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THE DISPATCH FOUNDED 1SS0.-=
rwTiHMrouNDiiDwf"" WHOLE NUMBER 38,610.
RICHMOND, VA, FR I DAY, MAY 5, 1011.
THE WEATHKIl TO-DAY?Fair.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
DIAZ BESOUGHT
Without That, Peace
in Mexico Is Im?
possible.
WORD FROM HIM
WILL STOP WAR
Madero Sends Appeal to Presi?
dent to Make Public State?
ments He Has Given Pri?
vately?Rebels Will Not
Yield if He Stays at
Head.
El Paso, Tex.. May 4.?The peace
eommlEsloners of the Mexican revolu?
tionists formally presented to-day to
Judge Carbajnl. Hie Federal envoy, a
statement, signed by Francisco I. Ma?
dero. Jr., appealing to President Diaz
to make public the assurances given
privately that ho Intended to resign.
After offering his own resignation
as President of the provisional gov?
ernment of tho republic, Senor Fran?
cisco 1. Madero, Jr., suggested that
both President Diaz and Vice-Pi evident
Corral resign, and that Honor de la
Harra, the Minister of Foreign Rela?
tions, become President until a gen?
eral election could bo held. i
The statement Informs President
Diaz that there Is no other way out
of the present difficulty, and a word
from him will bring peace In a few
days.
Senor Madero, in his statement, calls
on President Oiai particularly to make
known to the people of Mexico his
??Irrevocable decision to retire from
puwor as soon as peace ts established
in tho country." Madero declares this
statement was made by Diaz to "go
betweons" interested In restoring
peace.
Absolutely Essential.
The Madero statement was presented
by tho rebel commissioners at tho
gotiatloiis. which began early to-day.
only after a heated discussion among
the revolutionist leaders. Some of
them had declared that it was abso?
lutely csaet.tlal that President Diaz
malte public announcement of bis in?
tention to resign in ordoi to bring
about complete tranquillity;
Pence, ho said, would not follow an
agreement, backed only by private as?
surance*-, which hardly could bo trans?
mitted to militant loaders ..1 the south
and central parts of the republic.
Some of the rebel chiefs went so
far as to adoress a letter to Uonernl
Madero, stating that unless he asked
for the Immediate resignation of Pres?
ident Diaz; or n't least a pubyllc an?
nouncement of future Intentions, they
would not support the peaco negotia?
tions.
General Madero, somewhat alarmed
by the extent of the Insurrection
which he. has created, and now de?
sirous of making every effort to save
the, country from a state of anarchy,
finally wrote instructions to his peace
commissioners. Dr. . nsqucr. Gomez,
Francisco I. Madero, Sr., and Pino
Suarez.
In his instructions, General Madero
after stating that he had u-ceded to
treat rolatlvo to peace because some
men who acted as go-betweens had
in a confidential way Indicated to him
that General Diaz had made known
to them his irrevocable resolution to
rettro as soon as peace is established,
ha adds that Diaz's retirement in the
present moment Is the only thing
which can satisfy puhi.; opinion, and
that he Is convinced that If Diaz makes
'rpubllo his intention to retire it will
permit of the pacification of the coun?
try In a few days. It would be diffi?
cult to obtain It In any other way; he
adds.
Modern's Demand.
"For these reasons." snys Madero,
"and not doubting the patriotism of
Genera) Diaz. I wish to present to
tho envoy of the government the fol- |
lowing proposition:
" 'In- order to assure the Immediate !
pacification of Mexico and to furnish |
to the world an example which will i
lacrosse the prestige of our country, i
both contending leaders. General Por
flrlo Diaz, as well as myself as provi?
sional President, and the Vice-Presl
dont of tho republic, Ramon Corral,
shall resign, and In the Interim the
Minister of Foreign Relations, Senor
Francisco do In Rarra, shnil be Prer.i
dent, calling a go/ter.i 1 election, ac?
cording to the Constitution.
"'As far as 1 am concerned, ] am
Offering my resignation with great
satlsfactlo'n. as I wish only to servo
my country ns circumstances demand.
If General Diaz is Inspired by the
samo Patriotin sentiment. I have no
doubt he will make, public what he
has manlfosteel in private. I lieg of
you to make this proposition In the
most favorable, terms in order not to
offend In the slightest degree, and that
you may not insist that he retire im?
mediately.
"'I believe my country will become
quiet alone through the announcement
of his intention to retire from power,
and as soon as all the arrangements
you are effecting with the representa?
tive?of President Diaz are put into
operation.' "
Tho conferences between Judgo Car
tiajal, the Federal stiver, and tho rebel
commissioners adjourned lato to-day.
Later the Madero statement was made
public.
Exnctlng Problem.
It was evident that (ho procedure
with respoct to the resignation of
rresidont Diaz had been the most ex?
acting problam before the commis?
sioners. Retol leaders to-night de?
clared peace Impossible, except as was
Indicated by General Madero In his
statement. On whnt Genernl Diaz
would do, It was admitted by Federal
?representatives and revolutionists
(.Continued on Ninth "Pago.)
former senator dead
Alfred Heard Kltlreilkc Die* at Hot
Spring" After Month'* Illness.
