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TWO CENJP
DDE FACING CRISIS
IS TO UVE STOCK
America’s Supply Is Rapidly
Diminishing, and Cheaper
Production is Necessary.
VALUE OF LIME
ON FARM LANDS
Rhode Island Specialist Empha
sizes Importance of Proper
Treatment of Soil—Other
Reasons Before Farmers.
In an able paper on the economical
production of live stock Dr. S. N. Mayo,
professor of animal husbandry and vet
erinary science at the Virgrinla experi- '
ment station, opened the second days' 1
session of the Virginia State Farmers’ j
Institute at the JeKerson Hotel,
Wednesday morning. Prcn-ssor Mayo
stated that the problem is most Impor
tant to both the producer and the con
sumer; that we are now racing a
crisis in the economical production of
live stock, and that people overlook the
question of supply and demand. Ac
cording to Professor Mayo statistics
show that the supply of cattle In the
years 1907. 1903 and 1909 decreased
2.000. 000 head, and statistics of the De
partment of Agriculture show a de
crease of 2,000.000 more beef cattle for
the same period. Exports for 1907 were
60.000. 000; for 1909, 38,000.000. arid 1903,
26.000. 000, and Imports 600,000 in 1907,
a like number In 1908 and 1,400,000 in
1909- He stated that this condition is i
drawing heavily on the calf crop, and
mi BiKus point 10 a uimmisning in
the supply of meat, lie said further
that -we have reached the limit In the
production of grain: that the same con
dition exist* in meat, and from the
same course. "The day of cheap grain
as food for animals Is past," said pro
fessor Mayo. “We must apply our
selves to Intensive production of meats
as we do to the Intensive production
of farm crops." He said that the pos
ture is the most economical method of
raising cattle, and mentioned the rich
ness of the pasturage In the blue grass
section of northern Virginia.
"Another important fee turn is the se
lection of good breeding animals," said
Professor Mayo. “Choose a popular
breed and avoid fads: handle them in
tfrlllgontly mnd will nnwltuw Hto-h
values. ProvWe for storms; give plen
ty, of water and allow a wide range,
get rid of unprofitable animals and
eliminate all non-producers"
Poultry Raising.
Professor Mayo discussed the im
portance of poultry raising in connec
tion with farmings -For the past sev
eral years” said Professor Mayo, the
cotton and hay crops have been
beaten by poultry; in the year i*os
lr#m poultry was
• 706,000,000, eclipsing the combined
output of the gold and silver mines
of the country for the same period.
And we can double the poultry pro
ducts from this State,” said Profes
*or Mayo. He said: “The besetting
sin of the American farmer Is rob
bing the soli. Conservation of re
sources of farms Is the greatest ques
tion of the day with farmers. The
credit of the farmer is not measured
by bis acreaage but by the number
of acres he can fertilise."
The address of Professor Mayo was
particularly strong and was well r«>
•ilvod by the convention. A vote of
'**' * was estsnded by a unanimous
Types of Management.
Types of Farm Management was
the subject of a lengthy talk by ;
Professor Spillman, of the National ;
Department of Agriculture. Profes-!
•or Spillman compared the different
regions of Northern and Eastern Vir- j
gluts and the conditions in the blue !
grass, peanut and Tobacco regions.
asld that the peanut on some farms
does not produce enough to pay ex
penses. He said that the sheriff
more than any one else causes the
changes in type# of farming by sell
ing out the farms.. He said further
that the price of $32 a ton for feed
has caused many dairy farms to be
•old out
"Dairying Is not a good business
as long as the present prices of feed
prevail," said Professor Spillman.
Professor Spillman spoke in detail
ooncerntag Oie rotation of crops and
tos advisability of feeding farm pro
ducts to cattle Instead of selling to
ths market. He also went deeply into
the matter of dairy farming and pro
duced many lUtiitica and figures re la*
ting to prices and productiveness.
Hog raising was also discussed at
•oms length by Professor Spillman.
He Is from Missouri and explained
the various methods that are In favor
tn that State.
The Dime Question.
The question of the use of lime
on farms that was discussed at the
Tuesday meeting of the convention
of the Rhode Island Experiment Sta
tion. Dr. Wheeler has conducted the
most extensive experiments with lime
of any one In this country.
