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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
DELINQUENT TENANT
CANNOT OBTAIN Gas

The measure reported To the commit
Tee 10y the city Attorney last night
carries a provision to this effect. and
provides further that no gas shall be
turned on anywhere in the city for the
use of tenant who is delinqucnt to
the Gas Department. until such dclin-
Iuency is satisfied. The amended ordi-
nance was unanimously recommended
for passage. and. it is expected. will
shortly become law.
The committee has left 10 the au-
thorttics of the Gas Department the
task of recommending such additional
legislation AS may he needed to com
pensate the department for the loss of
the guarantee that has been given it
since before 1858 by the property
owners Under the present ordinances,
the department is given Il free hand to
establish such rules for safeguarding
the payment OF gas bills as il deems
practicable.
IL is understood that the Withdrawal
OF the real estate guarantee will mean
that no person in the city will he able
10 obtain gas without paying for II in
advance. unless he is favorably known
10 the Gas department authorities or
unless the payment Of his bill is guar
antccd by the owner or the house in
which He lives or other responsible
persons
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or supplying out-of-town papers in
Richmond. as yet In it's infancy and
comparatively Improbable, may be de-
Veloped to encouraging proportions.
DIVIDE CITY INTO
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS
The committee voted to recommend
to the Council for passage an ordinance
embodyinS the recommendations of the
School Board for Il division of the en-
larEcd city into three school districts.
The city Attorney was directed to pre-
pare an ordinance carrying into effect
the desires of the School Board in this
respect, TO be forwarded to the Coun-
Gil
y petition presented By John a. Hut
cheSon asked that the name of Shcn-
andonh Street in Monument Avenue
Park be changed to Hutchinson Avenue.
The locality. the committee Was told.
was intimately associated with the pc
titioners ancestors, and 1t was his de-
sire to have the name perpctuated by
changing the designation of the street.
The committee recommended the pas
sage OF an ordinance carrying the de-
sired change into effect.
FIRE PREVENTION
ORDINANCE TABLED
The committee laid OH the table for
future hearing Alderman MitchClrs
poration from keeping on it's premises
more than Twenty-Five pounds Of waste
paper in any one room unless kept in
iircproof receptacle. The measure Is
designed to reduce the tire hazard. FIX
ccpticns are made of newspaper plants.
libraries and establishments where
paper or newspapers are kept for sale.
The ordinance was indorsed by Chief
Joyncs, of the Fire Department. II
was decided by the committee. how :
ever, TO defer action on the matter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
SIXTY PAUPER COUNTIES
PAY NOTHING TO STATE
Support of Commonwealth Carried
by Nineteen Cities and
Forty Counties.
RICHMOND PAYS oNE-sIxrn
Rich, Prosperous Counties Have Such
Low Assessments That Their Taxes
DO Not Equal Special Charges on
Their Behalf.

Sixty Virginia counties contributed
not one cent last year toward the sun
port of the State government or the
payment Of the public debt The bur
den of supporting the Commonwealth
Tell on forty counties and nineteen
cities. The city of Richmond paid to
the state over and above all expendi-
lures by the state on It's behalf. $780,
1897. or nearly onc-siXth Of the gross
annual revenue of the State
III amy argument were needed to con-
vince any fair-mindcG man of the
urgent necessity for drastic revision Of
the tax laws of Virginia. says Auditor
moore, II is to be found in the statis-
UGH tables accompanying the annual
report OF his department, which came
from the printer yesterday. When
large wealthy counties like Bedford.
llttsNlrania and Rockbrdgc allow
themselves to be listed among the
paupers and smaller counties such as
lanes city. Surry and Bath, take more
IMAM their share of the burden and
when the cities which are checrfuliy
outTot"u in very session of the General
Assembly are yet left to pay the bills.
II would appear that the time has come
Tor the state to revise its financial
policy.
>''''' i'O'i tIhotS WI
IN LIST OF "PAri'I:RS',
The report of State Auditor Moore
shows that the following so-called
pauper counties actually drew from the
State Treasury for schools. criminn
charges roads fees to county officers
and pensions more than they paid in
from general and special taxes:
Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bed
FORD. Bland, Botetourt Buchanan.
buckingham. Campbell. Caroline. Car
roll. Charles City. Charlotte. Craig, Gull
pepper, Cumberland Dickinson. Din
widdie. Essex. Floyd. .Fluvanna. Frank
lin, Giles. Gloucester. Goochland Gray
son. Greene, Halifax, Henry. Isle of
Wight. King George, King and Queen.
King William. Lee Louisa. Lunenburg.
Madison. Mathews. Mecklonburg, Mid
dleseN Nansemond. Nelson. New Kent.
Nottoway, Page. Patrick, Pittsylvania.
powhatan. Pulaski. Rappahannock.
Richmond. Rockbridgc. Russell. Scott.
Smyth. Spotsylvania. stafford Warren,
Washington, York.
THE HONOR ROLL OF
HONEST COI MITES
Those counties which have Il more
nearly fair assessment, Of real cstot.
ana personal property. and so are as
Stunning their part in the support of
ihe state government are:
Accomac. Albcmarlc. Alexandria, Al
leRhany. Augusta. Bath Brunswick
Chesterfield, Clarke Elizabeth CITY
Fairfax, Fauquicr, Frederick. Green's
vile, Hanover. Hcnrico Highland.
James city. Lancaster. Loudoun Mont
E"mery, Norfolk. Northampton. North
cumberland, Orange, Prince Edward.
Prince George. Princess Anne Prince
Wiiham, Roanoke. Rockingham, Shen-
ahdohh southampton. Surry. SUSSEX.
Tazewell. Warwick, Westmorclond
Wise. Wythe.
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Local Temperature Yesterdn,