Hot Springs, Ark.. May 4.?After be?
ing unconscious for forty-eight hours
lormer United States Senator Kit
tredge. of South Dakota, died here to?
night at ?130 o'clock, after an Illness
of a month. He came to Hot Springs
two weeks ago. For the past tea
days his lire hud hung by a thread. A
complication of liver and kidney
troubles/ Is given as the cause of
death.
. Senator Kltlrcdge's body will be
taken to Kent. New Hampshire, for
Interment In tho family burial grounds.
The Senator's brother and sister and
other relatives and friends, who havn
been at his bedside for the past week,
will accompany the body. The funeral 1
parly will leave Hot Springs lu-mor
! row.
t Alfred Beard Klttredge was born In |
I Cheshire county. New Hampshire, j
-March 2S. ISCI. Immediately after his
I graduating from the law school at
Vale in 1SS:"> he began the practice o<
1 law at Sioux Falls, H. D. He was ap?
pointed to the United Slates rfenato
July 11, 1901, to till the vacancy caus?
ed by the death of Senator James-H.
Kyle, and took his seat December 2,
jJDOl. He was elected to succeed him?
self In irtn:?. his term of olllcc explrlnz
Ma i ch :i, 190'.'.
Senntor for ICIght Yearn.
Washington, May t.?Senator Klt?
tredge was a member of Ihe Senate fori
eight years. Early In his career he
was chairman of the Intoroceahlc Ca?
nal Committee, and In that rapacity!
investigated for the L'tilted States the
title to rights on the Isthmus of Bah?
ama purchased from the French gov?
ernment. His report on this matter was
regarded ns an unusually strong doc
j timent. The Senator was a lawyer, and 1
Tor many years served actively as a1
member of tho Judiciary Committee. j
has worst of luck
i England'*! Great Ulrljrlble Airships Are
I ? Denlroycd.
I I.?ondon. May I ?The government lias
Iliad the worst luck with Its dlrlglblo
airships. The Eebaudy dirigible, which
was- damaged at Aldershot after a sue- \
cessful lllght from Paris last summer,
was totally wrecked at Farnborough [
on Its llrM trial trip to-day. A great
naval airship. tho construction of
which has been surrounded by Beere- |
cy, designed lo lake a spectacular part j
in tho coronation naval review, was sc
badly damaged at Barrow yesterday I
that It cannot be taken out for months
The l/Obaudy met disaster against u
clump of trees, and Is a mass of ruins
Major Sir A. Bannerrrian, commandant
of the air battalion at .South Farnbor
ough and head of the government's
aeronauts, took the airship out till;
evening with a crew of Heven. It as?
cended gracefully and traveled smooth?
ly for some time. Finally the airship
began to descend, nnd, drifting almost
helplessly, struck the trees, when the
bag exploded with a loud report. Ono
of the crew wns badly Injured.
The l.ebaudy was .'liic feet long and
the naval airship BIO feet.
vessels7n"c^l?si o im
Captain of Stentner Sny* SIKn.nl Wan
Disregarded.
Boston. Mass.. May 4.?The British
steamer Bencllff, from Gcbarl, Cuba,
and the four-masted schooner J. R.
Tcr-1. bound for Norfolk, came together
near quarantine (o-day, both sustain?
ing considerable damage. Captain
Tinn, of the Bencllff, said his steamer
signaled that ?he would pass to port,
but the schooner disregarded the
signal and struck the Bencllff on the
port bow. Inflicting damage to plates,
rails and upper works, and breaking
the foremast. Captain Davis, of tho
schooner, declined to mako a state?
ment.
The stem of the. Tool, with tho head?
gear, was curried away, her mlzzcn
yall was torn to pieces, and other
damage, which cannot be known until
she dry docks, was sustained.
pardon for m'oann
He Is Released Through Kfforta of Col?
onel Itiiiiscvelt,
Springfield, 111 . May I.?Govern ? Do
neen lo-duy, acting on the recommen?
dation of the State Board of Pardons,
issued a pardon to former Police In?
spector Edward McCann. of Chicago,
who is serving n term In the State Pen?
itentiary at Joliet for taking police
protection money. McCann's record was
one of unrelenting warfare against
vice. Preachers and settlement work?
ers credited him with having rescued
hundreds of women and girls.
In a crusade against bribery In the
Police Department the inspector was
Indicted, tried and convicted of col
K-ciln:; hush- money, almost entirely
on the testimony of keepers and In?
mates of resorts, who said they paid
dues to McCann monthly.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Interest?
ed himself in McCann and In a letter
urged Governor Dencen to make a
thorough Investigation of the case.
earth tremors recorded
Believed That Riinkc Took Place In or
Xmr Holy.
