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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-10
PROCEEDINGS VERGE ONCE
on TIE NEAR-SENSATIOSAI

The proceedings last night verged
once upon the sensational. when DIT.
Wood, one OF the officers of the COM
Pany, and stockholder. charged from
the floor that the Board OF Aldermen
was farccal in it's action. Alderman
Fuller Immediately jumped to his feet
with strenuous objection to the re-
mark. saying that the statement was
entirely unwarranted, and demanding
retraction Nice-Chairman Joseph e.
order. and. in tone Of reprimand,
told him that such remarks would
not be tolerated.
The petition for an appeal from the
decision OF the street committee in
recommending the ordinance for adop-
ton was presented by Attorney James
Mullen. president of the Lafayette
Apartment Corporation. who asked. IL
the appeal be denied. that proper com
pensation be awarded his COMPANY
On motion of Alderman a. C. Nielsen
the Board then resolved itself into n
committee of tho whole.
Taking tho floor in opposition to the
ordinance, Mr.. Mullen stated that he
had heard only by accident that the
board was TO meet, and asked that time
be given him in which to summon wit
nesscs and TO have counsel present He
asked for an extension Of five DAYS In
reply TO Mr.. Fuller he said. however,
that he would not agree not to apply
within that time for mandamus to
compel Building Inspector Butler to
give the company permit TO start
construction of the apartment building
1t had been charged that the company
had not had fair hearing before the
Street Committee, and Mr.. Fuller re-
piled that unrestricted time had been
given 1t to present It's case.
HODGSON ARGUES FOR
EIGHT-FOOT LINE
W. 3. Hodgson. promoter of the COM
pany, went into A detailed account to
show that all the houses in the block
between Shafer and Harrison were not
in alignment. There are two. he said,
within eight feet Of the property line;
six within ten feet Of the property
line, and eleven less than eighteen feet
of the line. He said that $4,000 had
been paid for the property. and that
the apartment house TO be erected
would cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
and afford considerable revenue to the
city.
Attorney Stanyarnc Wilson and Mr..
watkins property holders who allege
they would suffer if the ordinance were
not passed. presented argument in
favor OF its passage, Mr.. Wilson max
| ing an especially strong appeal. Dr.
| Wood replied for the petitioners. and
was called to order for his recrimina-
| lions.
The committee then voted for the
! adoption of the ordinance, adjourned to
meet again as the Board of Aldermen,
and the board unanimously adopted
| the recommendations Of itself as a COM
mittce.
On motion Of Alderman Gunst the
rules were suspended for concurrence
| in an ordinance fixing the building line
| on Tulip Street, between Vcnable and
! o Streets. Under the same suspension
| the board also received an ordinance
from Colonel Grundy changing the
penalty for non-payment of taxes on
| poles and telephone and telegraph
! wires. The ordinance was referred to
| the Finance Committee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-10
Derirnnter ,Iudr. Gordo,

Governor Stuart yesterday desig-
mated Judge Bennett T. Gordon to
preside at the trial in the Circuit
Court OF Albermarle County OF Woods
vs.. the City of Charlottesville, Judge
Fishburne having indicated to the Gov
crnor that he does not deem 1t proper
for him to sit In this civil case. The
case is docketed for trial al the pres
ent term of the court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-10
M|LLH|SER ESTATE MUST
PAY S27,038 BACK TAXES
Examiner Sands Reports That Values
AgSreSating $3.50 900 Were Omit.
ted for Long Period.
TRAILING HIDDEN PROPERTY
Accountant Employed by Examiner
OF Records Reports to Have Oh
tanned List of Stockholders i'm New
York and New Jersey Concerns.

