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i
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on Richmond's Home News.
65th YEAR
VoL(J>lU OS.
M J1UHR
CLOUDY
PRICE, 2 CENTS
RENEWED EFFORT
TO FORCE STRAIT
IS IN FULL SWING
Concerted Attack by French
and British Allies Is *
Made on Turks.
FRESH LANDING EFFECTED,
AND ENEMY SURPRISED
Important Crest Is Captured, and
Many Guns and Pris
oners Taken.
AIR RA.ll) OVER ENGLAND
Z?*ppellni? Descend on K?st Coast and
Tnko Toll of Fourteen
Lives.
Germans Are Checked
in Region of Riga
EXCKI'T Iii Hie rrKtoii oi Kica,
nJtrrr the (ifrinium evidently
Imvf lieen rhfckril, the Trutunlv
hnntn k 1111 arc muvtni; forvritrd In
their Hfortu to drive tlie ItumlnnN
from (he Ilnltii* province* nnd I'o
laml. The Muncovlten continue to
Afcht ohntlnnte renr-Rrunrd brltlefi.
I.om/u. the Hunnlnii ntroiichoid on
the \nrew, linn lieeu eu|itnredi
Kovnu In beliiK tlirenteued, nud
\ linn. Koine ? mllrn northennt of
U uriiin, In being rincuntrd lij the
I'lvlllun population. The Teutonic
drive eantwnrd from north of \\ nr
?nw nod nlonu (he Ylntnln continue*.
?'hllf In the rctsion hrtwern the
Vlntula nnd the Hug nnd nlonc the
Vlepr* the Htmnlnnn Mill nre fnll
lnj? baek before the oncoming Ten
lonn.
(?rnrrnl Mr Inn lliitnllton report*
a Rnln for the utile* on <>nlllpoll
of iI?M? jnrdn over n front of riOO
ynril? near Krltliln, the enpture of n
hill near Surl llnlr, nnd 11 nev Intid
i
j I ?k of allied forcen nt nouie un
I named point on the penlnniiln. Can
I Mil n t Inoplc ndmlt* two InndliiK* by
the allien. Oue of thene ?ao north
of Arl Hurnii, where "a nlltcht nd
vnnce" wak mailt' under proteetlou
of the Frelifh .Tlt? Jttlirr Hinr
at Karnchnll. a?ar,Jii*^hMd Of the
fiulf of SuriiN. Here the nllle* nre
declared to lin\e lieen ilrlirn back.
The <>ermnn* huve Inuiiched nn
ollirr nlr rnld on the ennt conxt of
Kniclnnd. und allied airmen luive tif
tocked two tonim In llnvnrln.
Two ven<ielii of the lirltlnli nni'T
linte met with dlnimter. The nuv
lllnr.t rrnher liidln lin? lieen ncnt
to the bottom olT the ^ivcdlnli count
hv n (iermnn nlihmnrlnc. mid the
tor pedo-bon I de*trovor l.ynx linn
been mink In the North *?en by n
mine.
!.< iNDON. Auruki 10. -Tlx- !>? winning
? if now ami r?-nt?*r efforts to force the
I tarda nelle.* together with ,t Zeppelin
raid on ih< east const of England, in
which fourteen persons w? r< killed and
fourteen wounded, were the features of
to-day's war news.
While no details of thf?j new op
. rations In the Dardanelles have been
xiven out. the public has been allowed
to learn that the hope for a successful
issue there is brighter. The renewed
atterrot against the Turkish positions,
which apparentlj is in full swing,
seems to he a concerted one. Attacks
are being made at the tip of the pen
insula. alone the Krithia road, where
:i gain of 200 yards on a front of 300
s ards has been made, and at Sari Bair,!
where an important erest has teeti no- j
cupied.
"Elsewhere." General Hamilton re-;
ports, "a fresh landing has been sue-I
cessfullv effected and considerable)
progress made." This landing evidently!
was a surprise to the Turks, as 630!
prisoners, a number of guns and a'
quantity of material are leclarcd to
have been taken by the British forces.)
