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The Red Cloud chief., 1916-05-25

ends Of Justice. II I esnnUs ss6n so-
cess to the king, I shall at least have
made the attempt. n can have an
audience. I shall put something OF this
case before him myself. We wish not
to meddle too Intimately In affairs Of
which we do not know. But II the
king disavows you"
The Red Cloud chief., 1916-05-25
SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray, newspaper woman. finds In
. curio shop half Of q broken coin. the
mutilated inscription on which arouses
her curiosity and leads her. at the order
Of her managing editor. to 60 to the prin-
cipaiity OF GretshofYen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription. She Is
followed. and on arrival In Gretshofren
her adventures while chasing the secret
Of the broken coin begin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1916-05-25
The Broken Coin
oA Story of BY EMERSON HoueH
Mystery and ,uo., 49,. 49,. , - ,v
Adventure Grace cunard
By EMERSON HOUCH
From the Scenario by


Copyright 1915 Wright A Paterson)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
LARGE COAL TONNAGE
Chesapeake und Ohio Limited Only by
i.nrlS of Ships az Sen


The Chesapeake and ohio Railway
showed large gains in the tonnage OF
Goa! ana coke loaded AT all points on
me road during the past year. Figures
announced at the local offices OF the
ROAD last night placed the coal and
coke loaded during the year n 2t.6Sl.-
i'o tons, as compared with 2l.3l0.525
Tor 1919, an Increase Of 2,31O.625 tons
i'nr!nG the year the ROAD dumped
4,ibl,3r2 tons Of coal and cox" over
the piers ~ Newport News. The figure
Tor the preceding year WAS 323I.349
ions. which shows an Increase for l.l.
oil ?2tsJ3 tons. II was stated in ot,i-
ear circles Yesterday that the dump
lhes would nave been considerably
greater II vessels could have been So
cured TO handle the coal For some
Time past there mas been = shortage Of
ships at all seaports on the Atlantic
Coast.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01

inclined to be extremely rcticent in
discussing the charities. requests Of
$4,000 TO Centenary Methodist Church
and of $500 TO the Richmond Male
Orphan Asylum have already been
made public.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
CONFER ON TAXES
Lawyers Here To Cunsun t;torncy
'~nerni ~ to Maric Marshall
tlufRl.

: OTIS Bland. of Newport News. and
Frank Armistead. OF counsel for the
cry Of Williamsburg. in the controvcrsy
now pending in court over the cinims
oil thht city and tn. state OF Virginia
Tor taxes due by the Marie Marshal II
estate on many millions OF dollars and
dating back many years arrived hero
yesterday afternoon and held q confer
ence with Assistant Attorney -C;enc;.,l
christopher Il. Ciarnctt
The Marie Marshall taxes cas-. has
nceh turned over largely by Attorney
General Pollard TO Mr.. Garnctt. who
mas hteh husily engaged for some time
IN pfeparin. the papers IN the proceed
ihSs. w nile none OF the lawyers con
ceined would discuss the nature Of the
conference, II is surmised tina; tho on
)cet of the visit of the two attorney :
10 the Attorney-G Generals office WAS to
agree on plan OF concrctcd action.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
SUIT FOR OMITTED TAXES
AGAINST lYNCHBURG FIRM
Assessment For 1918 Is SI.050.O00
Grcnter Thnn For 1919 On Bon
sack Machine COMPANY.

