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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR
UMPIRE WESTERVELT

Umpire Fred Westervelt off the
American League. has received nice
little Christmas present from Presi-
dent Ban Johnson. The present WAS
a check for 800. but Westervelt says
what particularly delighted him was
y letter that came along with the
check President Johnson wished Mr.
Nestervelt all kinds Of Merry
Christmas. and stated that he was
pleased with the showing the umpire
had made In the big league. and trust
ed that he would have u successful
season next year. Mr. Westervelt Is
"a former Virginia League u~1pire.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
POPE Plus MUST
SPEND QUIET CHRISTMAS

ROME. Dec. 1s.--Professor Mar
chiefava. Pope Plus personal physi-
clan. was summoned to the Vatican
tonight at the request Of his holt
ness personal attendants. who were
somewhat worried over symptoms of
fever detected in the pontiff. Profess
sor Marchiafava found that the Pope
had a slight rise in temperature, bat
stated that it did not presage any
thing serious. The fever is merely the
result of relaxation after the strenu-
Gus exertions incident to the recent
consistory. AS a matter of precau-
ton his holiness will curtail the usual
Ch,riatmas celebrations and will spend
thA holidays as quietly as possible.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
AMERIC AN WAREHOUSE
IN RECEIVER S HAND

Especial to The Richmond Virgtnian.)
SPRAY. \. c., Dec. 1s.-The Amer
lean Warehouse Company. Of Spray.
has been placed In the hands OF q
receiver by State Superior Judge AL
Ion, at Greensboro. on complaint Of
unsecured creditors.
W. l.. Clement, OF Greensboro. -
appointed temporary receiver and he
will take charge here tomorrow.
This development, which Affects
millions Of dollars invested In textile
Investments, is one OF several 0oval-I
opments Following q fiGht between tAe
majority ana MINORITY tockhnldaza
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
BRAVE OFFICER TRIES
IN VAIN TO SAVE MAN

NORFOLK, VA. Dec. 1s.--In spite
Of the heroic effort Of his superior
officer and a lifeboat's crew to rescue
him. n. Cunsoscos. a Greek and sec
ond cook ON the naval collier Caesar,
was drowned In Hampton Roads sun
day morning about nine o'clock. The
Greek went suddenly insane, dashed
out of the galley and plunged over the
rail of the collier. The second officer
Of the Caesar shucked his coat and
without waiting to take off his heavy
shoes followed the crazy man, diving
from the bridge. His effort was in
vain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
NOTICE.
Richmond. Va. y

Richmond Va, Dec, Z, 1911
The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders of the American National
Bank OF Richmond Virginia for the
election of directors. will be held at
It's BANKING House on Thursday, jan
uary 9, 1912, at r. NJ
BY order of the directors, tho stock
holders viii he asked TO consider a
resolution to amend Article OF the
Articles of Association. providing for
an increase of the capital stock of
the association.
OLIVER j. SANDS
President
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
NO CHANCE FOR WILLIAMS
Present President Of Virginia League VIII Not Be Re Eed Accord
ing Definite Report

being reelected president OF the Viz
ginia League at the coming meeting.
II liz quite unlikely that Mr.. Whitaker
win be elected, although his claim
to the ONCE is far stronger than that
Of Mr.. Williams. Mr.. Whitaker may
be passive candidate, but he Will
withdraw in favor of compromise
candidate,
The entire burden of this bunch
OF words Ia that Mr. Williams will
! not be reelected president of the
Virginia League and IL the magnates
keep their ears to the ground long
enough they viii know that SONS
ones coming and something's going
to happen"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
WITH Using, ....... SO.
THREATENING LANGUAGE

On the complaint of Mary Brown
Ing, that Claudy Ball and Fanny
winston had trespassed on her prem
Uses, and used language to her calcu-
lated to cause a breach of the peace,
the two women against whom the
complaint was lodged were arrested
yesterday afternoon by Henrico
County Policeman j. r. Tiller. The
accused and the prosecuting witness
are colored and live in Woodvilie
Magistrate Puryear will hear the
case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
Standing OF Teams.
DUCKPIN TEAMS TURN
IN SOME GOOD SCORES

