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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
CANDIDATES BY SCORE
TRY FOR THE AUTOS

scripHon they should not stop. Keep
going: get all the subscriptions In
your power Always remember the
votes allowed during the first period
are the largest that will be ever given
during the contest. YOU CAN WIN
THE AUTOMOBILE IN A FEW
WEEKS WHILE THE VOTES ARE
LARGEST. II you are going TO he
numbered amongst the prize winners
at the close. get busy now and stick
everlastinglp TO 1t. It is a positive
fact that nine-tenths of candidates
do not get started until the. contest is
half over
Always remember that every time n
person refuses to take the paper from
YOU that another candidate is being
also refused II takes votes to win.
regardless or the amount. II every
person you asked took tho paper from
YOU II would be possible for you TO
win tho grand prize automobile in
two DAYS. Don't be faint hearted.
Use a little salcsmanship In connec-
ton with your popularity. and never
take the first no for an answer. Tell
Sour friends that you are In to win
aid will win and success awaits rou.
KEEP BUSY AND AN AUTOMO-
BILE MAY BE THE REWARD
FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
TAKES FAREWELL
Of CONGREGATI
PRESIDENT TAFT VISITS CHURCH
WHERE HE HAS W0RsHIPPED
FOR FOUR YEARS.
PUTS IN A BUSY DAY
WORKS a WHILE, ATTENDS DIN
NER PARTY, LUNCHEON. Mt ST.
GALE AND ADDRESSES
SOME STUDENTS.
WA GHTNGTOr

WASHINGTON. March 2.-Presi-
dent Taft said farewell today TO the
congregation Of All Souls Unitarian
church, where he has worshipped
ever since he came to Washington.
1t was a busy day for the presi-
dent. He began by working an heHr
and half in his study before church
time this laurning. He went to church
at II O'CLOCK. and stayed through the
somewhat elaborate farewell exercises
which the Rev r. c. +. Pierce, the
pastor. had arranged. From I'M
til o'clock he WIS again at work
in his study. signing letters and minor
bills. and autoFraphiDg pictures.
Last Social unctions.
At > O'Clock he went to luncheon
at Secretary OF the Treasury Mac
Feaeh's s, where his cabinet members,
with their wives, gathered for the last
social meeting At 4 O'Clock he went
to a musicale at Assistant Secretary
Of State Huntington Wilson's, and
an hour later found him on the way
to Georgetown university. to deliver
short address to the students and
10 say goodbye 10 them and the uni
versity faculty.
AT night there was small dinner
party at the White House. in honor
OF Miss Avs Meyer, daughter of the
secretary of the navy, and her ffance,
Lieutenant Rogers, to which mum
Der OF Miss Helen Tafts friends were
invited After dinner the president
remained in his study at work upon
minor matters which he felt Obliged
to finish before the special and final
meeting al the cabinet tomorrow
morning.
Speaks Feeiingly to Cabinet.
AZ Secretary MacNeaFh,s luncheon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
SOUTH To HONOR
DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
RICHMOND AND VIRGINIA Will
FURNISH QUoTA IN INAU-
GGRAL PARADE.
SPECIALS PASS THROUGH
EVERY SCHEDULED TRAIN TO BE
DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS To-
MoRRow-CRowDs HAVE
ALREADY LEFT.

The largest passenger traffic in the
history Of The roads was the ex-
perience of the Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Potomac ard the At
lantic Coast Line railways yesterday
and preparations are being made for
a still lagrer number of pilgrims en-
route 10 Washington tomorrow
Reports from the national capital
are to the effect that all attendance
records will he broken and that the
number who viii he present to wit
ness the inauguration of Woodrow
Wilson, the first Democrat to he elect
ed president in twenty years, will eX-
coed thai ~ any previous Inaugural
ton by many thousands, exceeding
goo, 600, About 1871. 600 attended the
inaugural ceremonies in 1905 when
Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in,
State and City ON Deck.
Richmond and \ iTginia wIll fur
nish far more than their quota OF
this number, and in fact, all the South
VIII be well represented Old rail
road men at the railway stations
----2z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03

