Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 1

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Tress Reports Final Markets Complete Sport Netci i THE WEATHER flair and slightly eoldr today tomorrow cloudy followed by rain Temperature: High II Low 41 Full Weather Report Bee Pace Average Ctrauletlou (or week end- Ini January II Daily 49119 Sunday 55414 THREE CENTS 76TH YEAR TOLI'MR VO xmiu aa EetOred January IT 1MI at the Poet-Ofllee Richmond Virginia aa Baaond-Ctaa RICHMOND VIRGINIA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2 1926 -TWENTY PAGES Thousands See Byrd Take Oath of Office Capitol Riot of Color New Executive Takes Oath New Chief of State Sees Concentration of Authority Vital Question Raised as to Authority of New Body RREGULARITY SEEN -IN ORGANIZATION GREAT ENTHUIASM MARKS CEREMONY PUT GOVERNMENT ON BUSINESS BASIS Winchester Man Would Have Commission Review Constitutional Needs Throng From All Sections of Old Dominion Attends Inaugural Candidates Doubtful About Course to' Pursue Problem for State Group A complicated situation probably the queerest Ungla In which a political body hereabouts waa ever an' meahad cam to Ught Mat night when tha members of tha old City Democratic Committee which waa supposed to have automatically oeaaad to edit Decamber II 11)1 met at Hotel annex pursuant to a call Issued by Chairman Clyde Saunders of tho old com mlttee which call waa Issued at tho request of tha members of tha now City Democratic Committee signed Ledbetter secretary" Aa (ha remarkable situation developed In tho progress of debate on certain polnta of procedure raised by various members Chairman Baun-dera halted tha proceedings by vacating tha chair Ha held that In tha light of developments ha had no authority to act and tha body In acaalon had no legal authority to turn over tho affairs of tho old committal Candidates Left la DouM The situation aueh as to leave candidates for tha Board of Aldermen and Common Council who muat file notlee of their candidacy with chairman of tha City Democratic Committee before February In doubt as to whether they ahould flic these notices with McClure chairman of tha recently organised committee legality of which organisation new question' ad or with Clyde Saunders chairman of Aha old City Democratic Commltlcr-' It probable that tha tangle will bo submitted to the Btata Democrats Committee to ba unraveled Meanwhile candidates will probably call upon the Attorney-General's office to Interpret the party primary Mw which la tha general law under which local moors 1c Committee rules and by-laws are drawn In the requeat made by the members of tha new committee and signed by Mr Lad batter aa secretary of that body Chairman -Saunders is (old that It the desire of the newly organised committee that the Old committee ehall get together wind up Ita affairs and turn over Its Vre-porta" to the new committee Moat of the men and women In attendance at teat nights meeting were members of tha old committee who have been re-elected and are serving on the new commutes Among them waa Mr McClure who I Pull tnt of Gorrmor Inaugural addreM will bo found on Page 7 Ollier Inaugural photon and uewa cm Page aud Governor Harry Flood Byrd launched hie adminlatratlon yee-terday with an Inaugural addreae remarkable for Its tarsne and definite nature of Ita recommenda-tlona The afidrem outlined a practical economy pointed out defect In the preeent method of conducting the StatbY buslneae urged the adoption of definite maaauree to remedy existing evil and promlaed that aubaequent meaaagaa will ba read to tha General Aaeembly reoommendlng fundamental change! la the eyatem of government Concentrate IteaponidbUUy new Governor Indicated plainly that ha will urge corutltu-tlonal change tha effect of which will be to Increase tha powere of the executive Virginia le to operate with the efficiency approaching a great bueipeee corporation we muat concentrate reeponal-blllty" he aald after pointing out that the Governor now appoint only twenty of the fifty-four ad-mlnlatratlva bureau