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WILL WAGE WAR FOR
PURE ELECTORATE
IN OLD VIRGINIA
Tenth Annual Convention of
Anti-Saloon League Closes
its Session
DELEGATES GO HOME
TO CLEAN UP THINGS
FOR GREAT BATTLE
State-wide Enabling Act As
sured and Fight is Now
to Enforce Registra
tion Laws
BY U S. COTTKKDD.
i SUIT Correspondent.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.. Feb 24.—
The tenth annual convention of the
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, pro
nounced by all the Urgent and most
Important gathering ever held by the
organisation. Is now a nutltur of his
tory—and there are thousands who
believe Its work will make history In
old Virginia during the next eighteen
months.,
The slogan of the convention when
It convened on Tuesday was "Virginia
I>ry"—when it adjourned Thursday
night another slogan had been added
—"Virginia Clean."
Clean up the registration frauds,
graveyard voting, and all the other
tll-smelMng orders »<i pregnant with
evil and so alarmingly like those of
other and worse day* In the history ;
of the StUtr
The convention of 1911 will live in i
the memory a* "the great convention.'
Its membership far exceeded fifth—4m7
having actually registered. It wa* a
body such as any State or nati *n ,
might well be proud of. It was pos
■eased of firm convictions, and was
not afraid to voice them: of high I
Ideals- and a firm determination to
achieve them.
Not many hours after th.> conven
tion assembled it became evident that J
its delegates meant business from the i
jump - that nothing but State-wide |
and a general clean up of Virginia
would satisfy the people.
Hence In terms unmistakable It '
demanded a referendum <*n the liquor ‘
<iue»tlon and not even a novice In po-1
lltlcal affairs In Virginia now doubts
that It will get It. Us legislative I
committee la Instructed to demand j
such laws as will jail the pad dor of j
the registration (lata- and half the j
men who go to the next legislature i
probably will carry bills along with
them to that effect. It doni.thit* mat j
dry territory shall be protected from ■
the Inroads of the mail-order houses I
by a resolution directing Its legislative ■
committee to procure the passage of j
a measure making the place of de- j
livery of whiskey the place of sale.
Stand Shoulder to Should**.
An effect of the convention work,
which will become immediately atp ■
parent according to the best informa- I
lion obtainable, will be more practical
and effective work f»r the temperance |
cause.
Where speeches were once made and
then forgotten, earnest w >rk to arouse
the voters by personal appeal will be
the program.
More men will be placed in the held
1 ban ever before. More temperance
’literature wfi4 fc* •ciroiMu'sed' ‘and the
various branches of the work will be
brought to the highest state of etllcien
cy.
The resolutions ns to the querying
of candidate* will not only bring out
how the candidates stand on ihe en
abling act but will bring out their views
on the great question of a pure elector- j
ate, the sine qua nor. of the sltua- ’
lion, is being readily grasped, thut with
out an honest enforcement, of .he con
stitutional requirements of the State
as to registration remedial and reforma
tory legislation on the liquor or any
other question will be wetl-nlght im
possible.
Delegates to the Convention and the
people of the State will now »>e Inter
ested in the selection of a State super
intendent to All the place from which
I>r. Cannon has retired. This selection
will be made at a meeting of the Exe
cutive Committee to be held early In
March.
Closing Scenes.
During the closing hour* of the con
vention much of interest was packed
in a small compass.
The churches and temperance or
ganizations of Jtoanoke extended a',
cordial invitation to the league to
meet in that city in 1912 and the In
vitation was referred to the executive
committee for action.
Questions of finance were briefly
touched on in open convention and
Mr. R. 8. Barbour, of South Boston,
offered to contribute 11,000 If five
others would do likewise or If five j
organisations would do so. The offer
remains open.
An interesting feature of the clash
over the adoption of the legislative
committee’s report was contained In
a part of the speech of Dr. Hatcher
which escaped some at the time, ,
when he said that the report of the
committee was the ablest utterance on
the temperance question he had ever j
read.
It Is not often that a minister is in
vited to "ask the blessing” when In- :
vlted to dismiss a congregation but
that Is the way Governor Mann Put ,
It In requesting Rev. Mr. Dadmun
to dismiss the closing session of the \
league, and. while a “slip of the ton
gue,” It wasn’t a bad idea.
min emu
VALPARAISO. CHIU, Feb. 24.—A
■core of persons were killed to-day
and forty Injured when a passenger
train Jumped the track pear the Bra
den copper mines and rolled down
a steep embankment. Three Ameri
cans ana among the Injured.
