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WHITE IS NAMED
FOR CHIEFJUSTICE
Described as “Most Accom
plished Man on Any
Bench in America”
TAFT HAD FAVORED
JUSTICE HUGHES
Members of Court However
Were Not Pleased With
I d e a—C o m m e r c e
Court Settled On
WASHINGTON. D. C., Doc.
12.—Groat Interest wn taken to
day In tha recorai of the new
Supremo Court members, indica
ted briefly at follows:
EDwaRD DOUGLAS WHITE
(Do.nocrat)—One of the minority
members of the Supreme Court in
the trene-Miseouri and Nortnem
Securities case, which the gov
ernment won.
Delivered minority opinion m
favor of income te* law test case,
lost by the government.
One of the majority that de
cided the Philippine “continu
ation^ follows the flag" oases m
favor of the government.
WILLIS VAN devanter
(Republican! — Participated In
the unanimous decision against
the Standard Oil Company in tne
Eighth Pederal Circuit. This
case is now betore the Supreme
Court.
vusEPH R. LAMAR (Demo
crat)—Prominent member South
ern oar former Supreme Court
justice of Oeorgia. Has never
participated in any case of na
tional importance.
WASHINGTON, IV. 1- 'Hut
President t--day formAliy nominated
Asaociat'- Justice l-.dwnrd i'ougtas
White t<> to- - hh-f jusih o of the l ntted
States, sehulng the name of Justice j
A\ hite amt the following additional
Judicial nominations to tne Semite for
i ontirmatlon
Judge "tills Van La venur. now j
United Stales circuit judg" In the
eighth circuit, t ’ to- associate Justice
-if the Supreme Court.
Judg Joseph ISueker Uintar, for
mer associate justice -d til- -supreme
Court of Georgia, I- ruling m* int er -
the Southern bar, to be associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the Und
id Stales.
The following to be the five mem- j
t„ r* of tin ( i>mrncr. e Court
Martin A. Knapp, now cuatrin n of
the Interstate Common. Con, -Sop.
Hubert W. ArehhaJd now l nit- d •
State* district judg- for the middle .
district of Pennsy lvania.
William 11. Hunt, now tudgi the
Court of Customs Appeals.
John Km melt Garland now l fitted
States district Judge of tile district of
South I'akota.
Julian W. Mack, now Judge of th»
appellate court of the Kirst Illinois
district.
The following nominations of new
members of the Interstate Comtnorei
( ommtsslon or.c t • su. ■ fed Knapp
and another to lake the place of Com
missioner Cockrell. whose term ex- 1
pires on iH-cembor ■ 1.
llalthnier H. Mever. of Wo -nsin.
economist and former member ,,f the
Wisconsin Hallway Commission.
C. McChord. of Kentucky, now
president of the National Association
of Katlroud Commissioners and no in
her of the Gentuckj Hallroad I’otn
misslon.
The assignments of the commerce
court Judges are as follows:
Knapp, assign'd to second cir< uit,
as United St&tc* circuit judge, and
assigned t«» the commerce court for
(Continued on Fourth Page j
QUIT THEIR JOB
STRCCTtmii I Ml-UlYKS UEIiAY
OPER.VTIONS ON XKW I*OST
OI HCK IlllMMNG.
Work on tht* structural iron lion
of the new poatntflcn building has been
hold up since last Friday pending the
"adjustment of matters" between Con
tractor A. Hansen and General Oon
"STaetor J. llenr yMlller. It Is stated.
Mr. Hansen, whose home Is In I’hil
adelphia. Is said to have left ltlch
mond for the Quaker city last Wed
nesday and from that place went to
Haltlmore to confer with the general
iH-ntratcor. His workmen, some lif
teen or more structural Iron men. quit
their job Friday at noon because the
men In charge of the other part of
the work were not willing to stand
sponsor for their pay. It Is said.
Superintendent Elgin, who repre
sents the Italtlmore company In the
work here, said Monday afternoon that
he had reason to believe that the
matter would be adjusted shortly.
Meanwhile, he said, some little work
on the iron section of the building
was being done under hls direction, so
«s not to interfere with the corner -
gone program arranged- forjnext Sat
urday.
At the office of Contractor Hansen
ut Eighth and Franklin streets It was
stated Monday that he was out of
the city and there was no one on hand
to speak for him In connection with
the Federal building Job.
FAITHFUL N. & W.
