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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
First Statute to Limit
Amounts Paid to Officers
in Virginia.
CARRIES AMENDMENT.
New Law Will Not go Into Effect in
Capital City Until End of Present
Term of Incumbcnts.

Richmond, Va, March 29.-Gover-
nor Stuart yesterday signed the West
fee reform bill, the first statute ever
put on the books in Virginia placing
a limit on the amounts fee officers
may receive for their services, or
providing for any method by which
the taxpayers might learn what the
officials get The bill was compro-
mise measure, and comes very far
from lneeting the wishes of those a.
vocating fee reform. The limit has
been set so high that comparatively
few officers will be affected, the chief
value in the bill as passed being in
provision for publicity.
Amendments secured by the Rich
mond delegation provide that City
Treasurer, James B. Pace, may receive
$500 per year. and that the bill will
not take effect as to officials in this
city until the end of the terms for
which they have been elected. As the
court clerks have recently been re-
eeiected for eight-year terms, land 9TH
er fee officers elected last year for
four-year terms, which they have just
begun to serve, it will be seen that
save for the feature requiring a
report of their receipts from the pub
tic, the bill will nave no immediate
effect. The bill provides q maximum
allowance for fee officers fr0p &c.
500 in cities having "a population OF
$4,000 or more down to $4,000. Fees
over am above the maximum are to
revert to the treasury.
The meat of bill is in section 3, which
REQUIRES all fee officers annually with
in fifteen days after the close OF each
anniversary of the beginning of the
terms of their respective offices to Tile
with the auditor of public accounts
full and accurate statements, showing
all such fees, allowances, commissions
and salaries collected, and like
statement of such fees, salaries, COM
missions and allowances chargeable,
but not collected
Statements filed with the auditor OF
Public Accounts under the act to be
preferred OF special commission, con-
sisting of the Governor, Auditor OF
! Public Accounts and State Account
ant. who shall serve on the commits
sion without compensation. 1t is the
duty of this commission to study ana
compare them, and to report to the
next session of the General Assembly
| whether such offices are economically
administered, what compensation
should thereafter be paid, and now
many deputies or assistants, II any,
are necessary to the efficient per-
formance of the duties of SAID oiflcers'
and what compensation should be al
lowed such deputies AMI what allow
ance should be made for expenses. An
amendment provides that the act, IN
so far as it refers to maximum allow
ances to the fee officers, shall not take
effect until January, /, 1916.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
Notice to Gas Consumers.

Gas Bill sfor quarter end
ing March 81, 1914, having
been delivered, this is to no.
tify all gas consumers thlaaI7
all bills paid on or before
April l.. 1914, are entitled to
discount Of 30 cents per
thousand cubic feet. After
that date no discount will be
allowed and all delinquents
will be required to make
early settlement.
By order Of Committee or
Light.
j. B. WALLER,
Clerk of Gas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
'LKs, VISITATION.
District Deputy Visits Charlottes-
,Hs Vile and Clifton Forge.

r. s -
The Charlottesville Progress yes
terday says:
can event of interest in Elkdom
took place last night when an official
visit to Charlottesville Lodge No.
389, was made by Mr.. Robert S.
Barrett, district deputy grand exal-
ted ruler for the Western district
Of Virginia. A large number Of the
members was present to welcome the
grand lodge officer and the degree OF
the order was conferred by Dr.. J
S. Yates, Exalted Ruler.
The district deputy made an adj
dress during which he complimentet
Charlottesville Lodge upon the prog,
ress that it has made during the
past year and the position it hald:
among the lodges of the State. He
spoke of the growth of the ordel
in Virginia and briefly outlined
some of the features of the organl'
cation which have been responsible
for its phenomenal development.
Mr.. Barrett will conclude his Of
fetal visits at Clifton Forge to-
night. He is from Alexandria and is
the editor and publisher of the Alex
ardria Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
FAMOUS VETERAN DEAD.
Col Robert NJ. 'Stribling, One OF Con'
fcderacy's Heroes, Dies in fan'
quicr Home.

