The times dispatch. [volume], June 04, 1912, Image 1

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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M'DANIEL FAVORS
NEW FRANCHISE
Minister Stir j East End
Citizens to Adoption
of Resolutions.
SCHOOL BOARD
IS CENSURED
Competition in Privately Owned
Public Utilities Is Heralded as I
j Popular Safeguard Against
j High Rates and Poor Ser?
vice?Viaduct Com?
mended.
Heartily chcred by people as- I
gcmbled In an open-air meeting In ]
Chlrnborazo 1'ark last ? night, Rev.;
Uoorgo W. McDanlel, D. D., pastor of '
the Kirn Baptist Church, advocated !
the granting of the power, lighting |
and car extension franchise asked of :
the City Council by the Hlchtnond !
und Henrlco Railway Company. The ,
fruits of his speech were realized Iti I
tho unanimous adoption of a set of
resolutions requesting the Council to
gr-?.nt the privileges asked by the new |
comrany. i
The meeting was held' undtr the
auspices of the Bast End Citlzena' |
Association of Jefferson Ward, but'
long before the appointed hour, the
club room of the association was
crowded to suffocation. Then benches '
from all over the park were dragged
to the open space between the tool j
house and the bluff, and the speeches j
were made there, under a big arc I
light, fully' 100 women were present,
Dtahy of tiiem school teachers.
School Hoard tnnilrinnrd.
In addition tu action on the Hlch?
tnond and Hcnrlco franchise, the meet?
ing ?adopted resolutions of fearful and
wonderful construction. In which the
dictionary Is ransacked for adjectives
In condemning the City School Boar*,.
Superintendent Chandler and his asso?
ciates for their u?e of "gag rule'' as 1
applied to public school teachers, and
thi prevention of the Ina.tenable
lights of free speech. One speaker
called on the board and superintend?
ent to retire.
Dr. M, Daniel s vlgotoj? speech Was
decidedly the feature of the occasion.
11c critb lzed the methods of the Vir?
ginia Railway and Rower Company in
seeking to prevent the granting ol tbe
franchise asked by its rival. He ridi?
culed its "service t Iks." declared for
i rnpetlt)or> -a ne.ccitary to the pub
Iii tfocd, and pralbtd the benefits of
the work of the new company.
Aa he rus* in response id the Invi?
tation of President Mat Davis, of tbe
East Lnd Citizens' Association. Dr.
.McDanlel was asked to say something
about the t hool Investigation, which
hud Just been disposed of. He mere?
ly remarked In i Is connection mat
?chuois, like business, need horse
>? nse. Thi t. he plunged into the mat?
te, which lie had conic to talk Jbout.
1 on,i,i .No Logic.
1 have t'.tn In tne cars of the old
company," he said, "the admonition to
read the "service talks.' in the newspa
pen., l have read the papers, and tne
'set vice talks' ure tlie most illogical
things I have seen.
"Tue old company ?ays It ought to
ha\e profits on its investment; I de?
sire to see no -jiie engaged In a losing
business. But the value of this con?
cern's common stock has been quad?
rupled In the past few years. Some
men. 1 understand, have individually
made as much as RluO.Ono by this en?
hancement of values. Having pros?
pered, the old company should be will?
ing to see others In the same ' uslnesa
prosper.
"One million dollars has been ex?
pended In Richmond by the new com?
pany. 1 know of one man in this city
who has $150.000 invested In it. It
the Council did not mean to give the
company the Privileges necessary In
the extension of 'is business, so that
It might be allowed to live, it ought
not to have granted its franchise in
lue lirst Instance."
Ttielater remarks, with many other
expression.- by Dr. McDanlel, was
loudly cheered.
He argued that the Richmond and
Henrico Railway Company has the
plant tor making much more current
than it can consume.
< imiprtltlon Argument. '
"The old company." he continued,
"says that competition in the gas
business would be disastrous for tho
consumer, if the city owned the elec?
tric plants, such an argument would
apply to them. All money earned by
the gas plant goes back to you. the
people of Richmond. But as long as
the electric, company Is privately I
owned, it. was wrong to make it a mo- |
nopoly. Where Individuals own n pub?
lic service corporation, competition Is
necessary to safeguard the public.
"A widow hns for years been fur- J
Malting electric lighting to the city
of lcrederlckshnrg. The Virginia Rail?
way and Power Company, which has
purchased riparian rights In the Rap
pahannork River, now seeks to In?
troduce competition there, and. If It
follows the custom of monopolies, it
will put her out of business. If com?
petition Is good for Frederlcksblir'g.
why not for Richmond?"
The Trnnsfer Ttntr.
The present rates of rare fare, said
Pr. McDanlel. were brought about by
competition, for the old price was a
ttralght. 5-cent fare He called attention
to the fact that the Richmond and Ht-n
rlco Railway must pay tho old com?
pany 3 cents for each transfer it gives,
in that on a labor ticket, for which
the new company receives C'A cents.
It not only hauls the passenger for
bothing when a transfer Is issued, but
actually pays half a cent for the priv?
ilege of carrying him.
