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fn^piBvATcn FouwDBD m wml . WHOLE NUMBER 18,532.
filOlIMONP; YAV TH?RS DA V, F KB KU A RY IG, 1911.
TUB WEATHER TO-OAT?F*alr. PRICE TWO CENTS*
ANNEXATION FEAR
ALLAYED BY KNQX
There Is No Thought of
Political Union With
Dominion.
CANADA LOYAL
TO ENGLAND
Secretary of State Believes That
Present Separation Is Best and
That It Will Continue-?Op
.. position to Closer Trade
Relations Will Be
Futile.
Chicago, LH., February 1 5.?Secre?
tary of State P. C. Knox am] .lames J,
Hill" Joined hands to-night in urging
the adoption by Congress of the reci?
procity agreement with Canada. Do Iii
? poke at a banquet given by tho Chi?
cago Association of Commerce. Near?
ly l.ooo persons, representing almost
?very big commercial and industrial
enterprise of tho city, as well as com?
mercial and municipal organization
from a core of Western elites., life"*- :
iehed and applauded.
"Though Hie people of the United !
States and Canada are 'a substantially
homogeneous people' with deep moral
and racial reciprocity, the benefits of
the proposed commercial reciprocity
with Canada ought not to be obscured
by the tear of relations too cordial
and conceivably dangerous to the great
Canadian loyalty to England," in '.lie -
opinion of Secretary Knox. .
Mr. Knox declared that while mi?
grations proceeded as constantly and
hv freely between Canada and tho]
United States as between two States j
of this country, and while the two peo?
ple have been welding together for
two centuries, "there is not the slight?
est probability thai this racial ami
moral union will Involve any political
change or annexation or absorption. '
Never Lose Autonomy,
"It is an ethnological fact that po- j
litical unit.1: of the English-speaking
people never lose their autonomy,"
Said Secretary Knox. 'Like bees, they ?
give: off their swarms, who set up for!
themselves independently, hut they <io
im! make political combinations among
themselves. Since the revolution theru
has been almost undisturbed peace and
amity between the two countries, ami
however governmental changes may
have been bruited in the past, it is
probably more true to-day than over
liefere that the weight of sen Dunns l
and opinion both in Canada and the
United Slates, while desiring closer
relations In all other respects, j* crys?
tal lzed in a belief that tin- present po?
litical separation Is desirable and will
lead to tie: best development of each
nation and to better ami more satis-!
factory relations between them. j
"In the higher atmosphere and I
broader aspects of the situation, it ia j
certain that if liiere should be any I
great world movement Involving this, i
continent. Canada ami the Untied
States would, as a matter <-l course, j
act In the most perfect concert in de
fe-nse of the eonunon rights . a com- ;
jtion blood ami civilization "
Declaring, however, that the reci?
procity proposition was "economic, nett
political," Mr. Knox asserted: "The
United States recognizes with satis?
faction that the Dominion id Canada
is a permanent North American politi?
cal unit, and that her autonomy ;s se?
cure. ThC United State- appreciates
ttie advantage to tin- common welt a re
<>i the continent that Canada contri?
butes her own strength plus the
strength of Great Britain."
OiitliucN Itelntloiin.
Secretary Knox prefaced Iiis argil-j
nicht aliasing the fears of Canadian
annexation with an outline of the trade
relations between the United States
und Canada to Hi,- work of the present
administration, and then remarked that
"for more than half a century the
statesmen of Cannda, of Great Britain
and of tho United States have by re?
peated effort test!lied und reaffirmed j
mi abiding and fundamental belief In
the principle of American-Canadian !
reciprocity.
Sketching briefly t)>.- negotiations ?
between Canada and the United Stalest
from (lie time of the passage of t In; I
reciprocity treaty of IS Tel ami its abro-I
gation In I860, Mr. Knox spoke of the
.subsequent efforts on belli sides of ?:.-'
line to promote reciprocal trade, tho
Canadian pilgrimages to Washington,
"the cold reception given the eminent:
Canadians who made those pilgrimage- I
und the appeal to Imperial and politl-j
etil sentiment by their opponents at;
home."
