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_t, l want It to bo remembered
t«Mtt Hit* was th* draft of the WtM
exonerating Ballinger In the charge*
S i, aiavta'hui' mad* against him.
tilt rout armor rat th* draft to
|HtK.aa with criticism* and suggestions,
and the whole thin* was revamped,
tty night (Saturday. September 11)
we ware read* to make Hie final draft
that mt to be submitted to the I’m
i
mutilated by the conference we pre
pared the final copy.
Matte Many Copies.
Four coptr*. an original *n<1 three
, rartxma. ixtxo made. Xhu. original and
carbon* were written on letter *t*e
Kl, paper, eight by ten and a half Inf he*.
Th« flirt ropy wag on Crane's twenty
four pound bond and the second. third
and fourth copies were on lighter
grade paper.
We uee.I monarch black carbon pa
- < per. The letter waa written on a
So. 3 model Monarch typewriter, elite
type line*, triple spaced.
"The fact that we were required
to triple space the letter convince*
me that Lawler expected Taft to tie*
It only a* a tumia f«r hi* own letter.
Yet It waa written In the first person
and addressed to Ballinger through
out.
"Early in the work Lawler had
given Massey and myself instruction*
that all rough draft eople* discarded
In the composition of the final draft
were to be retained by u*. I remem
ber them, Juat how they looked that
fc- night. They were all on Massey's
dealt on the right hand aide, face
down in a desk tray. Because of
much pasting they made a pile an
inch thick. 1 w 111 take up later what
became of this pile of papers.
-"We Ml titldefStooTT TFohi rha form'
of the letter that ft was to be the
basis of Taft's letter covering the
Olavls charges. I did no* then realire
how important it was for me to re
member every detail of that night. I
and th* fact that I am able to re
.■all many of the Incidents is an ho- i
i ident In that I have a good memory.
It waa understood by us that thia work
was of special importance;
"The general arrangement of facts,
the order in which they come In the
president'* letter is practically identi
cal with the arrangement of fact# in
the final Lawler draft on so-called
memorandum.
Think* Taft Made Additions.
"Now It la my belief that Taft hlm
aeif added the latter part of hi# let
ter of September 13, the section that
takes up th* matter of general con
servation of natural resources. The
people of this country will remember
that the president had considerable
to cav on this subject st the con
clusion of the so-called "white-wash
ing" letter of September 13. Lawler
closed his final draft with this
thought, not nee warily In these
word*: ‘And 1 authorise you to dla
mlaa fr-m the government service,
Louts ft, Olavls.'
«"Now, In the president's letter im- ]
mediately before the remarks on con
servation, cornea the clause authori*
(ng Ballinger to dlamis# Olavls.
"In Ballinger’s answer to the charge |
which we prepared on our trip to
Washington and after we arrived here
Ballinger had asked authority to dis
miss Glarls.
■‘Certain portions of the Taft let
ter I can Identify as being In sub
stance the thoughts of Lawler. For
Instance, there Is the following pag
es** in the Taft letter, which cer
tainly embodies Lawlers though*.
•The general responsibility of cabinet
positions demand# the selection there
for of men of the highest character
and integrity. Possession of these
qualities, a* well as an ability and
t xpftri^n^ which &8PfiC.U11y
to direct the affairs of the depart
ment of the Interior, warranted your
appointment as secretary.'
* ln general. Taft softened Law er a
draft end doubtless very materially
changed th- wording. In that be suo
atitttted for certain Lawler phrases,
phrases of hi* own, meaning the same
h'n*‘ Details of Final Draft.
"Vow that 1 have finished discussion
of the letter. I will take up the events
of the evening we drew the final draft ,
end Lawler made ready to go to the
president at Beverely. When we—
that is, Massey and I—had finished
comparing the drafts, Massey took
the four cop!e» of the filial draft—one
original and three carbons—and fast
ened each together with a McGill fast
ener I remember particularly about
It, because we two talked over the
proper way to fasten the sheets to
tethcr. & _
"Juat about that time Mr, Lawler
■am* out Into our room and asked If
th* drafts were ready.
"Massey th«*> askod him what dlspo*
s'tlon should he made of the rough
draft*. Massey had carefully pre
served all these.
"Mr. Carr came Into the room about
thia time. Th* four of us—Lawler.