The Commonwealth of Virginia will
collect from the estate of the late
"us'aVus Miilhiser, multi millionaire,
back taxes. due for a period OF eigh-
teen years, amounting to s27.osS.s3.
Major William II. Sands. examiner
OF records for the Richmond district
who has been probing the status az
the large estate in relation to its tax
able values and obligations to the
stats IN the form Of omitted assess
o:tAts' Yesterday submitted his report
Moore N Lee
This report shows that for seventeen
years preceding 1913. items of intanei-
pc property were omitted from Mr..
M'!4n!ser's tax statement each wear.
aerregatine s35o.4lO.
Rack TAxEs IN 1914
AMOUNTED TO .2o,s2s
Back taxes due the state in lo,.
'hc!udine tho lax on money in hank,
mat year amounted 10 s2o,325.42. To
ms amount Major Sands added for
me 1915 assessment omitted items
aFsresni'HE s355,<lo. The State tax
~. ms amount of intang!bles. includ
/ ing money in bank and income tax.
$ shown to be s4,7l2o,.
Apnraisemcnt OF the Milihiser estate
.,',F the viii Of Mr.. Mnlhiser was
"i'H disclosed realty and personal
I psgperty owned by him amounting 70
$3.50 600. ~
Nep"rts fled by Examiner Sands re-
''"'Iy on the estate ot Alexander Cam
,''h and Jonn y. Branch showed SINH
inI ''hnqNcnciHs and large amounts
.Uc mo state for back taxes that had
nech Tor many years omitted.
me ~ the accountants employed hy
,H"!o SahHs is said 20 have obtained
w. the States ot New Yorl ana Vnu
I"rSey complete list OF ali tho stock
h"!deFs ia concerns chartered under
ne avs ~ those States. with the
"'aress - 'acn Of such s,ockholders
residing IN Virginia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-10
.C0NCURs IN ORDINANCE
FIXING BUILDING LINE
Board Of Aldermen Declines IN
Annul Action Of Common
Council.
HEARS EXTENDED ARGUMENT
Body Resolves Itself Into COMMITTEES
OF the Whole and Hears Oppo.
sitfon Arguments of Lafayette
Apartment Corporation.

After having resolved itself into n
committee Of the whole to hear de-
bate on the question. the Board of
Aldermen last night conquered in the
ordinance recommended by the street
committee and passed by the Common
Council, fixing the building line on
the south side of Grace Street he
tween Shafer and Harrison, twenty feet
south OF the property line CITY Clerk
Ben T. August Informed both sides
to the controversy that the ordinances
would be enrolled and submitted To
Mayor Ainslie some time to-day.
The ordinance will compel the In,
fayette Apartment Corporation to erect
its proposed building twenty feet from
the property line. The corporation had
asked that 1t be allowed to build
within eight feet of the property line.
1t is expected. since the ordinance has
passed consecutively through all the
necessary processes without a dissent
Ing vote. that 1t will be signed by the
Mayor this morning. Whether the Ia
fayette Apartment Corporation Will
enter into litigation with the city is
apparently a matter of doubt, though
there were indications last night that
the company's representatives would
not remain content with the action Of
the City Council
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
CHANGED HIS LlFE'S WORK
Aversion of Companion to Travel by
Sea Led Sir Henry Layard
Into Bible Lands.

The first man to undertake exten-
sive and important explorations
among the ruins Of Babylon and
Nineveh, says the Milwaukee Senti-
mel, was Sir Henry Layard, who was
born in Paris ninety-seven years ago.
It was due to his friendship for a
young man who had a great fear of
seasickness that he was led to begin
what was to be his life work. Layard
was educated and started for Ceylon
to practice his profession.
He was accompanied by another
lad who had horror Of the ocean,
and Layard readily agreed when his
companion suggested that they make
the trip by land across Europe, Asia
Minor, Persia and India. It was
while on this journey that Layard
was inspired with the ambition to
delve among the ruins of the an
clent cities Of Asia. "When [ first
beheld the mounds Of Nineveh," he
wrote, "a great longing came over
me to learn what was hidden within
them" He yielded to the desire,
and largely at his own expense car
ried on those excavations at Baby
lon and Nineyeh which were chiefly
responsible for the discovery Of the
lost records and relics of a people
who lived 5000 years ago. Many
cities and palaces, including the pal
ace of King Nebuchadnezzar, we're
unearthed by Layard and the most
valuable treasures in the British mu-
scum serve to commemorate his
name and fame.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
What Is a Fair Rate?