"Mot so long since." lie proceeded,
"we hoard ridicule of the project to
build a viaduct to Pulton. It stands:
now as a refutation Of that ridicule.
Tf I visit friends In Fulton. 1 ean make]
the trip in from Rix to twelve minutes
less time by using this viaduct, 'Girls j
who wrre formerly compelled to use
Broad Street In reaching their homes,
(Continued on Tenth Page.) J
APPROPRIATION RESTORED
Senate I'rovldc? for Construction tif
Trr? Ua((lrahl|iii.
Washington. June ::.?The Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs to-day re
stored to the naval appropriation ii.ll
I provision for two battleships, stl< ken
I out by thcv House.
I In addition lo the battleships, the
I Senate committee provides for eight
submarine torpedo boats iusteud of
'four voted by the House, ret.no.? th.
House provision f r m.\ torpsdo boat
destroyers, with two fuel ships, one to
be l,ulit in tIie Pacific Coast .Navy Yard.
a tender to destroyers and a submarine
tender.
The committee stni'k out ti e House
eight-hour restriction on government
j contract work, adopted an amendment
incorporating the Hobson Plan lor cre?
ation of a national counci to.' defense,
and provided the grades of admiral and
vice-admiral for the commanders-in
; chief and second eiticers in command,
respe lively, In the Atlantic Paci
! fli: tlecto while they i.oid such com?
mands.
Th committee Axes the t?rm of ali
enlisted m?_n ol the navy at lour years,
with provision for voluntary extension
of service, authorises the secretary to
buy war material abroad In -in emer?
gency, and provides for the SI.QOO.UOU
round the world wireless syne in Whlcb
the House threw out tif the bill
'i"h? 11,0,00,000 provision r^r J great
wireless station system Is designed to
provide direct control of the Ameri sn
naval vessels from Washington through?
out nil probable spheres of v. tion and
to maintain direct communication with
the insular possessions ant Alas.ta, de?
spite the possible failure or destruction
of cables. It is regarded by tnc Navy
Department as vital to national defense.
Free admission of war material from
abroad was urged by tne administra?
tion, not because any such purchases
now are contemplated, but that the Navy
Department might be forced to buy
abroad In an emergency. The Ilvese
bill would make It impossible fo? tae
government ;o procure powuer If tae
powder factory at Is lias. Head should
be disabled, and tho Senate committee
corrected this. The provisions for mine
appliance contemplated an Increasing
reserve supply of mines as a lesson
drawn from the Japanese-Russian con?
flict
L0RIMER BACK IN SEAT
To-lit) He Will Hear Himself De?
nounced by Kern.
Washington. June Z.?Worn and
weak. Senator Lorlmer, of Illinois, the
central ngure tn tnc greatest election
contest fought out In Congress lor
many years, resumed his se--t in tnc
Senate to-day. ' Jo-morrow Senator
Kern, of Indiana, leading for the 'n
vestlgatlng committee minority which
declared mat his election was brought
about by bribery, will begin a series
ot speeches on the case.
Senator l.orln'.er reacned Washing
ion early in the day and rusted In
als hotel until late in the afternoon,
a'hen he went to the Senate and took
lls seat in ttif rear row ot the cham?
ber. His appearance jjtracled little
Attention, a few Senators greeting hini
at they recognised him in his accus?
tomed place.
denetor Lorlmer refused to discuss
als plans beyond saying that he would
ainke, a speech in ;his defense, and
that he regarded the Senate as the
place In which to deliver any state?
ment he cared to make.
'1 have had nothing to soy regard?
ing a resignation." he said, "and I am
oot discussing that question. I have
been 111, and am st'll weak, but I am
getttng better and 1 hope to continue
to 'improve, und 1 shall speak if my
strength holds out."
Mr, Dorliner was asked regarding a
poll of the Senate which ludlcated a
majority In favor of unseating him,
but he merely remarked that he had
not seen the poll.
BATHS TOO COSTLY
William? Wants Them Removed From
Sennit- OHlce flulldlng.
Washington, June 3.?Charging tha'
It cost $6 to bathe a Senator In the
luxurious bathrooms in the Senate
ofllce building. Senator John Sharp Wil?
liams, of Mississippi, to-day renewed
the agitation for the removal of the
baths to make place for public docu?
ments. Tiie documents now occupy all
the space in an abandoned car barn
ind the discussion arose In connection
with a provision In the legislative,
executive und judicial appropriation
Mil appropriating money to < jntinue
'.he payment of the rent for that struc?
ture.
Mr. Williams suggested that the dOC
Jments should be removed to the base?
ment of the ofllce bullalng. but it was
stated that all the space had been ap?
propriated.
"Let us move out the. baths." sawl
Mr. Williams. "There is no use to
have the government bathe us. The
establishment of them aroused public
criticism, and they are of little use.
It Is like going through a bull pasture
with a red flag, which makes a bad
impression on the bull. It gives the
nruckrakers a change to rnke, and the
graft isn't worth while. There is no
sense in it."
