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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-11
Voice of che People
The burden of Proof.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
SHY our leader In your issue OF
Proof" apropos of Mr.. Postmaster- Gen
eral Burleson's proposal to make the
telegraph and telephone service a ma
uonal public function in connection
with the postal service, is tho proper
thing.
II seems to wayfaring man that
gladly shoulder the burden" OF proof.
You say that the advocates must show.
lrst. that public ownership and oper-
alton Is greatly needed. That. / think.
is patent. Any social instrument on
which all society depends. and without
society's consent and use would tie
OF no value, should be owned and opcr-
ated solely for society's service.
You will say that such a claim might,
with equal force. be said of other
things not present public functions.
statement is not diminished because
Of that. You say il has To be proved
mat the good from government owner
present owners can run and manage
1T and make big dividends and pay big.
salaries II should be y certainty 10 any
mcnt-thc pcople-can manage with
the same employees who now operate
and manage 1t to exc out AS good ser
vice at cost, for the government doesn't
have 10 pay dividends, tho business be-
ing done for service and not profit.
IT would simply be change OF owners,
no. HectsSariiy OF manner or opera
tion. The same men who now oper-
ate IL TO make profit for the stock
holders would then operate It for the
benefit Of society az whole. Let the
government pay tho present owners the
physical value Of their property, less
value be $500. 100000 or siO0, 900. 900.
The government should take over the
wireless operations as we'll. The gov
eminent could pay the present owners
In bonds secured by the property and
g. "a iNI ant M,
on the bonds and enough to provide a
sinking fund to pay principal In TWEEN
~ years.
III must be borne in mind that this
Is productive proposition. The peo-
pie furnish s30o,000,000 and more for
The army and navy every year. Cut
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Tho Times-Dispatch Bureau.
Bollingbrook street.
IDhnng l1SEl
HolIt
Pcicrshlirr. Va, I

Petersburg. Va. February 10.
AT tho meeting OF the Board of Alder
Mr. Poole. Was adopted. the Common
Council concurring, instructing the
CITY Attorney to prepare an ordinance
providing for II bond Issue of 100000
for the erection OF "A municipal admin
istration building, auditorium and ar
mory. At present the officials OF the
city have their offices scattered through
several buildings, four or five nj least.
The matter OF Il municipal building.
creditable TO the city has long been
Courthouse Square. and the city's nd :
Joining property. The resolution viii
have TO go TO the Council for concur
renee. and TO the Finance Committee
for recommendation.
Two nominations for membership OF
Fourth Ward we're made last night
james II. Gray and Charles c. Irwin.
Mr.. Irwin was elected by vote OF to
for MIR. Gray.
business. II deferred consideration or
the River Street Improvement until the
March meeting.
The board concurred In various meas
ures sent up from the Council. Among
them is the ordinance for newly num-
block system, at cost of about $4,000:
TO amend the city charter so as to per-
init the extension of water mains and
the sale OF water 10 points outside of
the city not exceeding n distance OF
Two miles: indors!ng the city of Rich
mond for ~ Federal reserve bank etc
protest from citizens OF Webster
street against tho proposed chang ing
or the grade OF that street because Of
injury to property. was read and re-
made for the purchase OF additional
wood for the poor.
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The Hart-whIto Game mn.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir;IWe nave seen several letters in
paper opposing tho Hart White game
oiii: It's the same old story. When
eyer anybody or society or association
or men try to better conditions the
let we'll enough alone" crowd begins
10 KICK. Every man working. for. or
some motive, and we who believe ''i in
better game laws are thinking about
me INC TIME when. IL q halt is not called.
TO make tho sport last az long az we
can. and those who want conditions MS
they they ar, are are thinking how hard it
VIII De Tor thom to get written per-
mission. and what an outrage il lis to
n maas them hem, pay dollar II they step
they and their fathers fathers havo
Deen doing since tho Revolutionary
i mnir, ETC., etc. Unless y man. is too
nave never. failed to show him how wo
were drawing on our original stock of
game SO rashly that there Is not one
fourth as much here now ~ there was
thirty years ago; that our natural In
crease in hunters far exceeded the in
hunting alone was our game SUFFERING.
but from those causes concomitnnt
WI !, eivi,iizat.on; such as man using
me game for his own PURPOSES: how
me me isre tad question of forestry had been
whY ieS Ws Just s,,.d as that Of game. and
rent human beings. should stop; that
mere was no way but the right way.
n ian, ,hs flgh, way was to do something
virginia. positive. legal provisions, not
nero noncntities. such as we havo
now. we havc shown that n Southern
passed in ioo7 law a Hfner'1 Wheh f tho
liart- white game bin is fashioned, and
that Alabama In six years has seen it's
E Whnis 'nifEiease fully 70 per cent the
sihstic In the praise OF their great game
law, mw, and fourteen other Southern and
Msstern states remodel their game
laws after that of Alabama.
Snail We drag along in this matter OF
same protection, letting one county
pass a good law. while the counties nd
ers IN =, PASS is,, none and send free hunt
we stop this shilly- shailving and nas
law which our sister Southern States
tell us Is doing real, compreh ensiye
game protection?
nonlsts who have laid aside his gun.
kiIied his dogs and going to devot.
m, q, rest OF his life to game protection
| will be that way before | reach '' thc
age of sixty. want to enjoy nan, .i =
Gays hunt behind my settlers before !
dIe; ana J want to leave game here i'm
or! order that my grandchildren may hunt
10 10 this I know 1t will he necessnrv
LOT LOT me 10 be satisfied with small hat-
i.'hitS ior the day and season. and that
~, Nh be necessary to have game
mardens to see that the game laws are
observed and State game commis.
sloncr 10 see that these wardens no.
Iorin thelr duties, and ! am willinr 10
pay my proportion OF tho cost of such
There Is no other way out. and nm
less Nirginians Will rise to tho occa
Son We VIII continue to remain objects
pitiful wherever game protection ~
- "a LIEU. NJ. -. HART
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ron cHnArEn SAFETY.

