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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-02
BbND No SAFEGUARD
EOR iNJIkED rASSENGER


Attorney Christopher Il. Garnctt,
representing the Richmond Iitncy Bus
Association. Inc said that Il bond, even
II 1t "ere executed by the jitncy owner,
would IN no way indemnify the pas
scnscr FOR injuries. Under a we'll
cannot be sued Oh except by person
"no Is party to It's execution or who
5 directly named or pointed out in the
n"nd. The bond, under the ordinances
ne said. would be between the city and
the Jitncy, ana the passenger could not
participate in its benefits
city Attorney Pollard. who drew the
ordinance. differed witn Mr.. Ciarnett as
10 IN" PASSENGERS interest in the bond,
pointing out that bonds which arc re-
CURED o; executors, for example. pro-
Je,t persons "no are not pointed out
~ Indicated in thc Instrument. Mr..
Ghrn.tt, however, held 10 his opinion.
-, IA" bond cannot protect the pas
s"nE"rs who patrpnizc me jiineys, then
"hr d" you object 10 IT," asked Mr..
F"''i'd. according TO your opinion
a PASSENGER couldn't sue on it"
i don't van, TINS ordinance regu-
'athf Jitn"y buses /" contain pro-
vision thHt is ABSURD" replied Mr.
ihinctt Furthermore. such bond
"o4lG be prph!bitory. The casualty
CON pan!"s would refuse, and nave re-
..s,G. - isau" H."
Questions asked by members Of
he committee Indicated thc!~ dispo-
s!t!on TO pass All ordinance which w!li
pr"viG" r"rs0nHbI" Gerr"c Of repula
ton ana lir Dps" an equitable tax. The
tax question wHs no: touched upOn at
The Meeting Several Utucy bus
pwr'rs "'so w"rc present Expressed the
h"li'f That TINT tax proyid,d ~ The
ordinance .ljD II year FOR a angle ear
nud So year tor each additional car
was reasonable
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-02

Fuller Makes No Attempt to Secure
Reconsideration of Passed
Resolution.
AFRAID TO TIE, MATTER Ur
Clay Ward Alderman Fears Attempt
to Hitch Avenue Project to Open
ing Of Other Streets Will Delay
Much-Scedcd Improvement.

No attempt was made by Alderman
Fuller. last night AT the meeting OF the
Committee on Streets. TO secure a re-
consideration of the vote by which the
committee at Il recent meeting recon-
mended For passage Il resolution look
ing to the opening OF Monument Ave-
nue. to the Horse Pen Road in Hcnrico
County
Following the announcement that the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad Company had indicated to the
city Attorney it's Willingness to entc,
into an arrangement with the city for
the extension OF all the West End
avenues across the Belt Line it was
reported that the Monument Avenue
resolution would be Reconstructed in
order that more comprehensive reso-
luton might be adopted looking TO the
cNtension of AL the streets across the
i;Clt Line tracks
MONUMENT AVENUE
TO BE EXTENDED FIRST
think it is wiser to dispose OF
Monument Avenue first" sai, AIR
Taller. last night. ITO tie this i'm
htoNcment up with the extension of
me other streets would only mean an
other long delay. ana |, for one dan,
intend To risk it EXCEPT for :; yc,h,I
communication W III the CITY Attornav
the railroad company has submitted no
u'nhile proposition. and | am not in
favor OF holding up a needed improve
hcnt 10 deal With possibilities If Tho
.'''i"'d company has a definite offer
mime IN the way of dcaicatiny :,
rtGht "i Nay across it's property. LEI
u submit 1t in writing. We have Mad
some experience with its promises i'm
me matter Of tie West End Union Stn
ton "''
N'F Attorney Pollard has been in
ton, Jr.. Of thc Richmond I.rcI,,i,I,.
narS ana Potomac Railroad Con,uony
.hat MS company would like an opror
UNITY 10 he heard when the rnatter or
csN Ng Monument Avenue comes I'M
~ ""3"s,meht lie Indicated TO Mr..
''ollard that the road will wiI,;rsI,.
cooperate with the city in forward;n.
the Improvement e'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-02
byrd SAYS H0ND PROVISION
WOULD HE pROlIiBIrOlSf

