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$50 Paid on Savings Accounts

out on the subject. Mr.. Holland said
he would have liked a Norfolk man
for his private secretary to succeed
8. w. Niemeyer. who held the posi-
ton under Congressman Maynard, but
that the pressure from the counties
was so great that he found 1t neces-
sary TO name Mr.. Kendriok.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11
SHIP AEROPLANES
FOR CUBAN MEET

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE feet
of more than a dozen of aeroplanes
shipped to Havana to-day from this
port was the largest consignment of
aeroplanes ever made In the United
States. They will be used in the In
ternational aviation meet in Cuba
March Is to az, in which air.men
from all over the world are entered.
The prizes total $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11
WOULO-bE assassin
FLEET Of FOOT
OFFICERS CHASE NEGRO, WHO HAD
CARVED HIS WIFE, BUT
MAN ESCAPES.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ROANOKE, VA, March 11.--After
severely cutting his wife with knife
lice a lively chase last night and
finally escaped Several times officers
fired at him but none OF the balls took
effect. Officer Hamilton with his mo-
tor cycle Joined In the pursuit. The
woman Ia not thought to be danger
ously hurt Thomas came here sever
al months ago from Lynehburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11
HORSE KICKS, MR.
FULLER ID HURT,

Especial TO The Richmond yirstnian.
EMPORIA, VA. March l1.--Mr.
James, Enslass ta .hn ssfbHrks Of town,
was driving a spirited young horse Fri
day evening. hftched to a dog cart. The
cart TO places, and threw IL over, which
resulted in Mr.. Fuller's being badly
hurt
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as well as the conditions will permit,
with police and fire protection to the
greatest extent possible.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11

world with Admiral sperry's fleet and
was aboard the Washington during
her trip from Seattle, Wash. around
the Horn to the Atlantic He il d
graduate Of tiss War College at wash
Ington, y, G.
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of Marlborough, with her two sons and
her friend, Mrs. Tiffany of New York,
and other members OF Americas society
have also been prominent visitors.
Many of the summer visitors wait over
for the coming Of snow and settle down
to the enjoyment of the. winter. The
Kinks and runs afford them opportunities
for indulging in the thrills of toboggan-
ing and bobseighing at seventy TO
ninety mile an hour clip. Ski-jumplrg
and running, speed skating. strenuous
hockey. or staid curling offer plenty of
variety to the. sportively minded.
The cult of the snow and ice is a cure
not only for nerves. but for many otner
ills and ailments of the mind as we'll as
the flesh, and it has been proved that
the snow and sunshine offer peculiar ben
etits that no other form of outing can
provide.
Skating is perhaps the most popular OF
the sports for it brings all TO the rink
upon more equal footing than any
other sport Every resort has its rink:
some have several They are mace by
the simple device Of flooding at night,
with the. result that next morning there
is surface of ice smooth and glossy
enough to satisfy the most eXactIng
sportsman Then there is. of course,
natural ice skating on the lakes.
The toboggan is the joy of the single
rider bent on deeds of daring, in awe-in-
spring headlong plunGes down the icy
run, and even occasionally into the air.
In Switzerland is an unrivaled oppor-
tunity for induling in this earth-skim-
ming fervor. Here are the breezy runs
with their tortuouS courses, and sporty
turns that make them such splendid
speeding opportunities for the swift ones
in their flight. The light fantastic open
structure of the toooggan is maneuvered
by the feet alone. the speeder sprawlng
at length, head on and afront in the
downward rush. There is no steering
DISTINGUISHING feature from the latter. 1t
is a skeleton sled constructed of tough
material. and the great speed which grav-
ity assures for ii when released at the
start enables it to carry, in its forward
, flight, the weight of the rider to the fin
ish with ease. There is a host Of fine
toboSran runs at all the winter resorts.
Bohsleighing is another form of the
same sort Of amusement. The bobsleigh
is substantial vehicle. built not for one
but Tor several. A consenial party even
of six is possible in a bobsieigh.
The differences originally between a bob
and toboggan We're considerable. but
they have been brought into such remark
able relationship that the one-the bob
might he termed twin toboggan. For it
may be constructed by attaching two to-
boggans. tandem fashion. by means OF a
platform, the front being movable on n
pivot for steering, while the rear one is
rigid. The platform furnishes the seat
for the crew, each one of which is kept
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MEANS That House
lvl Must Be Remodeled-
Parliament Scheme for Seat
ing Members in Hall Made
Smaller Than Senate-Each
Representative Now Has
4I,ooo More Constituents
Than Ten Years Ago-If
Original Apportionment Still
Obtained House Would Have
3,o65 Members and New
York City I5e- Increase
Will Cost Half Million An
nually = Why House Goes
on Increasing-The Gerry
mander" Monster-An Anec-
dote of Just 100 Years Ago.
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No MORE-DE5K Room.