~ noon Temperature
: J.. NJ. temperature ~
I. VI. temperature 3 1S
NiaXimum temperature to s T. NJ 80
Mihlihuin temperature to y r. NJ IS
Mean temperature 10
Normal temperature a.
I"hcichcy in temperature yestcr
'cncIency III temperature since
100 ~ ........... 1Ty
accumulated deficiency i'm tcinpcr
lure since January l.-....... go
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Local Rainfall yc.terJ

IHlnl"II Iast iW"nty- four houIs ~
rh'IehcN ID rainfall since March
Nc'umniai"d dehci.nc! in rainfall '''
January I............ o.
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December Crop Report Virginia and United States
MIA. United States.
Virginia..

In
tlon in thousands
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CONDITIONS ~ IMPORT ,,,,,,,

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ulr", ,loi" northeast. wind, velocity ~
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE
OF NEW GAS ORDINANCE
Committee Reports Measure Designed
to Relieve Owners of
Property.
URGED BY REAL ESTATE MEN
BY REAL ESTATE MEN
Amended Law Releases Agents and
Owners From Responsibility for
Gas Bills Of Tenants-Compensa
tory Legislation Is Suggested.

The Council Committee on Ordi-
nanceS last night, by Il unanimous vote
recommended for passage an amended
ordinance reported by the CITY At
torhey. which will have the effect of
relieving owners OF property from
Liability for the payment OF delinquent
gas bills Of their tenants Under the
present law. the Gas Department de-
cines 10 turn on gas in any house
against which n delinquent gas bill Is
outstanding, with the result that prom
ertN owners are forced TO satisfy the
city's claim before a succeeding tenant
can obtain gas.
~ movement inauEurateI more than
"a year ago hy the Real Estate Ex-
change has been directed toward re-
ileNlnE pror 2rty owners from this,
Liability. 1T met opposition from the
Gas department authorities. who feared
a large increase in dclinqucncics once
the present safeguard is removed An
ordinance carrying the exchange into
erect was introduced by Councilman
English. ANA several public hearings
on II were held by the Ordinance Com
m!ttee.
Al the las; meetingof the commit tee
the measure was sent back to the civ
Attorney with the request that he in
corporate Il provision which would M :
low the use of gas to. Il rev tenant of
Il house. under the usual restrictions n s
10 deposit, regardless OF whether the
preceding tenant had left am unpa i'll
bill or not. AS drawn. til. ordinance,
was not clear on this point
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Veloped to encouraging proportions.
Evening star., 1914-06-04
TENNIS SURPRISE IN DOUBLES
OF MIDDLE ATLANTIC TOURNEY
Lou Doyle and Horace Barber Defeat Spencer Gordon
and j. Upshur Moorhead in Sensational
Racquet Struggle.