EMPLOYE DEAD
ROANOKE. VA„ December 12.—
Wiliam R. Ldgon, forty-two years with
the Norfolk and Western as Engineer
and' road foreman of engines, died
here to-day at home of hls brother
in-law, Thomaa Jones, aged sixty-four
years. He was born Ul Amherst coun
ty and wa sa Confederate veteran, a
member of ths Wharton Camp of East
Radford. The body wilj be taken to
Radford for interment.
NEW CHIEF JUSTICE j
APPRECIATES HONOR
8AYS APPOINTMENT CAME TO
HIM WITHOUT HIS KNOW
LEDGE OR SOLICITATION.
WASHINGTON, I». < \, I >e< . 12 —
Chief Justice White Oils aftcrn<H*n is
sued the following statement:
‘‘Tin; president and Senate have
indeed honored me, the one by
non inatlng m< and the other by
confirming in*, without reference,
as < hlef Just ire that is to preside
ovi'f the sessions of the court and
If* he its spokesman in matters
of udminlstratton.
,,T am deeply grateful, not only
to the president and the Semite
for the confidence thus r* posed In
me, hut also to all those, whether
law >>r or layman and whether in
puhJie or ’private life, who with*
out solicitation or knowledge mi
my part may have recommended
or .suggested that nomination.
“Human nature would be want
ing If a sens*? of personal gratifi
cation was not f**!t at the indica
tion thus afforded of the belief
entertained by the president, the
Senate and others, that during the
mai > years I have taken part in
the work of the court then has
been at least honest and painstak
ing effort to do my duty towards
the* country.
“« »; course, with the sense of p* r
noivai gratification at the honor
whl *n tie- sei« * lion Implies comes
tie* oonsiousness that new and In
creased administratlvi* duties and
executive responsibilities will fol
low. and I pray that Ihvtre Provi
dence may give inc the strength
not unworthily t«* p* rform them,
“h'ear ns to p*>sblnle rons**
nue-ues t.*> result from my defi
cient hs is. h«»wever, at om •• die
pH led at th*‘ knowledge l shall,
after all, continue to be a mein Per
of roe court, simply sharing its
burdens with my brethren, whose
supt.titling influence and guUdmg
spirit whl tv « v* r mine In the tu
iur- ns It has always been in the
past.’*
MR. CHaNMNG MOORE
NEW ION DIES lo-DAV
«Sp< viai I-* Th»- iiicinrio; ,1 Virginian..*
ROANOKE, YA., I n o. K.—rhannlng
.M n-r^ Newton eli«*u It- r*- to-day filter
i a briot illness, -. jc-•«.! SO y;irs. < 'aus«* of
iloitli was pneumonia. Ht was a j«ou
• f \h late Bishop Newton, “f HSeh
mojui, a ml Is survived l-y his wife, who
was A? is Margaret Watson, of Pulaski.
A* to;.g hit* brothers ar»* John TV New
t'.nu \ ice-presitp fit and .general man
> i?#Cr o." the AArgttUa Iron. Coal ami
< oico Comjxtfty; I>r. MeOuIre Nt w ton.
; <*f Hi« imionil. and Byrd New t .n, of
’ Pula •*.»). The body will he taken to
1 Hiehtr.ofid for interment.
JOHN C. WILLIAMS
ANSWLHS summons
VI.T1I1W IUS1M1SS MW <>l
RICIIMONO l> Till; VICTIM
til l*MT MoM
j >lr. John C Williams, senior nnni
| her of the firm John «Williams
,\ Company, stoi k broker* ami insur
ance. died shortly af ter »! o'clock Mon
day morning a: his homo, '.’•'i* West
Gram street, In tli ■ seventy-ninth
year -i his ug< . Although death was
ascribed to pneumonia, ho had heeii
; an invalid lor several years, and dur
ing that tlnu suffered irom rheumu
• ti-m to sm h an extent that he rarely
left his room. lie was at He ken with
, pneumonia about a week ago
j Born in I'luvanna county, .Mr. Wil
| llama runic to Kiehmnnd in Isis and
j halt since made this city his home.
| Aside from hi* business interests, he
| took a very active part in Baptist
j affairs. Inning scried for a. number of
! years as treasurer of the foreign mis
sion board. On account of ill health
he was compelled to give up this po
sition four years ago. lie was a dea
con of the First Baptist ohureh, with
which he was identified for many
l^years. lie was also a trustee of Rich
mond Cullog' As a nn.rk of respect
the Richmond Stock Kxchunge, of
which he was n member, suspended
business Monday.