of remodeling the hall of the House
why. YOU ask. is the present membership
not re-established:
Simply because the reshuff1ing Of the
cards by that scheme would take away
two representatives each from Indiana,
Iowa and Missouri and one each from
Illinois. Wisconsin, Kansas, Maine, Mary
land. Nebraska North Carolina, Ohio
Tennessee and Virginia, whose total of
sixteen congressional districts thus taken
away would have to be added to those of
the states which i'm the last census have
shown greater increases in population
And the states named have a sufficient
representation on the census committee
to defeat any plan throwing some of
their representatives out of the House.
Indeed. that body has expanded in size
following the census of 1910 when the
membership was decreased from 30 10
22.,:
So under Chairman crumpacker's bill
the representation of these states that in
the past decade have been SOW in in
creasing their population is left as now
and to even things up an increase is CIV
to the remaining states. as follows:
Alabama, Colorado, Florida. Georgia.
Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan. Minnesota.
Montana. North Dakota. Ohio. Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and
West Virginia, l each Illinois Massa
chusetts. New Jersey. Texas and Wash
ingtoA. , each: California and Oklahoma,
:; each. Pennsylvania. 4. and New York. &.
In the First Congress New York had
only six representatives and Virginia.
then the most popuious state in the
Union, had ten. Under the reapDortion
ment bill Virginia will have the same
number OF representatives as in the First
Congress- while New York will have
fcrty-three. This will mean also that
New York will have forty-five electoral
votes-six more than in the last election
and Pennsylvania thirty-eiGht. an in
crease OF four
The new reapportonment will ap-
ply to the next congressional election.
and Congress after fixing the number of
representatives to be allowed each state
must leave it to the legislatures of the
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championship associations hold their tour
naments al different resorts and create
great interest, the speed and figure skat-
ing contests, the Grand National toboS-
gan race. the German Emperor Cup race
and the great curling and skiing con-
tests being followed abroad with eager
interest Prominent American sportsmen
are closely identified with these clubs and
events.
All classes are attracted by the spell
that winter leaves The crown prince and
princess of Germany have been familiar
figures One often found there is the
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, accom-
panica hv his cOnSCIt. while tho Duchess
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daily repose upon the Olympian heights
have 20 he crowded out
Between the new partitions and the cid
will be new cloakroom space. wherein
members may hide from pestferous con-
stituents and enjoy apollinaris lemonade,
santa yerba and elbow room
Beneath the Speakers lofty station,
which is to be flanked on either side by
three massive columns, will be ranged
concentric rows of benches. not 10 be sat
upon, as in the house of commons, but
TO be used as rests for books and papers.
And between these benches. IT IS planned,
will be rows Of folding theater chairs.
Such great economy can be effected by
the closeness of these chairs and the mar
rowness of these benches that enough
seats can be provided for all the repre-
sentatives who are liable to be added
to the House after several more reappor-
tionments. But 10 longer can the tired
member rock back in his swivel chair
and contemplate the millinery display
in the ladies' galleries. Nor will there
be desk room for attending TO the daily
correspondence while public business is
being transacted
ore representative to each o11 ST. of
population is the exact ratio provided by
the reapportiorment bill, whereas the
ratio established after the census of 1900
was one per 19.,1s2.
You can find many members who are
averse 10 any increase of membership
whatever, and it can be easily prevented
by fixing the ratio at one representative
per % -; of population. This would pre-
serve the present membership of the
House until Arizona and New Mexico are
admitted, when three members will be
added.
Inasmucl as the additional members
provided ny the Crumpacker bill will cost
some S3IG,a0 per year in salaries. Clerk
hire and stationery allowances, to say
nothing of a tremendous sum for mileage
in all, probably a half million dollars
year more than the House costs now
and inasmuch as the proposed ratio Of
one representative per 235,2,223 constitu-
ents. preserving the present membership,
would save all of this, besides the cost
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HOUSE SESSION In STATUARY HALL.

