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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
Suit Ordered After Conference.

Washington, June AT a confer
ence between the president and Attor'
ney General Wickersham II was de-
clded to file an Injunction suit against
the proposed increase in freight rates
by the Western Traffic association.
Details OF the proceedings were left
by the president entirely in tn - snds
OF Attorney General Wickersham and
department OF justice officials.
Mr.. Wickersham' conference with
Mr.. Taft WAS a hurried one. but 1t Is
understood the matter was gone into
at length by the president at the cabi-
net meeting.
Mr.. Taft regards this situation as
general evidence N the Importance OF
the provision In the pending admins
tration railroad bill, TO give the inter
state commerce commission the right
to suspend for sixty days any pro-
posed Increase in railroad rates.
In this time the commission, 1t Is
proposed. shall investigate whether or
not the increase is justified. II this
proposition were law injunction pro-
ceedings would not now be necessary.
Before the result OF the White
House conference was known Senator
LaFollette introduced a resolution de-
clarlng that the attorney general
should institute suit Immediately to
enjoin the advance Of railroad rates.
He sought also to Introduce a joint
resolution declaring ii to be unlawful
to advance rates without the consent
of the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The first resolution went In as part
OF the routine business. but when Mr..
LaFollette asked present consideration
Mr.. Elkins objected. as he wanted to
get the railroad bill up. This prevent
ed consideration.
Mr.. Elkins also succeeded In pre-
venting the introduction Of the joint
resolution. Mr.. LaFollette said he
would be heard from later.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
WINDOWS IN OLD BLANDF0RD
CHURCH WILL BE UNVEILED

The memorial windows placed in Old
Blandford church, Petersburg. Of the
States of Alabama, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi. Maryland, Tennessee and South
Carolina in honor Of the soldiers WHO
fell in battles in front of Petersburg
during the war between the States will
be unveiled Friday.
The exercises will be by the Peters
burg Soldiers Memorial Association
The presentation Of the windows will
be as follows:
South Carolina window by Governor
Ansel, of that State; address by Francis
H. Weston, unveiled by Mrs. Ansel.
Music.
Alabama window by Gen. c. Irwin
Walker, unveiled by Mrs. Charles
Brown.
Mississippi window by J. w. Collier,
unveiled by Mrs. Lou Clark.
Tennessee window by Benjamin Hun
phey, unveiled by Miss Hume.
Arkansas window unveiled by Miss
Mary Harwood.
Maryland window unveiled by Miss
Fannie Constable.
The windows, which were made 10y
Tiffany, of New York, will be received
on behalf of the Ladies Memorial AS
ISOLATION Y Gov. Mann.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
REARGUE TAX CASE
Supreme Court Decides II Must CONF
Up AGAIN In October.

Washington. June lit was decld-
ed by the supreme court that the cor
poration tax case. one of the import
ant suits heard before Justice Brew
er's death. shall be reargued.
More than s25,OOO.0O0 yearly reve-
me TO the government will be inyoly-
ed in the decision.
II was thought a decision might be
given before the summer adjournment,
but nIw there can be no reargument
before Governor Hughes goes on the
bench in October. The date set Is the
beginning of the next term before a
full bench.
The treasury department has been
anxiously awaiting the corporation tax
decision fo- several weeks. The mon
eys that have been collected thus far
under the law. something over $780,
600. have been segregated by the treas
ury department pending the decision
OF the court.
Maxwell Evarts. Of New YORK,
DfOuRnl lUt HISi SUIT W A'oN wv 49,"
law. It was an action in which the
guardian of q ward living in Vermont
sought to restrain a company running
store from the payment of tax. This
was followed by several New YORK
suits and some from Chicago.
They were argued together before
the death of Justice Brewer, and i'm
mediately after the argument in the
Standard Oil case, which has now
gone over until next fall, under re-
quest for reargument.
Meanwhile the treasury department
has proceeded with preparations FOR
the collection Of the tax. Although IL
reaches only such corporations whose
earnings exceed $4,000 year, the sum
accruing from it will exceed $25.OOO'-
900.
President Taft. who urged the law
as an amendment to the tarih act as
a means OF increasing revenue. Is con-
fident that it is constitutional. This
view is shared by Attorney General
Wickersham. who drafted it.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
POISONED BY MISTAKE
DeImar Contractor Gets Wrong Bottle
an Dies Som After.

