VOL.
.—No. 39.
RICHMOND, VJL, MQND AT, MARCH 14, 1910
10 PAGES
TWO CENT
FITE OF TRUST i
KBY THUD
|
Standard Oil Co. on Trial Be
fore U. S. Supreme
Court
HISTORY OF CONCERN
READS LIKE FICTION
Investment of $69,000,000 Reaps
Profits of $548,436,446 in Twen- j
ty-four Years—Government
Complaint Voluminous.
WASHINGTON, D. C . March 14.—
The government'* biggest "trust bust
ing" sutt against the biggest corpora
tlon lr. the I’nlted States, the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, Is
scheduled to be argued before the
Supreme Court of the United States
beginning late this afternoon.
Upon the verdict of the highest
tribunal depends the life or death of
the 8herman anti-trust law-, as well
as the life or death of the Rockefeller
combination and other similar alleged
monopolies. •'"‘i *
The present litigation Involves thir
ty-seven dlatlmt corporations, which
the Standard Oil Company of New'
Jersey either owns outright or In
part, and fix individuals—John I>
Rockefeller. William Rockefeller.
Henry M. Flagler. John I). Archbold.
Oliver H. Fay he and Charles M.
Pratt—the total of whose capital
reaches Into staggering millions of
dollars.
In November. 1906. that the gov
ernment filed In the Circuit Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri,
Its till of complaint reciting an amaz
ing story of high finance, market
manipulation, price cutting, railroad
rebating and other alleged violation*
nf the law, and asking tor the disso
lution of the trust
Three years later on November -6.
1*09. the Circuit Court, after hear
ing the arguments of some of the
beet legal talents In the country and
receiving thousands of pages of print
ad testimony, gathered throughout
the country under a special commie
•loner, sustained practically every
contention of the government. An
appeal was Immediately taken to the
Supreme Court of the Unltod States
by the defendant company, it was
docketed early In the present term
knd set' for hearing for the week be
ginning to-day.
story Like Fiction.
The monster brief filed by the gov
ernment !n the case, filling two vol
ume! of over 500 page* each, recites
a history of th- combine from Its
Inception In 1S70 that reads like fic
tion. ._
Slaty-nine million dollars was an
that v.-*s ever invested In the Stand
ard Otj Company, except a portion of
the OArnlng*. and >ct the government
brings evidence that out or this com
paratively small Investment ha*
grown dividends aggregating the stu
pendous total Of $548,436,446 from
1*85: to 1906. Not only ihl'S. but in
1806, according to admitted figures,
the Standard Oil Company had a sur
plus of $261,061,811 In hand In
1806 a dividend of 4rt per cent. »#)
declared.
Here are. a few of the alleged ini
quities upon which the arugumenlg
of the government’s counsel will bi
based:
Refusal of pipe lines eontrolled by
the trust to act as common carriers
and accept Independently' manufac
tured oil.
Rebating, secret rates and other
railroad discriminations as an aid
to the monopoly.
Monopolised all the oil business
with the railroads.
Destroyed Independent competition
by price cutting, by granting of re
lates to Individual customers and by
operating bogus Independent con
cern*.
Established a system of espionage
throughout the nation. whereby
•vary detail of their competltors
buatness was made known to the offi
cial of the trust.
Dissolution Ordered.
The unanimous decision of the Mis
souri Court was that the Standard
OU Company was a monopoly. The
court enjoined the holding company
from voting stock It held In subsid
iary corporations, or receiving divi
dends from them, and ordererd its
dissolution.
In Its appeal the trust alleged slxty
>slx errors. Briefly, these were that
the court erred In compelling Joii
resident corporations and Individuals
to appear at St. Louis; In overruling
the plea of the defendants that the
court had no jurisdiction, and some
othera as to the acquisition to the
Subsidiary corporations.
The foremost attorneys In the na
tion will appear before the Supreme
Court of the United States this after
noon. Including Attorney-General
Wlckereham; John G. Johnson, of
Philadelphia; John G. Mllburn, of
JJo* York; Frank B Kellogg, and
possibly also D. T. Watson, of Pitta
burs. The Atlmey-General and At
torney Kellogg will represent the gov
ernment, the tatter having been asso
ciated with the case since 1806.
STEPS FROM TRAIN
TO INSTANT DEATH
BRISTOL. TENN.. March 14.—W.
:®t. Robert* .a ttremen on th« Virginia
and K»uthweetern Railway, stepped
from his engine near Bristol Monday
morning before daybreak and fell
thirty feet over a trestle. He was
luktantlykllled. —
He did not know that the train
was on the trestle when he alighted.