FORTUNE AWAITS HER
Heiress lu Police Court Charged With
Theft.
Milwaukee, Wit., June S.?A legacy
of ?10.00U and an IhtOlV'Bt In tune
plantations In Louisiana is said to bo
awaiting -Mrs. Courtenty VVeathersby,
uged i.wenty-'ilght, years, formerly of
New Orleans, wno was in Police Court
to-duy charged with vagrancy
Mrs. Wuathersby Is said to have
married against her parents' wishes.
Her marital life was of short duration,
it b?lng alleged her husband d'sorted
her. f he was employed a.s a nurse at
tho Soldiers' Home, :>ut lost .acr posi?
tion, and '.'oirig in rtrspcrale straits, it
:s alleged, purloin il several small ar?
ticles from the counttir of a. West Allls
drug store, whica resulted in her ar?
rest. Wh.n the court tiaa informed
by h?r attorney thu a fortune aWalted
her. and that tnou?y was being sent
hi-r to' return to Nfcav O.-Uan?, sentence
was suspended.
vi is i u ken for Fox i Shot Dead.
NasJivllle. Tenn.. Juno 3.?John
Cousii', member of a fox hunting party
near Winchester. T>?nn, yesterday wore
a pair of fox-colored trousers. Wil?
liam Rorax. mistaking Couser In tho
underbrush for tho game, shot and
killed him.
New nnnk for noanoke.
Washington. Juno 3.?Controller of
thi CurrtMvey. Murray to-day received
an application for a charter under the
national bank act for "This Merchants
National Rank of Roanoke, Va.," with
a capital of ?100,000.
[ASPHALT BLOCK
IN BROAD STREET
Bitulithic People Lose,
Contract Going to
I. J. Smith & Co.
FOUR MONTHS TO
COMPLETE WORK
Available Appropriation Will
Carry New Paving From Tenth
Street Westwardly to Third.
Boiling Shows Why As?
phalt Block Is
Best.
_
Asphalt blor k similar to that '.icre
tofore used in Richmond was selected
for mt paving oi Rruua street by
tho Council Committee on Street* yes?
terday afternoon. An award of cuti
trOXt, subject to approval by the City
Council, was made to 1. J. Smith et
Co., cf mis city, Ivjr paving witn
block manufactured oy tne V? ashing
ton Asphalt block ami Tile Cdmpan)
at i'J.'oi per square yard, the- paving
to be lam on a six-inch concrete base,
for which the city will tuinlsn the
cernw.t. ft is estimated tiidt the
avai.uoic appropriation of fbl),vuO will
cutty the ?vrs from Tema an eel
wesf.va.-c.iy to abuut Tnird, the Vir?
ginia Rdtiway and Power Company
paving witn the same material be?
tween its tracks anu tor two feet on
either side at its own expense,
t uderhld the Makers.
A curious feature 01 the bieidtng
was that bn-.ltn. a local contractor, m
his proposal underbid by 36 cents pet
square yard tne Washington Aspnait
l'.:o:k and Tile Company, wltich makes
the block. Som? members expressed
the f'-3r tnat Smil': might not be able
to secure the block, but It was ruled
that since his proposal carried a. bond
to complete tin work in 12U days, it
was the business of the bidder to se?
cure tne material.
The tight throughout was between
the asphalt block and the bitulithic
paving, an able review of the various
classes uf pavlpg on which bids were
submitted being read by City Engineer
Boiling. Who .-tiohsly recommended
the asphalt block.
Ruch of the bidders was heard In
support <jf Ills proposal, Mr. McOrath,
representing the L'nitod States Weed
Preserving Company, told of results
obtained by the use of creosoted wood
block paving, which he held would
prove the cheapest, not in first cost,
but In durability and service. J. J.
Curly spoke for the Washington As?
phalt Block and Tile Company, and I.
J. Smith for his proposals on asphalt
block, wood block and granite paving.
Charles Gasser and J. C. Wcinbruti also
spoke. Mr. Crawford, of the Crawford
Paving Company. Washington, appear-,
ed for sh*et asphalt, and the hearing
was closed by Mr. Volke and Attorney
L. ?. Wendenburrr. whu appeared for
the Atlantic Bitulithic Company.
Itolllni? Reviews Mtuutlon.
In a written statement reviewing his
experiences with various pavings in
Richmond, his observation in other
cities and hU Judijiiitint Itom engineer?
ing reports received. City Engineer!
dolling took up each class of paving
on which bids had been invited. Gran
its block he held to be the most dur-1
able, but was objected to because of
the noise, rough surface and dust
created by the accumulation Of dirt In
tho joints. Wood block paving he char?
acterized as a good paving when made
of long leaf yellow pine properly treat?
ed and laid. Tho objections were its
slippery surface and the disagreeable
odor of cre-asote, noticeable for the
first twelve months after it is laid, in
the opinion of the City Engineer, it Is
neither so durable as asphalt block or
tsranlte.
