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thjc dispatch wounded thb times founded ma _ WHOLE NUMBER 18,768. RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1911. THm WEATHER TO-PAY-rir. PRICE TWO CENTS OFFERS SOLUTION OF TOBACCO CASE Gen. Townes Suggests Settlement by Com? mission. PROPOSED PLAN WOULD NOT HELP Former Consul-Gcneral in Rich? mond Interview Says Country Demands Restoration of Na? tural Trade Conditions. Would Divide Indebt? edness. Cutting through tha mare or tcch nlcallUes Burroundtng th>j attempted reorganization of Uio American To? bacco Company, General W. T, iowncs, , lato consul-general ol the United btates to Brazil, in an ihtorvluw at Uie Jefferson Hotel last night, said gnat "what the country needs is a con? dition that restores natural compe? tition In trade." General Townes was organizer and president of the $10. jO'j.uuo I'orto Rican-Amerlcan Tooa. CO Company, wntoh controls practically all the tobacco industry of I'orto Rico. The requisite ?eindltlotis of compe? tition. Intended by tho spirit and In-, tent of tho recent decision oX the United Statoa Supremo Court, can bo brought H/bout, In' his opUiloti. by tho appointment of an ablo and impartial commission, named by tho court- It would be the duty of suoh a commis? sion to represent all lntereiis involved and to work out a solution of the ulth ii/lty. General Townes outline? a plan to take care of the bonded debt of the trust, which would Involvo Its distri? bution among the several Independent companies, which would be reorgan? ized, on eome co.ult.able bAsls. Oppoae l'rul>.mll1"U. Several lndopendcnt tobacco manu? facturers as well as some of the sub? sidiary companies of the American To bacco Company, are opposing the plan tentatively agreed upon between the officers of tho trust, on the one hand, and Attorney-General Wlekersham and Judge Lacomb, on the other. It Is the contention of LJie Rtonardetin Tobaoco Company tsuhsi/iiary i that to subdi? vide the trust Into three companies, as proposed, leaving the American In ex? istence with 1170,000,000, and giving to each of three sections a capital of more than 1100,000,000, would not re etoro conditions of competition In the lobac-co trade. Tho Surbrug Tobacco Company, of Now York (independent), thinks that such settlement "would legalize a reign of terror and that con? ditions would be worse In the future than they -have ever been." J. Plerpont Morgan Is quoted as say? ing of this situation: "You oan't un? scramble an egg." Urged Co-operntlon. General Townes said last night at the Jefferson: "Foreseeing that those very condi? tions of contention would arise ulti? mately before agreement on a plan of settlement of the tobacco trust by de? cision of the Supremo Court, 1 wrote ?everal months ago a letter ;o the sec? retary of the Hoard of Trado of one of our important cities in the heart of the tobacco belt, urging that body to take action at once by the appointment of a committee '.o go before the court ?t New York, with able counsel, to orgo that former conditions of competition In the tobacco trade be restored. I urged that tho trust would make a vigorous fight to retain Its autonomy, with all the power that necessarily wen: therewith; that It would naturally light to retain Its monopolistic posi? tion. "It seems that my prediction has been fullllled. The proposed plan of settlement, as tentatively sgreed on. would not restore competition In any quarter of tho United Slates. As Mr. Surhurg says, the sunctlon of tho pro? posed plan by the highest court would legalize robbery and take away from the people tho light of redress from in? sufferable wrongs. Have Urokeu Shell. "Mr. Morgan thinks "you can't un? scramble un egg.' We can at leusl re? ply thai we hiivo already broken tho bhell of a Very bad cgK. and It doesn't niako It any morn palatable to divide 11 into three parts, although it may be 'well shaken before taken.' What tho country needs Is conditions that restore natural competition In trado.1 1 take It that such was the spirit and intent of the decision of the Supremo Court. "About a year ago I was In corre? spondence with the strongest clgaretto ind tobacco company of Germany and Cairo, Fgypt. who carefully Investi? gated at that time tho advisability of establishing a branch of their manu? facturing business In tho United States. Thoy jin,illy decided that the tobacco trust was too powerful In tho United Btates for them to undertake tho bus? iness In this country, although they themsf.lves had something like J20.000. 