Dr. Wheeler save a recount of how
he besan to experiment with lime and
the results of his experiments He
Stated' that he besan his work in
time ln l4»0. that at that time he
applied sulphate of ammonia to the
sou and found It poisonous He
invssttsated to France and Oermany
and found that in those countries the
same result had been found. No
reason for this Is known, according
to Dr. Wheeler. He explained how
to make a test of soil In order to
ascertain a lack of lime In the soil.
"Althouxh several eminent authori
ties disagree with me.” said Dr.
Wheeler. “I believe that the Litmus
paper test Is a valuable means of
SaoaStalnlns If there Is a lack of lime
la the soli?* ho said! "Dried blood
H Um best souroe of nitrogen, better
than Hah. meat or other fertilisers,
bat oar experiments have shown that
this will not produce anythin*
bat poor crops ^lf lime Is lacking lu
SSi'H
the noil. Nitrate of soda, which is
Immediately taken up by plants, has
also been need, but is of no value
without lime in the soil.” He said
that ground' limestone la much better
than slaked lima. Dr. Wheeler in
vited the convention to ask him any
questions desired and many members
of the Institute propounded questions
jCbptlnitsd on Fourth. Psca-X
RUSSIA SEEKS TO
ABSORB PERSIA
Smaller Country Expected to Soon
Become Province of Larger
Nation.
TEHERAN, Feb. 2.—Persian govern
ment officials are to-day satisfied that
Persia will be no better than a Russian
province within a year. The recent
dispatch of three strong detachments
of the Czar’s soldiers to Ahar, the me
tropolis of province of Karadagh, for
the ostensible purpose of checking the
depredations of the notorious brigand.
Rahim Khan, has convinced the au
thorities that Russia has taken another
and decisive step In her program of
absorbing the Shah's country.
Rahim Kahn was captured by a Rus
cian force several months ago, liber
ated under orders from St. Petersburg,
was subsequently defeated by the gov
ernment troops under Sardar Bahadur,
and Is now suing i'or the Shah's pardon.
The real purpose of the latest Rus
sian Invasion, officials believe, is again
to reestablish Rahim in order that Rus
sia may have .an excuse for retaining
an armed force at Ahar and thus keep
the province under Russian control.
It is assumed here that Russia Is act
ing with England's sanction, or has
taken advantage of England's involv
ment in domestic political problems.
All appeals to the Muscovite legation
hero havo gone unanswered.
WAR SENTIMENT
AROUSES TURKEY
Preparations For Possible Conflict
.With Greece Are Being
Made.
—
BOTH COUNTRIES ACTIVE'
At Work Drilling Troops and Or-j
ganizing Independent Mili
tary Companies.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 2 —The ;
Turkish minister of foreign affair* I
was to-day instructed to want Greece j
that unleaa her preparation* for war
•topped immediately Turkey would |
consider them a caucus belli and take
the offensive against Greece. To
day’s dispatches from Greece say that
all available reserve* are being mo- 1
blixed, Independent companies arc
being organized in the villages and
subscriptions are being raised to sup
port these Irregular bands. The Greek j
government is reported to have or- 1
dered 200.000 military uniforms.
While it Is not believed here that;
the four powers that until recently;
acted as the guardians of Crete. Rus- ;
sta, England. France and 'Italy will
permit the present r’mbrogHo to grow
into an open clash, Turkey is proceed
ing on the theory’ that wfar is lnevi-|
table, and is already getting ready to ;
meet both Greece, l.n case the latter
accepts Cretan delegates in her new
parliament, and Bulgaria, which Is
again Inflamed against Turkey.
That Bulgaria Is planning some
military coup is indicated by the call
ing of her reserves for their annual
manoeuvres on February _2P. instead
of March 31.- the date flrst'named.
Turkey Is not all averse to a war
at this time, as the administration
believes that a European plot exists
to discredit and humiliate the Young
Turks, The Young Turks say they
are glad of the opportunity to assert
their power, even though it Involves
a war.
The most active military prepara
tions are being mads throughout Tur
key. the efficiency of the army or
ganization greatly surprising foreign
dlnlomats.