He leave aa family, living In this city.
Stock Belag Improved.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.. March
14.—Along with Improvements In ag
riculture and other things, this noun
®5K®3SKWS as
the Importation of almost a hun
dred pedigreed hogs, cattle and horses
reonntlr hgs hud m—h with
tl*. Two largo bunches of beef eat
^ ham also been brought here and
reload with great success.
VIRGINIA JURISTS
TO AID WARDLAWS
Judge Phlegar, of Bristol, to Ap
pear for Defence in Mur
der Trial.
BRISTOL, VA„ 'March 14.—It was
reported that Judge Archer A. rhlerar.
of this city, former member of the Su
preme Court of Virginia, and a life- j
long friend of the Wardlaw family, j
will go to New York to defend the two |
aged women charged with having mur- j
dr.red Mrs. Ocey Martin Snead.
The Wardlaws have connacttons In j
southwest Virginia, the mother of the
incarcerated sisters being at Chrls
talnsburg, Va., where she has been
since the arrest of her daughters on
the charge of murder. It Is said here
that the case will not be tried In April,
as was first announced, but will be con
tinued.
Judge Phlegar Is convinced that the
women are Innl^en* of the murder
charge and while he has made no state
ment. It Is known that he has been
asked to appear as counsel for the els- I
ter* when their case Is tried.
VETEBAHEIBEM
AT DEATH’S DOOR
Captain Charles S. Atkinson Suf
fers Sordid Stroke of
Paralysis.
OVERCOME AT HIS HOME
Member of Department for Near
ly Thirty Years and Let Out
Without Pay.
Captain t’harles S?. Atkinson. mun
lu-r of the Hkhmund Fire ilejMirl
mont for nearly thirty years until his
retirement last July on account i f
dieabHttles resulting from active scr
vlce. He* tn a critical condition ot
hla home. 179 3 Kast Olay street. and
little hope Is entertained for his re
covery.
T*u years ago. v.hlt* responding
to a small blase in Murphy’s Hotel,
Captain Atkinson suffered a stroke of
paralysis In his left side. Saturday
night at hlu’ home he was stricken >
again on the same side, the stroke
extending to the tert side of hla hex* ,
Shortly before 10 o’clock Saturday]
night Captain Atkinson was convers
ing In his sitting-room with hie
daughter. Miss Cassie Atkinson, and
hit mother-in-law. Mrs. Harriet Wit- j
Hinton Arising to go Into the next
room to get a drink of water, he was
euddenly overcome ;u^ as entered
the room, lie called to his daughter
and she rushed Into the room as the
,-;f uncons. o,ue w the- floor, rivave
then Captain Atkinson has remained
In an unconscious .condition, despite
the . flTot u ot iJr. Gay. the attending
physician.
Couldn't Keep Out.
An expert builder by trade. Cap
tain Atkinson boiuiie a member <n
the Are department In 1880, being a
call man for a number of years, ivno
finally working his way up to the
captaincy of Truck No. 2. Later,
presrure of business caused him to 1
sever his connection with the depart
ment, but so great was his love for
the service that he again enlisted, i
starting as a "sub” at the bottom of
the ladder.
”1 lust couldn’t keep out. ” he told
his frieyds. “and found that I was
responding to alarms as If still a fire
man.”
After re-enlisting. Captain Atkin
son was put In charge of Kngi.ne
Company No. 9 when that comnnnv,
was organised In 1902. He was later
promoted to captaincy of Truck No.
1. with which he was connected at
the time of his retirement.
Straight as an Indian and stand
ing more than six feet In his stock
ings. Captain Atkinson made an Ideal
fireman, being ever an enthusiastic
worker and never falling In courage.
I nlvcreally Loved.
Furthermore. Captain Atkinson
posseared quantities that made him
universally loved and respected by
other members of the department.
He was retired without pay, being
let out like an old horee. as one of his
numerous admirers put It Monday
morning, speaking of hls service to
the dep:#tm* nt.
The < I y. It may he stated, makes
no provision for retirement of its
aged and disabled employees.
MRS. TAFT’S HEALTH
ALARMS PHYSICIANS
Reported Prostrated by News of
Brother's Suicide—President
Worried.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 14 —
The famous Taft smile looked pain
full}’ thin and wan a*- President Taft
climbed out his special oar that reach
ed here to-day from Pittsburg and
hurried to the White House.