"Our task was, despite all this.'' con?
tinued Mr Knox, "to submit to the?
jieople of the I'united States and to the
people of Canada an opportunity to
t-emcnt the commercial links which it
is decreed shall unite us. The agree?
ment submitted to Congress by the
President is the result it is compre
honsivo, in principle and avoids the ob?
jection which was one cause of the
abrogation of the Elgin Marcy treaty
of 1S51?that it. It Is not limited to
one class of commodities. It is men hi
for the conditions of to-day and the]
condition?-, of the future.
Open* Fond Supplies.
"Recognizing lite condition which
exists in our own country and with?
out undertaking to define the causes
?which liayo led to the Increased cost!
of living, the agreement seeks to give]
cur millions of wage-earning con-j
Slithers the benefit of drawing upon
d he surplus food supplies nearest. |
nt hand. it seeks by providing I
for the freest ? possible interchange |
of commodities v across a political
boundary which; when it comes j
to production and commerce, is an ar?
tificial boundary, to prevent these ma-,
jilpulatlohs and those speculative Hue- j
Illations in prices which are harmful
Tioth to the producer and to the con- |
pumer. flt may be stated as an axiom
thai the more abundant the source of
supply and the more Tree the move?
ment of products' Die less chance there
Is of decreasing the legitimate profits
of the producer and of increasing the
(Continued on Third Page.)
Under Pressure, He Will Quit
as Head of Missouri
Pacific.
??f.oiu-i*. .1. gourd.
New Vork. February 15.? Pressed
by Hip Rockefeller and the Kuhn-Eoob
Interest!*, George J. Gould is shortly
to relinquish tile presidency of the Mis
four! Pacific Railway Company; a po?
sition in which his father; the late .lay
Gould, placed him eighteen years ago.
Me w111 be succeeded by a railroad man,
not yet publicly named, who, to quote
one of the new Interests In Missouri
Pacific, will "eat, drink and sleep on
the Job."
Mr. Gould himself announced his
forthcoming retirement, which will
take place Just as soon as his successor
Is chosen. The fact that Mr. Gould will
become chairman of the hoard does m>t
alter the opinion generally hebt in
financial circles that to-flay develop?
ments mark the passing of the Gould
Influence, not only in Missouri Pacific,
hut the various other railroads with
widen the name of Gould has for so1
many years been Identified.
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED
Chun Kt>N in Collection of Corporation
'I'm to lie Announced To-Dny.
Washington, 1?. C, February 15?
Important amendments to the regula?
tions governing the collection of the
corporation; tax have been approved by
.?Secretary MacVeagh and will he ofll
Cially announced to-morrow.
Among the amendntiehts affecting
depreciation are;
Depreciation of a company's stock
Is a loss- to the stockholders, but not
t< loss to the company Issuing it. and
cannot be allowed as a deduct Inn.
Deduction on account of depreciation
of property must he based on the life?
time of the property, its cost and Its
value and its use.
Good will represents the value of a
business over and above the value of
the property, and is chargeable only
lb capital investment account, and Is
not an allowable, deduction from the
income.
'Ph.- other amendments affect many
classes of corporations.
Charitable institutions supported by
voluntary contributions or state ap?
propriations will be exempt from tax.
I'uilding and loan associations which
lend money to others than members
tire not thereby removed from the ex?
empted class.
Pensions paid by corporations to re?
tired employes Or their families or
others- dependent upon them or on ac?
count of Injuries received will be
proper deductions under ??ordinary and
necessary expenses." but gifts or
gratuities to employes of a corpora?
tion will not be allowed in that class.
Returns for the current year are
now being compiled, and Commissioner
Cabell, of the internal Revenue Bureau*,
esiimates the government will collect
about S25.OOO.O00 this year from Ib.:
corporation tax.