A Turkish official report supplies the'
localities of two landings. According
to this, forces were put ashore in the
environs of Karachnli, a town on the
road which skirts the north shore of
the Gulf of Saros, opposite the neck of
the Galllpolt Peninsula, and near Ari
Burnu. This latter place, although it
is not shown on available maps, is be
lieved to be at the foot of Sari Bair,
just north of where the Australians are
holding a strong position.
At Ari Burnu, the Turks admit that
the landing was successfully carried
out. but they claim to have d^.-perscd
the troops which came ashore near
Karachnli. It Is believed In military
circles here that the landing a't Kara
chali was only a feint to disguise the
real Intention of the allies.
The forcing of the Dardanelles is
realized by military critics hern to be
of the greatest Importance, for they
assert that It Is the only way that the
allies can render Immediate aid to
Russia.
In addition, it Is believed a success
at Constantinople would bring the
Balkan states definitely over to the side
of the quadruple entente.
GF.ri.MANS LOSE 7.I0PPEMX
IX H AID OVKIt RXfiUXD
In their aerial raid over the Eng
lish coast Inst night the Germans lost
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Delightful Overnltht Sail to Baltimore.
Via York River and Chenapeake Bay. Only
S3M one way. $4 and H.fiO round trip. At
tractive week-end trip. Inquire 907 E. Main,
or phone Mai!. 172, relative Atlantic City anil
Niagara Kalis cheap excursion fares.
Flat Rejection
Sent to Austria
7 his Country Repudiates Vi
enna's Suggestion That It Has
Violated Neutrality.
WASHINGTON. August 10?Tho
United States (jovi'rniiiPiit lo-?la.v dts
l patched to Vienna a reply rejecting the
Aust ro-Ilungarian views recently set
forth In a note contending that :hi?
great scale on which war munitions
are heing exported from Am'crlca to
enemies of the Germanic allies "is not
In consonance with the definition of
| neutrality."
i The reply may he made public later
i by agreement between the two gov
ernments. Though framed in diplo
matic language and entirely friendly in
.tone, it Is understood to repudiate flatly
the suggestion that the United States
has permitted violations of neutrality
and to stand firmly upon the right of
I American exporters to send war sup
t plies to belligerents able to purchase
and receive them.
The 1'nited States always has h'-ld
( that this is an unquestioned right, and
, high officials have pointed out that to
j prevent euch shipments to one coun
try because another was not in a posi
tion to receive them would in itself
violate neutrality. Precedents also
i have heen recalled, where In previous
] wars Germany and Austria imported
? arms extensively
The Austro-llungarian note set forth
the views of that government, and sup.
nested that the United State? tnisrht
make redress by informing Austria's
I enemies tha' the supply of foodstuffs
Ismri war material to them would be
?.suspended unless legitimate trade In
1 th?-se articles between the United
i States and neutral countries was per
mitted. According to Austrian .and Ber
lin reports, this complaint was sent
after a conference between the Aus
trian and German Forelcn Offices A
similar note. it was said, would h?
sent to the I'nlted States by Germany
and Turkey
BIG SHIPMENT OF GOLD
Tnrnty-Flvf Motor TrurkR Will Mnre
*."10,(100,<100 to Suhtrriikur^.
NKW YORK. August 1".?The value
of a gold shipment from England to
i New York, now on its way here from
Halifax by special train, is $50,000,000.
? according to It. R. M. Cowie, vice-prt-si
j dent and jreneral manager of the Amer
ican Express Company, whi-h has the
shipment in charge Mr. Cowie said
I to-night the shipment was expected to
? arrive here to-morrow morning. Twen
! tv-five motor trucks will "ransfer it
to the subtreas'iry in Wall Street.
There has been much speculation in
financial citcles to-day as to the-value
( of the shipment. J. P. Morgan & Co.,
1 the consignees, refused to give any
Informatloti rcgatdinj; the amount or
'the purposes for which it is to be used.
