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UMDWICKIM
Will MEET Id
| Aspirants for Congressional Hon*
ft- or* to Address CUy Ward
Act ires.
I JIATyE TARIFF THE 1SSFE
Incumbent Defends His Position
Which His Oppon< n
Criticises.
Pleased with their meeting Wed
nesday night before the N- rthside
it n* era tic Club, though » n ■ mt.it
ll< debate Congreajrnm John
Lamb snd his oppenj for nomination,
Judge Atbby Wickham, have launch
ed ’heir respective < ampatgns In full
awing, and will he among the speak
er* at the meeting of the Clay Ward
Actives In Monroe hall Saturday
night.
Both candidates have expressed
their intention of keeping on tne
other aide of tin 'enoe from personali
ties and mud-aiinglng There will be
no character charges, each maintain*,
and no vituperation. Eai h will ask
that the Democratic voters of the
district nominate him; the incumbent
OB hi* congressional record. Judge
Wickham on the plea that Captain
Xjgmb. having served fourteen years,
been In congress long enough.
Had No Fireworks.
The meeting Wednesday night was
almost entirely devoid of fireworks,
although anticipating Judge Wick
's remarks. Captain I-a tub busied
ilf for a considerable time in
ilag why he had voted for high
oopti■wr to the avowed pist
ol the Democratic party,
i. Following the congressman's speech
Judge Wickham took the floor and
deoiarsd that Captain Lamb's ex
plenation, while insufficient, was well
timed, a* many voters in his district
had never understood why their rep
raecwtettrn had voted with the Re
publicans.
He pointed out that although elect
ed by the Democrats of Virginia to
uphold as far as .possible the prin
ciples of democracy, the congressman
from the Third district had helped
to place a high tariff on lumber In
favor of a handful of saw-mills but
against thousands of farmers and
Bttisens who use the timber and who
are “ooneequently forced to pay the
handful of saw-mills more than they
would otherwise have paid.
Those Two Reasons.
Captain Lamb as soon as intro
duced declared that through all the
rm he had represented this district
congrees, he had served his c..n
sUtuents to the best of hts ability.
"There are only two reasons that
[v J have heard why I should not bo
elected," he said. “One of these
| |e that 1 voted fpr the tariff on Him
f her. I do not deny this. My reason
for doing so was because more than
half of the lumber produced in this
5 Country comes from the Southland.
I I believe in a reasonable protection
no long as it is within a tariff for
revenue
"The Wilson tariff bill passed by
tbs Democrats in Congress, but de
' feated by the Senate, placed a tariff
«f lli per thousand ad valorem on
tom her. The Democratic party has
never stood for free trade. Some peo
ple at the Denver convention framed
U long platform that . confused the
iple. There were a lot of things
that platform that I don’t believe
are endorsed by the Democratic par
ty. The tariff that I voted for placed
n duty of $1.IE on lumber.
"The other reason advanced against
my re-election is that I have been in
Congress long enough. The longer u
man is in Congress tho better he can
nerve the people of his district By
tone service I have succeeded in be
ing the ranking Democratic member
ome important committees. I am
afraid to discuss my record.
’«■ I have done 1 am willing
talk about. I have no secrets.’
Republicans Extravagant.
Declaring at th* very outset that
extravagance of the Republican
is-driving the country upon the
of bankruptcy. Judge Wickham
to the voters for their sup
promising that with the other
•at* in Congress he would do
la his power to check the reck
expendltures and appropriations.
Referring then to matters nearer
and to Captain I.amb espe
he said:
he trouble about the tariff ques
ts people are not always willing
play fair. Whenever the tariff
a certain locality congressmen
prone to vote on it as a local 1s
Thie is not fair. It should be
with as a national issue, and it
a. It is true the South pro
a large quantity of lumber, but
owned by the trust," said Judge
"Rome of the congressmen haven't
fair. In voting for a tariff on
liber they violated the pledge of the
ittc platform. Some Demo
went over to the Republican
The Democratic platform
St »'<enver stood for free lum
Has any Democrat a right to go
on that platform? If they have
tight to violate one provision, then
iMive a right to violate ail.”
aoflg others who addressed the
were Attorney General Wtl
CommonwealtVs Attorney
and Colonel John Harwood.
mmkaby itkvkys
rCW YORKTnVX ICY IT.
IRLER BILL OTEV
RELEASED BY CREW
to Thu fUchmoid Vlrg)nl.\u )
FOLK, VJL, July 7.—•'Ili*
one of the mainstays of the
baa*ball team, haa bqen re
by the local managi rnonu
release comes when the i -ung
needs his money more than
any other time. Otuy la confined
hospital and has been there lor
Was ha That the management
Otay while he was
list and unable to work
■wne vary unfavorable
from tha lovers of the game
ft fsw of the fans have heard
and whan the news becomes
? It will create resentment
apt tha admirers of thu young
tar. Otay has shown great form
iiW? Ha was ngurded as the
tha Crew has produced
_ ... He won more games
•ny tw* Other pitchers on thi
ap to tha time ha was taken sick,
was worked often.
to The Richmond Virginian.)