such bond requirement. he said,
was prohtbitory. and would put every
jitney bus out OF business. He doubted
the right OF the city To compel the
execution OF such Il bond. The qucs-
ton Of Indemnity for accident, he said,
was one between the jitney and the
passenger, and the city as a distin-
'"rested third party would. perhaps
have no right 10 require the company
TO eNccut" a bond ia which the city
had no interest.
Mr.. Byrd pointed ont that only Il
nominal Indemnity bond Of $500, with
out security is required OF taxicabs.
Free-lance automobiles ana touring
cars carrying passengers, for hire, he
pointed out, are required TO execute
II" bond. He could not see. he said.
/ Why there should be such a sharp
discrimination between the vehicle that
carried passengers for cents each
and q similar vehicle. also carrying;
passengers. but at Il much higher rate.
Pressed by Alderman Pullcr To give
MS opinion as TO whether any bond
at all should be required Mr.. Byrd
sad that IL was his belief that there
should he no bonding rcuniretnput
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'T'''"'F oil ihe CONFERENCE.-The
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-12
CTRUNG to a Tree and Forced to
~ DiVulge Hiding Place of Fortune

tile section and owning large Numbers
Of live stock and being located at a
fine trading post, he in the course or
years became one of the wealthlest
men OF his community ana the tact
that he was the possessor Of consid-
cradle money eventually reached the
ears Of band of men who decided
to secure the money Tor thelr own use.
As has been mentioned there were
then no repositories and even II there
had been II is doubtful whether Gray
son would have aVaiIed himself OF the
conyelienc2 as banks We're being
considered unsate-a belief by the
way. which today seems quite correct
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-12

good books" she said. "They should
be told little stories from the start
gradually cultiyating the taste for
books Tell them little stories about
the objects about them. Encourage
them to make up little stories of their
own, all the time training the mind i'm
the proper direction In the same
way they can be made familiar with
the lives Of great men and women
men and women who have achieved
things in life and whose lives are eN-
amples for emulation. 49, Boston Post
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-12
LEAD CHuLD's MIND INTO BOOKS.
Exciting Entertainment Wrecks His
Nerves. Mary B. O'Sullivan Says.

There are many little victims Of
oyerindulgence, surfcited with enter
tainment. wrecked in temper and
nerves by constant round Of eXcit-
ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pictures,
parties, dances, drills, joy rides. etc"
Mary b. O'Sulliyan, the writer said
in a recent lecture on social service.
The subject OF her address was. Lit
erature In Child Recreation
Lead the childs mind into loving
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-12
4 Horn 10 Ills VITO.

"a man who Is happily married has
an enthusiastic audience of one. and
that amt 50 bad" says old Uncle
PennyWise
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-12

today they made good their "geta-
way" despite the vigilance of the
Creek lighthOrsemcu.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-31
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
ON U. & RESERVATION.

Rates S4 per day and up; s21 per week and up. % %t
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1914. By Louis Joseph vaace

even beginning to enjoy 1t when ne
heard woman shrek. At the same
instant revolvers began to pop.
Mr.. Law released his foe almost as
quickly as he was released. Both rose
as one man, to find Judith Trine be-
side them, little smile of excitement
playing round her lips as she looked
up the track and watched the special
slow down to stcp-seVeral persons
on the back platform plying busy trig-
ger-fngers ell the while.
AS these last threw open the plat
form gates and dropped to the ballast
still perforating the air with many bull
let's, Mr.. Law, Miss Judith Trine, and
that late belligerent, the engineer
turned simultaneously and sought the
rear Of the tender.
On the opposite side they found
Rose Trine and Mr.. Barcus standing
uncertainty above the body Of the ire.
man, who, it appeared, had stunned
himself in falling and remained In
sensible.
The appearance Of Law and Judith
from behind the tender, closely pur-
sued by the engineer, who was In turn
closely pursued by gentlemen with re-
volvers, stirred Barcus and Rose to &C.
ton. Alan passed him at a round
pace, pausing only long enough to seize
Rose and drag her with him toward
the special. Judith flung him a phrase
Of well-meant advice in passing:
"Come along, you simpleton-unless
YOU want to be shot down where you
stand!"
Mr.. Barcus acted on that advice, as
Immediately as reseptfully. Judith
Trine was little before him at the
steps Of the Pullman: Mr.. Law had al
ready assisted Rose aboard. Mr.. Bar
Gus ungraciously gave place to the
lady: his ingrained chivalry sorely
strained by bullets that kicked
among the ballast round his feet.
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mountains, barren mesas, and sun
smitten fats given over to the desolate
genius of sagebrush.
Whatever had been the tenor of the
communication between father and
daughter, Judith eventually emerged
from: the drawing room in an ominous
temper. Barcus, coming drowsily
away from his compartment at the
same time, was Jared wide awake by
sight Of the foreboding countenance
she wore; and after a moment of doubt
followed her back to the lounge at the
rear Of the car.
He got there in time to see her at
rigid standstill, staring steadfastly at
the two figures SO close together on
the observation platform. But on
his appearance Judith shook herself
together, snatched up magazine, and
plunged wrathfully into an easy chair,
burying her nose between the pages OF
the publication with every indication
Of deep interest in its text.
Mr.. Barcus, however, had learned
the lesson of bitter experience to the
effect that the outward bearing Of
Miss Judith Trine was no sure index
to her inward humor-unless, that is,
it might be taken to indicate the di-
rect contrary Of its semblance;
though even this was no reliable rule.
Reminding himself Of this, he there
fore invented a morbid interest in an
other magazine-round the edge Of
which he kept a wary eye upon the
young woman.
For all her evaporation, Judith con-
tanned herself longer than might have
been expected Her continued show
Of placidity, indeed, lulled Barcus into
a dangerous feeling Of security. Per
suaded that she meant to behave, he
gradually ceased to watch her as mar
rowly as at first, and lost himself in a
morose reverie whose subject was the
seemingly permanent mourning into
which he had plunged his face and
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CHAPTER xxxY.
Caboose.