THIS NATION AN EXCEPTION
Only (Irrnt I'ovrcr Which l!n* Not
Abused f'h In >.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 10.? In an
address to-night to th<- International
Immigration fonpross, Kef Owyang,
Chinese commissioner to the Panama
Pacific Exposition. said the Cnited
States is the only one of the great
powers whi^h had not abused China.
"The T.'nlted States is the only pow
erful nation." Mr <">wyang .-aid, "that
h;us not. at any time, resorted t<>
methods of bullying. coereinT or brow
beating r"hina for commercial train."
He said he found much to condemn,
however, in the operation of the Chi
nese exclusion act. which he charac
terized as an "unjust law. a breach of
treaty," and the only possible cause
of friction between the two countries.
BILBO IS EASY WINNER
Me Win* Nomination for Governor Over
Four Opponent* liy 1,072 Votes.
JACKSON. MISS.. August 10.?Theo
dore G. Bilbo. lieutenant-Governor nf
Mississippi, was nominated for Gover
nor by a majority of 1,072 votes over
his four opponents in the Democratic
State primary on August 3. according
to an announcement to-night by the
Democratic State Executive Committee,
which canvassed the returns to-day.
l.ee M. Russell was nominated for
Lieutenant-Governor by a majority of
14.CSS.
The committee voted to table a reso
lution embodying charges of illegal
voting in several counties ind asking!
for an investigation of the charges.
MEETING HELD IN NEW YORK
Conference of ?-"edernl Reserve Uonrd >
Cnuscs Much Speculation.
I NEW YORK. August 10.?The Federal I
I Reserve Board, which usually meets in
; Washington, held a conference here to- j
' day in the offices of the Federal Rc-I
i serve Hank of New York. The session,!
! following the visit of Secretary McAdoo
j tq Wall Street yesterday, caused con
I sidernhle speculation.
An official announcement by II. Parker
i Willis, secretary of the board, said the |
[meeting was held to "clear up matters:
| of pending business, which had been,
I held open through the absence from ;
| Washington of several board members." j
TIME NOT YET RIPE
| Fanners fnnnot Render Scrvlce* Now'
Given by Retailers.
! ST. PAUL,, MINN., August 10.?The:
time is not ripe for direct co-operation
between farmers and consumers and
t elimination of the middleman, accord
ing to the report submitted to-day to
the Federation of German-American
Catholic Societies, in annual convention
here, by a special committee. The re
port declared the cost of living had
increased materially, and that farmers
were not obtaining proper prices, but
that the retailers were rendering a
service to the consumer which tho
farmers at present cannot replace."
T
President Wilson Issues Order
Following Request of Com
mander McNamee.
CUTS HIS VACATION SHORT
Will Return to Capital at Once,
Following Startling Turn
in Situation.
WASHINGTON. August 10.?The situ
ation in Mexico look a new and start
ling turn to-day. and It is believed
there is a strong probability that a
.clash between the United States and
Carranza is imminent. v
The developments of the d?v were: !
Commander McNamee. In command of!
, the naval forces on the cast coast, re
Port. <1 that mobs in Vera Cruz were
? being incited to intirder foreigners, and!
t 'at the situation was ??xtremelv seri
ous. He ask or] that two battleships be
sent to him at iinco.
In response to his rPr|?eM ,h? battle-'
ships Louisiana and New Hampshire!
sailed to-night from Newport R r
for Vera Cru.r. The gunboat Marietta I
has also been ordered from Progreso i
to Vera Cruz. It |? understood also
that the gunboats Wheeling and!
Machias. which are on the Mexican'
coast, have been ordered there.
President Wilson has decided to cut |
short his vacation at Cornish N H I
and return to Washington at once." He'
?is expected to arrive to-morrow night!
or on Thursday, and hold a Cabinet
meeting on Friday.
nr. Ortega, the Guatemalan minister)
to Mexico, who was ordered expelled hy ?