Colonel Robert NJ. Stribl!nc, famous
Confederate, veteran, for many years
prominent as a political leader, died
Yesterday at. his home, Mountain
View" at Markham, Fauquier county,
Colonel Stribling is survived by his
wife, two daughters and one son. lie
YVES an uncle of Mrs. X. W.. Barrett
of this city.
Colonel Stribiing was one oil the
most famous artillery officers OF the
Army of Northern Virginia, and Is
mentioned frequently in the battle re-
ports of the War Between the States
His original command was known as
the Fauquier Battery, from the coun-
tv in which it was organized. but II
was soon called after the name OF It's
cantain, and. as "Stribling's Artill-
cry"
After Second Manassas, Captain
Stribling was attaches to the famous
battalion commanded by Major Dear
ing. and served with Longstreets S
Corps. Accompanying the command
in the Suffolk campaign, Captain
Str:bling was cut off from the rest OF
Longstreet's men, and, after a des-
peratc fight, was himself captured.
Several of the cherished guns OF his
battery. the pride OF the corps, were
also taken by the Federals.
When Captain Strlbling was eX-
changed. re reorganized his command,
and was presentei by the government
with six magnificent Napoleon guns,
the best that coul1 be procured at the
Richmond Arsenal. These guns his
men carried with them during the
Gettysburg ca amp@ign. Captain Str:o-
hing, himself from a stragetlc posi-
ton on the Confederate line, LED IT
| the artillery duel which preceded the
memorable charge of Picketts DlVis'
! ion ,a,.s-
Returning to Virginia with the
army, and promoted for his SPLENDID
va!or. he served in the defense OF fet
ersburg. and was with his comman'
.runtil the en:l OF the war. 5g5..c !.
Since that time he had resided IL
Northern Virginia, where he has bee
active in public life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
uTBILEE CELEBRATION.

A jubilee celebration of the Wom-
ems Missionary Society Of the First
Baptist Church, will be held tomor-
row night at 1880 o'clock. A fine
musical program has been arranged
The Rev. w. F. Watson, D. D. pas
for Of the church, will explain tne
meaning Of the jubilee. The Kew.
T. D. D. Clark will deliver an ad-
dress on "Adoniram and Ann >Jud-
SON." Miss Kathleen Mallory Will
deliver an address on twenty-five
Years in Royal Service" and Mrs
Row Winston, will read poem en-
titied "Workjng Together With
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

ATTACK FLASH IN PAN.
Wilson's Supremacy Unshaken by
Statement of Speaker, Speeches OF
Underwood and Others.

Washington, March 2S.-The tolls
repeal battle was renewed in the
House today, the Administration
forces occupying strategic position
because of the victory they won yes
terday in putting through a special
rule for the consideration of the re-
peal bill.
The House will swing into its
stride of debate this afternoon.
About seventeen hours yet remain in
which to discuss the repeal proposal,
and it is estimated that the vote on
repeal will not come before Tuesday
afternon.
Unless there should be some uneX-
pected developments, the Admins
tration will have a safe lead when
the final vote is taken.
Speaker Clark, whose statement
against the rule caused a rumpus
and accentuated the split in the
Democratic party over the tolls con-
troversy, has decided to make a
speech against the repeal bill. He
will take the floor Tuesday, accord
ing to present plans, and probably
will be the last speaker heard in op-
position to the Wilson program.
Interest in the repeal fight seemed
undiminished today, and the attend
ance was large, both upon the Itoor
and in the galleries.
Washington, March 2S.-President
Wilson triumphed by a safe margin
in his first battle with recalcitrant
Democrats of the House yeterday,
and from the predictions made by
hisr leaders he will win MS y tolls
fight by wider margin when the
final test of strength comes.
The bitter assault made by Speaker
Clark upon the advocates of repeal
failed to shake the strength of the
ADMINISTRATION. 1t proved to be a
futile flank movement: a flash in
the pan, a rocket bursting in mid
air.
That was! the sum total of the ef-
feet of the Speakers attack, in so
far. as it bore upon the votes cast
yesterday: i t was 1bhe first break%be-
tween the Speaker and the Presi-
dent.
Two votes demonstrated the Pres
ident's commanding Influence with
his party in Congress on the first
test, q motion to ned debate mad pre-
clude amendment on the. rule, car
aed2by vote of 2O7 tolls; the rule
itself was adopted by 200 to 172.
Nothing to compare with the scene
had occurred in, the House since the
famous; Cannon, rules. fight four
years ago. ; hi vain Representative
Underwood took the floor and urged
his colleagues to vote against the
rule. The rank and file Democrats
after listening to- three hours OF
passionate argument, swung into the
Presidents column, 1919 Of them vo'
ting to prevent the amendment OF
the special rule, while only So fol
lowed the leader in going with the
minority in opposition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
NEGRO PUT TO DEATH.
Walter Boyd Forfeits Life for Kill
ling One Benjamin Franklin.

