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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
MANY TO ATTEND
FARMERS UNION
Virginia Division Convention
Opens Tomorrow With 600
Delegates Enrolled.
BIG GROWTH IN ONE YEAR
National Officers Expected Here
to Explain Objects OF
Organization.

Members Of the Virginia Division.
Farmers Educational ana Co-operativ
Union. OF America, are coming in for
the annual meeting OF the state divl.
sion. which will be held to- morrow,
Wednesday and Thursday. in the as
seinbly hall of the Elks' Home 4
meeting Of the executive committee
VIII be held in the Lexington Hotel
this morning at 10 o'clock TO wind up
tho affairs for the year. ana to prepare
committee are r. T. Blackwell OF
Hollydaie; II. G. Fuuua, of Prospect;
S r. Spain. OF Church Roads. and !
w. Cawthorn. of Appomattox II. l.
Petty. of Union Level. state secretary
OF the association, also will act as see
rotary OF the meeting.
National Officers Coming.
The convention Will be opened at the
Eiks Home tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock, with an address OF welcome
by Mayor H. c. Richardson. which will
DC responded to by National Secretary
a. &. Davis, OF rcXnrkana Tex Ma
tional President c. : Barrett, OF Union
city Ga. is expected to be present and
National Vice President w r. Calf
cote. Of Denver. has already register
cd al the Lexington. The public is cx-
nected TO be present at the opening
session, but all the others Will be exc
WIN oiiiCtlS VIII DC elected on tho
last day OF the convention. The pres
cnt State officers are: President, d. NJ
GannawaN. OF Guinea Mills; Vice Pres
ident G. Gordon, of Union Level: score
tarS, q L. Petty, OF Union Level.
Between 100 and 500 delegates are
expected to attend the convention
which VIII make its Headquarters at
the Lexington The association has been
established In the state for only ono
year and has increased more than 30
per cent up TO this time, although as
yet there are only twenty-one counties
organized, In the United States the
union claims 100000 or more mem
bers.
One OF the mos, Important matters
10 be taken UP by the convention viii
be that Of making an aggressive cam
paign through all counties of the State
~ least fifty new organizers will be
placed In the field and a strong effort
VIII be made to effect organiza lions In
every county by the next annual con-
vention
Some OF It's Objects.
The union Is for the most part q
secret organization. With the primary
view OF improving tho condition OF the
farmer Some OF its objects are 10 as
tablish justice and secure equity. to
discourage the credit and mortgage
system: To assist its members In. buy
Ing and selling; to educate the agri-
cultural class III scientific farming: to
eliminate gambling in farm prod ticts
by boards Of trade. cotton exchanges
and spectators. and TO secure and
maintain profitable and uniform prices
Tor grain, cotton. live stock and other
products of the farm. Merchants law
yers. bankers and those belonging to
trusts or combines for purposes OF
speculation In agricultural products are
barred from the association. The own
ing of bank stock by a farmer does
not bar him from the union If he de-
rives the better part Of his support
from the farm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
SPEEDING CHARGE
AGAINST RUNOLEY
Young Physician Who Killed
Miss Carroll on January IS
Reported by Police.

Or. G. Tyler Hundlcy OF 4os East
Franklin Street, was reported Satur.
day night for speeding in his automo.
bile on West Franklin Street. He is
alleged TO have been running at ratio
OF al least twenty-five miles an hour
He was reported by Bicycle Policemen
Krengel and ToInlinson
1t is stated that the officers shouted
e. him, but that he failed to stop al
their warning. They were unable to
catch him until he stopped at Henry
and Franklin Streets. In the car with
pr. Eundley were two women and a
man. he denied that he was exceed
Ing the speed limit but the officers
Will bring in evidence the registration
OF their spccdometcrs, which showed
that the alleged rate OF speed was
more than allowed by law
6 DR.. Hundley killed Miss India Car
roll, IN aged woman at Sixth and
Broad Streets, OH January % He was
coming east, and she was attemptinc
70 cr3ss the street iiagonally from the
southwest corner. The evidence be-
lore the coroner's jury was that DR..
lIurdlcy was driving at moderat 9
rate Of speed and that Miss Carroll
becoming confused, stepped in front OF
II MS machine. \ rear wheel passed
eyer her body. She lived only a few
minutes.
The coroner's jury did not attach
any blame, but the case mas not vet
been heard III the Police Court. on i he
docket OF which, following the usual
formula in such cases, DR.. Hundlev ia
charged with murder.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
RUNAWAY HORSE
!. WRECKS VEHICLE
Miss Sternheimer and Miss
Schwab Have Narrow Es-
cape From Death.