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RKV. K T. WKI.LFORO, D. D.
Elre(pi) I'rraMfit of Aitl-Saloott
Uawp of Vlrvlala.
REV. E.T.WELLFORD
MADE PRESIDENT
rB(HII>E>T PBE»B»TEH»A% >*■
VINK IIEAIIB A>T|.S*L1I«>
I.KACIF. nr AIHI.IMA.
UNANIMOUS CHOICE
A mi.IT ANT BKHIIP.B OF TIIK OR
GANIZATION HAS I AEJPEIT
ru honor n. a« kii tpon
HIM.
BY L. 8. COTTRELL,
f Staff Ceri-esoondent j
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. Feb. 24.—
E. T Wellford. Z> I>. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of New
port N>wj since 1SS2. and one of the
most comma eding figure* In hi* de
nomination in Virgin:* a* well as a
militant member of the Anti-Saloon
League *tnee It* organisation tru yes
terday afternoon elect'd by unamlmousj
vote amid trre.it enthusiasm to the
presidency of the League. The election
was a genuine surprise to l>r. Well ford
and he waved the indulgence of the
League for a few days that he might
pray over the matter and »ec whether
or not th« multiplicity of present du
ties would permit him to accept the
affw. . - - ■ .■ i
Rev. F Wellford, P I*., wn* bom
in lSTh In Gloucester county, Virginia,
but hi* boyhood and early manhood
days were spent In Richmond, where
his father. Hon. 11. R. Wellford. was
for many veers judge of the City Cir
cuit Court of Richmond.
Coming to Newport New s in 1892 j
to a little handful of ITe*b> terlaris he |
has butt up one of the strongest'
cUudclie* in‘the State: A manly man a
sane man. he has never been known
to he on the wrong side of any of the
great questions before the pubic or to
f all to give prompt expression to hts
conviction*. A strong man he Is re
spected by peope of a denomination* ]
and it Is the sentiment of Newport
News people, as It was ofthe Con
vention. that it woud tie a misfortune
should be be unable to acept the- office,
to. which he.hp.s been elected, pr. Well
ford Is an author of note, his principal
work having been a work on the legal
aspects of the trial of Jesus, the Christ,
proving that l lie Saviour had been
lynched. He Is also the author of that
Inspiring temperance song, which, sung
to the strains of Dixie. was an uplift
to the Convention.
The report of the committee on nom
inations was adopted unanimously at
a late hour Thursday afternoon, the
other officers named being as follows:
Vice-Presidents—Rev. W. W. Smith.
LL. D„ Lynchburg: Mr. I*. V. P. Con
way. Fredericksburg; Qov. W. H.
Mann, Richmond; Rev. J. R. Ellis, Elk
tem; Rev. W. C. Campbell, D. P., Ro
anoke; Rev G. S. Rowers. Winchester;
Prof. J. T. Henderson, Rrlstol; Hon. A.
T. Lincoln, Marlon; Mr. George W.
Hnwxhursf. Falls Church; Hon. A. F.
Thomas, Lynchburg.
Secretary—Rev. J. D. McAlister,
Richmond.
Treusurer—Mr. 8. P. Jones, Rich
mond.
Attorneys—Walter Sydnor, Esq..
Richmond; Thomas Whlteheud. Esq.,
Amherst.
State Executive Committee—Rev. H.
P. Atkins, Richmond; Rev. James Can
non, Jr., D. P. Hlaekstone; Rev. T.
McN. Stmpson, P. P.. Lynchburg; Rev.
W. C. Taylor. D. D„ Petersburg: Prof.
F. P. Dunnlngton. University of Vir
ginia; Rev. Thomas Semmes. Rich
mond; Rev. W. Asbury _ChHsttan, D.
(Continued on Ninth Page.)_
GOVERNOR MANN TELLS
OF YEARS OF SERVICE
Addressing Anti-Saloon Convention, He Clearly Defines His
Position on the Temperance Question
NEWPORT NEWS. VA., Feb. *4.—
When Governor William lfodges Mann
ascended the platform lael night to
take the chair a« presiding officer
of the closing session of the tenth
annual convention of the Anti-Saloon
League of Virginia he was given an
enthusiastic greetings. Rev. Henry
P. Atkins, p. D„ the retiring president
of the leatue, whose criticism of the
Governor for failure to come but “loud
and strong" for the Strode enabling
act last winter had caused consider*
able comment, save the Governor a
cordial greeting to the platform. Af
ter some detel' business had been dis
patched, Dr Atkins, saying that he
desired there should be no misun
derstanding as to exactly what he
had said in his address, read an ex
tract from his address of Monday
Bight, giving his rsfernce to the Oov
(Con tinned on Inst pngs.)