TAFT CALLS FOR AID
As President of lied fro.sn Me Asks
I 'mills for < hi no.
Washington. D. C. February IS
President Taft Issued tlie following
proclamation to-day calling for funds
to aid the famine suf.Vrers in China:
"As president of the American Red
Crp'ss 1 appeal fb the people rj.f this
ubuntr; to aid tli" unfortunate multi?
tudes who are dying of starvation be?
cause ot fa id i tie in China, either by
money contributions, which should bo
seilt io the local Red Cross treasurers
or the Red Cross, Washington, D. C?
or 'i\ assisting In raising a cp.rgo of
Hour ami other suitable supplies to
be sent to these people,! Congress' has
granted t ho use of an army transport
to the Roil Cross tor this purpose. The
Seattb- Commercial Club, of Seattle.
Wash., is co-operating with the Red
Cross and will act as receiving and
forwording agent for an supplies; l
triisl that bur people will respond gen?
erously and that the transportation
lints will aid in flic delivery at Se?
attle. (Signed!
'.'WU.IdAM II. TAFT."
NO BREAK IN SIGHT
Tnmuuiny Unit nod Insurgent* Still
firm n* liver.
Albany, N. Y., February 1 ?.--Reader
Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Mall,
and William F. Sheehan, the leading
candidate for the United States 6Cn
ntorship, returned lo Albany to-night.
Roth declared that there were no new
developments in the contest. They
dined together and talked for a long
time
That there is certain to be no change
In the situation tills week, was made
evidtpt to-night, when legislators be?
gan lo make their arrangements for
weekly pairings following to-mor?
row's vote.
The? feature of the twenty-fifth bal?
lot taken to-day was that Senator
Franklin 1?. Roosevelt; (he Insurgent
leader, and eight of his followers voted
for .lohn I). Kornau, of CHca. resulting
in Kdward M. Shepard's total vote be?
ing reduced to thiCU
MEASURE PASSES
Forest Reserve Is As?
sured by Action of
Senate.
ONLY NINE VOTES
IN OPPOSITION
Appropriation of $2,000,000 a
Year Until 1915 Is Made?Hey
burn Denounces Bill as Farce
Which Will Cost Govern?
ment More Than Pan?
ama Canal.
Washington, 1?. C, February lj.?
After many years of. delay, the bill
looking to tho creation of national
forest reserves In the White mountains
and the Southern Appalachian passed
the Senate late to-day, the vote stand?
ing flfty-scvon to nine.
The negative vote was cast by Sen?
ators Bristow, Burton, Clark, of Wyo?
ming; Cullom, Gronna, ami McCumber,
Republicans, ?nd Senators Davis,
Paynter, ami Shlvely, Democrats.
The bill passed the Hom o of Kcp- ]
reSentatiVes last session, and as it was j
accepted by tin- Senate without change
it lacks only tin; signature of lite
President to elevate it into a .statute.
The entire day was given to the sub?
ject by the Senate. Senators Brando
gee, of Connecticut, and Gallingcr, of
New Hampshire, stood as the especial
Sponsors of "tho measure. Senators
Simmons, of .Vorth Carolina, nun. New
lands, of Nevada, spoke in support of
the bill, and Senators Burton, of Ohio,
and lleybu.rh, of Idaho, In Opposition.
Sena'or Hey burn denounced the bill
ii? a farce and as "Hie most radical
pieee of fancy legislation ever pro?
posed to Congress; He declared Dint if
seriously carried Into effect, it would
cost more than the Panama Canal.
1 While it is understood on all sides ?,
that the purpose of the bill is the ac
ouisltlon of lands in the White moun?
tains of New England, ami of the Ap?
palachians in tin- Southern States, for
the creation of forest reserves, it con?
tains no specific men:ion of such pur?
pose. The authority for this proceed?
ing is found in 'be general powers
conferred by the bill.