Now Orleans, May 4.?Earth tremors
wore recorded by the setsmogrnph at
Loyola College this afternoon begin?
ning at ,r>:lS o'clock and lasting thirty
minutes. Tho second preliminary be
gun at r>:"iS o'clock and the main trem?
ors at 6:11 o'clock. The .tremors were
from east to west, nnd it is calculated
that the earthquake took place In or
ner.r Italy.
Felt at Mobile.
Mohile. A In., May 4.?A severe earth?
quake shock was recorded upon tlvr
seismograph at Spring Bill College at
C o'clock to-nicht. It Is estimated
that the centre of the disturbance was
r.bout 2.000 miles distant.
no break in sight
Legislative Squabble Hun Become Teat
of EuduriiDce.
Nashville, Tonn,, May I.? Despite the
fact Hint members of both {actions In
et ch houso-nro holding informal con?
ferences, tliero is no break in sight
in the legislative muddle. The run?
away representatives In Alabama will,
it is reported, return to their homes j
In the St:ile next Wednesday, nnd In
the meantime their opponents will con?
tinue the legislative sessions. The. Sen?
ate hod a quorum to-day nnd trans- I
acted some business, but the House roll I
call showed only about one-third of Its]
membership present. Tho matter seems
to have resolved Itself down to a test
of endurance.
boycott urged
Miss Anne Morgon'* Restaurant Put
t oiler linn.
Now York. May 4 ?Placards urging
the workers In tho Brooklyn navy yard
to boycott the restaurant which Miss
Anne Morgan, daughter of J. Plorpont
Morgan, recently established there, ap?
peared in the navy yards to-day. Tho
warlike posters read:
"To all worklngmen In the navy
yard: It Is up to you to boycott the
restaurant. Keep away and do not
patronize It until wo havo a new man?
agement. The conditions, are Intolera?
ble and nn Insult to every honest work?
ing man."
No great falling off among patrons
of tho Morgan restaurant wan notetU
HUSBAND SEEKS
C h a rg c s P e t e r s? bu rg W o
man With Using
Forged Document.
FIGHT TO SECURE '
CUSTODY OF CHILD
_
Father Was Once Arrested for
Abduction?False Certificate of .
Record in Washington Court 1
' Claimed?Warrant Issued
by Judge Wat?
son.
liehlnd ihn Issuance of a warrant |
yesterday by Judge Walter ?. Watson
for the arrest of .Mrs. Amy L. Ormsby 1
In Petersburg, lies a long story of do?
mestic Infelicity and of a struggle for '
the possession of a child, involving j
members ol a prominent family In
Massachusetts and Ohio. The warrant, j
which was seen in The Times-Dispatch
6Mice last night, signed by Judge Wat?
son at ids home In Koros t Hill, just
outside of South Richmond, was issued
on complaint of George F. Ormsby, the
husband of the defendant.
The complaint as present- to tho
judge, who presides over the Circuit
Court of Petersburg, sets forth that
Mrs. Ormsby, on March 1C. 1911, in
the Cockade City, "did utter or at?
tempt to employ as true a forged pub?
lic record, knowing tho same to be
forged, consisting of a pretended
decree fraudulently entere?, without
authority in the records of the Su?
preme Court of the District of Colum?
bia." Tills was done, it |s charged,
"for the purpose of attesting a feigned
and forgVrd certificate or seeming to
attest same und uttered to defraud tho
eh lid of a hearing on a petition of
habeas corpus as required by section
3031 of the Code of Virginia."
Got Divorce In Ohio.
It is stated that Mrs. Ormsby se?
cured a decree of divorce at Xenla, O..
by methods which her husband de?
clares to lie illegal. Later, he says, the
part of the decree giving her custody
of the four-year-old child. woodbury
Beverly Ormsby, was set aside, an,I the
father took the child to Xewhuryport,
Mass.. near Boston. Tilgte the father
was arrested on a charge of abduction,
the wife securing the child. When he
sued out n writ of habeas corpus to
procure the production of the child In
court he lost by means of what he
declares to have been a forged certifi?
cate of a public record, which record
was not in existence Evidence was
adduced to show that no such record
was made In the District of Columbia.
Tho decree was rendered in Washing?
ton by Judge "Wendell Phillips Staf?
ford.
A somewhat pitiful story Is told from
the father's side. It is to the effect
that the four-year-old child was
taught to smoke, and that the Judge of
a court could see for himself tltat the
hoy would eagerly secure scraps of
cigarettes. Again, It was said that if
In court the child would manifest his
affection for the father. But public
appearances have been defeated hy
legal decisions.
'Pried In Petersburg.
Recently George p. Ormsby applied
to Judge J. M. .Mullen, of the Corpora -
'llon Court of Petersburg, for writ
of habeas corpus to compel tho wife,
who has been residing there as a
teacher for somo time, to produoa their
child.
It appeared to Judge Mullen that the
respondent was temporarily employed
in Petersburg, but that her home was
in Washington, and that the child
was not with her, but in the District
of Columbia with its grandparents.