Carr, Massey and my sell-conferred an
to what should be done with the rough
drafts—which way was the best to
dispose of them. I-awler said that It
wouldn't be aafa to trust them to the
waste basket. Then. T think It was
Carr who declared that they ought to
be burned. After we had discussed
the matter for a while It waa decided
to go to room Sit and destroy the pa
per# in the grate therr. That room
was formerly occupied by u*. E. C.
Finney, asalstant to the secretary, ha*
hi* office there now.
'There Is a etbeed grate In the room,
and X suppose that is the reason why
the papers weren’t burned In the fire
place In the secretary’# office, where
there is a big open grate. I don't re
inember tha^ this was actually die-.
City Coal Company.
PENNSYLVANIA
ANTHRACITE.
H.M
VIRGINIA ANTHRACITE.
U.M
SPLINT,
Steam Coo tract Solicited.
Gty Coal Company.
Lombardy and Broad Streets.
J9rh and Dock Street*.
of All Makes,
Rented or Repaired at
attractive price*.
Machine Co.
Street.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATIONS
Dorm# ihc imkal May' IT-^J.
UuhiooiiJ ('uUr«t»- trill IMii the uniform
IWJ
rotfauu*- oxaminaltont. of the Smithem
ArtKjriatmn of - Femon* wiw
to ('Oter KMup mmI < 'nUege, or au>
■ mtatxiatd are invited to tnke
esamtnatioit* For further ttrfot
m---K. GAINES, m
, Richmond, V*.
-FtVE HODM' Wefr
At TVacliapreague, Ocean Bide, Eartrrn
Shore, Va., by one party Baltimore
•ports, 30 drum* or channel bass weighed
S.W pounds. other good catches same
trip—30 to 90 minutes required to land
one of the above on a good rod.
Second trip—three sportsmen caught
over 1,000 trout, king fiah, etc., in fire
day*.
40 Sportsmen due here in a few days
from Baltimore and New York.
Beat date for Big Fith, .VI9 to iTth,
and 11-17 to 25th. * '“Beat of fishing trout
etc., all summer
Best Boating tall kinds power boats).
Fishing, Surf Bathing, Autoinobiling,
Driving. Tennis, Pool Bowling, etc.
At Accomodations.
Excellent Family Resort.
Abundant shade on beautiful sandy
beach ,
Route from Baltimore, via. B. C. & A.
R. TV. Steamer and Onancoek—met on
request with carriages or automobile.
Address A. H. G. MEARS,
Hotel Waehapreague,
TVachapreaguc, Va.
■i j..i i .i i,. ..i-.i . . . .I
cussed, and yet I seem to have a reeol- j
leetlon that the reason we didn't go
Into that room was because the papers
would make too many ashes.
“Well, at any rate, we all went back i
to room ;tr.~ ~Tlf^"~wnr^rir~iwir g~:
fire In the grate back there since the
time when Assistant Hecretary Ryan
occupied 11. There was Lawler and
Carr, and Massey and myself. I am
dead sure that Mr. Lawler went In .
with us. I ran swear that Carr was
there. The papers were put In the
grate and somebody touched n match
to them. I don't remember who it was
who lighted the matches. 1 think It i
was Carr.
Watched Papers Burn.
"The papers biased up end burned
furiously. \t o stood mound the fire
place and watched the smoke curl j
around tho pages and the fire lick tip
line after line of typewriting. We
didn’t leave until ever}' bit of paper
had been consumed and the drafts
were reduced to a mass of bblack j
ashes.
“This was between 10 and 10.30 on
the night of Friday, September 10
“After burning up all traces of the
drafts, we all went back Into our
offices—Massey and I to the reception
room (room "17>—and the flnul fin
ished copies were handed over to Mr. ’
Lawler. Mo took the four copies with ,
him Into the secretary's room.
Now, 1 don’t think that the secre-1
tary witnessed tho burning of the pa
pers. 1 am pretty sure that ho was
around and in his room. At uny rate,
Mr. Lawler took them Into the secre-;
tary's room.
A few minutes later he came out,'
through our office, in company with
Secretary Ballinger, I think.
Carr was waiting out In the room
with tt*. The secretary’s carriage was'
watting out in front of tho office, and
Lawler and Ballinger 'and Carr, 1
think, all drove to the station.
