The times dispatch. [volume], August 23, 1912, Image 1

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

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jjg tftRrSg^jfru* WHOLE NUMBER 10,086.
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1012.
THE WE AT HER TO-DAY-Falr. PRICE TWO CENTO
EIGHT CANDIDATES'
OWN REAL ESTATE
Zimmerman Heads List,
Total Holdings Being
$94,250.
RICHARDS COMES
NEXT TO LEADER
Nine Citizens Who Desire to
? Serve on Administrative. Eoard
Own No Realty?Beck's
Property Valued at Less
Than S<i,ooo?Mow
They Stand.
night of the seventeen candidates
lor the Administrative Hoard have a
stake in Itlehmond In tho shape of
real estate, a> cording to the realty
assessment books reported by Reve
nuo Commissioner Tresnon to Statu
Auditor C, I.e. Mr,,,re They arc:
Henry P. Beck. A w Bennett, Bdgar
H Fergusson, w. p, Knowles, John
W. Moore. George P?hl, C. K. Rich?
ards and w. ii Zimmerman
Candidates who do hot uppear to
be fortunate enough to own reB| es
tite In this city aie as follows:
Oeorge B Davis, .lohn F Don I .envy.
C. Kolkes; Marx Ounst. John
lllrschbdrg, Graham B. Hobson. Carl
ton McCarthy, Charles P. Tayloi and
Robert Whittet, Jr.
The only possible exception to these
statements might be where * pleci
of property U assessed Jointly against
two or more parties and the name
of the Administrative Board candi?
date .iocs not appear ?s the rtrst of
these, in such case, it could not be
found without a minute examination
W. ii Zimmerman is the largest
be t o . . [,
7, thirty
rnbardy Street,
:.T.'..', nineteen
? ;t:..t feet on
tW'C i: i:r- ..:
t ween Twenty-ninth arid Thirtieth.
|l,050; twenty-six feet on Broad, be- '
t..... . Thirtieth arid Thirty.first. ?3,- i
tlO; sixteen feet on Franklin Street,
between Twenty-sixth ami Twenty-,
seventh, t2,t02; twerily-fouj feet on
Thirty-second Street, between Broad
and Marshall. JJ.72". sixteen feet at
Tw.nty.ninth and Marshal), ?
Total, $30,092. Stale tax, $105.25. Mr. '
t:t< r..,ids gave In an Income of $2.
A. W. Bennett, who gave In no In?
come at all on his sworn statement, is
assessed with twenty-seven feet on
I'ark Avenue, between Allen Avenue
.nid Meadow Street, at 16,"CS, and forty
feel at Broad and Bclvldere Streets,!
at $21.000. Total. i27,7>l? State tax.
One of the Southslde candidates?
.lohn W. Moore?comes next He has
thirty-three feet on retry street, be?
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth, $1.
112; twenty-one feet on Mclionoiigh
.-tree;, between Seventh .<!.?! Hlgi.th.
Sl.tlO; ?ixty-foiir feet on Porter Street,
between Fifteenth Street and Cowardtn
Avenue. $6,100; seventeen feet on Hull
Stre.t, between Fourteenth and Fit
trenth. Total. $f?.-'17. State tax,
s;i.vt.. Mr. Moore is also assessed
along With M. T. Burke, with oight\
tlve ft et on Hull Street at Fifteenth,
$12,375; forty Let on Hull street, be?
tween Twenty^flrat Street and the At?
lantic Coast L.ine Railroad. $SS0, and
los feet on Hull Street mar Twehty
flrst, $4,070, Assuming that Mr.
Moore has a half Interest In this prop?
erty, his total holding.- would amount
to $17,$64, and his State taxes to $6.1.01.
He gave In no income for taxation
George Paul, the other Southside
candidate, owns th't following: i i* feet
on Fifth Street, between Balnbrldge
and Porter. $11,16?; fotir other tracts
in the same block of 150 feet, 11? feet,
thirty feet and twenty-two feet, worth
respectively $.1,100, $941. sir-, $i7?:
10.", feet on Rajnhrldge street. i>- ?
tweeh Nineteenth Street and the Atlan?
tic Coast Line Hallway, $r>::a: |ift>*-one
feel in the same locality, $207. Total,
$17,0'.:.. State tax. $59.54. He ga\< tti
no income.