Mr. Williams leaves a w ife, one son.
Russell and four datighters^Rjjfrs.
H. R- Bollard. Jr.. Mrs. 1‘. E. fiyor.
Mrs. Hugh H. Fnwell, Mrs. Thomas It.
I l.ecklc. All reside in Richmond with
j the exception of Mrs, Reekie, who is
I a resident of Charleston, W. Va.
The funeral will be held at :! F.
M Tuesday from the family residence
with interment in Hollywood.
BOTH SIDES ARE
EXTREMELY ACTIVE
• L\M IIIU H(.'S TREASl'llER'S OF
j h i: throxgh* with fkofle j
lWYIN'U POIJj TAXES.
(Special "in The Richmond Virginian.! I
LYNCHBURG, VA.. Dee. lii.—Thoj
announcement that the recent local I
option election would he contested!
and the possibility of another election
, being held caused a big throng at 1
i the office of the ol*y trensurer to-djy |
I to pay 1910 capiUtlon taxes. .To-1
! morrow is the last < ay and both sides:
are urging voters to get In linen. The
official canvass of last Friday’s local
option election returned was made
to-day showing the result to be S6
majority for the “wots,'’ the same as
the unofficial returns given out Friday
night.
Death of "Faithful Negro,
i The genial black face of .Temple i
j Mileh will be missed from the quar- j
: ters of the railway postofflee. after h.'s i
| twenty years of faithful service there, i
He died Sunday morning at bia home, j
*ll« West Leigh street, leaving a fam- I
11*. '
m .1
TAHMKNY MIL
DtlMMlE
j Flames Confined to Top Floor
by Strenuous Work of
Firemen
CHOKER’S WORKS OF
ART ARE SAVED
I Records of Great Political Or
ganization Safe—Intense
Cold Hampered Flamc
Fighiers
NKW VoRK, December 1J.— His
toric Tamma.iy Mo']. on Fourt -er-th
str- ct. just west of Tmru avenue, was
badly damaged l,v tire early to-day.
1 h or some time the structure was in
grave danger but the nrcnn n by hard
work managed to confine the flames
j to the top ituor.
j Te (dymplc Theatre, which was
| managed for many years by the late
' "Tony" Fastor and which was really
the birthplace of "Refined vaudeville, '
(was damaged by water. The theatre
i is a part of the original structure of
Tammany I fall, hut l: separated from
the other by a new fire-wall and to
this is duo the fact that the firemen
' were able to control the blaze before
1 it swept the block.
Intense cold weather and snow cov
ered street* interfered with the fire
men Betting to the scene and threa
alarms were turned in by t'htet
Froker to get sufficient men to pro
tect the ancient Academy of Music,
which is in the same block. Chief
Froker. who was on the scene within
lUr minutes after the tire was dis
covered, personally carried out the Mb
pictures of his uncle, Richard Froker.
and of John Kelly, former "bosses ’
• •f Tammany, which were In the oi
; bees of te Tammany society.
Tin- fir., started on the third floor
i In the general assembly room. A
j flight watchman and a scrub w oman
Ion duty there tried to put out the tire
! Instead of turning In an alarm, and
this gave the flames opportunity to g-t
strong headway before the firemen
reached the scene- Hurried calls were
i sent out for Thomas K Smith, secre
i tary of Tammany, to learn what books
should be saved. The police carried
th- personal furniture of Charles F
Murphy's sanctum into th< street and
put a strong guard over It.
It was said. that the records of
Tammany, which are Invaluable from
i the historic standpoint, were in fire
proof sale and ifre all right
The assembly hall Is used for dances
' and there was a big dance there last
night. Chief Froker said that tn his
gpin'on the tire was caused by a
cigarette carelessly thrown Into a pile
j"f rubbish or a piece of paper thrown
j back of a hot radiator. The entire
t'.p door of the hall Was gutted, but
below stairs the damag- o entirely hv
safer.
The chief estimated the loss at about
! $;n,(.00.
Charms F. Murphy, chief of Tan -
many, was routed from bis bed by a
telephone message that the bail was
af:re. He asked. "Is Chief Froker on
j ih< gr >und?"