The bitulithic pavlnrr Mr. Boiling
discussed at some length, saying that
it was neither so smooth nor slippery
as asphalt or wood block, but that it
would havfl to be reoOaltd every femr!
or live years at a cost of 10 to 1" cents
per sejuaro yard. His most serious ob?
jection was the excessive cost for cut-1
ting 'and replacing the paving In cx-|
cavatlng for pipes and conduits. and|
the necessity of purchasing a plant andj
maintaining a stork of material im
crder to make such replacements.
The Improved asphalt paving was1
open to essentially the sumo objections.
Favors Asphnlt Block.
Of the asphalt block which was!
selected, tho city Engineer said that it
would make a smooth, harel and dur-J
able paving when properly laid onj
concrete. It is slippery, but not so'
much so ns wood block or sheet as-;
phalt. He described th6 method by]
which tho blocks were made and their
formula, and said that from experience)
here, when taken up to repluce pipes,!
from 95 to OS per cent, of the blocks
can be reused. Some of this paving]
bus been in use In Richmond for seven?
teen years, and is now In good Order.)
Mr. Boiling reported that there wnai
now 2ir.."T: square yards of it In Bich-,
mond, laid at a cost of $4S7.7 13.75. loll ?
ing the seventeen years that more or.
le-ss of :t has been In use. tho total
amount expended by toe city for ro-j
pairs has been $676.84, or one-tenth or!
I per cent.
Mr. Boiling ronclueletl his report:!
"Where tin.- proper grade of blocks are
used and they are properly laie!. 1 re-l
gard the asphalt block as the best of,
>U smooth pavings i have ever seen or,
examined."
Paid Ills Own Woy.
In closing Mr. Boiling expressed his,
tl.anks to the United States Wood Pre-'
seiving Company and the Atlantic Bi?
tulithic. Company for many courtesies
o nthe recent tour of inspection. Ho1
made It clear that on tha* trip he hael|
gone by direction of the Street Com-i
mittee and had paid bis own expenses,
ii: order to be. under no obligations,
since whatever contract Is awarded the
work will be elone nneier his supervis?
ion.
Moses Thnlhlmer, representing the
Retail Merchants' Association, urged
that the street bo given a smooth and
ornamental paving. A communication
from the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals protested against
(Continued on ElFnth Page.) I
WELCOME ISOiVEN
10 FOREIGN FLEET
President Greets Kai?
ser's Vessels in Hamp?
ton Roads.
HE IS RECEIVED BY
GERMAN ADMIRAL
I
With Formal Calls Exchanged,
Taft Hurries Back to Wasn
ington, While Visiting Offi?
cers and Sailors Are Enter?
tained by Americans, For?
mer on the Florida.
Fort Monroe, Va, Jun.- 1?Out en
the heaving waters ot Hampton Itouil?, |
1 President Tail to-p.bj wjicoried a
; gnat foreign neet to A/nuricin i?'j?*ib,
] >>hen he extended the iu..i ot irierio,
I ship to ft*ar-<tuuiiral Von itoij?ur-Pas
cuwtts, coininunuiiid, the' vi-iim-^ ui*l*>
: ion vi the German na%> While more
j ins na thousand brawny Uerman
; sailers stood at attention on the decK?
; j: tn... giant Moltke, Germany's battle
I cruiser, President Tsit buaroeu toe
, >'esscl. At tne gangway Admiral V On
I Icuoeur-Pasvhwita and his itan waited
j to greet tne c'nlet executive. As me
, I'resident stepped trom tun ladder that
led him over tue side of mo AlollKS,
.xtended his hand in greeting to
! the German admiral and exclaimed:
i "Admiral, I'm giaU to welcome you, and
to ha\e an opiiortuulty to visiting the
Moltke, one oi tne nntst ships I've
ever seen.'"
The President was escorted over the
big Uerman Vessel, the crew siunding
at i|Uart?.rs, saluting ac the party pass
; ed. Kvcry part ol the uattie-crulsur
was scrubbed and holy-stoned, every
.-par and line bore its quota of brll
| ltant bunting, and every individual
sailor was trim in holiday attire.
Admiral Heturns Cull.
Ab the President ?eft th. Moltke, the
German vessel's band stiuck up "The
Star Spangled Banner," and on the
gup deck a six-pounder barked out the
twenty-one guns of the presidential
salute. The President, his formal call
of welcome over, returntd to the May?
flower. A short distance away the
American battleship squadr n that wel?
comed the visitors swung idly at
anchor. Seven great vessels. Includ?
ing the new dreadnoughts Delaware
and Utah, dressed ship >s the ?Presi?
dent and thu admiral exchanged court?
esies. No sooner had the President re?
turned to the- Mayflower than the
chugging launch of the Moltke swung
away over tne bobbing waves to car?
ry the admiral to return the call. The
admiral lunched with the President
aboard the yacht.
As the admiral left the Mayflower
the crews of all the ships in the double
column though 'which the German ves?
sels had passed up the Koads manned
the rails. Down the line the booming
SlX-pounders roared their parting salute.
This ended the President's part in the
formalities of the greeting of the for?
eign admiral, and the head of the May?
flower was turned upstream on the re?
turn trip to Washington. Th- officers
Of the American tleet took up the task
of entertaining the visitors.