Further, it was shown to the Judge
that the matter of the rightful custody
of the child had been decided in Wash?
ington under habeas corpus proceed?
ings instituted by Mr. Ormsby there,
to determine who was entitled to its
custody. it was then held that he
wns not entitled to the child, but that
Mrs. Ormsby was. Upon this show?
ing, the haheas corpus proceedings In
Petersburg were dismissed,
The father now claims that the al?
leged records as coming from Wash?
ington were etnployed against him lie
fore Judge Mullen, and that these re?
cords were forged.
An involved series of legal questions
enter into the case, among them as to
?whether a court in one State can ap?
point a guardian or custodian of a
child when tho divorce decree has
been granted in another.
It is presumed that the Warrant for
the arrest of Mrs. Ormsby will be
served to-day. She Is to be taken
before the Petersburg Police Justice
for preliminary hearing. -
HAS NOTHING TO SAY
Prisoner Accused of Killinic Ilia Chil?
dren, Stands Silent.
Boston. Mass.. May 4.?Standing in
the prisoners' dock In what appearcej
to be a dazed condition, Thomas I log?
ger! y, who spread the news around the
neighborhood of Parker Hill. In Rox
bury. last evening, that he had killed
his three little children by gnu poison?
ing, had nothing to say when tho
clerk of the R?xbury Police Court told
him Hint a chargo of mnrdor in tho
lirst degree had been laid against him
Tho ense was continued for a week,
and Haggerty wns sent to Jail. Hag
gerty had been greatly depressed since
the death of Iiis wife two years aia>
ALL ARE CONVICTED
Three Conspirators Must Serve Sen
toners for "nndger Gnme."
Washington. May 1.?Florenco U.
Knott. formerly of Detroit; James B.
Knott, or Orangeburg. S. C. her bus
blind, and Albert A. Armstrong, of Wa
tertown. S. D., were to-day convicted
of conspiracy to hlnckmnll a local mer?
chant by the "badger game" and wer?
sentenced to the pcnitentlnry, Mrs.
Knott for two yours anel tho two men
for four years each. Benjamin Knott,
r.n elder brother, convicted of complic?
ity, filed application for a now trlnl
nr.d was released on bond.
Chnvlcstnwn Goen> "Wet."
Chnrlestown. \V. Vs., May 4.?Charles
town to-day went "wet" by 06 innjor
Jtv In a total voto of 481,
FREE LIST BATTLE
RAGING li HOUSE
Republican Guns Are
Unlimbered Against
Democratic Measure.
CRUDELY DRAWN
IS CHARGE MADE
Hill Declares That It May Re?
duce Revenues $50,000,000 and
Send Many of This Country's
Now Flourishing Indus?
tries to Europe?Labor
to Suffer.
Washington, May 4.?Not since the
opposition's guns were unlimbered
aguinsi the. Democratic free list bill
by Minority Leader Mann, over a week
ago. has the debate In the House de?
veloped such an attack on the measure
as was made to-day by Representative
Hill. of. Connecticut, a Republican
member of the Ways and Means Com?
mittee, and one of the leading Re?
publican advocates of the Canadian
reciprocity bill.
Mr. Hill declared that the bill de?
vised by the Democratic leaders re?
moving the tariff duties from many
food products and manufactured ar?
ticles was so crudely drawn and so
indefinite In Its terms that instead of
{10,000,000 reduction in revenue, as the
Democrats expected. It might make a
reduction of $5<i.u0O,u00, and that 'ts
effect upon business would be to trans?
fer many nourishing Industries to Eu?
rope.
Labor Will Suiter.
Mr. Mill explained that the Inter?
national Harvester Machine Company,
tho largest sewing machine companies,
and other great manufacturers would
be able under the Democratic bill to
manufacture parts of their machines
cheaply abroad and br<ng them into
tills country to be assembled by cheap
labor here. Mechanics and skilled labor
would suffer loss of employment, ho
said. Mr. Hill said that In attempting
to make free of duty the bagging used
to wrap up cotton bales, tho Demo?
cratic bill would let In free the bajj
ging used by the fertilizer trust, the
cement mills of the Unltsd States Steel
Company, and by other monopolies
which would give no corresponding re?
turns In prices to consumers.
Chairman Underwood, of t be Ways
and Means Committee. Interjected that
Mr. Hill's whole argument was fro|n
the stnadpolnt of the American manu?
facturer; that the bill's purposo was "to
reduce prices and cost of living for
the American pc-ople."
Mr. HUI declared that the reductions
would in almost every case bo taken lip
by the big corporations that control
the markets.
Mr. Focht, of Pennsylvania, said that!
the tariff debate in tho extra session I
was costing the country $10,000 a min- |
ute.
Mr. Sims, of Tennessee, retorted that]
the expense to the country would be |
the same, whether the House were in!
session or not.
Agreement With Wh.lt? llouic.
'We did not call the extra session,
retorted Mr. Focht. "You had to make]
your agreement with the White House |
that you would pass the reciprocity
bill."
"Whose White House Is it?" asked
Mr. Sims.
"Von claim that and everything elso|
in sight." said Mr. Focht.
