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Rwd "The Sky-Man" In To-day's Virginian CITY EDITION VOL. 1.—No. 217. THE WEATHER—Fair and Warmer Friday. KICHMOND,VA, THFSDAV, OCTOBER 13, 3910. 8 PAGES City MHtoa.i «M State KtUflaa... .1 Caatt By Mall, Oa# Teat. .MM ; MW MS MEJCREISEO Corporation Commission Ad vances Assessment From 25 to 36 Per Cent. MEANS $62,379 MORE FOR STATE TREASURY * I Seven Roads Must Pay Higher Rate, While in Special In stances Others Are Given In dividual Schedules. RIGHT OF APPEAL. •While II U not believe* that ■■I road will contest Ihr ruling of the eoaualaaloa, every roa poor ha a the right of appealing to the elreolt rourt of the etty of Rlehaanad, aad loatag la thla trtbaaal earn take Ita eaae to the aopreaae roort of appeals for fl ail *eetaloa. Worked out In (Trent detail, the j long expected statement by the State j Corporation Commission providing a! flat Increase of 25 per cent. In the j assessment for taxation of the road- j way and track of the standard single- > track railroads of Virginia, and of more than 35 per cent, in that of the double-track roads, has been Is sued, and following this new basis of; taxation, the State collectors a lii turn Into the treasury this year just $36v 419.25 contributed by steam roads alone, representing an Increase of 162,379.7S over the total collection of 1909. Seven roads operating in this State and regarded as standard roads are affected by the general order, while j Several other* are dealt with sepa rately. On the seven "standard" line* the assessment is Increased from i 116,000 a mile on single track to I *20,000, and from $22,000 to $30,000 »a double track. These roads are: Atlantic Coast Line. Chesapeake A Ohio. New York. Philadelphia A Norfolk, i Norfolk A Western. Seaboard Air Line. Washington-Southern. Special Treatment. The "special treatment" which the ! other roads received the schedule set* 1 forth as follows: • Virginian—Increased from .$ 12.000 j a mile to $16,000,.this road being new -and not yet firmly established on a paying basis. Valley Railroad of Virginia—In creased from $7,000 a mile to $5,000 Other branches of the Baltimore & Ohld In this State, none being re garded as standard—Increased to $15,000 a mile; the Winchester a Po-; tomar from $10,000 and the Winches-j ter and Strasburg from $9,000 Louisville A Nashville—Increased from $12,000 to $16,000. Clarksville & North Carolina—In creased from $H,000 a mile to $9,000. | Cumberland Valley A- Martinsburg —-Increased from $1,000 a mile to j *18,000. Danville A Western—-Increased < from *6.000 to $7,000. Delaware, Maryland A Virginia—; Increased from $15,non to $20,000. ; Left at same valuation—Carolina. Cllnchfleld and Ohio, Norfolk and Southern, Virginia and Southwest ern, Franklin and Pltsylvanta. West Point division of Southern. Richmond and Mecklenburg division of South ern. Richmond and Danville division of Southern and Franklin and Pitt sylvania division of Southern. The taxes received by the State, however, on this new basis of valua- I tlon will constitute hut a small amount [ of the total sum which the roads will j he required to pay. as the State rate ! Is only 35 cents on the $100, while i , the county rate averages nearly three l times that figure, being about one j dollar. Consequently the total assessment— ! State and county—will aggregate not th© 1*2.000 increase, but an increase of aom© $260,000 over the collection of 1000, as the commission's assess ments are used not only by State of ficials, but by county collectors as well. ills beet In Virginia. It is shown. In th© statement Issued by th© commission, that the railroad taxes In Vlr*rin!a are relatively higher than in any other State in the Union, though knowledge of this fact was not allowed to deter the commission In making certain sweeping Increases, as practically all the roads operating In this State have shown marked growth and prosperity during the last few years In allowing the assessment of the property of the Richmond, Freder icksburg and Potomac Connection Company, the short line running from the Byrd Street station to Elba—be ing about 1 1-6 long—to remain at the old figure, MI.000, the fapt Is dis closed that it is already rated higher than any other piece of railway prop erty in the world. v The roadbed tax being paid, the railways are then called upon for their equipment taxes, which, however, are