peImar Contractor Gets Wrong Bottle
an Dies socn After.
Delmar, Del. June Edward Cor
man. aged ffty-seven years, died sud
denly In the drug store Of Or. Robert
Eligood. Mr. German was up early
and. feeling badly. went to the medi
cine chest and, getting bottle wnicf
he supposed contained castor oil, tool
large swallow.
In a few minutes he discovered ne
had taken crude carbolic acid instead
of the oil. He at once went to physi
clan and fell unconscious, dying about
two hours later.
Mr.. German was well known con
tractor and builder and had recently
been building new stations for the
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolh
railway.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
CORNERSTONE LAYING FOLLOWS
GIFTS BY CARNEGIE AND OTHERS

In the presence of several thousand
people at Manassas Monday the corner
stone of three additional buildings to
the Manassas School for Colored Youth
were laid, involving an expenditure of
nearly $4,000. These are the trades
building, to cost $50, 900; the Berwin
Hospital building, $4,000, and a new
wing to Rowland Hall, $1,000.
Mr.. Carnegie's gift of $4,000 was
based upon the condition that its au-
thorities raise like sum. John f.
Berwind, of New York, has sent SIS, 900
toward the building of the hospital to
be named for him, and Miss Emily
Rowland, of Sherwood, N. Y, contri-
buted SO, 900 for improvement of How
land Hall.
Among those who delivered addresses
were Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of New
York; O. G. Willard, Prof. Hill, and
Prof. H. U. RoOp.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
THE POST AUTO TEST RUN

The second annual endurance run,
conducted by the Washington Post,
concluded Tuesday afternoon, when 20
automobiles paraded Penn. Ave,
Washington. Eight of the twenty cars
finished with a perfect score.
One cup was given the winner in each
class. Where there are more than one
car with perfect score, the contest
ants decide its ownership by lot, the
loser having his name engraved on the
trophy as well as the winner.
The first car arrived in Washington
at Has, being several hours in advance
of the tourists. Two cars broke down
the first day and were withdrawn.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
TAKEN BACK TO SCHOOL
ounu Gould Returns to Studies In
Charoe Of His Father.

Young Gould Returns to Studies IN
Charge Of His Father.
Hartford, Conn, June !. - Edwin
Gould, Jr., who tramped the highways
OF Connecticut and landed In the sta
ton house at New Britain as guest
was taken back to Pomfret school by
his father, none the worse for his ex
perience except for blisters on his
feet.
Young Gould departed merrily. say
ing he would be glad to get back To
school. He added that he was home
sick when he left school last Friday
but he thought he had gotten over It
and especially he felt better after see
ing his father.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
VIRGINIA NEWS

Rev. DR.. James Cannon, Jr.. Monday
at Norfolk advocated the combining OF
Decoration day of the North with all
Confederate memorial days in the South
into one celebration. The day accepted,
he said, made no difference.
A frame dwelling house at Church
Point" Westmoreland county, belong
ing to Mrs. George Washington, was
burned Friday. 1t caught from a de-
fective chimney. The house was &C.
cupied by the family of John Dodd.
Very little Of the contents were saved.
The loss is estimated at about 1000.
The workshop on Rose Gill Farm,
near Urbanna, belonging to ]. H. Coch-
ran. was burned Sunday. The building
contained tools and machinery, and be-
meath it was an ice house, containing a
large quantity of ice; The loss is heavy;
no Insurance. Origin of fire unknown.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
LOCAL MARKETS.
Corrected by Simon Hirsh & Bro. }

Corrected by Simon Hirsh & Bro.)
Wheat, $1.OO to $1.05; corn, 70 to IS
meal, 81. 20 to LIS; oats, 60 to 65; old
hens, live, 13 to ID; dressed, Is to Is
spring chickens, Is to %, h.; eggs,
Is u 10; lard, Is to Is; ducks; live,
10 to IL; dressed IL to Is; butter, 20 &c
25; country hams, 16 to Is; bacon sides,
l6; Irish potatoes, 40 to so; lambs,
$3.50 to 81 i; hides, green, Z; dry
sailed, 10 to IL; dry hides, 10 to Is; cali
skins No. l, Sl.00 to SIPS; baled hay,
Sl8 to $50 per ton; live hogs, 8 to 9;
beef, live weight, to 4;pork, 8 to 10;
wool, % to 25 per Id; veal. 6 to z; sweet
potatoes. Sl.00 to $1.l0; seed Early
Rose potatoes, SIS TO IS
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
FIREBUG's NEW SCHEME
Uses Chemical Compound Tat Water
Makes More lnflamnfape.