Wo should like TO know whothor tn,
Monroe amt the Nantucket wcr,
equipped. at the time of their fatal col
lision. with submarine signaling ap.
Daratus and II so. whether this gave
any warning OF the location OF the
two ships prior TO tho time thoir fog
horns were heard.
Recent experiments have convinced
experts that the submarine bell NAV DO
,undc one OF the most valuable means
of promoting greater safety at sen. AS
every student knows. water will CON
vey sound much moro reliably and
regularly than will air Moreover. IL
has boon demonstrated that while
sound will travel only 1.1eo feet the
second IN mir, Il passes through water
at the rate of 4,7oo feet tho second.
These two familiar facts have been
utilized in the design of bells incased
~ water tight drums and automni-
callv operated by compressed air. Such
bell. placed beside lightship or on
tho seacoast can. OF course. be regu-
Lated TO give signals according 10 a
code, while n simple device on ships
Will record the sound nnd convey II 10
the pilot-house.
An interesting feature OF the rscoiv-
Ing apparatus on ship is that II can
be placed within tho hull OF the shin
without losing its value IN dctrctins,
even the faintcst sound All that is
necessary Is TO place a small tank di-
rectly against the hull o. the ship and
TO supply this with microphones. Tho
sound-waves, reaching the hull of the
ship. pass to the water in tho tank.
are caught by the microphones ana
transmitted os any other telephone
message.
Another well-known property of
sound-waves In water has been ut,l
lzed to detect tho precise direction
from which submarine signals come.
even as the employment Of a code en-
coles ship to determine tho origin
or the messages. 1t is well known that
while sound In the water, transmit
ted to the side OF ship, will be dis
''nct In tank placed directly against
the hull, tho sound viii be less clear
or not audible at all ms 1t passes
through the ship. Accordingly IL re-
ce'Hing apparatus he placed on either
side of ship, the density OF the sound
waves on either side will show tho, di
rection from which they come. If.
then, the Prov of the ship be turned
until tho sounds are equally audible
on both sides. with the receiving an
paratus near tho bow, the navigator
knows that the sending bell is straight
ahead. This determined, he will have
little difficulty In avoiding the danger
against which the signals warn him.
Now that this apparatus has been
perfected, we may expect its use to
be made compulsory complement to
the wireless In giving greater insur-
anco to occan-trayelers.
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Proposed Combination.

special meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF tho Petersburg Investment Cor
poration was held last night in the
rooms OF the Chamber OF Commerce,
the object being to consider PROPOSE
ton TO consolidate or combine with
tile Citizens Hotel Company. Inc. in
the building OF modern hotel on the
site OF the Shirley. on West Tabb
street. The meeting was largely at
tended, and much interest was mani
tested. Hatcher Seward explained the
tentative plans for the hotel. which
are subject to change--the frontage,
depth. capital. etc. These plans con-
template five-story building. with I25
rooms. at "a cost Of about $1,000 900. In
the shape of an L. with modern. up
to-date equipment and conveniences.
After full discussion. n resolution, Of
fered by II. III. Mann. was unanimously
adopted. providing for the appointment
OF a committee, one of whom shall be
tho president, to confer with n COM
mittee Of the Hotel Company. relative
to the combination. and report to an
adjourned meeting on February "a.
The committee Will report Il plan OF
combination, including the proposed
valuation OF the assets of the two cor
porations, and such other data as will
enable the stockholders to vote intelli-
gently on the proposition. The COM
mittee named under tho resolution
consists of r. II. Mann, NJ. c. Jackson.
and II. 81. Craddock.
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EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
|SFELT IN NORTH
Falling of Chimneys, Swaying Of
Houses and Some Destruc-
ton Reported.

New York. February. 1o.-An Garth
quake which lasted from fifteen. to
thirty seconds and disturbing particu-
the Devonian and Silurian sections OF
the northeastern part Of the United
states. took place shortly after 1870
o'clock T.. NJ. to-day. 1t was especially Sc
of New York State. Virtually. all of
New York state, including this city,
felt the shock. and New England gen
orally, lower Eastern Canada and parts
OF New Jersey and Eastern Pennsyl-
vania. were shaken. Tremors. We're
recorded rs far south as Washington
and az far west as st. Louis.
at Albany the n Sn1ek was fTom sev fbs
walls OF the Capitol; and at Bingham
ton, laborcr was killed by tho cav
Ing in of u trench In which he was
doors OF a bank vault shook under tho
influence Of the quake, and from other
parts of the State the falling OF chin
neys, swaying of houses and destruc-
According to DR.. Edmund Q. Hovey.
Museum OF Natural History, the char
acter of tho record left by seismograph
ment of the. quake was not attended
by great lateral oscillations.
The latest earthquake previously
registered by the seismograph Of tho
vember s. 1912. and occurred In Alaska.
The vibrations then were twice as
great as those made to-day. No local
seismic disturbance comparable In mag
can be recalled by the attaches of tho
museum. The last earthquake felt In
New York took place in the territory
of Charleston. S. c.. In 1886. In 1884,
the greuter part OF the area affected
to day.
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WOUNDED OFFICER
KILLS ASSA|LANT
Danvillc Policeman Shoots Negro
Who Slabs Him in Resist
ing Arrest.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

Dunvillc, Va, February SSl Percy
Foster. negro. WAS shot and killed
by Police Officer W. G. Hall here to-
night ut 10 O'Clock. Hall Is In tho
hospital with the muscle OF his left
arm severed. and a deep stab wound
over the left brenst. Ills condition,
tho physicians attending him say. Is
prccarious
Foster sought admission To a colorci
moving picture show on Patton Street,
when a police officer whose duty II is
to see that good order prevails. refused
the negro admittuncc. Foster. With
two others demonstrated, and the off,
Ger seeing that the man was drunk,
called 10 officer Hall nearby and ask
ed him 10 take the negro 10 Jail. Just
as Hall seized Foster he drew an open
knife from his sidepocket. and made
two vicious slashes 1T the officer. Hall
rceled against the wall OF the lobby
TO tho theatre, and. drawing his Colt,
fired two shots at the negro standing
a few feet away from him.
The negro piled UP over box, and
died in half an hour. Hall was hurried
To the hospital. He lost much blood
before he received assistance. Foster
had the reputation OF being bad
negro. He was 10 appear In court to-
morrow on charge OF gambling. He
was always in and out or jail. Hall Is
the youngest member OF the local force
and recently married.
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The Rappahannock
Rhapsodist
The SIaycr.

The slayer.
The Lion Is tho King OF Beasts.
Who rights the forest with his roar
lie Stays but for his royal feastS,
lie docs not kill Il needless score
Bccause, by strength and craft, he can.
Mans hands arc ever red with gore,
Greatest slayer of all Is Man.
The Cobra and the Fer de Lance.
with masked murder in their jaws.
strike only such as take the chance
They never kill without n cause,
Although they bear the junglc's ban,
Unarmed with either fanEs or claws.
Greater slayer OF all Is Man.
Tho rights OF MI wild folk he scorns.
the hcfcc and strong. the weak and
w. robs the great elk OF his horns
To make n hatrack in his hall
To get Il playthinS, ivory ball
The death OF elephants he'll plan.
70 Yield him plumcs the birds must
fall
Greatest slayer OF all IS Man
y killer born. he hunts for fun.
Ana alaughtors wantonly in play.
Secure with his repeating gun.
lie deals out murder and djamay.
or bird and beast lie makes his PROV
without better reason than
Greatest slayer or all is Man.
ENvoI.
In name OF Pleasure. Fashion, Art,
Or Science, since the world began
Hes born tho blood lust In his heart
Greatest slayer or all is Man
THOMAS LOMAN HUNTER.
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out a third OF that for two or three
years and pay for tho telephone and