The carrying into effect of the pro?
visions of the bill is placed in the
hands of a commission, to be composed
of the Secretary of War, the Secre?
tary of the. Interior and the Sccreta/r-y
ibl Agriculture, and two Senators and
two members of the House ot" Rop
rc-senta t lyes.
The purchase of land is placed In the
hands of the. Secretary of Agriculture,
and is. confined to such arc-as as may
affect the head waters of navigable
streams. No purchase is to be author- !
i/.ed until passed upon by the to o- i
logical Survey. The land, once ac?
quired. It is to be cut up Into forest
reserves as may seem best for admin?
istrative _ purposes.
Authority for co-operation with dif?
ferent States is given and Jl.uuu.ot'O
a year is appropriated until km:,.
Contending for the general accept?
ability of the measure. Senator Sim?
mons, of North Carolina, bore per?
sonal testimony to the erosion of the
mountain lands in North Carolina, tie
said that wherever there were clear?
ings, the land was rapidly washing
away; and that the universal verdict
was that tloods are far more frequent
and disastrous titan formerly.
StiliMldy iiill Probably Dead,
Washington, 1 >. February 1."..?It'
leaked out this afternoon late that the
Gailinget: ship subsidy lull, which pass?
ed the Senate by the Vice- President's
vote, and was referred to the House
Committee on 1'ost-Otliee and Post- j
roads, is probably dead so far as this
Congress is concerned The liouso j
Committee on Post-Office and Post
roads was to have had a hearing this
morning for the purpose of reporting
the bill out of the committee with tho j
recommendation to the House that it
I do pass. But at the meeting litis morn?
ing the Republicans found themselves
fin a predicament of being unable to
muster a majority to report the bill,
j Representatives Sport y, of Conhecttr
'cut: Muff, of Pennsylvania; and Smith.
I of California, being ill, were unable to
I attend. There may not be another
' meeting of the committee, before next
Week. If then, and the bill may or
may not be reported then. The DeiiiO
icrats on the committee are solidly bp
! posed tei the measure, ami have been
' lighting the proposition in ever:, pos?
sible way. They have been assisted
' by Bepresentative .Stafford, of Wiscon?
sin, and Itcpresentuiivc .Murdoch, or
J Kansas, who Is understood to be op
1 posed to it. but he is absent because
j cd' ill health and may not return any
I more this Congress. Several Kcpubli
j can members of the commit tee are
j known to be unfriendly to the meas
i lir.e. There is every reason to believe
-the bill will not be considered this
j session. I". H McG.
More Money fur .hiMlecx.
j Washington. D. C. February i."-.
I The House to-day adopted an amend?
ment to the Moon bill'for tin.' cod Id?
eation of laws relating to the judiciary,
increasing the salary of lite Chief
.lust ice of the United States from *J",
ono to SlS'OOO and the salary of the
associate justices from $12,500 to ?|.?,
500 a year.
The fate of the Moon bill ns a whole,
however, is in some doubt, It had been
???10 hope of Mr. Moon that the bill
j might be passed to-day, but the ab
sonse of a quorum in the late after?
noon brought about an unexpectedly
early adjournment. A bill .similar to
the Moon bill has passed the Senate,
and Sponsors of the measure are hope?
ful that action will bo had in the
House.
Senate In Lukewarm.
Washington, p. c, February I 5s?
President Tnft mas- be compelled to
designate a leader to take charge of
the administration's Interests in the
tight over the reciprocity agreement
in the Senate, and .if he does the In?
dications are that he will select Sen?
ator. Lodge'.' The Finance Commit tee.
do which the MeCnll bill was referred
When it was sent over from the House
(CcmtDxued on Second Page.)
CHARLES HALL DAVIS AND CARTER BISH?P
INDICTED FOR LOOTING TRUST COMPANY
CHILD STRICKEN
SUDDENLY BLIND
? ;V;'. *$ ,-? I
-^_- j
Loses Sight of Both I?ycs inj
Richmond Classroom With- j
out Warning.