Udgar H. Fergufsoh has twenty
clghl feet on Franklin Street, ivorth.
$10, ">. and taxed at 1 I for State
purposes. He guv.- in an income of
$,1,500.
W. P. Knowles hi,, thirty by 17s
feet on Gi'ovc Avenue, neai Robinson
Street, worth $7.9011, and on which tiis
State tax ix $37.65. He gay< in no
income fot taxation.
Building Inspector Henry P Heck
Is the owner of the following 85 b>
lrt feet on St. .fames Street, between
Bacon and Powell, $1"'.; 17 by 69 fret
in the same blc.ck. $60; sixteen feet on
Bacon Street, between Firs I and St.
.lames, $50; thirty feel Ir. the same
block. i'.iO, twenty-four feet on Hickory
Street north of Baker, $546; 2?:i by
2?>n feet on St. .lohn Street, near ita
con. $000; 210 by 120 feel on Wallace
Street. $1,465; thirty feet on Park
ivVnnue, between Meadow and Row
land. $1.200. Total. $3,805, State tax,
ft3.33. Mr. Be<k returned no Income.
All of these assessments, of course, are
of date Februar; i last, at which t'me
the boons ate made up according t?
the transfers furnished by the clerk of
rtho court. s^j
Income Taxes Returned
by Men in Business
in City.
GRAND JURY WILL
SIT FOR MONTHS
Auditor Moore Prepares for In?
dictments for False Tax Re?
turns?Will Not Pay Com?
missioners Until Courts Get
Through With Their
Investigations.
Examination of the revenue boOks ei
' Itehrlco County shows th<?t 107 citl
; ssen? receive an income of more than
?2.. the. year. A good many of
I thea< are really Richmond people, do
. ing business In the city and living in
! those suburbs which are practically a
run lit the corporation, divided only
I by an Imaginaty line. The l>s". there
fpr( possesses a large amount of lo
I cal Interest, in one entire magisterial
! district of lienrico?Varlna?not a
j single cltlr.cn was found of in"
\ whose names appear on the hooks, who
made as much as I2.',f'0 which he w.13
; willing to return fot taxation. The sit
i nation Is almost the same In Kalrfield
District, Where* out of a total of 1.
I 330 n.noes. enly Treasurer 11. O
! Heckler made a return for Income
1 taxation. ''< makes '??>'??< thi year.
'i :.? l ir- st Income in llenrlco Is
j that of M.ior Jan.H Doc-toy. Ho
j receives 1102,000 the year. This Is
j larger than the sum given In by any
? n of Richmond, except John r.
j Branch.
Muvb Work for ??rund Jury.
it Is anticipated that the grand Jury
which will Investigate thi tax returns
of Richmond will be In sesson for two
j or thr>.< months In order that it may
givt attention to every name on the
: tax books and hear testimony as to tne
returns given in. State Auditor C.
[> ? Moore ?ald yesterday that under
circumstances he would be com
! pel led to ask tk- Hustings Court Of
; Richmond to !?? <k Into thi: matttr. and
i.-. return such Indictments as mig.it
necessary against th'.s. p. t n
i who have made insufficient return* of
tin :r property for taxation
li I? believed .? poo.i man} fuchme.nd
lilt who make more than 12,000 in
lh< year have not ?n certlQed, and
that others whose names appear on the
[Income tax lit.t he.e not giver, in the
, full ajnount o.' their earnings and oth
? . i ? ceipta.
information along this line may be
secured from many sources?real es
, t?te agents, employers and business as?
sociates, while the books of all busl
nesc concerns are available in the wrrk
I of learning tfc* income of ar.y per?
son. Any witness within the Jurlsdic-;
, tlon of the tiiurt fhgy be summoned
and u.uet testify under oath if re
I quired to do so.
It may be that Auditor Mof re will
lay emphasis on the Incomes and on
tin blink d-posits of the people or |
Richmond, since it appears that there
may perhaps be food for more work
1:, thesi respects than in others.