chamber being compelled to sit through
important debates in blissful ignorance of
what enc another are talking about. IN
,ieclamaiory contests the laure's have too
often fallen 10 the loudeSt-mouthed con-
testant. The leather-lung and fog horn
voice have almost become prerequisites
to successful leadership liumoristS have
found the drawing Of seat far out upon
the periphery Of the House TO be fatal
TO their calling.
SO the great hall Of the 10 Use is to
Ia made even smaller than the little Sen
ate chamber, according TO Supt. Wood $
scheme. From space %. by $50 feet it
is to be contracted into an area III b. 81
feet, while the Senate is 81 by 1l3 feet.
This means that the House will be nine
teen feet narrower and tweDty-four feet
shorter than the Senate. Or. to put il in
another way the area of the present
House is 1927, Of the Senate 900 and Of
the proposed House, 5.4o9 square feet.
The height of the ceiling, with its yari-
colored skylights, is to be left as now.
and the contraction of the walls is to he
effected by new partitions. bringing the
four walls much nearer together than
now At the same time the public gal
leries will be made deeper. though mar
rover and the press gallery will be
stretched entirely across the space over
the Speakers desk. instead of occupying
third of it, as at present Interested spec
tators will find many seats as now,
nor will even the duslly habiueS VINO
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Americans find it a congenial field for
outdoor enjoyment. They are well TO
the fore in all the sports. In the old
days Donoghue of New York astonished
Europe by his speed on the ice, and to-
day Irving Brokaw. another New Yorker
is a prominent exponent of skating, while
the figure of Mr.. Orthwein of st. Louis
is familiar on rink and run. Skeets"
Martin, too. the little Yankee jockey,
blazes the way over the fastest ice run
with an American skeleton tobogsan, in
the untried dangers, riding in the new
head-on position.
These sports are thoroughly organized
nv the Snor:S clubs Thu international
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n SHORT decade ago there was
~ only one season in Switzerland,
one of the gorgeous summer
pageantry, after which the snow
descended and everything was
deserted in the higher resorts. The no.
els were closed down. the proprietors
,eeking their winter homes in the valley
,elow, little dreaming that in a few years
renee winter in the Alps would become
wen more popular than summer.
Some belated but devoted mountain
climbers, making winter ascensions from
ome of the high villages. discovered the
splendid conditions that existed at that
eason in regard 10 climate. The reeu-
arity CT the snowfall. the absolutely dry
nature Of the atmosphere and the glow
ng sunshine all corspired 10 create these
are conditions. As the winters succeed
N each other. the numbers Increased.
i'll at length regular winter season b,-
anne established for the enjoyment 81
he healthy. invigorating sports Of the ice
nd snow.
The Swiss themselves did everything
,ossible to make of winter a season of
oyous contentment The hotels were
verhauled and steam heat, double doors
nd windows were installed, and every
Convenience and comfort was introduced
q make life pleasant.
And the season never loses its charm
he famous sports OF tobogganing. bob
leighing. skiing, curling and hockey
Fere added to the oldest of the ice sports,
kating, and Switzerland became the par
disc OF them all. Many OF the cham
donships of these sports have been de-
ided there and are now held by Swiss
escorts. So successful has been the de-
elopment of this new season that many
the resorts really find that if there is
dull season il is in summer. not III
Vinter.
The lure of the snow and ice under
uch brilliant sunshine and cloudless skies
extraordinary. IT makes young and
Id Jubilant, fer they imbibe the vine OF
fe. that exhilarates but never in
hriates. No place is now too inacces-
ible, IL il has the natural advantages
or a rink, snow or ice-run, or ski
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Feminine.