Mr. Lawler told us all goodby, and
Massey and I wished him a good
trip. Rome time after this Mr. Lawler
left for the West. lie was out of
town one day when Carr came out
into our office looking for a copy of
a memorandum which Lawler haft
prepared. Of course, we couldn’t find
any—we didn’t have one In the first
place. Then Massey, at Carr's direc
tion, went Into Mr. Lawler's office to
look for a copy. Massey searched all
through Mr. Lawler's desk—-he told
me about It afterward—went over tt
twice He couldn't locate It.
Worrlen Over Mbeing Copy.
When Mr. Lawler returned from the
Watt he was not able to locate a draft
for Carr. I remember he said, or It
was stated in my hearing, that Lawler.
thought he had turned the fourth copy)
over to the secretary. Kverybody i
seemed considerably worried about
j that missing copy,
A few days after this H, H. Schwarts,
who la chief of the field service of
i the Land Office, sent over one of the
copies of the Cunningham record, lie ,
1 had had that In h!» possesion far'
i some time. The record was hound In
heavy cardboard. 1 think I was the
J one who In looking through It found
i tho copy of the Lawler draft, stuck
| In the back of the book, between the
! I**t page end the heavy cardboard
back.
1 took It In to Mr Carr. Subae-'
quently he turned It over to me. and 1
I filed U With section 2 of file S. 1
stuck It in that file, attaching it to i
the other papers with s rubber band.
There wasn’t any other place to filei
It in any other way, aa it properly'
1 wasn’t a part of our record. j
Jt remained In the file lust where
I placed It, until approximately a
month ago, I was constantly adding
•to the file, day by day, and I sm cer
tain that it waa there. T can’t fix the
date when It disappeared.
The filing case where the memoran
dum was put waa a Globe-Wernicke
cabinet. “Confidential file eight” Is
known as the “BaUInger-Plnchot
Newell controversy.” It contains five
parts. Section 1 is "correspondence
; general,’’ section 2. “report to the
President’’: section 3, “congratulatory
messages and miscellaneous”; section
« Is “Garfield-PInchot letters and re- j
piles,” eto.; section S Is “National!
Conservation Association report on the
.Taft administration conservation!
bills.”
The cabinet stood directly behind
my desk, where I could reach It by
1 turning around in my chair.
Attorney Rrandels Calls.
“To go back to the chronological j
! order of things again—it was some
time after I filed this—indeed, after i
the congressional Investigating com
mittee had been in session several
weeks—that Carr came out Into our
room one day and stated to Massac
and myself that Mr.' Braudels, who
is counsel for Olavls before the com
mittee. had made a cal! upon the
department of the interior for all
correcpokdem e which Ballinger had
with Commissioner Lenrntt and sten- |
ographers’ note books covering that
period.
“1 remember that the period cov
ered the time during which Carr was
private secretary to Bennett, and it
war Cart’s note book* that Braudels
wanted
“1 remember I asked < ’arr If lie
had cent them to the committee.
“Carr raid he had not, for the rea
. evil that he had never k—pt any of hie
note book*.
“1 said. Well. I’ve never kept mine
either, but Massty her*. 1* up Against ’
It if any oca.Ion should arise where
hit hooks should be demanded be
cause he has kept every not,- book
he evi r :u ul 11 om the time he firs!
went Into the government e- rd!c*>.
all ways was fur: y about hbs
n< te books nnd filed them a wav <-ars
j fully.’
’ Carr aald, in a laughing sort "f
**>, Well, Masyey, l think it would
Richmond Virginian’s Commercial Weather Map May 14
Observations tahcn at • A. M , Eastern Tim*.
[« U. S. Department of Agriculture?
\ Ti,, _ WEATHER BUREAU
WILUS. U MOORE, . Chief
Highest temperatures
during prsoedtng 2*
hours at— „
gffW jfrfW. . . M.. ?.feJ
PhUaBelphta .-Jj !
Washington .*® i
Richmond .• • '
Atlanta .?*
Jacksonville .«*
New Orleans.«* |
Galveston
Forecast for Mehssead aa<
- fair and continued cool tonight with
a minimum temperature of 65 and light
frost Irr low places; Sunday fair.