experience haa taught me that eucceaa le only paealbl when reaponalblllty la combined with authority The real head of thi executive branch of the emment ahould ba the Governor There la HUM dahfcVf 'In thla eon-cantratlou of executive authority for tha Conatltutlon of Virginia wieoly provides that a Governor cannot auceeod hlmaelf" Closer Tab ob Krbool Funds Tha changre definitely advocated In the meaeage adhere cloaely to the campaign pledgee of Mr Byrd but aome addition have been made to the platform Education wee given more apace In the addreae than any other subject The Governor expraaaed dlaaaturactlon with tha aection of the Conatltutlon providing who ehall compoae the State Board of Education and recommended the aubject to the consideration of the coramlaalon "recommended by me to auggeet bonetltutlonal change" The recommendation for the appointment of a commission of five to go over the Constitution and auggaat khangea la made la another section of the addreae Other changes recommended In the school eyetem are that local A -i In tha dry that ten da as a monument to one of hte lineal ancestors Hurry Flood Byrd yesterday became Governor of Virginia Aa (h word which oonstltuta th oath of files dlod away on the lip of Judge Prentla of th Supreme Court of Appeals guns began to boom In salute their dep-throated roar mingling with th ahrill sounds of applause that cams from thouaanda of (ha new executive' fellow cltisena It was a day of high enthusiasm and brilliant pageantry Threaten- Ing clouda lowered overhead and oe- culonally rain beat down on the crowd amamblad for th Inaugural eeromonlea hut th ardor of the moinunt waa never dampened Tha spirit of tho occasion wa (ypllled by Governor Byrd himself who deaplt th inclemency of th weather Stood throughout with bared head aa ho delivered hla message from the south portico of the Capitol Build- Ing- On 1 Historic Ground Mr Byrd waa on historic ground redolent with memories of (he cradle day of civilisation on th North American Continent The thriving city About him beuan to Rfow In tbo fur-dlitant post undor tho fuldlnf hand of hi own anawtor Down th rlvr Birmchad out before hint otood the stately hom hullded by hte father and chorlahed aa a Blate heirloom by every tru Virginian Uut th new Govynor In th heyday of jrouth hlmlf wasted Util time on htatory whtchhold much that 1 dear to hlnu but rather turned hi tec (ka futuro and proclaimed tho thinipi that wr needful In a new day Square Rkrt of Oulor BUld old Capitol Square wa a riot of color a th Uovvrnor peaking over faith that wa In Out In front war maU thousand of porjoua who gave not th slightest hed to tho threatened downpour of rate In striking contrast to th sever ctasete line of th building tack of tho orator wr tho mingled gay abode that charactorlxad th dr of th auditor On th platform with Mr Byrd waa a brllltent aaacmbloga of Virginian It wa a Joint session of th Ganaral Ambly wo ad-drwsing Bested with th Ugial tor wer th retiring Governor Senator Hwnon and Ola v- ral member of th Houo of Kp-raBtaUva Judge of th Supreme Court of Appeals various officer of tho Btato government and other prominent persons mn and women Applause Grreta Central Flgun Tho Joint mhIob had adjourned from Hi hall of tho Houm of Delegate whr the Initial car-monte war held Governor Trlnkl and th Incoming executive with tblr wcorta appeared ahort-ly after II o'clock Ther a storm of appteui aa they cam out on th portico rom th Capitol liullding Fifteen thousand Virginian greeted thm with un-Minted enthuMluam After they tad proceeded to th apeakor'a stand th Marin Hand from Washington truck up "Th Btar-Hpangted and a hush fell over th placa a th great cruwd iuol at Muls (Continued on Second VIBRATION BREAKS GLASS Harry Flood Byrd Virginia'! new executive and Lee Tlinkle the Old Dominion's retiring Governor on way to State Capitol for Inauguration of Winchester man and Governor Byrd taking oath of allegiance administered by Judge Robert Prentla LMutenart-aovern-r Junius West taking oath of office before Judge Jaasa West