local ironworker who has been mar.
ried couple of years always declared
that his first son should be named Mat,
after one of his best friends
Learning that the ironworker and his
wife had recently been blessed with
charming baby, the friend smiled all over
his face when he greeted the father on
the street.
Well" he beamed, how Is little Matt"
Mat nothing" answered the father,
Its Mattress"
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busy-the pilot in front steering. the man
behind braking and those between aiding
in balancing in taking the corners. The
members of the crew are costumed to
match, in white sweaters and white caps.
embroidered with the club badge Bob
bling has accomplished much to make the
Swiss winters periods of Astounding pleas
ure for lovers of the out-o'doors.
Skiing requires an altitude of 1900
feet, SO as to secure sufficient snow Of
the right consistency to make it agree
able. Such heights with slopes not SO
steep that the snow will slide off in ava
lanches are found all over Switzerland.
which. enjoying these advantages, is the
paradise of SklerS.
Skis distribute the weight of the body
over the snow and are remarkably well
adapted for huoying up the wearer and
making his progress easy. To acquire the
peculiar ski-gait needs some patience on
the part of the novice. At first he starts
off boldly and bravely-it looks SO simple.
In a moment, however, he becomes
tangled up and finds himself Instantly in
contact with the snow. But the ski
learner soon overcomes these difficulties
and quickly joins the throngs of the
initiated.
Ski-kioring, like failing" is a novel
form of skiing, in which the skier har-
nesses himself in a simple manner to a
we'll trained horse. The ski driver fastens
himself to the traces by a hook. or holds
a bar to which they are affixed. by
means of which several skiers can travel
abreast The driver has little control
over the horse, however, and the animal
must be well trained to the word. and
obedient.
Ice hockey or handy is played with
sticks having curved ends about two
inches in width A disc of vulcanized
rubber one inch thick, and three inches
in diameter, known as the puck is
pushed along the ice, or lifted in the
air by the use of the sticks only. Four
players on each side take the most
active part in the game. The others are
the goa! tender, who has to prevent his
opponent from making the goal, and the
point and cover-point. whose positions are
in front of their goal, and whose duties
are to assist the goal tender. The better
the players are i'll skating, lodging and
passing the puck to their own men, the
greater the chance OF winning. Team
work counts in the game. The specta-
tors quickly learn the game. and take
great interest in 1t.
These winter sports, with their gay and
social throngs amid such splendid sur
roundings. engender spirit of carnival.
At night the rings are ablaze with bright
ly colored lights. and masquerades and
all kinds OF amusement are improvised,
such as gynkhanas. doing stunts" OIL
the ice, fancy skating and ice valsing.
Indoors too. the hotels provide delightful
entertainments, which are brilliant and
full of continual joy.
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Switzerland the Paradise of Winter Sports
IS G95 90 &c 8 6 s Go @*DGs@j

ing field The railways are kept open and
the post routes in winter offer an added
charm OF a sleigh ride to some more Sc
auestered resort. Sleigh riding is one of
the prime enticements of the snow 4
ride Of two or three hours, along one Of
these great white ways. unfolding before
ones eyes SO much that is lovely is a
memorable experience.
/ <
This is. indeed, a newly created ex-
istence. so different from former expert
ences, and only possible where there is
such Il combination of circumstances that
make the cordit ons perfect for sport.
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HE HOUSE, 1To.DM

