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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
THE HOUSE

Eleven bills were passed and about
forty were advanced to their third
reading and engTossment during a
House session that lasted about three
hours yesterday. When the House
adjourned 1t was in honor OF the mem
DRY of Washington, whose birthday
anniversary the day was.
Senate bill passed was:
No. 17--In relation to the sale OF
farm produce on commission; defin-
ing the terms farm produce" and
commission merchants" and regulat-
ing commission merchants and pro-
viding for their registration and bond
ing, and the issuing of a certificate
of such registration by the commits
sioner of agriculture and immigration ;
also empowering the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Immigration. upon
complaint. and in certain cases, to in
vestigate the acts OF commission mer-
chants. and to revoke or refuse GER
tificate of registration and prescrib-
ing regulations and offenses under this
act, and providing penalties for vio-
lauons of such regulations and of
this act.
House bills passed:
No. 2l0--To amend section 31i2 Of
the Code of Virginia. Patrons
Messrs. Stephenson and LeeSy.
No. 244-To amend section 161 of
the Code of Virginia, so as to permit
appeals in certain contested election
cases. Patron--Mr. White.
No. 245-To amend section 100 of
the Code of Virginia, so as to extend
the time for contest in election cases.
Patron-Mr. White.
No. 270-To repeal section 1909 of
the Code of Virginia. and to amend
and re-enact section 1908, as amend
ed by an act approved December 81,
1903. and as further amended and re-
enacted by an act approved March 10,
1908. in relation to the fees of sheriffs.
sergeants, criers coroners and con-
stables Patron-Mr. Norris.
No. 214-To amend sub-sections Q,
6, Q, 10 and 10 of section 20S6 of tho
Code of Virginia, as heretofore amend
ed. Patrons-M essrs. Norris, Baum,
Rev, Jet and Hundley.
No. 223-To permit females to quail
ify. give bond ana act as deputy clerks
in all of the courts of this Common
wealth. Patron--Mr. Gordon.
No. 226-To amend and re-enact
section 2940 of the Code of Virginia.
Patron--Mr. Slant
No. 247--ITo amend and re-enact
section 5 of an act entitled an act to
establish and regulate the holding of
primary elections; to pay expenses OF
fame; to secure the regularity and
purity of the same, and to prevent
and punish any corrupt practices In
connection herewith. approved March
IA. 1912, as amended by an act ap-
proved March rs, 1914. Patron-Mr.
Reed.
No. 248-To enable voters, required
by their duties to be absent from their
voting precincts on the day OF cleo
ton to vote by registered mail
Patron-Mr. Hobson.
No. 2s4-To amend and re-enact
section $50 of the Gods of Virginia, as
heretofore amended. Patrona--Aessrs.
Page ana Pitts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

newed. followed by an infantry at
tack, which extended the German gain
to the Haumont woods and the salient
north CT Beaumont.
The German gain in ArtoiS occurred
In the forest of Givenchy, east OF
Souchez. AS in the attack on Bra
bant. the Germans, after occupying
the first line trenches. poured into the
communicating trenches. From the
latter. however. they were expelled.
Souchez marks an important posi-
ton in the struggle for the ridge of
hills that dominates the valley
stretching out to Lens.
Activity in this district was prevent
ed today by a heavy fall of snow.
Heavy German bombardment or
the British lines north and south of
Vpres is reported by British head
quarters.
Omcial Report.
British headquarters report:
During the night the Germans
sprang a mine east OF Givenchy. We
suffered no casualties.
poperinghe was shelled by the Ger
mans during the night.
Early this morning we spring
mine near the Hohenzollern redoubt.
Our troops occupy the lip. of the
crater.
Today our artillery bombarded the
German trenches in the vicinity of
Maricourt, Ovillers and the Ypres-
Commines Canal.
Hostile artillery shelled our posi-
lions southwest OF Ypres. Many
Lachrymatory shells were used
Our trenches north of Ypres, between
the Pilckem road and the Ypres Canal,
were bombarded during the day.
One of our aeroplanes was struck by
an anti-aircraft shell The pilots leg
was practically severed. but he man
aged to land his machine safely in the
aerodome without injury to the OBJ
server.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
DEMONSTRATION Men
ARE HERE IN FORCE
ers Being Given at Murphy's
Hotel