Paterson, n. j.. June Charged
with having set fire to his store by
means OF a chemical compound. the
nature OF which has caused sensa-
ton in police and fire circles. Eugene
Frank. twenty-three years old, was
committed to the county jail by Re
corder Carroll without bail. The latest
freak of the prosphorous-like COM
pound with which the contents OF the
store at $50 Main street were smeared
has sent Fireman Martin J. O'Rourke
10 st. Joseph's hospital. ORourke was
placed on guard at the store and when
he picked up some of the compound
it ignlted in his hands. The hand was
severely burned and O'Rourke may
lost two of his fingers. The police re-
gard the compound as the most dan
gerous yet devised for the purpose OF
arson. as the application OF water only
serves to make It more inhammable.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
PEACHES RIPE IN VIRGINIA

The first local grown fully ripe May
peaches ever picked in large quantities
In the Suffolk section are being gather
ed on the farm of Thomas j. Whit
field. DR.. Thomas H. Barnes, former
State Senator, who was Is years old
Saturday and who rode through the
orchards Tuesday, says he never has
seen the like. Most people think the
phenomenal ripening is due to the early
season, but the owner says the variety
Of peach and method Of cultivation are
contributory causes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
Presentation Of Parchment.
CHARLES H. TREAT DEAD
Former Treasurer Of the United States
Succumbs to Attack In New York.

SuCCumD6 10 HttdCh IN NcW TWIN
New York. June Charles Henry
Treat until a few moE.hs ago treas
urer of the United States. to which po-
sitlon he was appointed by President
Roosevelt. died Of apoplexy in his
apartments at the Hotel Victoria.
Mr. Treat was born in Frankfort,
Me-. about sixty-eight years ago.
Among his ancestors were Robert
Treat Paine. a signer Of the Declare
ton OF Independence, and Robert
Treat a colonial governor Of Connec-
ticut
He was graduated from Dartmouth
college in 1865. He at once entered
business with his father and brothers.
who operated a feet of twenty-eight
vessels engaged in the import and ex-
port trade. He was for many years &C.
tive in Maine politics Upon his re-
moval to Delaware in 1877 he became
a prominent figure in the Republican
party in that state.
In 1888 he was chosen one of the
delegates at large to the Republican
national convention There he was
credited with solidifying the Delaware
delegation in the convention for Ben
jamin Harrison. In the same year Mr..
Treat was an aspirant for election to
the United States senate, but was de-
feated by two votes. Soon afterward
he removed to New York.
Here he became member Of the
Republican county committee and
managed the local campaign in 1898.
He was an ardent supporter OF VIII
liam Mckinley for the presidency.
Soon after McKinley's election he was
appointed collector Of internal revenue
for the Wall street district. serving
during the Spanish-Amerlcan War His
appointment as treasurer of the Unit
ed States was made by Mr. Roosevelt
in 1905.
He is survived by his widow and
two daughters.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
QUARTERLY MEETING IN STAFFORD

The second quarterly meeting fol
Stafford Circuit will be held on the 4tf
and 5th of June at New Hope. The
presiding elder, DR.. Prettyman, will
preach Saturday and Sunday at IL a.
m. A service will also be held in the
afternoon on Sunday at 3 O'Clock, al
which time we hope to have several
speakers from Fredericksburg. A bust
ness meeting of the conference will be
held Immediately after the sermon on
Saturday, to which all the official mem
bers are urged to be present. Com
munion services on Sunday morning.
All are welcome to these services.
i2l2t.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
DEATHS

