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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
NEW POSITION ToIt rRUEspALE
Reported He VIII he Chairman q
IluGlSnWnnnn I'innnce COMMITTEES


scranton. PA. January o4-It is re-
ported here that the directors of the
Lackawanna Railroad in their mex,
meeting will take final action on a
plan whereby William II. ruesdale
will relinquis1 the presidency OF tho
road and become chairman of me
finance committee at an increased
salary The following other changes
are contemplated:
e. Z. Loomis. first vice-president ,n,
head of the coal department. to pc
come president B. u. Caldwell, second
vice president. 10 become first vice
president; Thomas Il. Clarke. general
superintendent TO become second vice
president and general manager: T. NJ.
R'nc. superintendent of the Scranton
division, to become general super1n
tendent; Sidney Stone, superintendent
OF the Morris and Essex division. 10
become superintendent OF the Scranton
division; Bcnnings, assistant supertn
tendent of the Morris and Essex dlvi-
slon to become superintendent Of that
division; Bcrtram Young, auditor OF
freight and ticket accounts, with ONCE
In this city, to be retired on a pension
Ferguson, of New York, auditor of dis
pursement, to become auditor OF lrc.ght
and ticket accounts. Other changes in /.
volving less important officials Viii
also be made if tho directors ADOPT ina
plan.
Truesdale recently received an offer
from the Missouri Pacific Railroad TO
take charge OF that line at a greater
salary than he is receiving from the
LackaWanna The plan whereby he
would become head or the finance
committee 1t is said, increases his
present salary by at least $4,000 q
year and makes his powers greater
ana MS duties less burdensomo. Clarke,
road, will fill position that has hon
vacant since Truesdale assumed the
presidency, the last general manager
having been William +. IIallstead, VIM
died several years ago -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
BIBLES IN THE BOWERY
AROUSE LITTLE INTEREST
Ne" York Society Places Good Ron,,
In New York Lodging
Honuoy

New York. January s4.-The New
1ork biblc Society has about finished
he distribution of Bibles TO the Iod.
,hs houses in the Bowery and Park
nov i.o"' itcV. William Hubble and r. D.
sage. or the society, were in charge or
I he distribution 49,
Wlll the dodgers read themp" vas
! he question asked Of the proprietor Of
me Eagle Hotel 25-cent house.
we make IL rule never to inter
fere with our dodgers politics or rolf
Sion' ne answered. Some Of the men
VII probably read them, but not many,
think You see, most OF our dodgers
are sailors, and notice thew nearly
al read scent novels and things OF
that kind. But I've had some yvho
would he continued. eve had an old
man who lived at the house here for
seven years. The men ali called him
pa sieuth, because he told 'cm he was
ai"ays searching for lost word. He
used TO spend his time reading the
Bible and muttering to himself, and he
told me one day that he was trying to
lind out how many letter is there were
IN some one special chapter. The
other day they carried him away. a
raving lunatic But that proves moth
ing said the proprietor. :.He might
have been crazy in the first place"
AT some OF the other places the b.
bcs were not received In 50 friendly
q spirit
And twice day the chaplain called
And left 2 little tract
one Of the dodgers sarcastically quoted
from "a Ballad of Reading Gaol." You
see" he said, II used to be q chaplain
myself in big prison. and I know how
these fellows get religion, prison re-
Inconsistencies and feeling OF impo.
tency. Believe me, 30, there's moth
ing to it."
at the Palma House. 92 Rowery.
owned by the Astor estate the read
fng-room was full. but no ono held a
Bible. Over in the corner, however,
an argument on religion was in pro-
gress. One man apparently was hold :
ing out against the crowd Most OF
| confessed to never having read the
Scriptures, Notwithstanding they were
all deeply religious.
In tho reading-room Of the EcIipse
House, which Is over BeefsteaIS Johns.
| 6 Bowery, the men showed little In
tcrest I'm the Bibles. Several OF them
were reading books obtained from the
free Libraries. y young man who sat
near the stove and who looked as If
lie had failed to make poetry pay. was
asked his opinion as to the possible
helpfulness Of tho Bibles In the lodg-
lighthouses. He Immediately launched
into an argument tending to show
that no ono understood the Bible now
adays and that secret key was neccs-
sary. IIe denounced Carnegio's last
gift of $1o,0o0,o1o for peace, and
preached sermon OH socialism. The
other dodgers seemed bored, and one
Of them put on end to his discourse
by yelling, Mix on that chatter, old
| cocywaX!"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
NORFOLK CLUB
NAMES OFFICERS
Ispccial 20 'rhc rincs.Dlsratch.l