000 invested In their business In those countries. Her? was a chanco to build up competition In tho trado. and, al? though - assure you that the matter was at the tlnio seriously considered by the parties, thoy finally took tho idvlcc of their New York bankers, who advised them that tho trust was too Strong for that company to think of competing, and with new and unknown brands of manufactured goods. So the ?chemo fell through. Would Help All. "With an effectual dissolution of the trust, every class of citizens, produc? ers of leaf tobacco and" consumers of manufactured goods, would bo bene? fited. Competition In the purchase of 'leaf would as surely advance Its price as would manufactured goods decline In price. "Thus tho masses of tho people would bo benefited, and tho ten trust barons, holding hundrods of millions of tobacao trust soouritlos, would ceaso to. roup their harvost of plundor of the people. JOIN IN PEACE CELEBRATION North not! Mouth Meet to Ordlcnte Mon? ument tu Atlanta. Atlanta, Giu, October 9.?To dcdlcaU a monument commemorating the (a inous mission of peace undertaken by the Uld OatO City Guards, of Atlanta In l more than 2,000 soldiers, tap resenting many of the eraek mllltnr> organizations of tho North ajid Mouth have arrived hero. The day woe given over to the reception of the visitor* and to-night a reception was held it the Auditorium Armory. Tho chlol event of the peace celebration will be the dedication of tho monument in I'lcdmont Turk to-morrow, following an Imposing parade. A, notablo Incident, occurred this af? ternoon when the officers of the Au clenl and Honorable Artillery, of llos ton, the oldest military organization In America, decorated graves of tin Confederate dead in Oakland Cemetery The wreath was Drought from Bos lon. Kaneull Hall, the home of the Ancknt a.nd Hono-rables, is worked in white and red, while above, on u background of blue, the union of tho North and South Is symbolized by twg hands clasped over the word "Peace." iieneath I? the Inscription. ?Cradle Ol liberty, A. und H. A., of Massachu setts." Garbed In the buff and blue of thr Revolutionary period, and carrying flintlock muskets, the Putnam Phalanx, of Hartford. Conn., arrived this morn? ing, together With the Governor's Foot guard, accompanying Governor Simeon B. It.. I wit,, of Connecticut, and ataJf, und Mayor K. 1-. .Smith, of HUrtford. Oovernor Ilaldwln will act as the rep? resentative of the Ka>t In the tin veiling ceremeny to-morrow The I South will be represented by General i Clifford I* Anderson, acting for Gnv I emor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who Is j prevented from participating by * re- ] cent death In his family. I LYNCHING THREATENED j Coateavtlle Attain U rought Up to High Pitch of Kxeitcnient. Coatesvlllo, Pa.. October 3.?Another \ lynching Is threatened within this county as the result of a brutal attack, made to-night upon Annie McKlhaney. | a student .hi the Coatesville High School, by an unknown negro. Tho I populace has not been wrought to sueh la (ever of excitement nlr.ee the lyncn Irig of Zack Walker here on Sunday, August 13. This evcn'ng Miss McKlhaney. who ; Is the daughter of William MoElhaney, a. prosperous farmer, was on her way home from schood when she was at? tacked by a ne?ro on tho road lead? ing from Cain to Mortonvllle. The girl fought her assailant, and just as. she was being overpowered Frank Wynn, a farmer, came upon the scene. The n?gro, frightened by the ap? proach of VVyhn'a wagon, hurled hin vio.lm to the ground and leaping tho fe-ce darted across Wynn'.s meadow. Wynn gave th'1 alarm and In less than half an hour there were a score of farmers, all armed with shotguns, in hot pursuit. I.ate to-night the posse is scourlhg the country In the vicinity of wher- the attack occurred, and theri ure open threats that If the negro is found he will be shot down. Miss McRlhaney's condition Is se? rious. Besides suffering from the ner? vous shock Incident to the attack, tue girl was terribly bruised by the rougn bundling of the negro. When the man caught the girl aho struck him with her bookB. which she carried In a btrap. This seemed to en? rage him. and he attacked her with u ferocity of a lion. CORNELIUS BLISS DEAD He Long Had Ueeu Prominent In Re? publican Politic*. New York, Octobur ii.?Corneliui Newton H1U?. aged seventy-eight years for years one ol the prominent figures in national lu-p,ubllcun politics and otherwise well known as a merchant und u member of the dry goods nrm of Bliss, Kabyan & Co.. died at his home here to-iiigm of heart disease. The end was not wholly unexpected ae Mr. Bliss hod been 111 for a year. While death is attributed to heart fail? ure, there had been u general breaking down, which comes of old ago. Mr Bliss was horn in Kall River? Mass, In -i.13. Funeral arrangements rvlll bo announced to-morrow. Mr. BUSS was treasurer of tho Re? publican National Committee from lS'j'J to 190s. and previous to that he had been chairman of the New York Slut? Republican Committee. With the late Senator Plait, Senator Depew and ex Governor Levl P. Morton, he had lor years represented New York Stale at Republican national