We do not know what constitutes a
basis for rate making and have never
heard of anyone who did claim to
know much about it, but if the pros
perity of the farm is a factor to be
considered and the railroad commits
sion concludes that an increase in
rates is necessary, we would prefer
that it come to us through articles OF
consumption on their journey from
the factory to the farm. We would
for example, prefer that the rate on
hogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and a farm
er who will not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penalized. We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and -four. We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the same, and machinery
pianos and such articles as the poor
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
RATE: INCREASE:
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products of PIoW and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should BE
Exempt From Increase.
BY Peter Radford.
Lecturer National Farmers Union

Lecturer National Farmers Union.
The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification Of territory; the applica-
tion of the roads to state and inter-
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers Of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates. 1t is the~policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare Of the farmers squareiy and
we will do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to eff
fectively meet the demands Of COM
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. If in the wis
dom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an Improvement in our
transportation service, and an exten-,
sion of our mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion of
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Resist
ance.
The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re-
sistance. The merchant, the manu-
facturer, the miner, the miller the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power of organ
iGad tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out of our transportation system
anC since we have had railroad COM
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances TO en-
ploy counsel to develop his side of
the case and, as result, the products
of the plow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense, A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product c the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate of
any necessary commodity in COM
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole is out of pro
portion with that of the products OF
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
give tbs railroad such an increase in
rates as Is necessary without levying
a further toll upon the products OF
the plow The instance seems to pre-
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
IS MY MONEY SAFE?

That is the first thing you ask Of your bank
isn't it? That is the first thing we think Of.
THE NAVAJO APACHE BANK AND TRUST
co. is under the supervision Of the banking de
partment Of your State Twice year inspect
ors come here able, trained men. Five times
a year we make sworn statements to the State
Bank Controller,
THE NEW DER0SIT0Ri is welcome
visitor to our bank, and we make him feel that.
he is welcome. We consider that our courteous
treatment has been one Of the factors that has
brought 50 many new depostors to US. Why not
start checking account with us now?
We refer you to any one Of more than a
thousand. satisfied customers, as to our strength
agreeability and our efficient methods Of hand
ling business.
THE NAVAJO APACHE 4b1bSH Ind TRUST Co.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
er farmer cannot nope 70 possess Oea1

er farmer cannot nope % possess DeaI
the burden of increase.
The increase in rates should be sc
arranged that the farmer who lives
at home will bear no part OF the bur
den, but let the farmer who boards
in other states and countries and
who feeds his stock in foreign lands
pay the price of his folly.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
rhn 6 sef Words.

"Are there an. s~eeCer words in the
English langu9ge.' musingl? injured
Professor Swiggs, than / love you?
Well grimIy remarked the pessl-
mistic hearer, 4 understand that some
authorities regard, There's thai
money 1 owe you, as about the eDiuo-
ne Of satisfactory sentences.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
A FAcETIoUs PEDAGoGuE.

professor Gadsby the Latin
teacher, has very small wife. His
pet name for her is Nulty.'"
THAT'S a curious name. What
does it mean ?"
TITS an abbreviation of the Latin
phrase 'multum in parvo.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13

Harvard Lampoon.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13

First Literary Hack-If Jonah
had lived in these days he'd have
been lucky chap.
Second Literary Hack-I should
say. He could easily have gotten
five hundred for that whale story.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13

When the soul communes with the
spirit of nature the back to the farm
movement prevails
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13

When honesty is merely a good
policy it is a poor virtue.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13

There are two kinds of farmers.
One tries to take all the advice he
hears and the other won't take any
at ALL
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13

Lazy farmers are just as useless as
dead ones and take up more room.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-13
THEY ALSO RAN.

q got this cup for running"
"Whoja beat %
"The owner and six policemen. "
Harvard L9mDoOn
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
SAW FRE|GHTERS
As THEY SUNK
CAPTAIN OF AMERICAN TANK
STEAMER WITNESSED
SINKING.