OF an easy proposition in the singles. he
demonstrated a knowledge of the game
when he carried Barber to victory through
splendid generalship. Lou did the
directing from the rear of the court, and
Barber did the rest from position close
to the net. F..'s
On the other side of the bracket in this
event Harold Doyle and Shannon worked
down to the finals by defeating Baird and
Stidham through default, and then won
a splendid victory over HELEN and Chap
man by the score Of "a and 61. This
throws Harold Doyle and Shannon into
the finals today against Lou Doyle and
Barber. and it will be a case of Greek
against Greek" as both brothers will do
the directing from the rear of the courts.
and both have able assistants in Barber
and Shannon. This struggle for suprem-
acy in the doubles will start around 3:30
o'clock this afternoon. and seats in the
front row will be at a premium. The
wise people around the clubhouse last
evening were picking Harold Doyle and
Shannon to run away with the match
but these same people couldn't see any
one but Gordon and Moorhead before he
contest with Lou Doyle and Barber. SO
that the dope" may go awry again to-
day.
Summaries.
Following are the summaries covering
yesterdays play and the program for
today:
MEMS DOUBLES.
First round-H. f. Doyle and Shannon defeated
Baird and Stidham. by default
Second round-DOyle and shannon defeated
HELEN and Chapman. 6-4. G..
Third round-Doyle and Shannon defeated Sla ter
and Mckenzie. SO and 60: Louis l. Doyle and
Barber defeated Morehead and Gordon. Gil,
S-6 and 6-3.
MEMS CONSULTATIONS SINGLES.
laFn
Burton defeated Lewis. Go and 8-4.
Second round-Chcsey defeated Burton 6-2
and 60 Bates defeated Brown, 81 and 6-3.
Pairings for Today.
MEMS DOUBLES
Finals Louis Doyle and Barber Doyle and
Shannon.
MEMS CONSULTATIONS SINGLES
First round Milton King VS.. J. F. Abbott
Slater VS.. karrck.
Second round Fischer winner of X ing Ah-
bott match, Shannon winner of Slater kar-
rick match.
Semi finals Chesley winner of Fischer VS..
King Abbott match Bates winner of Shannon
vs.. winner OF Slater -karrick match
Evening star., 1914-06-04
DAVIS CUP DEFENSE
PLANS TAKING SHAPE
West Side Tennis Club, Long Island,
Will Provide Seating Capac-
ity for 10000.

NEW YORK. June 4-Plans for the
challenge round of the Davis international
tennis cup matches. the Metropolitan
championships and the future policy of
the West Side Lawn Tennis Club were
announced yesterday at luncheon at the
West Side clubhouse, Forest Hills. L. I.
With the announcement of the awards
of the international committee the club
at once began active preparations to stage
the event, which will be the most i'm
portant Of the year in the tennis world.
Special stands will be erected on the
turf in front of the clubhouse. These
will seat 10000 persons. The seats will
be 81 each. or So for the series. and the
following committee will have charge of
the matches: ]. S. Myrick, chairman;
Harry Parker. secretary and treasurer:
Raymond D. Little. G. A. L. Dionne.
Lyle +. Mahan, F. c. Newcombe and
Walter Merrill Hall.
The Metropolitan singles and doubles
championships will be decided on the
West Side courts starting June 8. Wal
ter Merrill Hall. chairman of the COM
mittee, stated that the entry list included
many of the best players in the metro
politan district.
Largest Tennis Club in the World.
Vice President Myrick announced that
when the grounds were completed there
would be thirty-five dirt courts and
twenty-seven grass courts. making the
playing service and membership the
largest tennis club in the world.
The announcement was made yesterday
by the Davis cup international committee
that communication had been sent to
DR.. Semmer Hardy, the national commit
teeman on the Pacific coast to the effect
that Maurice f. Mclaughlin and the other
California players must arrange their
plans to reach this city at an early date.
and not remain over for competition in
the Pacific coast championship. One rea-
son for this is that r. Norris Williams,
Cd, is not showing his last years form,
and there is a possibility of an entire re-
construction Of the cup defense plauA
Evening star., 1914-06-04
TROUBLE IN REDS TEAM.
Marsans Demands Increase in Salary
and Is Suspended.

CINCINNATI. June 4.-Just before leav-
ing for Boston last night. Manager Her.
zog announced that he had suspended
Outfieider Marsans and would not take
him with the club MaWans and Pitcher
Davenport previous to the game, had de-
manded a new gcontract, giving them an
increase In salary and containing a mu-
tuality clause. They threatened to quit
the club il their demands were not
granted.
After Hersog had a conference with
President Hermann it was announced
that Davenport had receded from his po-
sition on the ground that he had been
misinformed. He departed with the team.
Marsans will meet President Hermann
today.
Evening star., 1914-06-04
YALE HAS HARvARD's GOAT.
Freshmen Paint Its Horns Blue and
Shear Y on Its Side.

RED TOP Conn, June 4.-The Yale
freshmen oarsmen have the Harvard
freshmen's goat The mascot. a black.
full-blooded animal. was shipped from
Boston by express. but it appears that
the Ell youngsters intercepted it yester-
day by signing an express receipt. and
took it In triumph to the Yale quarters.
There the horns were painted blue and
huge Y sheared in its side.
The Crimson freshmen are much dis
turbed over the incident. Last night a
delegation Of Yale men, headed by Coach
Nickalls. visited Red Top and tried to
smooth matters over. Harvard refused
to accept the goat, SO a compromise was
effected whereby Yale paid for it, and
Billy" is now the real property Of the
Eli freshmen.
Evening star., 1914-06-04
BY HARRY n. FRY.

