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TRIPS ABROAD FOR TEACHERS WATCH THE VIRGINIAN 1 ulr of wchmo^ Jte VOL. I.—Xo. 274. /" THE WEATHER—Fair nul Cold RI C II M ON D, V A., T I* K ,s I) A V, 1> K < K M IF! I 1 12 PAGES. r ttr miiim .1 CM'. «■•■«» Mlllw_* MM my Hall On Tear. .MUM sam HOUSE TIKES UP PENSION BIEL 'Expects to Dispose of Big Ap propriation ' Measiue in Record Time SENATOR CUMMINS FOR IAKIFF CHANGES Makes Strong Plea for Change in Senate REi.es Providing for Sclkdole-bv-bche dule Amendments WAHHi.vo'J ON. 1>. < . l». : — WI.er. I"' I w.-.k M> *1 •• thir l Wk iip|M. 'lali.-n ■ ■ s..r• t!.• in r.lll—to-my. r w;i-. plain.-J t<> throw ' thr* f* s,. nib aimed ' and uisposc ♦*: .he inva^ur* fn*t as it pushed lir.'OUgh th -it •; tv* the Ifaifiu end r i\ e» h a h'i v r.rb To bills. 1'a* )nii.s.'»n kid as introduced ui' r*f«i 51 ■■ -.'jm*. ' wlii' ii em about $*.000* i gi i* ».t than i.iaji war m tad in UP report presented with the f ill a tva* set forth that tile gov* rriintdH m*i* paid out up to mon- than :«a:r oiaem, beven-ini *» million uui arw> l**r p< n 8)0 i* ' 'l he itgiMaUv* »all \a i 11 'a- t.v n* \t id hit' i iuui.' a:*i»mli«s i" I'-o n tile Poor. Ill |lH* X*liat*‘. The (jaeruon oi i*p*»u»itf a bill t*r the t I't'nuim •» it g* i 111 oe (if i tinn ■ JiiUtii.'.'Uiii vvas t "liM'i"i "i,i at x luft-uiiK »d tne .nimIo u>mumt«f m r inaiuf. of vMimi .^ iiator aiurich t KcpuniK an j. ot uitotii n .tii'i, r hbinimn. a sun* <nimiit**e w* . d* ■ imu upon to tiravv up a ) I. Tile menuit-iH ot that l oiiiLuatvna\«* not beeh upp'O^toil. Tlon is a (Bri’oa trig impre^r-n in Urn .x*mit»* that a hi a t r<at)i<K a larln - nimrn-'o >n vvjp *•■ at ihi4> ssj.-n Moulin alien • i tie r ui« s to p» rmlt revision ot ih< tatitT s heduie by -eheuuie, was siroiiglx advo< at- d in the N nat*» to Mia,. h> Senator <*nm mins < K* publican >. «*i Fova, speaning In support of hi* resolution prohibit* l rig tho **n* rniK ot amendments ' hi* h i» Uol ft* rmam to the .vpiu-itlx sched ule* covered ny tin* measure under • mi dderatb n. As this resolution presages attempt ed revision ot obnoxious tariff sched ules. clop* attention was given fum* mins. All the regular Republican leaders, such as 8*nat’»r* Aldrich, Halt* and Lodge, wi-r* in their wat8. In beginning Senator Cummins re ferred to Senator Hate* declaration that the proposed . h.mg.' was *'r< volu lonnry and drastic.' This h» deni* d. *'l do r.ot prop'»*<• to pre. ipitate a tariff debate." said Cummins. I will not discuss the merit** «»r demerits of flu* tariff act passed in 1'.ope It !« ueii Known that ? m* ot ip provi sions are utterly irui* IT risible. Many people in th* t'nited Suit*-* believe the tariff net should be * haniir ♦ i in man particular* I gav* eloso attention t > the recent political con test, and found u !■*•» ntlrnent i>r#*vail iriK that some » hansres in the present law arc t < high, and that reductions i * "on!ilined on Vlnth I'age ) ARE INVESTIGATING IRE “BOY SCOOTS” IIIAUST TEI.l.S (.RAM) JI RA HI' Jj:it oiu;.\M/. vriuN hi a aisi; IT \V \> IM\<; •ll,l,K(.