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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
MooTED QUESTION.
Location Of New Public Building
Under Discussion.
to The Times. Dlspatch,)

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, VA, January II.
Rival delegations left here to-day for
Washington to appear before the officials
in the Treasury Department, each ndvo-
eating a different site for the public
building to be erected here by the gov
eminent to-day having been fixed as
tho last day on which hearings would be
granted by the department. Many clti-
zens desire to see the building erected on
Main Street, the main thoroughfare here,
which, however, Is on one side of the
town, being only ono square from and
running parallel with the river. Others
prefer the corner of Prince Edward and
George Streets, point more nearly tho
centre of the city, but somewhat removed
from the principal business section.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
FALLING TREE PINS
FARMER TO GROUND

WINCHESTER, VA, January IA
Pinned to the ground under a big tree,
which had fallen on him, William Nc
Farland, a prominent farmer of Cham
bersvllle, this county, had a remarkable
escape from death to-day. He was en-
gagged In hewing timber. when large
tree fell, knocking him down. Being
alone, 1t was long time before his cries
for help attracted the attention of Asa
6hanholt2, who, with others rescued tho
man from his perlous position In an
exhausted condition. His left limb was
Badly crushed and he is Internally in
1IIrSh, hlt not fatally.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
BOYS ADMIT THEY
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN.
One Is Sent to Prison for Two
Years, Other for Six
Months.
Especial to The r,mes-Dispa,ch.l

SUFFOLK, VA. January l4.-ln Nan
semond Circuit Court to-day Charles
Williams and John Outlaw, boys were
indicted for attempting to wreck an At
lantic Coast Line passenger train by plac-
Ing distractions on the track. Both
pleaded guilty Charles got two years and
Outlaw six months.
For setting on fire the Nansemond
county Jail with view Of escaping, Ma
thaniel Parker received a fve-year sent
ence. with four years additional for cow
stealing. He pleaded guilty on each
count.
John Harrison was indicted for tho
murder of Sam. Haskins, Joseph Wilson
for forgery and George Taylor for throw
Ing bottles into Southern Railway pas
senger train.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
ENGINE STRIKES LINEMAN,
INFLICTING FATAL HURT
Especial II The Tlmes. plspatch,

FREDERICKSBURG, VA. January
h.-W. l.. Lloyd. OF Gordonsville. line
man for the Western Union Telegraph
Company, while examining the line along
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railroad, travelling on his hand-car,
was to-day seriously injured, his car
being struck by an engine. which came
suddenly around a turn. travelling at
high rate OF speed. and struck the car
before Mr.. Lloyd had time to move 1t
from the track. Lloyd was severely
injured about tho head and the body
He was brought to the Mary Washington
Hospital here. where he died from his
Injuries two hours later. lie was un-
married.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
NORFOLK YARD TO
REPAIR WARsH|Ps
Equipnent to Be Made So That
Foreign Ships at Exposition
! May Be Accommodated.
fenecIoi N rhc Tlmos.DIspntch. ]

.
NORFOLK, VA, January H.-ltear-Ad-
Snrnl Rosseau, Of tho United States Navy,
who has just succeeded Rear-Admiral
Endicott ms chief III the Bureau OF Yards
and Docks, inspected the Norfolk navy
yards to-day. simultaneously with the
coming of the ear-adniral. announce
ment Is made that this Ward will be put
In readiness to make any repairs that
may be necessary to foreign whrships
that will be here during the jamestown
Exposition. The ships will be hero on
the special invitation of the United states,
and etiquette will demand that they be
provided with necessary accommodations.
The coming of the foreigners Will mean
that the number OF workmen employed
ut the yard will have to be increased.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
GETS SECOND DIVORCE
FROM THE SAME MAN
Especial to The T,mes.Dispa,ch.l

DANVILLE, VA, january 14.-In the
Corporation Court to-day Bette l.. Bos-
we'll was granted an absolute divorce
for the second time from her husband,
John l.. Boswell, who Is a local har-
ness maker The couple We're married
for the first time in 1898 in Richmond,
and after several years Mrs. Boswell
was granted divorce. A few years
later they were reunited. The divorce
in each instance was granted on the
grounds of cruel treatment and unfaith-
fulness
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
NEGRO CONFESSES
ASSAULT ON TWO MEN
fspecinI to rne rImes.plspateh