Inspection of the books may reveal
worse conditions In other parts of thej
i State than in Richmond. Indc.d. it is;
expected this will be the case. Courts
in all sucn localities will be requested
by the Auditor to give especial charges
to their grand juries covering any
point which may be raised by him. I
t So far has tho matter gone that a
circular letter :> being .-'tit out from
tlie office of the Auditor to these com-!
mlssionera of the revenue who make,
inquiry ubcn when they will receive
their commissions from the State tori
their year'.- work. This letter says thotj
Inasmuch as "these hooks will p'?ba
bly have to go before the grand Jury,"
and therefore will be subject to change,
the commissions cannot be paid at
pres- nt. Increases in taxable values as
the result of indictments would get
more taxes for the State an,) for the
...unties and cities, and would swell
the commissions of the revenue: officers,
llenrlco Returns,
The returns on Incomes in llenrlco
County are as foilow's, the $2.000 ex?
emption not having been deducted:
Tuekahoe District,
i-t. George M Anderson; {3."00.
John s Davenport, Jr.. $5.200; James
11 Dooley. $K'2..J
John W. Oordon. $6,240; Julien Ounn.
$2,500.
. Cunningham Hall. $5,000; A H liar-j
its. $>,00ii,
C. M. Knox. $3.600.
T. A Miller. $2,?0 '
to. C Patterson, $16.160; A W Pat- !
terson. $5,000; R. A. Patterson. $23,006.;!
Louts W. Plzzlnl. $2,650; Mrs. Elizabeth
B. Purceli. $6,000; Thomas W Purccli.
$2,100
Samuel Regester, $r..ono.
George C. Scott. !S.?W: C. K. Smith,
v.' 500; J. C. Smith, $:'?0"o.
O. A. Tower. $2.120
S. I* Wnddill. $l."0n- Oorge W.
U'urren. $s.:.o,i T. Ashby Wlckham,
S..:,'ev Edward J. Willis. $i:..00ft. W.
A. Wllherspoon, $ 1,000; W. ?. Wool
folk, $3.oaa.
Ilrnoklnnd Dlstrlt I.
? Samuel A Ackley,
<> Raymond Brown. $2.5<)0; John W.
Hate.. $2.200; Thomas P. Bryan, SIS.- J
6S0 I SI ?borge Bryan, $2<VV>',^: John;
Stewart Bryan. $13,000; Jonathan!
Bryan. $10,000; Jonathan Brvan. ad?
ministrator D K. st.-wnrt, $:o.t;n.
Jonathan Bryan, administrator of John
Stewart. $21.211.
Arthur e. Chapman, $.".,000 Norman
fall. J. A. Connelly. Sl.fao; C. ]
C fottrell $S.a00; J. K. Cox. $3,000. j
W. D. Puke $S.."nft; Krank W. Duke.
$2,506:
John s. Eggleston, $3,500.
Stewart II Ford. $3,600: Allen W,
I I'reeman. $2,500,
i M M. Gllllnm. $n,2*,o. e s Uoodmnu.
I $",600; Amos W. Clover, $2,506: Thomas',
On shn in. $20,'(.
.?Catherine II. Hawes. $7,160: s. II.
I lliwer. $in.oor.. William O. Howard,
j $2.100: W. T. Hood & Co. $4.000. B.
[ (Continued on .Second Page.).
Candidate Shouts at
Hirschberg, Telling
Him Where to Stop.
THROWS GINGER
INTO CAMPAIGN
Former Mayor Raps Council,
Calling Members by Name,
While Audience Gasped.
Certain New Board and
Council Will Lock Horns.
Income Tax Talk.
After seven candidates for the Ad- I
minibtratl-c Board had addressed the
members of the Clay Ward Annex
League last night at an opm-alr meet
Ins at Grove Avenue and Shepard
Street, and had left behind them a g< :.
rral air of peace on earth and good
will toward men, Orlton McCarthy ,
went on the ?-aipath and scattered the ,
feathers of the dove of pe-i-e right and
left.
' When the dove of peace lay mu-l
mated ani dying, after Captain Me
CartHy had finished talking. Candidate,
.lohn Itlrschberg inaugurated an In?
surrection of his own with what Cap?
tain McCarthy construes as an ob?
noxious aliusion to himself, and for a*
short time the air bristled with sul?
phur and repartee. An audience of
more than a hundred persons sat by
and gasped at what wa- really the
hist spirited Administrative Board
meeting of the Campaign,
ll,..> ii Started.
Candidate McCarthy laid the founda?
tion for the excitement with a vigorous
i exposition of his views touching tho
duties and limitations of the new board.
