho House yesterday a measure provid?
ing for Inspection und tagging of Illu?
minating oils soid in this State. His
I indltferenco to trouble is the admira
I lion of the Legislature.
I This-bill, which dltTors materially
i from the Byrd bill of last session,
j which caused such a tight and which
j went to its death In the Senate after
' being pa: sed by the House, would have
; the analyses o( oil a offered for sale
made In the game manor as thote for
fertilizers aro now handled Tho fer?
tilizer inspectors of the Department ot
Agriculture would draw the samples,
and they would be examined by the
chemists.
The tax Is raado only % ol 1 cent *
' gallon, so as to give no reason to ad
vanoe the price because of the law. Ha
believes that It will not much more
than cover the cost of enforcing tho
law antl making the examinations as to
purity and Illuminating qualities. Tags
I would be Issued by the department to
i be placed upon all cans of o'l. Penal
lies are provided for tho sale of oil
which falls below the standard.
; Mr. Adams has letters which ho In?
terprets to mean that in States where
I such laws are l?i force the result is
better oil. without an increaao In price.
j It is believed the alleged oil trust will
j be heard from.
BILLS 10 SECURE
PURE ELECTIONS
Measures Offered by Members of
Both Parties Seek to
Stop Bribery.
Three companion bills Introduced In
tho House yesterday by John W.
Ltialkley, of Wise, represent tno latest
thought of Ninth District Democratic
leaders on the subject of puro elec?
tions. They are agreed upon as a ro
BUit of a conference between Junge H.
A. \V. Skeon, whose recent prosecu?
tions have aroused tho attention ol tho
entire country; former supreme Court
Judge A. A. Phlcgar, of Bristol; If.
T?te Irvine, of Big Stone Uap; J.
Norment Powell, of Wytheylilc; Air.
Chalkley and .Senator A. U. Crockett,
of Wythe. The latter, who first pro?
posed a pure elections bill in tho
bcnulc, will ofitr shell amendments lo
It in committee it a will make It con?
form to tho Chalkley measures.
Two of the bills, with which A. K
Robertson, of Lee, a Republican mem?
ber of the House, Is co-pairo i, would
rearrange the law as to bribery and
would prevent tho payment of pull
taxes for another. Tho remaining bill
would make amendments to tiiu UarKs
dole law setting forth that no person
may uso or distribute money or liquor,
however acquired, to lnlluenco votes.
"Any voter," tho bill procoods, "re?
ceiving or agreeing to receive, directly
or Indirectly, uny such money, ln
loxlcuting liquur or other valuable
I titling for, or to Influence, his vote,
shall bo subject lo a line ot not ox
I ceedlng Jl.Ouii, and sltail rfter convlc
I lion bo perpetually d'sfranchlsed."
' It is further provldeu that no wit?
ness who gives evidence regnroing the
sale or purchase of a vote snail over
bo proceeded aga'list for his own eon
duet <in that election.
Sentiment' for Tart.
j LSpoclal to ThcWTlmes-Dlspatch.J
Suffolk, Vs., February 2.?At tho
coming -Republican convention of
; Nnnsomond-and noarby counties near?
ly all of the- delegates, Inoludln?- tho
i alternates, will' bo 'for the roriomina
Hon of president Tuft. From eontl
i monts oxprossod. it appears Impossible
' to choose an anti-Tuft delegate.
DESIRES RECALL
OF ALL OFFICER
A. F. Thomas Makes Initial Plea
in Virginia for Modern
Doctrines.
Application of the principle of tho'
fee-all would bo applied to every public
servant, from tho janitor who swoops
the corrdlore of tho Cap'toi to the
chief Justice of the Supremo court, ir
former Senator A. b\ Thomus, of
Lynch bury, hart his way. His address :
yesterday afternoon beforo tho Houso j
Committee on Privileges und Elections,
in behalf of the amendments to tno
Constitution offered by O. B. .Martin, j
of Campbell) and Intended to Introduce
In Virginia tho initiative, the referen?
dum und tho recall, was closely listen?
ed to and aroused a good deal of
comment.