Turkey looks upon Crete’s determl
OHtlon to send deputies to the new
Greeelan parliament as a direct re
pudiation of Turkish sovereignty.
UNDECIDED AS TO
PEARY’S FUTURE
NTa%y Department Officials Cannot
Find Suitable Place for
Explorer.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2_Com
mander Robert E. Peary, discoverer
)f the North Pole, is back In Wash
ington. ready to report for duty at
the bureau of yards afid docks of the
Mavy Department.
Rear Admiral Holliday, chief of the
bureau, has had a conference with
Commander Peary..in which the lat
ter's was discussed, but as yet, no
place has been found for him. The
Mavy Department is Just now in a
luandary over placing the North Pole
llaoovered. He Is too much out of
touch with the work of yards and
locks to be riven one of the more
mportant positions, and, at the same
time, it la not rerarded as fitting that
te should be placed in a subordi
nate one.
Besides, he has on hand several
mgagements which would be broken
f he returned to duty. He Is awalt
nr a summons from the Secretary of
the Navy to And out what is to hap
pen to him. It is possible he may be
riven further leave of absence.
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS Bl’SY.
Baa Over MS Vain- Castnet asi la
WntUss Fall Force.
With the contract awarded Tuesday
tar the construction of ten passenrer
tocomotives for the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad Company, the Richmond
iraneh of the American Locomotive
Works has building and to be built
>ver one hundred engines, and is mati
ng ^deliveries at the rate of seven a
To meet these demands the pay roll
ihows over twenty-live hundred names,
svory department is running full time,
and all evidence of the recent labor
inpleasantnees caused by the tempor
ary strike of the boilermakers has en
irely disappeared.
DLL FOOD STUFFS
01 THE FREE LIST
Democrats Would Solve Se
rious Problem By New
Legislation.
SENATE TO PROBE
INTO CONDITIONS
Three Committees Now Investi
gating Various Phases of the
Increase in Cost of
Living.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The Dem
ocrat* of the House will make a
strenuous effort to amend the pres
ent tariff law so that aU foodstuffs
may be placed on the free list This
announcement was made to-day by
Representative Champ Clark, the
leader of the minority.
"We would'have brought the matter
up the other day when Chairman Payne
Introduced his bill for the payment
of government indebtedness in gold,”
said Clark, “but were given to under
stand that Payne would make a point
of order against the move. The chair
would have ben obliged to the
point of order, and nothing would
have been accomplished. However, at
the first favorable opportunity, tne
Democrats intend to bring the mat
ter up, and will endeavor to secure
an open vote on the subject.”
A resolution to Investigate the *n
» * * *[? wu 1UUUUUCTU
tn the Senate to-day by Senator
I-odge. It provides for a select com
mittee of five senators and closely
follows the lines of Elkins's resolution
presented a month ago.
The measure was referred to the
committee on finance. It gives
sweeping authority and directs an
Inquiry Into the price* for neces
saries of life, the cost of production
at home and abroad, wages, the pos
sible effect of the tariff on higher
prices and all other features of the
situation.
Three senate committees will now
consider the question of Investigat
ing the cost of living. The Elkins
resolution Is before the committee on
contingent expenses; the MoOumber
resolution before tbs agriculture com
mittee and the Lodge resolution be
fore the finance committee.
A committee from the National
Farmers' Union, heeded by C. 8. Bar
rett, president of the organisation,
called on President Taft to-day in
relation to legislation on the ques
tion of gambling in futures. The
president talked with the commit
tee on the subject for some time,
and expressed himself In favor of a
law that would prevent speculation
In the neceesltlee of life.
JUHNSON MAY GET
PRISON SENTENCE
Pugilist's Victim Said to be
in a Serious
Condition.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—That Jack
Johnson has too much at stake and
is too well known to go In hiding
was the decision of Justice Mulqueen.
In the Court of Genera! Sessions, in
fixing the tighter'* hail at IXJdS to
day instead of the tig.000 ba:l de
manded by AMUftnf-Dhtilct Att>r
ney Jacoby, when Johnson waa ar
raigned to plead to the indictment
charging him with second degree as
sault upon Norman Finder, a negro.