There was scant courtesy in his speech
towards the membership of the Council
! which trave tho Administrative Hoard
lilrth, and Captain McCarthy took no
apparent pains to conctal It.
! Th- Administrative Board. Ii? said,
far from being the panacea for all mu?
nicipal Ills which a deluded public and
I press seemed to believe It to be. was ;
really dcrlgtied to be the subservient j
creature of the Council which relln- j
1 quished not one lota of Its former ;
\ power and delegated to t!ie board only I
the menial task of executing its whims I
and mandates. Otherwise, he said. It
was shorn of practically all power.
I From this characterization of the
board. Captain McCarthy proceeded to
Inquire Into the causes which brought
1 the board Into being, arriving at the i
conclusion that "it was the half-hearted
attempt of a Council conscious of Its
own Inefficiency, and cumbersomeness,
to relievo In a measure a condition of
affairs which was becoming unbear?
able.
He had foreseen such a thing years
before, said Mr. McCarthy, and whs one
of the i"irs>t men in the city to advocate
a change from the old system. The
fart that so many members of the'
Coune'l who are now candidates for the
boird. are declaring publicly that the
present government is antiquated, ho
said. ,,ore witness to the innate Ir.efli
clency of this form Of municipal gov?
ernment.
Itlracbberji I nllnl norm.
Captain McCarthy spoke thirty min?
utes. In the course of which he found
Um? to lay an accusing ringer upon
practically every Council activity.
? I shall not undertake to speak as
long us Captain McCarthy/' began Mr.
Hirschberg, opening the trouble, "and
what Is more. I am not going to say
that I am the only man In Virginia
fitted for a position on t'.'.e- Administra?
tiv. Board, but?"
"Hold on. Mr Hirsch'ierg," shouted
Captain McCarthy, leaping to his feet.
"Hold on. sir That is an unwarranted
statement, and I want to contradict it
right now. I made no such statement,
and you know it. You will ocllge me.
sir. if you Will stick to facts.??
It was the exciting moment of tho
evening, and things looked ominous.
Mr. Herschberg hesitated a full minute
and replied with heat:
"Captain M Cartiiy, when I make an
attack upon you I will call you by
name. I have been taught all my life
to respect truth, and I have been
taught to respect old age?"
"Vou may dispense- with the last."
interjected Captain McCarthy.
"When I make a statement about n
man I am ready to substantiate it."
continued Mr. H Irschberg, "and am
prepared to give him an explanation
anywhere and in any manner he
chooses."
Mr Herschberg spoke with signifi?
cance sn.i wa> encouarged by a lone
supporter in the audience, who cried:
"Talk to him. boy. I'm with you.'1 bill
the incident was permitted to die
without further complication.
McCarthy IVniilii Aholl?b ConnoH.
Aside from the near-due) between
Candidates Hirschberg mid McCarthy,
the interest e.f the audience centred in
the unsparing arraignment to which
the former Mayor subjected th? Colin
"The Council has for tile past twen?
ty-five- years been the curse of the city
government," he raid, "it has hunk
like a mill-stone about its neck atid
dragged it down. No better proof of
Ibis fact is needed than the spectacle
of its own members, now candidates
for the Administrative Ronrrf. denounc?
ing It as Incompetent and antiquated.
"This very board, of which ?o much
is expected, has been carefully devised
to perpetuate the old system as far
as possible It Is an administrative
board, hut what will It administer, 1 11
tell vou. Unless the statute creating
means something far different from
what 1 Inierpret ll to mean. It will ad?
minister the- whims and the caprices
and the orders of the Council. | defy
nny lawyer or laymen to prove the con?
trary. It will take w-ir with the Coun?
cil, not harmony, as some of the can?
didates preach, to malte it serve a good
purpose.
let InRenlnnal) Drawn,
"Do you think thai Hilbert Pollock
and II. R. Pollard, these and other
(Continued on Tlilr 1 Cage.)
HARWOOD WON'T
RUN FOR MAYOR!
Stands by Original State?
ment Despite Plea
ot* Friends.
GEORGE AINSLIE
WILL BL NAMED
Joint Session of Council to Be
Held Early in September to
Elect Ricltardson'f; Successor.