With the first entries published,
the great $3.50 contest of The Viz
ginian is off. The bars are down and
the field is open to all Every can
didate has the right OF way, with
plenty of room for more. The more
the merrier." More candidates en-
tered will require less subscriptions
per candidate TO win.
With the big list Of prizes, headed
by a Stakeholder Touring car, the con-
test presents great opportunities to
persons of this section of the coun-
try.
The automobiles are perfect beau
ties and are within reach OF all. Are
you going to sit at home evenings
with nothing to do. are you going TO
allow others with more ambition to
walk away with ono OF the forr au-
tomobiles and other prizes amount
ing to $500? The winning of the
grand prize will be "a easy compared
tosits value that no person, after con-
sidering the possibilities afforded In
this great contest, should hesitate to
send In their nomination. Compare
your progressive spirit with that of
others. allow the daily readers in
these columns, be governed by same,
and success awaits you.
After candidates get tho flrst SUBJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
Men in Overcoats SILVER as
Miss Anderson Rehearses
Her Part
SUFFRAGETTES GET
MONEY BY BUSHEL
Call to Make Up Shortage Is
Responded to Literally
and All Candidates
Are Remembered

WASHINGTON. March 2-The
Woman's Suffrage camp was thrown
into CONSERVATION tonight when it was
realized that after all their efforts
the women were without guarantee of
adequate police protection for the big
parade tomorrow through Pcnnsyl-
vauia avenue, ANA thu tablcaux which
viii hc enacted on the steps Of the
treasury building Tlr' stiffrtgette
leaders declared that President Taft
and Secretary OF War Siimson had
sidesteppcd their request for army
troops either in fear to bring out sol
Ciiers In connection with suffragette
parade or else in hesitancy to use
them for police purposes
Likewise they failed in efforts TO
obtain troops from the national
guards Of New York. and Pennsyl-
vania. who are here for the Inaugural
ton.
The best the suTragettes could do
tonight was to octain the services OF
the company Of forty survivors of the
"oId guard" which defended Wash
ington during the War Between the
States They will lead the veterans
organizations in Tuesday $ parade. and
consf nted sc take part in the ranks Of
narchers tomorrow and render what
aid they can in preserving order,
Liberty" Braves Cold.
While the headquarters staff were
having their troubles in efforts to OBJ
tain a military escort. and protection
:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
PRESIDEHT-ELECT
PACKS HIS TRUNKS
TO LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON THIS
MORNING WITH ESCORT
OF STUDENTS.
F A MILY r E L MON
CARLOAD OF NEWSPAPER MEN
WILL ACCOMPANY MIR. WILSON
TO CAPITALIZE PITT TIP
AT THE sHoREHAM.

PRINCETON. n. J., March g.
President elect Wilson and the mem
bers of his family made busya day
of it today. preparing for their de-
partura to Washington in the morn
ing. No visitors We're received at the
home in Cleveland Lane. and Mr..
Wilson appeared at the door fire.
quently directing the loading of
trunks.
1t was a much dismantled domi-
cile in which he spent his last night
in Princeton.
Students All Ready.
The committee of the students of
Princeton university who will escort
him to Washington, have completed
their arrangements The young men
plan TO call at the Wilson home at
1890 o'clock tomorrow morning,
with automobiles in which the pres
ident ELECT and the members of his
party Will be taken to the railroad
station.
Besides the president-el Mrs.
Wilson. and their three daughters,
will be Fitzwilliam McMasters Wood
row. a cousin of the president elect;
Professor stockton Arson, a brother
of Mrs. Wilson, and Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, MIR. Wilson's cousin. who
has been acting as Mrs. Wilson's sec
rotary. and who will make her home
at the White House. They will have
the last car in the train.
Newspaper Men on Train
The newspaper correspondents will
have the car Immediately ahead. and
the rest IF the train will be taken by
some six hundred students.
The tram leaves at II O'Clock. and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
PRINCETON MEN DO
NOT LIKE PROGRAM
Refused Permission to Act as
Escort, Will Invade White
House and Sere-
made "Prexy'
MOORE DECLINES
TO FORECAST NOW