No speeches were made during the
visit of the I'resident to the Uerrr.an
ressel, but to-night a formal dinner
ivas given the officers of the German
(lcet on hoard the Dreadnought Florida
Rear-Admiral Ward, commanding the
American squadon. and Bear-Admiral
von Rebeur-Paschwits delivered speech?
es. Besides the German admiral the
guests were Captain von Mann, Com?
manders Seebohm and von Krosigk.
Lieutenant-Commanders Roehr and
Prentzel, Commander Boyed, Lieuten?
ants Bet/., von Grancy and Captain Sev?
erin, commanding the Moltke infantry,
regiment, especially invited to make tho
trip. The American officers were Rear
Admiral Wrad, Rear-Admiral Wlnslow,
Captains Benson. Knapp, Oliver, Hood,
Snowden, Hoogewerff, Wilson or.d
Welles, Lieutenant-Commanders Sellers,
Leutenant Williams and Colonel Strong
and Captain Howell, representing the
amy. Rear-Admiral Ward, addressing
tne guests In German, said:
"In the absence of tho commander?
In-Chief of the Am- ricaii Atlantic fleet.
It becomes my pleasant duty to wel?
come you on behalf of myself and my
rolleagues to the waters of this coun?
try. I am all the more grateful for this
Chance because It affords me the oppor?
tunity to express my unforgotten sense
of obligation for hospitalities extended
to me during inj tour of duty as navai
attache at Berlin twenty years ago
line lo KfTorts of One Man.
''The Uerman navy in Its modern de?
velopment is largely the result of the
personal efforts of a single man. the
present exalted ruler of that oountry
To his discerning Influence we must
add the efforts of your German Navy
League, also an Inspiration of his,
which, with Its magnificent membership
of over l.OOO.onn. distributes through?
out your country an Intimate patriotic
knowledge of the requirement* of your
navy and the necessity for its existence
"Bui there Is another cause which has
contributed perhaps as powerfully to
the present enviable efficiency of you:
great tleet I do not refer to patriotic
devotion nor to Ihe spirit of self-sac?
rifice, for these you share with other
nationalities, but I do aliud,, to the
painstaking and unceasing efforts to?
ward thoroughness, without which no
good organization ever can be perfect.
If it lay in my power I should suggest
as a motte for every man-of-war *.h.!
German phrase of which you German
naval men are the living exponents.
"Loan lo walk before you try to run'
"With the wish that your visit to
America may bo made as pleasant and
instructive as you made my own when
in your country. I raise my glass and
drink to the health of Ills Majesty, the
German F-mperor."
Tho American and German officers
rose In their places as they drank
a toast. Admiral von Paschwltz re?
plied, speaking In llnglish. He ?ald:
"Three times I have ha.l the good for?
tune' to ..conic to America; therefore I
fool myself among friends. My first
visit in I898 is n delightful memory to
me. Again in 1902 I had an oppor?
tunity to observe the great progress
and rapid development of tho Amer?
ican Navy; However much I had tjx
i (Continued'on Eleventh PageT)
TAFT WOULD HAVE
HEARINGS PUBLIC
His Suggestion Follows!
Similar One Made by j
Roosevelt.
PROBABLY MEANS
WIDE OPEN7 DOORS!
At Least Newspaper Men Will
Ee Admitted When National
Committee Takes Up the
230 Contests, Which It
Must Settle Prior to
Convention.
Chicago, June C?A letter from Pres?
cient Tatt to Chairman Harry S. New,
of the subcommittee on arrangements
for the Republican National Conven?
tion, suggesting that the meetings of
the national committee at which con?
tests are hcar.I he public, wa6 received
at the national committee headquar?
ters to-day.
Tin- President suggests that Mr.
New take- up with the committee the
matter 01 open heatings, .and mat it
the committee finds it possible the
deliberations OveJr the contests, 230
o: wi.ich already have been prepared
for .submission, be carried on in open
sessions.
Chairman New to-night said the
suggestion of tue President will have
great weight with the, committee.
This, taken in connection with tho
previous request of Colonel lloosevelt
for publicity oi the contest arguments,
Indicates that tho doors probubly will
be thrown open, at least to newspaper
tuen, when the committoe takes up
contested delefate cases Friday morn?
ing.
Few members, of the national com?
mittee had reached Chicago to-nigtit,
and of those here none would make a
prediction as to the action of the
committee. The Presidents letter was
the chief subject ot discussion at Re?
publican political headquarters to?
night, and his declaration for publi?
city of the hearings Is declared by
his supporters now here to Indicate
that the Taft managers believe their
contest cases are strongly prepared.
Tatt Headquarters Opened.
Taft headquarters were opened to?
day by Joseph B. Kealing. of Indiana
Up to a late hour to-night only two
Eastern representatives of tne Presi?
dent had reached Chicago?John
Ryan and A. A. Eariy. ot the publicity
bureau. Mr. Kealing wired Congress?
man McKinley, the Taft campaign
manager, to hurry to Chicago. lie is
expected to reach the city to-morrow.