RAILROADS OF COUNTRY
DENIED RATE INCREASE;
WILL CONTINUE FIGHT
Will Appeal to New Commerce
^Court and Fight for
o Time
ADVERSE DECISION
MEANS YEARLY LOSS
OF SOME $27,000,000
Decision of Interstate Com
merce Commission Adverse
to the Railroads, of Both
the West and East
WA SHI \ < .TON, Fob. 24.—
tliairmaii Jiulwm C. Clements, of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, following tlie announoe
mem la-re of the action of the
stock markets. wrote out and »u
thorixed |>uMkwUon of tlie fui
iowint;
"Chairman Clements, of the
Interstate Commerce Coinniis
Mon, said that no redactions in
rates lutvc been ordered tu tite
Haetorn and Western ad tanned
rate (arts.
"TIhi ixtuunMon simply stop
jssl certain proposed aueancee.
Three divisions do not reduce r**\
muts of carriers to tlie amount
of one
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—"Fight"
was the watchword of railroad repre
sentatives here to-day. following their
(-rushing defeat In too great rate bat
tle at the hands of the Interstate
Commerce Commission yesterday.
They will fight. ih*> declared, as
long as there la a possibility of ap
peal.
They hope that the. decision of the
commission preventing them from in
creasing rates on a single commodity
wit! be reversed by a higher body,
but at the least, they said, they will
Invoke the law with such effect that
rate reductions will be postponed per
haps for several years.
Apply to New Court.
The first move probably will be
taken within the next few .says, when
the railroads will apply to the new
commerce court for an injunction
nullifying the decisions. This appeal
will unquestionably be made before
March Id, when the commlaoion de
clared, that unless new. arid lower
schedules have been filed, it will fig
rates for two years.
Whether the commerce court will
grant the injunction practically tying
the hands of the commission, is a
question on which authorities radically
differ.
"If the commerce court fails us.'
declared the railruad attorneys. we
will carry the case to the supreme
court of the United States. There
w« will apply for an Injunction against
the commission, or the court of com
merce, or both. We will produce evi
dence to prove that these rate in
creases are necessary in order to
enable us to conduct our business
properly." ...
May Mean Long DelSf.
Government officials familiar with
legal procedure said to-day that the
legal obstacles which attorney* for the
carrier* can put in the way of the
effectiveness of the decisions may de
lay them Indefinitely. Alleged trusts,
they said, have held up final action by
th«. courts for and seven, years,
Ldso in 'Both < *mv
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion decides against the railroads In
both the Has torn and the Western
cases. The decision, eagerly awaited
by roads and shippers alike, was
handed down late yesterday after
noon. Proposed advances In class
freight rates in official classification
territory, aggregating among all the
railways In the territory approximate
ly Itl.OdO.OOO a year, were disap
proved by the commission. In the
case Involving the Increases by the
railroads in Western trunk line ter
ritory the commission also declined
to approve the proposed advances In
commodity rates.
The carriers In both cases are re
quired to cancel on or before March
10 their advanced tariffs and restore
their former rates, which are the rate*
now In effect. If thl* requirement be
not complied with, the commission
will issue a formal order suspending
the proposed advances and putting
Into effect the existing rates for at
least two years.
Ordered to Reduce Ratos.
in the case of the railroad commis
sion of Texas against the Atchison.
Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway and
other carriers, known popularly as the
Southwestern rate case, the commis
sion declined to disturb the commodity
rates or the first class rates com
plained of. The defendants are order
ed, however, to reduce the second
class rates, which were increased from
tl.ll to 11.2*. to 91.25. On the re
maining classes the defendants are re
quired to restore the rates In effect
before the increased rates were pub
lished.
The decisions were in the nature of
a surprise to railroad officials and
other experts who had followed close
ly the .proceedings, a majority of
whom believed the commission would
WHAT THK SHIPPER!* SAY.