The Chippewas took three straights
from the Cherokees in the West End
Tenpin League, on isby's alleys last
might Miller was the star, rolling
ISz for high score and total OF 5o9
for the three games. Mann was
close second. $50 for high total and
16s for high game.
On Wednesday night the Battles VS..
0ceanies, and the Pacifics vs.. Adria-
tics will battele with each other in the
White Star Duckpin League. Thurs
day night G. l.. Cosby and G. II.
Cosby will roll the remaining games
of the cooked hat match at o'clock.
Prize winners last week; Smith,
l121: Bobhitt, III.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
CIGARETTE DOES GREAT
DAMAGE NEAR MONTROSS

Especial to The Richmond Virg.nian.)
WARSAW. VA. Dec. 1s.-Fire at
o'clock this morning destroyed a
large barn OF Mrs. X. l.. Parker near
Montross. together with nifty loads
of corn, three horses and farming
implements. The loss Is about one
thousand dollars. with no insurance.
The fire had its o1eyin, 1t is thought,
from cigarette stump.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
Want Game Commissioner.

1t il possible that the office OF game
commissioner will be- created by the
next Legislature. The members OF
tbs Audubon Society at meeting
held Saturday -assed resol1tiona urg-
ing It's endorsement Of the position
taken By the Game Protective Asxocia-
tion and demanding that legislation be
enforced making II necessary for hun
tiers out OF the State to pay q tax
for hunting n Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
To the Stockholders of

TILE ACETYLENE COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF the Acetyiene Company will be
held at the office of Irving r. Camp
bell, 500 american National Bank Bfihi-
ing. Richmond. Virginia. on January
IL. 1912. at twelve o'clock. noon, for
the election of officers and directors
and for such other business as may
come before the meeting.
NJ. FISHER.
Secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
Paying Dspositors,

Mr.. A. j, Chewing ID engaged. In
issuing checks on demand to those en-
titled to share In the first dividend
on thirty cents on the dollar ordered
to be paid the creditors and dspositors
Of the defunct Nickel Savings Bank.
Mr.. ChewninE was named receiver Of
GkA bank By court.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19
AT the Theatres
Hijou.
This week---"The Rosary"

Col on al.
kountry Kids, continuous vaudeville,
censored moving pictures.
"The Rosary at the Eijcu.
There Ia a great third act in THE
Rosary which Is presented this week
at the BiJou, and the audience rose
TO 1t fittiugiy. The applause show
cred upon the actors was deserved, for
the work of the entire company was
excellent.
The play, by Edward K. Rose, owes
Debt TO the beautiful song by Nevin
and the dramasist has utilized the
words through the four acts The
music accompanies the action and in
the third. ACT the song Is sung In it's
entirety, but even II the song never
had been written THE Rosary would
be a success. Mr.. Rose has written
more than ono good play in the past
but he never has done better or more
appealing work than he has In THE
Rosary"
A remarkably good cast presents tho
play Harrington Reynolds, as the
Priest, giving a beautiful character
izstion The leading woman, Grace
! Reading. gave Il capital performance.
Kenward Wright was artistic In the
heavy role, and the good work of Ma
bel Haven. aa Lesura Watkins will be
remembered for time TO come.
The scenery was all that could be
| desired and the Biiou is to be con-
graduated at having the opportunity
! to present this interesting play.
At the Colonial.
At the Colonial yesterday an Hun,
I mated Christmas tree was displayed
/ Santa came down the chimney ana
IL TT aJE ia frnE
! where he received n countless army
/ Of children. and to each presented II
| box of Christmas candy 1t was a
great occasion with the little ones.
Those Wonderful youngsters-~the
/ kountry kids-pirouetted their way
through another laughing success
Their "Schooi Days" offering en-
braces nnrderous assault on ths
! English language by Fred Hackett. the
German COMEDY teacher. 1t also show
ed Mic Verea at his best as an Italian
boy. and his singing Of Rosa Rigo-
ietto" was cncored many times. The
danc!ng Of tie Purcella Brothers. tbs
! singing or fstfty Frazier and DOROTHY
/ Aubrey. together with the very fucn>
work by each of the talented Young
sters made the new act distinct hit
George Pickett stokes again cam
/ into his own. Though suffering from
n severe cold. he was accorded a grea
reception an,i- received several encore-
In the Flying Henrys there II
| an aerial gymnastic offering that Il
| seldom excelled hereabouts. The uni
son with which they work, their grHc,
and the daring OF their feats won fol
/ item great favor
Son'e excellent motion picture play,
are shown and. young Carl Carrot
In singing the ever-young old ballad
silver Threads Among the Gold
beautiful slides picturing the story
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-19