Splendid contests were pulled Off yes
terday afternoon in the middle Atlantic
tennis tournament, on the courts Of the
Columbia Country Club but they were
battles for position and lacked the in
terest shown in matches in the finals or
for titles In consequence the gallery
was small. The women's singles have
been halted on account of illness of one
Of the prominent players and will not
be renewed until tomorrow, when it is
expected that the event will be run down
to the finals so that the contest for the
championship can be played Saturday
The committee having the tournament
in charge has worked hard to wind up
affairs earlier. but it has been found i'm
possible to overcome unavoidable cir
cumstances. The weather has been
ideal, but there is no telling when
Jupiter Pluvius will cut into the game
and knock arrangements into a cooked
hat
The spotlight was thrown on the mems
doubles yesterday and what gallery
turned out gathered around the contest
ants in this event. The real surprise of the
tournament developed when Spencer
Gordon and ]. Upshur Moorhead were
handed good beating by Lou Doyle
and Horace Barber. The first named pair
have been considered the class of this
event. both being stars in the southern
end of the National Association. and it
work their way down into the finals.
Splendid Team Work.
Doyle and Barber gave splendid dis
play Of team work. and it was this weld
Evening star., 1914-06-04
MRS. RAYMOND WINS
IN merton TENNIS
Defeats Miss Sears in Singles and
Also Triumphs in Mixed
Doubles.

PHILADELPHIA. June 4.-Philadel-
phia's hope of winning a title in singles
or doubles in the Pennsylvania and
eastern tennis championship tournament,
now in progress on the courts of the
Merton Cricket Club, Haverford. was
shattered yesterday when New York and
Boston women earned a monopoly of
places in the semi-final rounds in both
these events. Individual honors go to
Mrs. Edward Raymond of New York,
winner in the singles and mixed doubles
match.
In the singles Mrs. Edward Raymond,
New York, defeated Miss Eleanora Sears
of Boston in a well played two-set
match. Miss Sears was only able to
break the winning streak Of her for
midable opponent for a short time in
the second set, when she pulled up to
FIVE all. but eventually lost out, 6-3, 7-5.
To add to her triumphs Mrs. Raymond,
with William T. Tilden. jr., won from
the Boston pair, Miss Marion Fenno and
MIR. Watson In mixed doubles.
Miss Fenno a Winner.
Miss Fenno. another one of the invad-
ing team, triumphed in her match with
Dorothy Disston. Philadelphia Cricket
Club Miss Disston put up good fight
in each match and was by no means
outclassed. With Miss Disston elimi-
mated, New York and Boston will prob
ably fight 1t out for the title cup, as
Evening star., 1914-06-04
Philadelphia Fails Again.

Philadelphia again failed to stop the
visitors when Miss Edna Wildey and
Albert E. Kennedy won from Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Morse. There was some
contentment in the fact that a win for
this team would at least divide cham
pionship honors between Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, as Miss Wildey is from
Plainfield
Wallace F. Johnson, Pennsylvania
state champion, showed up well yester-
day. Miss Agnes Kennedy played with
the Merton star and this team won from
Mrs. Gilbert Harvey and c. S. Rogers.
After winning the first set after a hard
tussle, 10. Miss Kennedy and johnson
romped away with the second set
Evening star., 1914-06-04

competition.
Still another victory for the visiting
teams came when Miss Sears. not ex-
hausted by her singles match, played
with William A. Larned who made his
debut on the Merton courts. Miss Sears
and Larned defeated Miss Disston and
"Alec" Thayer, but the local pair had
the satisfaction of winning one set, and
q OF hat
Evening star., 1914-06-04
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The latest blast from the militant Fed
erals is that their attack on organized
base ball will come next Monday. and
that several members of the st. Louis
Cardinals will jump Tuesday.
Three teams are making a close race
for first place in each Of the two major
leagues.
The fight Ted Gather had with Pitcher
Griner isn't his first as a Cardinal. He
and Lee Magee had a punching duello at
the Polo Grounds a year or SO ago.
:
Evening star., 1914-06-04

II the Brookland Church League con-
tinues to put up the kind Of ball 1t has
shown in its first two exhibitions there is
little doubt that 1t will become one Of
the most popular circuits. When 1t WAS
In existence before the league drew large
crowds, and the rivalry between the
Evening star., 1914-06-04
plate. Conover and Flannery led in the
hitting for Interior, while Shalin did the
best fielding.