- Forecast for Virginia t
WASHINGTON, 1). 0., May It. 1S10
Fair continued cool tonight and Sunday,
with light frost tonight In low places in
■ilmavbMfffaofi
th«s Interior.
Birmingham .•»
gt. Jxmia .
Chicago .•»
S*. *»nul----f*
Ctncinnatl .■’
Pittsburg .?•
Uuffalo .]*
Detroit .*5
Kansas .»"
Denver .*5
Salt Lake. City.<4
San Francisco.»*
Portland. Oreg.64
WBATBER rOSDWI«SS.
The western edge of the Atlantic storm still overiles the coeet where It Is caunln# clotiaj weatner.
over the eastern mountain district* and the treat central valleys the weather Is fair and cool while over tie _
Inland
em portion of the country the w eather conditions are unsettled. Stonni cent ere are located the northern
southern Hocklea, the latter disturbance being preceded In the Plains States by moderate * JJ ,L rnrrur
tlons except those In the Mlesourl valley report temperatures slightly lower title morning than those of the.. _
ponding hour yesterday. An area of high pressure that nverllee the Lake Kc glon will cause fair cool
thl# vicinity with frost in low places tonight, and fair weather Sunday.______.——
he a mighty goof I idea for you to
re those note book*.’
Didn't Want to Testify.
1 might say right here that neither
Massey nor myself has ever wanted
to go before the congressional com
mittee. Wo had a pretty clear ldoa
aa to what the Lawler memorandum
was; tve knew the way things were
going. Hut we didn't want to be drawn 1
Into any Investigation at the capitol. j
“When I told Carr that X had de- ;
stroyed my note booka I was honest
In that statement. I believed that
i had. You see. I’d been in the gov
ernment service for some time ami
never kept any of my notes. I didn't
think it was necessary.
"Massey advocated my keeping my
stenographic notes and on my return j
from the West I decided to do so. j
•So when 1 told Carr that I didn't
have my note books with the Lawler
dictation In them I believed I was
stating the truth. I really believed
it wo* a<> long ago that I had de
stroyed them.
“Well, when I went to file away
note book No. 4 or 1 always put |
them in the file room. 1 discovered to (
my surprise that hook No. 1 was dated
'Stenographic notes from May 26 to t
October 86, 180».' Then I found that
I had not quite finished the note book
I was using before the Western trip
of the secretary and that when I re
turned with him I had started In using
It again. . That explains why th> dates
are so far apart, because ordinurily.
with all the stenographic work I do,!
It doesn't take very long to finish a
book.
“And that reminds me, too-—it;
Isn't strictly a note book. At the in
tenor department wa use loose leaves
that are bound together at the top.
So really. It consists of a batch of
paper* bound together with tie* o»
red tape. }
Finds Lawler Notes,
i “When 1 found that note book ana ,
looked at the dates I knew thut It
! contained the Lawler dictation. 1
had never thought that my notes on
that were*In existence.
“At thf* time 1 discovered thi* book
the congressional bearings had pro- ,
greased far enough for all of us to real
ize that we might be called as wit- ,
nesses before the committee. 1 felt
that It was essential that if 1 was
called to testify.mi the preparation
of the Lawler memorandum that X ,
should have those notes to substan- j
[late my statements. i
"1 knew very welt that if I told Mr. ;
rarr that 1 bad discovered my note
>ook with .be Lawler dictation in it he
would think f bad lied when I had told
vim previously that I had destroyed
Lhe books. M«re than that, I felt
pretty certain that If X did tell Carr
lie would suggest thut 1 Immediately |
get rid of the book. I did not want
io do that. The notes were an abso
lute protection to me. I thought
Kooner or later I would have to go on
the atand. 1 felt It my duty to tell
the truth, the whole truth and noth
fhg hul the truth. Abd rwr TT-raiT
absolutely necessary for me to have i
the notea to give documentary substan- |
tiation of my story.