Married Men vs. Single Men.
The married men and the single
men will bowl match game at the
Railroad y. NJ G. A. tomorrow night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
have, under the rule of the opposite party, reached such extravagant pro-

have, under the rule of the opposite party, reached such extravagant pro- portions as necessitate exceedingly burdensomc taxation. Here, in Con- necticut, expenditures have been so heavy as to necessitate renewal of the old direct tax on the towns. which in turn forced nearly all of them to in- creases in their tax rates Unless such economy as is urged by Gov. Bald wip be enforced, this obnoxious di- rect tax must be continued, or more probably increased. He has suggest ed several methods of expenditure de- crease. and there are others within the power of the General Assembly. This matter of economy should not be considered as of partisan character, but it may be classed by the Repub- lican majority as a virtual censure of their party's record, and antagoniz- ed as such. Be the Republican action what it may, the Democratic minority will act wisely if they urge economy whenever opportunity serves. It would be we'll for them to advocate abandon ment of the direct tax on the towns. not only as a matter of justice to burdened taxpayers but also as a means of compelling economy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
DEMOCRATS FUSE
 WITH INSURGENTS
Alliance Formed That May Re. suit iu Censuring Secre-
 tary Ballinger

Washington, Jan. 6.-An alliance be- tween the House Democrats and in surgents to force action on the various reports of the Ballinger-Pinchot in- vestigating committee, became appar- ent yesterday, when Representative Hitchcock. Oem. Nebraska), request ed the rules committee to grant him a hearing on his special rule for the cons iteration of the case.
 Hitchcock's rule provides that, on the last Tuesday in January, the Bal linger-Pinchot reports shall be auto matically before the House with five hours allotted for debate, half to the supporters of the majority report and half to the opposition.
 Hitchcock, Representative Norris, the insurgent leader. and Representa- tive, Madison, the insurgent Represen- tat,ve on the Ballinger-P Pinchot com nlittee, have held several conferences and it is generally understood that an agreement has been reached whereby the insurgents will support the rule.
 Such combination would practical ly assure the adoption of report censuring Secretary Ballinger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
TYRANNY.
Boston Post.)


 Unless the Postoffice Department has some explanation putting differ ent face upon the matter, the fin na of three letter carriers of Boston $500 apiece for leaving their routes for a moment to get cup of coffee Tn a restaurant deserves the hearty con- demnation of everybody as an act of mean and indefensible tyranny.
 Discipline is discipline and must be enforced. Letter carriers are pre- stunned to stick to their work in all kinds of weather, and 1t is to be ad- mitted that some sort of penalty ought to be visited upon those who violate the rules, even for the harm less purpose of warming up a bit on cold day. But to mulct a carrier more than quarter of his years sal ary for such a petty offence as that named is wholly unworthy a great government.
 These fines should be remitted. If MT. Hitchcock W Il not do it, the case should go to President Taft. He is not a martinet and he has a warm heart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
GREAT BARGAIN SALE
 Tomorrow, Saturday

Bargain No. 2, at 58c-Union Hard> ware Skates for Men and Boys. Bargain No. 3, at 5Sc-Dollar Under Shirts for Men. Very heavy. Bargain No. 4, at $1.0S-Our splen. did $1.25 Comfortables. Bargain No. 5, at 12Hc-Choice of big lot 25c Silk 4-in-Hands and Scarfs for Men.
 Bargain No. 6, at 25c-Specia1 price for Saturday only. Our 29c extra heavy Vests and Pants for Ladies. Bargain No. 2. at 28c-Largest skeins best quality German Knitting Yarn. Bargain No. 8, at 5c-Choice of large assorted lot 10c Note Paper in boxes
 Bargain No. 9, at 1Oc-Lot Two Bladed Pocket Knives. Good as lots of stores ask 25c for. Barsein No. 10, at 9c-Any of our 121sc Jabots and Collars for Ladies Bargain No. flat 39c-Lot Children's Jackets and Cloaks. Worth three times as much.
 Bargain No. 12, at 10c-Lot Mercer ised Waistings. Were 15c to 25c. These areF beautiful figured white goods for waists or dresses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06