"Who owns tho White House?" per-1
Usted Mr. Sims.
"You act as if you did," returned Mr.
Focht, "and you act as though you
really hid the President now. I be?
lieve you have discounted Democratic
success for sixteen years ahead, hut
you are entirely mistaken. Tho opti?
mism o.' these Democrats reminds mo I
I.of the man who jumped off the thirty
I second story of the Singer Building, In
New York. When he got down about
the fifteenth floor he hollered: 'I'm all
right ?o far,' hut when he landed on
Uje sidewalk there was not onough left
i of htm to hold a post-mortem upon: and
so it will be with you when you hit
the sidewalk In 1012."
Senate's New Hour.
Washington. May 4.?Until other?
wise, ordered the Senate is to meet at
2 o'clock In tho afternoon instead of
at r.oon.
Tl,e custom of decades, the custom j
that has grown up with the country '
and was thought as llxed an institution ?
as Congress Itself, was thrown to the
winds in a jiffy this afternoon. Without!
a voice raised in behalf of the hoary
ontl.'iuity, the Senate voted mat until
it shall decide differently, it shall meet
two hours later than in the pasl.
' The overturning of the custom of I
inciting at noon and the fixing of the !
inciting hour at 2 o'clock was accom- |
pitched so quickly that the voterun !
employes of tho Senate wore Inquiring!
for muny minutes after the change had |
been made if they had heard aright. !
Adjournment Till .Monday.
.Senator Gallinger had proposed that]
wich tho Senate adjourns to-day. It be. 1
to meet Monday, lie said several Son-!
atfrs had asked for that, and ho asked !
if the Senators in charge of the two:
Iii Is on the calendar objected to the
atijou rumen t.
- Senator Borah, who Is In charge of
I lift direct elections resolution, remark-'
od that he would not object, If that
? .?. (Continued on Socoml Fngo.) ' "
Have You Left An
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An IIIiiHtrntril iiingnr.Ine, lllled
from cover to cover with bright
abort stories, iip-to-dnte nnleles
[by Frank G. Carpenter and John
F.lfreth WafkiiiM, n page of cable
ncirn from European capital*, four
ptiKCN of live sporting news, n piijre
of picture* of people In the public
eye, nil the live now* of Virginia
and the world at large, poured Into
(his olllce Over special wire*?Hirne
lire ? few of the things which will
he found in The Tlmca-Dlnputch
tiext Sunday.
Withhold Funds and Na?
tions Will Not Risk
Bankruptcy.
BANKER OFFERS
SUGGESTION
Assistant Secretary of State Tells
What Is Being Accomplished
b y "Dollar Diplomacy."
Boatwright Urges Sys?
tematic Peace Work
Among Colleges.
Baltimore-, Md., May 4.?"Financial
neutrality" a.s a pre von Live of war be?
tween nations was the interesting sug?
gestion offered at the third National
Peace Congress here to-day by James
.Speyer, of the New York and European
banking house of Speyer & Company.
Mr. Speyer spoku as d deleyuti.' from
the Chamber of Commerce of the Stuio
of New York. Mo followed Assistant
Secretary of State Huntington Wilson,
presiding officer of the forenoon ses?
sion, who gave his interpretation of
what has been called "dollar dip?
lomacy," the newly coined phrase ap?
plied to the expansion of business in?
terests through the efforts of the
Slate Detriment of the United States,
'i'lie term, according to Mr. Wilson,
means "the substitution of dollars for
bullets; the creation of a prosperity
which will be preferred to predatory
strife, and "a practical mode of pur- |
suing the Ideal of world's pence."
Flunucc tin Fence Power.
Mr. Speyer, who spoke on "Interna?
tional Financo as a Power for .Peace,"
dealt first with the lnilucnco of In?
ternational investments in times of
peace. Taking up the question of what
should nnd could be done in time of
war by first-class powers, he said we
find to-day In Europe that In times of
peaco certain governments will riot al?
low their hankers to take and pi a cd
foreign loans In the home market un?
less the purposes for which the loan
is to be used arc known and approved,
and at least part of the proceeds tiro
used by the borrowing nation for ex?
penditures In such home markets for
the benefit of tho lending nation.
"Now," snlil Mr. Speyer, "If such
supervision and control of tho bunkers
already ' exists In time.of peace, it does
\ not seem a wide flight of Imagination
to suggest that the great powers might
agree to exercise such control .In times
of war between 'third parties and to
maintain, In future, what, for want of
a better term, might be called "finan?
cial neutrality" In case two nations
went to'war without first submitting
their grievances and .differences to
arbitration or Judicial settlement at
The Hague, Wny should tho other
neutral powers not bind themselves not
to assist 'either of tho belligerents
financially, but to see to It that real
neutrality was observed by their banks
nnd bankers? There Is little doubt
that this could he done If no financial
assistance could be obtained from the
outside, few nat'ons would. In the fnco
of this most effective neutrality of 'the
other powers,'Incur tho peril of bank?
ruptcy. Somo would certainly last a
much shorter time."