out third OF that for two or three
years and pay for the telephone and
money out of tho parcel post he wifi
havo enough from that source to buy
the telephone and telegraph systems
! believe that with the present tariffs
two, enough surplus could be piled up
TO pay for both telegraph and tele-
phone In less than ten years.
suspect that duplication of lines ana
Dig salaries and legal service and
court cost alone amount to as much
as per cent per annum on the receipts
OF telephone and telegraph companies
All that or most of 1t would be saved
under, public ownership. For instance,
telegraph companies. There is rent of
Two offices. salaries and supplies of
TWO offices. two sets OF attorneys to re-
tam. two sets of linemen to keep I'm
readiness, etc J. p TAYLOR
February A.
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DUMP WAS NUISANCE
John G. Mnul. of Spring Hill, Gets 37OO
Verdict Against City.

public nuisance, jury yesterday In
Hastings Court. Part H.. awarded q
verdict of 500 to John G. Maui of
mond for $4,000 damages, claimed to
have been caused by nro to his two
houses. which caught from city refuse.
Wells told tho jury that II could find n
verdict from the evidence against the
city for either maintaining II nuisance
or setting firc to the property.
The suit OF the Weary & Afford Com
pany against tho American National
Bank for $4,000 damages, was begun
yesterday afternoon.
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I,ernonnl Mention.

Miss Jeanette RIchell. or Alexandria
is the guest or Miss Florence Rex
Miss Wecda Hall is improving. after
undergoing an operation at the Me-
mortal Hospital,
Mrs. X. +. Langley, OF Norfolk. who
has been Waiting Mrs Ida Dorset, tho
guest OF Mrs. III. A Maurice, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. S. j. Brooks. OF 1922 Decatur
Street. Is improving from an attack ot
pneumonia.
Miss Margaret Bald win has returned
home from n visit to Farmvllle.
hrs. w. c. Pulliam has recovered
from an attack OF grip, and Is nblo to
be out.
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cnokER AND MURPHY.

Eroker's population of Murphy ana
l's declaration that his leadership has
ana viii injure Tammany is. as Mayor
MitcheH expressed IT, very Interest.
lng'-but that is all.
Croker has little or 40 influence in
tafnmany and, after AL. Murphy is
convicted. What Croker thinks ana
says VIII have no material effect. Muir
ply Hill tie deposed. but by the men
VINO arc without rather than by those
Who are within the Tammnny orpaniza-
: Eon They VIII depose him by con.
INNING the work tncy have begun.
oy starving Tammany by reorsan.
Hlne tho party without reference to
iai'"Any; by demonstrating that with
Mnrphy or ono like him. II. control.
4U'hmany II not nn influence In New
! 1o'" democracy When this is broupb,
nome TO the Tammany crowd Mummy
| ena comes '"'
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o-=NEWS Off,,
SOUTH RICHMOND

tho little fellows life by RrnStine sIsipp
70 his back, where no suffered mostly.
i Dut was prevented by his condition..
accident, and was rescued from tho
cries. saru MS
Tho funeral services were hold yes-
terday afternoon mt 3 O'Clock from tho
nome; The burial was in AInury
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DAN CUPID GETS TWO
Popular Teachers Mt Powhntnn schoe
Are Married.

Dan Cupid dealt Powhatan School n
severe blow yesterday. when two OF
It's young and popular teachers were
lost to 1t by marriage Tho happy
brides arc Miss Mary Russell Lyon,
teacher, I'm the sixth grade. who was
married TO William q. Donlcy, OF To-
ronto, Canada, and Miss Grace Irene
Moodhousc, who became the wife of
William Gideon Hopkins. OF Baltimore
Mr.. Donley and Miss Lyon were mar
Z. $. Russell, OF Petersburg, and Will
make their home In Toronto. Mr.. Hop
kins and Miss Woodhouse were married
NJ the Second Baptist Church. Mrs
Hopkins was teacher of music, and
lived In Richmond.
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LEADING PHYSICIAN KILLED.
DIR. Wootcn, of Davidson, Shot by Mem
hcr NJ nrun. Eirm.