Richmond, March 2S.-Walter
Boyd. Richmond negro, went to his
death in the electric chair here yes
terday for the murder of Benjamin
Franklin, another negro, who was
killed December 13.
BOYD was tried for his life in
hustings court here and sentenced
january 26 by Judge Richardson,
An Intellectual attempt was made
Yesterday by men interested IN the
doomed man to induce Governor
Stuart to spare the negro's life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
GOVERNOR VETOES
POWER Of BOARD BOA R !
Disapproves Bill, Which Ex-
ecutive Calls Misleading.
And Void.
IN BEHALF OF ALIENS.
Attorney General Holds Measure Tn
constitutional Even With Senate
Amendment Tackled to it,

Richmond, Va, March 2S.-On the
grouns. that it was plainly unconsti-
tutional, misleading in its title, and
an improper effort to divert the pow
ers of the executive, Governor Henry
c. Stuart yesterday vetoed Senate bill
442. which authorized the board OF
directors of the State Penitentiary to
parole prisoners after they had serv-
ed three years of their term. In an
extended written opinion, Attorney
General John Garland Pollard not only
holes that the bill is unconstitutional
with act of 4,under which the prls-
on boarS has released hundreds CT
convicts after they had served one
half of their sentences.
The bill in question, while general
lin its application, is alleged to have
been drawn and introduced at the m
stance of the sympathizers of the
Allen outlaws, who hoped in this in
direct way to secure the release OF
those now in the penitentiary after
they hzd served three years out Of
terms varying from eighteen to thir-
ty-six years. The "joker" was caught
in the Senate by Senator B. +. Buch-
anan, of Smyth county, who secured
adoption of an amendment exempting
from operation of the proposed act
those coI.ticted Of liIur@er Ill The llr.-:
decree; criminal assault or highway
robbery Had the bill been approved
the tlfree-ye2r clause would have been
applied to those convicted Of attempt
ed criminal assault, embezz!ement, at
tempted murder, insurrectlon, trea-
son. perjury, abduction, arson, betray-
! al, kidnapping, bribery and to many
other crimes for which the statutory
nunisbmcnt varies frc'ri ten to elgh-
i,teen years in the penitentiary.
The bill was actively supported on
! the floor of both houses. of the Gen
eral Assembly by the penltentlary
board, at least one member having
activelv lobbie; in its behalf before
and after the adoption Of the Buct2
an amendment. The effort further tc
usurp the powers of the executive
has resulted not only in the veto OF
the bill itself, but in the careful study
Of the authorities by the Atorney-Gen,
raj Iading to the announcement tna'
the present parole law under whlcF
nrisoners are released cond:honally
after having served half of their
terms. is unconstitutional and Void
Since these releases were MADE II
good faith, h,under an act supposed tc
be valil, it is believed that they can
not be ouestionedyand that those prls'
oners released cannot be brought back
n serve out their sentences unles;
their paroles are violates, but IN th'
future. under the opinion of the At
torpev-General, only the Governor cal
nardon comute or parole a prisoner
who has been sentenced to prison to1
., definite term by due process o.
/ law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
Grace Church.