The whirlwind trip to and from the
Smoky City, including the funeral of
a suicide brother-in-law. proved very
depressing to the President. He was
Impatient to get to the house and
anxious to sec Mrs. Taft, whom he
had left in a state of extreme ner
vousness.
Mrs. Taft is to-dsy slowly recover
ing her strength sfter a period of
weakness that surrounded the shock
of Saturday. Her phystcians are ex
tremely anxious for her. and fear
that another similar shock might re
sult seriously.
The President, after his arrival at
tho White House, spent an hour with
his wife before beginning the day's
work at the executive office.
DISMISSED FROM SERVI4$.
the
! One on Account of Business and
Other tor tiood of Service.
Private Charles a. Morrtsuette. of
the First Company Coast Artillery of
Norfolk, har. been discharged from
the service at his own request on ac
count of business.
General Anderaon has also an
nounced that Private Fred C. Bryant,’
of Company CV Fourth fteglraentyat
Newport New*, has been dlsebarKd
for the good of tho genteei ~—
STRIKE DECLARED 1
MUK El
Men in Philadelphia Reported:
Returnig to Work by
Thousands
-*
DESPERATE EFFORTS
RESULT IN FAILURE
Revolutionary Orders of Central
Labor Union, Ineluding Attempt
to Starve City Into Submis
sion JDisobeyed.
• PHILADELPHIA. PA.. March 14.— !
Effort* of labor to starve Phlladel- i
phlans into forcing the Philadelphia
Kapld Transit Company to arbitrate
aWMiwli end the general" strike have *
failed. Grocery stores, milk depots
and b&kerlaa are running full sway.
Not ten per cent, of the employes of
those establishments belong to unions,
and even these have not gone out.
Hundreds of striking mill employes
In the Kensington district have re
turned to their looms, and a number
of hosiery, yarn, cotton gofids. textile ,
and carpet plants have reopened.
The belief Is growing among con
servative business men that the worst
of the strike is over, and that the j
men will gradually return to work.
While strike leaders deny this state
ment. there seems good ground for
belief that there is dissension among
the union men themselves that may
lead many to go hack to work.
The Central Labor Union's almost
revolutionary action last night was
regarded as a desperate effort to win.
Tt withdrew all "dispensations," and ,
ordered every union to quit by to
night or bo dismissed from the Cen
tral l^abor Union.
It requested every labor organiza
tion and union men to withdraw all
money from banks. Because bunkers
are aiding the street car .company.
Tt railed upon every man employ
ed In furnishing food to quit work :
immediately.
ft ordered every union to demand
a readjurtmrnt of wage scales, pe- ;
gardless of existing contracts.
effort- Kali. V
Poes of unionism declare the re- j
suit has been disastrous to the Central 1
Labor Union The brewory workers,
numbering 10.600. and one the ;
strongest In the city, refused to quit. (
because permission was not granted
by their International organlsa'tou.
file typographical union Will not quit '
Numbers of other unions rot use tti
strike. They will be discharged from
the Central Labor Union, but de- ;
Clare, this does not affect their union
standing, as they are affiliated with!
the American Federation of Labor
through thetr international organi
sations.
Labor union leaders are chagrined
over the absolute failure to rut the 1
food supply of the city, but Insist
they will keep rhe strike v;> until •
they win. City officials declare the
strike Is broken, and affairs wtil soon
regain their normal status.
Hanks and savings institutions all
over the city reort emphatically that
there have been no runs to-day and
no withdrawals of account beyond the
ordinary day’s business. The i xpect
some unions to withdraw union ac
counts. but say tndlvtdual accounts
are absolutely undisturbed
Man Are Returning.
Many strikers returned to work’to
day at Baldwin's Locomotive Workt.
Figures were refused by the manage
ment. which declared the plan; now ;
able to run full time. Only 1.5Co of ■
Baldwin's strikers were present
labor lyceum to-day for the purpose
of union organization, though strikers
declare S.000 are out.
In several texlUe plants In Ken
sington to-day sufficient men did not
return to open the plants. The own
ers had threatened to close down un
til fall If the mills were not opened
to-day. They have announced no
change In their threatened polity, but
it is believed the mills will reojwn
when the men return.
Outbreaks Frequent.
There were a number of outbreaks
In the city last night, many cars being
stoned. At Eighth and Willow
streets late last night the mob fired
upon policemen who had been firing
into the air. Many shots were ex- i
changed, but no one was Injured.
In several Instances In Kensington
yesterday the police resorted to Indis
criminate clubbing of all In sight to
break up crowds. Shots were fired
Into the air in half a dozen cases.