\l, MEANS NEW YGUK. 1Whin the grand jury to-day look up the inve* Hgatlon "f the ' American liny tin* organization whlrti ■'■ is formed t>y William It. lli'amt .'is u rival to the Boy Scouts of America Hears!. Justice Gerard and Walter K!rur«ii-> w,re examined. Tlearsl said that he had left tha organization. . aupc hts attorneys haiL discover, d that the organization's sorrcltor* were “using Illegal means" to raise money. TTo said that the method was to call influential friend* of his on the phone, td! them that it was Hearst's private office that was tnlklnv rind demand a substantial contribution. .Tnstice Gerard testified thru he had been so called on the Phone and as a result contributed *’.000. T* is was later returned. Kingsley, who r,i> rc.ntcd George M Cohan, the actor, said » demend had been made on Cohan for *1 OOrt f..r the movement, with an Intimation if he did not ' "'ve rrrr" the TTenrvt nepers wontd ntssfl him. Cotmn. according to Kingsley, \va« willinr to give I"CO*• v tort n..t so pinch, and refused. The grand Jury Is slit? Investignting. FIGURES HAVE COLD HEAR! ED SOUND CAUTOKMA HO A HD pi' HEALTH h.vvs coMMb'Ri'Uir vai.m; or UAUIHN IS I.EbS TUAN COST. .SAGKAMHNTO, CAL,.. Dec. 1.1.— Tho commercial value of balder* ia res* than coat, This statement I* contained In a Valletta l»aued by the California (State Board of Health distributed to-day. The document declares that the cost of the average child, from birth to the time It reaches the age of twenty. ,is $4,150, and that the actual com mercial value of the child at the age of twenty 1* only $4,0 00, a net Ion* of $150 on the twenty years' work. It atatea further that the average citizen of thirty ho* a commercial d value of $16,000, made up of $4,000 value and $12,000 earning* between the ages of twenty and thirty, while tils actual cost I* only $10,100. The figure* are based on a report by the State Labor Commissioner showing the net earning capacity of the average citizen of the State of California, capitalized at 6 p«r vent. VERDICT OF "NOT SOIITI" EXPECTED - — ! Closing Arguments in Pro gress in Case of Hattie Le bianc JOHNSON SUMS UP FuK DEFENSE Warn> Jury Against Laying 1 oo much sirens on (uicuinstannal Eviuence «?AMimir><;rc. mass., i 1 Thv* km»v\ if.jgr tj»Mi oiiorv niiiin sh*:> Htit s' kho*\ H mum I.** t<» *►** Ui - uumnu ni triii murder of 1 lareneu t\ ijimi r nr g.. to tin" tueeirie < hair i aus j eu ljn perturnauon lri Madia la- Itlanc, tin 1 r> r»'h-'.anautan girl. lit ami ' heard ii.-mt il imin arraigned and de I farmed in the linal spent nes of upper trig eniiiisei In' day. The long trial has told perceptibly 'Otl all connected with It. hut least of all on the one to tvimm it means the must It i" p.isslhle that, follow itip the .speech oi District Attorney Higgins tins afternoon, Judge Hond will ad ; ; urn n.urt until to-niorrow so that the jury may he freshened hy u night s slpi-p before list. nil.g to his charge. The opinion is sii l generally held that the girl will he iieiiiilUed, Johnson Sums I p. In summing ui> tor the defense, Melvin Johnson, senior counsel, de ign d "The prosecution talks t • you of murder, h it they have nut proved it. Thi murder mui ha ■ n i omtnlt ••-1 l»y anothei. It U ton liecssary that «v say hy whom The defend ant Is led hound h% any theory id •• IIS hut " e point to the » Ireum sian- is and slim ;mi that Mrs. illnur may hit', e committed it. 1 don’t ask "■eu to find this us a fait, hit if you itul that she might have done it. you must net,utt this girl." in eautl'inlng the jury against lay ing too much stress on circumstantial evhb nee. Johnson related the well known story >>i Jonathan liradford. who was arfoatri). tried and sentem ed on purely circumstantial evident •■. It Inter de\eio|>tng that another than he h i* guilty of the murder MOTHER ARREST III POLICE CURT CHIEF OF DETECTIVES CATCHES THIRD OVERCOAT SUSPECT. A -th r nib-g* a « v* n cat thief was a treated In polfc* court Tu«**dav mom ing when li<? a|E|M ^r«*tl to &**<:• what was t » b« duti'- to the two voting loon wh-i j were nrn -ted oti a wlmilar chans/.