conventions. He twice refused to bocome a candidate for Governor of New York, but fol? lowing the national campaign of lh'.ni, in which William .McKinley was elect? ed President, he accepted the position of Secretary of the Interior in the Mc? Kinley Cabinet. He held this post for two years and then resigned because of stress of private Iniblness. Mr. Bliss had amassed a great fortune. He was i always active In movements for mu? nicipal reforms. For some years he j was president of the American Protec- ] tlve Ivoague. BRIDEGROOM A SUICIDE UCutennnt Kills llliunrlf Six Hour* After Marriage. San Antonio. Texas, October 3.? Scarcely six hours after he had mar? ried Miss Gladys Caruthers, Second 1 Lieutenant John R. Lynch, Third Cuv- I airy,'United States Army, killed him- j self at Fort Sam Houston to-day. Tho | marrlago ceremony was performed al l A. M. He was alone In his room) about 7 o'clock, when two pistol shots were heard. Fellow officers, bursting through the locked door, found tho man dying. One bullet penetrated tho body mar the heart. It is presumed that ho feared the first bullet would not prove fatal, and tired the. sTc'ond shot, the bullet passing through the roof of the mouth Into the brain. No cause for the tragedy has been determined. Lieutenant Lynch enlisted In the army as a private in Missouri In 1307 In August, 1910. ho became a second lieutenant. He served In the field ar? tillery until August, 1910, when he wus transferred to the Third Cavalrj and assigned to Troop M. His father and sister are thought to rcsldo lu Los An? geles, Cal. WILEY AGAIN UPHELD German Scientists Sny Bensoate of Sodo and Reneolc Acid Are Harmful. Washington. October 9.?A full copy of the German health decision uphold? ing the findings of Dr. Wiley that ben zoate of soda and benzole acid are harmful In foods, has been received at the Agricultural Department. This decision was asked for through the State Department as the result of an application of Indiana authorities, wno are engaged in a contest over a State pure food law. The German report reviews Dr. Wiley's experiments and findings, which were overruled by tho Hemsen Rofcree Board In this country, and ?B,ys: "The Royal Sclentiflp Deputation for Medical Affairs lu likewise of the opin? ion that the use of benzole, acid und hensoates should not be permitted for tho preservation? of foodstuffs." Their Whirlwind Cam? paign for Equal Suf irage Ended. CALIFORNIA WILL DECIDE IT TO-DAY Question to Be Settled at Polls by Male Voters One of Vital Importance to Politics of State ? Battle Has Been Vigorous, but Not of "Militant" Sort. [Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.) San Frun'clsco. October 9.?Atter a whirlwind campaign, conducted with an .orderly effectiveness that rivals the most auccossful political campaign of "mere man" within tho history of California, the Equ-U Suffrage Asso? ciation is resting on Its laurels and predicting vlotory to-morrow at the pulis, whilo the aitU*uif raglsts aro no loss certain that the votert, will turn .town tae proposed amendment to uno Slate Constitution allowing women to vote. lho campaign h.-vs been tho hardest fought political contest uus Stato over hai, seen. Ine icmiory aas been ap? portioned among the women making the light; throw-awaye, posters and banner- have beeu displayed every I where, and for the past week San Francisco has been tne eceno ol speeches, rallies and parades, while prominent women trom all quarters ol the United States have sought to clinch tho predicted victory with eleventh nour oratory. "Why Shouldn't My .Mmher Voter* Iii other parts of thu Slate l_ne ex? citement hits jjeen no les? Intense. Tito Ijou Angeles suffragists rivaled in zeal their sisters in rian Francisco. A gi? gantic mass-meoting closed the cam? paign, and (thousands of posters were distributed bearing tno inscription: "Why Shouldn't My Mother Vote'.'" Oakland was also the scene of pre? election enthusiasm, and roports from the far corners of the State Indicate that the women have campaigned thoroughly and been weU received. on the other side of the political fenco the "anils." under the leaders-iip of former United States Senators Frank Pj Flint .and Cornelius Cole, have spared no pains to mold the pop? ular vote against tho measure. They have followed tho suffragettes into the people's homes with arguments against the adoption of the amend? ment, have sought by ridicule to sway the voters, and have organized oppo , sltlon meetings wherever Bno women ? were schedule to speak. The opponents of tho measure scoff j at the women's claim to tho working i man's ballots, and figure on the heavy Chinese vote to defeat tho measure, as it did In 1S96. They havo the entire "saloon vote," and also claim the farm? er vote. Women Confident. The women, on the other hand, ex? pect to carry the large cities, or, al