Harwood Tells Why
He Must Decline
Honor.
Colonel -lohn F. Harwood declined |
yesterday to reconsider h:s previously j
announced determination not to be-!
come a candidate lor Mayor ot Rich- j
mond. leaving the Held to Captain
Oeorgc Atnsllc, who will he elected by,
a joint session of the City Council .
early In -September. Colonel Harwood
sent yesterday to R. U Peters, Clyde ,
H. Ratrliffe and John J. Mitchell, the!
members of the City Council who had j
called on him the previous night, pre- ,
Bcntlng a petition slgn.d by many
CoUncllmen, the following letter:
I nlonrl UsurTCOOd's Letter.
-rtlchmond. Va., August il. 1312.
"My Dear Sirs,?1 V-g to acknowl?
edge petition containing the names
of a majority of the members of tha
Board of Aldermen st.d Common Coun?
cil, and t i which your name is ap?
pended, requesting that I reconsider
!,,;. determination and allow the uso
of my name as a candidate for Mayor,
pit '.ging me your support. I beg to
assure you of my de, p and heartfelt
appreciation of the confidence reposed
in me by you and your associates In
the Council and Board of Aldermen,
for the honor which you would confer
Is one of which any mar. might Justly
teel proud. However. I believe the
city of Ric.mond, which Is steadily
grow ng In Importance, and now ranks
among the foremost in our land, is j
entitled to have as her Mayor a live ,
progressiv e man. one w ho co:ld devote j
all of his energies and h'a entire and
undivided time and attention to the
duties of the oftlce. and my business
interests and connections arc such that
it would be Impossible for me. to do
this. Apart from this. my health,
while greatly Improved. Is such as
I would not at this time warrant me In
assuming the duties and responsiblll
j ties which the office demands In mak
l-ing this, therefor* my nnal declina
1 tlon. I hrg- again to thank you and your
colleagues as well as the many friends \
who have written and called on me in j
person, for the great honor they woulj
confer upon me I beg to remain,
"Grateful!} yours,
?JOHN S. HARWOOD.','
Hod Little Mope.
It cannot bo said that the refusal :
of Colonel Hur'vood to re-enter tho ;
! rare raui'd great surprise, as most ;
! of his friends had taken as Una! his |
[ statement giver, to The Tlmes-Dls- j
pati ;. more than a week ago in which
he definitely withdrew from the, race, j
; fclven among those who signed the
petition, it was stated, there were some
who . . i but little hope that there j
would be a favorable answer.
following Colone'. HarwcoJ's an?
nouncement printed in The Tlmes-Dls- !
patch of Thursday. August 15, and the I
action of the City Democratic Commit- 1
tei that night in deciding not to hold '
a prefercnt.al primary, but to leave;
the election In the hands of the in- !
j coming City Cornell, promises of sup-|
port were secu.-ed from a majority of !
the members of both branches of the ?
Council by supporters of Captain
Atnsllc. the- condition/-bfc -...ese pledges
i In some instances being that Colonel
? Harwood was out of the race. As
. the situation stands, therefore, it Is |
: anticipated tha: the election of Cap-)
j lain Alnslle will be unanimous, and '?
that In all probability no other name
will go before the joint session. It!
; has been suggested that an informal
caucus of the Incoming- Council he hejd
to settle the matter, but as several
i members are out of the city, it may
j he thai act'on wl'I b? deferred until
the new Council Is legally organized on
I September 2. when the resignation of
Mayor Richardson will he presented.
RATE WAR THREATENED
It Win Revolve Around Panama and
?mm-.' ? niialx.
I Washington, August 22?A rate war I
which m'ght Involve nil the maritime!
inations of the world, and Which would .
revolve about the Suez find Panama
Canals, was predicted to-day in Wash?
ington by officials who have watched
ithe development of world Interest In
jthe psnamn Canal bill, now awaiting
approval of president Taft
According to the report that reached
the s;;,t. Department to-day, the di- '
rectorate ?( the Sues Canal has decided
to rcdtl e rates through that canal.