John M. 14cm. arrrrUr! 1111
■iHa nianfulnen’ 1«oHiIIi*i
The derialoa In a hi* triumph lor
thr buotncon an, **» asked lha
roadi to reefer with ns, and It
It wns only uktl the? refused
that nr aoa*ht the Injunction.
H. C. Harlow, tratlir dlractor,
Chicago Anaoalatloa of I'om
marrai Ua Mlrto tha daalnloa
waa jontldad aadar tha showing
rnada by both aldoa.
William Did Hayalc. counsel
llltnota Maaofartarrr,' Aaaorla
tteai I think It la a fair drrlaloa.
It la a rlrtorj for tha shippers
bat It la a * malar rlrtory for
tha ultimata aoaaamar. tha man
who raally para tha fral*ht.
ROADS MtBT SPEND LESS.
Tha daalaloa will ba a *raat
blow to tha railroad*. I do aot
aaa how aomo of tham will *at
aloa*.—tJ. F. Baer, praaldaat of
tha Philadelphia and Readln*
Hallway.
Thera am oaly two wars wo
ran rad ora expanses aad we
will hava to redaea eipense*—
and they •»• to hur Iran matarlal
aad pay I aaa for what wo *al.—
Ilanlal Willard, proaldrat of tha
Baltimore aad Ohio Railroad.
The able railroad maaaaera
will nooa leara to larraaao their
net rereaoeo hr Oalaotlde man
agement • • • aad by maintain
ing or lower!a* rates they will
aeeura larraaao la the roluma of
hoalaeaa. ■ Lenin D. Bmadela,
who opposed the laeraaaa la
rates.
it rant aomo Increase to the Western
line*. If not to tha Bast.’rn.
Attorneys to Meet.
A meeting of the executive officers
and general counsel of the railroads
In the official claaeiflcation territory
was called to-day for next Monday In
this city. At that time It will tie de
termined what action shall be taken
by the railroads regarding the deci
sion of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in the freight rate cases.
BEARS, TAKING COE
fimsin a a ■ n •
m.uaisis come to resole i>
SHORT TIME A X» HELLISH
feeuxo i» m * x:re*T.
REALLY NOT SO DARK
ALL THE ROADS SHOWN TO HE
PROSPEROUS AND IfO OCCA
SION FOR ALARM.
Chaoses Prteea Stocks up to I P. ,M.
Stocks
*-5
Amal. Copper . 614
! Atchison .......... HI*
! Reading .159 4
So. Pacific . 119 Vi
■ V. S Steel Com. *1
i C. and 0. 95 4
’ ft*. Paul .: : 127
1 Sew -York Central .111 4
I Northern Pacific ... 12*
Lehigh Valley .1 *"‘4
Missouri Pacific ... 60V.
I Erie Common . 31S
i Wabash preferred. .404
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114 4
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I NEW YORK. Feb. :4.—That the gen
eral public is out of the stock market
[ was shown by the manner in which a
i bear raid that crumbled values was
i checked to-day Taking advantage of
i the refusal of the Interstate Commerce
I Commission to permit the railroads to
! advance rutes the bears and their al
' lies forced values down, prices being
off from five to seven points. There
was a quick rush of financiers to rally
the market with the result that from
j the end of the first hour there was a
! real bullish feeling In the market with
! prices slowly moving upward.
The fact that this happened In the
| face of agrressive short selling and
; with one ofthe largest room traders
trvlng to force a further break was ae
! cepted by the brokers as proof positive
that the public Is out of the market and
that the big financial Interests see no
reason for u financial panic at this
time.
Througout the day houses supposed
1 to represent the Important banking In
1 terests were consistent buyers w hlte
the financial lot buying, coming from
the Interior cities, waa larger than in
months. Railway men generally ad
mitted there was no reason for values
to be depressed as dividends will be
kept up and there will be no default
on bonds.
Excited at Opening.
Just how little It takes to start a
slump In the stock market was shown
during the first fifteen minutes of trad
ing today, the beai^element. which Jins
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
SENTENCE HURRY *
OELJJO OENTH
AMERICAN CAPTURED BY MEXI
CANS CONVICTED BYBEING
REBEL SPY.
SAN DIEGO, CAL*. Feb 24—
Official advices from Tia Juana,
acroaa the border in Mexico to
day declare that Harry Doll, the
American arrested as a rebel spy
wee taken to Ensenada, convict
ed of being an insurgent spy, and
aantanoed to be shot, should the
insurgents attack Eneenda Mexi
can officials declared secretary of
State Knox at Washington, would
net be able to save Dell's life.