* in j th»* funii" plact Monday while the court j was lri sea*Jon The man guv* his n.tnio ns Harry Northlntfton. The arrest was made by jt'hif f of Detective* Tlumuis McMahon, who turn* il hit* <-aptlve over t«» a spe cial officer. X • thimjton j« now bak ed up in the First police station and will b« given a hearing be*ore Justice ; Crutch field \N 'dnesday muridiig The two young in* n. Nash and How ell, who were placed in custody More day, v dl be trid Saturdav, a continu ance until that date having boon granted b\ the police justice to allow both shies h• prepare th» ias«-, and it is probable that the charge against X-Tthlt igton will be put off until the same day so that ail three may bo tried under on»* blanket warrant. I >»-tectlv« « Wilt > and Kelhim have bet'J. ussig? ed ?•* hunt down the over coat thieves and to recover stolen prop. #*rty. and s«» w*dl hav*1 th**\ succeeded that the private ofth •• of the chief of defectives looks like a clothing store, the w indows and < hairs being piled high with coats «.nd wrappers waiting f.*r idontltb a lion. Many of the coats u * it taken after the thieves had broken into some house during the night, which raised the crime to o.ne “f the first magnitude, the Jury having power in such cases to inflict the death penalty. OLYMPIA’S PEOPLE IwmSGUEO SIIII* A\l* HOW I Vtit WILL I I'BOVK TOTAL LOSS—CILM-'T NOW liHKAKINti If. VAL.DKZ, ALASKA. DectnUier 13. >.—Although till th<> passengers and ■row of the Alnjtku Steitmiltip Com pany's vessel - Olympia have been res cued, there lx no hope to-day of saving thu vi-ssi-l. which Iii'i, on a reef on Bllgh Island. I’rlnce William Sound, j Tho cargo will ho a total low* as thu j vessel has a !>ig hole hi her hull and ] at last reports was rapidly breaking up. I Tho passengers and most of the crow , have been brought here, several mem | burs of tho c rew remaining on board ! the vessel waiting for her to break up. Several tugs are standing by ready to : take off the sailors. City Employs III. Mr Emmett Hill, foreman of the city tapping force, la very 111 at his home, I SO* Mouth Pine street. Mr. Hill Is I about f.r> years old and for a number I of years has been on of the most cupa j hie rneti employed by the water depart ment. Qurdifiss to Practic*. ^“Attorney James If. Kix qu«llfled to practice law before the Law and Equi ty Court Monday morning. Mr. Rlx is a young lawyer of this city and inlands to prauics talers tta k»«U tato 'i'J f. Scenes at Rio Janeiro Where Marines Are in Revolt FI.SM4TA CRUZ - tf I xl>meA>rcjE. 'To "Rio ee, Janiueo rvrMM «><:•' «. . I I't/vfcsHAi* HiarKHs sa ranaacA >^iraratMT ca* MtAZ.it. Ul<» JAXKIKu, iMHwnl»-r i Tin marines stati'-rud In thi form** <.n t'orhras Island haw- r.-Vultiil and an- reported kiil* ■!. Tin > captured th'dr cltlrcru and sent them to the mainland- The scout ship Kl" Orandi di- Sul juined in tile risirnr, hut the mutinous sailors w <»r« filially subdued by tin ir officers mid ' portion >f tin l«»cal garrison that i'< i« faith: ul, Th** Ktinn of the land ! > *t cries wr-r* truin*<j on th* i*lan<: v h lies ii the h«v of Kin Janeiro. *<ni> a >.h« r! distance ir m the city and njtpns:*-* the tnitritu* arsenal. A h» avy tlr«- wh* din r«-«l a^einst th*- ni dt* anil thi* continued without < ‘ nation for five hours. Then a w hite *'!a^ app* an**, ami it . believed that flu n-P< w*>ro n oh t*. surrender, hdt the *y "n’;, i-.rtkvd for an armistt- • . probably for the purpose of r* moving- the dead and injured. Irk tin- rn» antitm- 1*r«-sklent Fonseca sent e message on the situation to the b« nut**. together with his views. While this was being dismissed by the j.etiate. tl». chamber