Beginning his remarks, Mr. Thomus
said no realized Ills visit to be purely {
missionary. Ho know there was no
chance of favorable aotlon by th's
Legislature.
Voter Is Representative.
Tho voter, be argued. Is merely a
representative, since thero are at the
outside not more than 200,000 possible
voters In Virginia out of a population
of more than 2,00U,0U0. The member
of the General Assembly, he proceeded.
Is merely the rgent of the representa?
tive. Tho Individual voter 18 merely
iho trustee for those wno do not und
cannot vote. Ho dltelatmcd any In
.ention of attacking .representative
government, but only deulrc-d to malte
lit possible. Localise government in j
Virginia Is satisfactory, it Is not Im-1
tnune to tho dangers which nave at-1
iaeked other communltlo? For In?
stance, there are leas than a dozen
men who control tho crodlts of tho
country, and he could show that dur
.ng tho last ten years from $1,600,000
to $2,000,000 had been sent out of
Virginia whloh should bo 'n the State
treasury. The hand of Wall Street,
therefore, Is already at t'de throats of
the peupie of tiro Slate.
The trouble with democratic govern-,
menu said Mr. Thomas. Is that It Isn't
properly organized. The great mass 01
tho ptopio will not Initiate legislation
under any system, and whun Initiation
is contlned to representatives, there are j
leaders outside whose ruitlatlvo Is de- ?
1 nied tho common weal.
Referring to the referendum, he said
the principle 1b already well recognized.
"You refer liquor legislation ?some?
times you do and sometimes you dont.
ho added, amid tho laughter of the com?
mittee.
Private Business Method.
Mr. Thomas's remarks regarding tho
recall were forcefully delivered. ?'Sup?
pose," he argued, "that a railroad hau
to prove that its engineer or condueto.
ought to be In the penitentiary before
It could lire him. Yet that la tho way
In which the State Is run. The same
principles of administration should ap-.
ply to public as to private affairs. ,
"1 respect the Judgments of the
courts so long as they are wise, ana
I discard them when they are not wise.
Judges are men before they are jurists.
' No Bluffed prophet business goes with
me. You have to show me what man?
ner of man It la. I do not Lello-'e any I
Judge will be made a coward through I
the recall. If the recall makes him
I a coward, he was a coward beforo tho
j principle was heard of."
j The people of England, said Mr.
I Thomas, have far greater liberty than
those of the United States, becaust'
there, when the pcoplo, through their
Parliament, pass a law, no court can
declare it unconstitutional. "The Su
preme Court of the United States bus
1 held that a condemned murderer Is not
, of right entitled to an appeal, and yet
I you can't make a law from which the
j railroads cannot get all tho appeal
j they desire. London is tho centre 01 j
the greut accumulated wealth of tho
world, because property rights are bet- j
' ter safeguarded thero than anywhere,
. and yet the people rule In that land."
Bills Look to Their Acquisition
and Control by Central
Board.
Companion bills Introduced in thai
Senate and House yesterday by Sena tori
Sands Gayle and Colonel John S. Ilar
wood have for their object the assump?
tion by tho State of all properly now
used as reformatories, and to which
Virginia Is contributing support. Tho
system would include the Lattrol Ro
fomi School, the Negro Reformatory
and the Virginia Homo and Industrial !
School for Girls.
Ono of tho hills looks to thu appoint?
ment of a general board of directors;
of reform schools, to have supervisory i
control. To it would be committee
tho delinquent and incorrigible beys
and girls by the courts. Each Institu?
tion would have Its special board, In!
much the same form us the government [
of the State insane hospitals Is now
conducted.
The state is authorised to icecp.''
deeds from the Virginia Home and In?
dustrial School for Girls and from the'
Prison Association of Virginia for wTi
the property owned by these Institu?
tions, which would bu hereafter sup
I ported solely by the Stato. It Is ,'tated
that this Is practically done now, since
the amounts received from prlvato con-j
irtbutions are very small.