Several persons had to be > arrled to
hospitals, suffering from brick ans
club wounds.
It was currently reported to-day
that five policemen have died from
•njnrles received since the strike be
gan. though the polylee officials
positively denied the statement.
DRY GOOD FIRM FILE
DEED OF ASSIGNMENT
Faulkner & Warrlner Company, dry
goods merchants at First and Broad
streetsc, tiled a deed of assignment
Monday in the Chancery Court, nam
ing W. A. Cheatxvood as trustee.
The amount of liabilities and assets
was not stated In the deed filed for
record. It was provided, however,
that the directors might exact bond
of $20,000 of the trustee.
REV. MR. HATCHKR SPEAKS
TO METHODIST SVXD.W SCHOOLS
A regular meeting of the Methodist
Sunday School Society of Richmond
wa* held Sunday afternoon at 8:SO
o'clock at the Laurel Street Methodist
church. President Curtis Scott pre
sided. Reports of the various branches
were made. There was singing by the
Sunday school scholars. An address
wkas made by R«v. Dr. Samuel C.
Hatcher, paator of the Broad Street
Methodist church.
Hearing Postponed.'
The hearing before the State Cor
poration Commission of the traffic af
fairs of the Louisville and Nash
ville railway, scheduled for March 17,
has been postponed at, the r*oue« *f
the road until April 6■ to allow the
preparation of evidence, which the
ro*d will introduce to show that it
shoutd not- he forced to sompty with
> the new- rule Ju« Issued by the com
mission regarding the shipment of
.Hrtrifrr-"'
•*‘wr if. !*£■ t«$*.WKo&dGRifei
lagaj
AGED MAN TO FACE
TRIAL 'FOR MURDER
Trial Expected to Go Hard With
Slayer of Bristol
Man.
(Special to*
BRISTOL,
Umlncry haaf
steed man a
to death Sata
flay. The cot
flay, develop
the oaee and,'
hard with fMgS
fleny that h»T
It seems tt
engaged In
sons tVhen
to the form*
cured a shot
£
Richmond Virginian.)
March 11.—The pro
of Lem II. Smith, the
ihot Columbus Stout
night, will occur to
tnqueet. held Sun
tlonal features of
tee that It will go
man. wh odoes not
Stout.
a younger Stout waa
' t with Smith's two
bus Stout started
aid. Lem Smith pro
and shot him.
KWatar Man Fined.
J. J. McBvojr, a white man, who I
has iWn running an elevator In the
Chesapeake and Ohio general office
building. 'vsl» alleged to have been
drunk while on duty and to have
abused H. Starwood He was fined
»10 by Jfuatle* Crutchfield Monday. j
CHARGE BOY SHOT
Oil IN LOVE
T
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.) ■
NEWPORT KBWS VA., March 14.
—Wise Thomas, a white youth nine
teen years old. affm says he lives In j
Hampton, was «freste,i at midnight
Saturday, charged with shooting j
Henry Oeorge Monroe. an apprentice
draftsman, of Portsmouth.
M tin roe was returning from calling
on Miss Alice Knewstcp late Saturday
night, when he was fired on from
behind. The ht»Het lodged in the
fleshy part of the neck, Inflicting a j
painful but not fatal wound. Jeal- ,
ouay is said to have been the cause j
of the act. V
The arrest whs made on Miss
Knewstep’s representation that Thom- !
es had threatened to kill Munroi. j
Thomaa has nothing to say. and 1
claim* that Mttnroc and the lady in I
question are married, the ceremony
having been performed secretly. Miss
Knewatep and -»%• members of her}
family deny thUb
OWNERS OF MillS
WILL HPOBTEB
Between tw cleft and fifteen of thej
most pctwlnem'iHtaMKoMla. owners of ]
the city are alleged tip have exceeded
the speed limit in the western part of i
the city Sunday, and as soon ds their
namea ure secured they are to be !
brought to police court. Officers Guer
rlug. Bryant and Atkinson took sev
eral nurohen of machines they believe
were going faster Uiau_lhc. law allow'- !
ed, and they will secure the names of
the owners of these cars from the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth ami then
issue summonses
While no official report had been
made up to the time of going to
press of the names of all those who
are alleged to have violated the speed
limit. It was learned In the office
of the chief of police that among the
number who will be summoned are
Messrs. M. K Branch, E. C. Peiouxe
and J. J. Ballou. Another gentleman
whose name could not be learned.)
hut the number of whose machine ,
Is with the officers, told the police
this morning that he had never tried
to run an automobile until Sunday
and that he had u young man in his
car teaching him the mechanism of
it when he was reported. Persistent
efforts for several hours Monday fall- ;
ed to elicit any further information
from the police regarding the Identity
of the violators. They prefer to give
the names out only after the cases
have been heard In police court.