FREDERICKSBURG VA, January
H.-Messrs. John Payne and *. N Savee,
both of Spotsylvania county, as they
We're leaving the city for their homes
late Saturday night, were assaulted, and
Mr.. Savee was so badly hurt that he was
carried to the Mary Washington Hos
pital. where he was treated He left
the institution to-day. Officers Robinson
and Hall arrested George Scott, a negro,
on suspicion, and he has since contested
his guilt. Mayor Wallace to-day sent
him on to the grand jury.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
DANDRUFF KILLS HAIR
Cuticura Soap Kills Dandruff

IT was troubled with dandruff on
my head ever since l was twelve years
old. had beautiful hair up TO that
time. Tho dandruf destroyed my
hair. / tried everything could hear
Of. I had no doctor, but went into
drug store where / was well acquain-
ted and asked the druggist II he knew
OF anything that would be good for
me. He said: OF course I do. Just
get cake OF Cuticura Soap / got
It. and it did my hair good the first
time used it. Ny sister in Jaw
couldn't keep the dandruff OF the top
OF her baby's head, and the hair
wouldn't grow. / was there, had q
cake OF Cuticura Soap with me. I
told her about 1t, and gave her the
Cuticura Soap. and In about three
months went there again. the child's
head was covered with hair and not
a aign OF dandruif. Ny sister said it
was the Cuticura Soap. The child Ia
not past three years old and has q
lovely head Of hair. Mrs. e. W. Shigley,
Columbus, Kan, Oct. %, 1905"
Complies gI.srnsi and Internal Tr..m.n. for Every
Soap c) Cssnse the stin Cr..euss Ointment [soeJ
10 Heal the Shin, s,d cu.ieuri Rssolvsnt tSe,, I'm the
form Of Chocolate Coassd Pills $50 %, vial Of Purity
hs Blood. Sold throughout the world Potter DRUG
Chem Corp, Sole Props, Boston, Msst.
III Nailed Free, "Ge~ ~ page Skin Boob"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Runs Into Open Switch.

Especial to The Times. Dspatoh.)
+ LEESBURG, VA, January ia pas
senger train of the Bluemont Division Of
the Southern Railway scheduled to ar
rive here on Sunday evening at $3.50
O'Clock, ran into an open switch near
the freight depot In this place last night
and was derailed. No ono was injured,
but the coaches We're badly damaged,
the track torn UP. and traffic delayed
for several hours.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
MOTHER CONES FOR
BODY OF HER SON.
Not Having Sufficient Money, Eff
fort to Aid Her Colby
Received.
lspeolnl 10 ZINC TRANSFORMATIONS

ROANOKE. VA, January l4.-Mrs,
Blanche Mays, mother of Wallace Mays,
arrived here to-day without means to pay
for taking tho body of her son to
stanton Two citizens who went out
to solicit subscriptions collected only
Sc. The mother is stopping with her
sister, mother OF the murdered woman.
At meeting OF citizens Tonight a
committee was appointed to arrange
for Roanoke exhibit at the James
town Exposition.
The Norfolk and Western telegraph
ers have decided to ask for an eight
hour day and twenty per cent, III
crease in wages.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
BADLY AFFLICTED,
With ECZEMA
For More Than Two Years Tries
Physicians, Patent Remedies, Old
Women and Quack Cures and
Found No Relief.
USES CUTICURA AND Is
SOON SOUND AND WELL

IT was very badly afflicted with ec-
zema for more thnn two years. Tho
parts affected were my limbs below
the knees. / tried all tho physicians
In the town and some in the surrounds
ing towns, and also tried all the pa
tent remedies that heard Of, besides
and auacks, and found no relief what
ever until commenced using the Gu
ticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
Cuticura Resolvent. In the Cuticura
Remedies l found immediate relief,
and was soon sound and we'll. G. V.
Beltz, Tippecanoe, Ind, Nov. l5, '05."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
UNION BOILERMAKERS
OF NORFOLK ON STRIKE

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
NORFOLK, VA, January l4.-Union
boilermakers of Norfolk are on strike.
They demanded an increase in wages
from $40 to So day and eight hours
work instead of nine, az at present.
Employers are seeking to secure nom
union men in Newport News and Balti-
more to take the place of the strikers.
A few men are at work in the shops.
knme contract work is tied up.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
NAVY YARD WORKERS
GET GOOD INCREASE
lsneoInl to The rImes-plspatch