OPERATION IS PERFORMED
Surgeons Remove Piece of Skull
Thought to lie Pressing on
Optic Nerve.
flrtlf a dozen Richmond surgeons
gaUier'"! about rh; operating table Iii
the M?.fpurial ifuv^rta] yesterday, when
a piece of the skull of Nathan Spll
berjr, thirteen years eld, son of S. Spii?
berg, of COOEast Heigh Street, was
removed, In older to relievo pressure
upon the brain, wit), the hope of restor?
ing the eyesight of the lad, who was
stricken totally blind Monday morning
at. 10 o'clock, while at study In his
classroom.
The operation was one of the most
delicate ever performed In Richmond,
ami if will be at least a day yet, it is
said, before th-- result will be known.
Dr. Robert S. Rosher, assisted by Drs.
Dunn, Rcayy, White ami other sur?
geons, performed the operation. All
medical Richmond is eagerly awaiting
the result of the ca.se, which is looked
upon as one of the most interesting
which has been brought to the atten?
tion of tiie profession in this city in
! a long while.
Suddenly Stricken.
Persons familiar with the ease of
young Spiiberg say it is remarkably
strange. The boy left home .Monday
morning, and there was no indication
of the atlliction which came to him
little more than an hour later. He was
tin the sixtli grade classroom of the
?old High School building, on Marshall
Street, where the pupils of the Reigli
Street School were transferred some
time ago. when, without warning,
everything went black before the eyes
of the lad. He was dazed for a few
minutes, hut his screams shortly had j
the room in an uproar.
He wits hurried to his home by class?
mates, and Dr. John Dunn summoned.
This physician called other members of
his profession into consultation. The
loss of sight of both eyes was yester?
day morning attributed to pressure on
the brain of the boy. It ? was decided
to operate, and the patient was taken
to the Memorial.
Piece of Hone Removed. I
The case was one of emergency, and
the operation, which took more than
an hour's time, was performed at once.
The surgeons removed a small piece of
pono, about one inch in diameter, from
the skull at the point where the pres?
sure is thought to have been severe
upon the optic nerves. The scalp was;
carefully dressed, and the eyes of young
Spiiberg covered with heavy bandages.
When these are removed in perhaps
forty-eight hours. It is hoped that
vision will he restored.
No other theory than that of unusual
pressure upon the brain has been ad?
vanced as u cause for the strange af?
fliction.
The father of the blind boy said last
night that his son had never complained
ol his eyesight and that he was a nor?
mal, healthy youngster. Mr. Spiiberg
is owner of a barber shop at 710 Rust
Pre.ol Street.
KILLS HIS SON
j Farmer Shoots lllni Vt hen Threat I*
W*rognrdod,
Spartanburg. S. C\< February 15.?
William M. Rnnford shot and killed
his son. W. D. I.aiifo'rd, this morn?
ing at the former's home near Wood?
ruff. The sen had quarreled with his
father ami announced bis intention of
moving to an adjoining farm. When
lie went to get his belongings, tlie
1 ohlei' Ran ford warned him not to go
j Into tiie house. The son disregarded
the threat and Hie old man shot him.
,l'oii<|iiiti tltller III.
Oakland, Cab. February 15.?Jonquin
,(Clnelnnatus Heine) Miller, "Poof, of
I he Sierras,'' to-nighl is in a critical
condition in a hospital, Physicians
diagnose tin- aged poet's Illness as u
general breakdown.
y CHAMP CLARK
Scmi-j ocular Remarks Stir l.'p
ExGttcmciit in England
and Canada.