WASHINGTON. March -
Willis l.. Moore. chief of the
United States weather bureau,
has. cold feet" Four years ago
when Chief Moorc's able fore
casters predicted clearing,
slightly colder weather. for the
Inauguration OF President TAFT.
"A blizzard followed This. year
Chief Moore refuses To take
chances. The bureau will make
formal report. forecasting the
weather OF Tuesday, its regular
time tomorrow night. but the
chief viii venture no weather
representations i'm advance.
In an interview with your cor
respondent tonight, he said:
Il refuse positively to commit
myself. The weather bureau has
never pretended to forecast with
entire and unfaiIing accuracy
the coming weathers. \ review
of the records of the bureau for
many years back will disclose
~ the fact that we are right rrfsYc
times to one miscaiculation.
but / ann not going to take any
chances with March weather
now"
LATEST FORECAST
Ealr Monday and probably
Tuesday; slowly rising temper
AZURE. Moderate variable winds
becoming south.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
WILL REASSESS
ALL PROPERTIES
NORTH CAROLINA LFsGfNLATIRE ~
PREPARING no WIFE OUT
THE DEFICIT.
TAXATION IS EVADED
UNDER A PROPER ASSESSMENT
LEGISLATORS BELIEVE THAT
THE TAX RATE WILL
BE REDUCED.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian
RALEIGH, n G., March "A
reassessment OF all the real and per-
sonal property in North Carolina will
be made May LIST of the present year
according to the terms of a bill Just
completed by the joint legislature
Committe on finance, and it will he
passed in few days This will be
the first new assessment of the prop
erty OF corporations and individuals
made In this State in a generation,
The committee, after lengthy In
vestieation became satisfied that the
5000, 600 deficit now existing on the
books OF the State treasurer is wholly
due to the inenectiveness of the
present law. At least million doll
lars more than has been collected
and turned into the State treasury
could have been collected if the pres
ent law had been more effectively en-
forced.
Law OF Inequalities.
For many years there have been
complaints of the inequalities of the
existing law, which bears dispropor-
tionately upon the individual small
property owner and average citizen
The new law is expected to cure this
defect also and especially.
While ii is designed 10 raise "A
large revenue in excess OF the col
lections OF recent years, the state
-ment is made by the chairman of the
joint Legislative finance committee
that the increase IN rates will not
average an increase of more than 5
per cent
Virginia Investors Interested.
Millions of dollars are invested in
l1ar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
COME TO RICHMOND AND
VISIT THE SPRING STYLE
SHOW FROM MARCH is TO p

hold annual mardl
before
n other a
be a parto
all
to Richmond
tall ho
of have
moves here o yeur
very
will exhibits OF
ali
Virginia and the logical buying point for all the territory
visit Richmonds style show NOR
justify VISIT whether this
OF virg.nian
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03

WASHINGTON, March p
This j. the formal forecast for
the week issued by the weather
bureau:
1.-THE pressure distribution
over The Northern hemisphere Is
such as tn indicate generally fair
weather the first half of the
coming week over the greater
part OF the country east of the
Rocky mountains. although Il
disturbance that Is now over the
Canadian Northwest will move
eastward along the northern
border. and be attended by
cLaudineSS and local .snows over
tho Northern States from the ex-
trcme upper Mississippi Valley
eastward 10 New England dur
ing Tuesday and Wednesday.
West of Tho Rocky mountains the
weather during the next several
days will be unsettled, with local
rains.
Cold weather Monday and
Monday night In tho Eastern and
Southeastern states will be fol-
lowed by general change to
higher temperature on Tuesday.
and moderate temperature will
continue throughput the week.
The Middle West, the Southwest,
and far Western districts mod
crate temperature win prevail
during the entire week.
The next disturbance OF Inn
portance to cross the country
viii appear I'm tho Far West,
about Tuesday. cross the Middle
West about Wednesday and the
Eastern States near the close of
the week. This disturbance Will
be- preceded and attended by
rains In Southern and Middle
and rains and snosvs I'm Northern
States cast of the Rocky psouTt-
taing,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
Bureau of Corporations in Ret
port Crihcises Voluntary
Reorganization
METHODS UNFAIR,
ALSO A MONOPOLY
Statements Indicate Roosevelt
Used Influence to Stop
Investigation His
Name Not Used

WASHINGTON. March I'm re-
port made public today the bureau
of corporations crlticizcs the recent
voluntary reorganization Of the In
ternational Harvester trust. The re-
porr points ort that the government
has sgtt under the sherman law
pending against tho Harvester com
binat!on. and that apparently as the
result Of this action the company has
been divided into two corporations,
one Of which the International Har-
vestcr company Of New Jersey, re-
tains the old Harvesting machine
plants, ard related business and the
other, the International Harvester
corporation, takes over the new lines
and foreign business Each of these
concerns Is capitalized Al $40. eco, 00e.
IF this is intended as a part of a
plan for ultimate disintegration Of
the combination" says the report.
in the opinion of the bureau IL is un-
satisfactory"
Six Years Investigation.
The report given out by the bureau
of corporations today represents a six
years Investigation of the Harvester
trust. The report holds that the
company's great strength ia the In
dustry is chiefly attributable 10 a
monopolistir combination in the har-
vesting machine business. certain un-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
HERE IS ANOTHER
SHOT At CABINET
LANE ron INTERIOR AND GAnRr-
son FOR WAR PORTFOLIO
LATEST SLATE.
BRYAN IS CERTAINTY
ELEVENTH-HoI PRESSURE BE
ING BROUGHT TO BEAR AND
McADoo u SERIOUSLY
OPPOSED.