assembled for th** purpose of considering the situa tion and to await the action of th** senate. WIDESPREAD i REVOLT EXPECTED mohi: Minims uexkrm. thoi - BI.H i:XI*JXTEI) IX BRA/,11. \ KKSKI.T OK VRBITKAKY methods. LIVEIil’i t< >1,, IV, I : —A her. ms and widespread r< v dt will almost in cvttabls hr the culmination "f thi ar liltrarv governmental methods mnv employed in Brazil, if priv an advh v* rec.t\«d to-day by the English agents of larg> Brazilian houses are to be credited. Those ailvi* say that th. naval inutinj of last month ami that whi. !: has just been tiuehed ;tr, merely aympiomatb of the general discontent felt through Brazil over the guern nteiit's methods, and that there are nitre to be re • urno ■ s . , n It out breaks. In Kiel .Janeiro tile' disafteitiott Is said to be |.nrti> ularly manifest, and involves not only the navy but lie army, the loyaltv of which. In th* event of a crisis, is seriously doiihteet by Brazilian merchants • \Ve> hat e suppressed tn-t revolts." | one of to-day's message s read, hut tec ali fear that another and fur more | serious demonstration is being hat< h i ed." GOTHAM EXPECTS “LEAN” CHRISTMAS L\K\ \% AMs STHRKT ( OF II \HI> TlMICS %\l> I IIUU. A H A \ HO A S < I-: Is Fill! ATIO A . NKW YORK.. DAc 13.—Dinmnl i.» - • i fur the worker cair«« from th» whul • Milo market# to*day. Prlrts for Ur* i ChrlRtmii'H dinner, the “tixlm*' ** are to hc wi ll nigh prohibitlv» To*- »# •. <u \ * given ih “lack of stock i’rtces for ali classes of poultry an l [choice eiits of meat are conductinx n altitude contest. The excuse is that j the cohl snap and recent snow storms have paralysed freight transportation ‘ and the farmer can not get stock to market. Kven Wall street U complaining that ti ls will he n “lean" Christmas. The ■ stock market has been *‘v ron« " for th** past six months, with the result that t lie usual Christ man homines to em ploye* will bo badly rut where they do not disappear entirety. Kven the . customary celebration on the door cf ' the exchango 'z to he ubandond. LITTLE ONE LEFT IN BURNING BUILDING Sl’HIN'OF1EI.H, MU.. December 1 I—As a result of a tire that completely i destroyed the Children's Hume here, | Ralph Barnes. 7 years old. Is dead and several others of the forty-three in mates are seriously 111 trom exposure The flcrr.es were discovered when the children were kneeling at prayer In the home chapel. The charred body ; of the Barnes boy. who was confined i In a "Ick ward and had boon forgot | ten by the attendants, who carried j out the other children, was not found until attar the building bad been buraad. , ‘ r v * k I ICCEPTS CULL TO COLLEHJHlIBCa SON OF BISHOP TUCKER TO BE COME RECTOR OF ST PAUL S, CHARLOTTESVILLE. R* \. B#»v*rb v $>. Tv.* k«•: J ■' Buycltur:. Y;i.. h. . u t pUsi »h«* r*«T*<: sl ip of Si. v vhtirch. * \ HU* ;thd w.i; « nler his *l’(t • tiun Hit* «*arly I Unj;i r Thi- ? . ",»» ; -». f T »• •!1 : th" . >!; - - ’ - Southern Hhurrt s Tu',st!a: U< v Mr. T. •. who Is • Bishop Tyti*'!' * s in* i!i«*<•«'?■• ‘ S • H h ♦*rn S'irp'inia. I: - > ■- n in c h. >!'•-:*• - ' »*.,• Parish* s of Si .l.-mos mid St Luh<‘. in M* <-klenVu>\K br thi.lusi i \v<> vo.ir.s. !!<• i* a guoluu* •«?' th« f ni\ - rs!t\ O? Virginia, ha vine ' kon th* d- vr*-* • *t' I ’.a-'h«-!“r **f Art-; »h« r«* ifi ! t*<*J. ! : • r )»* W.'-S a *V -1! .j, (! Oil** o! ’ • ■ : S Rhotb■« schajar T1;* irom Yav a -! after tt.r***- • . • : study • !' v* -rsity of * > \ j • ■ t <1 w on .» *•;? 1 »!• ltih' fro',., th. * i'-stituti«'Ti H- ;«•-* uiruod t*> (hi- <* ■ irv in k>< - At t’harh'tta- V iV- lit »U( * • • • !’)