< arranza, has been taken on board the j
gunboat Sacramento at Vera Cruz for
safety. His wife and daughter are
with him They will be brought to the!
t n!t*d States.
Th" Navy Department hurriedly pre-!
pared plans to divert from Haiti some'
'of the marines and ships which are now
there - This will he done if tho
atlon at Vera Cruz becomes more criti-:
cal.
Naval officers expressed the opinion
privately that within a short time a
large part of the Atlantic Fleet will b*? i
sent south to Mexican waters.
Announcement was made that more
troops will be sent to the Mexican!
bornor at nnc^.
tw o n.vn i,i;snip?!
lU'SIIKD TO VKnA CRUZ
WASHINGTON. D. C. August 10.^
Two-American battleships. tlnrtrmnST^
| an* and the New Hampshire, sailed to-i
night from Newport. R. I., ror Vera
Cruz in response to an urgent requesti
from Commander McNamee that his'
fleet of gunboats In Mexican!
waters be re-enforced in view of anti-l
? foreign demonstrations at CarranzaV
4ipital.
It is understood President Wilson
himself ordered the warship! sent, al
though 110 official here would even ad
inilt that they had sailed Care was
taken to point out that any naval or!
j military activity at this time would be
purely precautionary, and co-ild not he
[construed as having any connection
thp Pan-American conference,
which is to be resumed in New Vork
to-morrow to complete a Program fori
t ? st..ration of government in Mexico ?
Official reticence concerning the
.movements of the Louisiana and \>? j
j Hampshire is due largely to a fe-,r that:
if news of their comine reaches Ver-t 1
|< ruz ahead of the ships the alrendv
'Jaled1" "i,Ua,ion ,h*rft n'i(rht be aggra".
KFFECT OF ACTION
ON MKXIC.WS FKAIIKD
Commander McNamee, the senior
American naval officer on the Gulf!
coast. cabled his request for re-enforce?
ments last night, and the two battie- |
ships Immediately were ordered held i
in readiness to proceed. To-day, aftet J
conferences between Secretary Lan .
sing and Rear-Admiral Renson. acting
Secretary of the Navy, it way tinder
stood tho sailing of the ships would be
delayed per.diiiR fuller reports from
! Vera Cruz, and that, if possible tne
sending of any considerable additional
I force would be avoided on account of
I the effect such a step might have on
work of the Pan-American conference.
President Wilson, at Cornish. X. H.,
was advised by telephone of Comman
der McNamee's report, and several!
hours later a long code dispatch I
reached the N'nvy Department from |
Cornish. Then it became known tht?|
"hips had been instructed to start forj
Vera Cruz at once.
Secretary Lansing, who left to-night
for New York to attend the Pan
American conference, would not lis- j
i uss naval movements further ilian tol
admit that a ship would be sent to re-j
place one which will bring the Brazil-j
ian and Guatemalan ministers to tho
United States. He said thai on account J
of continued bandit raids pn the bor-1
der orders soon would be issued to i:i- |
crease the American military fo'ces
there, but at the same time declared
emphatically that neither this action
1 or any movements of ships had any
hearing whatever upon the plans or
ihe Pan - \inerican conference
Mr. Lansing said he expected to he
back .'it h!s desk on Thursday morning,
"if we have good luck." ??
President Wilson will be back in
Washington in time to attend a Cabi
net meeting on l'riday, at which both
ihe program of the Pan-American con
ference and Ihe situation at Vera Crn:?
will l>e discussed. Secretary of the
N'avy Daniels started for Washington
to-night from Asheville, N. C.
PAN'-AMKRICAN CONFKIIKN(,'K
AVI I.I. HKASSF, >1 HI.15 TO-I>A*
new YORK, August 10.?With th?>
reassembling here to-morrow of the
ambassadors and ministers of six South
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$3.00?WEEK-END RATE?fct.OO
Norfolk arid Western Rnllwuy.
To Norfolk ond netum.