and thouaanda of pernonn who wltnenmd tho Inaugural ceremonies BYRD WEARS NEW DERBY AT CEREMONY BECAUSE OF CAMPAIGN PROMISE WHOLE SPIRIT OF ADDRESS ONE OF INTENSE INTEREST AND ABSOLUTE SINCERITY Inaugural Utterances Display Concern in Problems and Keen Desire to Tackle Them Marked by Absence of Pleasant Generalities and Meaningless Platitudes Windows Damaged by Firing of Mints by Ilowltarra Tho office of Magistral Vfllbur Griggs 1101 Kant Broad Street wee considerably damaged by tha vibrations from the cannon of tho Richmond Uowltsers In contributing thulr share toward tha Inauguration exercises yesterday morning At lha Brat boom of cannon from tholr placement on old Ford lot adjoining Mr office glam In the windows was cracked and aa other sltote were Bred more glass waa broken and tha wtndowo were badly shattered Magistrate Urtggs sought quick shelter on tho outside and his aeauctetaa ran for cover no noon se he could unwind hlmaelf from hte office rhalr Mr Grigs oald Mat night ha did not know whother to charge hie damage to tn United Plate government tha Btato of Virginia or the oily of Richmond either of whleh may bo called upoa to assume Inaugural Sporcli Wei Considered anil Shows Study In Ccncral View Asserts War and Navy Pass Limit of National Conscience Volley Supporter' Prejudice Against Silk Hats Is Respected by New Executive Governor Byrd waa Inaugurated without wearing a silk hat He wore a new derby not because he con-efcterad a glistening topper tbo ostentatious but simply because he would have to break hte word to do ao it appears (hat a staunch Byrd pniPPorter with swelling voles had enacted a promise: please promise me you wear a ellk hat when you are Up In the Valley they eomnhow Ilka nllk hate Mo the reason he risked a new derby In tha rainy weather (Continued on Twelfth 1'ags) TWO BYRDS IN ONE State Rhetorical soaring la an excreta which ho been common to almost all aiccutlvoa on thslr Inauguration day including nat a few Presidents It la probably true that tho peopta prater Iho old-fashioned Inaugural address but certainly It la not aa popular now aa It has beea In tha pest for oratory la losing vogue Tha usual custom la fa tell tha people (bet they ar living In tha greatest guts In the grandest country in tha Bneat world ki tha universe and that they ar mem-brr of lha grsateat political paity oa earth Thla Is strung out to sum length and then lha new executive aome out flat -fooled By LaMotte Blakely Tha moat striking thing about th llyrd Inaugural add rasa waa tho marked absence of what la variously called "sppln-aauea" and boloney" It la very plain that our new Governor finds it exceedingly hard to deal In pleasant generalities and meaningless platitudes Inaugurations are occasions which or always given over to flight of oratory on may view with alarm point with pride but it la hardly good furm lo deal with facte and talk hois sens Thus on tha Bril day of hte term of office Mr Uyrd proves that ha la aumcthlng new In th way of Governors Thla does nat rarer to the Governors of any particular THE TIMES DISPATCH TODAY TO th general opinion among mmbra of tha Virginia Senate and House of Delegates that Governor Inaugural address waa a well-conoldured that paper ex-proaalng th views of a man who ha given careful study to pro fa-luma that present themselves at thl tlin and who ha approached the problems In Hi alm-rr do-sir to olv them for th hst Iniereste of all rnneerned there ws yesterday scarcely a dissenting vole Many of them pronounced Mr llyrd messHue ih bust of tho sort tb'-y had ever heard There weia to few Who did nut glv It their unqualified Ind'iHN-liietll but Said they approved It In III main and would Mure the new Governor of all piuadlil ro-operutlon In hte attempt to pier Virginia In the van of Iho muat pros rrwlv Plate Thomos uxlln speaker or tha Huiiof iMi-xiil was onthiiwtas Harry Fhnd and lA-uu-nanl-OoM-nioiMler IllrlianI Kvoiyn TtvKiHrrairiH-il Gnvarnor llyrd photographed along with hi temuu brother Lieutenant Coiiimniiilar Richard Evelyn DyH th Hying Toter u-plorer