The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-22
Investigates Report From Adj
ministrative Board About
South Side Office
ACCOUNTS CORRECT
TREASURER STATES
ANSWERING QUERY
Street Rumors In Circulation
Stated Carter {. Jones Had
Been Named In Place of K.
Seaton Loving

Rumors and vague assertions OF
incorporation OF public money on
abe South Side took definite form yes
serday when the administrative board
forwarded 10 the MAYOR commun'ca-
zion In which they stated:
The administrative board no
tifies his honor. the mayor. that
they have learned that there Is a
nnisa ppropr iation nj public FUNDS
la the treasurer's Office on the
South Side. and hereby notifies
him Of the same for such action
az may be deemed proper. and
Com missfonera Folkes and Nc
Carthv are appointed commit
tee 20 notify the mayor at once.
II A NJ"
Commissioners Mccarthy ard
Tolkex called upon the mayor, In
describing the interview later, Mayor
Ainslle said.
~ asked them - there were any
charges and they safe no. l asked
them II there was Rnv allegation and
they said no. ~ they merely wished
10 offer the information for what II
was worth and thar theE had done
SO upon the advice Of City Attorney
Pollard,
Mr.. Pollard later said that he had
understood @IAl taiE +tEs'sf itlhf ''''it 49,
been supplied hy { ~ Accountant Co
fer. The latter aafd hat he had never
saAde any statement which might be
construed ~ int!ranttng anything Of
the Kind and that as far as the city 9
money was concerned there was alb
solutelv no foundation for the report
az he had checked up the city's &C
counts CT the South Side about tho
FIRST Of February and found svary,
thing correct
All Accounts Correct,
CITY Treasurer Pace called upon
me and seemed to be considerably
perturbed He stated that the &C
counts Of re deputy treasurer on the
south side were correct, that his rec
ords were straight and that there was
nothing to the report but street
story tina had been in circulation for
some tim e-two weeks or more.
LAS far as I can learn the admin
3Stratiye board did not question the
t-ry accountant. There IL absolutely
no foundation for the statement that
7heYe has been any m'sappropriation
or the city's money and ] have Mr..
PAGES word for 1t that there Is no
shortage I'm his South side state ae-
seounts. That however, has nothing
10 do with the city The deputv treas
urer merely acts as the personal agent
az Mr.. Pace in collecting state taxes,
lie is not a state eup1oye. He is Mr.
PAGES personal representative, depp-
tIEed 10 receive state taxes merely as
"A convenience to the people on the
South side.
THE city treasurer. who also acts
for the state. is not Obliged to keep
a deputy TO receive the state money
but he does II to relieve the South
40 ,gs ~ hn r~zN{tNy NJ n
ing to City Hall. As he is also deputy
city treasurer II Is a simple matter
for him 10 do so, but the records are
kept In City Hail and all the deputy
treasurer has 10 DO la to take I'm the
money.
No City Money Gone.
Y have the city accountants word
for II that no city money has been
,,afsapproprlsted and Mr.. Pace assures
me that the state accounts are COR
rect But that is q personal matter
between Mr. Pace and his representa-
tive and is no concern OF the city.
The state. for that matter, does not
recognize the duty. II simply recog~
niKes Mr. Pace"
The mayor then again asserted that
AZ far as he could ascertain there was
no foundation whatever for the ru-
morS that It was all hearsay. a street
report and that there was nothing he
could do about the matter.
The street report even went furthe err
than the mayor stated. II assered
that the deputy treasurer. r. Seaon
Loving, had resigned and that Coun-
Gilman Carter c, Jones had been APP
pointed to the place. This report was
in circulation Wednesday. A repre-
sentative of The Virginian called up
City Treasurer Pace by telephone.
Wednesday evening, and asked him
about the truth OF the report.
Nothing TO IT,. Just a street story
that has been going the rounds for
two weeks or more" replied Mr.. Pace.