Trace CnuTCH.
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector. Ser
vices at 1l:00 a. m., and 1880 p. m.
Sunday school $50 A. NJ. Holy COM
munion 1880 a. m.
St. Paul's Church.
Rev. P. P. Phillips, rector. Sunday
school 9:30 a. m. Services at ll:OC
a. NJ, and 1880 p. m. Holy commu-
Mon 1880 a. an.
Second Presbyterian Church.
Rev. J.. L. Allison, D. D., pastor
Sunday School, 9:3e q. nj. Services
100 A. NJ and 1880 P. NJ
Young mems service in Westmin
ster Building at $3.50 o'clock.
Lutheran Church.
Rev. C. +. Brandt, pastor. Services
at II a. m. Sunday school at 9:SC
a. m.
First Baptist Church.
Rev. W. F. Watson, pastor. Sun
day school at 9:30 a. m. Services a
HOO A. NJ, and 7:45 P. NJ.
Second Baptist Church.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
George X. Bender, superintendent
Services and sermon at II q. m, ant
p. n.
Infant Baptist Church, 1914 Prince
street, Rev. A. T. Lynn, pastor. Ser
vices and preaching at II a. M, ant
7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2:3'
p. m.
Catholic Church-Mass Sunday at
o'clock; children's mass, 9 O'Clock
Sunday school 9:3O. High mass AM
sermon 1920. Baptism, $3.50. Even
ing service and benediction at
Mass every Sunday morning at
o'clock at Mt. Ida (St. RIta's chapel.
Sunday school 2:30 p. m.
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Rev. J. W. Duffey, pastor. Sur
day school 9:3O a. m. Epworth Lea
que. services at TOO p. m. Service
and sermon at HOO a. M, and 7:3
p. m.
! Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. G. A. Luttrell, pastor. Sal
bath School, $3.50 a. m. Services at l
IA. Ill.,. and 1880 p.rnL Epworth Lea
que at 700 p. m. x
Methodist Protestant Church. d
Rev. C. r. Strausburg, pasto'
Services at 11:00 am, and 1880 p. n
Sunday School, 9:3O a. m, Christla
Endeavor Gas.
Free Methodist Church, 424 S. lie
Street. Preaching at II a. nl, an
7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. n
Prayer service at 7:3o p. m., %
Thursday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Albert Morton Rainey, six-year-olo
son irofG Mr.. and Mrs. Charles "A
Rainey, died yesterday afternoon at
the home Of his parents, 3O5 NORTH
Patrick street, after a5ten days i'll
ness Of inflanln,atory rheumatism
His funeral will take place MONDAY
at 2:30 o'clock from Grace Eplscopa
Church, and will be conducted by tne
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
THE FRANK CASE.
Friends Claim Condemned Man Can
Established an Alibi.

Atlanta, March 28.-In the notice
for a new trial filed by counsel for
Leo NJ. Frank now under sentence
of death for the murder Of fourteen
ycar-oid Mary Phagan, three wit
nesses are named who 1T is claimed,
will establish positive alibi for
Frank. Several others are to testi-
fy to the alleged shaping" Of tes-
timony by Solicitor Dorsey and
State detectives, while others will
give testimony tending to throw sus-
picion on Jim Conley, the negro who
was the chief witness against Frank.
Positive declarations that they saw
Frank at the corner Of whitehall
and Alabama streets between LOB
and los o'colck on the AFTERNOON OF
the murder are made by Samuel A.
Pardee, salcsmanager for the Cotton
States Betting and Supply Com
pany; Mrs. Jaffe and Mrs. Ethel
Harris Miller, all of whom are ac-
ouainted with the prisoner. Conley
testified that he left Frank IN his
pencil factory at 1:30 o'clock on that
afternoon.
Mary Rich, a colored woman, who
conducts a small restaurant, de-
clares she saw Conley coming from
the rear of the factory at about 2:l5
on The afternoon of the murder
| Conley swore he left the factory by
the front door at 1870 and went
home The Rich woman says she
sold Conley a dinner and that ne
then went back to the factory by
the wav he had come. This is held
to explain the mystery OF the
broken lock on the back door OF the
basement Of the building.
c. Bruts Dalton mad Marie karst
who gave damaging testimony re-
garding Franks conduct with glfiS
in the factory, now admit that they
! we're intimidated by the solicitor
and detectives for the prosecution
Others of the States witnesses nave
made similar admission.
The statement of DR.. H. F. Harms
that careful microscopial examlna'
ton of the strand of hair found or
= 7ath on the second floor OF the
factory was entirely unlike that ol
the murdered girl, also forms a'
important part of the motion Tor
new trial. .,,. =
New York, March 2s.--William >
Burns, the detective, left last nigh'
for Atlanta, Ga, where he is te
make a complete report of his lhveS'
tiyation Of the murder of little Mary
pbapan. for which Leo NJ. Frank
former Brooklyn boy, has been sent
enced to be hanged.
| It was reported that Burns nat
discovered at least one new and I'M
nortant witness in New York
! Rurns was silent when questioned
about his plans. =
! uo admitted, however, that he
had been devoting all of his time Il
.ha Frank case for several days. III
, admitted that his trip here had beel
even more successful than ne ha'
boned for. but refused to discus
what he had accomplished.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
DEATH NOTICE.