WASHINGTON. March 2.-Frank-
lin X Lane. Of California, chairman
Of the Interstate commerce commits
sion, is the man slated 10 be secretary.
of the interior in President Wilson S
cabinent,
Justice Charles @. Garrison, of the
New Jersey Supreme court. accord
ing To the latest information received
by senate leaders is 10 he secretary
Of war These two places together
with The secretary Of agriculture were
the only ones about which there had
been doubt
Lane is Progressive.
Mr. Lane, who is slated for secre-
tary OF the interior. has earned the
reputation during many years on the
interstate commerce commission OF
being a progressive" His decisions
on railroad eases always have been
pleasing to Senator La Toilette and
the Republicans who have taken an
advanced stand on recent public ques-
tions.
Mr.. Lane is lawyer by profession.
He was corporation counsel of San
Francisco from 1897 TO 1902, was
Democratic candidate for governor in
the later year and was his party S
choice for United States senator in
1908. He has served on the inter
state commerce commission since
1905.
Doctor. Lawyer. Warrior.
Justice Garrison has been on the
Supreme bench Of Ntw Jersey since
1858. He is graduate of Prince
ton and studied medicine at the
University of PENNSYLVANIA. He prac-
-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03

WASHINGTON, March "A thirty
knot northwesterly gale prevailed to-
day, and all day long the chilling
blast has swept the city. The sun.
however. shone brilliantly.
Washington has population nomi-
nally of s35o,00o Tonight it was
passed the 100000 mark. and at the
great union terminal there rolls in
every five minutes a crowded train
dumping it's human burden. BY to-
morrow night Washington will have
doubled in population, and careful
figures now assume that for the occa-
sion of the inauguration OF Woodrow
Wilson the city win entertain its
greatest crowd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-03
Center of Life.

The center Of life and activity OF
the capital today has peen the big
terminal SO great has been the
crush that the railway station has been
taxed to the limits Of its capacity.
High school cadets, decorated with
bright red ribbons. bearing the le
gend public comfort stand in groups
at the station entrances. Their duty
is to guide visitors to the rooms which
have been engaged for them by tho
inaugural COMMITTEES. Hotel runners,
never conspicuous in Washington. now
have been altogether eliminated for
! the hotels are turning away custom.
The inaugural visitor who has not been
sufficiently forehanded 10 engage hotel
accommodation must take advantage
of the rooming house or go unlodged-
The loud walls OF protest uttered
by Representative Ben Johnson, OF
Kentucky chairman of the commits
tee on the District of Columbia. in the
mouse. on MRlCh ne pTedlC3teQ con-
gressional resolution forbidding over
charge by the bonifaces and boarding
housekeepers OF Washington, was
seemingly unnecessary. Any inaugural
visitor who wants lodgings can find
cosy comforts in private quarters Sc
cure and secluded from So up q. night.
/ AS yet the promised advance in the
Z price OF food at the hotels and res
/ taurants has not been forthcoming.
Crowd is Good Natured.
/ The avenue crowd is characterize
1 tically American. 1t Is good natured.
/ Washington congregations were
augmented today by the out OF town
crowd The augmentation. 1t is said.
/ was less noticeable In the collection
I boxes than IN the pews. In all the
churches the officiating clergymen re-
/ membered Woodrow Wilson and
/ Thomas r. Marshall in their prayers.
/ A few of them spoke sympathetlcally
i of the outgoing president and asked
/ the divine blessing upon his new
| work.
princctonians Rchcllious. IA
Princeton university. not through
I it's corporation, but as its student:
/ body, grew rebellious last night. The
! sons of Old Nassau had figured It out
that there was not enough OF the
Tigers roar in the inauguration pro-
gram Eleven hundred wearerS M
the Orange and Black will participates
I In the parade. Today they decld34
that this participation should fnClu44S
| their being permitted to serve - go
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Six Years Investigation.