rated ''automatically, but which, with the “roadbed tax" give a total prop erty aseeasment this year of 1106,262, M), an Increase of $17,822,804 over the total of last year. This will yield £ total tax of $868,410.86 into the Mat* treasury, or an increase of $62, 111.71. Franchise taxes not dependent upon the new assessment, will amount to $620,800.02 this year, being an In crease of $22,178.87 over the tax of 1000. The total tax from steam roads will therefore be $800,010.28. or $145, '861.16 more than was received by the State last year. In the table printed with this article the new aseeasment Is shown on the property and (or license and fran chise, of canal companies telegraph telephone companies, express steamboat and steamship _ and sleeping, parlor stud dining gtr companies The lAtter own no fe;Mj»pmr In Virginia, hut are licensee - ammnUng to special statutes. ,■> ■ report Is- mads as to electric . under > the taw **■— M. E. CURTIS ENDS LIFE WITH PISTOL AFTER SEPARATION Sixty-Five-Year-Old Suicide Em ulates Predecessor—Made Many Threats. Sending a bullet crashing into his right temple, after he hail paced up arid down an alley four hours threaten- j lng suicide because of domestic trou bles. M. E. Curtis, 65 years old, of 1417 Hull street. South Richmond, fell to the ground at Fourteenth and Hull j streets in a dying condition. He was hurried to the City Home by Amliu- j lance Surgeon Harshbarger and every effort was made to extract the bullet and save his life Surgeons at the home, however, say the old man has no chance to recover. Curtis, who was a painter, married Mrs. John Moore five years ago, her llrst husband having ended his life by shooting himself In the head. Several I weeks ago Mrs. Curtis left her hus- ] band, according to the police In South i Richmond, and went to the home of her relatives near Twelfth and Hull streets. Her huband is said to have drank heavily during the past several days. Thursday morning he took more ; whiskey, the police say, armed himself with a revolver and went to the alley j at the side of the house where his | wife was staying, mumbling threats j to kill himself at every step. Shortly j after noon he mustered sufficient cour- j age to place the revolver to his temple ; and fire the fatal hall. Asked what was the cause of the i aged man’s attempt at self-destruction, ; police of the Southslde said. "Whiskey i and love." i REVOLT EXPECTED ! ON “FERRER BAY” Spanish Srddiors Held in Keadi-i ness to Suppress liemonstra- j lion—None Given Leave FERREll DAT. FViArlw* Ffrrrr, now re*«rri«1 • u a martyr to fbe csaae of Kfr publleaalsm sad Socialism was • hoi la death a year a<» to-day la the Mareeloaa fortress by a Irtu saaad of Apaalab soldiers. Ha had bees eoarleted by eosrt marttal oa the eharas of beta* the rtas leader la the bloody Baeeotoaa wp rials* la the saa aor of iaaa. Ferrer eras the director of the Blotters sehool of Barcelona, aad hla leecblngs toward Hepablleaa laas were regarded aa aaarehlstic by the hpaafah (nteraaeat. He fled after the sydalaa aad waa arrested la hla boats at Hoagat where he wda llelmg la a rare safer bis dwelling. He was rushed to Barpelooo aad despite threats oa the part of the lle pablleaaa were eoart-auirtlaled aad ahot. Ferrer begsa life aa a railway laborer, but la some uahaona way became wealthy. He waa arrested for complicity la the at tempt ta aaaaaalaate King II fnnso by bomba oa bis wedding day, bat waa aegultted. MADRID, via Hendaye, France. Oct. j 13.—Ferrer (lay found Spain an arm-j ed l amp, with every soldier in the i empire tinder armt Alfonso, confl- | dent, in the loyalty of hie armj. was prepared to crush any attempted in- ’ rurreotlon wltn af. iron hand. Fnder direction of Frenilor Canale jas, everj* reservist had been summon ed to the colors and every large city , in Spain was occupied by immense numbers of soldiers. Barcelona, the hotbed of sedltton * and the spot where Dr. Ferrer was shot by the troops on October 13 last year. Is under martial law. King Alfonso has announced that ; In event of an uprising he is confident j he can count upon the army to sup port him. He will take personal com mand of the situation and lead his soldiers in any fighting that may he necessary. The king's reckless per sonal courage during the Barcelona outbreaks last year had much to do with Quelling the outbreak. Leaves of absencs to officers and privates have been suspended ror seven days, and all troops not on duty are being kept In barracks, so that they may be rushed to the point of any trouble at a moment s notice. Consulate Optimistic. NEW TOKK. Got. 13.