Told that he was she Tammany
! b'ader said “Well. 1 giress 1 will wait
and eat my breakfast before I g..
| around."
The budding is in the high pressure
district and to that f,t< t Is due the
, Hoving of most of it
Th'- society of Tammany was organ
ized in 17MC The present building whs
- erected in ’.SHT, when Tammany moved
up-town from Nassau and Franklin
streets, where it bad been located since
Ikli, The Democratic National Con
vention of Isos was held in flic hall
which was burned cut to-day
DR. DE JIIETTE ILL
WITH TYPHOID FEVEH
OTHER CASKS ALSO VMON(.
western state hospital
ATTENDANTS.
STAT'NTON, V.V., Dwomkr 12.—
Dr. J. S. Dejnrnette, superintendent of
the Western State Hospital, has ty
phoid fever and there are case* among:
the attendant* and their families
It is due to some local cause as
jet not discovered l\v the health of
ficers, na the water is pure and no
patient* have it.
PAT POWERS MAY HAVE
JOB IF HE WANTS IT
NEW YORK, I ><v. 12.— Rase ball talk!
In the corridors of the Hotel Victoria
to-day. previous to the convening of
the annual meeting: of the Eastern
le ague, was to th«\ effect that President
Pat Powers could he re-elected In case
he announced Ills candidacy, and that
Edward G. Barrow, manager of the i
Toronto team, would surely succeed
him should Powers carry out his oft - i
repeated Intention of retiring.
Operated en for Appendicitis.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
STACNTON. VA„ Pec. 12.—Miss
Nancy Stokes, daughter of T. D. Stokes,
of Elk Hill. Va., a student at Stuart
Hali. underwent an operation last
night at a hospital here for append!- j
citls. Pr. Stuart McGuire performing,
it. Her parents are here. i
tiivE ni v > r.R mo \ ey f
TO MR. PARUAM DIRECT.
. The Rlehesoed Vlrgtslas Is re
quested hr the management of
the Chrlntman dluuer for the
**uewaleoM of Greater Rlehesoad
to etete that aar ear eoatrihnt
lag ta the dtaaer should avoid
atria* It «a the haya, as they are
not authorised ta reeetre eoalrt
hatleas Mr. Parham soya haal
ueaa asea hare laid hi at that hays
hare heea aettlaa oioaey from
theta for a dtaaer, hat these heya
gee really eeavevt the money late
other rhaaaela, ao that It Is’ aot
prohahle that the hi* dtaaer for
the hoys oa the 34th at 103 X.
Eighth atreal will ever are a geo.
ay of the mummy glrea hays ask
ing for It far a Chrtatauu dtaaer.
HUMS SEEKS ;
BlfllTJL ERROR
Attorney General Appeals Case
ot Accused Primary Judges .
to Supreme Court |
CITES CASE OF WISE
TRIED IN RICHMOND
State's Chief Counsel Also
Quotes Law' Giving Com
monwealth Right ot Appeal,
in Present Instance
Petition lor a writ of error in th.
: c a«r it t J ■ < • judges "■ thi' Sii und < 1 is -
trict primary last August was made
l<> Judgt James Keith,, of the Supreme
' (’(.art .)1 Appeals, Monday by Attor
n.y-C.eiicral Williams.
The utt .rney-general bases the ap
peal on the fact tinti the law a hu h
the Corporation Court .,-idges of Nor
folk and Portsmouth and trio Circuit
Court ot Norfolk county hold invalid
and unconstitutional "as held constl
tutional and sum* lent to punish al-!
j |o«od primary fraud* rs in the Jack- .
soli Wise ease of tan
111 tils petition Judg. Williams cites,
the Jm ksoii Wise ease and calls at
; tention to the court t > It.- action in
that cas« , and also quotes the con*
• htltiitional provision "huh gi\ es tnc|
■ Commonwealth the right to appeal
i tht present case.
| Alter quoting thi title of the act
under which trie Indictm nts against
I th* Second district primary judges
wire drawn, Air. Williams ki>s in nis
petition: "This court has passed on
the question of th- .nstitutionalit;. j
of raid statute, and by its judgment ;
in refusing to grant a writ of i rror
has heal the said law to be constitu
te nai. .Ke,. ease of Jai kson Wise vs.