In official circles this notice was r.->- '
garded as the first retaliatory step \
against the free toll? provision for
American ships through the Panama
j Canal.
i Tiie announcement of the proposed
reductions through Suez appeared In
inconspicuous notices In American
newspapers The notice, which aroused
so much interest, was to the effect
that after the first of next year the
transit dues in the Pnci Canal will be
reduced fifty centimes, bringing the
' lolls for loaded ships down to 6.2fi
franc* This is the precise equivalent,
to the 51 2.1. maximum tolls which the
I Panama Canal act prescribes f,ir Ves?
sels passing through that waterway
! Pr,.fes?or BmOry R. Johnson, whose
exhaustive investigation of the rin.-in
Iclal aspect of the Panama Canal, as
., special commissioner for the War
? Department, formeei the basis for the
action of the congressional committees
i in living the toll rates on the canal,
held that if the Panama project was to
be a success financially and commer?
cially Its tolls should he lower thnn
those of the Sue* Cnnnl. This was on
the basis that the Panama route would
secure at least a minor share of the
shipping moving between Europe and
the Pacific coast potts of Asia
j.jveri lower tolls at Panama. h< held,
would not draw away from the ffut .'.
., large pa'rt of Oriental trade, because
of traffic opportunities; the prl.I
coal and other supplies which \\\\. .?
determining effect upon the selection
.of routes.
NEXT MA YOR OF RICHMOND
CAR COMPANY FILES
EMPHATIC PROTEST
FULL PROTECTION
WiLL BE ACCORDED
This Country Ready to Rush
More Troops Into Nica?
ragua.
Washing-ton, August I::'.?The State
Department i- determined to extend
the fullest possible measure of protec?
tion to Alherlcari life and property 'n
Ni.ar??jgtlai It was announced to-day
that the naval forces now in that
country, even when heavily reinforced
by the large marine contingent now
being assembled at League Island, and
the several hundred blue jackets en
route to Corlnto on the California and
the Denver, are not sufficient to assure
thai protection, more forces will be
rushed forward until that end lias been
secured.
Tile State Department still is un?
moved by utterances In Congress, rely?
ing Impllclty and confidently upon tne
long line of precedents, where Amer?
ican military and naval forces have
been employed without congressional
direction In cases where American life
and property were in jeopardy.
The officials declare that that Is the
sole purpose of the landing of the
marines anel blue Jackets In Nicara?
gua.
Wh.n the reinforcements. which
will be en route to Nicaragua before
the end of this week have arrived at
their destination, the navy will have
ashore In that country the most nu?
merous force It has ever landed in an
American republic .in time of peace.
Admiral Southeriand, who will take
command of the entire combined force
of blue Jackets and marines upon bin
arrival at Corlnto on his flagship Cal?
ifornia has the unlimited confidence
of the State Department based upon
the munner in which he handled the
revolutionary uprising in Panto Do?
mingo, about five years ago.
I?.. Not t.linlt It Is Wiir.
Government officials do not admit
t. ,t the prevention of the bombard?
ment of an unprotected town filled
with noneombatarits, with many res?
ident Americans and With substantial
business Interests within Its limits,
constitutes warfare in 'he modern
civilized sense. for such brutal at?
tacks arr expressly prohibited by an
of the rules of modern warfare to
which the nations of the earth have
subscribed under the Geneva conveh
IInn. If the conflicting factions wish
to ilcht, the American naval command?
ers will not attempt lo prevent, but
they must chose other grounds than
the limits of n defenseless town with
large American Intt rests
The American marines now being
assembled nt Philadelphia, for trans
portatlon on tho Prairie to Colon, and
thence by rail nn'l water to Corlnto, I
are being elrawn from the navy yards
at Boston. Now York. Philadelphia.
Washington, Norfolk and Charleston. '
S. C. end will sail from League Island
Saturday n'ght.
The reported killing of the 'wo
Americans, Dodd and Phillip*. In Nu-a- j
ragua, Is being thoroughly Investl- :
gated by the department Dodd, the;
Mlsslssipplan, who was sla'n. was well '
known to Representative Slsson, of i
-Mississippi, who said to-night that
both Dodd and Ids father wer. lawyers!
In his concioslonal district.
"riie situation In - Nicaragua is ?.-'
rlotls in! Critical," said Itepresenl i
live Sulr.er; chairman of the nous, p'Or
e|gn Affairs Committee, to-night, " I lie
massacre in Nicaragua of Americans
^Continued on Fifth Page.) .
Declare? It Is Not Responsible
for Delays in Street
Paving.