—-"I do not think there will be ft-revolution in Spain. The army and navy are loyal to the king. Resides, Spain has al ready had her experience as a re public, and she did not like it," to day declared Emilio Pexelra, Spanish consul-general to New York, who had received letters threatening to blow j up the commute on the anniversary i of the execution of Ferrer. “I had Intended to keep my office closed to-day,” said Pereira, "because of the many threatening letters 1 have received, but the .Spanish steamer Anltpnto Lopez has arrived, and 1 am thus forced to go to the office to •dear* her. I am afraid there will be some trouble, and 1 will shoot the man who touches me to-day.” The consul-general carried a Mg revolver In hla breast pocket when he left his apartments for the consulate this morning. BODY OF YOUNG WOMAN FOUND FLOATING IN CREEK COALOATE, OKLA.7 Oct. 3.—The whole countryside is aroused to-day over the fluking late yesterday of the headless and nude body of an un known white Rir! floating in a creek near here. The head had been smoothly severed at the base of the neck and one foot had been cut off. LATEST CKMSUS KKil KKS. WASHIAGTOM, D. C„ Oct. IS. The Cessna office !»-<•» announc ed the ISIS enumeration of the following cities with ehnngaa since UMi Hamilton. Ohio. SS^TS, Us DECLARES LAWS ARE JMTIOUATED Weights and Measures Are Not Being Tested in Many Counties RICHARDSON WILLING TO REVISE STATUTE Says Fees Should Bo Paid from Treasury and Xot by Merchants. Judges Fail to Find Men Who Will Serve. Because the laws governing the sub ject are confused and antiquated and the remuneration insufficient to as sure proper and intelligent execution Col. John I). Richardson, register of the State land office, has ascertained, after investigation, that many of the weights and measures throughout Vir ginia are not being tested, as the cir cuit court judges are unable to And anyone willing to examine them. According to the statutes, all the weights and measures are to be tested every two years. The circuit judge of every county and city names the examiner, who is required to test every weight or measure upon the demand of the merchant or atorekeener Colonel Richardson Is Informed, however, that because the examiner Is allowed only five cents for each test and as he Is allowed no traveling ex penses, the judges In a number of eountles have been unable to find anyone who will serve. They have notified the register, asking for further Instruction, but Colonel Richardson can give none, as there is nothing fur ther to be done. "The trouble Is all In the law.” de clared the colonel Thursday morning. "The oounty should pay the examiner, as his service Is In the nature of a public service, everyone in the county benefiting by it. I'nrrsMmsble Demand. "It Is unreasonable to expect the merchants to demand an examination j of their weights and measures when they will have to pay for such ex amination. even though the price be •mnil. and on the other hand it is un reasonable to expect an examiner to travel across the county at consider able expense to hlmaelf to examine weights when the total fees would amount to no more than SO cents. "A good man cannot give his time to such work, and only a good man , is wanted. The result is that many, of the w eights and measures are not f being looked after. — "The law is old and antiquated. Some of .Its provisions were passed in the early fortlea and have been al- I lowed to remain In force until now 1 great confusion results. If I am alive! w hen the next session of the legiala- j ture is called. I propose to draw a new law and ask that It be passed im mediately. "This law will do away with all conflicts and misunderstandings A ; merchant, as he knows that he will be compelled to pay for a test, will i hesitate before asking the examiner to visit his store or factory. 1 will j do away with al! this. The exam 1-l ners will be placed upon salary, or will receive fees from the county treasury according to the number of tests made. By such an arrangement we will be able to get good men. and thpy "■ HI do their, work much better, and the result will be a saving all over j the State. I do not mean to say for an instant that our merchants are dishonest, for they are not. but dis crepancies are liable to creep In. settles come out of adjustment, and unless they are constantly tested and checked up no one can be absolutely , sure that they are accurate.” -— Abandon Winter Cruise. WASHINGTON. L>. C.. Oct. 13.