Commonwealth, which was a petition
to ttils court to grant a writ of error
to the judgment Id the Corporation
j Court ot tin city <■: kichmun.i in a
■ i as* in which the petitioner. Jackson
: Wise, had been com h. i* *1 of a viola
1 tiori of said statuu. and th. point
was directly maoo and urged upon
tills court tnat the said act was un*
< institutional.”
Mr. Williams then quoted th. re
cord of the Jackson Wig.* case, ill
which the Supreme > art sain the d. -
i ision of the t.'orp .ration Court of
kn hni nd was plain right and there
iore the writ ws*ri refused.
i n ••• v »at*-> right to
appeal a case such as tlmt of the a< -
.(■used primary Judg-s having been
raised. Attorney (ft-nt-ral Williams says
in his petition: "The right ot' th. Cnm
, m on wealth to apply for a writ of error
In this case and have th. same re
viewed by this court is clearly set t• -rtli
in section tO.'.J .f Pollard's Code.
« hi' h is us folio ., s:
" 'A writ "I error shall lie ir. a . rinri
inal cas. to the judgment ot a . in nit
court, of the judge thereof, or ■>* a
corporation court, or of a hustings
! court from till .,urt of appeals. It
shall lie in an> such eas< for the a. -
(■used, and if the , use tie for th. viola
tion of law relating to the Stao reve
nue. or f,,r the ( i .lation of law th. r.
■in declared to 1.. unconstitutional, it
shall lie also for the Commonwealth.'
This statute quoted above and ap
pearing as section 405” of Pollard's
Clide was enacted by the (leru no As
sembly of Virginia and approved r>«—
(■ember 10, liio.V
! Ttt O MUWIttlts OF
IflHUER ti AMI Ml.1,1.II.
j ST A N HOPE. N J. I>ee. t.> —Two
members of a powder gang" in the
Hosevllle tunnel on the F ukwir ?<
tlt.n of the I.o kawavuii e'lj-off. be
. tween here and Vndover, w.r. instant
ly killed early to-lay by the premature
j explosion of a blast they were pre
paring The In ■ ,oher member- of the
fang were injured, hui not fatally,
he names of the tnen are not known
The Weather
RICHMOND VA. Dec. 1;.—Forecast
for Richmond ami vielnitj Fair to
night and probably Tuesday coider to
night.
WASHINGTON L>. t\, Dee. U\ —For -
cam for Virginia Fair to-night and
probalily Tuesday, colder to-nlgpi.
WF.ATIIKH CONDITION .a.
Cloudiness prevails in the ti.ilf and
South Atlantic States, and snow h.et
fallen during the past lit hour?, in the
Isikc Region md portions of the cod
dle Atlantic States. In the upper ...is
slsslppl Valley tin barometer is unusu
ally high and a cold wave, with tem
perature as low as * 16 degrees below
zero in Minnesota and Manitoba, is pre
vailing The Indications are that cold
er weather will prevail In this sectiorj
within the next 36 hours.
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AGED MAN BURNED j
IN FIRE IN FULTON,
Flames Break Out Soon After He Retires and He Loses Life j
Engines Respond but Are Unable to
Cross Gillies Creek '
lighting frantically with buckets
while their engines stood under full
steam but Idle some distance off. two
engine companies of the city tire de
partment were forced to witness the
total destruction of three houses in
Fulton Saturday evening. in one of
which an old negro. Isaac Banks, lost
his life.
The tire occurred in that part "t
Fulton known as Newtown. It is In
habited largely by colored people, and
lies across Gillie's Greek, over which
the engines were not able to pass.
All three houses burned like tin
der. The origin of ihe fire is not
known, but It is supposed that a de
fective line s*'t one of the buildings
in flames. As soon ns the fire was
discovered an alarm vvas turned In.
Before the arrival of tile (tty lire de
partment many of the neighbors were
on the scene trying to save some of
the furniture, but everything was
lost.
Beaching the bank of the creek,
the engine** could proceed no farther,
and the burning houses were at such
a distance that the hoses could not be
carried to them The firemen fought
I
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\\ IKK OF PATKNT MKDIOXK HAN
V\\BLE TO WITIIliTA.VD LI’RK
of rooTur.HTs.
PH1KADKKPHIA. PA.. Dec. 12 —
The lure of the footlights has rc-ea.ll
<1 Mrs. James M. Munyon, wife of th»
patent medicine man of this city. Kit
tle more than a year after a ret-on
i <-Hiatlon with her slxty-ono year old
husband, after she had threatened
salt for divorce, she is to resume her
stage career at Atlantic City next Mon
: day. when she will appear with n
: new repertoire of songs. Professor
Munyon declined to discuss the affair*
of his young wife to-day. declaring
the whole affair to be "distasteful" to
I him.