"Thsn, too, I felt that need all the
more since I had learned from Mas
»ey that he decided to destroy his notes 1
rontalnlnf matter prior to November, ]
l!*(>». . .. _ , |
"X wish to state that since Mr. Bal
Inger assumed office as secretary of
iho interior my personal relations with
ilm have been moat pleasant and he
isa shown me the utmost contidera
iton. I have no personal feelings
> gainst Secretary Ballinger, and I
make this statement only becauae I
onsider that the public is entitled to
xnow the truth end the facta with re- i
gnrd to the preparation of the go-called
raft'‘letter of September 13. 1»0S. ex- j
oneratlng Secretary Ballinger and au- ;
tborlxlng the dismissal of U R. Qlavls. |
(Signed)
•''FREDERICK M KERBY.”
Kerby was bom In this etty. Is J4 ;
rears old, bus been married three years
jnd is the father of a boy baby nearly
« year and a half old. He la the sol*
tupport of an aged mother. His wtf*
ind child were a natural chack upon
>ny daring step. Yet he took a stop
lint means certain discharge.
CU*rk White Well A|«ia.
K<lgar White, clerk- of the Police
Court, who ha* l>erh 111 for never*!
week*, returned hie dutte* Saturday.
j ...n.ai.uL--.i "■ i-—
Highland Park
Wood and Coal Co.
2nd Avenue, I* very conveniently
located with the original growth
Wood and the beet free burning
(oal, also fine Mate Ice that keep*
cold longest. Ask your neighbor,
and Phone Monroe 1320.
“nnager. [
COUNTRY CLUB IS '
THING OF BEAUTY
(Continued from First Page.) _
breeses to sweep through the entire ,
building.
In the reception room another huso !
flreplate. built of burnt brick. is j
found. The walla are of white In |
this compartment aa well at all cth- i
era. Numerous call bells adt>ru the
walls, and many clectrubalas are sua
pended from the Immaculate celling, j
Ferhape the most Impressive room In
the bulldins Is the ballroom, with .1#
hish ceiling, adorned with guilt elec
trabalas and everything white except j
two massive burnt brick fireplace*
This room*wi)l be the scene of full
many a gaiety. A typical colonial,
small paillnged winding stairway j
leads to the balcony, which com
pletely encircled the ballroom, and
will probable accommodate several
hundred onlooker#.
Has Many Cory Corners.
Next the' ballroom lie half a. dozen
••cosy corners," or dens, where two
or three club members may assem
ble in comfort and ease and while
away the hour# with cigars, story
and other things. On the right if the
passageway leading from the ball- ;
room to the main dining room are a
dosen or more small rooms, whore
club members and their guest* may
retire for a nap aft*?r their athletic
or other strenuosltle*.
The main dining hall is semicircu
lar and has probably two dozen wide
doors, the plan being to have a mini
mum wall space to shut out the view
of the surrounding country—the room
being situated on the highest poln
of the building site—and to permit
the greatest amount of fresh air to
sweep over the room. Here the din
ers may sit and gaze out upon ihe
valley, the river and the mountains,
on clear days the view being unin
terrupted for perhaps twenty miles.
Has Krery Comfort.
To the right of the dining room
are the pantry, kitchen and store
rooms of the club, each and every
apartment being finished in whlta
walls, white woodwork and big burnt
brick fireplaces. The kitchen end
pantry- are model, there being a place
for everything and ample space for
the chef, his assistants, the waiters,
the china, silverware and all el*e
that Is needed for an up-to-date culi
nary department.
Below the dlntng room Is a swim
ming pool that would ce-use o Ho
man emperor to turn green with er.vy
it Is one mas# of white enameled
brick, the bulldars not forgetting to
place a large burn brick fireplace on
-the "bank" of the <l#*rtmmfrng~ hole "
The pool Is about fifty f#et In length,
with a sloping bottom, the north side
being about four foot doep and grad
uating down to a depth of ton feet
at the southern end. Adjoining the
swimming pool room Is a ••rubbers'
room," where the athletes and other
olub members may repair after their
exercises and have the kinks mas
saged out of their anatomies by ex
pert masseurs. The remainder of the
basement Is given over to storerooms
and servants- quarters.
Withal, the Country Club Is Ideal
and impress! va, and even though one
may never be a member or an In
vited gueat, the sight of the building
and the natural View from the emi
nence on which It stands Is worth
the trip to the heart of Westhamp
ton.