“■'IRT NEWS, VA, July 7.—
1 anflnoerlng force was engaged to
make preliminary surveys for
railroad from Newport
to Torktown.
MISS SHEILD PASSES
DRUGGIST EXAMINATION
a
Riehmond Young Lady i« Among
Successful Applicant.
Before Board.
Of the twenty-nine applicants for
registered pharmacist*. who appear
td before tin (State Pharmaceull<
Board on Tuesday, fifteen passed th<
examination successfully. Seven ap
plicants for registered assistant pimi
ruaciats were passed, the total mint
her of applicants in this data b, ii
fifteen. Amt.i./. the successful appli
cants In the latter class was Mis.
Louise M. Sh-tild, of Richmond.
Those declared registered prarma
ciat* are:
11. L. Burrows, Fairfax, Va
st. M. O. Willis, Lynchburg, V*.
W. T. Betk. Danville, Va.
R. C. Howard. Norfolk, Va.
R. C. Brown. Richmond. Va
John C. Parish. Rmithdeid, Va.
S». M. Burch. Richmond. Vs.
Wade U. Fey. Richmond. Va.
N. C. Foscue. Richmond, Va.
Wm H. Baskerville. Richmond. % a.
H it Bowman. Staunton Vs.
11, M Moore. Staunton, Va.
J. A. Thompson. Jr , Abingdon. \ a
Jno. T Doggstt. Danville, i.i
>t. I,. Egleston, F’ort Norfolk V t
Miss Shcild Suoosssful.
Successful applicants for
pharmacists w ere
Ernest ti Johann. Rlchn . ’ V
K R Moncure, Orange, \
R. M. Thompson, PureellvUie, \a
L. H. Botts. Richmond. Va
It. I,. Hollowell. Seiwln. N. O
Miss Louise il. Sheild, Richmond.
Vs.
The following applicants applied .for "
examination as registered pharmacist
and were declared to be registered as
sistant pharmacists:
Jaa. M. Ixmg, I,ynchburg, Va.
Jas. H. Patterson. .Jr., Washington,,
D C
H. B. Grigs, Greensboro. X. C.
Robt. it, Clanton, Danville, Va.
The next examination will be held
here on the first Tuesday in October, j
SKIRTS CAUSE
ROW IN PARIS
Costumers Denounce Tight. Gar
ments Though Others Stoutly
Defend Them.
PAKit», July 7 ~-There it* a battle
royal in progress in Paris, with wo
men’s skirt* a* the Issue Are these
indispensable portions of feminine rai
ment to remain tight - possibly even
be made tighter—or are they to be rut
with an aesthetic width* That Is tlio
question which has arrayed the lead
In* dressmaker* of the city in two hos
tile camp*
The revolution against the prevailing
styl© is headed by a "couturier'' whose
name is familiar un two continents.
“I have never debased rny artistic ;
sense,M lie said, “by making « tingle
! one of the oostumes which have con
demned woman to the moat ungrateful
movement it is possible to imagine her ,
making. See how «h« hobbles? Pook
at her mincing steps. Where I* the
grace that should characterize her
movements? Where is the majestic .
mien that has made poets liken her
unto a goddess? Where is that swish
of her garments, that charming frou- j
frou which marked her progress here- j
tofore?” i
This dressmaker is not alono in the
i fight Others of his trad© are banded ;
| with him, but on the opposing ?dde are [
I certain firms of great authority. j
The battle really began when the in
I no vat ora pent out to Auteuli a strong
! force of models who** skirts were »
; distant, departure from the prevailing
inode, Wednesday witnessed another
I engagement, which seemed to end In
favor of the tight sklrtints. for the
weather was entirely on their side.
J?atn fell heavily at frequent intervals
and. as tight skirts were necessarily
cut shorter than the other variety. thv‘>»
won many feminine votes on the ground
j of convenience
PICTURES BARRED
ALL OVER COUNTRY
(Continued from First Fuse.)
; pictures of the Jeffries*Johnson tight
would-*be prohibited in this city, if
! any attempt would be made to ex
1 hlhlt them here.
This action i» in response to tho
demand of overwhelming popular
opinion here against the showing of
the pictures, and if It Is found that
the mayor has not the authority there
Is little douht that tho Council will
'take action in prohibiting of the pic
tures.