NORFOLK, VA. January 1.-THE Sec
rotary of the Navy has ordered an in
crease in the wages OF the three thousand
workmen In the Norfolk Navy Yard The
Increase varies from to 25 per cent, ac-
cordlng to the grade of men. the men
in the lower grades receiving the greater
Increase and those in the upper the lesser
The men asked for an increase, and the
wage board recommended it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
TOWN VOTES TO HELP
AUNT OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

Especial to Inc s-pispatch.)
LEXINGTON, n.y.. January LITTLE
trustees of Elizaville, little village. near
this city, to-day met and subscribed
$40 weekly for the maintenance of Sarah
Dewey, aged seventy-tive years, who is q
first cousin to Admiral George Dewey, n
hero OF Manila Bay naval fight. Miss
Dewey Is penniless and helpless.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Pierce--Conbs.

Especial to The Times Dspatch1
FREDERICKSBURG VA, January
14,-Cards are out for the marriage OF
Or. G. n. Pierce and Miss Bessie Combs,
daughter Of Rev, and Mrs, l.. r.. Combs,
both OF Lancaster county, the ceremony
to take place on January I'D,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Glenn Granted Divorce.

judge Alien. ia Superior Court. to-day
granted an absolute divorce to Z. n.
Glenn from his Wife, Ida Il, Glenn, The
couple have beautiful little child who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Wanted in BROOKLYN.

Tho local police have been asked 10
be on the lookout for Harry L. Height,
a young man charged With larceny in
Brooklyn. The BROOKLYN police re-
ceived Information that Hoight had
come TO Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Jacobs & Levy.
What Commission Says
of Southern Railway

There can be no reasonable doubt Of
the fact that the operating staff OF the
Southern Railway has been greatly
overtaxed.
Further contributing to the dangers
OF travel Is the seemingly high rate Of
epeed Of many Of tho passenger trains
operated over the Southern Railway.
Tho commission lie Of opinion that
the operation Of signal station at Law
yer's by Operator Jacobs was highly
unsatisfactory, and his evidence In the
Investigation also unsatisfactory.
It has been brought to the official
attention Of the commission In this
connection that crews on freight trains
are sometimes permitted to be on duty
In succession.
The evidence tends TO show that op.
orators or slgnaImen were and have
been employed without sufficient OK.
perlence, and after the slightest and
most insufficient examination as to
their qualification to perform the duties
Of their position.
However much such wholesome laws
may act as deterrents upon corpora
tions from the sacrifice OF human life,
the fun measure and power OF the law
In this regard will not have been
reached until it's strong hand has been
laid heavily upon the Individual, be he
president, manager or brakeman, whose
negligence or lnfIdelIty to trust has
brought death and suffering to mis-
fellow-man.
The citizen has the right to ask and
expect. at the hands OF the State the
enactment and enforcement OF laws
which will reach the guilty corporation
and also the guilty Individual repre-
sentative OF the corporation, be he
officer or employee Of that corporation.
The criminal negligence OF an en-
ploye, resulting In injury to person
or loss Of life, should be severely pun
Ished, and II 1t appears that there was
also criminal negligence Of higher en-
ployes or officers directly contributing
to such disaster, such officer should
also be punished.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Must Reach individuals.


'eHowever much such wholesome
laws may act as deterrents upon cor
porations from the sacrifice of human
life, the full measure and power of
the law In this regard will not have
been reached until Its strong hand
has been laid heavily upon the indi-
vidual be he president. manager or
brakeman, whose negligence or inf
deity to trust has brought death and
suffering to his fellowman. Let
those who are directly and criminaliy
responsible for loss of life be held
answernble to the law and at the bar
of public opinion, and a long step will
have been taken In the right direction.
ITO say that the corporation itself
is responsible for results arising from
the employment OF neglectful or UNI
trustworthy agents, is to state the
truth. but only half the truth, as it
affects the question of public safety,
and must not be allowed to obscure
the public mind with respect to the
added responsibility of every officer
or employee of the company to the
public and to their fellow-onicer and
co-employes. Recognition of such re-
sponsibility and the enforcement Of 1t,
not alone in the interest of patrons,
but also OF all classes OF the employees
OF railroads, would seem to commend
itself to thoughtful men everywhere.
The man who accepts employment
In the operating department of a
railroad company assumes q duty
not alone to his Immediate employer,
but a duty also In much larger
sense to the public and the State. Tho
railroad company is under obligation
to Itself and to the public to see
that this double duty OF the empoye
Is faithfully performed, and it is
equally the individual obligation of
the employee to perform it, Tho
power of the State is sufficient to
punish both the corporation and the
Individual employee for failure to dis
charge the duty which both owe to
the public, when by reason of 1t or
their criminal negligence innocent
persons have been Injured or killed.
The citizen has the right to ask and
expect at the hands OF the State tho
enactment and enforcement of laws
which will reach the guilty corpora
tion and also the guilty individual
representative of the corporation, be
he officer or employe of that COR
poration
~ #
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15