BRINGS LETTER FROM TAFT
Expressed Wish to See Western
Hemisphere I nder One Flag
Taken Serious])-:
? i
Washington. February 1 a.?-The semt
jocular remarks which Chump Clark,
the Democratic Speaker-td-be, made hi
the House during the debate on Hie
Canadian reciprocity agreement to tiie
effect that he believed the Stars and
Stripes would one day float over the
bntire NVcstorn Hemisphere, stirred up,
most unexpected trouble to-day. Presi?
dent Taft took occasion to write to
Representative MeCall, introducer of
the reciprocity bill, a letter disclaim?
ing and deprecating the annexation
talk, ami to follow it up with per?
sonal remarks even more emphatic to
his visitors. The letter of President
Taft to .Mr MeCall says In part:
"This agreement if it becomes a law
has no political significance. No
thought of future political annexation
or union was in the mind of the nego?
tiators on either side. Canada is now
and will remain a political unit."
The White House is said to regard
the remarks of Mr. ('lark us most un?
fortunate, and the President has made
it known that he would like to have
it understood throughout the world
that his administration had no thought
whatever of annexation when the re?
ciprocity agreement was arranged.
Tun Is Hopeful.
The Pr'es|dent, it is said, is hope?
ful that tiie people of this country.
Canada ami Great Britain will look
upon the speech of Mr. Clark merely as
the expression of tin individual, who
in the sentiment thus expressed, docs!
not represent the Democratic party, or
any party in this country. The news
of Mr. Clark's allusions- bad created ex?
citement in Canada and in England
caused great surprise and consider?
able amusement at the Capitol. This
man most surprised of all was Mr,
Clark himself. lie declared to-day
that he expressed bis own Individual
opinion^ and declared that he stands
pat on his speech.
Mr. Clark's entire speech on recipro?
city yesterday was delivered in a half
humorous, half-taunting vein. The
House was in a gale of laughter most
of the time, in return for the laughs
he was creating at their expense, some
? if the Republicans tried to turn tables
<oi Mr. Clark by chiding him with the
fact thai he might have President Taft
as ati opponent for the Democratic
nomination. 'Phis humorous exchange
reflected the spirit of the debate dur?
ing the entire time Mr. Clark was
sneaking, and no one gave serious
consideration to his remarks regarding
tiie possible annexation of Canada at
some dim distant time. They regarded
Iiis statement - in the nature of a com?
pliment to tin- Canadlanqpeople, in that
he would be glad to see the friend?
ship that exists at present between
the Canadians and the people of the
United Slates so ripen in the future
that all might some day be tinder one
Hag.
There was a further touch of face
tlbusness to the debate when one of
tie- Republicans asked Mr. Clark if lie
would like to be lite first President of
Hie in a gni Hecht union he was creating,
ami he replied timid bursts of laugh?
ter that he certainly would. IjTlondS
of ill.' reciprocity measures were in?
clined to take the view that opponents
oT the agreement had simply seized
Upon what was regarded here as an
entirely personal and harmless state?
ment to make capital against the rati?
fication of the agreement.
Democrat* Arc PleHsed.
Democratic leaders partioulnrlj were,
pleased to-day over the passage of the
McCil bin. Rep.rcsehtatlye Underwood,
of Alabama. Minority Reader Clark's
chief lieutenant, and the chairman of
tin; Ways 'and Means Cor.unit Ice of the
next Congress, said that he regarded
the action of the house as in every
way helful to the Democrats, that
it marked I he beginning of the end of
high pratootlon and foreshadowed a
i Con i hin? d on Third Page', >
C0UN1 APPQNYI
Ask That Invitation to Speak
in Chicago Be With?
drawn.
ENEMY TO "FREEDOM" |
-i
Say that Records Show Him to j
Be Propagator of "Peace
of Death."
Chicago. 111.. February l.y?Dccldod
opposition has been raised by. Bohe?
mian. 'Slovak and Po)lsti- eil I tors atid
citizens of Chicago to the invitation
extended 'Count Albert Q. Apponyl, lur
iner Hungarian minister of education,
to speak on "Universal Peace," lit the
Washington birthday celebration In
Chicago.
A memorial to-day was presented to
Chairman Alexander A. MeCormlek, of
.tlio Union League Club's special com?
mittee in charge of the celebration,
signed by the editors of all Chicago
papers printed In the Interest of Slavic
peoples, asking that the Invitation be
withdrawn.