WILL NOT Ht I’KHMITTICI*
IN NKWPOBT NEWS TOWN
: (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. July 7.—
Public sentiment here. Is unanimously
against the presentation of films of
the Jeffries-Johnson prize fight, and
I the Mayor and Oouneil will take 1
; whatever action is necessary to pre
| vent their being shoxvn. Not only is
public sentiment against such pre- ,
I sentation, but even the sporting ele
ment admits that the result of the
; fight is well-nigh a guarantee that
there will never lie another such ex
: hibttion in this country.
MAVAI.I K WILL NOT SHOW
PRIZE FIGHT PltTlIll s
I (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
SUFFOLK, VA., July 7.—Although
Mayor Norfleet has iBsued no official
prohibition against the showing of the
: Jeffrles-Johnson pictures, ho has ex
; pressed himself as being great op
posed to anything which would tend
to excite race feeling Manager Har- j
rig, proprietor of the only moving
) picture theater in the town, has an- !
nounced that under no circumstances
would the pictures bo shown during
i his management. Suffolk goes on re-j
cord as one of the towns in the State
! in w hich no trouble occurred on the |
! night of the great fight, so far as
the feeling between the races was con- I
cerned, notwithstanding the fact of
tile largo negro population here.
> NO INTERFERENCE BY
WILMINGTON CHIEF[
| WILMINGTON, DHL., July 7.— j
Chief of Police George Black will
j not interfere with the moving pic
tures of the Jeffrles-Johnson tight,
i scheduled vo appear here next Mon
day, unless trouble is started,
i Chief Black said he saw no neces
sity for keeping the pictures out of
Wilmington. He said tho conditions
here are different from those In some
j other cities. There are comparative- {
: ly few moving picture places, and even
j in these the negroes and whites do
i not mix. The colored people have a
j moving picture house of their own
| The chief further said that he be- i
. lleveif tho people were too sensible
j tr£ allow their feelings to carry them
j away over a prlxe light, and he be- '
I lleves the negroes are not sufficiently j
1 Interested to trouble themselves about j
whether the pictures aye shown or j
*14»« 1>ouU<* >1.
NIEVES III WORK
IN HEART OF CITY
Several Robberies in Early Morn
ing 'Right at Norfolk
l’oet Office.
Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK, VA, July 7.—With the
lostoflice only a lew steps away, busi
less houses all around, and with a
lotel doing business in the building
n which the stores are located, a
thief or thieves early yesterday
horning entered three place, and ap
parently made no effort to conceal
he fact that he or they were on the
lob.
While only a small sum of money
was secured, the fact that the places
selected are In the very heart of the
■Ity "places the robbery ahead ol the
host daring attempted here In many
moons.
The places robbed were W. J. Cote's
taloon, Josiah Jones barber shop and
'he Virginian Pool Parlors. All three
places are located In the Hotel Neddo
building In Plume street. The thief
mod a step ladder to gain an entrance
aver the transon at each place.
' In the saloon the thief, secured a
hatchet and when he gained an en
trance tqOthe pool parlor he proceed
ed to batter In the Iron safe. He
made aJ poor Job of this however and
the safe remained intact.
Only what money was in the cash
registers at the time was secured by
the Intruders'
ALL SOFTHF.RN CITIES
SHOWING LARGE INCREASES
WASHINGTON, I). C., July 7.—The
Census Bureau to-day officially an
nounced the following results of the
1910 census, with changes in the last
ten years:
Ben Hill count). Ga., Including
Fitzgerald City. 5,795; Increase 3,978.
Texas: Fisher county, 12,596; In
crease 8,888. Medina county, 13,415;
Increase, 5,632. Milam county. In
cluding tow ns of Cameron and Rock
dale, 30.790,; decreased" 2,886. Red
River county, 28,664; decrease 1,328.
STEVENS WILL SAIL FOR
AMERICA ON JULY 30TH
President Stevens, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, who is In attendance upon
the International Railway Congress at
Berne Switzerland, expects to sail
from Liverpool for home on July 30,
according to present plans.
Before proceeding to Berne, Mr.
Btevens and party enjoyed auto trips
through England, Wales and France.
Mr William R. Turner, secretary to
Mr. Stevens, Is also enjoying himself
abroad, having sailed from New York
on June 22. He will return home a
week or (wo ahead of his chief,
ENGINEERS NAMED EDR
Five Officers Named Anri Order
ed to Report to Secretary of
the Interior.
WASHINGTON, P. C„ July 7.—
Formal orders were Issued by the
War Department to-day designating
the officers of the engineer corps who
are to examine and report on all
reclamation projects which may lie
completed or extended In the future,
as follows: Lieutenant Colonels John
Riddle and William C, I.angfitt, and
Majors W. W. Harts. Charles W. Kutz
and Harry Burgess.
The board Is directed to report at
Washington at such time as may be
designated by the Secretary of the
interior for Instructions.
EX-PRESIDENT MA
WILL WITHDRAW VEND
-1.