Johnson waa in Buffalo yesterday
when notified of the indictment
against him. lie broke his theatri
cal engagement there and appeared
in court to-day. Jacoby declared to
Justice Mo (queen that Ptndcr to-ta a
serious condition. ~
Johnson pleaded not guilty, and
was parolled In the custody of his
counsel until Thursday afternoon,
when he will furnish bond.
District Attorney Whitman expects
to bring Johnson to trial within six
or eight weeks Conviction carries
with it a term of Imprisonment of
not more than flva years or a large
fine, or both.
IMPORTANT SNEAD
CASE WITNESS DEAD
NEWARK. N. J„ Feb. S.—By the
death of Mrs. o. & Pollock, of Cam
bria. Va.. who died recently, Franklin
W. Fort, Jr., counsel for the three
Ward law sisters, charged with the
murder of Ocey W. M. Snead, the East
Orange bathtub victim, says he has
lost one of the most Important wit
nesses for the defense. He hoped to
prove by Mrs. Pollock, he said, the
strong devotion of the three women
to Ocey Snead. The prisoners have
been Pollock *rt*f *lBce th® d««th of
One of the most Important exhibits
when the trial of the three women Is
called In April will be the copper bath
tub In which Mra Snead's body was
found. It has been removed from the
Fourteenth Street house by Chief of
Police Bell, of East Orange, and la
at police headeuarters In’ Orange!
Other housefurniahlngs that will be
used as exhibits are also at head
quarters.
BARTON HEIGHTS TOOTH
APPOINTED TO WEST POINT
Herbert Ragland, of Barton Heights,
who received, an appointment to the
United States Military Academy at
West Point sometime ago, has success
fully passed all his entrance examina
tions. mental and physical, and will en
ter the Academy March 1st.
Toung Mr. Ragland is the son of
Councilman W. L Ragland. He takes
the vacancy at the Aoademy recently
created by the dismissal of Cadet Le
febvre, who was- opavlotsd of basing.
m*TA IN EXILE.
Peruser Nicaragua President Will Id vs
la Belgtaas.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I—Former
President Zelaya. of Nicaragua, Is now
on' his way to Belgium, where he will
spend the rest of his day* In practical
exile. If he Is not extradited and aent
hack to his own country to be tried
for his crimes. He left Mexico City
for Vera Crus on Monday, where be
will take ship for Europe, according
to dispatches received at the State De
partment to-day.
DSEVELT
ILY IN NOVEL
lb Also Threaten* to
enident and Qovern
For a Million.
HC. P»b. *.—Mr«. Ida Vo»
ir rtaima that she «m 4am
ttttent of $1,600,060. when
MngNH refused to recall
• Idolater Grave* from
he refused to pre
Se Swedish court, sad who
sue the former President
Sfroer minister, perssnaUsr,
SS States for that amount,
i to-dhy on the steamer
be declined to discuss her
I suit. She brought with
pM/m o{ » new novel she
which she declared
$Pln,u refused \a pub
M It was too sepsattotwL"
4a sailed “Forget H.” she
4 tph principal characters
BjMr President Roosevelt,
tSfiwree, and Mrs. Nlehnbm
?lll»tier myseir that the
ih drawn close to life, and
IMied there win he many
; Will reHsh It. but they
hw> film trqi-mnger
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sent her hit.
and the*
and the Ui
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people
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b«SK STATKWK.Vra
7. Feb. The Gomp
Wreacf to-day United
neat* of th« condition
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, January *l»t.
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Bodies oft. 'Victims of Kentucky
Disaster are Terribly
Mutilated.
; RESCUEBS WORK HARD
; Coroner Fails to Find Cause of
Recent Explosion at Primero,
" c Colorado.
DRaKESRORO. Ky., Feb. 2.—Thirty,
three .whaAaH aiad half m
dozen Injured—one fatally—completes
| the liat of causaitles In the explosion
at the mine of the Elk Valley Coal
Company, At Browdef. near here late
yeaterday.
Only the names of a few of the dead
have been learned, aa the bodies of the
victims are so mutilated that recog
nition is pracUcally Impossible.