The Roosevelt and the Taft head?
quarters have been established In the
same hotel. Alexander H. Revolle,
head of the Illinois headquarters, who
returned this morning from Oyster
Bay, gave out a statement to-night
outlining what he said was Colonel
Roosevelt's attltnele toward convention
org.mlzat ion:
"We are assured absolutely that
there will be a clear majority for
Colonel Roosevelt or. ;i-e first ballot,"
said Mr. Revelle.
"The only proposition in sight Is to
develop me strength throughout the
convention preliminaries so that it ul?
timately will be concentrated in the
nomination of Colonel Roosevelt. Ab?
solutely nothing else has or will be
consider. : by Colonel Roosevelt or by
his friends prior to or during the con?
vention."
Edwin W. Sims, who is acting head
of the Cnicago Roosevelt headquarters
until the arrival of Senator Dlxon.
made public a telegram received from
Oscar R. Hundley, a Rooseve't leader
in Alabama. Mr. Hundley said that
the two delegates from the Third Ala?
bama District, instructed for President
Taft, had given out a written state?
ment that they would support Roose
velt because they believed 90 per cent,
of their constituency favored his nomi?
nation. '
The Southern delegate situation was
discussed by two members of the na?
tional committee who reached Chicago
to-day. Henry S. Chubb, committee
man tor Florida, declared it was "a
reflection upon the integrity of Flor?
ida Republicans to h'nt that they
would not stand by their Instructions
for President Taft.
"Florida's twelve delegates are in?
structed for Taft," said Mr. Chubb,
"and they will vote for him through?
out thick and thin."
Will Fight Reduction.
Genera! Powell Clayton, committee
man for Arkansas, said Southern com-i
mltteemen and delegates would or?
ganize before the convention to fight
any proposal to reduce the represen?
tation of southern States. The at?
tempt made four years ago to reduce
representation to the basis of the Re?
publican vote cast In the Southern
States caught the Southern delegates
and Commlttcenieti unprepared, he sU'd, !
but if it be attempted again it would
be fought In the convention.
Among tho corhmltioemen who ur
rived to-day besides General Clayton
and Mr. Chubb, were Cecil Lyon, of
Texas,, and Sidney Beiber, of the Dis?
trict of Columbia, both Roosevelt sup?
porters.
Victor Rosewater, of Nebraska, act?
ing chairman of the Republican Na?
tional Committee, Is expected to ar?
rive to-morrow, when the leading tlg
ures in the various campaign head?
quarters will alr.o arrive. The light |
? be made by R. B. Howell, recently
elected national committeoman in
Nebraska, to take Mr. Rosewater's
seat when the committee organizes
next Thursday Is not expected to oc?
cupy that body long.
STEAMER A SECOND ARK
The Kfonlnn Arrlic* With Cargo of
Aolinals and IllriU.
Now York. June ::.--i.ne 0f tne larg?
est cargoes of animals ever brought to
this country is aboard the steamship
Rtonian, now anchor 1 In Gravesend
Bay awaiting to disc'.large hex cargo.
Tb; re are forty-nine Arabian horses,
eighty Bombay monkeys and 7.000
singing birds, eir.-iefly canaries.
I Tha ship cornea from Antwerp.
AN OCEAN SAFETY ACT
UcMgncd tn Cover Lrnaon* Learned In
Tituulc Dimmer.
Waantngton, June 3.?An ali-inclu
?Ive bill, to be denominated "the ocean
Mfety act of 1012," designed to cover
all the navigation lessons drawn trom
the Titanic disaster, was introduced
to-day by Senator Nelson, of Minne?
sota, chairman of the Commerce Com?
mittee, which, through a bubcommit
tce, investigated that disaster. The
bil) includes st'ingeat regulations for
better wireless equipment, continuous?
ly operated, on ocean and Ureat Lakes
vesseli carrying fifty or more pur
sons, just as provided in a bill which
passed the House, to-day. and alinost
Idcntlcal with a bill already passed
by the Senate. This wireless section
vests control of the apparatus In the
master of (lie i esstl and, to avoid the
wireless communication being shut
off by failure of the vessel's engines,
requires a powerful auxiliary supply
that can communicate at 100 miles at
ail times.
The Nelson bill would recognize for- i
rlsn steamship laws whenever they
ar? as effective an American laws and
regulations: would equip every pas?
senger craft leaving an American port
with sufficient lifeboats to accommo?
date everybody aboard, together with
other safety equipment, and would
create*a commission of five persons
to' investigate here and ubroad mer?
chant marine construction. It would
require rigid port examinations, boat
drills, define qualifications of seamen;
penalize failure to assist any person In
distress at so?, and make criminally
liable any master, managing owner,
steamship director, or principal resi?
dent agent of a foreign steamship com?
pany for sending from an American
port a vessel so unseaworthy as to
endanger life.