The tame conditions prevail In Hen
rico county, where it is said (hat more
than one hundred machines are re
ported to have exceeded the speed
limit Officer Bendall refuses to give
any name, and has declared that until
the trial occurs none of the autoists
who are alleged to have violated the
law will be known to outsiders.
WARFARE PLANNED
*
(Spoc'al to The Richmond Virginian.) i
WASHINGTON. I>. March 14.—An
aggressive campaign in each of theten
congressional districta of Virginia haa
been decided upon by the Executive j
Committee of the State Republican or
ganisation. The Republican? will put
forth especial effort* to carry again
the Ninth District, nose.represented by
Baacom Slemp. and the Fifth District,
In which a contest over the last elec
tion is now on between Representative
Saunders and his Republican opponent,
Parsons.
The Republican Commttee of the j
State held a meeting here Saturday
night, at whlh preliminary plans for 1
inaugurating a campaign were made.
The committee decided that no district
shall be omitted from Republican op- i
position plans. Representative Slemp.
the only Republican member In the
House from Virginia, was in attend- ;
ante.
JUOSE CHRISTIAN NAMED
TO HEAR ANNEXATiON CASE
Governor Mann haa designated ;
Judge Frank F. Christian, Of the Cor
poration Court of Rynchburg, to sit
in the Manchester consolidation -ease
March IS.
Judge Christian wtlb probably issue
the order calling for */*pecta] ejec
tion as soon as the taw permits in or-*^
der that Richmond may gist the bene
fit of Manchester's population before
Uve census returns are
NOEL WAS MISLED I
HE MIS TO SEMITE
Lee Senator Withdraws the |
Charges Made Against the
Catawba Sanatorium.
EXPRESSES REGRET FOR I
DOING AN INJUSTICE
Explains 11 is Various Charges
and Asserts That llis Informa
tion Caxno From Former Em
ploye of State Board.
Hieing to a question of personal
privilege Jn the Senate Monday. Sen- 1
ator Noel, of Lee coun'y, who last
week made aHegationa of a damaging j
character against the State Board of i
Health and Commissioner Ennion O. |
IVHllams. withdrew his “< barges." and ;
declared he had been made a tool ;
at by persons with grievances. Mr.
Noel said he had been taken advan
tage of by a former employe of the ;
Board of Health, and that by placing
credence In the latter's statements
had done the manager of the Cataw
ba Sanitarium and Dr. Ennion Wll- I
llama an Injustice.
Statement to Senate.
Senator Noel’s statement on the
Boor of the Senate Monday follows:
"I feel that these men have Im
posed upon me in making me a me
dium through which they hoped to
bring disfavor on this institution to
gratifv their personal spite against
the management of the Catawba San
itarium, but who did not have the .
moral courage to force the. issue like
men when their names were disclos
ed.
“I believe that in putting credence
in their statements I have. been led
Into doing an injustice to both the
sanitarium management and Dr. Kn
nlon G. Williams.
“f am note- satisfied that I have
probably done the parties whom I
may have criticised an unintentional
wrong.
“Acting under this belief and im
pression I avail myself of this oppor
tunity to ask to be allowed to with
draw my criticism of the manager of
the Catawba Sanitarium and to ask
that thla paper be spread upon the
journal of the Senate.”
Ilcvicws Ills Charges.
Restore , making the “apology,"
Senator Noel reviewed all the state
morns “tie * has made against the
Board of Health since the Legislature
convened. While the Fletcher Hll
was under discussion Senator N’oet
charged that the State's money “has
been squandered with the prodigality
of a drunken spendthrift." and to
substantiate this pointed to the fact
that 16.1.000 was spent by the board
In 1009 as against $9,000 in 1908.
When Th. appropriation fgr the
Board of Health was reached in tn«
appropriation bill Friday Senator Noel
rose to a question of personal privi
lege and declared that the selection
of Koanoke lied Sulphur Springs rie
the site of the Catawba Sanar.irlum
was most unwise, as the site was not
conducive to the improvement of
consumptives. He further charged
that In paying $19,000 for the old
buildings and the property the State
paid too much. Mr. Neel quoted con
siderate testimony from Dr. Iv>b« rt
WliltaTts at an executive session of
the Board of Health.