PUTS BLAME ON1 B?LLING
Vice-President Sitterding As?
serts Work Was Held Back
by City's Order.
Kmphati- protect was filed with
Chairman William H Adams, of the
Council Committee on Streets, yester?
day hy Vice-President Britz Sitter
ding anri Chl<f Engineer T, Norman
J?ne?, Jr.. of the Virginia Railway and;
[ Rower Company against charges of di?
latory action on the part of the com
party in the. repaying of certain streets
brought by City engineer Charles B.
Boiling at a meeting of the Commit?
tee on Streets on Wednesday after?
noon. No representative of the com?
pany was present at that meeting. It
was stated to the committee that prac.
ideally every city contract was far be?
hind time.
Illumes Cur < ompany.
Aitcr reporting on some curbing
and guttering contracts awarded In
April, on which the contractors. L b.
I Brown ?fc Co., had not yet begun work,
Mr. Holling submitted the following
written report:
I beg to submit herewith a report
of the paving of the roadbeds enum?
erated below, which have been very
I much delayed on account of the Vjr
| glnla Hallway and Power Company
not taking prompt action:
''Robinson Street, between Broad and
Main Streets. Contract awarded to
Ohas. Gasser on April .">. 1012. Notice
sent to ihe Virginia Railway and row?
er Company on April s and 15 and
March in Nothing ha- been done.
I "Ashland Street, between Harrison
1 ,nd Randolph streets. Contract award
leii to I- Smith A- Co. Inc. on April
2S, 1912 Notice sent to the Virginia
Railway and Power Company op. April
I K and 19. and July in. n and 18. Noth
, ing has been done.
"Broad Street, between Harrison ml
Allison streets Contract awarded to
Thomas A. Bany on April -'i. 1912. No?
tice sent to the Virginia Railway and
Power Company on March 11 and l ?.
April 15. May 1" and 13, and July ?0
Wot k now in e\. cution.
"Pin,- Street, between Albemarln and
Cary Streets. Contract awarded to
John C .V.dnhrunn & Bro. on April
SO, 1912 Notice ?cht to the Virginia
Railway and Power Company on Ap ll
<5 and 19, June and July i>. |
10, and 18. Nothing has been d ne
?Main Street, between Fifth arid
Seventh Streets Contract awarded to
J. C. Cheatwood on June 28, 1912, No?
tice sent to the Virginia R-ailwtiy and
Power Compnnj on May 10. 13 and 2t,
and ini, .'1 and 26, Work COhi
menci d last week.
i niniulttee l akes Vetlnn.
After discussion tin committee was
of opinion that it had nothing to rjo
with what arrangements ihe Virginia
Railway and Power Company mey
make with contractors The company
is required by contract to pave be
tween Its tracks arid for two feet on
either side, with the same material as
is used by the city, and the commit tec
adopted a resolution directing (:??>
pompaii; to proceed with the work in?
dicated forthwith, the suggestion be?
ing made that If there were not Im?
mediate compliance the company be
?put in the Police Court.
In bis statement to Chairman Adams
\ ',.<?-President Sitter,ling oht< lids
that In mil one of the InstAnCetl quoit d |
Is the company to blame, thai it haS I
i" TContlllue-t on P.ishth Pagi t J
ARCHBOLD WILL
TELL SEITE OF
Head of Standard OiJl
Agrees to Give
Testimony.
HIS HEARING IS
FIXED FOR TO-DAY
Bitter Attack on Roosevelt in,
Effort to Show That He Knew!'.
Corporation Funds Were Used,
to Elect Him in 1904?Pen
rose, Reed and Williams Lead
Fight on Colonel, and Poin
dexter Rushes to His Defense.
Much Light Is Being Shed on
Republican Campaign Methods
of Past Years.
Washington. August 22.?John n.
Archbold, of tho Standard Oil Company,
will appear at ?? 3o to-morrow morning
before the subcommittee of the Sonata
investigating campaign contribution's*
The announcement that he would ap?
pear followed a day of hitter polt leal'
recrimination on the floor of tile. Sen?
ate, dovoted to an offort to show ?hat
former President P.ooaovclt knew that
funds contributed by big corporations
wero used to Help elect him in IDOL.