MINETREE FOLKES
DIES SUDDENLY
Commonwealth's Attorney of
Richmond for Ten Years
Passes Away.
TRIBUTES TO HIS CHARACTER
Funeral Will Take Place To
Morrow Morning From Broad
Street Methodist Church.
Min?-tree Folkes, Commonwealth's
Attorney for Richmond for ten years,
a man prominent in many avenues of
public life, beloved in domestic scenes
and popular amoni; all who knew him,
died in St. Luke's Hospital yesterday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, after :i brief
illness. His siirtilf-n death shocked the
cUy. and there w?-re many expressions
of sympathy :md erief over his un
timely passlnc He had been ill only
since Saturday, though his health had
been bad for several weeks. Early
yesterday morninc his condition be
came worse. and though his suffering
was intense he ? bore up with a smile
until unconsciousness relieved him of
his pain. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock
he was removed to the hospital. His
condition was then so critical that Dr.
William H. Parker, the attending phy
sician, held out no hope for his re
covery. Within less than throe hours
the end had come.
ofpkkssl:!) iiv m ai)i;\
OF OFFICIAL DUTIES
Mr. Folkes had been suffering with
a complication of internal troubles, and
it was found, after his removal to the
hospital, that pneumonia had set in.
He had been advised by relatives and
friends to go away for a time so that
he might have a complete rest, but he
was oppressed by the burden of his
official duties and decided to remain
until the midsummer had brought the
usual surcease to the burden of court
affairs.
Mr. Folkes had served the people of
Richmond as Commonwealth's Attorney
for ten years, and was in the second
year of his third term. When he was
first elected to the office of public
prosecutor ten years ago "ie was op
posed by Major Hunsdon Cary and John
Howard. Major Cary ran against him
a second time, Mr. Folkes defeating
him by a large majority. There was
no opposition to Mr. Folkes during his
third campaign.
WAS ONCE COMMAXDgH OF
SONS OK VKTBIIAXS
~Mr. Folkes had also served in public
office as a member of the City Demo
cratic Committee from Madison Ward.
He was a member of the R. E. Lee
Camp. No. 1, Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, and was once its .nmmander
and once its treasurer. In the Con
federate Reunion of 1S00 Mr. Folkes
was chosen to deliver the address to
the visiting Sons and Daughters of the
Confederacy at their gathering held in
Masonic Temple.
He was prominent in several frater
nal circles, and was popular with all
with which he was affiliated. He was
a member of the blue lodge of masonry
in the Henrico Union Lodge, No. 130,
a member of the McCarthy Council.
Royal Arcanum, a member of the Red
Men and a member "f th>* Richmond
Aerie of Eagles. In his religious affil
iations he was a member of Broad
(Continued or Tenth Page.)
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C. l.uiuMiIen ?( Son 7
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Southern furniture Co I)
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Taylor A- llrown . . i:i
Trajcle Druur Co II
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United Doctor* .*1
Vletor Theater ;i
Virginia Kitchen . 12
Popular Official Dies Suddenly
3ZSZ
>11NKTKKE FOLKKS.
For Ten Yours Citmmoinvcalth's Attorney of Richmond.
Vessel Goes Down OfT Swedish Const,
and Eighty of Crew Arc
Hcseued.
DESTKOYEIl LYNX IS LOST
Sinks in Xoith Sen After Striking
Mine?Four Trawlers Also Added
to Day's Toll Taken by Kaiser's
I'nderwater Fighters.
BERLIN, August 10 < by wireless to
Sayville I.?The British auxiliary cruise*
India, of T.'toti ton,, has bee;* torpe
doed o<??. the Sw?fl>sh' rr*r<T*r.JM Eighty
members of the crew were snved.
The India was attacked at a point
north of Rodge when entering Rest
fjord. The rescued men were picked
?P by the Swedish steamer Goestalanrt.
The India belonged to the Peninsular
and Oriental Line, and was built in
189tf.