The annual meeting of the county
demonstration agents now being held
Mt Murphy's Hotel, is attended by a
large number OF the agents. The Sos
sious opened Yesterday afternoon. I'M
der the direction Of T. o. Sandy, rep
rescntinE the Department OF Agricul
ture in Washington,
There is no association. nor Is this
convention. The agents were invited
here by Mr.. SANDY. to engage In heart
to-heart talks about matters pertain
ing to agriculture
There are about forty OF the county
agents present. Others may appear
al the meeting today.
r. 5. Farrar Is chairman Of the meet
ing and z L Butler is secretary.
Agents from every section of the
State are In attendance They are
here to hear from each other about
matters pertaining to scientific farm
ing.
The discussions yesterday were on
the subject Of How to get reports
from demonstrations" Those who dis
GUESSED this problem were Messrs. X
y Ellis. i. L. Portiook. Il. O Brad
shaw and l., NJ walker Miss Ella
G. Agnew spoke on girls work
Much Information was given by the
various speakers, and II was generally
accepted that the talk resulted In much
good.
The subject OF FERTILIZERS for To
bAcco" was discussed by w w. Will
kins and b. @. Andrews.
What to Recommend Regarding
Soil Improvement and why" was dis
cussed- by E. " Hunter and p. $.
Blandford
At the various sessions today at 10
A. II. $50 p. N. and 30 o'clock,
many matters Of interest to farmers
will be discussed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
vision of General Manager C. L
VIII InYrstlgate.

HAHAAA Va &NhtAAA -4at'@EN@
Bardo.
Government VIII Investigate.
A representative OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission wFs expected
tonight to open an .aguiry tomor-
row
Commissioner Charles c. Elwen. OF
the PuSic Utilities BODY, tonight eX-
pressed amazemef1t that a rear-erd
collision should have happened 81 this
point. His examination convinced MIN
that the long sweeping curve susi
above Indian River could not have
Blocked the straight away view OF
Engineer Curtiss on the local, up TO
the point where the express train was
stalled The express was stopped al
most a quarter OF a mile from the
curve.
Injuries received by nearly hai:
dozen passengers indicate that the
bra kes on the local train. II applied
by Curtiss, did not grip before the col
ljsion in the opinion OF experts These
travellers all suffered from fractured
ia VS., caused wnen they were thrown
face forward against the seats ahead.
+. vas a sad midday ending of
ho't'ar Cor scores o. travellers. The
passenger trains were well filed. The
-.rs -sryo 3e,ccatc7 to a conFen-
ton Of the Sons Ct he American Rev
oiution at Bridgeport. Leading New
families were represented.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

CONTINUED From First Page1
It is House bill cas-, and enables vot-
ers absent from their polling places
on the day of election, because their
duties Gait them elsewhere, to vote by
registered mail. The vote on the pas
sage of the bill was 40 to 40.
The -measure-was- opposed by
Messrs. Cox, of Norfolk; Stephenson.
of Bath, and Ledy, of Page. Speak
ing for II was Messrs. Hobson and
Myers OF Richmond; Willis. of Roa-
noke; Gordon. of Louisa, and Turner.
of Bedford.
The bill was presented at the request
of the travelling men. railroad en-
ployes, and other citizens OF the State
who have been disfranchised because
the nature of their business required
them to be elsewhere than in their
voting districts on election day.
IT was offered at the 1914 session.
but was not reached on the calendar.
Since that time. fostered by the T. p.
A., and other similar organizations.
the measure has been put through
the legislatures of a number of States.
No Grave Marking Appropriation.
BY a vote of 43 to AZ the House de-
feated the Henley bill to appropriate
5000 for the purpose of marking
graves Of Confederate soldiers who
fell on the field of battle, and who are
buried at Williamsburg. The bill was
advanced to its third reading Mon
day, only after sharp contest. and
there was even more opposition yes
terday than on the day before. Those
who opposed the appropriation In
sisted that 1t is better to add to the
pension fund for the benefit OF living
veterans and their widows than to ap-
ply the money, at this time, to the
marking OF graves of the dead.
Commission Merchants Bill Passes.
The commission merchants bill,
which has already passed the Senate,
was passed by the House by n vote
of SO to 2. This measure defines farm
produce and commission merchants,
regulates and provides for the regis
tration and bonding OF the latter. en-
powers the Commissioner of Agri-
culture on complaint. and in certain
cases to investigate the acts of COM
mission merchants and to revoke GER
tificates of registration. and prescribes
penalties for violations of the act.
The Reed bill. amending the char
ter of the city of Portsmouth. was
dismissed from the calendar at the
request of the patron.
To Print Paint Bill
On motion of Mr.. Adams of Char
lotte, the. House ordered printed for
the information of the members
House bill zoe, the "p,Ire paint bill,
which is now on its calendar on sec
ond reading. The bill was SO heavily
amended that 1t comes from the COM
mittee on General Laws in the nature
of n substitute The committees re-
port carries the recommendation that
the bill do not pass.
Two military measures. of which
Messrs. Leedy, Myers and Price, OF
Richmond, are patrons. were. recon-
mitted. One of them provides for an
appropriation for the purpose of CIV
ing to the Signal Corps an aeroplane
for use in the aviation branch OF the
service. The other prohibits discrimi-
nation by keepers OF places of enter
tainment, including hotels and similar
establishments, theaters and transpor-
tation companies, against lawful wear
ers of uniforms OF the State of Fed
eral military service.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
PRICES OF NECESSITIES
ENORMOUS IN TURKEY