Mrs. Munyon Is twenty-four years
of age and a noted beauty. She Is
I the daughter of a Pennsylvania law
ver, and before her first marriage was
Miss Pauline Neff She had a stage
career during girlhood years, appear
ing in both ‘Charley’s Aunt" and "The
Grand Parade." Her first husband
was a man named Metzgar. of Santa
F>, N M . whom she divorced about
eight ears ago. In 1!*0K she married
Dr. Munyon.
I-HOSPITT'S (,OOI> FOK
HH UMONU-POTOMAC KAIKHOAI*
(Special to The Kiehmond Virginian.)
TAPPA1IANNOCK. VA.. Dec. 12.—
Mr ('banning Ward, of New York,
is here taking the initiative steps
for til- building of a railroad from
Richmond to the Potomac. An en
thusiastic meeting was held here to
day and committees were appointed
for Its promotion. Several meetings
will be held in the counties of King
William, Ksbox and King and Queen
in the next few days and efforts are
already under way to secure a sub
sidy.
FIRE
IN HOME OF
pipe of trash takes kirk and
Ill.AZE CREATES EXCITEMENT.
HIT DAMAGE IS SLK.IIT.
Kirt> which was discovered in the
horn., of Mr. John P. Hranch at No.
1 West Franklin street early Monday
morning caused consideratde exeite
ment. hut was quickly put out by the
tire department before much damage
had been done.
As far as could be learned, the blaze
1 was caused by u match which some
one hild left In the lawment and
which was In some way ignited. In
a few moments a quantity of trash
had taken lire and dense clouds of
'moke poured up Into the house from
: the basement windows.
Chemical engine No. 5 responded to
j the call sent in, but had to exhaust
two tanks of chemicals before the
j tire was smothered. The total loss
j will not ezeeed $50. _
vallantb with buckets. hut practb ai- j
1 ]y nothing could be* dune.
Just before the tir* the negro man, j
who subsequently lost his lit * *. was !
seen t<* e.nt< r on** of the houses. He
had apparently to bed anti knew ;
i nothin* of his danger until it was
too late t«» escape. Every possible .
effort was made t<» rescue him. The J
tire men were unable to enter the j
house, however, without their hose, I
and within a few minutes after their j
arrival the buildings fell In and every- (
| one knew that the old man must be
1 dead.
The ruins smolder* d and smoked all !
night. The fallowing morning a police j
1 officer raked over the charred timbers
and found the remains of the old man.
Fils hotly had been almost complete
ly destroyed, only n few bones re
i main Inc. Thes« were turned over
to his daughter. wh<» lives on Church
Hill. bh* sent for an undertaker
and had them buried immediately,
i One of tlm houses destroyed belong
ed tr» a real estate agon* y. Th*»
! other two belonged to colored women.
Josephine Terry and Henrietta Oar* j
* land. As far as can be learned there j
j was no insurance I
D.5CUS5 PROJECT
TO BOHR CHURCH
MirruomsT ministers i.nixmsi:
MOVH TO PVT t r EDIFICE IN *j
j wtxr END.
! Mr. John E. Briggs. presidi nt of tin ]
•Methodist Stewards' Asso* lallut., ad
dressed the Methodist ministers’ meet
ling .Hormay morning on tin' simyect
jut tin* propi'Seu now **teinooi»l iuuriri
'ill i lie We.-l i-.nn. n nn a Hurt mill in
r.-.nij .ouwiueu m tin s* column.-. n*»i
onei Joiin i'. i.iiiuu ii aim air. 'vv.
• tiaruu i< k also i ji"Ki in invor nt loo
movement.
'J tie ministers heartily endorsed the
plan alia pieuseu mein support.
I tie eoiifti*ft.ilP'11 el .mint y Place
: Metnnuist un.mi will (uriusn Hie tot
atm jiii.tivu, amt tin .nVIie.iir.nt- in.'
Hiititiii'tiii v la rats* tm- reinatuuer.
, .iniiiity i tiurrn win be merge*! into
j tuts new eiiuivh.