Table d'Hote Dlnncra Snturdny
and Sunday evening*. <: to 9 o'clock,
. 1.0? each.
TURKISH AND ROMAN BATHS
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WE ARE OFFERING SOME
Real Bargains in
Used Motor Cars
Prices Ranging from $300.00 to $2500.00.
Gordon Motor Company
^??j* INCORPORATED I J
ROLLING STOCK BILL
LOSES HALF ITS STING
Si bstitute for Hole i>. easure Reported by Com
mittee?Col, Anders ,n Makes String bpeech
Against Radical vh, rise.
After three weeks of delay, Senator
Holes rolling stock bill was given a
hcuring yesterday afternoon by the
Senate Committee on Heads and In?
ternal Navigation, only to emerge from
tho executive session, which followed
the argument, with a substitute rob?
bing it of half its sting As drafted
by Senator Holt, the bill provided for
a division of the total rolling slock
tax among the several counties through
whlCli the railroad In question passed,
on the basis of the relation which the
taxable value of the road's property
In the county bears to the taxable
valuo of tho whole road within tho
State.
The substitute measure, which was
adopted by the committee after a
heated session behind closed doors,
which lasted more than an hour, gives
40 per cent of tho tax to the terminal
cities, and provides for a division of
tho remaining 60 per eonL among each
of the counties, on tho basis of tho
total assessed value ot the road within
Its boundaries. Tho substltulo was
fought bitterly by tho advocatos'of tho
Holt bill, who recognized In its pro?
visions the destruction of the hope of
Newport News .and other aggrieved
towns that wore expecting to break
tho strangle hold of the terminal cities
on tho rolling stock tax.
Present Distribution Unfair.
Tho present law, whicn gives certain
cities the exclusive benetlt of the lurge
roiling stock tax, said J. A. Musslo,
city attorney of Newport News, was
manifestly unfair. Ho made tho llrst
spoech at the hearing, and took the
case of Newport Nows ns an instance
of the discriminatory nature of tho
present arrangement. The city gives
the largo rolling stock equipment
which the Chesapeake and Ohio main?
tains in Newport News an expensive
police and lire protection, and yet re?
ceives not a cent in return trom the
tax on it. Instead, all of the tux goes
to Richmond, tho headquarters of tho
system In Virginia.
The only revenue which Nowport
News derives -rom the road, ho said,
Is tho actual property tax on 1 1-3
miles of track and the buildings which
the railroad maintains there. T.io
number of full car loads handled at
that point, as well as the number of
cars on sidetracks, he said, was in
excess of tho number at any point tn
Virginia except Richmond, and caino
I closo even to the number here.
Tax It Where It Is.
The only equitable arrangement, ho
Insisted, was t- tax tho rolling stock
irhcrc It Is. H. believed the tloll bill
provided tho best solution. Ho saw
ao Justice, he said, In permitting any
elty becauso it happens to bo head?
quarters, to collo:l a tax on property
A'hlch to a largo extent, never enters
its limits.
Colonel George Wayne Anderson As?
sistant City Attorney of Richmond,
took up the defense of the cities, and
In a speech of remarkable power und
clearness, stated the main objections
lo tho Holt measure. He took ex?
ception to the statements circulated
by tho opposition that only four or
five cities in tne State will bo af?
fected by the passage of the bill.
Twenty cities, ho slated, will lie
directly Involved, many of them so
seriously as to -ripple them forever.
" Would Destroy Honnokc.
The Holt bill could not bo made law,
Colonel Anderson stated, without de?
stroying the city of Roanoke. which
derives one-third of Its revenue from
tho rolling stock tax. and bus built up
a school system and other civic enter?
prises through its means. To tuko
this Income away at one swoop would
precipitate nothing less man a
catastrophe. Alexandria, Bristol, Dan?
ville, Franklin, Fredertcksburg, Har?
rison bur ?, Norfolk, Petersburg, Win?
chester, Richmond, and ten other eitlen,
he said, would be sltnil .rly affected.