RATE SUSPENSION ASKED
Mate Cuuiralksloua uuU Trade Ilodiea
of South i.ike Concerted Action,
Atlanta, Ott., Juue z.?'i lie IntarstaM
Commerce Commission to-day was
asked to sus^eud for Cays ih?i
"Southern Classification, No. 80," re?
cently Issued by railroads operating
in U-'.o South and Southwest, which was
to bo effective Juni 17. 'the petition
.o;- .suspension was signed by repre?
sentatives of tive Stau, railroad com?
missions and more than a dozen trade
bodies of as many cities In the South.
W. R. Powe, agent for railroads oper?
ating under the Southern classifica?
tion, attended the confer.nc? to-day
called by C. M. Candler, chairman of
the Georgia Railroad Commission.
After trying in vain to get in touch
with K F .Smith, of Chattu nooga,
chairman of the classification bureau,
to secur: the same suspension on t*l~,-e
part of the railroads ols askid of th<i
Interstate Commerce Commission, Mr.
Powe signified his willingness to sus?
pend individual rates, if sp-.dried. The
conference declined to aocapt this.
It was polntid out that thc new
classification contains I'd pages ol
printed descriptions, a, against sev?
enty in the current classification, and
affecting 1,000 rat-s. TOO or more being
Increases, in sonn cases as much as
301 per cent
A committee of five -was appointed to
prepare a plan ot campaign toeforo
tho Interstate Commero? Commission.
Franklin McNIel. chairman of tho
North Carolina Railroad Commission,
pn.'sldod ohvr the confec-encifk The
State railroad commissions represented
Included Florida. Nortiv Carolina,
Virginia and iSoUth Carolina Freight
buroaus of Memphis, Birmingha.m, Ma.
con. Columbus and Jacksonville also
were presint. *
WATSON IS ARRESTED
Declarra He Will Fight Charge Asnlnst
Him to Plnlah.
Augustia, Ga., Jutie 3.?Thomas E.
Watson, Georgia ?.dega te-at-Urgo to
the Democratic National Convt-ntion.
and one-time Populist nomlnei: for the
pn sldoncy, was arrc?-\jed at his Ihome
at Thornton. Ga., to-Ua.y on a Federal
warrant cliarging sending obscene lit?
erature through this malls.
After stopping iL3 Watson's guest at
?midday dinner *..t Thomson, United
States Marshal George White escorted
tho Georgia editor to Augusta this af?
ternoon. A >500 bond was quickly ar?
ranged, anil Friday morning at 11
o'clock fixed for the pr-.llmlnarv hear?
ing, alter which Watson returned to
his home.
Mr. Watson haa signified his Inten?
tion of acting as his own counsel at the
trial. In commenting upon tho case
against him, Mr. Watson declared that
the alleged obsceiw matter ho is
charged with circulating in connec?
tion with his published attacks upon
the Roman Catholic hierarchy ar* quo?
tations from a copyrighted book pub?
lished In ISO.*, in Philadelphia. He de?
clares ha will fight the case to a fin?
ish.
GREAT FIRE IN STAMB0UL
Two Thouaond Houses nnd Several
Mosques IJeatroyed.
Constantinople. Juno 3.?A grfat fire i
to-day swept over Stamhoul, the Mo?
hammedan sjotion of Constantinople*
A S o'clock this e-vnnlng lb? lira was
?till burning, but 1t w-as "hoped its
further advance had been checked.
Two thousand houses and several
mosques were hurn?-d.
Gr*at distress has resulted to tho
poorer population, and pathetic seenea
wer? plentiful outslda the line of the |
flro. where hundreds of poverty-strick?
en families wept ov-jr che remnants
of their household furnishings.
Sidna Allen's $5,000
Bond is Forfeited i
JikIrc fteeommeuda That it lie j
Added to Rewards Offered for
Ilia Arreal.
Greenaboro, ->'. C, June .1.?Sldna |
Allen, the Virginia outlaw, under I
So,OOO hou? for hin appearance here I
to atuml trial for perjury In con- j
ne,-ii.in with evidence given |U a
enae ebnrjtliiK blMi with counter- j
felting, v,u? en lied out in United
Sinli-% eourl here tlila nfternuou.
Alien rulleil |o make nn> renpnuhr,
ami Ihe eourl luntriit'ted the clerk
to nltent the forfrltiirr of the f.l.O?U
bond, which i? algued by Floyd and
Jack Allen ,,n,i other Carroll county,
Va., parlies. JuiIk? .fnnie* -12. floyd
ulso ordered a enptna Instanter tn
be Issued, but antd ti<- thuiiKlit the
officer* would l*e luatiAed in mark
Init the rnplna "not tu he found"
without effort <o Inente Allen.
Spenkiuc fron? Ihe bench. Judge
llojil Instructed Wstrici Attorney
Hi.Hun to frnme n request lo the
\ttorne.v-Gencrnl Ihm thr bnnil
mono? Of Sft,00fl bp ndileil to tbe
rewards for Vllrn's nrreat for the
Vlrglnin cniirla. "I feel," hr said.
"Ihnt the offer of thla Inducement lo
.?ihl In the capture of the desperado
la due not only to the State of Vlr?
glnin. hu? to tbe United Statea."