The proceedings of this executive
session, it has been learned, were re
ported by the stenographer. accord
ing to officials of the Hoard of Health,
did not voluntarily leave the State
service, not did he take with htm the
stenographic record of the execute e
proceedings with the knowledge of
the commissioner of health.
In reviewing his remarks Mr. Noel
said he had gotten hts information
“from a (list barged stenographer, who
reported the testimony of a removed
superintendent of the Catawba Sana
torium
Not l»r. Williams.
On Saturday night Mr. Noel again
rose to a question of personal privi
lege. saying he had received a tele
phone message from "a Dr. Williams
tn Philadelphia, who says all that 1
charged on the floor of the Senate
was correct, and that the purchase
of the site was a graft pure and sim
ple. He Is coming to Richmond Sun
day morning, and if the facts he gives
me warrant it I shall press the
charges I have made.”
The person alluded to as “a Dr.
Williams" turned out to he Mr. Rob
ert Williams Daniel .a nephew of Dr.
Robert Williams, who was the first
superintendent of the Catawba Sani
tarium. and who was so often quoted
by Senator Noel to substantiate his
allegations against the Hoard of
Health.
Mr. Daniel. Instead of seeing Sena
tor Noel Sunday, gave out • a state
ment to the press. In which he said
he made his name, Daniel, very plain
to Senator Noel over the telephone,
and denied that he had said the pur
chase of the st'e was a graft pure and
Simpler Mt. SkiitSt said he came to
Richmond to protect the name and
reputation <nf Dr. Robert Williams,
his uncle, because the latter was In
El Paw. Tex., and could not get here
before the Legislature adjourned.
Thus does campaign material with
er.
PLAN TO ENLARGE
TRAINING SCHOOL
Construction of New Building Will
Soon be Started in Lynch
burg.
(Spec's l to The Richmond V1rgtn,'an.)
t.YNCHBCRO, VA.. March H.—Rian*
for the enlargement of the Chatham
Training School, and Industrial and
trade school at Chathrm, Vi, are being
rapidly carted to a point where actual
construction will be begun.
H la underetood that one of the new
buildings will shortly be under way
The building will bo a three etory brie*
structure, with a basement, the ground
door measuring 45*75. It will be con
structed' swcorfilnt to sn* Bnglteh de
elgn, and It will accommodate forty
bcaWUtic pupil* and forty day pupils.
Tbs school la situated on a pretty
eUsal several -aoasa- and 1» derelopln*
rppldly. baycral other buildings are
now being planned. Trade* and ln
. w«rg tor boys la the purpoea
TOBACCO GROWERS
HAVE GOOD WEEK
Receipts, Last Week Totalled
Largest cf Vcar—Good Fil
lers Plentiful.
DANVILLE. VA.. March 14.—Follow- j .
Ing the splendid season of last week, j
receipt* of leaf tobacco on this market
have been the largest of the tobacco
vrr.r, exceeding two mtllion pounds in
the aggregate. The demand for the
grade* offered ha« been active and the
price level well maintained The to
bacco offered have been in very satis
factory condition considering the Ions (
ronMnued period of “soft” weather. ,
Fire wrappers have not been abun
dant in the offerings for the week, but
good fillers are plentiful. The finer
grades of cutters and medium wrap
pers advanced slightly In prices owing
to active demand therefor. Altogether (
the week's offerings have been unusu
ally satisfactory.
The outlook for the present week Is
not so favorable. The harsh weather
Thursday. Friday and Saturday will di
minish the receipts materially The
condition of the roads, while by no
wecr« favorable to hauling, has not
deterred farmers from marketing thrlr
tobacco, moj.it ly by wagon.
LAWMAKERS MEET
BUT PASS SB BILLS
Brief Sessions Held While Presid
ing < )ffieers Sign Recently
Passed .Measures.
BOXES BIT NO SPIRITS
An Array of Empty Receptacles
Which Attract. Much Attention
Senator Noel Disclaims.
Clear of conscience anil devoid of j
unrighteous feeling, twelve Senators '
and twenty-live delegates assemnled
In their respeetiev rhambers .Mon- j
day nt noon, to jftVe the necessary!
legal twang to the signing of bills
by Lieutenant Unvernor Eiiysrm and J
Speaker Byrd.
In the Senate bills providing a pen
alty for the sale of adulterated cattle I
feed; submitting the question of es- 1
tablshing a dispensary at South Bos- I
ton anti Houston, to the people th< re; '
regulating employment agencies; pro
dding tor a uniform system of book
keeping and a State accountant, and J
—let us not forget—providing a pen- i
ally for the UBe of torrid, horrid and
profane language over the telephone,
were signed- __—.—^ — -eir—
The Senators present were Messrs.