The place of attack on the India iie?
alonp the steamship lane between Kn^
land and the Husslnn port of Arch,
angel. Rest fjord is f( bay six ml'.o*
lonK on the northwestern coast ot
N'orwav.
TonPKDo-noA'r dkstiiovkii
SINK nv HKIOIAN MIVB
1.0XPO.V, August 10.?The Rritish
torpedo-boat destroyer Lynx was sunH
in the North Sea yesterday after sfik
inB a mine, the press bureau annoum-.a
to-day. Keni ..nicei'* and twenty-two
men of ! he crow weiv saved.
The Lynx displaced 935 tons, was
260 feet lone and capable of traveling
thirty-two knots an hour. She carrica
three four-inch guns and four twenty
one-inch torpedo tubes. Her comple
ment in normal times- was 100 officers
and men.
\
SrnMAUINE IS SI XK
111 '1'L'ItKISII A KltOJ'l. \ V13
CONSTANTINOPLE, August D (via
Berlin. August 10. by wireless to Say
vllle).?A submarine of the entente
allies was sunk near Bulair this after
noon by a Turkish aeroplane, which
| threw bombs upon the craft. All the
i crew were lost.
I'Ot It lilt ITISII llt\ \\l,|;ns
A II IS St \ K H\ (iKHMA.VS
LONDON. August lo.?The trawlers
Westminster. Harbor Wiper and Ro
| nardna have been sunk. The crews ot
all three were saved exccpt two men
, on '.lie Renardna.
j The Danish s.hoono:- Jason has been
burned by a Herman submarine 'i'i-e
Jason was a vessel ..f |V. IOns gross,
?V Reuter dispatch from Copenhagen
|vn\s tlie Norwegian steamer iicirntmer
I of Bergen, has been sunk. The cr? \v
| escaped. The Geiranger was a vessel
! of 1 ,<?Sj. gross ions.
NOTE GOES TO BERLIN
| Mn*liliiK(on AKro?>N to \eecpt Payment
t inier Urrmnn Conditions.
| WASH INC TON, D. t\. August lft._
i The American reply to the last German
j note on the William P. Frve cr.se was
cabled to Rerlln to-night and probably j
j will be made public on Saturday
While the original position of the1
State Department, that the Rrusslnn-I
American treaty of 1S2S was violated!
by the destruction of the vessel, in re- j
affirmed, It is understood the United]
States now agrees to accept payment
for the Kryc under the condition sug- j
Rested in the last Herman note. ?>b.
vlnting an appeal to arbitration at Tho
Hague. Germany stipulates that pay
ment shall n<>t Involve admission of jv |
treaty violation: th. American note is
said to stipulate that no treaty rights |
ale waived by acceptance. The amount
to be paid will be ilxod by two com.)
inissloners. one appointed by each gov-I
eminent.
A German prize court in July held the,
Berlin government liable untie- treaty
for payment for the Krye.
ATTK.U'TIVK WKKK-KM) Tit I PS.
To Atluiitic City, etc.. via It., F. .v IV an.!
j \\ fishlnfrlon. llt.OO round trip Irom liloh
I Wednf?d?>%r and .?s'aurd'l5'?' returning
"11TTESLI RIDICULOUS."
.Indue Chichester Attributes Pow-I
ell's Charges to Chagrin and
Disappointment.
FEEIjS CONFIDENT OF OUTCOME
Relieves Whole Case Ts Result of Re
fusal to Give His Accuser Ap
pointment as Commonwealth's At
torney?.\ot a "Machine Man."
I lly a Staff Correspondent.]
i FF{KDI2ItICKSSBUKC?. VA., August 10.
! ~LcKS?^baJk.tttS' blocks dlptaftt from
j tho courthouse and immediately -across
;the street from the City Hull Judge
n. H. L. Chichester, whose conduct on
jtiio hrnch of the Fifteenth Judicial
I Circuit is under investigation by thn
special committee of the House of
j Delegates, has his private olllce. Frank
; M Chichester, attorney-at-law. is the
I judge's brother, and the judge occupies
; a part of the latter's otllce suite. Con
wnv ' 'hichestcr, the city sergeant,
makes his headquarters there, too.