70 Z
Norfolk Va, January 2i.--Thc Nor
FOLK baseball corporation was organ
lied to-day by President Williams. Of
Roanoke and officers were named, as
follows: President and Treasurer
Woodland Allen: Charles Babp. vice.
president and manager OF tho team
~ g. Howard. secretary. The tire.
officers arc the board Of directors. and
CAIN TO be owners and operators of
the club.
Mr.. Bahb announced a policy of
youngsters for the team, a 40 cent adj
mission through to the grandstand.
The sale of Tidcman to the Oakland
CAL. team was also announced EN-
hibition dates as follows were added
to the list: Montreal, April 10 and II:
Yale, April IL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
UNANIMOUS VOTE
FOR TARIFF BOARD
(Continued From Firs, pagel

Depew while opposing the proposition
to so choose the Senator'S. yet offered
an amendment which would cntitle all
Of the male citizens OF the United
states TO cast their ballots IN such
elections.
To him the proposed amendment to
the Constitution. as reported fro... the
judiciary committee. seemed but an
effort, rnder the guise OF popularizinr
the election Of United States Sena tors
to permit the States TO disfranchise
under the Constitution large classes Of
their electors.
The title of this proposition said
the Senator, lis to allow the people 10
vote. &c purpose and object of the
resolution is permanently to prevent
the people from voting in any state
where dominant power or oiiSarch!'
wishes TO disfranchse. a certain po;-
ton OF the citizens of that State"
Mr.. Bacon. of Georgia., took excep-
tlon to some OF MIR. Depews remal ~
rela tive to the diafranchisement OF the
negroes In the South, saying that the
dlsproportion OF the Southern to the
Northern vote in the regular elections
was due largely to the fact that as a
rule the Republicans put no ticket IN
the field. rendering 1t unnecessary for
Democrats to turn out.
AS a consequence OF this condition.
he said. that tho vote at the prima ries
was always much larger than that
at the legal elections.
How about those who are not per.
mittcd to vote?" asked MT. Depew.
AS 10 that" responded Mr. Bacon
"in Georgia, and / think 1t Is true
in other States no man Is denied the
right OF suffrage who has the qualiii-
cations required by the law. No OBJ
stacles whatever are placed in the way
OF such electors; that Is a question TO
be decided by the courts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
JUDGMENT ron DEFENDANT.
I'urchnne OF Future Cotton Crop Re-
Enrded ma Duslness Propositinn.

~ ISptcIaI 20 Tie Ilmes- Dlspatch.I
Norfolk, Va January 2i.-The sale
or purchase OF future cotton crop is
not gambling but a straight business
proposition. when the parties thereto
had no purpose 10 gamble in mind, is
the decision handed down to-day by
Judge Alan r. Hanckel. in the Corpo-
ration Court. In the case OF l.. Harvey
IL Son against George w. TAYLOR, a
North Carolina farmer Jud sment
against the defendant for s1,Sl1.25
was allowed
The evidence showed that Mr.. Tav-
Tor contracted with Harvey & Son for
his 1910 cotton crop at from 10 cents
price OF the neecy staple iumped 10
10 IL cents per pound, Mr.. Taylor
shipped his cotton 10 other brokers
for sale. 1t was attached by Harvey
f. Son. and the suit followed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
Pay for I,urni Carrier. RAISED.

Especial 70 The Timcs-biSpatch.l
Washing ton, y. O. January 81 ,-Af-
ter making hard fight in behalf of
increased pay for the rural delivery
carriers all over the country, half q
dozen Southern House members, among
whom were Lever. OF South Carolina
Hughes, Adamson. Bartlett and Ed
wards, Of Georgia. and Sisson. Of Mis-
sissippi, to-day secured the adoption
Of an amendment to the post-offlce APP
propriation bill that will increase the
maximum rate Of pay OF the carriers
from $500 TO $1,000 year. AT first an
EFFORT was made TO secure s1.o0O for
the carriers, but failing in this. the
men who made the fight compromised
on $1,000
During the progress of the debates,
certain features OF the Post-Oficet De-
pari.nent administration were roundls-
scored, T. II McCi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
HIGHWAY TO COAST
is NOW ASSURE ED