Caboose.
For once, in way, it fell out pre-
cisely as Mr.. Law had planned and
prayed.
Constrained to pull up in order to re.
move the obstruction from the track,
the train crew Of the freight choked
down its collective wrath on being pre-
sented with sum Of money. In the
hopes of further largesse it lent its
common ear to Alan's well-worn tale,
which had so frequently proved useful
in similar emergencies, Of an eloping
couple pursued by an unreasoningly
vindictive parent; and had its hopes
rewarded by the price Alan bargained
to pay in exchange for exclusive use
of the caboose as far as the next town.
So that it was not more than ten
minutes before Rose was settled to
rest in such comfort as the caboose az
forded, while Alan and Barcus sat
within it's doorway and smoked.
Neither be nor any other aboard the
freight suspected for an instant that.
in the box car next forward Of the ca
boose, woman in mans clothing lay
perdue, now and again chAcklins
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Emancipation Day in Pickens

Mr.. Editor:-Please allow US
place in your valuable paper to
spread this significant piece OF
news.
On Januasy 1st 1914, at Grif-
fin Ebenezer Baptist church the
negroes of Pickens and sur
roundings met there to celebrate
their fifty second natal year of
freedom and progress in this
county. The program for the
great occasion was replete with
five minutes addresses from rem
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One Of His Arms Was Around Her
Shoulder.
below Of rage. The brakeman leaped
for his shovel and brandished it threat
eningly. Mr. Barcus made nothing of
that: he closed in without hesitation
and got the fireman by the throat, pro-
ceeding to shake the breath out of his
body with the greatest good will and
dispatch. In the course of this enter
tainment the fireman slipped on the
cab platform, trod on nothing, and
went over backwards, taking Mr.. Bar.
Gus with him to the ballast.
At almost the same moment Mr..
Law, attempting to restrain the engi-
neer from going to the assistance OF
his fellow-worker, ducked in under
vicious swing for his chin, grappled
with his foe, tripped him up-and went
with his to the ground on the oppo-
site side Of the locomotive from that
occupied by Mr.. Barcus and the fire.
man.
For the next several seconds he was
very busy indeed keeping his face out
OF the ballast. The engineer was
heavy man, but active and infuriated.
He fought like demon unclaimed. It
was all very exciting. Mr. Law was
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CHAPTER xxxlr.
lloht Encine.