Names Conditions on Which lie
Will Fill Fast Coast of
N icaragua.
WASHINGTON, I>. C., July 7.—
Ex-President Zelaya, of Nicaragua,
according to a rumor, reported to the
Navy Department in official dis
patches, has agreed to withdraw the
ship Venus from the east coast of
Nicaragua on conditions that his
property Interests be protected by the
Insurgents, and that th« *50,000 he
advanced as a first payment on the
Emery claims be returned to him.
This report Is Interpreted as a de
sire on the part of Zelaya to cut
loose from Madrlx and enter into
friendly relations with the Estrada
regime. Navy dispatches also report
that on June 30 the Venus failed In
an attempt to recapture Pearl Lagoon.
There are statesmen who ure willing
to let the people have anything they
can’t get awajr with themselves.
!GIHL IS RESCUED [
FROM FALSE LOVER!
Tolls Police PtrTfnl Story of Bc
injr Force<l to Rido on
Freight Trains.
liELLVIIXE, KANS.. July 7.—
Rescued from a freight train by
.hree trumps and turned over to the
police. Beatrice Fanning, an attrao-;
live 19-year-old girl of Toledo, Ohio,
told the officers to-day a ptrtful story
of leaving her home with a man
whom she said was Cameron Keener,
also of Toledo, of abuse at the hand
of the young man and of being forced
to tieat her way on freight trains
disguised as a man until rescued.
At Topeka the girl told the police
she endeavored to get away, but
Keener choked and beat her into
submission.
At Manhattan, Kans., Louts Evans
and two other men who were beat
ing their way to the harvest Helds got
into the same freight car with the
couple. The girl told Evans that she
was a woman and wanted to get away.
Evans told the other men, and when
the Party got off the freight c ar In
ihe Hellvllla yards the three men at
lacked the girl's companion, who fled
ind has not been captured.
To the police here Miss Fanning
aid to-day;
"Cameron boarded at our house In
Toledo. We became engaged, and
Cameron said he wanted to be mar
ried at the home of his mother Hi
, Steamboat Springe, Colo. We left
; home a month ago.
"I learned he did not Intend to
■ marry me, and tried to escape at East
; st. Louts. 111. He took my clothes
and gave me some of his to wear.
After we left St. Louis we bedt our
way on freight trains He beat me
at Topeka, and then I did not care
whether he killed me or not, so l
told."
—
REV. J. D. MUSTER
ADDRESSES CONFERENCE
Makes Forceful and Convincing
Argument Against Manufac
ture of Liquor.
DENDRON, VA„ Jut' 7.—The af
ternoon session of the I’eteraburg Dls
trii t Conference was opened Wednes
day with devotional exercises con
ducted by Rev. L, C. Moore, after
which Rev. H. C. Gregory read the
district conference report on mis
sions.
Mr. Thomas S. Southgate, of .Nor
folk, the leader of the Laymen's
■Missionary Movement in the Vir
ginia Conference, was present at this
session of the conference and gave a
very Interest and Instructive address
upon "The fur pose and ek-ope of the
Laymen's Missionary Movement." In
which he explained the object which
this great movement was designed
to accompllah and the methods by
which this accomplishment was to
i be made.
At the conclusion of this address
1 Mr. Southgate was tendered a rising
vote of thanks, after which he held
a reception lor the lay members of
the conference In one of the Sunday
school rooms during which he ex
plained In detail methods of or
ganising and carrying on this work
on the different charges represented
In this district. Rev. William Irby,
district colporter, made a report of
his work during the past year.
Rev. F. Chenault and W. H. At will
called the attention of the conference
to the work being done by the Peters
burg Female Orphanage and also to
the request of Us president, Mr. W.
D. Harrison, that thoae who are In
terested In this work, and who are
able to do go, would Invite one or
more of the Inmates of this Institu
tion to spend a week or longer with
them In their country homes during
the summer.
| The night session was called to
order by the presiding elder and Rev.
W. J. Watt offered the district con
ference report on temperance, report
ing a growing sentiment in favor of
the abolishment of the liquor traffic.
In presenting this report, Mr, Watts
heartily indorsed the work of the
Anti-Salon league and the W. C. T.
U. and made n strong plea to the
members of the conference to put
forth a greater effort to overcome
the great evil of Intemperance.
Mr. Wa^ts was followed by Rev. J.
D. McAlister, of the Virginia Anti
Saloon League, who In an address of
j nearly two hours, made one of the
! most forcible and convincing argu
ments in favor of wiping out the
manufacture and sale of liquor that
. has ever been presented to an au
dience in this section.
The conference adjourned until
Thursday morning when the report
i of various committees will be pre
sented to the conference for con
sideration and four lay dele.gate« to
the annual conference will be elected.