Replies to Criticism.
A criticism of this government for
not having prevented the activities of
American sympathizers with the Mexi?
can insurrections along tho border,
made by Congressman James T. Slay
don in tho course of nn address, drew
a reply from Asslslnnt Secretnry of
Stale Wilson, who said that in nil revo?
lutions In the Uatln-Amer'cnn States
Americans had been active In spite of
the efforts of-the Federal government
to prevent such activities, nnd that the
record of the United States In proceed?
ing against previous f lllbttsterlngs
have convinced the people of Mexico of
the honesty of this country's attitude
toward It.
Systematic work among schools and
colleges was urged upon the enemies
of war by F. W. Boatwright. president
of Richmond College, in his address
before the pence congress. He said:
Among the vital institutions of our
ago the college holds high rank. Whllo
character is formed continuously
throughout childhood and adolescence,
;t crystallizes most rapidly during tho
college period. Spoelnl interests con?
sume the time and energy of the grad?
uate student, but the undorgrifduato
if a standard college ranges widely
'or mental food, lie opens his hearl
?.o many causes, and more or less con?
sciously reflects upon the great motives
and appeals of lire. He Is nit idealist
ready to Tielieve In the good nnd to
"spouse noble causes. Hard contact
vltii the world bus not yet chilled his
laith or his ardor. He believes In men
itid in his own powers.
To such youth tho glamor of war has
always strongly appealed. Tho first
call to nrms lias changed the American
college campus into a drill ground sjid
the college Into nn armed enmp. This
was pre-emlitemly true in the Civil
War. nnd wns repented even in our
brief war with Spain. Nations as un?
like a.s Germany and Japan have of?
fered similar examples. As In other
vocations, so in the business of war
the colleges have fltrnshod leaders.
Vet at the same time, the college, as an
institution, hates war nnd loves peace.
Whatever may seepi to have been true
in earlier times, war to-day retnrds In?
tellectual life, and the cnllogo devoutly
descrcs its abolition. War Is the nil -
devouring dragon that not only con?
sumes the bread of the nation, but
also absorbs thn energy which should
nourish gentle arts and beneficent sci?
ences. Inter nrmti silent leges, silent
llterne humaniores.
When, therefore, men come together
to consider how nations may adjust
their differences without resort to war,
It Is becoming to Inquire what may be
done to direct the thought of-college
men and women Into new nnd noblnr
channels nnd how we may marshal th?
colleges under the banners of Inter?
national peace. I nm not unmindful of
what has already been undertaken In
this Held or of the fact that the first
president of tho university whose hos?
pitality we enjoy to-day proposed nt
the Mohonk Conference of 100r? that
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PRAISES THE DOCTORS
President Tart Guest of Medien] Club
uf Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, 1'a.. May 1.?President
Taft was the guest of honor at a recep?
tion given her? to-night by the Medi
cal Club of 1'hlledolphla. The. Presi?
dent was balled as the Chief Executive
who had done the most for the ad?
vancement of medical science, and his
two recommendations that a national
department of health bo created by
Congress was dealt upon approvingly
by Dr. W. Li. [tollman, who presided.
The President praised tho doctors of
the United States Army and doctors
In general for the eltlctency they have,
displayed in conquering disease In
Cuba. In the Philippines and In tha
Panama Canal '/.one. lie found Justitl
catlon for tho war with .Spain In tho
stumping out of yellow fever in Cuba
that threatened death "to our South?
ern cities."
President Taft referred to the ef
liclcncy of the army medical corps, and
pointed out that In the camp at San
Antonio, where IS.000 troops are quar?
tered, only one case of typhoid fever
bail a pea red, lie compared this to the
dreadful scourge in Cuba, during tho
Spanish-American War. where, ho said.
90 per cent, became infected within
eight weeks from the date of moblll- i
/.a Hon.
The President said that much money!
l.nd been expended und many lives!
sacrificed In the Spanish-American]
War, but 1 that they are as nothing]
compared with the benefits to humanity
which liavo accrued from the dlscov-1
ci ios made during that period.
On his way over from Washington 1
the President talked reciprocity with
Chairman Pen rose of the Senate Fl- j
nance Committee. Senator Pcnrose told
the President that liettrings would be
held by Iiis committee until May 1.1 Inj
order that this constituents of Western,
Senators might be heard. The hill, tho
.Senator thought, would pass ihc Sen- j
ate without amendment. j
ROADBED TO BLAME
Hut No One In Held Itcsponnlblu for
Fatal Wreck.
Easton, Pa., .May 1.?"Lly tho ovtdonce
before us we conclude that the acci?
dent was caused by n defective road?
bed." was the Unding of the Coronet'?
Jury in Phllllppsburg, N. J.. following
the Inquest of the victims of the. wreck
on the Pennsylvania Itailroad at Mar?
tin's Creels last Saturday. This Unding
was made in connection with the dcatn
of Eleanor ltulhorford, the t.'tlca school
teacher, who died from her injuries
ill the Easton Hospital.