The Methouiat nilnUti rs of P.lch
: mutui prea* h at the tin! tunite* Homo
I each month on tm tirst and third
.Sunday afternoon; at the old Solan rs'
Home on the afternoon of ttie ac.utiil
hunaay, and the Horne for incuranles
on the fourth Sunday*
j Tin- appointments for the coming
| y ear are as follows:
< >!d l-aules' Home December. J. H.
Muss; January . H. <P tutor and G.
K. Greene; I- ebrum-y, S. n. Wright anil
.1. N. Latham; Mareh. S. • Hatcher
and II. T Watertield; April. Ernest
Stevens and W. *1. Bureh; May. J. M.
Howlaiul anil H. I’. Halderson; June.
J. T. Sewel and V. W. Bargamin: July.
G. T. Forrester and I >. T. Merritt; Au
gust. W. T. Parker and I. T. Williams;
September. K. H. I-wlng and U. 11.
Potts; October. A. C. Berryman and
.1. N. l-athani: Nnvcmlirr, G. F. Greene
and V. W. Hargurnin.
Appointments for Home lor lm ar
ables— December. I*. F. Merritt; Jan
uary. G. F, Forrester; February, V
W. K&rgamin; March. W. G. Parker.
April. J H. Moss. May. H. C. Pfet.fer:
( June. \V. G. Bureh; July. Ernest Sicv
• ens; August. J. T. Sewell; September.
S Hatcher; October. H. T. Water
lleld; November J. T. Sewell.
Appointments fur Soldiers' Home—
December. E. T. Williams; January.
J. M Rowland; February . E. It. Lov
ling; March, U. H. Potts. April. J. N.
Latham; May, It. T Watertield. June,
O. F. Greene; July. S. O. Wright;
! August. H. P. Halderson, September.
■A. (\ Berryman; October. L. T. Wil
liams. November,j II. C. Pflffcr.
MOVES FOR REVISION
BY PIERCE MEAL
\ WASHINGTON. D. C\, I>ec. 12.—The
effort to pave the way for a sehedule
! by -sofitdule revision of the tariff was
renewe*l to-day by Senator Cummins
(Repu1 dean), of Iowa, when he intro
duced his Joint resolution prohibiting
amendments to tariff bills that are not
german * to the schedule under consid
eration. Notice was given that he
would i peak on the subject to-morrow.
He said several other senators desire
to discuss th> same subject.
Youm . the nevr senator fro mlowa.
gave in ?lee that he would speak Thurs
day on the same topic.
CASH PRIZES FOR THOSE
! WHO FAIL TO GET TRIPS
j .
j
(Special Consolation Awards for All Teachers in Trip Con
test Who Get 150,000 or More Votes
Special consolation prises have been
: provided by The Richmond Virginian
| for the teacher* that <1o not win a
j European trip In the great European
j teacher*’ trip contest. To those teach
! era w ho receive as many as 150,000
votes, but do not win one of the free
Kuropean trip*, The Virginian will add
to the 5 per cent, commission on sub
scriptions turned In enough money to
make up a ea»h prise of >25. This is
; equivalent to a couple of weeks’ sul
iary In our regularly country school in.
the State of Virginia. So If you do
not win one of the European trip*,
you will be amply rewarded for your
efforts. This Is the greatest contest
; of the kind ever conducted by any
paper In Virginia, and It is all free,
only for an effort, so if you have not
entered this contest, enter now. Don’t
get discouraged, don't drop out; you
can win If you will only put forth the
proper effort
Let us again urge the importance
of an early start, for the advantage
j obtained by beginning at once will be
hard to* overcome by your competitor
in the final days of the contest. Get
all your scholars ul friends to aaw*
the coupon! daily. \ our neighbors
1 across the way will lie glad to help
their teachers win one of these In
structive and delightful vacation tours.
The coupons must lie neatly trimmed
i and properly signed. Also please al
ways sign the same name and the
same address, so there will be no con
fusion whatever In rountlng up the
votes. Any votes that^ure not prop
erly filled out and properly trimmed
will be destroyed und not counted by
the Travel Manager.
Subscription l*lan.
The way to pile up the votes and
make them count up quickly is by se
curing subscriptions to The Richmond
Virginian. All cash subscriptions
count as follows:
.1 months . 400
« months . 1,000
» months . 1,600
1 year . 1.800
2 years . 6,000
il years .10,000
AH subscriptions when received will
be verified before they are counted in
the.-great contest. Coupon No. 10 you
will find on another page of to-day's
Issue,
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RELIEF COES TO
STEIMERMPII
Believed That Passengers
Now Being Rescued From
Perilous Plight
SHIP ON ROCKS
ON ALASKAN COA!