•• chart:" ro<-»-!»tiv ’o;uU* v. • • a t .<» ih ath tif H« v. f i M. M< I . w h » had vhariffo .a . *»- Y M. «’. A v. «.rk m tho rni\'“i>iv f «r «omt* :• i i u»r to I c<-min*.; r« » t*»r *>f St. I "in St. Hauls is ated In « I• • - i ! t x imity it* tii< \ ■ v - - w11\ "van :..d i> luran-!\ ait» n<lt'i‘h\ students . k in stitution. Tin ehur is '\v layii.n pl-o « to build a handsofjM * ditto-. M*-:*'ovhfic it is Wors jiiuuK i' n t»u»P»r.»r :-o - tun E HIS TARIFF UW I t.AIMS < <>\>l Ml ltS Wi lli III I*. Ill SI M 1 II W HI N l*.\\ M tuiiiH ii mi \sini: w \s nit nvx, \S \SI i J \i JT< 'N, I)fOvm''i r "l take nn in ihf cry. 'J' kc th tariff out of politic*.’ " wan t'ti lot,.' ii of faith malic, by J:. pri ■<cnia tlvc Srr.-no K i'eyno i Hi publican i. of Now York. lath, r of tio turilt In" ! ami chiurnuiii of tho houkn commit ■too on ways arid ho'iins, at a fc-ariror ion the tuntT commiiwlon |>ro|>onlilon j bvtftin by the committee to-da' pl.. don't believe we’ll . . .-r y. • a tariff hoard that will be dlslnt. i. -ted or noh-nari isiut." said J’ayro It' impoi.'dbk' The tariff can t )'<■ taken : out of t'lditt*- I’olitics lr- . .* i.tial to tariff making The tariff will !"■ in ' politicH a>s long * Ive." Mr. I uyht: al.-o defend, it nl« tariff j law declarinn: "It la popular fallacy that in th" j making of the last tariff law it wa 11ortnt d l>y trie pt .lucera and tlmt tio ! eonauntar was not considered at all. Tlli* is absolutely faille. The runsurm r. 1 I represe nted •■> the importer me 1 heard and given folly a* muclr • on- 1 tilderation m tIn producer " To-day's hearing waa th. nr.-1 effort of the committee toward tariff com- : mission leg'ialittlon. RepreMirlatlva Hood, the lotva inaurgeta, opened by! outlining hia bill, now before the com mittee. Xonilantion* Sent In. WAHHINOTON. I>et\ 1J.—The l’ri ri de nt to-day nominated To be collector of cuatom- for <lm Dint riel of Milwaukee. %Vi»., <i Kd ward Schul*. .of YVleger.nlii. To be poatmaater U Mucvrua. uiiln, . > Janie* & Uovl* 'r .. _ ; ,n f: _ - :-j <■ ROOSEVELT HAS KOI APOLOGIZED HENCE GOVERNOR-ELECT BALD WIN WILL NOT BE PRESENT AT NEW HAVEN BANQUET TO-NIGHT. new haven, conn.. i>c*. is.— i « r in*r-«*)» ri Simeon K Baldwin, rrr.* r * iii« ' just lo- «*f * *»»nn«*eticiU, uli<> w as characterized by <'olond K< ' <*n th* .slump during the .1 ■ i .■ *.”i - ;t "n-irn^n sWve . ia cXJ.tfhil t** 1»e ( oil. J)H uous - fr»»rn the «'haml*r *»f «'*»n - -n • uiuner I • rv tn-night Colo !.■ ti* . -. • •u is it* I-■ th* guc^t of .' uK-r aial win make th«- principal ad Baldwin has oet.n invited, I na.’- ji.tirnaieti i - liui committee that it cannot ♦ Xpert him Inasmuch s his ih maiids l<»r an apoio^y made • . i. > • -* \ * 11 has not t*»*« n tomplied with. ivv!l he escort' d to this city ia a >Jm • Jal i orumll U*■ «o' the i ham i.i uf rcnmifm* and while here will at the home of t oloiiel I. M. I imiafi. j.r -aotit «»: the «.’hammer■. It is? stated ""fi iHu. iiorlt> that to-night's ?*l to will l>» non -poiuicel In itacnar Hi 11; 1 POSTAL REFORMER OO.viES rOri SE.nATE I \ MI :s L. COWLKs SAYS Hi : WILL ivi c anihdati; Hi roiu: m:w % < )I(K LKlilsLATt UK. W ASMlNiiTi >N. I lec. 13—Postal rcti.rnis. Including an c vtemdun of the p«ll, ,-|* post. is the platform upon which Jam. I.. Cowles, u familiar tig ure about tilt national . upiu.l, to-day aiiii'tuin hi* cundulacv for I nitoil Stales Senator from New York. Cowles has been appearing before i ongres slotiit! committers In h< half of postal reforms I. . several years. In his an ti mnet men: h. tie. hires that the Issue before the people to-day |« the “pub* Ii. n lr. post-office versus the pri vate exploitation railway and express ronipnn.x," and advocates the estab lishment of .me cent postal?