two movie men catching llem shortly after lit Inaugural bdtlreao Th llulnant-commndr Hearing hte naval rcrkud hat II removed th and after" however when photographed (Continued on Eighth Tag) OPPONENTS BALK EFFORT TO SPEED CONSIDERATION OF TAX REDUCTION BILL Senator Norris Warns Leaders Against Attempt to Use Steam' Roller Methods 9 By Associated Frees WASHINGTON Feb The program of Senate leaders tor Speeding up consideration of the tag reduction bill wee Jolted today aa opponunta Munched aliacka on Mvcral provision At Iho eunrliurion of a aeaelnn dv tiled entirely to debate during which leaa than twenty-live members wars on tha floor moat of tha time a proposal to meet an hour earlier tomorrow waa blocked by Panetora Couaena'of MU-htaun and Plorrle of Nebraska Itepublicana Itnlioratlng that he desired to discuss freely aome Kama of tha bilk Henamr Norris warned leaden "irou aren't going to make any proareaa If you alert III eteeiu roller" Chairman Ament of tha Finance Committee In rlierga of I he bill than declared ha would hold tha Henats In aeaelun lomurrow nlHlil Memtiur Wttimuna of North Caroline ranking Democrat on the committee asserted if tan reduction by March II wee to aui of the wu must be hastened CARILLON FIGHT SLATED nimmlttm llulda Hearing un Util TutiigliL Ona of ha Prettl-M fight or this eseion of the tlenenl Assembly la ported in develop tonlatit at Iho bearing hefora the rinano Commit tea of lha Henala and lha Approprta-tloiia Commlllea of tho House elf ting In Joint session on lha bill whleh provides far tha erection of a tarillnn aa Vlrglnia'a war memorial Inntead of a memorial fashioned after tha WrlghMbet design Tho bill was Introduced In lha Panola by Marshall II Hooher of Halifax An Identical measure li apoimored In lha House by Dr Wit len Tha propose! of Vivien peas member of the I Inuse from Norfolk that apodal inhibition fee be abul lehed will reins tp shle ertrnoon before lha Mural and Modal Web fare Commlllea aa a special order There are about twenty no-peUvoa Ity Associated Preaa WASHINGTON Feb William Mitchell renewed hte attack on War and Navy Department aviation poll-cloa late today asserting In a public statement that the bureaucracies they maintain "pass tha limit cf our national conclenee and must ba thoroughly overhauled at orn-a" Mltrhull'a program of led urea will start with an address In New York February 14 and will Inks him Into New Fngland tho Middle and far West fur a ttirav-moiillie' trip On tha West Count ha will visit Angels April I and then work hi way North to Seal lie "I am going throush the country" be said Mouth East and West and bev I uliall accomplish more goad for the nailnnal frnea working from ouield tit our vie than I have by working from within" Tha statement which bad been expected for publication In morning papem of tomorrow waa Issued wit haul restriction tel today The statement was liwiird soon after received nlltelul notification that his relgnniloit from th Army (Continued on Second TRINKLE RECEIVES RUG (Continued aa Hliteonth Page) ASSESSMENT ENABLING ACT RESOL UTION IS DEFEA TED SPORTS Unlveralt will meet 1 naatum tonlghb PAGE 14 John Marahal! quintet will meat Danville Military Institute five at George Wythe gymnasium tonlghL PAGE 14 Lynchburg College defeats 14 lo II In hard-fuught game PAGE II Washington Senates strengthen taking naff by addition of Joe" llush PAGE II Reese results onirli consensus PAGE It INDEX TO COMICS "Tllll tha Toller" PAGE "Bringing Up PAGE II "Polly and Her Pala" PAGE II tt la Orphan Annie" PAGE 14 "Bound to Win" PAGE 14 Arthur Brisbane's Today PAGE 14 Editorial Letters From rather Byrd Views of the Piste Press Votes of the People 'Fifty Yearn Ago PAGI1 4 Farm end Market PAGE IT Oldlnarlisi PAGE I Of Inter! In Women PAGE I Qulckaanda of Lave PAGE 4 Radio program PAGE 14 Nuclei PAGE Poulh Hide News PAGE II "Tho (llrl Who Dared" PAGE I Tour llaaUht by Dr Copeland PAUE LOCAL Harry Byrd formally la In-ana a rated aa Uoverndr of Virginia PAGE 1 Mora power In hands of tsoeu-tlva la urged hr Byrd la Inaugural addreae