—As! a result of the cholera situation in : Mediterranean ports, it was decided j by the navy department to-day to I abandon the proposed winter cruis*’ "f *he Atlantic battleship fleet to the Mediterranean. A definite itinerary for the fleet has not yet been deoldsd upon, but It is at this time proposed that the fleet shall visit French and English ports on the English chan nel. Strike la I. C. Sheas. PADUCAH. KV, Oct I?—The e tire force of the Illinois Central sho here walked out to-day In sympatl With the striking car men. More thi 1.000 men are out. ASK POSTPONEMENT OF TUBERCULIN TEST Senator Hartyi and Hr. Carlin Intercede in Behalf of Vir ginia Dairymen. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 13.— TTnltcd States Senator Thomas W. Martin and Representative C. C. Car lin. of Virginia, to-day called at the oMleo of Health Officer.Woodward to ask a postponement of the tuberculin test requirement until the -Virginia Legislature meets and can make some provision for reimbursing farm ers for condemned cattle. The fight against the health depart ment order was taken by Senator Martin and Representative Carlin fol lowing a secret meeting, when offi cers of the Producers' Association. Senator Martin, W. D. Saunders, dairy and food commissioner of Virginia and representatives of the Washing ton dealers’ organisation discussed the situation. It Is believed the district commis sioners will be asked to make a ruling on the legality of the health officers' tuberculin test order. If the postponement Is granted. It Is believed that the milk question will be settled so far as Virginia Is con cerned, as the Legislature IM expeoted to appropriate enough funds at its next session to reimburse fxraen COLONEL BEARDS UOIJJS DEH Roosevelt Takes a Fling at “Uncle Joe” in Whilom Czar's Realm CAR GR1PMAN ANGERS HIM BY INTERRUPTION “Even iu Danville You Have Some People Who Haven't Any Sense” Hunter Says—Also Yells “Get Out of Here”. DANVILLE. ILLS.. Oct. lS.—With a final slap at the ‘'Jack potters" <>f Illi nois before an audience of the towns people of "Uncle Joe" Cannot., Colo nel Theodore Roosevelt left here to day for his campaign to assist Senator Albert J. Hevertdge, of Indiana. Some two thousand people were gathered In the Main street of Dan ville as the colonel's train pulled In. He Immediately began his usu.U anti corruption speech. Juat as be warmed up to his sub ject a clanging street car pulled right through the center of the. crowd. The colonel shouted: “Get out of there! Thai's an out rage : •• Yaal Evan Thaea. The car was brought to a stop in the marked: “Even in Danville you have some people who haven’t any sense.” The crowd took this tor a sly jab at "Uncle Joe" and cheered. "No man who is crooked can serve the American people to their advant age. ” continued the colonel. "The thing that la most essential in public life is to demand of our public men the same honesty that our decent busi ness men do. I don’t know if you have any legislators In this place who were among the 'Jack potters.' If you have, drive them out of office, if you do not, it Is your disgrace that you keep them. It make* no difference whether they are Democrats or Republicans. It makes no difference who your senator is. He must be elected honestly." Senator Beveridge and members of the Indiana Republican committee met the colonel here. THEODORE SPEAKS FOR BEVERIDGE Colonel Tells Indianans They Should Re-Elect Senator Who Stands for Honesty. COVINGTON, October 13.