least, break even, and also predict a majority In the rural districts. The question of equal suffrage Is I one of vital importancu to political Calnornia. In the event that the women 1 win at the polls to-morrow, and suc i cecd In forcing an adoption of consti? tutional amendment No. 8, the new or I der will go into immediate effect, and : will add thousands of women voters to the army that will choose the heads of departments In many of Califor? nia's largest cities In December. The threat of legal Interference with the women's vote?provided they got It?has been scouted by legal authori? ties, who state that the way Is clear for the feminine vote this fall should ihc male population vote it in to-mor? row. There seems to be no doubt in tho minds of tho lawyers that thu amendment goes Into effect automati? cally the moment it Is confirmed. This will make registration on October 31 impossible, but will provide plenty of time before December for the propor enrolment of the newly made voters. The campaign throughout has been noticeable for Its absenco of tho phy? sically militant features that helped to defeat equal suffrage, amendments Ii f teen years ago. Everywhere the women workers have displayed a qulol earnestness that has won them many friends, both among the Stuto legisla? tors and tho press, which has been no? ticeably lenient In dealing with tlto issue. Fcmnlr Spellbinders. The women's campaign started sev? eral months ago, when Mrs. Kllzabuth Ijowc Watson, president of the Equal Suffrage Association, appointed dele? gates to propose an amalgamation of the several equal rights clubs thon existing throughout tho State. Tho proposal mot with Instant approval, and the organization was strengthened dally by the arrival of prominent suf fragetto speakers from all parts of the country. These women were sent out in search of tho vote, Just as the malo spellbinder Is. Their expenses wero largely paid by subscriptions raised by equal rights enthusiasts throughout the United States. Particular attention has been paid to tho rural districts. The State cam? paign committee, under tho direction of Mrs. James P.. Hume, ex-president of tho Stato Federation of Women's Clubs, and Miss Blanche Morse, former secrotary of tho same, arranged to cover even the most romoto counties through tholr "circuit riders." Thoy say that their -speakers were met evcrywhoro with courtesy and atten I tivo interest. injured In Explosion. Tellurlde, Col., October 9.?Soven mon were injured, two seriously, to-day In an explosion of dynamite that destroy? ed tho shaft house of tho Lewis mine, eight miles from hero. * The mon were fighting a fire In tho mine, Tho Injured were caught by falling Umbers. The property damage, is small. STEPHENSON MADE 'CHEAP'CAMPAIGN Expenditure of $107,793 for $7,500 Job Con sideved Small. MIGHT HAVE USED $200,000 OR MORE Senator's Managers Tell What They Could Have Done Legiti? mately, if Their Funds Had Not Been Restricted?No Detailed Accounts Were Kept. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 9.? Out of the testimony given to-day be? fore tho United States Senato commit? tee, which is Investigating charges that bribery contributed to tho election of Senator Isaac StephetiBOn. was de? veloped evidence that Stephcnson's campaign managers regarded the $107, 793, admittedly expended, as small compared to the $160,uo0 or $200,000 wh'ch might have been spent on a' more systematic campaign. The ex pcnslveness of the campaign was declared to be partly due to a close light between two factions in the Re? publican party in Wisconsin, one head? ed by Senator Robert M.' La Follette, and the other by Senator Stephenson. a Regular Republican. Supporter of Taft. As showing Senator Stephcnson's position and also as showing how lie had to spend liberally to advertise, campaign literature was read into the record, staling liiat Senator Stephen eon was a believer in the Roosevelt Ideas, and as such was bound to sup? port Mr. Taft for President. The statement from Fordney Sackett, one of the Stephenson campaign man? agers, that $100,000 or $200,000 might legitimately have been spent for the senatorial nomination, brought forth comment from Senator Alice Pomerene, of Ohio, a member of the committee. "If $107,ouu is not enough to nomi? nate a United ?t?te? Senator in Wis? consin, how much is? And what could you do with $200,000 legitimately to se? cure for a man a position with a $7, ?oo annual salary?" asked Senator Pomerene. "We could have been more syste? matic," answered Sackett. "There are approximately 400,000 Republicans in tho Statu. Had- wo tho money, we, should have personally canvassed each voter. This. 1 estimate, wouid have; cost from $160,000 to $200.000. As it was, with our means limited to a lit? tle over $100,000, we could not see each voter and had to gel along the best we could." Senator