AWARDED DAMAGES FOR
G00D8 DAMAGED BY WATER
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
DANVILLE, VA., July 7.1n corpora
tion court to-day, E T. Lewis, met
| chant was awarded damage* of $1,848
from O. W. Dudley, owner Of Dudley
blook for Injury to stock of goods as
i result of bursting water pipes flooding
of Lewis's store.
ENDS LIFE PARK
BY SWALLOWING ACID
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 7.—With
only five cents in his pocket, and evi
dently out of work, J. C. Dean, forty
five years old, of Hattiesburg, Miss,,
committed suicide early to-day in Ar
mory Park by swallowing carbolic
acid. He left a note merely saying
that bis brothers address Is E W.
Dean, Q. & O. Freight Olfloe, Meridian,
; Mlss' j
LOWER RATES FOR
PAINTS IN SOUTH
| Interstate1 Commerce Commission
Rules in Favor of Roanoke
and Lynchburg.
WASHINGTON. July 7.—The Inter
state commerce eommlaalon to-day or
] dered a reduction in freight rates from
; GdnchTnaU^^^hlo^^toanoke^VtL^antl
" death* " L -L
ELLINGTON.—Died July 7, 1910 at 3:90
i A. M. at the realdtmoe of hi* mother,
j 1200 Cambridge street. WALLACE
DABNEY ELLINGTON, age twenty
six years. He U survived by his
mother, Mrs. Martha A. Ellington,
(The sister, Miss Hattie Lee Ellington,
and two brothers. A ft. and Robert
| V. Ellington. Eunera! SATURDAY
I 4 P. M. Central M. E. church.
Friends and acquaintance* Invited,
interment, Maury Cemet*rg.
. 4
Lynchburg. Va., to Winston-Salem, N. '
CL, and Durham, Nr C.
Vho decision was rendered In the '
case-v«/ the Corporation Commlaalon
of NornTCarolina against the Norfolk
A Weatern and several other roada.
The Intaretate commerce commlaalon
refueed to austaln the chargee of the
corporation commlsalon that carriers
ahowe<l discrimination In rates to these
two North Carollnn points as compar
ed to Virginia cities, but ordered the
reductions Indicted. j
SHE SUES MERCHANT j
LOR ENNERING ROOM
Case of Mud an Melton Against
Mr. Fretwell on
4 Trial.
(Bpeclal to The Richmond Virginian.)
DANVILLE. VA.. July 7—The euit
of madams ftoalna Melton, fortune tel
ler. against J. W. Fretwell, a well
known merchant for nve thousand dol
lars damages Is on trial In the corpor
ation court. The action grows out of
an episode at a local totel last De
cember when Fretwell endeavored to
enter the plaintiffs room at night great
ly alurming her and causing Illness as
a result, she claims. For this she
asks damages.
Fretwell'* defence Is that he was
Intoxicated and confused the womans
room with his nearby. He was fined
$25 In police court at the time for the
disturbance.
BONDS WEflE GIVEN i
TO SECURE A LOAN
Carnegie Trust Company Officials
Declare Wellborn's .State
ment False.
NEW YORK, July 7.—'The grand
Jury was still Investigating to-day the
charge of Clarence E. Wellborn that
$400,000 worth of securities deposited
by him with the Carnegie Trust Com
pany had been rehypothecated and
later sold on Wall Street.
Wellborn’s statement that the bonds
had disappeared Is llatly contradict
ed by the officials of the Carnegie
Trust Company. President Relehr
mann stated to-day that he has $300,
000 of the bonds; that they were
pledged for a loan of $58,000, Instead
of $25,000, as Wellborn stated, and
that the matter Is a dispute between
Wellborn and his broker, with which
the trust company can have no con- 1
corn. If he wants the bonds that
the Carnegie company holds. Relch
mann said to-day, all Wellborn need
do is to take up his loan, and they
will be turned over to him.
The bonds In question are first
mortgage papers of the Titusville and
Northern Hallway, a railroad three
miles long in Pennsylvania.
CABINET OFFICERS
TO VISIT ALASKA
, Announced That Attorney Gener
al Wickersharu and Secretary
A agel Will Go Soon.
WASHINGTON, July 7 —It vu an
nounced definitely to-day that Attor
ney General Wlekersham and Secre
, tury Nagel, of the Department of
I (,’omineri'e and Labor, will visit Alas
ka this sumer on a tour of general
inspection. They will leave about
July 16, to be gone about six weeks.
During the recent Investigations by
the Senate of the appointment of
Federal officials In Alaska, the Attor
ney General promised delegate Wick
ersharn. oA Alaska, that the Depart
ment of JMitlce would Investigate the
conditions in Alaska, and It la under
stood that the Attorney General will
look Into these matters. Secretary
Nagel has a great many Alaskan In
terests In his department. He will
give special consideration to the seal
Industry.