BREMEN, March 5.-The destruc-
tion of two freighters by torpedoes in
the English channel was witnessed by
the captain of the American tank
steamer Golf Light from Galveston,
February 3, for Bremen, which ar
rived in the Weser Thursday morning
with a cargo of cotton, according to
a story printed in the Morgenjost
The captain is quoted by the news
paper as saying the ships were at
tackled by submarine. One of them
is reported to have been loaded with
rice and the other with coal. The
captain, says the Morgenpost, as
serted that he passed safely through
the mine fields by following direc-
tions issued by the German admiralty.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
Considerable Damage Is Report
ed in a Number of Cities
OF the West.
MOBILE STREETS FLOODED
Railroad Traffic Has Been Halt
ed in Many Places and Wire
Communication Has Been Sc
riousIy Interfered With.

CHICAGO, March 5.-The blizzard
that swept portions of the Middle
West and Southwest last night reach
ed Chicago early today. Weather bu-
reau officials expect snow fall Re-
ports from Kansas, Missouri, Nehras-
ka, Oklahoma and Arkansas, told of
a snow storm over those states of
from seven to eleven inches. Traffic
through Kansas, Nebraska, and Mis-
souri, was seriously affected. In North
ern Nebraska and South Dakota a
high wind piled the snow in great
drifts and in some places stopped rail
road transportation Telephone and
telegraph communication out of Chi
cagO was seriously hampered today
The storm extended eastward dur.
ing the day and the weather bureau
said ii probably would reach the At
lantic coast
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
Capital City Looks Rather Quiet
After Adjournment of
Congress.
FEW Committeeman THERE
They Will Work for Time on
Various lnquiries-AIl Previ-
Gus Records Were Broken by
the Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Con
gress has gone today perhaps not to
return again before December. With
but few exceptions members were
homeward bound after having con
cluded their work.
The capital practically was desert
ed and the familiar figures of the
nations lawmakers were absent from
the streets of Washington About the
only activity at the capitol was evi-
denced by a handful of committee
men, who remained behind to con.
tinue investigations ordered by con
gress and employees, who We're clean
ing up the odds and ends of bust
ness.
The committeeman will carry on
during the recess the inquiry into
alleged lobbying in connection with
the ship purchase bill, study rural
credits Legislation and recommend re
vision of the senate rules with a
view to establishing cldture of debate
to prevent filibusters.
The capitol itself, however, was
not deserted of officials. President
Wilson and his cabinet will remain in
Washington, with but few interrupt
tions, because of the international
situation.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
TO GIVE HELP
To UNSK|LLED
EXPERTS ARE WORKING ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
COMMISSION.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March s.
To ameliorate the living and working
conditions of unskilled and immigrant
labOrers and offer them some form
of redress for the abuses from which
they are declared to suffer is the
object of recommendations now being
prepared by experts for the federal
commission on industrial relations.
Evidence gathered by the commits.
sion, according to its announcement
today, shows that unskilled and i'm.
migrant workers are subjected to
many forms of exploitation and abuse
among which it enumerates as non.
payment of wages; excessive fees
charged by employment offices; unfair
contracts misrepresentation of labor
conditions. practice of loan sharks
| fines and the practices of dishonest
employers.
The commissions recommendation
will urge state legislation by which
labor departments or industrial com
mission may get relief for laborers
without delay and without the neces
sity of employing counsel.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER
SLIGHTLY ILL ON JEKYI.
New York, However, Hears Report
That the Millionaire is in
Serious Condition.

