Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
IN TIE OLD DOMINION
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
- RICHMOND. Va, March {


The National Freight Service Associa ton.
organized here by the representatives Of the
national business and commercial bodies of
the United States, will undertake to have
the delay of cars by the railroad companies
corrected at once. The associations repre-
scented here were the national associations
of the various manufacturing and CONNER
cial lines-iron. boots and shoes, lumber,
tobacco and all else that goes to make up
more than 80 per cent of the gross tom
mage of all the railroads of the country.
The association elected officers as follows:
T. Peyton Giles Of Richmond, president;
John Donnan of Richmond, vice president;
Douglass Dallam of New York, vice pres
ident. The executive committee: John c.
Freeman, Richmond; c. T. johnson, Canal
Dover, Ohio; V. H. Beeckman. Seattle; E.
D. Taylor and John Landstreet, Richmond
Legislative committee: John 8. HARDWOOD
Richmond; S. P. Hastler, Chicago; w. Z.
Rice Philadelphia. Colonel HARDWOOD Is
also chairman of the national legislative
committee of the Travellers Protective AS
sociation.
The constitution and objects of the asso-
citation are now being prepared. and with
the adoption of these the tug of war be-
tween the commercial and business inter-
ests of the country and the railroads will
begin. 1t was said by several members
that the railroads would get cars OF goods
of various kinds and that they would be de-
layed as much as two weeks to four months,
and that often the goods would be useless
before they were delivered. The idea Is to
have the railroads made responsible for the
delay or to pay for failure to deliver. The
rivalries of certain roads. the desire to get
shipments over certain lines and the pur-
pose to require shippers to use certain INES
by refusing more than a specified number
of cars a day at junction points Is said to
be responsible for the long delays. 1t Is to
- nle oh,ron hot q
meeting has been held and the association
organized.
Mr. Carlin Confident.
Charles C. Carlin of Alexandria, now en-
gagged in making canvass for the con-
gressonal nomination. in an interview with
the correspondent of The Star. said that he
was confident that he would win the nomi-
nation in the eighth district. He says he
will spend all the time in going over the
district and meeting the people. preferfing
to do that to remaining In his office ana
trying to reach all by correspondence Mr..
Carlin says that now the candidates nave
begun to discuss each other he will devote
his entire time to discussing such issues as
may present themselves and give his rea-
sons therefor He spent one day at Cui-
pepper during the Strother trial. but he did
not take any part in the discussion of that
AFFAIR, saying that it was no part of can
didate's duty to take part IN Tragedy
which had produced so much troupie
And besides" said the Alexandra man,
81 have about all 1 can attend to just at
this time-my own business.
To End Library Middle.
The members of the state library board
have been called to meet here Monday to
take up the case of John P. Kennedy OF
Washington who has been here for the last
three years and against whom irregularities
were charged by the committee which in
yestigated the matter of school books and
library books. Mr., Kennedy has placed
his resignation In the Hands of the mem
bers of the board and the question Is
whether 1t shall be accepted. Mr.. Kennedy
has worked wonders In the library. with
priceless volumes In the place. which were
lily assorted and arranged when ne LOOK
charge he has succeeded in cataloguing
indexfng classifying and systematizing the
publications so that each book can be read
lily located. But he is exceedingly oBJec-
tionable and distasteful to the assistants
and employees Of the place. His manner Is
said by them to be rude and dictator1al,
and there have been repeated ruptures. In
the library. The popular idea Is that MT
Kennedy's- usefulness has been impaired
and that It will be best for the state and
for the library that some other man be put
in charge. 1t is believed that he VIII co.
Gilbert Brashear of Washington, whose
wife is suing for divorce. has asked that
payments of ahmony by him may be dis
continued Brashear formerly operated
commission brokers' Office here and Is now
living in the city Of Washington. The suit
Of Mrs. Brashear is on the ground Of de-
sertion. -