The explosion Is supposed to have
been caused by one of the miners go
ing Into an unused portion of the
mine where gas bad accumulated. His
lamp is believed to have caused an ex
plosion of such terrtlic force as to
cause the death of all those who were
working In the eastern wing of the
j mine. There were about fifty men In
j the workings when the explosion oc
j ourred, and a number of them succeed
! ed in making their way to places of
safety, but nearly forty of the miners
were thrown to the earth by the shock
and before they could make an effort
to escape were ettbered smothered to
death or burned by the flames.
The rescuers worked steadily all
through the day and night. General
Manager Hogg coming up only at In
tervals to get some fresh air, though
other men were worked in shifts. As
each dead body was brought to the
surface the crowd around the shaft
pressed eagerly forward to see if any
of their loved ones had been rescued,
most of the victims being married men
with families.
Xhs scenes snacted at the mine
were terrible. Women ran from theli
homes at Drakesboro and are stand
around, frantic with grief. The crowd
remained around the mine until this
morning when the laat of the bodies
save two, were brought
Fortunately for the rescuers, the
machinery of the mine wds not in
jured to any great extent and the
fans, which were started aa soon af
ter the explosion as possible were in
working order all the time, and kept
the air pure to the men remaining
in the mine for several hours at a
time. Each shift that went into the
mine had more volunteers than could
be used and some of these were so
anxious to aid the work that they had
to be kept hack by force.
UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT.
Coroner Foils to Find Cause of Prt
moro Disaster
PRIMERO, Col., Feb. 2—"Un
avoidable accident." is the verdict ex
pected from the coroner's Jury to-day
investigating the explosion which
killed TO men iri the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company's mine here. State
Mine Inspector Jones, who has
worked continuously for more than
24 hours, admits he can And no ex
planation for the disaster and ex
pert miners who knew conditions in
the tunnels have no word of condem
nation for their employers. I
Forty-eight bodies had been recov
ered early today and it is believed
22 remain underground.
Rescuers expect to bring all of these
to the surface before nightfall.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2,—Forecast
tlH • -Pi 1*. lew arrow:
Virginia—Partly cloudy and warmer
tonight; Thursday rain.
North Carolina—Increasing cloudi
ness: raid Thursday and In extreme
western portion to-night: warmer to
night.
Western Stars.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—The western
storm area will advance eastward!?
: and cause Increasing cloudiness and
, rain in tha middle and Southern States,
and rain or snow in the North States
I east of the Mississippi River within
| the next thirty-six hours The tem
1 perature will rise to-night in the East
aru and Southern States,
IISUDGERTS SHU
IH DEFjUjT MOOD
Have Not Been “Tamed,”
Declares Representative
Morris, of Nebraska,
DROP CANNON FROM
RULES COMMITTEE
' This Demand Most Be Met Be
fore Any Compromise Will
—— Be Considered, President
Is Told.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—"We have
not been ‘tamed’ nor have we laid
down at all in our insistence that the
republican party live up to its plat
form pledgee," declared Representa
tive Norris, ol Nebraska, leader of
the house insurgents to-day.
"We have not agreed to go into
caucus on the rules or on legislation,'’
he added.
"We have been represented as hav
ing been opposed to the president’s
policies and as having been just
brought around. Nothing could be
ft greater misrepresentation of the
facta
”W« have always been favorable to
i me nooseveii policies ana uie i ail
j policies in so far as they follow those
of Roosevelt. It has been said that
we are to cease lighting the speaker
so as to get the administration legis
lation program through the house.
What does this mean. It means that
the machine is trying to use the club
to get us into line by threatening
that we do not cease our tight <>n
Cannon, the machine will block legis
lation and blame us.
Speaker is Criticised,
j “We will not be clubbed into line
! nor be put into a false position. As
a matter of fact the speaker's com
: mlttees have charge of legislation and
have not reported any one of these
measures. Why not? The speaker
controls all the committees. If he
favors this legislation, why don't hts
committees bring some ot it out of
their pigeon holes.
"Truth Is the organisation sees that
it is compelled to pass some sort of
progressive legislation and is afraid
to-'ffcyjaa .fear to ffe-Uy good
legislation. So they want to hold,
caucuses on this ieglslution and get
us pledged to certain bills that seem
progressive but in reality are full
of vicious jokers. That is the whole
conspiracy and it will not be put
through so far as the Insurgents are
concerned.