Miss Florence Sternhetmer and Miss
Meta Schwab. who live at Gresham
Court, were saved from probable death
BY falling on q grass plot. When the
horse they were driving ran away
yesterday afternoon on Monument Ave.
nue. and threw them from The run
about.
The horse, a large. powerful ANNA J.,
dashed eastward on Monument Avenue
for several blocks Mounted Onicer
Smallwood, riding some distance away
saw that the horse was running away
and went in pursuit. Blu. before he
could reach the young Women, the
horse swerved. dashed the buggy into
tree. completely wreckin., II, and
hurled both young women 10 the
ground. Fortunately they fell on the
soft grass, and We're thus saved from
severe, If not fatal, injury.
Miss Sternheimer was painfully hurt;
the worse for her fall. They Wee zen
into a residence, from which they were
taken TO their apartments.
Both stuck gamely TO their sea-
until the collision. and when the Of
| hcer saw them each was Juggling and
and saving away at a rein. This is
! what probably caused the horse 10
| swervc suddenly instead OF Keeping a
| straight course.
! The runabout was completely wreck
| ed The horse continued his mad
career with nothing hut the shafts.
which he wrenchcd from the body OF
the vehicle. He was caught a little
later, and seemed TO be unhurt. The
remnants of the demolished buggy
We're placed in q tool house.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
WARD MAJORITY
FOR JOSEPH SORG
Caucus Will Be Called to Noni-
nate Member of Fire Board
to Succeed Taylor.

Members Of the Marshall Ward
delegation in the City Council Will is
sue call either to-day or tomorrow
Tor a caucus at which q fire commits
Sioner to succeed Captain G. Watt
Taylor Will be nominated. The. situa-
tion is rather complicated in View OF
the reported refusal Of Alderman Nell
sen to participate. Councilman Rich
ardson is out OF the city. and IT Is
claimed that on the first ballot Joseph
=. SorG Will receive five votes and six
votes on the second ballot
Should Mir Nielsen still refuse to
participate md carry out his pur
pose of nominating former Alderman
John Mann. the fight will then DO
transferred to the floor OF Council In
contests OF this character. however,
the Councils policy has been TO ratify
the action OF the caucus. believing
That the ward delegation is better pre-.
pared to express the wishes OF its
constituents. If Mr.. Sorg receives six
OF the seven caucus votes. he would
not DE the unanimous choice II Mr..
Nielsen declines to participate or holds
| out for Mr.. Mann. but members OF the
delegation contend that Council would
hardly Ignore the ward recommends
tlon because Of this feeling the East
End members declare that Mr.. Sorg
| VIII he nominated on the ground that
| the majority should rule. Mr. Sorg
who has never been In politics, is a
successful business man. being vice
president OF the MiNhiser Bag Com
DaOy a5. 'll
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
ENGINEERS BODY
FOUND IN CANAL
Dragged From Water and Later
Identified as H. Y. Faison, Of
Chesapeake and Ohio.
MISSING SINCE JANUARY 10
Relatives Thought He Was iii
Newport Ncws-Clearly an
Accident.

Draining OF the canal yesterday
morning brought forth the body OF IL.
! Y. t'sson. thirty three years old, an
engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway, who had been missing since
January Il? The body was found by A.
j. Butler. of y Holly street. a a point
opposite the conjunction of Sixth and
Byrd streets.
After drawing the body up on tho
bank, Butler notified the police and Cor
oner Taylor, and II was then trans
ferrei to the morGue Of Bliley's under
taking establishment. The mans iden-
tity was At first unknown. as no one had
been reported missing. Later he was
identified by r. l.. Faiscn, Of $40 South
Harrison Street. a cousin.
Never Suspected His Death.
F'aison was last seen alive in Rich
mond, but as he sometimes made his
headquarters in Newport News It was
thought by his relatives that he was
in that city. lie had been employed as
an extra engineer OH the Chesapeake
and Ohio. but lately had been firing
on the road and in the yards at New
port News.
There were, apparently. no. suspicious
circumstances surrounding the mans
death. and the drowning is believed to
have been accidental. On the body
were found n gold watch and chain. a
silver watch. q fountain pen, bunch
of keys and $3.50 in cash.
How long the body had been in tho
water is not known, but the accident
is supposed 10 have occurred on the
day on which he was last seen, when
his relatives here thought lie had re-
turned TO Newport News When In
Richmond he lived with his cousin
He is survived by both parents, who
live in Surry county, by a brother, liv-
ing in Wilmington. y. c. and by two
sisters. OF Dendron.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
MORE CIGARETTES
|. SOLD LAST YEAR
Output Grows Larger, Despite
Warfare by Big Organ
izations.