A noteworthy feature of nearly or quite all of the messages of Democra- tic Governors Is their demand for -onnnmy in State expenditures which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
SENATORS ON A
GENERAL TICKET

In Congress, the upper branch rep resents States. while the House rep resents the people. In the Connec- ticut Legislature. this condition IS reversed: the Senate represents popu- sation. though at present with deal of inequality between districts. and the House represents towns. Both Tn Congress and the Legislature. the idea is to have body based on geograph- ica1 lines as a check upon the pooy representing the people and assumed so be subject to sudden and ill-con- sidered impulses.
 Gov. Baldwin recommends a return to the golden practice of electing State Senators upon a general ticket, ln- stead of by districts. Unmodified. this would result in the election of Senate of members of only one party, but the Governor would prevent this result by providing "that no one shall vote for more than a bare majority of those nominated. or that the electors may cumulate their votes on the prirl- ciple of proportionate representa- tion." Tn either of these ways. the minority party in the State would De a assured of representation.
 The Governors proposition would make tine Senate what fl is not now. a body actually representing the peo- ple instead of unequal and. in some instances, ''shoe string districts. 1t would prevent such gerrymander1n9 as occurred in the last reapportion ment. Cities would be represented in accordance with their populations and would. for the first time in many years. be enabled to exercise legisla- tive power proportionate to their vot- ing strength At present. both houses of the Legislature are practically under control or rural and small pop ulations.
 If would be better. in our judgment. to reverse the bases of representation that is. make the Senate the rep- resentatiye of geographical divisions. and the House the representative of the people. But this is probably inn possible of accomplishment. In de fault of it. the Governors proposi ton seems to us the best solution of the problem of fair representation. which is obtainable.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06

sel background of dull gold covered with a Persian design in ricn blurred colorings Of silk.
 It ia interesting and discouraging to most of us to learn that sealskin is ao Der cent. higher. mink 25 per cent higher and skunk-more politely known as Alaska sable-is 75 per cent. high CT than a year ago.
 Perhaps no detail of the winter pasbion is so astonishing as the height of the waist line. Moderately high at the beg'n inning of the season, some of the latest models are girdled di- rectlv below the bust.
 Straight breadths draped over silk or lace foundations are the latest cry In stunning gowns some such gowns show not a single seam in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
FASHIONS AND PADS.

Garlands of plumes are used on broad low hats. They are spotted and flecked with color. and some are made Of layers of different shades, giving wonderfully iridescent effect.
 Some of the theatre caps that will not go under hats are fascinating. They are made of tinsel faces, trim med with the quaintest rosebuds or feathers. and most Of them fit the head closely.
 The regular pleated jabot-white lawn above and Persian silk below has a cluster of rosebuds at the top with their ribbon stems, each tipped by a gilt head, hanging down from above.
 Fichu and berthas of white lace knotted with black velvet, velvet neck ribbon and elbow sleeves. frilled with lace, are popular and extremely pretty features of the fashions of the moment
 Ribbons show the trend for Persian colcrings and designs. Among the most attractive are those with a tin-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
PUBLIC OPINION
Dr. Osler's Challenge Is Accepted.