! "We will not stand for turning over
1 the legislative powers of the house to
! the republican caucus.
! "If they want progressive legis’a
! tlon, let their committees bring it out
onto the lloor. If it is really good,
we'l fight for it.
"We recognise the platform of the
republican party as greater than
mandates of any caucus or any set of
men.”
"As to changes in the rules, we
have shut oft the unauthorized at
tempt of certain of our number to get
us to go into the caucus or accept a
compromise. We stand where we did
last March and will not go into a
caucus on the rules.”
President Taft’s Position.
It was learned to-day that the ob
ject of Monday night's meeting of the
Insurgents was primarily- for the pur
pose of receiving a request from Pres
ident Taft that the insurgents accede
to a compromise on the rules. Re
presentatives Hayes and Gardner had
told the President that the insurgents
would not compromise unlees Can
non's removal from the Rules Com
mittee be a part of the agreement.
Hayes and Gardner carried word from
Taft to the Monday night's meeting
that Cannon had informed the White
House that if he were deposed front
the Rules Committee he would re
i sign from the speakership.
The President asked the Insurgents
not to insist in putting Cannon off
the committee, but they sent Hayes
and Gardner back with word that
they would not compromise at' all.
Hayes and Gardner were also in
structed to let the President know
that they favored his policies.
! SEVERAL SALOONS
UNCER SUSPICION
! Judge Witt Looking Into the
Cases—Issue Licenses This
Week.
Judge Witt, of the Hustings Court,
announced Wednesday that he had
completed his examination of all the
i applications for liquor licenses.
; The licenses will be Issued prob
i ably before the end of this week. 'Che
; Judge said that some obje 'tion had
been made to several renewals, and
he is now looking Into these cases,
i He will confer with the captains of
the police districts for the purpose
| of ascertaining the character of the
saloons that have been queatloned.
The names of the challenged sa
! loons were not made public. There
I are but three or four of these. The
vast majority of the saloons will have
no difficulty In obtaining renewals of
, license.
P.tRPOX GRANTED MASON,
CONVICTED OF COLLUSION
President Taft has pardoned Claude
W. Mason, an internal revenue em
ploye. who was convicted in the United
States Court here of collusion with dis
tillers to defraud the Government.
Mason was convicted and sentenced
to serve six months In Jail and pay
a line of 11.040. He appealed, but the
decielon was affirmed in the higher
court. Judge Waddill and District At
torney Lewis recommended to the
President that Mason be pardoned.
However, be must pay a One of $too.
Small Lynchburg Failure.
(Special to The Klchmond Virginian.)
LYNCHBURG. VA., Feb. B. P.
Owen, who conducts a small grocery,
has Sled a deed of assignment, being
the fifteenth failure in the city since
last July,
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NORFOLK & WESTERN
AWARDS BIG CONTRACT
Richmond Locomotive Works In
cluded in List of Successful j
Bidders.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE, VA . Feb. 8.—The
Norfolk and Western Company ha»
awarded contracts to-day for the
building of 2,500 freight cars, ami
50 engines, as follows:
Richmond Locomotive Works. 10
passenger locomotives. Pacific type.
Baldwin Works. 40 freight engines.
American Car and Foundry Com
pany, Huntington, W. Va.. 2.000 cars
(Western Steel Car and Foundry
Company, Hegewisrh. 111.. 500 cars.
» The total cost will be 23,500,000.
OPERA ■son* DISrHSTKD.
Mar Call Of Joint Conference nub
Mi acts.
TOLEDO, O.. Feb J—That the Joint
conference of the miners and operators
of tho Central Competitive Held will
be postponed until the miners settle j
their factional quarrels is threatened '
to-day by th* operators in sesston here.
Unless tho miners appear to-morrow
as promised, the operators will, in all
probability, adjourn until the 1st of
Mai eh.—-------—4
College Lecture Course.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian !
MANASSAS. VA./ Feb. 2—Bryon
King, president . of King s School of
Oratory, Pittsburg. Pa., opened the lec
ture course at Eastern College last
night. His address was heard by an
appreciative audience.
LOIS LULL LOBBY
IS MB FIGHT
Chairman Pollard Suspects Con- j
coaled Influences at Work
Against Organization.