i~ptCitl 10 ne / mes plS patcn.
I.YECHBURG, VA, December 3l.--Om-
GERS ana members OF the board Of di-
,cctors OF tho Bonsack Machine Com
pany, a Lynchburg corporation, which
has had it's home Office in the town of
salem since its Incorporation in 1882,
are being served with process in Il suit
which has been instituted in tho Cir
cult Court Of the County of Roanoke,
in which the state OF Virginia. the town
OF salem ana the County Of Roanoke
ar. Jointly suing for alleged omitted
taxes. for a disclosure Of assets OF
the company covering "A period of years
and for an Injunction TO prevent the
proposed dissolution OF the company.
which is TO bc considered at a meet
ing Of the Stockholders to he held in
salem at 1890 o'clock on January II.
The bill rccites the allegation that
tn" defendant company has for Il num-
h"r II years been reporting its capt.
tai at 100000. which figure has been
the Assessment prior TO the present
year. In the assessment for 1915. the
commissioner oc the rcvcnu. mad" an
assessment on capital against the COM
pauy % Si.l5o.U0", which was Sl,o50.0OO
In excess OF previous assessments re
ported by the company for the purpose
OF taxation. The tax for 1915 under
this assessment * shown TO aggregate
tn" sum o: $lO.c25.
Subsequent TO the increased assess
m-nt by the commissioner o! the re-
Venue w NJ. Pierce. the examiner OF
records reported an assessment for
omitted taxes for the years l90S-l9li,
inclusive, the aggregate tax on which
would be s7l,3l7.S2, this amount being
in addition 10 the increased assess-
ment for 1915
In addition TO the assessment for
alleged omitted taxes for the years
from l:0S through 1914 the bill asks
IN" court 70 require the company TO
disClOs" the amount OF the "a pital used
by II IN its business for previous years
from 1883 To 1907. Inclusive. and 10
have the same assessed in case OF
other omitted taxes.
Further than this the bill asks the
court for Il restraining order TO enjoin
and restrain the Bonsack Machine Com
rany from proceeding further in the
purpose 10 dissolve the corporation
until all Of the taxes shall have been
paid.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
rOLItE ki;i"r NN.N HOURS
IN tDtltT A. WITNESSES


Md ~ It result OF either OF the two
last mentioned instances, the police
n"n who figured in the arrest would
l." compelled to spend practically all of
unc day or Il large part I,t two days
ia the various courts as witnesses. Un-
der the present police system ii is not
unusual for an officer to come of duty.
after an all-niShts tour of duty. ut
O'clock III the morn!mS and To h" forced
"a r"nor; tor another tour at I o'clock
in the afternoon. should he have To
appear in both courts. II" would he pre-
vented from getting practically any
rest or sleep.
The one solution OF T.; problem
suggested thus far is that the court
bc held open for any cases that should
come before ii on all days Of the week.
aud that it's docket b. kept as clear as
is possible. Justice Kicks has been in
consultation with Major Werner and
the various district captains for sew
eral days and Will have many other
conferences with them before the def
mite system Of the court is iuauC uratcd.
II is said. In any event. the polio has
been shaped oy the Council and the
methods OF Procedure will rest ulti-
mat.ly with the presiding justice.
Justice Ri.ks said last night that
Nc had not app United anyone for the
clcr5ship. ana that Miss Eleanor Nc
earthly would hc continued for the pres
cnt as office assistant \. :. Macl'ar
lane has been recommended to him as
probation officer for boys. and Justice
Kicks said that he would probably
iatify and announce the nomination
and appointment today.
Miss sarah Roller will 3e continued
as probation officer for girl delin-
qucrts, ana Officers II. T.. poitiauN and
J. ". Wheaton, will be continued in
their positions as probation officers in
care Of adult deliuQuents.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
TAX INJUNCTION
state and City Restrained !'rpu Pro-
ceedihE Agninsf Trcde"nr
Iron Works,

An Injunction issued yesterday bv
Judge H. carter Scott, OF the CITY cir
cunt Court, restraints the state of Nir-
g'nia and the city OF Richmond from
proceeding with the collection of cor
tain taxes assessed against Iii. IRON
erty OF the Tredecar Compn,.v.
In its petition, the company alleged
mat 1t mad been errOncously assessed
by commissioner Of the Revenue Tres
non and Examiner of Records sands. in
respect TO its capital. the claim being
made that much Of this. cunststin. OF
bank stock and stocks of Virginia cor
porations, was exempt The restraining
order stands until dissolved by a fur
Their order OF the court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
SCHEDULE PROPOSED
OPEN TO OBJECTIONS