Wireless Worked Poorly
Complete Details Are Not
Known—Prominent Peo
ple on Craft.
V.vl.DEZ. ALASKA. Deo. 12.—TMP
steamers June anil Dora and the Untta^f s
Staten government launch Fort U#4 ■'
cum were expected to reach tho wradB W|
of tho Alaska Steamship Company'll
steamer Olympia shortly before • Am
M. to-day and nre believed to be tak<
lug off tn« fifty-two passengers an<]
crow. The passengers will be brought
here. 'i.vUf
The i Mympla s wireless was put
of commission before noon ,vester
and up to the time of this moral®
dispatch no word had been roost*
from those on board, who Include Units
e<l District Judge Cushman, of
Third district of Alaska, and his
t'niter! States District Attorney 1
or, and all the attaches of the court.'
In Fifty-Mils Gals.
Tie Olympia left Cordova SatU
night for Valdex and Seward in a 1
mil. gale. Karh Sunday mo
\\ ireDss operator Hayes sent
distress message asking for inf
help ami saying the vessel had
ashore off Rllgh Island and threat'
to break up. I'ntil 10 A. M. Stl
Hayes continued to send report* '
Olympia's peril and continually pl*a
for he!p
His messages indicated that th* !
was h* mg gTound to pieces on the l
and that unless help arrived quickly 1
crew and passengers would
Hayes' wireless apparatus wo
poorly and he failed to explain
cause of the wreck before communti
tion ceased.
The belief here is that the Olymj
machinery broke down during the
| and the wind drove her. helpless, on l
i rocks.
The lust message from Hayes ys
;r>-tid: "Heavy seas breaking over
( Position most perilous. All on dock."
The operators here were unable
' determine front Hayes' dlsoohr' 4
| messages whether the IlfdMtaW
i been launched, if an effort «M
j to do this. It Is considered that
: the heavy sea running many must 1
I been drowned.
A number of light craft have put (
! from here in the hope of picking up l
I ltfebo»‘.:» that may be drifting.
GONIRXCTOR HOI
THREHJEKS SI
DK( I1K M IL. LI'IMLH WC
ON U STREET OR 6E1'
DIMtUEI.
APPROPRIATION IS SI
I'nless ho Is allowed to coa
the improvements on Q street
authorized by the engineer’*
mwit to begin the work lmm«d
[Contractor Kellam has Intimated
' ho will sue the city for $1,109,
[amount claimed t*y him on bis
j Inal contract.
Mr. Kellam was doing the
' when the city engineer’s office
fled him that the appropriation
been exhausted. The work
dispute which led from it result
' the Klchards-Todd controversy .
{which the council Investigating <
> mitteu w ill formulate its report
, nesday night.
I Contractor Kellam declares
he submitted his bid for the work.?
, totat improvement# could nev
I done, he said, for less than I
i and as no mention -vas made
I contract awarded to him
' total expenditure would be only ||
: he had no idea that the cont
; to be a small one. IJe had 'd
j on the larger contract and uad :
j faith submitted his estimate*.
I full contract he declare* he win
| fulllll or know the reason
i has already consulted hi*
j and unless he Is given auf
I complete the work and
| payment lie is prepared to
j matter directly before the cotl
City Engineer Bolling
Kellam knew that the cont
small one as the appropr
i only 1-50, No reference to
ever, was found In the cont
the city engineer produced,
tract merely stipulated hoar
was to he done, when begun i
pleted and that the oont
to receive 39 9-10 cents fot {
cubic yard of earth moved.
At the time that the cont
awarded the, o4ty was..
25 cents and 30 cent* for
but the larger figure waus
account of the difficulty of
The contract was nbt
the city engineer
given to Mr. Kellam
was lower than those
the other competing cont
four or five other contrsc
bids for the work.
In connection with the
the council Investigating
Wednesday night It Is mom I
able that an agreement
ed with reference to
Introduced by Coul
which provide* for
Assistant Engineer
from Mr. Bell tug’s
the office of Building la
I To compensate him ft
I Mr. Jones the city
given several additional
is Intended to
on Mr. Back’s