Efforts Of the anti cigarette forces
and the sturdy campaigners lined up
against the use Of the coffin tacks had
no other result in 1910 than 10 increase
the output Of the little cousins Of My
Lady Nicotine BY about l.S56.4s7,3oS
Richmond factories supplied no small
amount of this number of cigarettes
Except TO Freshmen and sophomorcs
who frowncd upon pipes. the
idea Of one billion, eight nun
dred and iifty-,ivc million four
hundred ana eighty seven thous-
ana, three hundred and eight cigarettes
IS q mere ncthoplastic figure. fixed 10
IT the fancy of tile mathematical mind
For tie bcncli: OF all citizens not in
Guided III the foregoing these statistics
are furnishcd
Taking lhc average length Of per-
fcctly honest cigarette al two and one
half inches. il placed end u end, would
make Il string 1903 miles IN length
This would be sufficient TO iuild an I'M
broken line cf cigarettes around the
world and ,hen third track the syg-
ten. The cnuie output &c tho world
for the year was s.ll7.5;G,625 cigar
cites, or enough, on the same basis TO
reach around the world more han ten
times.
These. be It understood, are cigar
ettes Of American make from the ma :
tive strai ghtcuts OF Nirsi nia TO the
actual and only article smoked by the
sultan and made somewhere down In
Seventh street. They are III he true,
patriotic, tariff guarded article.
30 one IL the trade Knows why
there has been an increase. Maybe
y Is due 70 toys WHO read the yellow
backs hcine ii q higher state OF ar
! iucncN Thar the incrcaac is due 10
the fact that women nov carry cigar
| cite cases rs well as powder puifs Is
| denied Dealers 90 point 10 the in
crease III the enrolment AT the larger
schools and colleges as possible
! factor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
ON SOUTHERN TRIP
CORNER Governor Warf1cld Passes
!hrough City Aboard Private Chr.

uIther Governor NarhclN Passes
The signet,:' nr rH car 70" Of si nii
tary 9. 7. Williams. OF the Georgia end
Florida RAILWAY. passed through Rich-
lnont last night. having aboard former
governor lidwin Warneld OF Mary
land, Miss Louise Warned, his daugh-
ter and Nj. Williams The car vas
attached 70 the southbound Scaboard
Ar Line express, which left here last
night az ll.35 o'clock
The former executive or the Ray
state plans months stay IN the South.
end may extend his trip TO Cuba.
stories q the rapid strides made in
the South have brought Mr.. Wartield
On this tour Should lie GO TO Havana,
ne VIII return Is way Of New Orleans.
snd before going back home Will visit
Nlcn!nond. Ntianta. Mobile. Norfolk and
o'ntr southern places.
me first ..stop pt the ex- Governor
he VIII go 10 Augusta, where a speciai
train "iii await him 10 whirl him
oyer the system of the Georgia and
Former Governor waraeld last us.
sted the south in 1899 Financial in
sctutions which he directs nave heavv
Investments IL the South, ana NJ, l.
anxious 70 make personal obscrva-
ton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
new MI ASSURES
BEFORE COUNCIL
Umlauf to Offer General Traffic
Law for City at Meeting
Tonight.

Interest in municipal circles thif
week centres around the monthly meet
Ing of the Common Council tonight al
business reported by the committees
for final action, including the ordinance
adding thirty men to the police force
there Will be introduced a number Of
new propositions OF more than passing
interest. Among these will be the
Umlauf traffic law, which is in COURSE
OF preparation in the City Attorneys
office, from notes furnished by Mr.. Um,
lauf, and which it is proposed shall
be general compendium of all pres
ent rules governing the use Of streets
by vehicles of all kinds, with important
new provisions for the regulation OF
automobiles end the licensing Of chauf-
feurs.
Another important measure has been
prepared by Building Inspector Beck,
proposing that hereafter no lodging
house Of more than three stories and
no hospital be erected OF other than
fireproof material. Mr. Rogers Will
propose an ordinance governing the
excavating for building foundations
and other purposes. and Mr.. Wonder
lehr will propose an ordinance for the
segregation Of the races in different
sections of the city
The Committee on James River I'M
provement will meet on Tuesday night
ut s o'clock.
The Committee on Relief OF the Poor
will meet on Thursday night to take
ZIP the question of selecting another
head nurse for the City Home Hospital,
as suggested by the medical staff.
A meeting of the Finance Commit
tee VIII be called during the week to
receive and act on the report Of tho
budget subcommittee. and until that
subcommittee completes Its labors 1t
will meet almost daily. A special
meeting Of the Council will probably
be called about the middle Of the month
to receive the new budget, so rs not
to delay departments in awarding con-
tracts for spring work Last year tho
budget was not signed until March 20.
and 1t was midsummer before impor-
tant work was under way
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
TWO MORE ARRESTED on.
CHARGE OF ROBDING OLD M1S