Causes Surprise.
The? protest was received with sur?
prise by Chairman McCormack, it
came to him almost simultaneously
with a message from Count Apponyl,
regretting the Hungarian's Inability to
accept the club's Invitation to speak.
Count Apponyl declared other engage?
ments would prevent his presence in
Chicago to take part In the W ashing
ton birthday celebration.
Copies of the memorial were sent to
former President Roosevelt and An?
drew Carnegie. "Our protest against
Count Apponyl," say the memorialists,
"is bused on the following facts:
"He is chief representative of the.
Hungarian governmental tyranny, and,
as minister of education, ted the op?
pression of Slovaks and other non
Hungarians in that kingdom.
"Count Appohyi, as minister of edu?
cation. Was responsible for the fusil?
lade of Cernbva, where so many Slovak
Peasants died Innocently, his report
in the Hungarian Pari lament, made
after the massacre of so many Inno?
cent Slovaks of Ceruova, dial 'there
is pence in that village," rather en?
titles him to be the propagator of the
"Peace of Death' than of the high idea,
of 'Universal Peace.'
'?The 3,00t?,000 Slovaks are not. al?
lowed to read or to write in their
mother tongue In tho public schools,
which is the cause of an artificial de?
gree of illiteracy among this people.
The high schools conducted In Slovak,
and supported by private contributions,
have been closed by the government
and Hie funds sequestrated. The Slo?
vak Library Association has been dis?
solved and its building seized To
take a Slovak newspaper or to speak
the Slovak tongue Insiires every pos?
sible obstacle and persecution.
"Who will wonder that the great
Norwegian poet UJornstjerne Ujoorri
son refused to stay under one
roof with this Count Apponyl, tho op?
pressor of the Slovaks.
OutniKc on Freedom.
"There are more than 500,000 citi?
zens of Slavic origin resident in Chi?
cago. In the name of all these Chl
cagoans, we protest against the out?
rage on freedom and liberty which
would be perpetrated, if a representa?
tive of tyranny were permitted to ad?
dress Ibis meeting."
To former President Ttoosovell a
copy of petition was sent, on the
grounds that he, as a speaker, anel, as
generally understood, responsible for
the Hungarian's invitation, might heed
the plea and rcfuso to speak with Ap?
ponyl.
Carnegie's copy was sent because of
the ironmaster's interest in Hit; sub?
ject of the count's address, "Universal
Peace."
OLD W0RLD~P0LiTICS
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New York. February 15?Politics aa
it is played by the crowned heads of the
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ance Of peace among the powers were
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Charged With Embez<
zling $135,766 From
Trust Company.
BOTH ARE BAILED .
FOR APPEARANCE
Seventeen Indictments Returned
by Grand Jury, Some Charging
Embezzlement, Others Im?
proper Entries, and One
False Statements to Cor?
poration Commission.
Officials Indicted
for Embezzlement
[Special to The Tlmos-Dispatch.] j
Petersburg, Vn,, February 15.? ,
The grand Jury in the Hustings
Court this afternoon nt 5 o'clock re- 1
turned Die following Indictments In
the cntiB of (lie Appomnttox Trust
Company! Against Carter Jt. Tltahop,
former cnshlcr, ?It. indictment* for 1
nlleged cmber.7,.lrment of various 1
sumst ngalnst Charles Hall Davis, ;
former president, air Indictments ns
accessor?- Iiefore the fnct to the
above) against Carter It. Illshop, two
indictments for omitting to render
proper entries in Davis'? accounts;
agnlnnt Charles Hall Uinis, tno In?
dictments as accessory to the nborp;
against Cnrter It. Illshop, one In?
dictment for making false statement
ns to flnnnetnl condition of Appomnt?
tox Trust Company dune 23, 1000.
The aliened embezzlements range
form 9141 to $$4,000, the total
amount Involved hclng si:ir..t??*>.