they performed their duties was not
made the subject of any special In
quiry by any officer or superior
charged with that Immediate respon-
sibility. The method of selection OF
operators seems to have been loose
and unsystematic; the degree of
knowledge and experience, not to say
skill, OF these operators seems not to
nave engaged the serious attention to
which this important question was
entitled; nor did the subject of general
fitness of these operators. from the
standpoint OF character and habits,
both before and after employment, re-
ceive such official attention as the
public interest required. The block
sheets kept by these operators were
not examined from time to time by
any supervising agent or officer, an
omission which destroyed in a large
measure The element of safety which
these sheets were intended to provide.
1t was further shown that these OBJ
orators We're in the habit OF exchanging
work with each other. resulting In
continuous service on the part of one
operator for eighteen hours or more.
period beyond the safety limit, which
should have been promptly detected
and remeded in the ordinary course
of business.
High Rate of Speed.
Further contributing to the dangers
OF travel Is the seemingly high rate
of speed of many of the passenger
trains operated over the Southern
Railway. 1t was shown by the evil
dence OF some Of the Oldest and most
trusted employees of that road, includ-
nj {,ta
gence and judgment, that the rate of
speed of several passenger trains was
beyond the limit OF safety. These
unduly fast schedules necessarily re-
i suited in failure to maintain them
with the consequent confusion and
added danger from the operating
standpoint, and great Inconvenience
to the travelling public. The efforts
to maintain these schedules over tho
grades and curves of the Piedmont
region and along single track over
crowded with traffic, We're necessarily
attended with considerable degree
of hazard. while 1t kept the operating
department and the train crews ,,nden
more or less of u nervous strain In
the effort to accomplish the impossi-
BILE thus adding new elements of dam
ger on every hand
'"rhe commission, while not I'M
dertaking to control the speed OF
passenger trains. or to discourage
reasonably fast schedules, must. in
the interest of public safety. hold
that schedules should be fixed with
reference to physical and operating
5 conditions. and not by the passenger
department of the road With n single
view to meeting competitive condl-
tions In passenger traffic.
"The duty of the company Is first
to consider their roadbed, track,
grades and curves. together with tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
The First Duty.

"The first duty OF the corporation
Is To the public 1t has undertaken to
serve, and It's duty to the stock
holders only begins when this prl-
mary and paramount obligation to
the public has been fulfilled. Econ
omy of expenditure by corporations
In the interest of the stockholders
can only be justified after its duties
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Some Conclusions.

SOlllS SOllC1QSlOllS.
Taking up the more general aspects Of
the situation, the commission declares:
THE investigation of the immediate
cause of this unfortunate accident is
of secondary Importance as compared
with the investigation Of the general
conditions under which this and SINH
lar disasters have been occurring on
the Southern Railway with alarming
frequency. The commission is author
ized and presumably directed by the
Constitution of Virginia and by acts
of the General Assembly to conduct
such investigation Of accidents on any
transportation line as tho public in
terest may require. Such inyestiga-
ton would fall far short Of its mani
fest purpose and be well-nigh barren
of beneficial results were it a mere
recital of facts developed by the evil
dence as fixing the liability on this or
that officer or employe In any particu-
lar case. 1t Is the broader question
of the organization and management
of the Southern Railway, as 1t affects
public safety, that must more serious
~ engage our official attention. with
a view to such recommendations and
orders. In the public interest as the
facts and circumstances may seem to
Justify and require.
Greatly Overtaxed.
Proceeding on this line in the light
of the evidence adduced In this case
and other cases involving loss of life
on the Southern Railway which have
engaged the official attention of the
commission, 1t becomes necessary to
consider the general plan of organs
cation OF the Southern Railway In so
far as the same may come within
the jurisdiction of the legally con-
stituted authority of this State.
There can be no reasonable doubt
of the fact that the operating staff
of the Southern Railway has been
greatly overturned. The Danville d.
vision. on which the wreck now
under Investigation occurred, con-
sisted of SAT miles Of track, all under
tho immediate management OF a
single division superintendent Such
an amount of trackage cannot be
successfully handled by single
officer he his ability and zeal ever
SO great; a lack of localization and
Capitalization of competent authority
must inevitably follow such condl-
lions. Directly flowing from this con-
dition we find that the discipline
which must obtain on well-regu-
lated railway was consplcuously lack
ing in several of the operating de-
partments under investigation.
ut was shown that the operators
and signalmen charged with the i'm
portant duty Of directing the move-
pents Of trains We're under no imme-
date superyision; the manner in which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-07
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