Toward the close Of that summers
day it was the whim of that arch-nao-
ager Of theatricals whom men call
Fate to stage an anticlimax in the
midst Of a vast and hilly expanse OF
desolate middle western country
rude and rugged disk Of earth which
boasted no human tenancy within a
circle of its far-hung horizon and was
bisected, not neatly, rather irregular
ly, by the flowing double line Of steel
ribbons which marked the railroads
right Of way over the old Santa Fe
trail.
So much for the stage: the light e.
fects were provided exclusively by the
crimson and purple and gold of por-
tentous sunset; the properties en-
ployed were simply special train and
what is known as light engine (mean-
ing a locomotive unhandicapped by
cars); audience there was none, If one
except the actors-who were one and
all far too deeply preoccupied with the
Interpretation Of their several roles
to be aware of the show.
They were not many in number:
perhaps half a dozen aboard the spe-
cial train-which was making away as
fast as it could run toward the glory
of the sunset; as many more aboard
the light engine.
It vas the engineer who started the
trouble. After bringing his monster
to a full pause, he turned upon his
passengers and-not without plausible
excuse-violently indicted Mr.. Alan
Law for abuse Of his and his fire.
mans trustfulness. This the said fire.
man climbing forward over the ten
der) vigorously applauded.
They had been engaged, both gentle
men asserted vigorously, for nothing
more dangerous than quick run
across the prairies, in furtherance OF
the unspecifed plans of Mr.. Alan Law
and his companion, Miss Judith Trine.
After starting out, they had wickedly
and maliciously been bribed by the
said Law to put on speed and catch up
with the special, in order that he might
rescue from the latter young woman,
his bride-to-be and the sister Of Miss
Trine.
But-and here was the grievance
they hadn't bargained to be shot at
with pistols. And precisely that out
rage had been put upon them during
and subsequent to the moment Of res.
cue.
It was unhappy Mr.. Barcus who pre-.
cipitated the affair. This gentleman
was suffering from severe sprain to
his sense Of decent pride. In the serT,
ice Of Miss Rose Trine and her be,
trothed, Mr.. Law, Barcus had black
ened his face and hands to the hue OF
ebony and had garmented himself in
the garb Of a Pullman porter, surren'
sc-s--e himself to lumiliating service
to those aboard the special, suffering
their insolence and scorn without 6
murmur, but with the tides of wrath
mounting ever higher in his bosom.
And now, when at length he had
won his freedom from that ignomini
GUS serVitude, it was only to be sworn
at and Viltded, as a common nigges; by
railroad hands!
1t was the fireman Ito be just) who
brought the row to focus by a. slight.
ing reference to that ''shiftless and
misbegotten dinge.'
He repented quite promptly. Mr.
Barcus Jumped for his throat with a
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''Will you be good If let you out!
Perfectly"
NO more shenanigan?"
81 promise
WORD Of honor?"
"If my word Of honor means any
thing to you-you have it,
We'll - he said obviously.
IN the same hunor he turned and re-.
leased the knob; promptly Judith
opened it wide and swept out into the
corridor, her mood now one Of really
fetching mockery.
Thank you so much!" she laughed
into his face Of discontinue; and drop
ping him an ironic curtsy, she turned
forward and swung into the drawing
room occupied by Trine.
Wonder what she put that on for?'
he speculated, with reference to the
ankle-long Pullman wrapper which Ju'
dith had seen fit to don during her
period of captivity Heaven knows
it's hot enough without wearing more
clothing than decency demands {.
But you never can tell about a wona-
an l bet dollar I've made a
blithering ass Of myself-letting her
loose at all!'
He took his doubts aft communi-
eating them to Alan and Rose.
And his long conference with Alan
and Rose on the observation platform
afforded Judith ample opportunity IN
which undetected to suborn the train
crew to treachery.
Whether she did or not. this is what
happened in the course Of the next
hour: the special was forced to take a
siding to make way for the California
limited, east-bound; and when this had
passed, the engine Of the special
coughed apologetically and pulled
swiftly out, leaving the Pullman stalled
on the siding.
From the rear of the tender the
brakeman and fireman waved affecting
farewells to the indignant faces Of
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Struck the cabooss Explosion Of Cannon