Delegate Wlekersham charged the
Quggenhelms dominated the courts
In the territory and Influenced Fed
eral appointments.
ACT m ONCE IB
El IKE me
E
j Norfolk Citizens, Fighting Flies
and Mosquitos, Set Fire
to Dump.
| (Special to The Richmond Virgtnlsn.)
NORFOLK, VA„ July 7.—Protest
] Ing against the prevailance of lues
iand mosquitoes in a dump pile, citi
zens of the Sixth ward took the bull
j by the horns last night, armed them
selves with oil can, paper and matenes
and went to the scene of trouble and
started a bis bon tire.
The Sixth Ward Irrjprovemen.
.League was called to meet last night
l to take action relative to compelling
the city to abate the nuisance com
plained of. They threatened to take
1 the matter to the courts and com
1 pel the city to see that the dump
; pile was properly looked after as a
protection to the health of the com
munity.
last night those at the meeting
ualked over to the spot where the
nuisance existed, more to become bet
ter acquainted with conditions than to
remedy it themselves. They found
conditions so bad that they Imme
diately seised oil cans, paper and
matches and started a fire. The In
cident created unusual interest in all
sections of the city.
1 GREAT HORSEBACK RIDERS
TRAVELING IN AUTOMOBILE
ALBANY, N. Y., July 7.—The
j Abernathy boys, who rode horseback
i 2,000 mile* to greet 'Col. Roosevelt,
arrived here to-day by automobile en
[ route for Oklahoma. After lunch,
aceomi sated by their father, “Catch
'Em Alice" Jack, they called on May
; or McEwan and then resumed' their
trip, with the intention of making
1 Utica to-night.
-„
Charged with Nan-Support.
Archie A. Lane, who lived near Fort
Lee, was arrested Wednesday by Con
stable O. W. Monghon, on the charge
of non-support of his wife. He will
be tried before Magistrate T. J. Fur
year Friday, at eleven o'clock.
More Smallpox In Lynchburg.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
LYNCHBURG, VA„ July T.—Two
more casea of smallpox have been
found by the health authorities. There
have been about seventy cases In the
last six months, but only six are now
in the hospital.
$532,500,000 INSURANCE UPON
LIVES WAS PAID OUT IN 1909
Regular Companies in tho United States and Canada Pay
000,000 in Foreign Countries.
Everywhere there la being recog
nized the fapt that life Insurance, In
addition to its protective feature, la
appreciated as an aaeet by business
men. Policies of Inaurance are con
tpicuous Item* In the eatatea of mer
chanta.
Life Inauranoe compantea In thta
country and Canada distributed $636,
600,ouO laat year, according to com
putatlona by the Inaurance Press. The
paymenta In the two countries to ben
eficiaries for death ulalma, matured
endowments or other benefits under
the policlea of level premium com
panies or the certificates of various
life Inaurance organisations—-assess
ments and the Ufa—amounted to
$366,(00,000. The estimated total of
the amounts paid by regular compa
nies In dividends to policy holders,
for surrendered policies, to annuitants
and on claims in foreign countries,
was $166,000,000.
Pennsylvania was second in the list
of States In which the life Insurance
companies last year paid the largest
claims to policy holdsrs. New V or
led with a total disbursement of $67,
(00,000, and this State followed with
$30,000,000. New York city policy
holders received $3S,487,IS1, while as
sured persona In this city were pale
claims amounting to $l$,o8&,318. Ch|
cogo came neat with claims aggre
gating 111, 333.781.
The estate of the late Oeorge C.
Thomas was paid the largest Indi
vidual claim In this city last year. His
Insurance amounted to |10(,000. Here
is a list of other claims paid, each of
which aggregated $10,000 or more:
George C. Thomas .$106,000
Charles Kntttel . 97,000
Peter A. Schemm . 96,000
Robert E. Atmore. 61,0(6
Herman Loeb . (0,(00
Theodore M. 'Hillsley . 68.01$
Charles Platt . 40,087
Alexander J. Gordon . 39,600
James M. Allison . 37,Tl*
Samuel Kahn . 37,000
George W. Bills . 86,403
Jerome Keeley . 31,037
Mahlon N. Kline . 30.(17
William H. I<essig . 30,00
Alexander K. McClure. 24^100
Robert J. Hess. 19,000
William S. Taylor. 18,9$0
William J. Turner . 18,007
Frank M. Campbell. 18.000
Eouls Eschner . 17,000
Isaac Eowengrund . 16,000
William J. Mulherln. 16,600
George L. Hurting .. 16,140
William Fehr . 16,131
Zephlrtm J- Pequlgnot.