Stephcnson's vote. It was shown, was 56,SOO out of a total of 211-1,000 votes cast. Answering questions bearing direct? ly on the charges against Scnatot Stephenson, Sackett testified: That money out of Senator Stephen son's fund hud been given to State offi? cials, as In the Instance of State Garni Warden J. W. Stone, who was given $2,500 to work up senlimeni In favot of the Senator. Paid to Candidates. That money was paid to candidates for otl.ee. as in the case of seven can? didates for the Legislature, threo of whom were elected. Although the three men elected afterwards voted fot Senator Stephenson, ihe witness de- j dared, it was not known when the I money was given them that they were candidates. That no complete detailed accounts of the campaign expenses were kept, and that all records after the campaign were destroyed. The statements contained in this tes? timony were declared in the original charges presented to the United States Senate to show violations of the Wis? consin statutes. The assertion thai part of Senator Stephenson's heavy expenses were due to bis desiro to make It generally known that ho was a supporter of Mr. Taft for the presidency came when Sackett, in explaining an advertising bill of $12,646, was required to produce before, ihe committee ono of tho ad? vertisements. JUDGMENT IS VACATED Action In Famous Contempt Case Fal? lows Finding of Supreme Court. Washington, U. C. October 9.?The District of Columbia Supremo Court to? day vacated its Judgment In the orig? inal Bucks Stove and Range injunction contempt cases against President Uom pers, Vlce-Presldi nt Mitchell and Sec? retary Morrison, of the American Fed? eration of Labor, In accordance with the decision of Supreme Court of the United States handed down last May. The Supremo Court held that tho Jail sentences against the labor leaders Were Illegal because the defendants wero found guilty of criminal contempt In a civil case. This decision, however, did not bar the District court from instituting criminal contempt progress on its own motion, and this was promptly done by Justice Wright. There have been vari? ous technical skirmishes In the new proceedings, and it Is expected that a bearing will bo given within the next few weeks. PROPOSED LOAN RATIFIED Nicaragua Will Get Mnny Million? of American Money. Managua. Nicaragua, October 9.?Tho Nlcaraguan Congress, by a vote of 35 to 6, to-day ratified the proposed loan from American hunkers. The loan approved by Congress is for $16,000,000 at 1)0 1-2. It was nego? tiated by Ernest II. Wands, tho Amorl can financial advisor to tho Nlcara? guan government, with Brown Broth? ers and J, and W. Seflgirutn & Co., of New York. Congress also approved a tompornry loan of $1,500,000 from tho same bank? ers at par. Tho planR Include a reform of the monetary system, the establishment of an American bank and tho construc? tion of a transcontinental railroad. * Already Judge Has Weeded Out First Venire of 125 Men. SAME DEFENSE IN BOTH CASES Jury Will Be Told That Gas and Fire, Not Dynamite and Fire, Destroyed Los Angeles Times Building?Model of Newspaper Plant in Court. Los Angeles, October 9.?The trial of tho McNamara brothers, both of whom axe under Indictment for murder In connection With the explosion which wrecked tho Los Angelos Times, on October 1, 1910, virtually was begun hero to-day beforo Superior Judge Walter Bordwell, although, perhaps, I nobody except District Attorney John ID. Fredericks, knew whether John J. i or James B. McNamnra would sit In tho prisoner's chair when the case I formally is called day after to-morrow ! Indications pointed to James B. McNa mara as the llrst man to be tried. Of the 125 men named In tho first veniro of prospective Jurymen, 122 re? sponded to a call for preliminary ex? amination, and at the closo of court Judge Bord well had weoded this num? ber down to forty-live, who were in-, structed to return Wednesday. All vonlromen were excused who were able to show that their business would suffer If they became Jurors In a trial of long duration. Will Have Same Defenae. Whichever man goes on trial Wed? nesday, tho defense. It was said to? night, will be the samo?that the Times building was destroyed by gas and lire, and not by dynamito and fire Out beyond the hills north of town thqri has been conducted a series of secret explosive experiments. Repeat? ed discharges of gas and dynamite have plowed up the earth In ordur that j any difference In the action of tho ex? plosives might' bo shown. Beyond the results of these experi? ments, spectators at tho trial will see a miniature business block, complote to tho most minute detail, set on a tal.de beforo the Jury'. Tho structure |b a model of the Los Angeles Times [ building, with one 3lde cut away to show tiny printing presses, linotype machines, desks and all tho machinery of a great