?Sitting in his ofllcc with his two
brothers, Judge Chichester was "lis
j cursing" tho Powell ehargfes?.
1 "I'l terlv ridiculous." said Judge Cni
! '-hoster. "The man's conduct can bo
j attributed only to his disappointment
and chagrin at my refusal to appoint
him to the office of Commonwealth's I
; attornev.
1 >f course, those who know mo and
know tho circumstances realize 'he;
situation. Unfortunately for me. how-1
? ever, the wild ail nations of Powell
have been published broadcast, ami in
some quarters the impression is fixed!
that there is some foundation for tho
charges.
? I am told that in .some parts of the
State the belief obtains that I am what
, is known us a 'machine man,' and that
jl have appointed to the different
i boards, whenever opportunity offered,
j only friends and followers of Sena'or
Martin. It is needless to repeat that
I have never made an appointment of
any kind where the appointee's affilia
tions. machine or antlmachine were
(taken into consideration. That charge
| is simply false and absurd.
1 he wide currency the false impres-!
; sion gained after Powell preferred the
j charges, however, prompted me to in
i quire into the n 111 llat ions of the differ
jent men to whom I have given board
'appointments. 1 discovered that mere
I of mv appointees are Montague nu n
than followers of Martin."
Speaking for his brother, Attorney
Frank M Chichester said:
"We are confident that the charges
will be proven what they are, the rav-|
? ings of a disappointed officc-seeker. I
There is no more honorable, high-i
i minded or cleaner man in the Judiciary!
than Judge Chichester. liis record in'
| the Supreme Court is one of the best i
in the State It )s almost inconceivable I
Ito.nie that he should be made the sub-'
jjcct of Powell's shameless attack."
Mr. Chichester explained the sum.
j Minus Issued at the request of Mr.
I Poivell for Governor llenry C. Stuart.'
The Governor will be asked to testifyI
; to the recommendations on which he
exercised the executive power in the,
? ase of a man named r.ahen. whose flnei
of $l(>0 was reduced to $25. Hahen
had an encounter with a man who was i
trespassing on his premises. lie had j
a revolver In his hand, and the weapon
either cxploncd accidentally or was
i tired to frighten the trespasser, tho
j bullet entering the ground at Dahen'n
feet lfe was arrested and convicted.
| It being apparent that no actual a
tempt at shooting had been made,
j.lodge Chichester signed a recommen-.
| da I ion for executive clemency. Tho
Commonwealths attorney who prose
| cuted the case, and the attorney for the
; defense also, recommended clemency.
Mr. Powell's Interest in this case,
Mr. Chichester said, was awakened by
tho discovery that tho convicted man
I has relatives who are related to Judge
j Chichester.
I i actleally all of Powell's charges
are of an equally flimsy character." ho
added. "They are of such nature that
even if he could substantiate them they
would not Justify the impeachment of
tho Judge."
ADDED CHARGES
AGAINST JURIST
WILL BE PROBED
Delegate Powell's Accusa
tions Not Confined to Re
marks on Floor of House.
COMMITTEE SO RULES,
AND CHICHESTER ASSENTS
Investigators Vote to Bind Them
selves to Legal Rules of
Evidence.
SMILE averts serious clash
One Threatening Moment, but Oliver
Pours Oil on Troubled
Waters.
fBy a Staff Correspondent.)
FREDERICKSBURG, August 10.?It
was probably the psychology of a smile
that averted an Impending difficulty in
the Fredericksburg Corporation Court
chamber this afternoon between two
of the leading characters in the tense
drama of public life that now holds the
nrlppinsr interest of all "Virgin!-.