LOHER FIGHT
BIOCKSJSIHFSS
His Friends in Senate Are
Apparently in Ma
jority
FILIBUSTER MAY
BE RESORTED TO
Opponents May Force Extra
Session by Delaying Leg
islation While Fighting
Illinoisian
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—Developing
Into an apparent but not admitted fili
buster. the struggle to eliminate Wil
liam Lorlmer of Illinois from the
United States Senate was resumed by
Senator Beveridge ( Republican), of
Indiana, shortly after that body con
vened to-day.
Flanked by Senators Root, of New
York. Crawford, of South Dakota, Bur
ton, of Ohio, Borah, of Idaho; Stone
(Democrat), of Missouri; Owen, of
Oklahoma, the Senator from Indiana
seemed primed to speak Indefinitely,
having taken up the discussion of the
evidence at the point where he sus
pended last evening after arguing for
3 1-2 hours. Stone, who was to follow
Beveridge, had prepared "a little synop
sis” of his remarks containing over
5,000 words.
All efforts by Burrows (Republican),
of Michigan, to fix a time for v«ri««
failed After much discussion of the
situation. Vice-President Sherman
said:
"I think a senator may talk Into the
air or at the air as long as he. pleases.”
During the lunch hour, the Senate
was almost deserted, but the galleries
were still filled. Refuted roll calls
were enforced to produce quorums—
only five Senators having been present
at 1.45 o'clock. It was practically ad
mitted that asthc Senate stood, there
was a majority in favor of I .o rimer,
and hts opponents hoped to force the
•ssue Into an extra session. Pleas r.f
Senator Hale that the great appro
priation bills were being blocked and
that night sessions will be necessary
all next week, went unheeded.
Beveridge said that the investigat
ing committee refused to accept the
testimony of State’s Attorney Murray
on the ground that it was hearsay
evidence. He read from he case of
Senator Clark, of Montana, to demon
strate that the ruling was erroneous.
He also read from the Smoot case
to show that hearsay evidence and
even rumors were freely admitted.
The committee then had the same
chairman and was largely composed
of the same membership.
Judging from the different action of
the committee in these various cases,
said Mr. Beveridge, "the impression
is left that the action of the com
mittee was based on the viewpoint
of whose ox was gored.”
Senator Owen, demanding a quo
rum, said:
"This 1# the most vital question
that can come before this body. It
not only affects the honor of this
body, but the Integrity and preser
vation of the government. The con
tinued absence of Senators U surpris
ing.”
Beveridge replied:
"The American people will under
stand why Senators do not care to
hear the real facts in this case.
"I presume Senators have made up
their minds and do not care to hear
more. The Senator from New Hamp
shire (Mr. Galllnger) said yesterday
that 'we have the wtes,' and he
construed that to mean that further
debate Was useless."
Mr. Beveridge reviewed in detail
tJte testimony of Shepherd, Myers and
Luhke.
DIPHTHERIA SCARE
AT JOHN HOPKINS
BALTIMORE MD, Feh. 34.—Ow
ing to the development of diphtheria
in Johns Hopkins Hospital, the public
wards have been closed to all visi
tors.
In fact, the hospital is practlcajlv
under a quarantine. The outbreak
of the llsease occurred In the nur
sery. Two nurses are affected, as
well as two students.
All patients that are able to be re
moved to their homes are being sent
to the homes In ambulances.
LEAGUE BROAD ENOUGH
TO ACCOMMODATE ALL
Basal Fact on Which Organization is Built is That it is Com
posed of Temperance Workers of all Parties—An
nual Report of Superintendent
A feaure of the closing session of the
tenth annual convention of the Vlr- j
frlnla Anti-Saloon League was the read- j
Ing of the annual report of the su
perintendent, Kev. James Cannon, D.
D. The Convention was especially 1m- i
pressed with the last paragraph of the '
report emphasizing the basal fact that
the Anti-Saloon Leagu's platform is
tig enough to accommodate temperance
ft orkers of every name. The report Is
as follows:
In making my report as superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League of
Virginia ti is not my purpose to dis
cuss the general conditions In the
State as they affect the liquor traf
fic, or to make any general recom
mendation concerning policies. These
questions have been considered at
length In the legislative report of the
league, ind will be passed upon by j
the convention.