Henry Brown and David Butts, col
ored, We're arrested yesterday after
noon by County officer Tillcr on a
charge OF being implicated III the rob
berry Of the homo Of Philip Coleman, an
aged negro. near Lakeside, ana as
faulting the old man. John Orange.
colored. was arrested on the same
charge several days ago 70 secure
additional evidence his case was con-
bond Of 500 It ssaia tha s i out on
be further arrests
Coleman told the Henrico police that
his homo was entered OH the night OF
January p by several men, who at
tackled him. knocking him down. While
ne was held others of the gang ram
sacked his home
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
MEN STAND ASIDE AT
BIG JUBILEE MEETING
Twenty-Five Hundred Women Attend Service at
Auditorium and Hear Mrs. Montgomery
Plead for vi issions

Men stood aside in Richmond yes
tcrday afternoon when more than
5000 women gathered in the City Audi
torium for tho formal opening OF the
Jubilee of Women's Foreign Mission.
airy Societies
For women only" was the tcrse
greeting TO male escorts. who had to
relinquish wives, sweethearts and
daughters for the time being. In tho
vast hall there We're less than ten
men, and those present included one
policeman. several Gremen. a few mem
bcrs Of the press and Arthur Scrivcnor.
musical director OF the "Wednesday
Club. who led a chorus OF 500 voices.
IsIg Afternoon Audience.
The Episcopal Presbyterian. Meth.
odist. Christian and Baptis, churches
OF Richmond were represented by
about $500 women. while about 500
members of colorcd denominations
were seated in the gallery. 1t was
one of the largest gatherings Of It's
kind ever seen In Richmond. y similar
meeting took place last night To-
night the closing session Of the ccle-
bration VIII also take place In the
Auditorium.
The jubilee is In conmcrnoration OF
the nfticth anniversary Of the founda-
ton OF the first women's missionary
society In New York. The movement
started last October in California.
Since that time similar affairs have
taken place in Denver, Omaha, Kansas
city, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and other
cities. The prime object is TO secure
q fund OF sl,0Oo,0o0 with which TO
equip and send missionaries TO tho
foreign fields to aid IN the fight 10
stamp out Paganisn, Mohamm cdnnism
and other heather beliefs. About one.
quarter OF the desired sum has been
realized from the jubilces already held,
and II Is believed that Richmond Will
contribute substantially 20 tho cause
The audiences Yesterday afternoon
and night which heard tho speakers
sionary work Joined in the singing Of
hymns which took place frequently
In the program arranged.
Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery was
the principal spenkes yesterday after
noon. She has conducted most OF tho
meetings held throughout the country
Mrs. montgomery made strong plea
for the enlistment OF tho services Of
young men and women in the mission.
airy work. She declared that the young
people hold the keynote OF tho siiua>
| ton to go into the field to help con-
vert a2o,o0oeo0 heathens.
Where Missions Are Needed.
Though our work has progressed
wonderfully she said. there is still
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
NORFOLK MAYOR
SHOCKED BY PLAY
Ordered Curtain Rung Down on
The Easiest Way and
Then Relented.

Although Mayor Riddick OF Norfolk.
ordered the curtain to be rung down
at the matinee Saturday afternoon on
The Easiest Way" he quickly relent-
ed, and the performance proceeded
without further Interruption When
the Mayor happened in he YVES shock
ed by something on the stage. Chief
of Police Ilizer was ordered to stop 1t.
but before the order was put into ef-
feet a hurried conference was held.
after which the audience sat quietly
until the end. AS a result Of the adj
vertising the Academy was not large
enough to accommodate the crowd
which sought admission Saturday
night
The police censors who saw the pro-
duction Friday night said the play was
all right The Norfolk newspapers
the next morning said it was not. Then
the Mayor looked in. Exactly how tho
performance was modified to suit his
demands was not explained.
whether immoral or indecent" said
the Norfolk Landmark yesterday, 1.-The
capacity audiences on Saturday after
noon and night proved that The Eas-
lest Way is what some Of tho people
want. Not in long time has there
been such a rush for seats"
There was a rush for seats when
they were put on sale In Richmond
last week FOR three performances. most
Of the people buying tickets for the
opening night in view of the reports
that Mayor Richardson would stop
the play If 1t proved TO be scandalous.
A number OF Richmond people went to
Norfolk on Saturday to sec 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
EirELninns Mt the uotclh.