Keexell. nestor of the Senate; Echols,
Folks, Mnrman. I'arks. Saunders. Noel.
Early. Watkins. Maleev and Owen, i
Will 1*11 Idle Itejiort*.
Senator Echols offered a resolution
providing that 1 ,OUti eopb-s of the
Hyrd-Holt liquor bill be published for
distribution to the various courts,
clerks and other officials, who should
know rhr- provisions of the measure.
Senator Koikes tarked on an amend
ment providing for the printing of 250 )
copies of the appropriation bills for j’
distribution among the State officials,
for their Information and guidance,
and to prevent confusion. The Sen
ate adopted the resolutions amended.
Senator Noel arose to n question of
personal privilege to withdraw the 1
charges he made against the State
Hoard of Health officials, and to of- j
fer what might be considered ns an i
apology, and pay hi# respects to the i
gentlemen who "put him in wrong." j
The Senate gave Its permission for
spreading on the journal Senator
Noel’s retraction of his remarks, and j
explanation that he had been Imposed j
upon by "men who lacked the moral
courage to face the Issue whi n iheir
names were disclosed."
Boxes But No Whiskey.
A pious person might have lieen
shocked upon entering the Senate j
chamber. Stacked high, with their 1
labels proclaiming loud and lu.' tl1 v
the merits of spirits fermenti. stood
several score whiskey boxes In the j
southwest corner of the chamber. The :
boxes were empty, although several I
Senators and other persons. Interest
ed or otherwise, deemed It uecessitry
to lift the lids of the receptacles to '
make rure they contained no von
tents. The boxes were used In (tick
ing up the belongings of the Senators i
for shipment to the solons' homes j
It will be remembered that ‘h-na- ;
tors Halsey and Strode, representing
Lynchburg and Amherst county, re- j
sportively, engaged in several rami
debates. In ordering his legislative
effects packed Senator Hal toy said:
"And don’t shin the box to Amherst
Courthouse. That’s not my home.*'
This provoked laughter.
The Senate adjourned at 12.15 to
meet again at 4 o'clock In the after
noon. •
House Has Short Session.
The session ef the House Monday
lssted exactly fifteen minutes, luring
which time the Speaker signed fifteen 1
bills.
While the Speaker was thus en-;
gaged Mr. Cox. of Klchmoud city,
won the applause of the House by
moving that..House bin _ jg5. known ]
as the State-wide prohibition hill, be
take up, and Judge I-ove requested
to explain the measure. The Speaker ;
ruled that this would be done, rnd
Instructed the clerk to record Mr. j
Cox's vote In favor of the measur-r
There were about twenty-H.'- mom- j
bers on the floor. The chair was
vacated at 12:15 to be resumed at *
o’cliH’k.
BANKER FOUND DEAD
SUICIDE SUSPECTED
Lifeless Rodv of A, Pan' Branch
Discovered in Hotel Room
in Raleigh.
RALEIGH. N. March 14—A.
Paul Branch, a prominent farmer and
capitalist of Wilson, N. C-. was found
dead In his room In a local hotel here. '
thi* morning, under circumstances
which point stongly to suicide.
Mr. Branch lay stretched on his bed.
a gaping wound In his head, and a shot
guri bftitbHed in'his right hand. The
body was discovered by a negro em
ployed In the hotel ae a porter.
Mr. Braneh— was -a. widower, and
| about fifty years old. He was the son
of R. Branch, who established the
Branch banhlng house of Wilson.
IE HIS VERM
OF MT HE Si
-- ''. Jjgigl
Dr. MacLachlan Declares That
Thousands Will Accept |
McAllister’s Word
>PEAKS PLAINLY ON |
MINISTRY IN POLITICS
iil tod Past or of Seventh Street
Declares That Duty of Minister
(ioos Further Than Merely
1'reach on Ethical (Questions.
•riK'
minister of the gospel
mission
whose conception of his
I' hpo««l enough to Include the
ivtieinpuon of iTirtsUan polities
l. »i«„r. vnrr rrntri TOwnBjffK”
-eolation even In the public
pre-*. 1 do not know Mr. Me*
\ll.tor personally, but hla'post
rlon a* Held secretary of the Anti*
Saloon league is sufficient purs
am*‘e or Ids Integrity, and thetre
are thousands of rotrra In Vir
ginia «lio arc willing to take hia
uortl os to what he says on the
public platform ns a true version
of Ids speech."