O. C. Morris . H.731
Oavln tv. Kart
h.d ward J. Crippen.. 1*,M*
Otto J. geelaus ............ 1M*1
3. Blckal . 11.11*
Clarence Q. VorU .......... 11,1**
John J. De touche.. 10,777
Arno Oeonhardt ........... 1M1J
George C. Harlan 11.041
B. Kr lever . 11.001
William H. Allen . 11,000
A. Bacharach ............. 10,100
tfamusl Bennett.. 11.100
William Boyle ............ 10.000
Israel W. Durham. 10,000
Dennis Murphy ............ 10.000
O. Rugan Me* ............. »1,H>0
Ao^arentty the return of prosperity
had effect in the life Insurance field
sufficient to permit the carrying of
insurance without considerable In
crease of liens through loans ,and
also to reduce to a normal extent the.
lapsation of premium payments. With
a lares amount of Insurance taken
by new insurants, and, In compari
son with the reeerda for 1107 and
1*01, a decrease of ratio of Insurance
dropped, naturally the com panlee bad
to pay more claims last year.
According to the returns to the In
surance department of the Mats of
New York, where »0 per cent of the
Insurance In force must be accounted
for. there wee an apparent Increase
of about 1*1.000,000 In loans on poli
cies, as compared with Increases of
more than 3M.440.000 In 1»0I, |T«.
447.3*6 In 1*07 and M7,I7I,II< In
1*0«.
In the past three years the appre
1 olatlon of the value of Ilfs Insurance
. policies for ths protection, through
' loans, of commercial credit and the
alleviation of temporary embarrass
ment In minor affairs was a feature
of the bustnees sufficient to require
the cognisance of executives of cem
I panics, who uttered warnings against
allowing ths loan liens to remain un
paid. 11 The records of many of the
companlea have Indicated large repay
ments. but at the cloee of 10*0 the
: outstanding loans on policies amount
ed to $!•*.»•*.t«l for the companies
the treported In New York, reducing
the protection of Ill.llG.tlT.lTI of
ordinary Insurance to |10.71l,4*l,0*6.
According also to ths returns to the
New York Insurance department the
apparent Increase of disbursements
for surrendered, lapsed and purchas
ed policies In 1*0* was *3.66*.05*.
j compared with an Increase of *14,
548.431 In l»0».
BUSINESS CONTRACTION IS
DUE TO SOUND ECONOMIES
Reserve Stores of Capital Being Replenished Instead of Dissipat
ed—Safe Investments Are Demanded.
1 uuw juiy i. — mv
thing that seemed to stand out more
prominently than anything e'.ae in fi
nancial estimation la*: week w as a
frank and unqualified recognition of
the fact that bualneas contraction la In
more or lesa widespread progreaa, and
next to this waa an equally general
realization that such contraction wa*
about the beat thing that could pos
sibly happen.
It la evident now that the beginning
of thla glowing down waa not of recent
date and that it really .-darted In the
fall month* of last year. It haa been
peculiar In this way, that It haa been
Irregularly conducted, experiencing
many fits and starts, and differently
affecting each particular business. Cer
tain UneB In the trade of the coun
try even now are more artlv* than
they have ever been before. Others
are obviously Hnd greatly depressed.
Hut, taking business as a whole, a
plain process of deflation has been at
w >rk for full eight months back.
The letting off of steam has been
carried on quietly and so gradually
that It has made little noise and has
led many people to doubt that any
steam was being let off at all. But,
nevertheless, comparisons of railway
gross earnings, of bank vxohanges. of
plg-lron production and of genera)
trade returns show that business la of
Decidedly smaller volume now than It
was In October, 1909. and that the
course of the shrinkage has been com
paratively slow. ,
Nearly everybody Is spending less
money than he did last year, and ap
preciation of this rest upon general
observation, rather than upon the sta
tistics of the great curtallmen In cer
tain trades, such as In the cotton
manufacturing and woolen industries
Of course, conditions In the case of j
coitop are altogether exceptional. In
oo other department of trade haa the
subsidence been so manifest as In tex
tiles, but It has been genera), never
theless, and, at the expense of repe
tition. it must be again emphasised
that ail this introduction of personal
and corporate economy Is a good thing,
and that Its continuation marks the
shortest route to a resumption of bus- i
lneas proaeprlty on a greater and more
substantial scale than ever.
People are Accumulating Wealth,
Such conditions as these mean, re
duced to their last essence, that the
people of the country, Instead of spend
ing money, are saving it; that wealth
In the country, Instead of being dissi
pated. Is being accumulated, and that
the reserve stores of capital, whether
In the form of cash or manufactured
goods or commodities of any kind, are
being replenished Instead of being
needlessly and extravagantly drawn
upon. What wilt follow after a reason
able period of such a status will be
what has always folowed before In
these great, enterprising and energetic
United States.