CONTINUED From First pageD
Richmond Automobile Cinh, aud inc
Times Dispatch; r. r. Powell. OF the
Tines Dispatch.
export News-Horace Epps. tie
Daily Press; T. W. Milstead, j. b.
Weaver, Mayor Marquis Jones, L. B.
Manville, o. D. Bachelor, c. Is. Nelms
e. NJ Braxton, G. *. Weaver. w E.
Cottrell, 8. Q. Bland and E. NJ. Braxton:
Hampton-NI. G. Armstrong, Frank
Darling, and Judge Edgar Montague.
williamsburg /. w. Lane.
Colonel l. w. Lane, r. Hogue, b. b
Wolfe. p. r. Jones. T. II. Geddy. N. l.
Henley, r. Z. Henley, H. A. Cooley, w.
A. Montgomery. j. S. Charles. J.. II.
Stone, r. r. Spencer ]. B. c. Spencer,
NJ ]. Hoover. B. D. Peachy, A. Brooks,
r. T. Armtstead, T. G. Peachy. B. D.
Peachy.
James city-warrcn Marston, John
A. Barnes. DR.. II. U. Stephenson and
William Lee.
York;. w Clements, d. II. Nor
ment, D. A. Powers, w. L. Schcncl1
Captain w. j. Stores George L. Smith
and William Thomas.
Warwick-W. Q. Curtis and III. A.
Campbell.
Others came in later, while the
membership was largely increased
during the day.
y committee on permanent organiza-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
TO APPOINT COMMISSION
VIII Inquire Into Mental Condition of
JoHeph G.. Robin,


New York, January 24.-Judge
swami in the Court OF General ses-
sion, This afternoon announced that he
would appoint q commission 10 inquire
into the mental condition OF Joseph G.
Eooin. the flnancier under Indictment
ior grand larceny from the Washing
Ton Savings Bank, where he was presi-
Robins counsel. former District At
torney Jerome, at the same time an
nonnced that he had withdraw from
me case: on the ground that Robin
70 consult With counsel
District Attorney Whitman announc-
ca ca mat nh me T., report Of his three alien
pssG;hoSis. and that in their opinion
i ne Is IN no mental esssondition to be
Nj. Whitman said tina, he won,d
make no objection to the apDointmeni
81 nc commission, although he per-
sonallI thought Robin a sane man.
Ply mat SO long as he was district at
wan he would never be free except
through the doors of the criminal
New York. January 24--Invest,pa
! lion OF the Affairs OF the Carnegie
rust Company, one Of the institutions
s.nh f'o paht It's doors because Of Jo-
Is ,,, 10 be undertaken by the grand jury.
District. Attorney Whitman receivcd
q a eomplaint from the State Banking
department to-day. asking that the
circumstances attendant upon lis lc,ns
ing pc Investigated Subpocnas were
issued this afternoon for several Wit
1nesses; whose identity is not disclosed.
morrow. $500 20
The Carnegie Trust Company closed
IN Mar Z, =. arts nye years business
,ime $500 600. Including half nil
non collars belonging 10 the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
| CAR TRUCKS LEFT RAIL
| AND BLOCKED TRAFFIC.

When car No. so2. Broad and Main dvie.
ion, virginia IA iiway and Power COMPANY.
from Eighth Street into Main. tho FROM
truck left tho tracks. tying up tran!c Tor
ABOUT nltccn minutes and delayed tho thea
ancc al the Academy of Music ~
West bound cars on Main street we're
forced to AXE tho route up Ninth street "a
Broad, thence to seventh and back to Main.
The east. bound cars We're held up until Tia
ono which had left tho rails had been right.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
InyffntlOnS fxs,,cd
[speciai to mo TImes.nisna

tSpeciai to the Times Dispatch1
Nick enncy, Va January 81 ltInyi.
Mons have been received 10 the mar.
riage of Miss Lucie Thurman Crawford
aaughter of Mrs Mary Susan Craw
Loiu. OF Roanoke. TO John Willis Bas-
kcrville. Of this place The ceremonv
VIII take place at O'clock on Tues
day, February 4 at Trinity Methoci I
Eplscopal Church, Roanoke. For the
had charge of the music department If
sunnyside High School here and has
made many friends Mr.. Baskerville, Is
ASST cashier of the Bank Of Din
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
BURIED BENEATH
CARLOAD OF COAL
brakeman OH Southern Railway
Killed in Freight Wreck Near
Mclcrrin.
OTHERS NOT BADLY HURT
Engine Left Rails at Point Where
Track Crosses Virginian
Railway.
OTHERS NOT BADLY HURT