Murphy's-Iohn +. Bcalc Rutter.
worth; J. F. Singleton. Norfolk: w r.
Tyree Staunton: Paul w Garnett
l.cesburs; III. b. Watkins, Virginia; w.
p. Parrish. Chatham.
Richmond-Miss Nettie E'itzhugh
Frederic ksburg: S. r. l'itzhugh, Fred
erickshurg; a. +. Brady, IIowardsvillc;
z. w Brooks. Nottoway.
Roger, Norfolk d. b. Bradshaw. Court
land; J. w. Cawthon, Jr.. Appropriations;
+. t. Cawthon. Appotmattox: c. S. Cor
don. Baskerville; c. Gordon. Baskcr.
Tllle: j. T.. Andrews, MecklcnburE;
tt. j. Andrews. Mecklcnburg: II. |.
Petty. Union Level: c. c. Amos Co
lumbia j. +. Casey. Lynchburg: James
CorriSan, I.ynchburg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
NEW SCHEDULE
HELPFUL TO BANKS
Not One Complaint From Public
About Closing One Hour
Earlier.

Bank officers said Yesterday that the
new schedule by which all banks
which are members OF the Clearing
House Association close al . p. NJ,
daily except Saturday, has proved far
more satisfactory than has been an
tlcipated, especially In view OF the
fact that no. a single complaint has
been heard from the public. Business
people have found the earlier closing
plan beneficial because all OF the Of
iicers and clerks of every bank arc
on duty continuously until . O'CLOCK
heretofore, they would go out for
lunch al irregular hours, and 1t was
often difficult for the visitor to find tho
department head with whom he de-
sired to transact business. Now, a
man does not have 10 telephone to
bank TO sec II one officer or another
is in his office.
The . o'clock schedule, however, Is
especially advantageous because 1t en-
ables the banks to dispatch their mail
al an earlier hour In tha afternoon
which means that 1t is sent out OF
Richmond in time for the first morning
delivery in New York ana scores Of
Other cities. Postmaster Allan who
has been Keeping a close watch on
the situation believes that much Of
the evening congestion III the post
Office viii be relieved Banks send
out thousand of letters daily, Most Of
the northbound mail during the past
few days has been sent to the train
leaving for Now York at 5:l5 o'clock,
thereby relieving a part OF that heavy
crush for tho train leaving Byrd
Street Station AT $50 r. NJ, BY getting
out on the first train, ali bank letters
arc distributed In New York at tho
| opening of business, whereas those
I 1.t ,Y..- I L.. Q,
| are frequently twelve hours late in
| delivery
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
REPORTED BY MINISTER
MIR. Atkins Chief Witness Against Main
Street ConfcCtInncra

J.. c. and Is HoccNiccion, confcction-
ers ~ 1cp and FOL East Main street.
respectively, were reported yesterday
afternoon again on complaint D. the
Rev. Henry Pcarce Atkins. president
Of the virginia Anti-Saloon League and
pastor cf the Allen Avenue Christian
GhGrch for the alleged violation OF
thc sabbath law IN that they BoId their
wares, cnif@ct!ons and soft drinks on
sunday.
MIR. htltils summoned Policeman
Dnsan and Informed him of the vio-
lation. and the latter made the renort,
putting Mr.. Atkins down as the com,
planning Witncgz a8 ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06
THIRD HEALTH LECTURE
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT,

The third lecture on health topics.
under the auspiccs of the Federation
Of Mothers Clubs, Will bo given Nv
DR.. Allen W. Freeman a tho John Mar
shall High Schoo! on Thursday night
At. S:l5 o'clock. Ills subject will be
ne Relation Of Files. Mosquitoes and
Other insects TO the Public Health,
Ihese lectures arc open TO the public
without charge, the object being to
educate the people and to show them
simple methods
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06

Net earnings of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway for the month OF Deem
her amounted to s603.63S, an increase
OF s30i06, as compared with the cor
responding month in 1909. Net earn
ings from July I to December 81 were
s2.9so,591. or an increase of s617s0. as
compared with the preceding poriod
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06

1Rnes Lawaon colored. was arrested
yesterday on charge of stealing s35
FROM Eugene McCray
Mildred Fox, coiorcd. WAS arrested
OF charge Of assaultinr I.yttl.ton
Walker viii, 2 bottle
Arthur Dabney. colorcd. Was srrestss
Of suspicion OF having committed lar
ceny.