Copenhagen. Feb. 22.-The Esojerg
(Denmark) Avis today prints an in
terview with Danish offcer OF q
merchant vessel who has just returned
from Constantinople.
The officer states that prices OF
nearly everything In Turkey now sur
pass belief. The people are glad II a
few articles can be bought at double
the usual price.
Coal and coke no longer are obtain
able ana wood, the only fuel on the
market, has risen in price 200 per
cent.
gallon of petroleum Is worth five
dollars.
There Is the greatest difficulty in OBJ
tanning bread, salt and flour. prices
OF which have been quadrupled. sugar
is $50 per cent dearer and rice II
about 900 per cent higher.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

1905, and TO add an indepsndent sec
tlon thereto to be known as section
sI-b. prescribing rules and regulations
for the bringing of actions against the
city OF Norfolk for damages for In
juries to persons or property alleged
to have been sustained by reason OF
negligence of the city of any officer.
agent or employee thereof and to re-
quire from the claimant a written
verified statement of the nature of his
claim and of the time and place at
which the alleged injury was received
To the Committee on Schools and
Colleges:
BY Messrs. Myers, Rolston and
Kent--A joint resolution in relation to
the amalgamation of the medical de-
partment of the University 81 Vir-
ginia and the Medical College of Vir-
ginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
DR.. GEORGE v. STUART
ON PROHIBITION
Famous Lecturer in His Usual ChaFac-
teristic Vein-PrOves BeneAt to
Country.

Or. George W. Stuart, the famous
temperance lecturer, last night deliv-
cred an address on National Prohibi-
tion at the Cambridge High School, in
the Southside, to large audience. DR..
Stuart spoke In his usual viewpoint as
his topic suggested. AS speaker few
men can equal DR. Stuart. Not only
Is he an orator, but his logic Is most
convincing. He was prepared to an
swer any question that might be
brought against the prevention of the
sale of liquor in the United States
and show cd conclusively that the ma =
tion could only gain by the npodtion
of such prohibitive measures az would
blot whiskey and it's allied alcoholic
cousins from the fair may of the great
est nation on earth. He was enthus-
iastically applauded during the lee
ture.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
SENATOR LAFOLLtTTE
PRESIDENT CANDIDATE

Madison. wis.,, Feb. 22.--'T ana a
candidate for the President of she
Lnited states. 1 believe Progress
stwe principles should he defended
and maintained In this country I'M
iii they are fully established" de-
cIared senator Robert NJ. LaF0l-
ietts, at "a Ket-together banquet by
his supporters here tonight at
which were 800 guests from all
over the state,
~ am In favor of an act placing
an embargo upon the expectation
of munitions of war" declared the
senator when discussing tho Eu-
ropean war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
NINE DEAD, EIGHT
Continued from First Phge)

Nine persons are dead, eight are
expected to die and sixty are
injured.
This Is the known toll OF a rear
end collision on the New Haven
Railroad. which occurred In broad
daylight near Milford. Conn. to-
day.
\ broken piece OF air-brake
hose Is indirectly the cause Of the
disaster. Because of this broken
connection the Connecticut River
Special, from New Haven bound
10 New York, was stalled.
FIagman q. L. Tourtelot was sent
back to warn an on-cominR accom-
mediation train. He slipped on the
tee covered ties. A blood stain in the
enow marks where he fell He was
struck BY mov-Ag freight train. His
va rning was never given.
= Engineer ". X. Curtiss. Of the
mixed local, is dead. Mute evidence
OF his part in the tragedy il the dis.
~a4,t signal So. ~ caution" ana the
home signal. also set against ltin, il
IL slice 5t.t 81 wh!ci' he passed Just
before crashing into the stalled ex-
press.
-Four Investigations.
Tonight four Investigations are re-
ported in progress ard under way for
tomorrow
seCoroner Hi Mix. 81 New I Haver
County. is investigating the cause o!
the deaths His inquiry. he announced
spnight- VIII require several days. The
Connecticut Public It.litisg Commits.
sion has begun an inquiry. A full cit
s&z or the ccr:nuss'on will begin TO-
morrow. The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company a
Aeaduciing investigation under super.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
RUSSIAN CZAR GREETs
PARLIAMENT IN PERSON