1t Is pointed out that the court in
tends trying what may be termed
strictly juvenile cases on TUESDAYS.
Thnrsday and Saturdays. and all other
cases. such as uvnsupport. Wife beating
and family rows. on Mondays, We'd
n"sdays and Fridays This being .ruc.
"a man arrested for wifc-bcating after
Il session Of tho court on Friday must
remain in police station coll until
the following Monday before he can
be tried. This is the case. OF course
whcr. the person arrested canno:
sccur. bail; and /; is said 10y the police
that large number OF those arrested
IN such cases arc unable 30 :iud "a
bondsuIan
That would bc the situation in SUCH
an arrest Eut tho Constitution says
That man arrested for al oTcnse Shall
be given a speedy trial. And the Hoard
of Police Commissioners is said to have
issued orders that no prisoner is to
be kcp, in station house cell foI.
more than twentE-tour hours. The
prisoner. il is said. cannot be sent to
jail for aalt keeping until after he had
been committed by a court
Another eventualit: that might arise
could result Ii :, man and woman were
arrested for fighting To the desk SER
gcant al the station house they might
lag claim 10 being married, and he ac-
cordingiy, would direct their being
sent to the Juvenile and Domestic Re
lations Court. y later Investigation
might develop Iii" fact that they wcr.
not married, IN which event III. case
would have TO bc returned TO the Police
Court for trial. II could not tie heard
untl the following; day. and the
priSolter or prisoners would be COM
PEELED TO remain in custody overnight,
unless bondsiucu could be secured
y third possibility IS that arising
from the arrest OF several Youths and
young men on charge Of lighting. for
instance. 1t might be found that two
o. the young mon are twenty-one
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01

years or Older and that the third
Is not OF aG" la this event, the minor
would have to b" tried by the new
court Will" the others would have to
APPEAR before Justice crutchrcld.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

Mrs. Alexander Wadsworth and her
daughter are spending the week end in
Norfolk.
Gary Browne. of Bedford City. is
Visiting IN Ginter Park. and will leave
Tomorrow to join his father and sister
in Norfolk.
DR.. Frank L. Fighter has returned
from visit to his "home i'm Pitts
Surgh. Pa.
Il. Garnett and Stewart Jones have
ned to the city, after Il hunting
n King William County.
w. NJ. Arlington, OF Nelson
is the guest of Mrs. II. 7. Wade
few days
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
RETREAT FOR SICK is GIVEN
$4,000 BY BRANCHES
Fnmiiy OF Lntc Finnnricr Understood
to Have Nude II Number of Other
DOuutiOus

l.icutcna t-Governor j. Taylor ELY
son, on behalf of the Retreat for the
Sick, Yesterday acknowledged the re-
ccipt of $4,000 from the family OF tho
late John L. Branch. millionaire banker
and philanthrorist. Similar bcnci-
ccnces, in varying amounts, it ne
came known yesterday have been made
TO five or six other institutions in or
near this city.
Members Of the Branch fnmilv wore
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
JUVENILE COURT WILL
OPEN ITS DOORS TO-DAY
objections Are Raised to Proposed
Schedule for Hearing
Cases.
KEEPS MEN IN STATION HOUSE
Hardship Worked on Those Arrested
ana Unable to Furnish HaiI-3;s-
hticc Aiclis VIII .An,iouncc Appoint
nent of Stan TO day.

Justice liogc Kicks w:ii rap his
gavei ON tn" desk. placed in little
room of a building owned by the city
and located Il; lllp Capitol Street.
within a stone. throw of the CITY
i'ail. at In o'clock this morning. ana
c;eli To ordcr the first session of tho
new Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court. The need o; such Il court was
made apparent some time ago. and re-
Gently tho Council inaugur3,,ed It. Jus
rcr Eicks being appoiutcd The head OF
the new court.
AS planned ana ats il VIII be opened
to-day, the Juvenile and Domestic Re
laiionS Court will assume all Of the
duties formerly delegated to the ,Ju-
vcniie Court ard in addition viii haze
charge OF all ca%"S ut family troubles
nnd all cases IN which one OF. more Of
the principals Is (" minor. Under Nh.
ordinances which civ. the new court
us powers. no minors will be allowed
IN the Police Court except as Witnesses.
Fear that tn" tentative schedule for
procedure in the Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court laay not prove feasible
and that uuiupcr OF change. vii,
have TO be made T. th. oypumi2atiou ii
the court ANA it system Of opera,io. Is
to bcc"0l" sc:e,. -il.c. wIS expressed hy
several persons familiar with the sit
uatiOu last night
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01

sOunccment was made by the
beake and Ohio Railway that the
lotion Of c. $. Wright, train mas
It'll headquarters in Richmond,
ZEN enlarged to include the Pied
ktnd Washington division. II. ".
assistant train master, is APP
train master In charge of the
IA and Peninsula divisions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
A Bull Moose Exhibit.