santatives to 435 means that from a vast
hall crowded with individual desks the
House must be contracted into a small
chamber. smaller than that of the Sen
ate, with seating arrangement similar
10 that CT the British house of commons.
\ representative in the First Congress
lad 30.CtO constituents to look after. A
representative in the Congress next elect
ed will have over seven times many if
the aforementioned bill, introduced the
other day by Chairman Crumpacker OF
the committee on the census. becomes
law.
Not enough population to make up a
fun constituency for one representative
was boosted of by New York city during
the First Congress. 1t was a town CT
23001 inhabitants extending from the
Battery only to Chambers street-a dis
tance of one mile--and to complete his
constituency its single representative had
to go out into the open country beyond to
count 1000 nose. If this original appor-
tionment held good today there would be
lJo representatives In Congress from the
metropolis of the nation and 3,UG5 from
the United States as a whole.
From his siIk-canopied throne in the
original room of Representatives. in
New York, Speaker Muhlenberg of the
first House of Representative looked
down upon two small. se.ni-circular rows
of mahogany desks occupied by sixty-five
members. forming body less than three
quarters as great as the present Senate of
the United States. BY the new reappor-
tionment bill the House of Representa-
tives becomes a body of Az members
nearly seven times as great as in the be-
ginning.
That octaoop 0ap-feStooped o,.,,ha,.
Of old Federal Hall, wherein the first
House framed our laws. measured rs by
IS feet. in greatest breadth and length
between its walls. gayly hung with oil
paintings. Today the hall of our House
of Representatives, measuring 81 by 133
feet. is nearly three times as deep and
nearly two and half times as long. Yet
it will not be large enough to seat with
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comfort. at individual desks. the 40 rep
resentatives provided for by the new APP
portionment bill. So Mr.. Elliott Woods,
the architect who serves as Superntend
ent of the Capitol. has placed before Con-
gress a plan for remodeling and entirely
demonstrating the hail of the House dur
ing the eight months of adjournment fall
ing between the demise of the present
Congress, March a. and the birth of the
new Congress, in December.
When the House moved into its first
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number to about .lZUV
This will he effected by adding 1orty-
two representatives to the House. but
sven then the average member Will rep
resent some IL, 100 more men. women and
children than he did decade back
This increase of the number of repre-
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TR average rerre-
sentative in Con-
gress now has TO
look after some
4I,GD more con-
stituents than he
had on his hands
ten years ago. or
more than I1SJ,t0)
in all. But the re-
apportionmept bill
now before Con-
Eress reduces this
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Fine Schemes Spoiled
by British Parsimony
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, January Is, 1911.
~NE of those curious sidelights on
the English custom of muddlins
- through, which crops up here every
once in so often is afforded at present
by the controversy over the completion
of the new professional way from
Buckingham Palace to the city which
has arisen in connection with the p.epa-
rations for King Georges coronation.
This professional way is an extension
of the famous Mall leading from the
palace to Charing Cross. At the Charing
Cross end a magnificent arch has been
erected, affording dgnifed portal
through which the king may enter his
capital city on state occasions, and the
arch has been made part OF a splendid
scheme of government buildings IN when
the admiralty offices will be housed. So
far so good, but the whole scheme is
spoiled by the fact that after passing
through the arch the entrance 10 Trafal-
gar Square is through narrow passage
confined on both sides by old business
buildings. Ten years ago these buildings
were offered TO the government at a
moderate price, but, although the plan
for the professional way and arch were
complete the offer was turned down. Since
then the value of real estate in this
part of London has increased, and now
the lowest price at when these Two
buildings can be acquired is $4,000.
In any other country some one would
have suffered for the original blunder,
and the government would not have al
lowed a fine improvement which has
cost many millions of dollars already, to
be spoiled for the sake of saving the COR
paratively small sum needed for compile
ton. But they manage these things diff
ferently in England. 1t had been under
stood that the new read would be used
for the first time at the coronation pro-
cession, but when the preliminary ar
rangements were being made il was found
that the entrance to Trafalgar Square
was altogether too narrow for "A great
pageant, and the route was changed.
This caused so much comment that the
two municipal authorities concerned-the
Westminster city council Gor Trafalgar
Square is in the city of Westminster) and
the London county council-oifered to
contribute $4,000 each toward the COM
pletion of the work if the government
would supply the other third of the money
needed. The governments reply was
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SHORT decade ago there was
only one season in Switzerland.
one of the gorgeous summer
pageantry, after which the snow
descended and everything was