Petrograd. Feb. 22.-The opening of
the Russian Imperial Duma has been
marked by an event of the brightest
augury. not only for the prosecution
of the war, but for the whole future OF
Russia
For the first time In the history OF
the Russian Parliament the Emperor
has shown himself within its walls. II
the Russian arms had won great
victory in the field there could not
have been more rejoicing than over
this event.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
POLICE BOARD TO
NAME NEW OFFICERS

The Police Board Will meet tonight
to elect man to nj the vacancy oc-
casioned by the death OF Sergeant
Mathews. There are about thirty as
plrants for the place. Later In the
month the board may meet TO elect the
twenty five rev officers provided for In
the appropriation bill There are more
than nifty applicants for the twenty
ave places.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
GERMAN AGENTS TRY
TO SCOOP BRITISH

Bucharest, Feb. 22.-Gerinan agents
have received instructions to purchase
clandestinely, no matter at what price,
all available cereals so as to prevent
the execution ~ the English contract,
The Rumanian government has de-
cided to declare all cereals sold with
out the authorization of the official
Rumanian commission liable TO requi-
Ettfon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
His Hin with Hammer.

Ceasar Wood. coIored. Was arrested
las. night on the charge OF hitting
Robert johnson over the head with a
hammer and taking the sum OF 81 from
him. lie will have to explain to JUS
tIee John this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
CAPITOL GOSSIP

Richmond. under the provisions OF
the Reed school tax bill. will receive
for school purposes some 100000 less
than 1t contributes, it is shown by fig
ures prepared for the House Finance
Committee yesterday. The Reed bill
is to increase the State school tax
on real estate and tangible property
from ten to twenty cents on $100.
Several other cities. among them
Norfolk. Newport News. Lynchburg.
Danville. Petersburg, Staunton and
Roanoke. will, like Richmond. con-
tribute more than they receive.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee sat several hours Monday night
in executive session. The body con-
sidered a large number of items of
the budget and mades considerable
progress In framing the appropriations
bill, which will probably be reported
in the House the latter part of this
week. The bill will hardly come be-
fore the House for its consideration
before the first of next week, as the
measure will be brought into the
House from the printer. Executive
sessions will continue during the
week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

.Todays success for the Germans
north OF Yerdun came after violent
artillery bombardment OF seventy
two hours. Thee4nfantry advances be-
gan at dusk Monday. The main at
tack was made against Brahant Sur
Mouse. The Germans broke through
the first line of defense and into the
Communication trenches in the rear.
From these latter works they We're
dislodged. but held the first line
trenches.
Today The bombardment was re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

while the presidential salute 81
twenty-one guns was fired by a bay
terry OF the Richmond Howitzers
| CAPITOL Square in honor OF the fire
1 President, The booming of the ield
gun brought a large number OF citizen
on the run TO the vicinity OF tn
Capitol.
Captain Myers, commanding tht
Howitzers, yesterday morning secured
permission from Govern stuart Y
| fire the salute.
The LEGISLATORS noted a pretty cere
mony in honor of washington yester
day noon when Old Dominion Chaptel
of the Daughters of the America
Revolution, placed a wreath on the
Houdon statute, which stands in the
Capital rotunda. The wreath was
placed by little Miss Virginia Atkin
son. Among the Daughters attending
the ceremonies were Mrs Sidney
Johnston Dudley, regent OF Old Dos
minion Chapter and Misses Ella
Mayo. Anne Waller Redd. Rose Mere
dith, Janet Randolph and Mrs. L. Fl
Poe.
The Senate Committee on Privileged
and Elections will take up at its meet
ing at, 10 o'clock this morning tbs
Reed Dill, winch passed the House yes /
terday amending the primary law nd
as to permit the district committees
in the State to require that a majorft,
may be necessary to choice of con !
gressional nominee. At the presen |
time it is necessary only for the nomi
nee to receive a plurality, The pass
age of the Reed bill by the Senate
| will make It lawful for COMMITTEE
to call .or second primary. in wnicf
the candidate for the nomination vii /
have to receive a majority of votes
cast in order to be made the party
nominee The amendment gives simi
lar privileges to other party commit
tees in smaller political subdivisions
should they desire to adopt them /
Among those who will be heard before
the Senate committee on the bill thp
morning are Mr.. Reed and j. Peter
Holland. Congressman f. f. Holland
has been invited to appear and spea
on the measure.
Delegates White. OF Rockpridge !
Moss, OF Iynchburg. and Murray, o
Newport News, were named yesterda
by Captain w w Baker. House Fl
nance Committee chairman. as a sub /
committee to draft the changes in TN
present law which have been suggest
ed to the Finance Committee by th9
state Advisory Board OF Taxation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23
PETERSBURG OBSERVES
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Manufacturing Plants, including Du-
Pont, Cose--Shortcr Time
At DUPONT
ASSAULT CHARGE DISMISSED
Lengthy Police Court session Fca-
tured by Express Mems Casc--Ma-
toaca Missionary Society On In
stall Objects.