newspaper office. By this model the defense hopes to demonstrate the effects of the explosion In accord? ance with Its theory. There will not bo a session of court to-morrow, because of a State election on proposed constitutional amendments. "Uneventful" Careera. Sitting in a corridor Just outside his cell In the county Jail, John J. McNam ara, secretary-treasurer of tho Inter? national Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, briefly sketch? ed what he termed tho uneventful lives of himself and his brother, James B. McNamara. "I was bom In Cincinnati, December 23, 187C," he said, "and I am the old? est) of six children living, although there were ten children originally. I attended the common schools in Cin? cinnati until 1 was twelve years old, and then took a three-year course In a business college. "Nothing of any Importance hap? pened to me untn the panic began in I 1892, when I turnod my hand to any? thing and overything to keep the pot boiling, as they say. "I did my first brldgework at Cin? cinnati In 1898, Joining tho union the next year. Between 1898 and 1904, 1 visited various sections of tho Middlo West, following my trado and working on steel bridges, viaducts and similar : structures. "I have hold all of tho offices In lo? cal unions, particularly in thoso of [ Cleveland, and have attended all tho conventions of tho International asso? ciation since 1902. I was elected sec? ond vice-president at the. convention at Kansas City In 1903, and was chosen secretary-treasurer at Toronto In 1901. 1 havo held that ofllco ever since. "The Inst bullding I worked on was the Rockefeller structure in Cleveland. 1 left that Job to go to' Toronto, and It was held open for mo If I wanted to go back, hut I didn't, as I had been made secretary-treasurer and had my 1 ttmo fully taken up with the duties of that ofllco. 1 "The offices of tho fntornntlonal As? sociation were In* New York when I was llrst electedT Later, for senti? mental reasons, I was Instrumental in ! having them moved to Cleveland. Two ' years after tho olllces were removed there, another change was mado to Indianapolis, for the reason that so many labor orKanlzatlons had their In? ternational headquarters there. I "I never planned my life far ahead. The work of an Ironworker probably precludes such planning, for such a man does not know when he leaves homo in the morning that ho will re? turn at night. It probably tends to? wards fatalism. Admit led to Bar. "I wanted to learn of the organiza? tion in which 1 held ofTioe, particularly j tho legal end of It, and so I attended ! tho Indianapolis College of Ijiw and was sdmltted to practlco In 1909. "There Is llttlo elso about my lifo oxcopt my arrest. 1 am an Invetorato reader, and always havo been, of books treating with economics and Industrial matters." James B. McNamara, who sat quietly by while his brother tnlkod, also was born In Cincinnati. Ills birthday was Juno 2. 1882. He attonded tho common schools and then learned tho printer's trade, which ho has followed almost continuously over since, working In Job offices lip Chicago, Clovoland, Cincin? nati and othor cities. "Unlike me," said John J. McNamara, "my brother has nevor been especially actlvo In trades union affairs." WAR ON UNRIPE FRUIT i.orrnimfnt Prepare* tit ConfUcnte Im. proper Shipments. Washington, October 3.?Tho Depart? ment of Agriculture has prepared for confiscation of any shipments of un? ripe oranges or other unripe fru't from Florida. Secretary Wilson, who has been In communication with the Florida agricultural authorities. an? nounced to-day that any attempts to ship art'flchally ripened fruit out of! Florida or lo "process" unripe fruit on Its Journey to the North would bo the signal for government activity. A shortage in citrus fruits has do-1 veloptd throughout the North, with accompanying high prices. Much of this shot-tag" is dun. It is claimed, to tho enforcement of tho Florida Stato law prohlibitlng tho Bhipmont of un- j rlpo fruit, and tho Federal pure food i decision, which prohibits tho trans- ? portation of artltlclnlly ripened or colored fruit. Tho Agricultural Department Is pro-1 parcel to act under the pure food law.' Or. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of tho J Bureau of Chemistry, which nas Juris? diction over the. matter, staled to-; day that If advised of any such ship? ments, inspectors would examine tho fruit at destination and tako any' necessary action. * "Fruit may bo picked green and: ripened by natural processes without running counter to tho pure foo<i regu? lation." said Dr. Wiley. "Green fruit ripened by the 'sweating process,' with the aid of chemicals, or by trans? portation in steam heated cars, can? not be transported without violation of the pure food regulations." Tho order against the artificial ripening of fruit was issued a year ago. It 1b claimed that it haB had the effect of holding back early citrus fruits from tho North. Florida Stato : authorities and fruit growers and ship? pers who are conforming to its pro I visions have asked the Agricultural i Department to aeo that It is rigidly enforced. INVITATION TO NATION I l utcmled by All-South Conferenct Through President I "ft. I Memphis, Tctui., October 9.?To th? nation, through a telegram sent to . I President Tall, tho All-South Confer once to-day Invited citizens of th<i . I United Stales lo travel through the | j South and tho Southwest In going to] the two Panama Expositions tu be hold i ; in California in 1915. OroBvenor Dawe, managing director of tho Southern Commercial Congress, was named chairman of the committee ? that sent tho following telegram to ! the President: : "Recognizing your statesmanllko In? terest in the South und your unvary? ing friendship, us shown by your pub ? He acts, the AU-Souih Conference, iq I session at Memphis, sends greetings tu 1 tho nation through you us President of a united people. The South as o wholo is desirous that It and its pros? pects should be more fully understood by the nation at largo. "The All-South Conference therefore invites *tho nation to visit the South during tho soml-centennlul years of l'.'ll to 191a, that tho nation may come to realize how nationally important a I recovery the South has made, shown In municipal advancement, unusually healthful conditions, educational prog? ress, commercial ontorprlsu and agri? cultural leadership. > "T-he heart of tho South Is warm with national Impulses. To see the j South Is to believe In it, and we UBk to have our progress measured by ac? tual sight, rather thun by statistics." Similar telegrams are to be sent to the Governors of all States. DELUGE OF MOTIONS Supreme Court Hear* Many When It Convenes After Receaa. Washington. D. C, October 3.?A deluge of motions from sixty-odd at? torneys met the Supremo Court of the United States when it convened to-day, after a four months' recess. Tho court then adjourned until to-morrow, when It will begin hearing cases. Prominent among tho many motion.* for early consideration wero tboso In? volving the so-called Louisiana unC Missouri rate cases. Involving the ques? tion of State regulation of Interstate commerce; tho leasing of public coal lands, consolidation of Presbyterlun churches throughout tho country, and constitutionality of the naturalization law of 1306. Attorneys for tho Commonwealth of Virginia asked tho court to "spood the cause" in the suit of tho Commonwealth ugalnnt West Virginia to rcqtiiro tho latter to boar a portion of the Virginia State debt at tho tlmo West Virginia became a Stu/o. Tho Supremo Court has handed down Its opinion holding West Virginia should pay a portion of the debt, but It has not Issued Its man? date requiring West Virginia to do so. HUGE DISCREPANCY FOUND It Is Heven led by Inventory of Wash. Ington .Navy Yard. Washington, D. C, October 9.?A dls-| crepuney of over $;i.JSS,271 between the material on hand and that called for by tho books of the Washington Navy Yard, was shown by tho inven? tory of that yard .lust completed, ac? cording to an announcement by Secre? tary of the Mavy Meyer to-day. This Is the first Inventory of rocord made at this yard within the lusl twenty-1 live yours The discrepancy is attributed to loose bookkeeping method-, which Secretary Meyer set out some time ago to cor? rect. Tho Washington yard was the la.st| ' to have the' new accounting system es? tablished, the Boston, New York Phil? adelphia. Portsmouth, N. H? Pugot South, Marc Island. Charleston. S. C., Cavlto und Olongapo yards preceding Washington, The Navy Department officials stated! explicitly that there Was no Indication whatever that moral turpitude was In? volved in the discrepancy, and that it undoubtedly was due to the antiquated bookkeeping methods. SUGGESTS CONFERENCE Texan Governor Scrk? Mean* in Pre-' vent Depreciation of Cotton Prices. Austin, Tex., October 9.?Suggesting*' that the depreciation in the price or cotton Is not Justified by the supply . and proposing that a conference be-, tween Governors and Commissioners of Agriculture of Southern'States be held with n view to preventing price do. preclntlon. Governor Colqultt to-day sent n telegram to Governors of South? ern States repotnmendlng tho plan.! Governor Colqultt believes, ho says,' that Texas, as tho chief cotton produc-l lng State, should take the lead in tho mattor. ? Gates Flung- Open on Best fchow-Ever Given in Virginia. HOWARD LL VAN CIRCLES ABOVE All Eyes Turned Skyward as; Three Performers in Air Daz? zle Thousands by Daring Feats ? Grounds Filled With Exhibits That Sur? pass All Seen Before. With no special feature overshadow? ing any others, but with all features especially good, tho Virginia Stato Fair Association threw