First, the huge stores of Idle money
In the banks will begin to be rein
vested In the better class of bonds
and similar securities. People who
have been keeping money there will
be tired of getting but 3 per cent,
interest, or. perhaps, no Interest, and
will begin to acquire high-grade In
vestment*. The buying movement will
spread gradually to stocks, and, In
due time, will afflect commercial and
mercantile affairs. Necessarily, the
normal progress of a recovery Uke this
needs facilities for Its complete and
speedy consummation. On# of theee j
Is that there should be no momentous
crop failure In any Important agrlcul- !
tural product. It la, therefore, gratl- '
fying to know, to begin with, that the
crop prospect this year, ao far as It
has been revealed. Is for large har
vests, and, secondly, that there are
now practically no uncertainties, ex- J
cept those naturally proceeding from 1
the state of business, pure and slm- 1
pie, overhanging the situation.
How long a time it may be neCes- j
sary for business contraction to con- |
tlnue before conditions ars ripe for
another forward impulse Is something
that no one can attempt to tell. A I
popular way of measuring It and one j
that la not at all Illogical is the extent '
of the decline In the stock market |
At present thfe average price of stocks
Is away below that shown at the same
date last yean and it must be said
that many of these stocks are now
quoted at figures which seem to dis
count a good deal of dividend reduc- '
tiou. even if dividend reduction, in g
|riirisi uvct hvi *** »» —
possible.
suffering From Or«rw»lto»*w«.
If pul experience l* any guide to
whet Ik likely to take place, the Amer
ican purchase* of foreign luxuriee and
other material* in foreign countries
which increased *o rapidly In the last
twelve month* will. In the near future,
decrease with the same rapidity. The
truth la that during last year the
whole country wae under something
of an illusion a* to the probable state
of buetnese development through lSlo.
The idea became broadcast that l»lo
was to be a banner year in the coun
try's Industrial history, and specula
tive buying of everything waa rife in
expectancy of this event. The Indica
tions are that the present year will
still be an excellent one. Judged hy
usual standards. Anticipations con
cerning It were, however, excessh *,
and the country Is now paying some
thing of a penalty for Its overenthusl
asm. Striking a balance, let It be ob
served that a decline running from 2<>
to 40 per cent, a share in the price of
the leading railway and industrial
stocks has Occurred within less than
a year without causing any business
panic, and with few instances that
can lye quoted of Individual financial
stress’.
With reference again to the crop
outlook, the agricultural news of the
week waa chiefly favorable. Dry' and
warm weather, perhaps a little too
dry in the Northwest, held over the
greater portion of the country, and
there was a continuance of rain over
the eastern edge of the cotton belt.
1’p to the present time the promise
is for good crops, not only in our
own country, but in Europe, and it
Is undeniable that the cost of living
question. which has been acutely
raised In recent year*, in foreign lands
as well as in our own. is being more
favorably answered.
Financial matters, too, are assum
ing a stronger shape In every direc
tion. The Bank of England's weekly
statement on Thursday told of hold
ings of bullion by the bank larger
than any In the laat fourteen years,
snd of a general showing better than
at any time at a corresponding date
since 1»04 Here bank reserves go on
mounting up. end the surplus now
stands a ta figure away above the ave
rage for the season. Considering all
this and the large sales of American
bonds lately made In Europe, it Is
not at all unreasonable to expect that
in the fall of the year the crop-mov
ing financial necessities, or a part of
the burden of these, will be relieved
by imports of gold from Europe, as
was formerly.
(From National Monthly.)
An Englishman. a Scotchman, and
an Irishman were one* asking each
other what nationality they would ilka
to be if they ware not what they were.
The Englishman asked the Scotchman
what he would like to be if he was not
a Scotchman. The Scotchman said ha
would like to be an Enellahman. The
Scotchman then asked the Enellahman
what he would Ilka to be It he waa
not an Enellahman, and tha English
man said he would like to be a
Scotchman. Then turning to the Irish
man they eald: "Now, Pat. if you wer»
not an Irishman, what would yoa
be? "Beeorra," said Pat, ’Td be
ashamed."
LIBERTY COCNCII)
HELD MEETING
Liberty Council, No. II, Jr. O. U. A.
M.. held Its annual meeting Wednes
day evening and elected officers for
the ensuing year. More than an hun
dred member# were present at the
meeting and after the election of offi
cers a banquet waa served. Many
lady friends of the Juniors were pres
ent at the feast.
Liberty Council is the banner coun
cil of Virginia, Having a membership
that la greater than any other council.
Alexandria is second and Lynchburg
is third.
Mr, Smith Withdraws.
Mr. Hiram Smith, of Monroa ward,
who several weeks ago announced
himself a candidate for eteetion to
the city Are commission against
Charles Keppler, Thursday afternoon
decided to withdraw from the raoe
entirely, leaving Mr. Keppler a eieSS
Held, -■ —m4