Folio Trinis the return of the Indict?
ments, Mr. Dart* and M r. Illshop ap?
peared, and each gave bond In the
sum of ?.?i,nno on the first Inrtlct
meut nod 91,000 on each of the oth
ers.
Officials of the rrnrcnnbrd Appo?
mnttox Trust Compnnj-, now known
ns the American llnnk nncl Trust
Company, had no statements to make
regarding ?he grand Jury's findings
I Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Petersburg, V.l., February 16.?-All
conjecture and speculation as to tha
report of the grand jury of the Hust?
ings Court, as the result of the Inves?
tigation of the management and af?
fairs of the Appomnttox Trust Com?
pany, wore set at rest this afternoon
ait 5 o'clock, when the jury tiled Into
court, sifter a brief report, and handed
up nine indictments against Carter It.
Jtishop. the former cashier of the com?
pany, and eight against Charles Hall
Davis, the former president.
Six of the indictments against Bishop
alleged embezzlement of the funds oi
the bank in various sums at various
times, and six Indictments againsu
Charles Hall Davis charged accessory,
before the fact in these cases. Two
additional Indictments against Carter.
It. Bishop alleged omission to tnako
.proper entries of Charles Hall Day IS'is
account, and two additional against;
Davis alleged accessory before tlio
fact.
False Statements Alleged.
A ninth indi< tmcnt against Cnrter ft;
Bishop charges the making of falso
statements to the Corporation Commis?
sion as to the financial condition of tho
Appomattox Trust Company at tho
close, of business on .lane 23. ICniP.
The embezzlements are alleged to
have ranged from $111 to $3 l,00i>, anil
the total amount Involved was ?130,764.
Charles W. Bland, foreman of th?
grand jury, in handing up the indicti
nients, stated that the jury had niadai
a laborious, patient and thorough in?
vestigation of the affairs of the Appo?
mattox Trust Company and that th*
jurors felt it their duty to return tho
indictments. The court thanked tho
jurors and discharge,! them.
Iteleased on lloiuls.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Bishop both ap?
peared la court when informed of tho
indictments, and were balled each in
the sum of $5,000 on the lirst. Indict?
ment and $1,000 on each of the others.
Fach has engaged counsel for his de
fense. It is reported that the question
nf Indicting some of the directors oC
the bank was discussed in the jury
room, but was abandoned.
Special (irnnd Jury Sworn.
The matter of the bank's affairs was
first brought to the grand jury oti
January 21, a special grand jury be?
ing sworn to make investigation, .lohn
A. Pllcher, of Koanbke, a stockholder,
addressed a letter to Judge Mullen, of
the Hustings Court, and to K. Ii. Mann,
Commonwealth's Attorney, rod ting
past troubles, arising, as he alleged,
out <"." mismanagement of the bank's
affairs, and expressing Use opinion
that "in the interest of the good rfamo
of the community and of the .state,
the matter should not be overlooked
by the proper legal authorities. .V
similar letter was sent by Mr. IMIchor
( to the president of the Corporation,
Commission, and the one lo the court
oftlcors here became public.
' Tlie grand jury lias been held to?
gether since January 21, taking oc?
casional recesses, and made a fuil in?
vestigation into the affairs of the old
Appomattox Trust. Company, otlicera
and directors of Hie company, and
many other witnesses were called be?
fore the jury, and the hooks and rec?
ords of the bank were examined,
indictments Stir t'tty.
Probably no event financially or oth?
erwise has aroused such general in?
terest iti Petersburg as has tho ease
of the Appomattox Trust Company and
ills affairs. The bank was the young?
est of the city's financial institutions,
und started operations under mpst fa ?
vorable auspices. It was organized
mainly through the efforts of Mr. Da?
vis and Mr. Bishop, who were elected
president and cashier, respectively, ot
the bank. In which they were largo
stockholders. Mr. Bishop, has been
known to the financial world for many
vears by reason of his connection With
banks here, and Mr Davits has beca