—With a ringing endorsement of the tariff stand taken by Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to-day opened his campaign for Beveridge before an audience or 1,000 Covington townspeople. The colonel discussed the tariff, declaring tt his conviction that the American people are, by a vast majority, in favor of a protective tariff equalizing the cost of produc tion here and abroad. He cited as the proper method of securing the exact measure of protection and the tariff commission scheme which Senator Beverfdge has advocated. "Those that follow Senator Bever idge.” he declared, "are bound that the difference in the cost of produc tion shall be honestly ascertain and the results thus ascertained- honestly used In framing an honest law. "The difference, cannot be ascer tained by dickering or log-rolling among the special interests who are affected by the tariff. It must be found by a commission of competent experts examining each individual schedule of the tariff by itself apart from the hundreds of otner schedules and UKt Interests affected by those ither schedules. Senator Beveridge stands for those principles of honesty that mean so much in public life to Uay. If you defeat Senator Beveridge you defeat a man that stands for what Is decent in our g, vernment.” The colonel declared that the State of Indiana, which gave its men so freely lo the great struggle of the Civil war, should now rally to the de fense of public honesty in the great struggle for political purity which he said now confronts the nation and which he claimed was as great a crisis as the Civil war. Beveridge you cannot explain it to the people of the country. ’• said the "Don’t forget that if Indiana beats Colonel. Beveridge stood on the rear plat form with the Colonel throughout the speech, and when the train pulled out he was given a rousing cheer. uoiiir cifucer. VEEDERSBURG, IND., Oct. 13 — Three thousand people turned out here to hear Colonel Theodore Roose velt ask Indiana to send Senator Al bert J. B&vertdge back to the Senate of the United States. The crowd was Interested and atenttve, but by no means ovsr-enthusiaaUe. “I like a game fighter for the right," said the Colonel, "and that If why I am here to speak for Senetol Albert J. Beveridge. If yon really believe thjit a public man ought to tight for the public good, you will send Beveridge back to the United States Senate. If Indiana votee against Bev eridge. It will be understood as pun ishing a man who strove to bring his party abreast of the progressive sentiment of his State." Sanguine of Success. . LAFAYETTE. IND., Oct 13.— touting to twsnty thousand enthust ta from the balustrade of the bal my of the Lincoln Chib to-day, Uol. leodore Roosevelt declared that he td no. doubt of the success of the mpaign of Senejor Beveridge. His A Tariff Talk. C RAWFOR DS VILLE, IND., Oct 13.—Fully 8.000 people crowded the campus of Wabash College to heat Colonel Roosevelt speak for Senator Beveridge to-day. Tbo Colonel de livered his usual tariff commission talk and called on Indiana to lead the country In the fight for progress by Bending Beveridge back to the Senate. CALISH PREACHES ON ! “THE SOUL’S JUBILEE” j Distinguished Jewish Rabbi, on Sermon on Atonement Day, Defines Freedom, and Declares That American Gov ernment Owes Progress to Hebraic Con ceptions of Law. j That the progress of civilization, i and especially that of the American j republic, is in thorough accord with' the proclamations of freedom sounded | by the heroic priests of Israel with i trumpet blasts, was the declaration j of Rabbi K. X. t'alisch in bis sermon j Thursday morning at Beth Ahabah synagogue in commemoration of Yom Kipjjur, or the Da y of'Atonement the holiest of all holy days In the Jewish calendar. “All attempts to throw off mon archical forms of government have been founded on those proclama i Rons." he declared. “America is a world power to-day. not because of its riches and buuniess resources, but because of the Ideals for which it stands, atid its thought for justice and Nit' ■ The.se ideals are based on the hebraic conception of government, which requires that an act shall be morally right rather than technically : legal and constitutional.’' What freedom I*. Selecting “The Soul’s Job:!*. as his them*. I>r. t’alisch began bj ask ing, What is freedom'.' It is not the absence of law and restraint, as many think, perhaps, he said. People are free, he insisted, when they control their appetites and desires and not tv-hep they surfeit them. “The newspapers," he went on. ; “have been recently full of the over throw of the monarchy In Portugal and the establishment of a republican form of government, but the republic will not fulfil! its duty unless it pro- j | vides suitable and proper laws for the | restraint ot tin people and the exe | cation of justice. "I-et there be* freedom, hat let it he freedom from things that hear down the earth and encumber the soul, let I th< community ratio r than the indi vidual