City Democratla Committee la In unmlary aa to lu authority AGE I Inauguration features FAOB STATE Blase In Stnunlen bwrineae district causes 111104 loss 14 Hnleiii man killed end four hurt In nuto creak 14 Itobbera make haul at Louisa PAGE 14 ML Holon bank rashler Is lodged In Jail on ambesalement charge PAGE 14 UNITED STATE Mllchell renews attack on air pen I'AOK Ptelo of MeryMnd wins la light with Federal government over right try Federal prohibition ngente I Effort to speed up union on Inn reduction bill meets with opimel linn from opponents of measure 1 FINANCIAL Kfc and bond quolellona PAGE 14 Klee in anil money rales makea stock prices Irregular 14 Turk quolellona 14 Financial and husineM saw of Itkbmuad PAGE 11 If YOU Have Rooms to Tre para rent them new I Tab a bint from Mra Mwaln ltl llanovar Av- nu Hb b4 a bedroom nod a living-room new oh ha a roomer It took Just tw days and a Tlme-Dlaprh ctaillld I mk th rhang Mr gwi pleased to el' iiisl revlvd good reaulK frm bee aA Th delfaM Tlme-PI-pt--h rtemlfled d-lightfuliv puneiual in predum ing deiroii reoulia Nrly everybudy In KlrS-ntulid read Time-1 Hep l-n vlaaifM adta-whkh lb rel ren-nn why they pull tm pleasingly If Vutr want la All lbl empty call Haodulph I end nab ter an ad-taker Ip a ready to reroneider ao that tho Important question again may considered by tho body 1 Turn Down (Mlicr Resides these tw major problems that confront the body Council turned down both lha proposals offersd by Alderman Towers and Councilman Miller dsslgned to set soldo certain portions of lha currant revenue fur eir-st Improvement Ceunollman Miller apk to hte ardlnaneis to aeareseta 11 monies derived from vehicular II-pane fee for street Improvements on advocated the Tower ordl-nanr which set oald II cents of every III! la real otst end fiercanal properly Uses fur a siml-sr purpooo Ho In so far aa provision fur si roots Improvements In th fuiuro I conaorned lha oily aland Just as haa far mar than one pear Thera la nothing In sight for a root (Continued an Hecond Tag) CLASS WIRES TRINKLE William and Mrv Nlxilmu At-kmiwhulgc OMigniHitt Among hr telegram received by Itm Trinkle retiring (tovernnr y-aierday was one from tho government and rl'lKunshhi dasa ol Wil-Item end Maty tram muted by John Garland Tollard Th tel'-xram fullawat "lion le Trinkle lltehmiind rlieer in Vlrainu government and nf Iho i'uiee of WlllUm and Mary who in the Met year have fitluwrd your rare: ae Guvernor nf Virginia wlah In nekiinwr thlr sr-'at ohl'a-tln to you the Internal vwu have taken In thm-i ul fur ilia infur tnaGnn end in-pusGm they have d-ilvid Rum a stodv of your addresses They rejuira with you In lh cnnacioiienea of duty well dun (Hlgnadl OAKLAND roLLAI(l Common Council last night sustained Iho roeommendailna of tha Ordlnnnri Committee and defeated th Williams resolution railing upon thn Richmond delegation In Iho General Assembly to asatal In lha proposal la amend tha Canutl-tuilun sf Virginia aa that communities may at their pleasure enact such provisions aa May determined upon la rvtersnce to local iwasiiwnti far street Improvement Tha body was pot eallsd upon to rershidder tha vote by whlrh tha so-railed coke-oven proposition was detested but action looking to that end may ba taken at a special meeting of th body Friday bight at which lima th proposed charier chans- ordinance I I dia cussed and acted upon It woo staled loot night that a majority of th Cnunnll bon agreed I vote I reconsider but a tw thirds vat I horsaeary for action and It I iballsvad that by Friday Bight pan fatal Gift Received by Outgoing Governor From Armenlnn (Indiana The last gift received by Gov ernor Is Trlnkl was a handsome Oriental rug made by Anoshin orphan girl In a Pyrlen or-phanNgn In token of appreciation ble work done ir the Near East Relief Oliver Bands active chairman nf th relief work In Ylmlnl presented the rug to the outgoing Governor yesterday morning of excellent workmanship containing 4M-411 know tho mg measures four feet two Inches by ate fast Hires lbA (Csollnusd an Twelfth Toga) I a.