wide Its gates at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and?? on unofficial estimate?entertained about .i.ouu visitors through the day. President Henry Fairfax and ex President Henry C. Stuart, who were on the grounds early and continuously, were much Impressed with tho open? ing day, pleased with the attendance* and more than usually satlsllea with the character and number of tho ex? hibits- Many people were walling at the gates when thuy wcro Hung open, but tho majority of tho people wont out In tho aftornoon, in tlmo to bo present for the races, which were of high class In addition to the staged attractions, the free features of the day were the simultaneous ascension of tho Curttss type biplane. In the hands of Howard LeVan, tho parachute drops by Profes? sor Hulchoson and tho flight of tho dlrlgiblo balloon by Professor Crew. LeVan Circles Far. LeVan, In the latter part of the eve. ning, made two tout (lights, and then* in regular tltght, circled the grounds and wafted his way out over tho Heids to the northwest. Ho rose to a height i of about bOU feet, and in his aerial evolutions attracted much attention. Around him tho dlr^glblu moved along Its airy path, and from the heights above Hutcheson, clinging wildly to a frail rope, dropped to terra firms from six parachutes. Hie descents appeared easy?as most descents are?but they looked more dangerous. Twice ho went up and canto down, each tlmo alighting softly and gracefully on tho inclosed Hold. At tho same tlmo boneatb, the Vlc | tor's band, a freo attraction, played stirring tunes, and trapeze artists and \ tumblers labored In their art. Horses were racing around thu one-mile track, und from Midway came the belated sound of Bedlam turned loose. There wus more than tho eye could see m a glance, and the noise and tho music were changed Into a medley. In which the various sounds were not dis I UngulBhable one from anotner. Leaden Sky Above, j Above all drooped a leimen and sad? dening sky. But there was no patter of rain, and all the winds from the tout corners of tho earth were at calm. Hutcheson in his balloon was not blown from his course, and each tlma descended Into the soft gruss of the Held. On his second ascension he went so high that his hot-air balloou looked, like a small black bull In the sky. Five parachutes dtopped around him, and he emerged from tho cloud swing? ing wide and free. Though there wus BOmo difficulty ex? perienced by Mr. Upton In starting sev? eral of the harness races, the card, events for the llrat day wire above tho average, the entries being full, and. ninay favorites showing. As Is al? ways the case, tho two steeplechases were spectacular, and tho crowds watched with bated breath and beat? ing heart the nnish at thu last hurdle. Clarence llnll Thrown. In tho llrst run of tho hurdles tho riders of CHoppor and Joe Mason camo a cropper, the llrst at tno second hur? dle, and the second at tho hfth hurdle. Neuner was hurt, and both remounted and rodo tholr horses trotn the held, liut In tho second hurdle raco Clarenca Hall, a Richmond rider, whose homo Is not far from tho Fair Urounds, was thrown from tho Jump in front of tho grundstand, and was rendered unconscious- Hall was riutng Miss English. Tho horse brushed the Jump, and landed with all four feet In the ditch, turning a somersault and hurl? ing tho rider over her head. The mount doubled up. and lay still for a few seconds, but was able to regain her feet and so be led nway. Walker was removed from the. track, and was later taken to the emergency hospital by Dr. Hulcher, of the city ambulance corps. Consciousness was soon restored, and ho was said not to bo sorlously Injured, Mrs. Walker wit? nessed the accident from the grand? stand. No Improper Shows. Midway, morn than usually freo from Improper shows, was alive with slow-moving folk and the sound of tho tambourecn and tho spieler's voice. Sharp sounds clashed In an unmusical medley, but the people has? tened from one tent to the other, ex? pecting each to be hotter than tho last, and Unding something good and worth seeing In all. Some of tho show 1.plu had not yet arrived, but all will "be In their places by noon to-day. and, with a few exhibits moro to be placed, tho fair will ho In full swing, and there will ho nothing lacking in what tho fair management declares and is now showing to bo tho best fair hold since the first half a dozen years ago. Between and during tho events set as the sba'r attractions given fre?j .to t|to PutiJIc, a thousand people streamed through the exhibits which they had come to see., Thu exhibits of the boys' corn clubs and thirty.eight county ex? hibits attracted especial attention. King Corn is still In his own domain, and finds a close second In tobacco, one of the staple prodiict? In the State, Notwithstanding the unusual dry (Continued on Seventh Page.)