MR. WOOD WILL RESIGN.
Not Taking Any Part and Will
Retire from Board at the j
, Next Session of Body
"I have never made the charge j
[ that there is a lobby at the city hail j
; working' for the defeat of the Mad-'j
cheater annexation agreement,” aaid!
I Chairman Harry R. Pollard, Jr., ot
the Richmond committee, when ap
proached on the subject Wednesday.
"It does look, however, as If some
organised force were operating
against the proposed consolidation ot
the cities,” he continued. "I cannot
prove that there is a lobby, therefore
1 don't make the charge, but X
strongly suspect it."
"Why have the Richmond and
Manchester committees delayed so
long about presenting the agreement
to the two councils for ratification?”
: he was asked.
“For my committee I can only say i
that conditions are not just right at !
this time. The annexation ordinance
will be sent to the council probably
in a short time. I cannot say definite
ly when.”
Majority Are Opposed.
While Chairman Pollard is optimls- '
tic and seems confident that senti- \
raent in the two branches of the city
council is steadily growing in favor
of annexation, it is palpable that at
this time a majority of the aldermen
and counclimen are opposed to the
| consolidation of the cities.
The reason is apparent in some j
oases. Owners of property in the
new territory, which is yet to be [
: improved, have a fixed belief that the '
; annexation of Manchester will mean
indefinite delay In getting paving,
lights, water and gas for the area
already annexed. They have advised
their representatives in the city eoun- ’
ell of their opposition to the consoii
! datlon plan.
Xo Evidence of Lobby.
At the city nail the report that a
lobby Is at work Is discredited. “There
- is not the slightest evidence upon
which to base such a belief,” said a
prominent municipal officer.
The counclimen who favor annexa
tion are hopeful of winning over to
their views some of the members of
council now antagonistic to the plan.
Wood Tpking Xo Part.
Alderman J. B. Wood’s resignation
no a iiiviii uvt auu vi liic
board of aldermen will be handed In
at the next meeting. He la no longer j
a resident of Jefferson ward, having j
moved Into the penitentiary super- j
intendent's residence.
“X am opposed to the annexation
of Manchester on the terms of the
agreement." he said, ‘‘because I think
Richmond is conceding too much. I
am taking no active part in the tight.
I shall not have an opportunity to j
vote on the proposition.
"I went to the last meeting of the
board of aldermen prepared to tender
my resignation. Aldermen Melton j
and Adams, my colleagues, requested
me to withhold the resignation thirty
days. They had not at that time ’
agreed upon a man to be nominated
for my seat in the hoard. That is <
why I am still a member of the board
of aldermen.
RADFORD ASKS FOR
iKORK.1L FOR GIRLS j
A delegation, composed of ex-Gover- j
nor Hoge Tyler and Messrs. Noel. Bald
win and Langley, of the Town Coun
cil of Radford, appeared before the
Committee on Public Institutions and
Education of the Senate Wednesday to
urge passage of the Hart bill provid
ing for a girl's normal school In their
town.
Ths bill calls for an appropriation
of $75,000, but the committee and dele
gation agreed on $05,000. The situation
is most hopeful., according to ex-Gov
ernor Tyler, and he believes the new
; normal school, the State’s fourth, will
be established.
JUDGE WILLIAMS LEAVES
TO FACS ASSAULT CHARGE
Attorney General Samuel W. Wil
liams will voluntarily leave Richmond
Wednesday afternoon for Welch; W.
Ya., where he will answer an Indict
ment charging htra with assault on
Judge Sanders there. The charge Is
a result of the passing of the lie and
an ink well in a stubbornly fought
case out An Welch many months mgo.
Solons Get Together on
bated Fletcher Measure,
and Will Go Through.
MANY AMENDMENTS
ARE INTRODUCED
Finance Committee Will Meet
Adopt the Changes Suggested
By Men Who I lave" Given th*~
Bill Careful Consideration. .
Optimism, great varlgated wave* of. v
it. swept over the .Senate WedneadapM
when a virtul love feast over th* f"
Fletcher tax equalization bill vwi
held, and those who came ttt scoff j
remained to pray, and bedecked th»
much-mooted measure with garland*
in the form or agreeably receive
amendments.