preserve liberty, for that Is the! principle for which the Jew stands and for which his fathers stood. "Though the football of the world's oppression, let the Jew continue to ex ercise his Influence throughout the world and live up to his law-abiding ; reputation,, keeping the requirements ' ; of ins faith." Cites Dr. Abbott. I>r. t'alisoh read an extract fiotn an' article by Dr. I.vnian Abbott, editor of the Outlook, in which the writer clearly set forth that the American govern ment of to-day owes its progress and existence to the Hebraic system on which It is moulded I >r. t 'allach closed by urging those: members of bis flock who had erred or gone astray during the past year to tome back into their possessions a it'd faith. Services began- at 10 A. M., follow ing the opening services Wednesday ■ at 0 P. M. They will be brought to an end at ti P. M. Thursday evening. During the twenty-four" hours devoted to spiritual communion no food is eaten. Thursday afternoon Dr. Calisch i preached on "The Soul's Immortality" 1 in hjs usual eloquent and forceful style, j DECLARE STREETS FULJJF HOLES Residents in Southwest End of ('lav Ward Demand Im mediate Action. POOLS SUBMERGE ROADS Petition to Street Committee De clares Condition of -Thorough fans Alenaine to Health. Declaring that radically all of the street* In the neighborhood of William ! Byrd Park are In such deplorable oon j dition a* to be a constant menace to ! those w ho must traverse them, several scores of property owners on Beverly and other streets in the section con cerned have forwarded an urgent pe tition to the Council Committee on Streets asking that Immediate steps j be tawen toward grading and gr&vel 1 ing the roadways. Contracts for the work have already i been let. but the actual work has been i delayed. The petitioners claim their : interests have been persistently neg ; lected. and they now demand a rcme l dy. They agree to waive all claims i for damages resultant from the grad ing and graveling, provided the work be started at once. Going Into details as to the condi tion of the thoroughfares, the petition declares that Beverly street from Ran dolph street westward 1* a mass of | holes, and rain washed gullies, which ' make the passage of a vehicle fraught ; with danger to Its occupants It is impossible to tell where the sidewalks end and the gullies begin, the peti tion declares, both having been wash ed together into a veritable sea of red clay and niud. Following every rain, the petition declares, a little lake submerges both road and sidewalks at Beverly and Strawberry streeta Temple street from Cary to Canal and Chaffin street | from Meadow to Strawberry' are both i described as being full of holes and i little ditches. Finally the entire area west of i Strawberry street. In Clay Ward, is described as being not much better than a biased trail through an un developed country. In concluding, the petition calls at tention to the tact that William Byrd Park Is frequently crowded with au lomouues iuiu iiuiihv i 11 njiupag particularly on Sunday. Until the roads are improved, every trip taken over them by these pleasure seekers is apt to result In an accident, and a consequent damage Suit agatnet the city. The petition will be considered at | the next meeting of the Street Com mittee. WILL KILL A DOG AND SELL A HOG In This "Wise Constable Purposes Getting Satisfaction for De liftquent Taxes. (.Special to The Hichmond Virginian.) FREDERICKSBURG, VA.. Oct. 18. —The Stafford dog law ia the subject of a great deal of misunderstanding and dispute now. The constitution ality of it will soon be tested in court. Judge J. T. Goo!rick recently Issued an Injunction restraining Constable Taliaferro, of Stafford, from killing one of two dogs belonging to Mr. Sam Barnett, of A quia. . Constable Talia ferro said that he would kill one dog and sell a hog to pay the delinquent taxes on the two. Some claim that the dog is personal property and that one cannot be kill ed undet*-the law, nor can personal property be sold to enforce payment of dog tax. Keeps Goeg S'rokt. CHICAGO, IUU,.Oct>13 — Miss Doro thy Campbell, of Hamilton, Ont., main tained her wonderful game during the playing of the third. round of the wn -national golf ehamplonshlp day and defeated Mrs. Roland r, of WkiMfUa 4 up and Will IS CHIEF misjuooic Congressional Aspirant Take# Sharp Whack at United States Senator. ALL IN HOT FINISH Great Aetivifv in Second District i on Eve of Primary Still Kicking on Pledge. NORFOLK. VA-, October 1».