FIVE THOUSAND
CHILDREN WAGE
WARJMjEIES
Swat Campaign Begins,
and Health Board Be?
gins to Count Dead.
WOMEN SEE HOW
PLAN WILL HELP
Organize Committee to Handle
Fly Problem as It Relates to
the Home and Markets.
Boys Form Clubs in Order
to Win The Times
Dispatch Prizes.
Rules of Contest
Contest opena June 3, 7 A. M.. and
closes June 17, 5 I'. M.
It la open to ever?- child ln the
city of Richmond or suburbs, white
or colored, who la not more than
sixteen yenrs old.
Cash prlzea will he awarded to
children Killing and turning In the
largest number of ?tca, ai followai
White children?Flrat p-Ue. ?251
second prise, SI5i thlri p-.-lse, 810i
fourth prise. f5t nnd ten prizes of
SI each?total. SOS.
Colored children?First prtr.e,
>'.'0| second prize. SIOi third prize,
I sr.; and ten prlzea of 91 each?total,
I 845.
Fly swatters and paper tinea In
which to place dead flies furnished
free of otnmr to nil nppllcnnta at
The Timea-Dlspnteh business office.
Main Street, beginning 10 A. SI.
Monday, June X.
Files may be trapped, swatted,
poisoned or eauyht In any way ex?
cept with fly-pnper.
Files to be delivered to office of
City Health Ilepnrtment. fourth
floor of City Hall, every week day
between 4 P. M. and ?1 P. M., and
Saturday from Ii A. M. to 12 noon,
>"?? deliveries on Sunday.
Paper hags containing dead flies
must hear name, age and address
of eonteatant. Two or more chil?
dren may combine or form clubs,
pro-rided the entry la made In one
child's name.
All quenttana or dlapntea to be
submitted to contest committee, the
decision of which will be final.
(Sls-nedV
x. d. srttiSi
E. G. WI1.I.TAMS. M. o..
C. C. HCDSOX. M. D .
Contest Committee.
Citizens* Fly Extermination Ass*n.
Five, thousand young people entered
the fly swatting contest opened yea?
let-day morning by The Tunes-Dispatch
In conjunction with the Health Depart?
ment, and long before night bagged
their iirst game. But tew of the groat
number of contestants turned in yes?
terday afternoon their kill for the day,
but those who did carry their victims
to the City Hall for counting had ;l
big total lor the day. Only twenty
eight contestants registered, but these
officially killed 46.761 flies.
Many times this number will bring
In their bags for i punting this after
I noon, and the total killed for to-day
"ill soar ?ky illgh. 1 lie business uf
lice of The Times-Dispatch was crowd?
ed yesterday with youthful contestants,
clamoring for the fly swatters distri?
buted free to contestants by this paper.
Bugs to contain the dead flies were
given out with the swatters. These
free swatters will bo distrlbtxed tr>
applicants us long as the supply holds
out
Club Heads the list.
The largest number of flics turned in
by any single contestant yesterday was
16,800, being tho result ol the day's ac?
tivity on the part of a club of boys
who have joined forces in tho hope of
winning the contest and the money for
a trip to the country. The contestants
came from every section of the city,
and give an Indication Cf how univer?
sal the, Interest in the contest has de?
veloped.
It Is not advisable for contestants
to keep one diy's kill for more than
twenty-four hours. Since those who do
so will suffer ln the counting. In or?
der to count the myriads of files
which will be sent to the Health De?
partment, it 1? necessary that some
device b* used to count the victims
In bulk, and It was determined that
they should be counted by measure.
The health officials first found by ex?
periment the number eV" " iad tiles con?
tained In the measure, atul all the kills
submitted yesterday afternoon wer?
measured In accordance with this test
count As the displacement of a de-iil
fly shrinks very rapidly, It is natural?
ly seen that the contestant who holds
Ills catch until they have lost by eva?
poration portion of iheii bulk will
suffer In the count against another
contestant whose lllfs are fresh.
The need for this warning Is ap?
parent from tho small number of con?
I e>? Jut a who registered yesterday af?
ternoon. The officials at the health
office are uiuklng preparations to re?
ceive to-day many times tho numbers
turned In yesterday, and will be rushed,
to the limit this afternoon, counting
the tiles delivered.
Women Look to Home l ml.
In order that the work of extermi?
nating the pestiferous fly may bo a*
thorough and far-reaching as possible,
a committee of women was appointed
yesterday to engineer a campaign on
home and market cleanliness. This
committee will consist of the presi?
dent of tiie Mother's Club, tu'e presi?
dent ot the Woman's Christian Tem?
perance i'nlon. the secretary of the
Young Woman's Christian Association
and trie secretary of the Equal Suf?
frage League. .
The fly swuttiM? committee realises
ihm the most unapproachable and tit
the same lime, the most threaten!! ??
side of the fly problem Is presente I It
the hom?* a"<l markets. Files on
thi street are open game for the 5.00>>
contestants., but are. not the cl?ss ot
(.Continued on Pass Eleven.}