In those terms the Rev. Dr. H. t>.
Mat lachlan, pastor of the Seventh
street Christian church. rhamplottid
:lif Rev J D. McA'ixter. oi the Anti
saloon League. In the pulpit Sunday
light. Rev. Dr Maelachlan rnmtneptn
<1 on the editorial criticism directed
• award Rev. Mr McAlister recently
' hen the latter denied the accuraSr
tth vvhUh he was quoted In regard
1" the action the Senate took on the
state-wide prohibition bill.
Occasion of the Sermon.
I>r Maelachlan delivered hla ser
mon on "What Four Thousand Men
-an !>o."
While the Senate deliberated
the State-wide bill, one of the snlonn tJ
who opposed the measure Midi ■’
“Richmond has her remedy. Why
don't th» four thousand Bible dead,
men > not Bible men) mareh out fug
this bill as they did last year?*'
The pastor of the Scventn Street
chore h was obviously asking the none
question. He said the women were
more numerous In the churches i
Bible classes, and It was evidently
Intention to spur the men at» to
Bon. in the course of hla rasu
he referred to . the statements
In the Senate about the 4,000 ..
( tags nieTT.'ftrnr saia **fKe gage, of
■
tie has been thrown down; left nd
accept It." Dr. Maelachlan eimntt^
ed on the fact that (’ommkasloner m
ijtbor Doherty told him that during f$
the light for and against the MM Ik f =^i
lowing children to work tec and a |
half hours live days a week, so as »,e
have half holiday on Saturday, one r
Bible class man fought the bill. While t
there, were scores-of- women t
against It. The minister touched
“the ministry In politic*” and took :f
the view that a pastor's duty to fci» c.jjg
people does not end with preaching
from the pulpit, but that he should
help better civic eundltions.
The Serosae.
l.>r. Macl.uchlan said In part:
' No one who was privileged te
witness that great procession of 81s
ble class nun. four thousand strong;
march through the streets of our city
last November can doubt for a jili in
;<
a
men! that a movement of va*l «lg»
duty of the < hurch to stimulate an]
conserve In every possible way. I do
not know that I ever felt In the .
erne of such vast power a* when t
sat on the platform of the audi
torium and looked Into these four
thousand laces from that of the
of sixteen to that of the aged saint,
w ‘th his rev ered hair. I fait an
Archimedes must have felt When he
discovered the law of the lever an&
said. 'Give me a fulcrum and 1 will :
move the world.’ 1 felt as the en
t* rprislng Yank so must have felt
w hen he looked down on the tor
rent of, Niagara and said to himself;
There Is power there to light a hun
dred cities and to run a thousand
mills.' And as I sat there 1 found
myself saying- 'What could not thee*
four thousand men do if their power
was rightly directed?’
I'nutilizevl Kncrgy.
“Much depends, however, on that
If.' There Is power in the engine, but
that power will waste itself lu th|
mere whirring of wheels if the ma
chinery is unlndied.
“There is power In the flood of
Ntagaia; but It must be diverted into
sluices and mill races If it Is to do
aught else than carve deeper tho'
gorge through which It sweeps. Thai
problem of problems, therefore, |g
how to utilise this tremendous »i
voir of spiritual power for the
Interests of the church and com
munity.
”1 have laid emphasis on the num
bers of these men not at all becauan
there is any magic In numbers them
selves. 4h the aim of our Bible clam—
be merely to entarge their rolls
report large attendances, I cannot a—'
that there has been much gained. But
what If these four thousand men hd
Christians What If they be follow
ers of the Nazarene Inspired by Hla
spirit of service and making Hla_^
the rule of their dally lives?
If. like Him. their ptty goea out;
all the oppressed and their
nation flames forth against all hi.
et tty. Injustice and the exploiting
the weak by the strong? What
like Him. they have girded
reives with the napkin of service;
air ready to wash the feat of
brethren? Then. Indeed, <3o4*i f
met!c applies: 'One of you ahntl 1
qi thousand, and a thousand shnlt j
ten thousand to flight.*
• In the first place, let me saj*_
the four thousand men of the “
classes of Richmond can put new-.
<nto all the churches of H**^®****
the mere matter of church r
their Influence ought to mm
felt There are churches to
that have men’s claaa
tween two and three
of these were to attend chtj
would .remtltuts. Ain—'-W <
In themselves, exclusive of
men and children. Thus '
no empty benches. Tbs
tlonal xingtng WOUM.. I *"*
men love to alng.
be' Inspired to