My work as superintendent of the
league has been chiefly directive, as
it waa agreed that It should be when
I accepted the position at the requeat
of the executive ootSmMCee two years
ago. I hsue given as much time as
I possibly could gtv# to this work of
the superlntendency, but X have al
ways realized the Impossibility of
measuring up to the full demands of
the position In connection with my
other work.
My co 'aborers have been active
and efficient, and my relation with
all of them have been most brotherly
and harmonious. We have had five
regular workers during t^e past year.
Brother Joh t A. Taylor was obliged
to resign his position for personal rea
sons the early part of the year We
surrendered him with reluctaney, as
he had gl/en the thought and indus
try of a strcng personality to our
work. Brother Charles E. Stuart was
suddenly translated fiotn his militant
warfare here to serve the Lord day
and night in his temple. Your super
intendent counted It to be a most
fortunate day. for our cause when
Brother .'tusrt decided to give him
self to the work of our league, for
when he decided to take this position \
of a district superintendent • of this
league he gave htmself unreservedly
to It rhe league hae never had a
(Continued on Ninth
SUMMERY BURNS;
BIG LARUS PLANT
BADLY DAMAGED
Midday Fire Wipes Out Williams Plant and Makes a Wreck
of Large Portion of Larus Establishment
Near By
HALF SCORE OF BRAVE FIREMEN
HAVE VERY NARROW ESCAPES AND
SEVERAL ARE SLIGHTLY INJURED
Battle With the Flames Attended With Great Hardship anti
Such Heroism Disp ayed as is Rarely Witnessed—
Spectators Lift Ladder Carrying Doc
tor to Injured Man
FIREMEN INJURED.
Charles Hlrschberg, hip dislo
cated and bruJaeil.
ClurlrM x-lunidt, oTurcome by
smoke and nearly nilTuuiU'il.
J. It. Angel, bruised about body
by fall.
Itlliie Smith and AUie Ikxxlr,
onttmao by smoke.
W. F. Tinsley, hurt on head
by falling brick.
Lives of many persons were en
dangered early Friday afternoon and
several accidents occurred to the flame
lighters during a fire that complete
ly destroyed the four-story brick
building on the northeast corner of
Twenty-first and Cary streets, used as
a stemmery by F. V. Williams <v
Company. tobacco manufacturers.
When the flames had well gutteu
this building they leaped to the root
of the tobacco factory of Larue &
Bro. Immediately In the rear, and
running along Twenty-first street to
Main, where the ofnees front, and
In half an hour the rear section ot
this factory was engulfed In water
and flames.
May Roach $100,000.
While no definite estimate can be
made until later, it la probable that
the totai damage will reach 1100,000.
Frank II. Wiliams, head of the Wil
liams Company, places the value ci
his stock and machinery in the steni
mery at *23.000, and it la likely that
the building, which belonged to Gran
ville Valentine, iL Selden Taylor &
Company, agents, was worth fully as
| much. W. T. Reed, general manager
[ of the Larus Company, was unwilling
during the progress of the fire to es
timate his loss, but it is certain to
be not less than $25,000. The build
ing la owned by the George Pope
estate and is valued at *30,000 ap
proximately. Both building and stock
were fully insured. It Is stated.
Starts In Drying Machine.
The fire started about noon In u
drying machine on the. first ttoor ot
the stemmery of the Williams Com
pany. and despite the fact that the
automatic extinguishers were turned
on, the blare immediately spread like
wildfire through . the . dry tobacco.
Manager R. G. Walker, in charge
of the first floor, realizing the dan
ger to the 150 or more colored men
and women hands in the building,
urged all to remain calm. He and
Manager J C. Posher, In charge of
the . second floor, then quickly ar
ranged for the employes to pass out
from the second floor to the roof
of the one-story warehouse adjoining
the building to the East and used by
the same company. Badly frighten
ed. the hands finally reached the
ground by means of ladders.
Schmidt's Narrow Escape.
The firemen worked In constant
peril because of the stifling and tut-,
locating smoke and falling brick and
timber. Many of them had narrow
escapes from death and were rescued
from their perilous plights only by
quick thought and presence of mind
on their ow npart or that of persons
attracted to the scene.
Charles Schmidt, of Truck Com
pany No. 1, would certainly have lost
hi# life but for the qulck-mlndedness
of several boys on the roof of the
Larus office.