Buried beneath several tons of coal
HERMAN G. Irons, twenty four years OF
age, brakeman on the Southern Rail
way, was crushed to death early yes
terday morning as engine No. 36s left
me rails at Firso. near the crossing Of
inc southern and the Eirginian Rail-
ways.
Engineer 6. r. Wilkinson was pain
iuilI scalded and bruised. and his nra>
man q, s. Rowlett. who jumped was
llnr. In both ankles Both we're ablo
TO walk TO Meherrin. three miles away,
ana report the accident TO the operator
thhere.
Wien they arrived here about 1870
o'clock yesterday afternoon, they went
to their homes without assistance
Irons body was carried TO the home
OF his brother. l.. 9. Irons. who lives
1t us McDonough street south Rich
Hond His parents were notified at
once and reached the city las. night
70 accompany the body to Chula,
= neila county, where the interment
ground.
Due to Split Switch.
Though the cause OF the accident
VIII have 10 be determined By an In
vestigation, 1t is thought by the Of
iic'als and members OF the crew that
the dcrailment was due to broken Or
split switch. The train was to have
~ ei'N aiuiHS AT SlCneTTln, three
mics further on, and probably was GO
lnE It Its average speed or about TWEEN
ty-hHc miles an hour. AS the wheels
]cit the rai!E Fireman Rowlctt jumped
and Engineer Wilkinson was thrown
clear Of the cab Irons evidently fol-
lo"sd hewlett but as he struck the
ground. the tender with the weight
Of twelve cars behind II ..hucklcd'' ana
It's entire contents werc dumped upon
him
The engine turned completely ovc:
and was followed By five ears tina,
wen, over the crnbankmeni Conductor
John Glenn who was riding in the ca
loose. was nninrt and Immediately
called the roll of his crew Irons only
was missing. At first he was thought
10 tc under the engine. but a closer
examination showed tina, this was not
true While Wilkinson anu Eowieti
walked TO the station. the rest or the
crew dug beneath the coal and found
the body Of Irons with his life crushed
out
WreckinE Trains on scene.
Inc extra was made up here 10 fol-
low the regular freight No II. as
there we're too many cars going Sop;h
70 be#pulled behinl one engine. Ordcrs
were out for the train TO meet another
~ Mcherrin, ana when the accident oca
CURED 1t was passing along the switches
recently constructed to accommodate
traffic al the junction with the Nir.
Einian
Wrecking trains were called n ono,
10 the scene OF the accident, and In
about three hours the track was sunlci-
eniiS cicar for trains to pass very
slowly. Luckily the engine. a II turned
over, cleared the track and did no;
lave 10 he moved in order to allow
the passage Of trains.
Tie funeral arrangements for Mr.
Irons have not yet been completed
but the burial probably will take place
tomorrow. He was unmarried and
boarded with his brother who is con
ductor on the Southern. Wilkinson and
Rowlctt arc expected to be back al
work In q few days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
I,nnks In Healthy Condition.
1 s:IancI.. Il yI,ho I'm, e.. 1Aic..al..A, ]

M II sptCIaI u TIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Washington. y. G.. January ai.-In a
statement issued by tho Treasury De-
Dartmcnt to-day. the 12S national
banks doing business in Virginia are
shown to be in healthy condition.
They have loans and discounts amount
Ing to ss776I,246, and individual de-
posits amounting to s75,097,022
2 IL MEG, VA.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
For Martin ana SWANSON

Especial TO The Times Dispatch1
suffolk, Va. January 24--AssembIy
Delegate J. l.. West. now Il candidate
Tor the state Senate. and Colonel II l.
Brewer, who aspircs tosrepresent Man
scmond county in the House, have both
declared for Martin and Swanson
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
Building Permits.
RnilIlino

Building and repair permits wcro issued
yesterday MS foliows
q F. kurfees. to erect one detached two.
e $40 franc dwelling on the north side Of
berry Streets. 10 cost $4,000. 5
A, Eolkman. to repair a brick dwelling 90
West Marshall Street to cost $500 ls'<
Kingan g. Company, to repair a. brick
warehouse on the west side of YTiftoentl
street between Cary andT DockH streets t(
cost $500.
Daniel James, to repair a frame dwci|iuc,
sl1 Virginia Street. Fulton. recently damaged
by fire. 10 cost 5000 hsa; lf ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
10th Cases Dlsmissed

D. j. Beasley dismissed yesterday In
fenrico county by Magistrate r. J. Purycar
from q charge OF threatening the ITO OF
his wife. the woman withdrawing tho war.
rant.
Willie Jones. the colnred youth, charged
With q grave offenso upon seven-y year. old
Roland Rync. white, WAS also dismissed or
account OF inaunieiont evf6annA. is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
Gates in HospItnI.