* for two otinte Idlers', the use of automobile* in rural mall delivery, anti a general parrels post. Cowles is also for fren trade in raw materials. He is secre i a re.treasurer of the Postal Progress Li ague. DISTANT EARTH QUAKES ORIGIN OF DISTURBANCE APPAR ENTLY OVER 5,000 MILES FROM WASHINGTON. U AHHI.N'inPi IX, l>. C„ Use. 13.—A distant earthquake of moderate Intcn sitv was recorded by the seismographs of ihe Weather Bureau, beginning tit 7:t>2 o'clock this morning, 75th merid ian time The maximum motion oc curred at from 26 to 37 minutes after 7 o'clock Apparently the origin of the disturbance was at a dl dunce from Washington exceeding 5.00Q or 6,6(10 mile*. An accurate estimate of the dis tance cannot be mode owing to the absence In the record of certain char acteristic features. The duration of the entire record exceeded an hour and n quarter and the motion wan chiefly in the iMPWMt ‘ v h t i , ELECTRIC CLOSES FOB FREE BBIOCEj Lighters Report Inability to .Make All of Lamps Burn 1NVESTIGA1 ION MADE BY SLPhRIM ENDEN1 Finds That C indentation Fre quently Fipes—Are In Favor of Incan descents Hecausc the contractor in < harge of such worn ha a toutm it pruciienuy Im possible i ’ k< • !■ ail trie gas lantii.i on ttu* i rw nriuk' burning. it la more tiinn pmi'iim. mitt inn old vapor burners will n- replaced b> fllo tri." InuinurV Hiits us soon as tm- niunt (. tpal plant is m go.*o vvi.rkmg oruer. especially as superintendent " imam Knowles. ■ the city ga^t wofiii. o heartily in fa or oi the change, de claring that with the heat gas and cq u 1 pmen t in tlio world it would in* very nurd to R.-up in- bridge light* ill good I'omiltioii as long as the pipes are exposed and ns long as tho Iced pipe Is what n known a- a cl need line. Kver siinu tin winter opened tho lighters lui\c found trouble "h the P ridge Hollo nights two or three ’ignis would go out, lea, lug one end oi tfie- bridge in total darkness, and many citizens who have been com peiied to cross the river >n toot at late hours ha\e made general com plaint of such conditions They have feared a new reign of hold-up nn*n similar to that w hh li for several years existed on Ma; o's bridge and recall the robbery and murder which was committed just a few ; ears ago, when a workman returning to ilia homo was attacked by footpads near the middle of the bridge, beaten, robbed and thrown over into the wa ter. where his lifeless bod* was re covered the following morning l*o Tlielr ltcst. ft should lu* said, however, that the lighters an doing *heir ntm.'st to keep the lamps In good condition, and the superintendent *.f the gas plant and his entire force are work ing night and day to see that gas of the proper oualitv and necessary quan tity is furnished. tin account of the exposure of the pipes and on a count of the fact that the Hue is closed at the Washington Ward end, preveating circulation, the gas In the Free bridge main frequent ly condenses and the lights arc put out. one of these lights, the lighter* re ported Tuesday morning, they had been aide to do nothing with for nearly six weeks. <one man said he had pumped It out. and blown it out. lie had done everything that could l>e done, h* declared, but without satisfactory results The lamp—the fourth from the Kb hmond end of the bridge—is still dead, and probably cannot tie used again, it is feared until new connei Ilona are made. Every police officer in the city is in structed to report "dead" lights to trio chief's office. These reports are sent to City Inspector Joseph Shelton, who in turn sends them to the contractor whose business It is to cure for the lights. 