BAPTIST TO RJUSE
MILLION ANO HALF
(Continued from flrtt _
»r tho committee# to whom the resolu
tion* or Dr. Kro*t offered on Thurs
day ware t. ferred. In anbetance. the
report a«eka to here the preeent ar
ragemtnt ror preparing the graded
leason* no modified ee to Ineure their
evangel). ai character end failing thie,
*«k» the Sunday School Board of
N'arhvllte to prepare e eerlee of traded
1 .-rson* for use In Southern Baptist
school*, it declare* that It le not the
intent of the c onvention to break with
the international committee, but »tn<
ply to take the neceaeary caution to
secure etungoiisai teaching __ii._
COLONEL MEETS
BWmOTyiONO.2
Luncheon Guest of Joseph G. Grew
Who Ha* Also Hunted Big
Game.
WILL SOON NAME ESCORT
To Choose From Army and Naval
Attaches Now in Eu
rope. . ;
(By a Staff Correspondent of the
United Prese.)
BERLIN, May 14.—Col. Roosevelt
to-day met another big game hunter
In the person of Joeeph C. Ow. firm
assistant secretary of the Untted
States embassy, whose guest ha was
at a luncheon. Mr. drew hae hunted
through much of the African country
traversed by Col. Xoosevelt unit 1*
the author of a book on big game
hunting.
Mr. Grew and the colonel had »
lively conversation on hunting, which
ended with the presentation to Col.
Roosevelt of a number of sliver
mounted photographs of Bone and
other game found by Mr. Grew in
t.ie African Jungle.
The colonel and his family had an
interesting visit at, the Berlin Zoologi
cal Garden.
The hour of Mr. Roosevelt’s de
parture for London has not yet been
decided. The namei of a number of
United States military and naval at
taches who are now in Europe have
been submitted to the colonel, from
which he will select an escort to ac
company him to the funeral of King
Edward. This escort will probably
not Include more than four man, ns
Col. Roosevelt has no thought of at
tempting to rival the display mstb
by the European rulers who will at
tend the funeral.
STUART ADHERENTS
PAY POLL TAXES
Republicans in “Ninth” Slothful
ami €hane«s for Democratie -
Victory Seem Brighter.
1 (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
1 FRBELINO. VA., May It.—The
Democrat* of thle (Dickenson) county
! have paid their poll taxes closely, and
there is not a single Instance of fall
{lire where the names are on the regts
Itration hooks. The Republicsne hat's
'about 10 voters who have not paid.
The Democrats have not potted a
1 full vote at previous elections for
1 several years, on account of thslr fall*
: ure to pay poll taxes closely, and It Is
thought, with tha number of delin
quent Republicans the county has,
this will give the Democrats an ad
vantage. Then, In addition to this,
there Is the encoursgtng assurance of
a number of Republicans who have
expressed themselves for Stuart in
j preference to Slemp.
There wae no particular effort made
by the Republican leader* to have
their men to pay their poll taxes, and
it seems that more or lees apathy pre
vails among them at this stage of the
game.
BUILDING MTS
Building Inspector Book Saturday
issued the following permits:
Authorising A. H. Friar to build s
shed at No. tit North Twenty-fourth
street, to cost |7t.
Authorising Mrs. Grace Miller to re
pair No. Tot North Thirty-third
street, to cost $100.
STILT; UNABLE TO APPEAR;
CASE CONTINUED AGAIN
Edgar Kaufman wss again in Polios
i Court Saturday morning, charged with
running Jo*jl and injuring Philip
Seta, while driving hts automobile
through Broad ctroet. The Injured
man la atm confined' to the Virginia
Hospital, on account of whtoh Jus
l tic* Crutchfield again continued the
i M*y **■ *£• <w
hdtifcrt# abtwt two week* ago. -
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NEWS OF SOUTH RICHMOND
TEST CISC OF !
WISE TIRE LOW
T. A. Bottles, of Chesterfield, is
Fined and Appeals to County
Circuit Court.
T. A. Bottoms was fined |ii and ,
costs by Magistrate h. \V. Cheatham,
of Chesterfield county. Saturday
morning for violating the wlde-tlre
law. To make a test case of this
regulation established by the county
i board of supervisors, an appeal was
taken to the Chesterfield Circuit
I Court.
This was done by Mr. Bottoms at
the suggestion of Mher farmers of
Chesterfield, who say that the law
is unconstitutional. For some time
: they have been anxious to make a
I test case. It will be carried to the
j Supreme Court of Appeals, it is saUl.
l if it proves necessary.