—Sen ator Holland's manager* said to-day that there would be no reply to the i-ard ot \V. A. Young published to-day, which concludes thus With the last two words In big capitals: “It is passing strange that the controlling power of the State machine was among the first upon the scene at the garnering of tht State central committee In Rich mond upon the two occasions when the contest proceedings were being heard. And further, I challenge a denial of the statement that ilr. E. E. Holland, now reoognlsed tn some sec tions of this district as an organisation candidate and In other sections as an anti-organisation candidate was In fre quent conferences within the sacred confines of the room* in Murphy s hotel at Richmond occupied by the Hon. Thomas 3. Martin, CHIEF MA CHINIST.” In to-morrow s election Holland's friends claim he will get enough dele gates to the Suffolk convention to se cure the nomination on the first ballot. Should no candidate be able to get a majority of delegates the Suffolk meeting will be a hot one with the final result In doubt. The fur was still flying to-day. Sen ator Holland following his Norfolk speech last night. In wnlch hs reiterat ed his independence bttt declined to align himself either with or against Fnited States Senator Thomas S. Alar tin and the democratic organization of Virginia as now constituted, left the city early to-day for Princess Anne county, where he spoke during the morning and afternoon. He speaks In Berkley to-night. Alan a. Burrows, one of Senator Holland's managers in Norfolk, said to-day: “If Colonel Holland has the prettiest band wagon, large, comfort able, well furnished with food music and full of food people there should bo no cause for wonderment that lots of people even though they be United States senators should try to fet In it." W hiie Senator Holland's managers all said to-day It was wrong for people to stay out of the primary to-morrow because the pledge is on the ballot they stated most positively that no bal lot upon which the pledge Is scratched will be counted unit that every man who enters the primary is absolutely bound to support the nominee of the convention providing there ts no fraud by which the nomination la secured. "I feel confident of victory and all f need to win tho nomination is for my friends to came out and vote for me in to-morrow's primary." said Con gressman Harry L*. Maynard to-day. "I believe the people know what I have done for the district during the past ten years and with a man whose record they know I feel confident the people will choose this man rather than hi experiment with a man who has not been tried." Illrt SUU Hying. WASHINGTON. r>. C.. Oct 13.— The dally output in excavation of the Panama canal showed an increase of 3.282 cubic yards for September as compared to August, according to a report cabled to-day from the chief engineer * n the Isthmus to the Canal ! Commission. Greater strides were also i made in the laying of concrete with i 1 d9.77 cubic yards for September, against 15t>.553 cubic yards in Au gust. Rev ». T. “enter To flonike. RO ‘ NOTCH. V.\„ Oc*. ' T.~ .• v. Sam uel T “-liter. W h * - *-•••; l) tr? in ferred from th<- Holoon \WieiPst Kp veeps1 Confer* rco to the fnjt more Conference t<- HI 1 the pastor « of Green Memorial church here, will take up bis duties the last 8unday la Octo ber. Mr. Renter comes to All the vacancy ARREST LEADERS OF FRENCH STRIKE Six Men Directing Railroad Tie- Up Taken by Gendarmes Without Trouble PITCHED BATTLE WAS I EXPECTED BY OFFICIALS | . . " ^ fi .Millions of Law Ordered to Shoot ^ Without Hesitation in Case of Trouble——.Xon Strikers Armed. I'AKIS, October 13.—Premier Brlaud i«urd a -tatonwnt tlrts afternoon. In which ho declared that the backbone of the rail, way strike hax bo'ii broken by the military organization of the employe*. Ho declared he be llevcd the striker* would ol)ey the cull to the colon as re servists and would man tlielr own trains. Tin* trains that are moving to-day are manned by soldiers from the engineering corps. 'I VA RIH, October IS.