Struck the CapooSe WIN STdsi
hands for the purposes of his mas
misunderstanding them shade OF
ebony upon which soap and water and
scrubbing had no effect whatever And
he had invented a most excruclatlng
method of reyenging himself upon the
druggist who had taken advantage OF
his confidence and sold him the in
eradiable dye-when he was reused by
the sudden flight Of a magazine across
the car, missing his head by bare
two inches, and the bang Of a chair
overturned by Judith as she jumped
up and flung herself furiously toward
the door.
Just what had happened on the OBJ
servation platform Barcus didn't know,
but he could readily believe that the
lovers had Just INDUCED in some espe-
l57sf,sssss<is.s -. ~ ora Wu-o6c.
caress.
He overhauled Judith none too soon.
In another moment she would have
had her sister by the throat-if her
purpose had not been to throw Rose
bodily overheard, as Barcus suspected.
Happily, he was as quick on his feet
as Judith on hers; and almost before
he had grasped the situation, he had
grasped her-had seized her armsre
drawn them forcibly behind heC
at the same time swinging her round
and endeavoring to propel her back
through the doorway.
It was man-size job. For the ensu-
ing five minutes he had his hands full
of violently resentful and superbiy
able-bodied young woman. Only with
the greatest difficulty did he succeed
in wrestling her up the aisle and to
the door of her compartment, where
an even more furious resistance for
some additional minutes prefaced the
ultimate closing Of the door upon the
maddened Judith. Even then he might
not draw free breath: there was no
way Of locking that door from the out
side; and he dared not leave go the
handle, lest the girl again fly out and
renew the battle.
Waving aside Alan's proffer Of as
sistance, he acidly advised that gen.
tleman to return to his post Of duty
and not let his infatuation blind him
to what might at any moment loom
up on the track behind them, Barcus
stoutly held the door against the girls
attempt to pull it open and through
another period when she occupied her
self with kicking its panels as if hope
full of breaking way out. A long
pause followed. He heard no sounds
from within. And wearying, he won
dered what the devil she was up to.
Then her voice penetrated the barrier,
its accents calm and not unamiable:
"Mr. Barcus"
"Hello!" he replied, startled. What
is it, Miss JUDITH
please let me out"
"Not much"
"Oh-please!"
Struck by the fact that she hadn't
lost her temper on hearing his refusal,
he hesitated. 1t was very true that he
couldn't stay there forever, holding on
to that knob.
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Hand Car.
"Well!" Mr.. Barcus broke a silence
whose eloquence may not be translated
in print-"can you beat it,"
"Not with this outfit" Alan admit
ted gloomily.
"But-damn it!-we've got to-"
"Profanity-even yours r. rsisa;;--
won't make this Pullman l;.y1 f"tscoar
an engine"
"All the same, we can
like BUMPS on log, wait l,ss:
gang of thugs to sail up - isiis
engine and cut our blesse-'
A~o>:lr. Law answered this
able contention only will -.us.
Then, stepping out ona> the forward
platform Of the Pullman. he, cast a
hopeless eye over the landscape.
Raw, rugged hills hemmed in the
right Of way, hills whose vast flanks
were covered with dense thickets Of
mesquite, chapparal, sagebrush and
cacti, the haunt of owls and rattle
les and-solitude. No way of es-
20 that pocket in the hills 9th
er tnaH by the railroad itself
He lowered his gaze to the tracks
and siding-and started sharply.
"Eh-what now?" Barcus inquired
with interest.
Some thoughtful body has left an
old hand car over there in the ditch"
Alan replied Maybe it isn't beyond
service"
with me supplying the horsepower,
I supposed"
Horse isn't the word" Alan cor.
rected meticulously; and escaped the
others wrath by dropping down to the
ballast and trotting over to the ditch,
where the hand car lay.
Looks as il 1t might work" he an
nounced. Come along and lend me
hand"
Half a minute" Barcus answered,
lodging suddenly back into the car.
When he reappeared, after some five
minutes, Rose accompanied him, and
Barcus was smiling as brilliantly as
though nothing whatever was wrong
with his world
Sorry to keep you waiting, old top"
he explained; "but l was smitten with
an inspiration. There didn't seem to
be any sense in letting the amiable
Judith loose upon this fair land, so 1
found a coil Of wire in the porters
closet and wired the handle Of the
drawing room door fast to the bars
across the aisle. It'll take her some
time to get out, now, without assist
ance"
Ten minutes more had passed before
the two grimy and perspiring gentle
men succeeded in placing the hand car
upon the tracks.
"It's a swell little hand car" Bar
Gus observed grimly: mo wonder they
threw it away"
whats the difference how it looks,
as long as it will go?"
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lows Order with it's sacred be-
ginning and love for humanity.
Adger Griffin made a big place
for Free-Masons and strongly
impressed that this was one of
the leading fraternal bodies in
the world, while Daisy E. Jones
described the Ruthites as a very
necessary auxiliary to the
Knights of Pythias order. The
music under the management
of Daisy E. Jones for this splen-
did event was exquisite. The
solos sung by W. M. Rosemond
and 7 T.nnn;n Rnuon entitled
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light, followed lsSse.:
windows. indicating a single
spec:a,, beyond a doubt.
Without hesitation, since rs5a
was not running at speed, sne pla
out to the ballast, wheeled
about, caught the handoar g
of the box car as it passed
herself up between i and tes Sc.
A trihs> later the z: {: .ssis: e:
summit Of the grade and begaaso Eta;t
more smoothly.
Climbing to the top Of the bex asi
she peered keenly through ths gsos.a
ing, which was not yet SO dsrse. s2:see:
she might not discern two heads pro