Dr. OSler'S Challenge Is Accepted. Editor Farmer-Dear ST:
 In a recent issue of your paper you published by request of some anony- Dr. Osler to the anti-vaccinists. Dr. Osler's challenge which first launched in the Dec 1910 number of The Am- erican Magazine, was couched in the following language: ''I will go into the next severe epidemic with ten selected vaccinated persons and ten selected unvacc.nated persons. I should pre- fer to choose the latter-three mem bers of parliament, three anti-vaccin- ation doctors, if they can be found, and four anti-vaccination propagan- dists. And I will make this prom ise-neither to jeer nor to jibe when they catch the disease, but to look af- ter them as brothers and for the four Or five who are certain to die I will try to arrange the funerals with all the pomp and ceremony of an anti vaccination demonstration
 Dr. OSler'S Bluff Promptly Called.
 To the above stated challenge Dr. J. H. Tilden of Denver, Colorado, in the current January number of "A gius professors bluff in the follow ing style:
 'I will accept the Doctors challenge if he will consent to double the num- Der he has named on whom to try out his experiment, and permit me to select the twenty vaccinated and twen- ty unyaccinated persons. and then permit me to treat half these cases as I please. while he treats the other half as he pleases. And I will make this promise-nei ther to ieer nor to jibe when he loses four or five who he declares. are certain to die, but will agree to bring all patients with me and help him bury his with all the pomp and ceremony characteristic of regular funeral.''
 As pr. Tilden Is known the world over. as man of his word and one who possesses the courage of his con- vict.ons, what he says counts
 If the regius professor of regular" medicine at Oxford has anything more substantial than blarney and bum combe whereby to back up his chal- lenge he now has a splendid Opportun- ity in sight for dealing death blow" to the profane iconociasts of the dear old vacc' re idol of>the mar ket-place before which the devout doc tors of scientific" medicine have been upon their knees for more than one hundred years. It is now clear ly up to this Goliath-like defender or the practice of racial blood-pollution as g sanitary measure to ''get busy" and save the sacred vaccine idol from demolitto on at the hands of the sacri- legious anti-vaccin ists. Let the val iant chieftain of the Moloch-priests buckle on his armor and lead the wor- shippers of the medical Moloch to victory or to death.
 J. W. HODGE,
 Niagara Falls. N. Y., Jan. 3, 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
SPECIAL SALE OF CoRsETs

A NUMBER OF THE RELIABLE MAKES. MODELS NOT LONG, AND UP TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEWER LONGER MODELS, THOUGH EVERYONE THESE MAKES ARE coRsETS WHICH WERE FROM
 
 =: FEW MORE HAVE QUITE A VARIETY SIZES, 2o 21 22 2s,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06

Tn this State, according to Tax Com missioner Corbin. there is s144. 200 941 in property exempt from taxation. but as s66, ,455. .S99 of this is in property owned by the Federal. State. town, county. city and borough governments and ny school and fire districts. which is properly non-taxable, there remains as exempt but perhaps. properly sub ject to taxation in part. s77.745.42 which escapes the burdens levied upon other property. This amount covers the property of corporations. such as churches, free public librariers. schools, etc. Whether or not, these should be exempted from the com mon burden, is a debatable question; most people would probably say that churches, libraries and schools should be exempt, except possibly such of their properties as are not devoted to the direct purposes of their existence for instance and merely as an illus tration, though found in another State the immense real-estate hold ings of Trinity church, New York city.
 The purpose of Commissioner Cor bins investigation was. of course, to ascertain whether properties, leg:ti- Inately taxable. were escaping taxa tion. Uncovering of such would tend to lessen the general burden, which has. under the extravaganza of these latter days, become wearisome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06

It is the belief of Gov. Baldwin that the Legislature can, with proper effort. complete its necessary work and adjourn before the end of April. Much as to expedition of business de- pends upon the chairmen of commit tees. It is within their power to push measures to final consideration in committee, and to final action by the two houses; if they allow or invite delays, the session may easily cover eix or more months. instead of the three or four which afford an abun- dance of time. The legislative busi- ness of this small State is not so complicated as to require months for debate, or so extensive as to demand an extremely lengthy session. Econ omy of time, and talk will work won ders in shortening the session.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06

It is usual when the water supplies of cities run low during protracted drouths to urge the boiling of water used for drinking purposes as a pre- ventive of disease. more particularly of typhoid. May it not be equally advisable. or more so. to boil the water used for drinking purposes when heavy rains follow protracted droughts7 During the drouth recently ended by heavy rains. the watersheds were not cleansed for a number of months. and when the rains came. very considerable accumulations of dzsease-inviting materials may have been swept into the cities water sup plies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06

overdress. and even the silk is left with the unfinished selvedge.
 A tucked lawn side frill may be held down by fields of black satin, over which fall clusters of tiny rosebuds. two ar three in a bunch and arrang- ed like a shower bouquet
 Grapes of gold tissue, very much different from the huge jet or glass ones of a few seasons ago. are really artistic when combined with metallic laces and many-colored Iaces.