Beverley Bland Munford died at his
home 10 Richmond Tuesday. after long
and painful illness. He was about 90
wears old. He was long leading law
Yer and legislator Of the State.
Rev. A. A. Jones, aged 81, Of the
Virginia conference, M. z. Church,
South. died at Norfolk of paralysis
Monday. He was on the Merrimac at
the time Of the engagement with the
Monitor.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02

qiIRGINIA. In the clerk s Office Of the
NJ Circuit Court of Stafford county
Nav goth, 1910. William A. Wat
son and Sallie Watson his wife, E. A.
Groves and Martha Groves his wife,
plaintiffs, vs.. Charles Watson, Clara
Watson. Waller Watson, Bennett
Woodland, Laura Woodland, Samuel I.
Schooler, Nellie Sohooler, Charles
Stewart, Susie Stewart, Frank Watson.
Mamie Watson, Walter Watson, Mabel
Watson, Bernard Watson, Floyd Wal
lace, Mary Wallace, Agnes Rowell, and
--Rowell her husband, James Watson,
Alice Watson, Ida Donaldson, Thomas
Donaldson, Mary F. Curtis, - and
= Curtis her husband, and M. X.
Lowry, executor Of James w. Watson,
deceased, defendants.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to construe
the will of James w. Watson, deceased,
to settle up his estate and to partition
the land of which James w. Watson,
deceased, died seized and possessed in
the county of Stafford, Va, among the
parties entitled thereto, if practicable,
ana III not, 10 sell tue SAIL : anu diFidS
the proceeds among them.
And affidavit having been made and
filed that the said Agnes Rowell and
- Rowel her husband, James Wat
son, Alice Watson, Ida Donaldson, and
Thomas Donaldson, and Mary F. Curtis,
and - Curtis her husband, are not
residents of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that they do appear here with
in fifteen days after due publication
hereof and do what may be necessary
TO protect their interest in this suit.
And it is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published once a week for
four weeks in The Free Lance, a news
paper published in Fredericksburg. Va ,
and that copy be posted at the front
door of the courthouse Of this court on
or before the next succeeding rule day
of the court.
A copy-Teste:
c. A. Bryan, Clerk.
G. B. Wallace, p. q. 49,
I2-w4w.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
S. S. KAUFMAN,s JEwELRY STORE

For fine watches, jewelry and silver.
We have completed remodeling our
store, and with increased facilities for
displaying our large stock of the finest
quality wares, now enables anyone to
make a rare selection of up-to-date
goods. Our store of sixteen years
standing, our goods, our enticing prices,
and our fair treatment need no intro
duction. A call will convince you.
m14-slm-17-l1m
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
NORRIS JEWELRY STORE

For silverware and fine jewelry. The
public has grown to know that any
piece of jewelry or silverware that
comes from The Norris Store is to be
relied upon. With increased facilities
and more room We can properly show
our exclusive line of fine goods, which
we feel sure will prove Of interest to
prospective buyers and it is fact that
for quality Norris prices are invariably
the lowest.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
T.R.ST|RS BRITISH HALTS RATE RAISE
Government Moves Against
Freight Rate Increase.
tNJOINlNG ORDER GRANTED
President Authorizes Attorney Gen
eral to Begin Action to Prevent
Raise in Rates by Western
Traffic Associations.

Hannibal, Mo. June /. - United
States District Judge Dwyer granted
an order restraining railroads, mem
beers OF the Western Traffic associa-
ton, from putting into effect general
increase in freight rates.
The petition. alleging an unlawful
combination and conspiracy, was filed
BY Frederick N. Judson. special coun-
sci. and Edwin p. Grosyenor, special
assistant to Attorney General Wicker
sham.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
THE PRIMARY