—Six of the chiefs of the .striking railway men were arrested to-day in the oflUoe of "Htimanits," a socialist organ, after.a scene which for a time threatened serloua consequences. Tho men, together with M. J leader of the socialists in the chanc her of deputies, and sixteen sociali»* tic members of the chamber had gath ered In the office and defied arrest, de clarlng they would resist to the last. Premier Brian d ordered the S00 police who had gathered In the vicinity to arrest the labor leaders at all costa. The determined attitude of the police caused the labor men to sur render. The deputies were not ar rested. Ko Hesitation. Premier Brland, who has active command of the situation, nan mediately dispatched word to the po lice not to hesitate. His orders era that the defying socialists and nnlon men shall be arrected, foroe to be used If necessary. It is not known whether the barricaded men are armed. The tie-up of the railway traffic throughout France is becoming oomplete, and it Is prsdicted that not a traia will be running to-night The military engineers are proving incap able of manning the trains. Kven those who know how to run engines are balked, because the strikers have cut all ths telegraph wires and so completely disarranged signals that It lg dangerous to life and limb to attempt to run a train. Armed to Protect Trains. A serious phase of the strike precipitated when an order by the government to-day, allowing all non-striking railway employe# to arm themselves for the protection ef their lives and their trains. As a result, there was an Immediate moTe meul on the part of the strikers to secure weapons, and to-day there am thousands of srmed men on ths streets. The slightest untoward act Is expected to precipitate serious rlofc* lng. State of Siege. A practical state of siege exists throughout Paris and the rest ef France, and military la to bo seen everywhere. Although no Intimation has been given out, it would not bu surprising if the ministry, undsr the domination of Premier Brland, should order martial law proclaimed aad sus pend the constitution. Strike lenders are being arrested by the wholesale, most of the arrests being made by the soldiers, who hava orders from Brland himself to use all the force that la necessary to serve the hundreds of war&nta* that have been issued. The soldiers hard been notified that the ministry will uphold their Actions. Among tha strike leaders already placed under arrest Is President Lemotne, of tha national strike committee of tha trainmen’s syndicate, or union. Other officials of the syndicate are being ar rested wherever found. It la admitted on all Itands that tha situation is critical, and that unlHl the army proves wholly loyal the gov ernment will mart with great difficulty > In carrying out the repressive measures it has adopted for putting dotvn the strike. Very few of the strikers have obeyed the order to Join the colors as reserv ists and thus man their own trains un der orders from the government. 3 The railroad strike now Includes the : five great trunk llnee. the Western, f| Northern, Bastern, Orleans, and Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean, and though not more than !0 per cent, of the em ployees belong to the syndicate, nearly I every man and woman employed has gone out. All the depots In Paris and . in the main depots along the lines of these railroads are in the hands of the ' troops, but they have proven powerless ,■ to prevent the strikers from wrecking engines, demolishing rolling stock SBltyi' wrecking the signal systems. 39 Food Scares. ;.M The food situation in Paris Is b**f§ coming acute. The government Ig®; commander! ng every river boat possie ble and Intends to bring food up tg * Paris on the Seine. The aupply of flour ’t in Paris will last but seven days ... Fresh meats and vegetables are selling * at prohibitive prices. American tourists are being held us 1 all along the lines of the railroads, «ijpl many of them are paying exhortoJtailt-Ji prices for automobiles to carry the*g;J| to seaport towns, from which they m>y:jj embark for America. A number of'.J these automobiles have been attsnlpyjH| ty the strikers. The government is preparing icjj||S pro.-ecut< the y'rlke leaders on thg J charge of rendering every traffic dadlnJ gercus to rife. If convicted, they affi 1 l e sent, need to death or penal sgpiB8| tude for lire. Warrants have been ifia tor all tbtr Instigators s rlke. The mastgis and allied trade* Mw • rdered it general strike, and, tiff.ra leaders declare other trade* tMMt JM low suit to help the ggllrsni giWW»|ifl out. The employ*^