Asheville. ". c.. February 10.--Dr. w.
III. Wooten, ono OF the leading physi-
cians OF Davidson. N. c., was shot and
almost instantly killed at that place by
Munroe Jctton, member of the White
Jctton Drug Company, of Davidson. &C
cordtng to special received here to-
night. The shooting occurred about
1880 o'clock Mt Jctton's homo, Dr.
Wootcn dying thirty minutes later. Do
tails of events leading UP to the shoot
ing arc lacking. Jetton was arrested.
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Scout. Training for NICE.

BOY Scouts OF America. arc training
mard for the annual meet this spring
ihere arc some good athletes In the
troop. and they are expected to make
q good showing. They Will be entered
IN number of events, Including
yauiting, putting tho shot and other
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To Hold nshn4.

a debate will be held on Thursday
night In tho Chester ArrlcuituraI Iia
schooi Tor the purpose OF selecting n
tsam to represent tho school before tho
will hold its annual debate some time
this spring. In which there will be con-
testants OF schools from all parts OF
the State.
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Omccr Delton ON soptb,,dc.

Oniccr L. 4. Bolton. who was recent.
~ rcinstatcd by tho police commission.
crs. has been assigned to duty on tho
Southside. to take the place or Officer
w. Il. Waymack, who was promoted To
sergeant. Sergeant waymuck liz now
on his vacation, and VIII take up his
now duties next week.
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.Denth in Chesterneld.

W. r. Shackleford, formerly OF
noon ut his home In Chesterfield Coun
ty He was well-known and respect
ed citizen, was ffty-siX years old, and
is survived by his wife and Ave chill
drcn He also leaves n brother, %. r.
Shacklcford, Of Chesterfield, and two
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woman Burned to Death.

FUSS Johnson, colored, WAS burnod
TO death about noon to-day at her
home on Federal Street. She was para
lyZed few days ago, and was help
less invalid In bed. How the fire orig
mated Is not known, az no other per
son was near the house at the time.
The fire communicated to the bedding,
which was burned. and the unfortunate
woman was roasted alive. colored
youth named Wilson, living nearby.
ran into tho house and endeavored to
save the woman, but he was driven
back by the smoke and flames. In her
struggles the. woman rolled to the floor
and persisted. The department was
much damage. but the furniture was
ruined The woman who cared for tho
invalid had temporarily left the house.
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News Of Petersburg

sisters Mrs. Robert Roper and Mrs. w.
r. Ncwcomb. both OF this city.
The funeral or David Calender. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Calender. OF this
city, who died at Denver. Col. on Tues
day Of last week. took place this ar
ternoon from St Pauls Episcopal
Church.
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VIII Give Valentine Ten.

valentine tea Will be held ut tho
home of Mrs. Charles Jones. on Porter
street. on Friday afternoon and night,
Meade Memorial Church. Tho after
noon entertainments Will be primarily
for children
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Child Die, From uurr.

VIII Crawrord, -FOUR years old, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs ID. Il. Crawford, OF l1o3
Perry Street, who on February 2 was
badly burned when his clothing caught
iire from a lighted candle. died on Mon
day night at o'clock from his in
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Mrs. Inurn I. Clark. aged seventy
six, died ut her home. Laurel Brooke"
in Dinwiddie County, this evening.
She Is survived by two sons and one
daughter. G. Ii. and Hon. Thomas l..
Clark, formerly member OF tho House
Of Delegates from Dinwiddie County.
and Miss Mamie j. Clarke, all residents
OF Dinwlddic County. Her funeral will
take place on Thursday morning at 10
o'clock from her residence, and the In
terment will be at Laurel Brooke farm.
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Queries and Answers
Mcth0tilsts.

HIcfHUUINtS. =
Can you tell me tho origin of the
term 'Mcthodists," as applied TO the
nation? EDWARD MASON rs
The generally received origin is that
John and Charles Wesley and a group
rules for the regulation OF their time
ana studies. and that their strict oh
serrance of system as we'll as their
ardent piety and their scholarship at
university, who dubbed them Meth
odists In allnsion to the methodici. n
class OF physicians ut Rome who were
regarded as most rigid systcmatizcrs