There is a great deal of the con-
yincing and convicting force of COM
mon sense in the following comment
of M. II. De Young. leading citizen
of California, and the proprietor of
the San Francisco Chronicle, touch
ing the prevailing craze that our
government is not a republic but a
mob:
The direct primary is the biggest
farce in politics. all along believed
this to be 50, but was convinced OF
il in the last city election. A capa-
Bile and honest man does not want to
enter the field for political office
when it will cost him many times
more to be elected than the thing
is worth. 1t isn't worth the effort
or the honor. The people clamOred
for direct primary law. Now they
have it, but they will find out that IT
is impractical. and that. instead of
helping them. as they thought II
would, it will do them more harm
than good.
Under the direct primary. a man
running for Office has to make two
campaigns. He has all the worry
and expense of getting the nomina-
ton, and then has to go up against a
political opponent in the election.
No man fit to hold an Office will en-
ter such a contest. Washington
Post
The primary in Virginia is liable TO
the same criticism-indeed, same OBJ
iections which are so we'll stated in
the above article. The fact is that
the primary is prohibitive, so far as
poor man is concerned. No mat
ter how patriotic, how capable, hon
est and able he may be, he is prohib-
tied from entering the contest for
Office in the primary. for it is impos-
sible for him to put up" the nee
essary funds. Besides-as it has
been conducted in some sections-the
primary is both fraud and farce.
Republicans have been allowed to
vote in such numbers that they
practically nominate the candidate
in a Democratic primary.
There are other objections to the
primary. 1t creates a self-perpetu-
ating office trust. Those who are in
stay in, largely because they have
the funds to keep themselves in. So
one who has not the funds, dare not
enter the contest in the primary to
oppose them. And so far as we have
been able to see, no more capable,
no better officers have been nomi-
mated in the primary than in the old
system of nomination. The mass OF
the people are opposed to it, and at
the first opportunity will wipe it out.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
PUBLIC SALE

will sell at public auction Saturday,
June the 4th, 1910, at 10. 30 a. m, at
Port Royal, Va. at the residence Of the
late c. +. Thornton, the household fur
niture, consisting of four bedroom sets
in handsome old mahogany and oak,
parlor set, diningroom set, carpets, rugs,
bedding and other articles. Also ! buggy
and corn harvester. Terms cash.
Miss Tillie G. Thornton.
26m4 Per J. T. T.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
WRECK ON SOUTHERN R. R.

Thirteen persons were injured in the
wreck Monday at Sycamore, near Dan
vile, of Southern fast mail from New
Orleans to Washington.
Railroad officials announced that they
had been unable to determine the cause
of the wreck.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
$1,000 REWARD FOR SUSPECT
Man Who Killed Alma kellner May Be
a, New Orleans

Louisville, Ky. June IA dispatch
from New Orleans says that a man
said to be Joseph Vending. the al
legged murderer OF Alma Kellner. has
been seen there. Vending is said To
have relatives living in New Orleans
and the old French quarter is being
searched for him.
A reward Of $1,000 has been offered
by the relatives OF the murdered
school girl for the arrest and convic
ton OF the murderer. Meanwhile the
family has accepted the body as that
of their daughter, but no arrange
ments for the funeral have yet been
made
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
AEROPLANE

The fly from Albany to New York
City by Curtis was marvellous and
has placed him as a record-breaker,
but some one will beat him in the
future. The navigation Of or in the
air, whichever it may be called, is
an infant enterprise now. Its de-
yelopment cannot be foretold. No
wonder Maxim, the inventor Of
death-dealing devices, says that all
war will in time be fought from or
in the air. Soldiers. he says, will
20 up in battalions and fight high
ND in the air or will throw down
bombs and shells from the air. Since
the telephone, the wireless tele-
graph, etc., nothing seems either
impossible or improbable. We may
expect anything. The capacity for
man to invent cannot be measured,
and, therefore, the future of the
dirigible balloon and the aeroplane
cannot be prophesied about. We
can just watch and wait and marvel
not at the result of mans ingenuity
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
Girl. IRVING to Rescue. browns.

Ashland, KY, June LIN vain ef-
fort to save the life of William Jack
son, Miss Clara Simpson. a leader in
Ashland society, was drowned. Miss
Simpson saw Jackson fall into the
river. Plunging into the stream, she
swan to him and seized his body. She
attempted to get him to the shore. but
became exhausted and both drowned.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-02
DENTAL NOTICE

DIR. J. M. Hughes, of Fredericksburg,
will be at Bowling Green week of June
POPS inclusive, instead of court week.
This change applies to June appoint
ment only. Regular appointments on
court weeks thereafter. 3lm2w