J ’K^uire Cheatham has Issued orders
! to the police of the county to let up
1 on this issue. The decision of the
| court la eagerly awaited by many in
| tereeted residents
On account of the order of Magls
! trate Cheatham, there have been but
few arrests recently.
'end SUNDAY SELLING
ST FOREST HILL PARK
May Also Arrest Hebrews for Do
ing Business at Park on
! the Sabbath.
! Magistrate I,. W. Cheatham, of
[ Choaterfleld county, ibay make a te*t
! caac of Hebrew* doing business on
j Sunday at Forest HtJl Park, accord
ing to a statement he made Saturday.
He is anxious to do this, and inti
mated that an arrest of one or more
of tha Jewish concessionaires may
<hke place Sunday.
‘Squire Cheatham last week Issued
orders forbidding Sunday selling at
1 Forest HUI. but the Virginia law on
; the subject Is construed that persons
of the Hebrew faith ere exempt, as
1 their Sabbath l» observed from 6
o'clock Friday evening until the same
, hour the following oay.
MANY MATTERS BEFORE
CHARTER COMMITTEE
Method of Collecting Southside
Taxes—Salary of Clerk— Ho
tel to Burn Soft Coal.
Method# of collecting tsxee now due
in Washington ward were dismissed
and approved by the Council Commlt
. tee o»_ Ordinance, Charter and Ite
■ form' Fridas night. Tha resolution
wag drawn by the city accountant In
, consultation with the city attorney,
I and will meet. It la believed, all re
quirements.
The ordinance providing a flat sal
! ary of tX.100 a year for the clerk of
; the Hustings Court, which salary Is
] to be In lieu of all fees collected in
| the transaction of city business, was
approved and will be taken up by the
| Counoll in Its regular order.
Tha ordinances allowing the Rich
mond hotel to burn soft coal, creat
ing the poeition of keeper of Joseph
Hryan Park, licensing maternity hos
pitals and Increasing the salaries of
the superintendent of the Street
Cleaning Department and the hpeciat
accountant to $2,000 and 92,200,
»I> actively, were recommended.
MAKK RAHfr PHOGHK8S OK
For.\DATr«xn for oar
Work In rapidly going ahead oa
foundations for the car barns Of
Virginia Hallway and Power
pany In Seventh street. Most of
excavating has been done and
Informed concrete la now being pt
to support the upper structural Wi
Porter Street Pnabywim.
A special service Tor children <§ll
be held at the Porter Street Pr
terian church Sunday morning.
J. J. Fix, the pastor, will linn
his sermon with various derlfe
which appeal to the eye
Aebury M. E, Chun. li.
Rev. W. O. Burch, pastor of Ash
M. E. church, will take for his
Jeet Sunday morning at 11 o'*
The Man With One Talent,"
at 2 o'clock at night he will
on "Fretting Because of EvU
Oak drove Baptist Church.
Rev. D. C5. l.ancivster, pastor of
Oak Grove Baptist church,
preach at both Sunday ee
There will be special mualo
the direction of Mr. J. 8. Ren
Mr. Fred S. Jones will sing at
evening services, which begin at ft4
o'clock.
Central Methodist Church.
Usual services will he held at
Central Methodist church 8unday.
3:30 F. M Captain Carlton MoGarthj
former mayor of Richmond, will
oupy the pulpit and ofu
Chester’s Greatest Mead.
DEATH NOTICE.
WHITFIELD.—Dlod. M
at 23(>0 Floyd avMtt)*
WHITFIELD, in
year.
Interment at Wei*
IflORKOW tSunday 1,
PARKS ARK
POPULAR
Evervon# Font* to somewhere J
of the hot city whom they can a
'neath shady tree*, end to all owA'i
parks in and around Richmond i
offering many attraction* Juat at f*
ent. Lakeside. Joseph Bryan
rial. Forest Hill. Reservoir Parte M
the perk* along the interorhan
are mighty good places to go any p
ter noon or evening.
TTie Regular Annual Mm*^
: of Stockholder* of RnI Boll*
Security Co., wfllbe hdd at ft
office, 1113 Main St., Mood*!
May 16th, 1916, 8:00 P. M.
E. W. BANDY, Sec’y.