There se.eics litle doubt that th« ;
Flotrher bill will pass the Senate witty ;'
a liberal application of amendment*.!
Hooking somew hat the worse for
and tear, but bolstered up in roanjr|
directions, the bill will probably pay!
the Senate this week by a unantmo*
tote of the democratic side, and
to the House for Its consideration a*
week
The Finance Committee, which
listened to much eloquence and ot
talk about the Fletcher bill, approv
by Governor Swanson, will me
Wednesday night to consider
many amendments.
Am ariirinnTIv drafted ihfc tvtll j
the Auditor of Public AcountS OOij
thorlty to demand a local assessor '
raise his assessment on farm
It made no provision for a.
lncerase in the assessments of pull
service corporation property or.i
oral lands.
Assess Mineral Lands,
Senator Keesell has introduced
supplementary bill providing for
separate and special assessment of ;
mineral lands and mineral springs.
Senator Tucker has offered an amend**
ment to the Fletcher bill taking the
authority to raise assessments out of":
the hands of the Auditor. Senator
Simms has offered one providing that
the Auditor not arbitrarily order
asi-cssor to increase assessments,
assign reasons for the dost red
The amendment also
sesaors the right to jeSfoss- 1
the assessments, provided they
a written a report to the Auditor
to why they cannot consdentf
make the increase.
Senator Strode Wednesday offer
amendment* giving the auditor a
tlv rhy to summon the assessors to
Kb hinond for a conference on prop*
erty values In their Jurisdiction ‘
fore the assessments are made up.
It also gives the auditor authority to
send out scouts to ascertain the truo
values of property In various coun
ties. Another important amendment
offered by Mr. Strode provide# for g
conference between the Attorney
Oeneral and Auditor to review the
valuations made by the Corporation!
Commission on public service cor
■ration property, and, if need bet
ncrease them.
To t.lvo Information.
Senator Ward offered amendments
which would call upon the circuit
court clerks <o supply the auditor,
from time to time with Information-,
regarding Increases or declines lot
property values In their counties, «
to furnish special intelligence
questions propounded by the audit
Senator Lassiter iouceas..
Senator Lassiter introduced a
resolution requiring the Cor
Commission to prepare a
plan of assessment for the aud
Senators King and Strode want a 1
Hills providing for the erection
a Federal Memorial at the Rictus'
Soldiers’ Home, prohibiting the
ing of foodstuffs more than"
months for purposes of speculat!
and compelling prompt delivery flK
packages, were introduced Wean#**,!
day.
The House and Senate will
conference this week to it* the
day on which bills may be introda
in either body without unao*
consent
INot Shut Bills Off.
By a vote of 35 to 3 the
Wednesday refused to concur with
Housa $n setting February 19
last day on which measures may harlj
introduced in either house wiUu»utf4;
unanimous consent.
Senator Ward, of Winchester, i
a Joint resolution on last week
Ing that February 26 be the last
for the introduction of bills,
passed the Senate. The House 1
off still another week.
When Delegate Williams, of
announced ehe amendment In the I
ate Mr. Ward moved that it be i
ed. Mr. Keezell strenuously ob
to checkmating the Senate three '
before adjournment. 1 . '
In Favor of Playgrounds.
Public playgrounds, spacious
equipped with all mrfdem athletic <
ercise devices for large children,
sand boxes for the small ones
probably be established in a nu
of cities and towns In Virginia,
committee on counties, cities and i
having favorably reported the blit
tiding for them.
Day in the House.
The House, after transacting a
deal of routine business, adopted
following offered by Judge Will
Whereas the salary of the Sty
intendent of the Eastern SMBs
pltal for the Insane is $2,090:
of the superintendent of the We
State Hospital for the
$7350; that of the superintend
the Central State Hospital for
Insane is $3,500, and
Southwestern State Hospital fog
rnsane is $2,000;
“Therefore, be it resolved
House of Delegates of Vi
the committee on finance
ed to ascertain and report
house why this discrepancy."
Pardoning Board.
The. first btil wtl 1
fore the house for its a
measure to establish an .
donlng board Ui
Throckmorton, of He
This hill wsi 1"
Delegated Evans,
Williams, of alien.