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-25
Convict Anarchy Holds
Sing Sing Several Days
Warden, Helpless With Prisoners Controlling
Everything but the Safe," Believes Firebugs
Were Inspired From Outside, and Part
of Plot for Wholesale Escape.

the Warden. had forced 100 convicts to
march In decent order from the shoe
shop In the yard to their cells In the
cell block. This one hundred had been
on strike all day and had refused to
march to the csll-houss when the prison
routine demanded that the inmates OF
sing Sing should retire to their little
caves Of stone and steel. Hundreds had
been locked up during the day. tn.
men from the printing once, the cloth.
ing shop-where the fire occurred yss.
tsrday morn!ns-from the foundry and
from other parts OF the yard not de-.
stroyed by Tuesdays fire. had marched,
sullsnly and silently. to the cell block.
The 100. apparently In pursuance Of a
plot, had remained In the shop and had
declared they wouldn't stir.
THRILLING SCENE A. 100 CON.
VcTs PREPARE 70 FIGHT.
This situation. between us o'clock And
S o'clock yesterday afternoon. was aboul
~ tense and thrilling a. any In the ex.
perlsnes OF the Oldest guards II II
worthy Of detailed recital
The shoe shop 10 on the second f,oor
OF . thres-story brick building painted
yellow. In the prison yard. facing the
stx.tisr cell block and backing I'D to
the Hudson River. On the third moor
70 the clothing and mattress sswIns
shsp. whore the legendary blass started
ysstsrdsy uessias. There ere no bars
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marching conv!e;s Farewell ysa rot.
ten old hoiei'' ~
They snatched their gray caps from
their SFads and waved then, cxultingly
Their call was answered by a roar
from the cells II was a beastial.
hideous noise. high pitched. hys,erical
II was unhuman.
The convicts were marched down .hs
hill to a point beyond the north wall
where steps lead down to the statiot
platform. The gray line descended IL.
steps and drew up on the station plat.
form.
Though the train for Auburn did no,
leave until eco o'clock. Warden Clancy
hsd his felons OH the platform nearly
an hour ahead Of time. lie had taken
this move TO surprise the prisoners And
preven, their lying down" on him al
tht'experted hour Of departure.
Because the roaring and cursinx Of the
prisoners In their cells could 10 heard
as Tar away AZ the village, the noise
continuing In q steady diapason until
after the first draft Of convicts had
been entralned. many persons In the
village grew tbmorous and several mer
decided to give up their trip to business
In New York and remain home to re.
assure their families. They feared moi
90 much the remote possibility OF q
prison break ~ the setting Of new fires
which might spread to the village
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SreaA deal Of cocaine flaAs its way saee
Sing Sing Prison. This drug has TIE
effect Of making q criminal utterly rech.
less Of consequences. A eocains msA|
man thinks no more OF murder than OF
getting his shoes polished.
Cocaine 10 the worst possible menace
In . prison population, Many OF the
Sing Sing convicts are cocaine hends
and Warden Clancy. In the midst OF oil
hi. troubles. 10 trying to discover how
they get the drug.
lie doesn't hesitate to say that n oe-
iieves the hres and the revolt we're IN.
spired from the outside. but he an.
phaticaliy absolves former Wsfdsn
Kennedy from any blame or even aus
picion aioi.s that line. II isn't hard 70
spread . plot In a prison. Clancy smiles
a hard smile when he hears beloved
at him from the cell block: &c ancy.
you - -" lie knows the men who
have uttered some OF the insults And
ne Ii looking up their outside ,Jnnsc.
tons. In his Judgment frequent calh OF
Three cheers for Kennedy" are merely
pa neis m the facing Of t1e pot and do
not Indicate any particular love Tor
Kennedy on the part OF the coWstcts
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WaleS0u 4 winner ON
PARCEL POST CHANGES
~ WIN Retain Rates and Increase
She Of Packages Despite
Senatorial Opposition.

WARRINGTON. July Is. - Dsspits
onasDrisi criticism Of the proposed re.
luesiou In parcel post rates and the
lasssass In the siss Of packages. Post
nasisr-Gsnsrsi Burisson to-day an
! neoacs1 he would issue the nnal orders
u eocs, putting the changes In effect
August Is. The announcement came
ofter the wlsdom OF making the changes
- been subjected to = searching re-
vtsW before the Senate PWt.ofice Com
011ess IN the presence Of the Postmss-
teGsosuerAl. Chairman Clark of the
la>oeueats Commeres Commission. ex.
O1ala1ng Why the Commission had sane.
. uspsd the proposed changes. said hs
4 bsllsvsd the Postmastsr-o General had
aalDos power under the law to make
~ eheag1s.
- ~ convinced that the Post. once
Uuprtmsnt ought TO. can and win ex'
~ ~. parcel post until II will carr,
I "a paskasss up 70 one hundred pounds.
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