Prosecutor Striker, who assisted Cor?
oner Klnney in his investigation, said
that he would like to have had a moro
explicit verdict.
"The ense is now up to the grand
Jury for further investigation if tliev
rare to take It," he. said.
"Xo ono being charged with neglect,
there is no one against whom a charge
can he made. There was no evidence
to show any person charged with tho
care of the roadbed bad any knowl?
edge of a defect, if any there was."
Testimony tending to show that bal?
last had boon taken out of the road?
bed in order to straighten tho tracks,
which were from six to twelve inches
out of lino, nnd that no ono had warn?
ed the engineer of tho special train
that there was ?langer uheud, was
given by Jacob Huff, ono of the section
ir.on. at the coroner's Inquest to-day.
Leonard Miller, another section hand,
admitted that with a couple of buck?
ets of water the fire which followed
the derailment could have been extin?
guished Immediately after tho wreck.
FIGHT FOR EDDY RICHES
Adopted Son of Church Founder File?
Aiucndiueut to IIII1.
Concord, N. H., May I.?An amend?
ment to tho plaintiff's bill In the suit
brought In the United Stntcs Circuit
Court by Dr. E. J. Foster Eddy, of
Waterbury. Vt., adopted son of Hie
lr.te Mrs. Mary Maker G. Eddy, founder
of the Christian Science Church, to
have tho residuary clause of Mrs. Ed?
dy's will declared Illegal, has been al?
lowed, with the provision that the
defendants be allowed seven days In
which to file objections to tho Una)
admission of the amendment. Notice
that such Injunction will bo filed was
given to tho clerk of the Federal courts
in this city lo-dny by counsel for Hen?
ry M. linker, executor of the Eddv
estate, and tho other defendants. Tho'
ti mendtuent is similar to that made
early this week to the bill in the case
In the New Hampshire Superior Court.
In which George W. Glover, of Load.
S. D., Is seeking a similar result, nnd
sets up tho claim that tho agreement
tuade in 1000, whereby Messrs. Glover
and Foster Eddy agreed not to con?
test Mrs. Eddy's will In view of a
money settlement, was not valid, on
the ground that Mrs. Eddy personally
v. as not a party to tho ngreement.
STRIKE IS SPREADING
Laborers Claim That Hundreds Have
Joined Their Kuiiks.
Pittsburg, Pa.. May 4.?The striko
of the Pennsylvania Railroad shop?
men on tho Plttsburg division spread
to-dny to the Allegheny shops on the
Fort Wayno division and tho Verona
shop of the Allegheny Valley division.
Al tho former 340 men walked out. and
the company to-night asserted that 31?
mon were still nt work. At the Verona
Shops,- whore 407 men nre on tho pay
roll. It is claimed more than 300 have
joined the strikers.
One man was shot through the knoo
nnd two others wore severely honten
to-night nt Wall Borough, which nd
trnrns Pltcnirn, when strikers, strike-!
breakers and railroad detectives en-j
I gaged In n fight during which more
than a score of bullets were fired into
a crowd In front of the Wall post
ofllco. The light was started. It la said,
by strikebreakers crowding a striker
oft' a narrow boardwalk, and strike
sympathizers interfering.
Upon receiving nows of the shooting
Sheriff Judd Bruff ordered all the sa?
loons In Wall closed until the striko is
settled. Pllcnlrn Is a no license town.
Peter Yurie, tho wounded man. Is a
strikebreaker.
HAMMERSTEIN HOPEFUL ,
Believes He Will Produce Opera Aculn
In New York.
New York, N. Y.. May 4.?"Maybe,
some day?well, maybe, soon ?I'll give
opera here again," said Oscar Ham
mersteln, tho Impresario, Just before
I sailing to-day for Europe.
' Mr. Ilnmmersteln goes abroad to look
I after his operatic venture in London.
I Whon ho retired from tho operntie
field here ho agrocd not to give grand
opera locally ngaln for ten years. Hu
said to-day, however, that he was on
most friendly terms with the Metro?
politan people, "nnd," he went on, "per?
haps! I will oomo to some agreement
with them to modify Hint clause so ns
to let me In again. 1 believe it can
be done."
FIREWORKS EXPLODE
Youhk Woman Killed nnd Man la
MImnIu g.
Newark. N. J.. May 4.?Ono young
woman Is dead and ono man Is miss?
ing as the result of a tire, starting
with nn oxploslon. which destroyed the
works of the National Fireworks Com?
pany in Belleville to-dny. The missing
mnn is Fornley S. Bradnor, treasurer
and manager of the company. Several
of the young women employes in I lie
pliico had narrow escapes and somo
or thorn were painfully burned.
Tho oxploslon was- followed by a rush
Of lire. The dead woman was Mi?s.
Lena Slilck".
THAT DIRECTORS
OIO NIT DIRECT
Defense Hopes to Prove
Vast Negligence on
Their Part.