George w. Perkins, in his letter to
Chairman Hilles of the republican ma
tional committee pointing out the
power that still remains to the bull
moosers and how effective it is when
exercised, says:
"In Kentucky the republican candi-
date for governor was defeated last
fall because progressives in sufficient
number refused to vote for him and
voted for their own candidate"
Yes, the bull moosers decided the
contest in favor of the democratic
candidate. Had they voted for the
republican candidate he would have
had the best OF the poll They were
not numerous. Less than two thou
sand recorded themselves. But the
election was close, the democratic
candidate squeezing through with
only few hundred to spare.
Why did this remnant of the bull
moose party make itself an asset of
the democratic partye The repub-
lican candidate was an able and at
tractive man, and the platform upon
which he was standing enunciated
doctrines to which any bull mooser
might have subscribed. 1t was clear
from the beginning of the campaign
that the contest was between the
two old parties; that the third party
had not ghost of a chance to win.
But, for some reason, a comparatively
small group of bull moosers stood
out, nominated a candidate of their
own, and thus gave the election to
the democrats.
In 1912 the bull moosers polled a
large vote in the state Mr.. Roose-
welt appealed strongly to a great
many men who until then had never
bolted republican ticket. But they
followed him, and in doing SO en-
abled the democrats to carry the
state for Wilson and Marshall. Had
the division in the ranks of the OPP
position not taken place, the repub-
licans would have carried Kentucky
that year.
AS elsewhere, the bull moose herd
has been dwindling in Kentucky until
its present size is exceedingly small.
But, as was shown in November, it is
still large enough to be effective for
the democrats in a close contest.
There may be another close con-
test this year. Mr.. Wilson is not
overly popular in the state. His name
was conjured with in last years race,
and on the strength OF it claim of
thirty thousand majority was put out
by the democrats. But, as already
stated, they received on election day
plurality of only a few hundred.
There was no response to the appeal
to stand by the President"
Where, then, may these bull
moosers be found in November?
Voting for some nominee of their
own whose candidacy is utterly hope
less: or for Mr.. Wilson direct; or
for the republican nominee for whom
SO many bull moosers all over the
country will be voting?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27

bill, but the opposition to It dwindled
from the first reading to a negligible
fraction of the house on the final pas
sage, and now the attitude of the
labor organization insures virtually
nationwide support of the principle
of compulsory enlistment. Such op-
position to it as may develop will. it
is expected, be local and sporadic, and
not the result of any organized SEN
timent.
The decision not to undertake the
blockade of Germany is of importance
to all neutrals. Considerations Of
policy operated primarily to induce
this course, although it is by no
means improbable that the great diff
hculties in the way of the enforce
ment of the blockade were infuen-
tia1 in shaping the governments
course. The blockade matter is ex-
tremely complex. As long as the
Scandinavian states-Norway, Swe-
den and Denmark-remain neutral,
any attempt to choke off all trade
with Germany would be not only diff
ficult, but hazardous. If these states
were belligerent the task would be
comparatively easy. Recently indlca-
tons of a purpose on the part OF
Sweden to enter the war field have
appeared, but they are to be taken
with reserve. Sweden has little to
gain from belligerency and much to
lose, and, indeed, the participation OF
the entire Scandinavian group on the
side of the Teutonic powers would
materially simplify England's task by
making possible blockade that
would endanger no neutral rights. 1t
is greatly to the interest of Germany
that these states keep out of the
fight, for they could bring no military
advantage to compensate for the
great handicap of blockade that
would prevent the entrance of goods
through neutral territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
British Compulsion and Blockade.

Two important decisions were reg
istered in England yesterday directly
affecting the war status. One was
by the house of commons, or rather
by the government speaking in the
house of commons, to abstain from
any attempt at the actual blockade
of Germany at this stage of the war.
The other was by the labor confer
ence at Bristol, which, by large ma
jority,voted to support the government
in its prosecution of the war, thereby
in effect indorsing the compulsion
bill which had just passed the lower
house. The attitude of labor on the
matter of compulsory enlistment has
been a serious factor from the out
set of the endeavor to increase the
enlistments in the British army. Ger
tain members of parliament resigned
rather than support the compulsion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
A Washington Referendum.