PetersburE Va. Feb 22-The IS4th
birthday anniversary OF George wash
ington. the Father Of His Country.
was celebrated in Petersburg and this
vicinity as n general holiday pracu-
caily all manufacturing establishments
closing down for the dav, including thc
enormous gun cotton plan of tn" i'u-
Pont Company, 81 Hopeweu-
Many of tha employees Of the DUPONT
Company. who were able 10 visit their
homes and return 10 work today, left
Hopeweu and PotersburE Monday
night or yesterday morning.
Notice was posted on tho property 81
the DUPONT Company on Saturday last
that in the future all work on tho Sab
hath IN the operating department VIII
he suspended and that all legal holt
days VIII be- observed which means
cutting the payroll OF the company
practically ftteen per cont The new
order provides that all work viii cease
In the operating departments OF thu
hig plant at A. ~ on sunday and
will not he resumed until 4. NJ the
following daN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

$23.35-Mobile and Rcturn--$23.35
Via Norfolk and Western Ry.
Tickets at above greatly reduced
rates will be sold February % to
March s, inclusive, good for return
passage until March II, extension of
limit to April 8. 1915, upon payment
81 additional. See that your tickets
read via Norfolk and Western Rail-
way. Least changes. Full information
company's office, S3S East Main Street,
Richmond, Va. Phone Madison 4S7
C. H. ROSLEY,
District Passenger Agent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-23

With reference to regulation OF ex-
aminers of records in their work of
uncovering omitted taxes, Senator Pill
cher has introduced bill in the up
per branch of the General Assem- bly,
to authorize county boards of super
visors to compromise with any tax
payer any dispute or controversy be-
tween such taxpayer and the county
as to the Taxpayers liability for any
year or years. and providing that any
compromise so made shall be bind
ing on both the taxpayer and the
county or locality.
House bill No. 246, passed In the
House Monday. will very much in
crease the amount which candidates
for State office can spend in tho COM
ing campaign. The present primary
bill would allow the expenditure OF
3 cents for each OF the 665l8 votes
cast for Governor Stuart which would
make the maximum expenditure Of
gubernatorial candidates s9,9S7.T0.
Under the amendment the expenditure
per voter will be based upon the
presidential Democratic vote, which.
according TO the precedent will be
about 100000 which will enable the
candidates to spend $4,000.
The bill of Captain William NJ
Myers, to promote boxing, wrestling
and other athletic contests, was be
fore the House committee yesterday
afternoon A number of the friends
of the bill were heard and some OF
the opponents OF the measure also
spoke The committee took no action
in the matter. setting 1t for a special
hearing Thursday afternoon at 4
O'Clock. The bill, II passed. will al
low ten-round boxing contests to be
staged in cities OF more than 10000
in Virginia by associations which will
pay license tax of $500 a year. The
bouts are to be put on under the
sanction OF the police chiefs and the
chiefs are TO be represented at the
matches by both police officers and
physicians that the fights may be
stopped st the first signs OF brutality
Though fun sessions were had by
both branches OF the General AS
sembly yesterday. despite the fact that
elsewhere the day, the birth anniyers-
airy OF George Washington. was holl
day, adjournment, when taken. was In
honor OF the memory of the father OF
his country
The Senate and a number of COM
mittees In session at s o'clock yes
terday afternoon suspended business