They are men known of all men in
this section of the State for their fear
lessness, quick resentment to offendod
personal pride and their physical cour
age, these two whose eyes flashed an
exchange of anger and deflanco for the
moment. Two hundred spectators,
seated in the tiers that rise like the
terracod benches of an amphitheater,
gazed in breathless expectancy. Like
two gladiators of the arena they ap
peared, sturdy of bodyfl broad o. shoul
der, big as to biceps as they stood, one
flushed with a sense of insult, the other
cool, calm, almost contemptuous in the
impassive expression on his face.
And as he of the ar.ge'r-flushed face
seemed about to precipitate himself
upon the square-jawed one whose
words had stung like a sharp weapon'.!
thrust a moment before, the features of
Walter Tanslll Oliver, whose shrrp eyes
had snapped the critical situation at a
glance, relaxed Into a good-humored
smile.
There was magnetism as well as
method in that smile. By soma
psychological process It broke the
wrath of the man offended. A--falnt
sibilant sound rose from the throng
of spectators. It was a sigh 01 relief.
STAHTl-I.Vf; INCIDENT
COMBS EAIILY IX SESSION
The startling ir.eident came early in
the afternoon aession of the special
committee of tho House of Delegates
investigating the charges of Delegate
Samuel P. Powell, of Spotsylvania,
against Judge R. If. T^. Chichester, of
the Fifteenth Judicial Ci-cuit.
The proceedings that led to this one
sensational episode, which flashed and
passed like a holt of lightning, were as
dull and prosy as were the delibera
tions that followed in the remaining
half hour of the sitting.
Mr. Powell had ..mlressed the com
mittee on the importance of trans
ferring the seat of investigation to
Spotsvl\nnia Courthouse for a brief
time, later on in the inquiry. Answer
ins some objection on the part of Judgti
Alvln T. Embrey, he was explaining
distances. He made some reference ?o
"fifty miles." It seemed to pass un
noticed by every one except Judgti
Embrey. Rising to his feet. Judge
Embrey, with seeming great delibera
tion, addressed the committee.
"I don't want to provoke a contro
versy at the beginning of these pro
ceedings," he said, "but when Mr.
Powell tells you that Spotsylvania
Courthouse is distant Just fifty miles
he makes a willful misstatement of
fact."
>11*. rOM'EM, I.EAPS
AXGfllliY TO HIS FEET
Mr. Powell leaped to his feet. His
face flushed angrily. He expostulated.
For an instant he seemed about to at
tack Judge Embrey. It was at this
juncture that the smile or glance, or
both, of Chairman Oliver was exerted
with seeming hypnotic effect; for tho
flush died out of Mr. Powell's cheeks
nud ho recovered his composure as his
glance met the eye of the chairman.
"That's one of the closest shaves T
ever witnessed," commented a vetferan
reporter, who has been recording pro
ceedings in the courts for more than
thirty vears.
SPENDS TIME DISCUSSING
.MODE OF PltOC'EDl nn
The committee devoted practically
the whole of the rffternoon session to
discussing a mode of procedure to bo
followed with a view to expediting
and facilitating business.
Chairman Oliver announced at the
opening of the session that devM3tons
had beer, reached by the committee in
conference on several questions sub
mitted earlier in the day.
One ruling was that Judge Chiches
ter should be given opportunity to ex
plain all of his challenged appoint
ments. Another was that animus shall
not bo considered by the committee as
having any bearing upon the case.
It was announced by the chairman,
too, that tho committee had decided
that it had full authority to probe
charges filed by Mr. Powell after the
original charges were filed in the House
of Delegates. He Intimated that it was
the. purpose of the committee to Rive
the additional allegations of Mi'. Powell
all due consideration.
NOT JUDGE'S IM'ItI'OSE
TO EVADE ANY CHARGES
Judge Embrey took occasion to mako
a correction to go on record as to his
remarks at the morning session, when
he was understood as objecting strong
ly to an investigation of charges out
side of those contained In the allega
tions tiled with the House of Delegates,
Judge Embrey said It was not the. pur-,
pose of Judge Chichester to evade these
supplementary charges..
"Tho stenographic record uhouUi