Master Winsi on Gates, OF Beach, Va was
operated OH Mt the Memorial Hospital yes
terday. and was reported last night TO be
In excellenL condition, 800 I'D
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25

Resolutions wore adopted by stand
Ing vote thanking the Newport News
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-25
COMMITTEES Renorts.

Immediately after the reassembling
OF the association at 80 the commit
tee on permanent organization rem
dered It's report, which was finally
adopted by unanimous vote.
The name OF the organization is to
be the Virginia Peninsula Good Roads
Association, with the following off,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-15

est, Individual, corporation or group, which
ia so united as toe tunders one control
The Pacific no-thwest-five-elevent Of
the country's privately owned standing
timber, is in the Pacific northwest Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana). 1.O1s.oOO, 5000 feet One half Of
this is now owned by thirty-seven holders;
many OF these are closely connected. The
three largest holders manned above) alone
have nearly one-quarter.
This section now furnishes only one
sixth of the annual cut. Thus its timber
is being largely held for the future, and
the large owners there will then be the
dominating influence in the industry.
THE South Pacific company holding is
the greatest in the United States-lO6O O.OOO'-
600 feet. This is about per cent OF the
private timber in the investigation area,
and 10 per cent Of that in the Pacific north
west 1t is difficult to give an adequate
idea OF its immensely II stretches prac-
ticalIy $50 miles along that railroad be-
tween Portland and Sacramento.
THE second largest holder is the Weyer-
hauser Timber company Including its sub
sidiary companies) with 96,OOOOo0,0OO feet.
This does not include further extensive
timber interests of the Weyerhauser family
and close associates.
THE third largest--the Northern Pacific
Railroad company-hRs S6,OO0OOo,Oo0 feet.
The holdings Of the two railroad companies
are government grants and 80 per cent Of
the Weyerhauser Timber company was
bought from the Northern Pacific grant.
Many other large holdings (here and in
other regions) were mainly purchased from
some land grant.
Southern Pine Region-In the southern
pine region there are $4,000, 10000 feet OF
privately owned timber. Concentration in
total timber is much less than in the Pacific
northwest
THE Lake States-In Minnesota, Wis
consin and Michigan there are 10000 900, 900
feet OF privately owned timber"
Points 10 Central Control.
Coming then to the question OF probable
effect of this concentration the commits
sioner expresses his views as follows;
such concentration In standing timber.
| II permitted TO continue and increase.
makes probable a final central control OF
the whole timber industry. few strong
interests ultimately holding the bulk Of
the timber can set the price.
Certain factors, not exactly measurab BILE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-15
HULBBRT HEADS EsPERANTIsrs


TayISF Man Elected Nebraska secre-
taEy Of United states Association,
KIRkVILLE No. Feb. M.-(Special )
X. O. HuIburt who came here e short time
ago from Taylor, Neb., has received notice
OF his election Nebraska state secretary
of the United States Esperanto associa-
tion.
The only international language which
has been put to practical use by physicians,
educators, scientists and others Is Es-
perAnte, whose adherents held their sixth
International oonv enton In Washington, ID.
c.. last August.
Considerably less than three years ago
Mr.. Hulburt began giving a little Of his
spare time 10 the study of this language
and in a short time began correspondence
with It's users IN other lands. At this time
he had a collection OF post cards sent him
by Esperantists IN Europe. Asia, Africa,
North and South America and Australia,
very few OF whom know any English. He
also has an extensive collection OF period
iosis devoted to different lines OF every
day work
Mr. Hulburt has contributed numerous
articles 70 the press and made a number
OF converts among his acquaintance. He
is member OF the Esperanto Association
OF North America and was one OF the first
members OF the Nebraska state association.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-15
PIentv of VIC I'd Creaton.

CRESTON. Ia, Feb. 1L-(Special) "A
heavy rain, coming last night and falling
nearly all night. combined with the cav
Of the past few days, has relieved the
threatened water famine here. Up to yes
terday morning Engineer jackson OF the
water works plant calculated that the city
had but water enough to last until the
first OF March. This morning he reports
nearly 20 inches more water at the lake
than there was yesterday morning. The
railroad company has been hauling water
for five weeks from Corning and Villisca,
being shut off from the water works here
entirely, but with the present outlook it
is expected they viii be connected again
with the city water works today, thus
ending the running OF water trains for a
time:' which has been a big expense and
a source Of much annoyance to the com
pany.