Jimmy Donnelly's Emerald Club did
not have much trouble getting away with
the long end of the score against the
Printers. The Donnelly crew hit the ball
hard and generally played much better
ball. The Printers made eight errors,
while the Emeralds miscued but once
Twelve hits were gotten by the winners
against five for the Printers. Norris and
Oakley, battery for the Emerald Club.
led in the hitting. getting three wallops
each.
Evening star., 1914-06-04
SCHEDULES FOR TODAY
IN AMATEUR LEAGUES.

N-1s
Central League-kenilwor vs.,
Waverly.
Departmental League-Aggies vs..
Commissioners.
Potomac League-Fairlawn vs..
Eastern.
East Washington Sunday School
League-St. Agnes VS.. RefOrma-
tiOu.
Railroad Y. NJ. G.. A. League
Shops vs.. Station.
Northwest Sunday School League
whitney VS.. st. Paul.
Treasury LeaEue-Federals W.
Treasury.
Rosedale L ue-HighIanders
vs.. Trojans.
Marquette LeaSue-St. Martins
VS.. Trinity.
Evening star., 1914-06-04

Armando Marsans is aid to be dis
satisfied with his job i'm Cincinnati, but
any athlete who has job with Gin
cinnad has a right to be sore.
Evening star., 1914-06-04
BY Il. c. BYRD.

Only one shut-out game took place
in the amateur leagues yesterday. That
was played in the East Washington
Sunday School League, when Fifth
Baptist had the easiest kind of time
getting away with the long end of a
to score over Reformation. While
this was the only shut-out. there were
other games that were closely contest
ed, and some in which one Of the teams
won by big margin.
The game in the Brookland Church
League was another good exhibition.
The Methodists and Catholics played to
a to score, the former proving the
victors. Interior got away with Post
ONCE in the Departmental League by
5 to 8. while the ONO Club took fall
out of the Brightwood nine by to 2
in the Northwest Sunday School League.
The ONO Clubs victory is worthy of
special commentator. in that the
Brightwood aggregation has been herald
ed as the strongest in the circuit. The
Holy Name nine defeated st. Paul on
the Rosedale Fairgrounds by 4 to 3.
The majority of the other games fur
nished some big scores. Congress Heights
made eight runs against Oxon Hill In
the Potomac League: the Emeralds got
away with the Printers IN the Central
circuit by Is to 8; the Marines had an
easy time winning, IL to ), in the Treas
ury, while the Emeralds scored fourteen
runs In the Marquette League against
eight for the st. Stephens club. Car De-
partment won from Southern in the Rail
road Y. M. C. A. organization by Z to 2.
If the Brookiand Church League con-
tinues to put up the kind Of ball 1t has
shown in its first two exhibitions. :here is
& ~
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-13


No 72S-In many ways an ideal farm
80 acres Of land. with 90 to 25 acres in deep:
rich tillase, laying level as the floor and
entirely free from stone Is up in a high
state Of cultivation: the land Is good grass
and corn land in fact the soil Is well
adapted for all kinds of crops a quantity OF
hard wood and estimated TO be $4,000 II. OF
soft lumber. Pasture for ten cows good,
comfortable house with two hreplaees seven
rooms 30x4O-ft barn with good stable. The
Owner wants to sell the farm and will in
clude an excellent lot Of cows, some young
stock, team worth s45o00, hogs, tools, etc,
all for So 10000. This farm is only | mile
from village and 215 miles from another. on
a fne farming section. Tiff
Seven-room house barn and some land In
Graniteville; will sell low or will exchange
for farm an excellent home and a property
that will rent readily. Price sl,600.oo 71t
THE d. A. PERRY REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Howland-Cave Building. Barre. Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-13

nj D'Agnostino, his son, claims $25, 900
damages from the Clarendon and Pitts
ford railroad on the ground that Clio
vanni met his death through negligence
of the railroad in not providing safe
place for the deceased, who was a brake
man, to work, Joseph G. Jones of this
city and Leary g. Fullerton of Saratoga,
n. ", are counsel for the plaintiff The
case is returnable at the October term
of court in this city.
The Clarendon and Pittsford railroad
is the private road of the Vermont Mar
BILE company, running from this city to
Proctor.
Mr.. D'Agnostino, while standing on
the brake step of car on the rear end
of train, in the act of signaling the en-
gineer, struck his head against tele-
phone pole beside the track, sustaining
injuries from which he died day later,
Nav 10. 1914 The contention is that
the track was too close to the pole.
1t is stated in the writ that any dam
ages which may be recovered will go to
the brakeuan's parents.