BISHOP MADE
SCAPEGOAT
Note on Which Case Hinges Was
for Accommodation of Charles
Hall Davis?Cabaniss Flat- ,
ly Contradicts Other Di?
rectors' Assertions
of Ignorance.
II V A. It. W. MACKRETH.
Petersburg. May 4.?With the ma?
jority of thu directors and other offi?
cers apparently attempting to saddle
all responsibility oi\ him for the con?
dition of the Appomattox Trust Com?
pany before it wont out of existence.
Carter Ft. Bishop, former cashier' of
that. Institution, entered to-day upon
the second session of his trial under
Indictment .No. -2 for false entry, made
on a discounted note for $20.t>SS in
favor of Charles Hall Davis, former
president of the company.
Hatter Former Cashier. I
Directors and olllcers of the defunct
bank composed the witnesses heard
to-day. With one exception, they bat?
tered the former cashier, who sut im?
perturbable through It nil, rather as If
lib weru ono of the numerous spec?
tators on hand than prisoner at tho
bar. Kobert Cabaniss. director, was
the one exception. He stated that all
the directors knew that Bishop was
In the habit of discounting notes. Tho
others said cither that they didn't
know it or that he did so without
due authority from them. All the d'
rectors testified that they knew noth?
ing of the note for $20,680, discounted
October 6, 1D0S, by Bishop for Davis
until they examined the bank in tho
following December. They at once
sought explanation. Bishop rcmnincd
silent. Davis offered lite required ex-,
plnnation. Ho Informed them. It was
testified, that his means had become
exhausted, and that he had been forced
to make the note In order to cover his
overdrafts In the bank and to insure
his credit. But the statemont wns
not satisfactory, and they requested
him to tnko tho note out as soon as
possible. Instead of being taken out,
it was renewed several times. That
it had bceti secured was not discovered
until luted, when It was learned that
ho hnd drawn up a deed of trust on his
Centro Hill estate, valued at about
$50,000.
According to the testimony, the bank
was left to tnko care of Itself, though
it was a great accommodation for
paper marketers.
Whatever the outcome of the present
trial, It may bo seen plainly that tho
prosecution is reaching out mainly
for former President Davis. whoso
name, though he is to bu tried sep?
arately, was montioncd moro often
than that of ttte man at present on
trial, and In whoso defense a big
array of lawyers is even now engaged.
Wlledx & Wllcox are defending Bishop,
while Davis Is represented by Gcorgo
S. Bernard, senior counsel; State Sen?
ator Charles T Ijissltor, .lohn L. Coc,
of Lynchburg, and Colonel James
Mann, of Norfolk.
I.cc Mukca Dcfcnkc.
When objection wbr raised late in
tho day to the testimony of B. T. Wil?
son. cletV of tho State Corporation
Commission, who was to have testified
that the hank officials refused to allow
an examination of the hank. It was
Mr. Lee who made tho principal argu?
ment for the defense. He declared that
tho oorpus delicti, or tho fact that
fnlso entry hnd been made, had not
been established, and that, therefore,
Mr. Wilson's collateral evidence could
not properly he Introduced. Common?
wealth's Attorney B. II. Mann Is prose?
cuting the case vigorously anel alone.
It Is rather n singular coincidence that
three Manns are engaged in tho trial,
one being prosecuting attorney, one
nctlng for tho defense, and tho third
being a member of the Jury.
Judge J. II. Mullen is presiding. The
first witness called was H. Hives
Hooper, who had been gotier.il book?
keeper for the old Appomattox Trust
Company. He said that he often en?
tered discounts nnd that ho entered
discounts on October 5, 1!>0S. the dato
of the nlleged offeti3e. Tho general
account book wns given him to
identify. In it appeared the discount
for $31,000, drawn by W. L, Voting.
He said that the entry of 5-0.653 for
Charles Hall Davis could not have
concenled the discount, nnd later said
that the amount of the discount should
have gone to Davis.
Then W. L. Young, maker of the
noto In question, was called to tho
chair. He said that he was employed
as bookkeeper by-Davis ,fc Davis, ono
of whom is Charles Hall Davis, and
that ho drew up the note, for Davis at
the lntter's request on .September IS.
100$. He admitted that he did not
expect and was not expected to pay
It. as lie hnd only nhout $1,000 at the
time. Ho didn't know what alter wards
became of the ante, but remembered
that It was to run for three months.
"What was the noto made for?'' ha
wns asked.
"To relieve overdrafts." he replied.
He said that Bishop was present at
the time the noto was drawn up. II?
didn't bother himself, about subsequent
payment, hut understood that Davis
had drawn up a deed of trust on his
Centre Hill estate to secure the note
when It should fall duo. Ho thought
tho note was secure, and that It would
ho paid. The note was made hV hltn
nelf. Indorsed by Davis and made pay
ubla to Davis.
Knew nf Deed of Triiit.
W. A. Worth, teller of tho old In?
stitution, who was on the witness
stand yesterday, was recalled. Ho ad?
mitted that ho knew of the deed at
trust. It w-ajj he. he admitted, wh^i