At a remarkably we'll attended and
impressive meeting, the Board OF
Trade last night recorded itself in
favor of reference to popular vote
in the District of Columbia of the
question of prohibition, proposals for
which are now pending in Congress.
This action of the board was in no
wise expressive of judgment on the
merits of the prohibition issue. 1t
did not attempt to decide whether or
not the sale of liquor in the District
should be stopped by law. 1t simply
indicated approval of the principle
of local option. which has prevailed
generally in the determination of
this question in the states, and which
is viewed by the board as an essen
tial to successful and satisfactory en-
forcement in the event of adoption.
The referendum is not altogether
novel in the District. A notable prec-
edent for it was established in 1883,
in the time of President Buchanan,
when Congress referred to the voters
of the District the question of the
adoption OF a code of laws for this
jurisdiction, and the voice of the Dis
trict on that occasion was needed by
the legislature in its subsequent &C
ton. On another occasion the Dis
trict. on its own initiative, took a
referendum vote, with a different re-
suit. In January, 1866, bills were
pending in Congress for the extern
sion of the franchise to negroes in
this District. There was decided local
opposition to the proposition, and to
demonstrate the public sentiment a
referendum was arranged, with out
congressional sanction or invitation,
and a vote was cast almost I'm ani-
mously against local negro suffr age
Congress, however, ignored this in
dication of the popular wish and
passed the suffrage bill. President
Johnson vetoed it, and in his veto
message called attention to the vir-
tually unanimous local sentiment
against it, urging the obligation of
Congress to heed a sentiment so
positively expressed. The bill, how
ever, for political reasons, was passed
over the veto Immediately
The Board of Trade has placed it
self on record as favoring the prin-
ciple that Congress in acting as the
exclusive legislature of the District
should ascertain definitely and be
guided by the sentiment of the I'M
represented local community. The
Board of Trade has spoken in posi-
tive terms On this point, and its
voice may be accepted as that of the
community, demanding that before
Congress acts in matters of vital con-
sequence to the welfare of Washing
ton the wishes OF the people be as
certained by a referendum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
Clark and Wilson.

IT 1t serves no other purpose, the
continued use of Mr.. Carks name
in connection with the presidency
shows the great popularity of the
man. Mr.. Taft is highly and justly
praised as good loser. Is he bet
ter than Mr.. Clark? That Bal
timore experience was an extreme
test. The prize was almost in hand.
The next ballot should have brought
it, but did not. Fortune decreed
otherwise, and the prize went to an
other.
That other received Mr.. Clark s
support in the campaign that fol-
lowed, and in Office has received it.
Only in the Panama canal tolls mat
ter has Mr.. Clark antagonizcd the
President; and in doing that he acted
as the champion of the Baltimore
platform. In all other matters he
has helped hold up the President's
hands. He is helping to hold them
up in the matter of preparedness
while Mr.. Bryan, who defeated Mr.
Clark at Baltimore, is struggling to
lower them.
The manifestation of this spiri,
has strengthened Mr.. Clark's hold on
his old friends, and won new friends
to his side. He i, probably the most
popular democrat in the country to-
day. Many Bryan men do not like
Mr.. Wilson, while few. if any, Will
son men like Mr.. Bryan. But, as q
rule, both Bryan men and Wilson
men like Mr.. Clark. The good lose,
has, with his other qualities. cap.
tured both.
A. . result. netting IL more Ger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27

tain than that if, for any reason. Mr..
Wilson's fortunes should decline be-
tween now and June to the point of
making his nomination undesirable
at St. Louis, the democracy would
turn instinctively and unanimously to
Mr.. Clark. 1t is to be doubted If in
such circumstances any other name
but the Speakers would be men
toned. His record and prestige
would prevail anywhere; but in St.
Louis, the metropolis of his home
state, crowded with his friends. they
would carry in convention all be-
fore them.
This, of course, is not to say that
Mr.. Clark would give such value to
the nomination as would make him
winner. He himself is Wilson
man. and has said that if the nomi-
nation has any value it will go to
Mr.. Wilson. And SO he might not
care to lead a forlorn hope. But if
called to do so he could not decline.
He would be obliged to take up the
standard and carry it forward as best
he could.
In all this may be found the ex-
PLANTATION of the sentiment which
now and then finds expression in the
speculation about Mr.. Clark and Mr..
Wilson. Democrats who are FESTIVE
under Mr.. Wilson's leadership-some
openly, some secretly-would be glad
to see Mr.. Clark's supplant it.