Died-At his residence, 1102 King
street, at 500 P. NJ, Friday, March
81, 1914, ]. CARL1N CREIGHTON,
son of the late John T., and Mary
Creighton. aged &C years. Funeral
from his late residence, Monday 2 P
NJ March 3Oth. Friends and ac-
quaintances invited to attend
ISL Louis papers please copy.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
sEPULTURE AT ARLINGTON.

Funera! services of the late COM
nander J. F. Hubbard will be held IN
the chapel at Fort Myer Monday al
ferroon, following which the bodv
will be escorted to the grave by a
company of United States marines
headed by the Marine Band. Com
n,ander James H. Reid, U. S. N, re-
tired, viii command the escort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
DEATH NOTICE.

his residence, Hotei
Fleischmann, Friday, March 81
1915 P. NJ, CHARLES FLElsCH-
MANN, in the 69th year of his age.
Funeral from St. Mary's Cathoilc
Church. $3.50 A. NJ, Monday, March
goth. Friends and acqualntanceS
invited to attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Tomorrow night at st. Mary's Cath
olic church by Very Rt.. Vev. Robt, A.
Skinner, c. S. P, of st. Thomas Col
,lege Catholic University, WASHINGTON,
d. c., will preach. Regular Lenten
services on Wednesday and Friday ev-
en:ngs at 7:45 am! on Thursday at
ternoon at $3.50 will be held.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Rev c. R. Strausburg, pastor of
the Methodist Protestant church, vii!
conduct the closing services of the
conference year tdr!olcow At II a.
NJ. he will deliver a sermon on GA
PROPHETS Exholtation. The congre-
CATION is urgently requested to attend
this service. At 7:45 ?. NJ, a musical
program will be RENDERED, each num-
Der to be illustrated by beautiful
slides. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

At the Second Presbyterian church
Rev. John Lee Allison, the pastor, will
preach in the morning and evening.
Sunday school will be held at $3.50
A. M, when the children will make ar
offering for Foreign Missions. Mems
Bible class will be held in West
minister building at 10 A. NJ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
AT THE CHURC CHEs.

At the morning service in Trinity
Methodist Church tomorrow Rev. G.
A. Luttrell, pastor, Will preach on the
subject, "When Gifts are Acceptable
to Cod" At the evening service, ate
1880, his subject will be @The Abund-
ant Life-What it is and How it May
be Had"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

The morning sermon of the Rev. "
F. Watson, D. D.. pastor of the First
Baptist church will be on the sub
iect, "What Kind Of Pastor Do You
Want 2"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Rev. Bergman Green, OF the Theo-
logical Seminary, will preach at the
morning service in Christ church to-
morrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Mr.. Stephen Taylor, who has been
quite sick at his home. in north Pitt
s1Dst 81 sbse to b out again.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Steamed Hard Shell and Deviled
Crabs, and Cherrystone Clans at
the Ranlmel Cafe daily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Nav / has been designated as
stonewall Jackson Monument Day
throughput Virginia, for the pur-
nose of subscribing by private dona-
tions funds to erect a memorial to
the Confederate leader In Rich7
mord.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Steamed Hard Shell and Deviled
Grabs, and Cherrystone CLANS at
the Rammel Csfe daily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Steamed Hard Shell and Deviled
Crabs, and Cherrystone Clans at
the Rammel Cafe caily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28
Christ Church.

Rev. William j. Morton, rector
Sunday school $50 n, &1,., Services at
at 11:0O a. H., and 1880 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Cloudy Tonight; Sunday Prob
ably Showers Little Colder.
High Tides: 9:0S A. NJ. and
9:37 P. NJ. t
Sun rises $3.50, sun sets 6;2O.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-28

Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector. Ser
vices at HOO a. m., and 1880 p. M
Sunday school $50 A. NJ. Holy COM