He could not understand the cry of
thO opposing side that tho counties of
the Slate received the short end of
the railroad taxes. Tho counties, said
Colonel Anderson, arc to-day collect?
ing taxes on $53.000,000 worth of rail?
road property, while the cities are col?
lecting upon only J33,0?0,U0O. Traced
to Its source, lie declared, the valuo
of a railroad's property within tho
counties Is measurer1, by the value of
the road as nn earner of dividends,
which. In turn, depends largely upon
the tralllc of the large cities and ship?
ping centres.
Question llctivceu Towns.
The counties, ho argued, do not enter
Into the question at nil. Ho admitted
the value, of the argument against per?
mit ling any one city to enjoy tho en?
tire rolling stock tax of tho road, but
Insisted that the division of tills rev?
enue Is entirely a question between the
cities. They, us tho feeders and truth,'
centres of the road, are the only one*
entitled to the lax upon Its rolling;
stock, it is the cities, he said, which'
police and protect the cars, as well us
furnish them with freight, the counties
doing nothing but furnish a right oi
way. N
?'The bill now proposed." said Colonel
Anderson, "is nothi'. g more than an at?
tempt to force a envision of tho spoils.
It will direct into tho treasuries of the
counties, which arc already receiving
the major part of the lux on the other
physical property of the railroads, the
greater part of the rolling stock tax.
which belongs peculiarly to the cities.
The Wrong Way.
"Granted that Nowport News has a
grievance." said Colonel Anlerson,
"she has adopted the wrong way to
remedy it. In order to put her hands
on a small proportionate share ol the
rolling stock tax fund, she Is willing
to bring ombarrassnent upon twenty
sister cities and scatter the rest of the
money among counties which aro al?
ready drawing more bonolits than the
cities from tho presence o( tho rail?
roads." Thirty-seven of these counties,
ho reminded tho committee, ire draw?
ing from tho State annually more than
they pay In, tiiolr total deficit amount?
ing to $11 1,000.
"This deficit," he said, "will continue.
The Increase In taxes which this bill
proposes to award them, as a reward
or merit, will bo devoted to locul uses
,ana probably to a reduction ot the tax
rate, but the drain on the State troas*
ury will continue."
Colonel Anderson concluded by pre-4
senting a substitute measure, which. ?S
claimed, remoted the chief objections)
to tho present stato of affairs and wasj
free from the difficulties of tho Holt
bill. The committee wont Immediately
into executive session for a stormy
debate of moro than an hour, Which
resulted in the framing of the sub-^
HtltUtC.
WENDENBURG BILL
GETS BLACK EYE
Senator Wendenburg'a bill prohibit-)
ing the testimony of physicians andl
nurses as to statements made to them
by Injured persons, without the con-,
sent of such Injured persons, was re?
ported yesterday afternoon, by tha
i Senate. Comml-tt' e for Courts oC
Justice, with the recommend, tlon that
It do not pass. It Is ono of a number
of measures Introduced by the Henrlco
luwmuker regulating the procedura
and liability of corporations in cases
of accident. The measure was made
i the subject of strong attack by at?
torneys for tile Virginia Rullway and
! Power Company and the steam ro&da,
entering Richmond.
Conrad to ..ellvcr Address.
Major Holmes Conrad, ot Winchester,
will make tho speech of presentation
on the evening of February 22, whon
friends of the lato Senator John War?
wick Daniel w'l] present to tho Stato
a portrait of the statesman. Lieuten?
ant-Governor J. Taylor Ellyson will
j preside over the exorcises, which will
take place in tho hall ot tho Hougo of
Delegates at 8 o'clock. The portrait
will very likely be hung In the outer
oiTlco of the Governor, since a similar
portrait already adorns tho walls of
the House chamber.
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