Schmidt had gone into the Larus
factory and had become almost suf
focated by the noxious fumes. Stag
gering to a door, he fell unconscious
In an areaway, with smoke and flames
| enshrouding him. By the light of
the flames through the smoke the
i boys on the roof saw his prostrate
! form and shouted to the crowd in
; Twenty-Brat street to hand a ladder
: up. that It might be put down for
| resc uers to take Schmidt from cer
: tain death. The crowd was quick to
respond, and a ladder was hoisted
' from a truck with much difficulty
i because of entangling und obstruct
ing wires.
it was speedily thrust down Into
the areaway, and two men, a fireman
and a colored man, went to Schmidt's
t relief. Cheers went up when the res
j cued fireman appeared on the roof
! of the office.
Hale- the Doctor I'p,
Schmidt staggered about on the*
roof a moment und then fell, gasping
■ for berath. Calls for doctor.- were
i shouted d '»n to the street. A lad
i cler, too short by five feet to reach
j the roof, rested against the wall. A.
! docor mounted the ladder and eg- ~
! tended his arms upward, l.ut fhe men
and hoys on the roof were unable to
: reach them. Members of the crew
In the street seized the ladder and
raised it until the physician reached
the roof. This performance was re
peated when an ambulance doctor ar
rived. The physicians found it nec
essary to administer oxygen to
Schmidt to save his life. Cheer after
cheer rent tha air as the physician*
l were raised to the roof.
Slide Down Ho-e.
I A number of firemen, among them
Assistant Chief Raffo, In charge of
| the East End. found themselves In
! a death trap, when four stories above
the ground. They had been driven
j from the Larus plant by smoke and
; flames and were descending a tire es
f cape. At the fourth story they saw
i bricks descending upon the lire es
1 cape landing, and knew it would be
exceedingly dangerous to attempt -to
j descend further on the iron steps. One
by one they slid down the hose, whllo
the crowd cheered. The firemen were
Captain Thomas Davis, Lieutenant
Herman Coeby, Lieutenant Walter
Willard, Private Albert Reeves. Pri
vate W. K. Tinslej. Private G. R,
Mayo and Chief Raffo. The latter was
the last to descend, and was most se
verely used UP by the smoke and
heat While, sliding down the hoae
Tinsley was struck on the head by m,
brick, but his heav y helmet saved him
from serious injury, although he wa*
considerably stunned. 3
, ..Physicians ■were called tvy attend ‘' '
j George Lee. Charles Hirschberg. hro
i ther of Councilman John Hlrsvhberg;
: Henry Carter and John Tignor, tnem
jbers of truck, hose and steamer com
' panies, who were overcome by the
sliding smoke. Hirschberg was also
Injured in the aid dent to No, 3
truck on Main street.
Blinded lly Smoke.
Firemen Billie Smith and AW®
I Goode, of Engine Company No., 7, .
, iv* re blinded by smoke while operat
i Ing the hose on the third floor of th*
Larus factory, and for a while their
lives were seriously imperiled. They
! finally found an exit from the build
i ing by the east end, overlooking th®
county Jail. They were pretty well
overcome by smoke as they descended
I to terra firma on ladders,
j Firemen fought the flames on every
I side and succeeded in saving the Wll
! Hams warehouse, at Twenty-second
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FIND DR. dll DUO
PROMINENT YOUNG PHYSICIAN
WITH WIDE ACQUAINTANCE,
DIES SUDDENLY.
Dr. Wallace D. Carr, a prominent
young physician, was found dead In
bed at his home, 3X1 North Harrison
street. Friday morning. Death wa*
due to heart disease. Dr. Carr wa*
thirty-five years old.
His sudden death came as a great
surprise, for although members of hia
family knew that his heart was not
thoroughly sound and that he at
times experienced trouble with It, yet
he was able to be up and around m
usual Thursday. . ,
Dr. Carr returned home at hi*
usual hour Thursday evening, but re
tired without seeing any member of
the household. in the morning h*
was found lifeless.
Dr. Carr had a wide circle of ac
quaintances. He was associated With
Dr. Kdward M‘ (Afire and had an office
at 409 East Grace street. The new*
of hla death naturally has com* as ft.
great shock.
Dr. Carr Is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Dabney Carr, two brothers, Dab
ney J. Carr and William Carr, and ft
sister, Mrs. Howard Davis, who I* th*
wife of an officer in the army serving
In the Philippines. Mrs. Davis I*
with her husband.
For some time Dr. Carr has
a lecturer at th* University
College of Virginia, of which ha
a graduate. Re was
with th* student body.