Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
VIRGINIA AWAITS
siIt
\ \. 4. NEW LEGISLATURE
sn:'
Many More New Members
Than Usual in Body That
lie,
N: Meets in January.

si,,t eS
III
NEWS FROM THE STATE
n,
fR1CHMOND. Va, September 10
with the legislature adjourned and all
the bills signed. the men interested in
nitpre sessions are turning to the posi-
Bile, composition Of the next body that
viii assume the task of making laws for
thA state. This body will convene the
seeond Wednesday in January. remain
ing here for sixty days. The senate will
have nineteen new members and in the
house there will be about sixty-three.
This is the greatest change in either
branch recorded in long time. The
drys, which have had easy sailing for
wears, will have about twenty-three to
twenty-fi7e of the forty members of the
senate, while the house viii have thirty
Ave and sixty-five as the relative
strength Of the vets and the drys.
This alignment of the members is not
on any political lines, and the ngnt
against the prohibition department is
re6tction of the prohibition vote in the
legislature because the prohibitionlsts
arcepted the matter as settled and they
did not vote in the primary, the result
being that a little more activity on the
part of the liquor forces would have
sent a majority opposed to the retention
OF the department to the legislative
kails.
Grand Lodge, K. of p, to Meet
gThe Grand Lodge of Knights Of Ply
SkiHs of Virginia will meet here October
SfSr a session of three days. rms VIII
bS the week of the state fair and the
cftY will be packed with people. Inc
PvShian sisters will also hold their an
nual conclave here at the same time.
Thx order is progressing in many parts
o{Jhe state, the membership increasing
rasidly and new lodges being formed:
1.-THE statement made by +. +. DUG,
dife. president of the Prisoners Aid
EoSiety, Washington, that there had
been many Improvements in the man
axsfnent of the Virginia penitentlary
since he made his allegations and the
Investigation of last spring, was re-
ceived here with surprise by Maj.
wood, superintendent of the prison.
ard, Rev J. T. Mastin, secretary OF the
state board of charities and correc-
t5cbfs, Mai. Wood had inaugurated
many Of the changes referred to long
Uudding, and certain forms of punish
mS4t had been abandoned before the
end tof last year. If any changes have
been made during the last six months
81 nce the first of the year. they are
no4,reca1led.
announcement Of the candidacy of
CSA,: W. Med. Lee Of Irvington for the
nbsanation as lieutenant governor
q, awaited daily. His friends are con-
1lieAt he will make the race and he is
considered as in at this time. He is
thS Fourth man to enter, the others
being Senator c. Harding Walker Of
Northumberland, Col. Thomas B. Nc
Adams of this city and Senator Junius
E:West Of Suffolk
LII, Armistice Week Program.
Virginia armistice week is to be
celnbrated here the week beginning
NSyember 10, and it will be an affair
iItAnded to attract every soldier
who served in the Army from this
sfAte or any Virginian who served
abiA member of the Army with the
troops of another state. 1t is to be
~ great and memorable celebration,
fhfShded to supplant the welcome that
the men were to have the week of
July 4. and which was abandoned for
VARIOUS causes-many of the men not
having returned, many being in the
hospitals and all of those who had
chtne back wanting to get out and
ksAp out Of the uniform for at least
A848Ay o6yos oCSioCSs lu0 "cdlucT
~nA excessively warm The streets
akR, to be lined with free shows of
al sorts for the soldiers They will
30 entertained free of cost and will
Atye low railroad rates to and from
tkS,city.
lMhen this celebration takes place
there will be organizers here to see
TAFT that the men will be invited to
a4fliate with the American Legion,
there being several posts In the state
Minis time. Much money has been
eoMected to pay the expenses of the
eAtGblish his identity.
l'1ov. Davis to Attack h. c. L.
,Gpv. Davis Il to lend hand in the
tnak of attacking the high cost of
0N11g. He has become a member OF
t9n3Consumers and Renters Protec-
tf68 Association of Richmond, and as
DrN8 he has been given his card of
ukRbership and can get the discount
TN the establishments are Offering
xU$ members of the association. The
a1oociation is to collect data and will
de,everything possible to secure the
cS8yicfion of profiteers and to have
thAm Imprisoned.
0Sf4me a member of the EIks, unit
1H8.W1th lodge near his home, and
tHtehe last few days he has signed up
eMw1ll become a member of the Odd
EWpwa. A lodge here Is working I'D
at,great class of candidates for the
I'M session, and the governor will
S96Afve his degrees along with the
rsnt Of the candidates.
wi Better Roads in View.
y l1achmond will send large deIega-
e11n Thursday to attend great road
HtHetng at Tappahannock, in Essex
connty. when a barbecue, fish and
oxNter fry. community picnic and
r48d-boostfng meeting will be held
Hesex, King William and King and
Q8een counties are especially inter-
oStSd in the highway from Richmond
fa.Tappahannock. Tappahannock is
3erty miles from Richmond and at
TIL time the roads are miserable. 1t
3&iAemanded that a class A road be
6uflt. so that the trip can be made
Akwo hours, where eighteen hours
nNw are required The business men
eAthat section are leading the fight
38f; the road. and the Chamber of
Cemmerce of Richmond is backing the
project
The first Chinese student to attend
TIE public schools in Virginia matric-
ulated at the John Marshall High
school this week. His father Is in
bnainess here There was a DISPOSE
ton to question his admission. but
This laws of the state are silent on
the, subject as to whether a Chinese
81 eolored. The attorney general rules