1’his contractor is paid $13.«f, a tear per light, and attends to over a thousand lamps, having his men light each ope in the evening and put it out in the morning. look* liter Ill-port. A cursory glam-e at tin reports in Inspector Shelton's bittce was mad * Tuesday morning by Superintendent Knowles. No record was seen of dead lights on the fr*e bridge, but a visit then made by the superintendent to the contractor s headquarters revealed the fact that the lighters were con stantly finding trouble, and that they were In despair of ever getting all the lights to burn through the same night. "Lnder existing conditions it will be very hard b> give cmnpteti satisfac tion on tic* bridge." said Superinten dent Knowles. "The gas plant can furnish plenty of gas. but the pipes on the bridge are small, there !« no circu lation in cold weather condensation frequently occurs Then the lamps go out, nml cannot be relighted until they have been pumped out. 1 hop*; the bridge will soon be illuminated by electricity. They arc kind of lights which should have been there alt tho time ’ BIG BATTLE ON NEAR PEDERNALES I.VSfHI.EXTh SAID TO HAVE MADE iieadw i\ ix lu.irr with MEXICAN' TR001*S>. EE PASO. TK A Dee. 13.—A battle between M■■*1. nn Federal troops and insurgents near the town of Peder nales, Chihuahua, has been in pro gress sln< e .Sunday, according to ref ugees arriving from that vicinity to day. The refugee* assert that the insur rectos esiptureil two Federal machine guns at San Andreas and are using them with > ffect in the Pedernales engagement. The losses on both sides , are said to be heavy. — THIS BLACK MAN IS TURNING WHITE CrMKKIil.ANT>. III)., December 13, i—Robert Dwyer, a gigantic negro, but eoMed -i blip k and white.” Is turn ing white b.v the absorption of pig j,., nt* u i jer the skin. He is a coke worker near Connellsvllle. He Is 6 feet 2 Inches tall, weighs 280 pounds, and l.uo lhe strength of two men. Fo« ■overs 1 )u>r> past he has been chang ing his hue. This change has of re j cent years advanced so rapidly ol face and body that now Dwyoy nrg> pasta a patchwork of folpp . DRAW PLANS FOR DISPLAY BUILDING Erection of Structure for Man ufacturers Exhibit Seems Assured PROJECT IS LAUNCHED AT CHAMBER MEETING Speakers Also Boost Urbanna Railroad and Goverment Highway—Detroit Man Denvers Inspiring Talk si fa Suggestive plans are already beta* draw n for a building in which Us* manufacturers of ItUnmond propew t" display their products in accord ltd' , witn tiie scnrme advocated hy. tnv ' hamoer ol tummerce. iiio loans ‘>ui lor a building at 1*-su»t i' ir stones nigh, witn ample poor spio t* to m i'i'mmoaau; every va riety «»i prouuct wnich »ne manufac turt-rs would like to put in It. strung impetus was given the pro ject at mu quarterly meeting of the ' namocr of Commerce, when it ww heartily endorsed following the read ing ot a report on the subject cnairmun T. M. Carrington, of hutanoaa enterprise committee. A«lp niuonal details will be worked out by this ioninuttce with ihu assistance at Hualm-s* Manager Jtabney, who fath-y eruu the mea. '.ism Mr Dabney said that he knew of : ie. I..-tier .advertisement for the citify than a permanent exhibit of Kich momi's manufacturers' product* *udK' ns he hoped would ho established hai ii*1 told .t an exhibit he had recent si eii in I'hattnnooga, which is point-" ■ d out a> one of the show place* of that hustling Tennessee city. When a \isitor shows any special interest in . any of the wares he Is immediately i’onnocted with the manufacturer by fsiS I’hi'tc “h‘l gets detailed information iron; i. Ci. 