SIXTEENTH AND A STREETS SOUTH
EAST-Robert l.. Bradshaw to Mary e.
Bradshaw, original lot 49, square 1886;
So
CIIICHESTER-Henry H. Bergman, trus-
tee. to Hiram L. Brown, lots I and g.;
SO.
DRY MEADOWS-Laura Hughes ct al. to
Phyllis Payton, part; $40.
FIRST STREET AND FLORIDA AVE
NUE. NORTHwEST-Robert A. Golden
ct ux. to William G. Carter, lots 80, 80,
81. square SOL; $40
LINCOLN-Marie A. Wade to Frank John
son, lots 80 and 40, section 5: $40.
SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST between
M and streets-Magdalen Weber
ct viz. George W., to Elizabeth Herrell,
lot As. square 473; $500.
FIFTEENTH STREET SOUTHEAST be-
tween and B streets-James Martin
ct ux to Linwood ]. Kirtley, lot %,
square 1859; SO.
al trustees. to John l.. II. Sawyer, lot
TO- block q 500.
NO. 2137 X STREET NORTHWEST-Jo-
seph H. Bradley, trustee. to William A.
Simpson, lot q, square %; $412o.
NINTH STREET NORTHWEST between
l and X streets-Edwin NJ. Eshleman
ct TX. to John NJ. Davis, part original
lot l.. square 49, $40.
STREET KIN w EoJ oetWeeh oou
and gath streets-Laura J. Graham to
Sarah A Lang. part lot 169, square
1854; $40.
TRINIDAD-Diner B. Grof to Andrew
Zeller and Frances A. Zeller, lot 50.
block u; so.
LONG MEADOws-Ma e. Slack to John
H. and Edward II. Slack and Mary E.
s. Dunlop. lot 81. block 30; $40
BARRY FARM-James III. Smith ct al.
trustees to Hightower T. Healing part
lot . section l; 81 ,02J.
JAMAICA AND SMITHS VACANCY-Liz-
zie NJ. Walter to Maggie Burgdorf lots
T. 8, 8 (one-third interesD; $40. Allen c.
in same lots: SO. Katie Clipper to same,
one-thrd interest in same lots; So
HOLMEAD MANOR-Harry b. VIII son ct
al to John F. Barghausen, lot so. block
A; $40. Same to Nils Otto Erickson,
lot 81. block "A; $40.
WISCONSIN AVENUE AND GERMAN
STREET NORTHWEST - Theodore
Barnes ct ux. to Pauline B. Woodruff,
part lot "a. square 1893; $40.
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NORTH
WEST between 18th and 18th streets
Guy Norman to Louisa p. Norman lots
80. 90 and part lot "a, square 157; $40.
SECOND STREET SOUTHWEST between
NJ and N streets-John Riddle, jr., ct
ux. to virgie Lee Harding, part lot 81,
square 597; SO.
NO. 2217 CLEVELAND PLACE NORTH
WEST-Lucy G. Kohr ct vir. Harvey
Al Al to ,, austin M. Rogers lot 1885, square
NO $50 SEVENTH STREET NORTHEAST
VIM. H. Weber ct ux. to Albert W.
and Ellen E. Graham. lot 1877, square
q STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
ana 18Th s.reets-Hash Reilly ct ux TO
Daniel r. and Belle NJ. Gaf, lot "a.
square 1905; $40.