The attack on former President
Roosevelt to-day originated In . col?
loquy between S< nator Heed, ol Mis?
souri, Democrat, ami Senator lluise
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who pre?
sented a resolution demanding an in?
vestigation of the circumstances sot
forth In his statement to tho Senato
yesterday. In which he charged that
{100,000 of Standard OH money went
Into the lfe-l Roosevelt campaign fund
with President Roosevelt's knowledge.
Senators Penrose. Heed and William*
each attacked Colonel Roosevelt, and
Senator Potndexter, of Washington, a
a supporter of the new Progressiva
parly, came to his defense.
Choreen Conspiracy,
Senator Potndexter charged that a
combination of "regular Republicans
and Democrats" was at work to defame
Colonel Roosevelt.
The. decision '.?? summon Mr. Arch
bold at once was made by Senator Clapp'
early In the ?lay, before the Interro?
gation of Senator Penrose by Senator
Reed began. He got Into communica?
tion with Archbold In New York by,,
long distance telephone, and the Stand?
ard Oil official agreed to nppear. Sen?
ator Pomerene. of Ohio, was desig?
nated to sit as the Democratic member.]
of the special committee until the re?
turn e>f either Senator Dee or Senator.
Paynter.
The debate between Senators ReertV
and Penrose was marked ov the readi
iness with which the latter replied to
Senator Reed's questions. Early in tho
afternoon the two Senators, with Son
ntor Smith, of Maryland, had neld ;i
short conference in one of the rooms
adjoining the Senate chamber.
Senator Penrose. in answer to ques?
tions from Senator Reed, declared that
"according to his information" Colonel
Roosevelt knew that $100.000 of stand?
ard Oil money hael been received and
spent In 1904 before he wrote a 101101-?
directing that any Standard Oil con?
tributions be 1,'turned A new ele-;
ment was injected Into the political
Imbroglio when Senator Penrose' sug?
gested to Senator P.eed:
"There has come to my notice quite)
a lot of information leading to th<i'
thought that some $3,000,000 was un?
derwritten by George w. Perkins and]
his associates to nominate Mr. Rouse-;
volt for the presidency of the regular*'
Republican party In the present cam-'
palgn for their own personal uses.
Kvldencc regarding this matter will
be submitted to the proper Senate com-I
mlttee for consideration The ultl-i
male object of this enormous fundj
was the control of the Republican!
parti" In the interest of the element
represented by Mr. Perkins. The larg?
est campaign fund In the history of'
tlie United States for a nomination wnai
raised for Mr Roosevelt at the pri?
nt.irles last winter."
Wwaya In Close Touch.
Alleged contributions of $100.00?,
j eacli by the Missouri Pacific and the*!
Southern pa. .tic Railroads to tho|
I Roosevelt campaign fund in l'-oi werd'
mentioned by Senators Reed and Pen-i
rose. Senator Penrose declaring thatl
President Roosevelt was always irui
close touch with the national commit-^)
tee managing his campaign,
When the collot|uy between Senator?
Pi nrose and Reed was concluded, Sen*',
htor Reed m ule an extend i speech at*'
ticklnc Roosevelt, reopening the quca-j
tion of the $250,.tollectcd for thejj
Republican campaign fund In ls04 byj'
Bi H. Harrlman, and placing in tho
record all of the so-called "Archboldvi;
correspondence recently published-..
Senator Reed also attacked Oe.-rge W.
Perkins, at present one of the leader**
j of the New York Progressive party.
When he concluded. Senalot Poln
tlexteir took thi floor and character"!
I I zed the day's proceedings as a "com?
bination, an understanding/, an alll-!
i incc." between the "machine Rtipuh
|llc.-ins anl the wachlri* Democrat*
against progressive principles."
He objected to the Immediate con?
sideration of (he resolution presented.
I iw Senator Penrose. and n sweeping
! amendment presented ;>y Senator)
! Reed, and both went over. The rc*o
} lution was not needed, however, to
allow the campaign contributions subv
committee to proceed with its InvestH
cation.
Senatoi i: ? l and Senator William?
.1 ,m illlance" between Senaiot*
I Penrose and the Domoorats, ...
\\ ? hunt Bull Moose to-day," Sen*
later Williams sail, "and elephant ttw-,
morrow;"
In the cm-, "i his speech. Senate*
Reel attached at length the no-called)!
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