Just how the report reached there
is not known, but it was reported in
New York yesterday that William
Rockefeller was seriously i'll at his
winter home on Jekyl Island AS a
result of this report in the metropo-
lis, the various New York papers were
busy during the day wiring their local
correspondents to ascertain his con
ditiOn and keep Il close watch.
AS matter of fact Mr.. Rockefeller,
while indisposed for a few days, has
not even been confined to his bed.
I He had a severe cold and remained
in his cottage on Wednesday and
Thursday, it was stated at Jekyl last
night when inquiry was made, but
| his illness was not of an alarming
nature at all He was out yesterday
for his usual walk and drive in the
afternoon.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
SUBMARINES SENT DOWN
JOHNSON NAMED
FOR JUDGESHIP
SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN
CHOSEN BY WILSON FOR
THE NEW PLACE.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March g.
Representative Joseph T. Johnson of
Spartanburg has been selected by
President Wilson for the new federal
judgeship in South Caolina created
by congress shortly before adjourn
ment He was endorsed today by
members of the South Carolina con-
gressional delegation. Former Cover
nor John J. Evans also had been sug-
gested.
Endorsement of all candidates for
the new federal judegship in Geor-
gia and South Carolina were laid out
TO public view at the department of
justice today as requested by the acts
creating these positions, passed dur
ing the closing hours of congress. 1t
was the first time such ii thing had
been done in the history of the Amert
can judiciary,
More than 1000 persons endorsed
w. w. Lambdin, appointed district
judge in Georgia, and many individ-
ual endorsements were posted for
candidates for the judgeship in South
Carolina.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
PUBLIC MARKETING TO BE
DISCUSSED HERE TODAY
Interesting Meeting to Be Held for
That Purpose at the Board of
Trade Rooms.

Much interest is being manifested
in the meeting to be held at the city
hall this morning at 10 O'Clock when
the question of public marketing
methods will be discussed Those in
Vited to attend the meeting are the
members Of the board, the truck grow
ers of Glynn county, members Of the
civic league and all other parties in
terested.
The Board Of Trade has made very
careful study of public marketing
methods and conditions of about so
American cities Of the size of Bruns-
wick, both as to local marketing and
marketing for export. The results Of
these Investigations will be placed be-
fore the meeting this morning.
The board has long recognized that
lack Of satisfactory marketing meth
DDS is the chief obstacle preventing
progress of agriculture in this sec.
ton while at the same time, in the
opinion of the Board OF Trade, un-
satisfactory marketing methods and
conditions are determined to the best
interest Of this city and work hard
ship on the people. The organization
hopes to reach conclusion on which
to base recommendation to the city
council out Of which will come local
Legislation designed to cure the pres.
ent troubles.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-06
TO JOIN
IN RAISING FUND
FOR BASEBALL
They Will Meet This Morning
and Decide Upon a Plan
TO Assist.
COMMITTEE MAKES CANVASS
In Few Hours Yesterday Over
$500 Was Subscribed and the
Association is Now Sure That
Necessary Amount will Come.

With the soliciting committee hard
al work, and with the ladies of Bruns-
wick taking an active interest and
planning to assist ii is now practi-
cally certain that the money needed
to operate Brunswick's bali club for
the coming season will be raised, and
the Bituation is brighter at present
than al any time since the associa-
ton was reorganized a few days ago
Tie committee, which was appoint
ed HIST week to solicit subscriptions,
madf its first trip yesterday Some
of 1he members of the committee
havd been absent for the past several
days and 1t was desired to get them
all together before starting on the
WORK. Although the committee was
out fer only Il few hours yesterday
over $500 was subscribed, the money
coming from many donators, the
amounts ranging from 81 to $50, The
committee was well satisfied with the
work and will continue it for the next
few. days.
The lady fans of the city. and there
are u large NUMBER or tnem, nave be-
comb interested in the matter, and
they will hold a meeting this morning
at the residence of Mrs. w. IT, DeVoe
on Union street when WAYS and
mei ms will be discussed and some
plal decided upon by which the ladies'
can raise fund with which to assist
the association. II is probable'fthat
one or more entertainments will be
arranged for the benefit Of The asso-
ciation However, as stated, these de-
tails will he arranged at the meeting
to be held this morning.
Brunswick ladies have always taken
an lctiye part in baseball and they
have kindly agreed to assist in the
work of raising the funds, not solely
because they are so enthusiastic over
| basd ball but because of their civic
pride, realizing that II would be bad
! blow for Brunswick the largest city
| in ahe league, to forfeit her fran
chisf.