'I hen the visitor goes horn* . enthusiastic 'ocr the w ay Chattanoo ga does things, and what the clip % makes. •slum Home ritiien*. Mr. I >abn*-y a loo took the stSBd ■M that the proposed exhibit would fur- /pi nii'.h pointers to many home cttfsena,/’/il uho hat it little idea as to what Rich- S nionfl is doing: In the advertising llntk // I other speakers took the same view I the project, giving it strong an doraemem. The project wlliT rormaliy launched In the auditorium of the Jeff * -T3;" Hotel, whore upward of 1.000 t_^ tentative business men of Itichnu...... x gathered Monday night to hear Hug%,« (’halmhers. of Detroit, speak on bust*'0 tn-ss success. The meeting was easily the most en- '‘H thusinstfe and successful of It kind A •sv.-r held under the auspices of Um m chamber. Mayor Richardson and Oov- j irnor Mann delivered boost tatlnu while J’oik Miller was on hand wide some of his inimitable jokes. Governor Mann said h.« had two ambitious aims above all else. One was t" double the crop output In Vlf*| ginia and the other to have the prO»s i posed railroad f-om West Point fi I'rbanmt built during his admlnlsi ! tlon. 1 That sixteen miles of road eon: j lng Richmond with the North Neck, lie believed, would bring peopi,. and business to Klchmv than all the conventions that could ' secured In twenty years. He felt tin road could be put In opera! with the expenditure of $250,000 the city. Agrees Willi Governor. t Mayor Richardson agreed with ’governor, declaring that Rtchnty I was rightfully entitled to the i volume of business from the N< Scrn Nock that now goes to Hal and nothing could divert this toward Richmond In a more praet | way than the I'rbanna road. Me | heartily in lavor of spending a 41 ; ter of a million of dollars on the I'jeot. Mayor Richardson also went 1 record favoring a great govei j highway between Washington Richmond and he hoped that b)r 1 the fiftieth anniversary of the of the civil war such a road wovth, In operation, Unking the capital of nation with the capital of tho ' federal y. When asked about the matted j the meeting. Mayor Richardson i that he understood that difficulty | making traffic arrangements with 1 j Southern railway from West Point; Richmond would likely prove | thing of an obstacle, because j Southern happens to operate thi 1 line that carries the Northern business to Maltlmore. He undei he said, that a special committed 1 the chamber is now at work end ! oring to clear away obstacles of : character preliminary to getting ’ project in more tangible shape. Given Vote of TtutOks. ' Mr. Chalmers' talk was | ' closest attention and at Its concl he was accorded a hearty thanks. In addition, the voted to have copies of his printed and mailed to each, members. Mr. Chalmers dwelt partlcu th. value of advertising which . fined its salesmanship plus pul Roosevelt, he said, is an excel! ample of the successful advei cause he knows the value of and understands how to utilise no other president of the has ever done. Among other things, Mr. predicted that within ten y j planes would be carrying I States mall. "We should not ridicule Shy thing or any new thought/' j "If we do we cast aspersion uj I civllzatlon.’* Every Ad. a Mr. Chalmers said In port: “Advertising Is asletn salesmanship is advertising, ad is s salesman and every ; is an ad. There la this 1 Advertising is salesmanship lllclty; slesmsnshlp is getting the order signed, j ere a test the atmosphere and the the orders, * "The Mom two is 1