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THE DIBPATCM FOUNDED lstft
THE TIMES FOUNDED IUI
WHOLE NUMBER 18,720.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1911.
THTB WEATHER TO-DAY-FsIr PRICE TWO CENTS
Usual Vaudeville Pro?
ceedings That Mark
Close Missing-.
TAFT ON HAND AND
SIGNS FEW BILLS
Veto of Cotton Tariff Bill Goes
to House?Speaker of House
and President of Senate De?
liver Valedictory Addresses.
Members Leave for
Home.
Washington, August 22.?The first
session of the Sixty-second Congress
ended to-day, and immediately the ex?
odus of members began. President
Taft Joined with several hundred tired
legislators In the hcglra, and to-night
Official Washington comparatively was
deserted. Uvery outgoing train borr
Senator* and Representatives on the!:
homeward Jouruoy, alter an cxtraor
tllnary sobsIuii that stretched over 121
days, and set the liveliest pact oi any
legislative session In years.
Tho adjournment was featureless,
despite tho strenuous activity that
bid gone bufore. The President vetoed !
the eotlon turllt revision bill, ju*t aal
l.o had vctucd Its two revision, pre- 1
decessors, the wool and free list bills, j
Tho veto went only to the House, In
accordance with custom, and there its j
reception was marked by Democratic
laughter und Republican upplausc.
Thank* Itrpubllunna.
Democratic Deader Underwood, amid
a Democratic demonstration, lormally j
tnanktd the few Republican members i
who voted with the LienhKrita to pass I
the tariff revision bills. Democrats j
ran across the aisles to shake hands ;
with the Republican Insurgents. Tho |
cheering and pounding of desks on j
the Democratic side was prolonged. |
As soon at he could be heard. Mr. i
Underwood announced that as the ;
Democrats did not have tho two-thirds ;
majority necessary to pass tho bill over
the President's veto he would merely
move the printing of the voto and j
accompanying papers and their refer- |
once to tue Ways at.d Means Commit
tee, of which he was the chairman, j
The House agreod to this fixed course.
With the committee the matter will i
rest until the wholo aubject of tariff
revision legislation is renewed at tha 1
regular session of Congress, which will
convene at noon on Monday, December
4.
Everybody was In happy mood In
both houses, but the usual vaudeville
proceedings that feature the few. min?
utes following a.n adjournment of the
House for years were missing to-day.
The nearest approach was the singing
of "Auld !.:-.:..; S-yne" Ly a group or
younger members, led by Ileflin, of
Alabama. Klnknad. of New Jersey;
P-yrnes, of South Carolina, arid Gar
rett, of Tennessee. But their chords
did not Inspire a common chorus. The
gal'.orles In both the House and Sen?
ate were crowded.
President at Capita).
PreslVnt Taft spent half an hour
nt the Capitol, making it a social af
tolr, as well as a business one. Occupy?
ing the presidential room, in the rear
of the Senate chamber, he was given
an enthusiastic ovation by Senators
of all shades of political complexion,
as well as by Representatives who
drifted over from the Houue to meet
him. Vice-Presldent Sherman was
among them, and one of the first to
t-hake hanfle. The President latei
busied himself with the taek of sign?
ing the eleventh houri measures, ap?
proving all that were presented.
The Senate spent a restless day.
Within thirty-five minutes after It had
convened it took a recess until 2
o'clock, to await the action of tho
House on the belated veto of the cot?
ton bill. Then came an executive ses?
sion, to consider two minor nomina?
tions, and another recess until 2:45
o'clock. Senators gathered in the
aisles of the Senate chamber during
this recess, and exchanged parting
greetings. Progressives and Regulars.
Republican and Democratic, mixed
I heir hearty good wishes.
In tho House there was the same
confusion, only more pronounced.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama. Demo?
cratic leader of the House, shared with
Hpeaker Clark congratulations over
the party's achievements in the first
Democratic House In sixteen years.
Republican Deader Mann and others
beamed with good will.
The last measure Introduced In the
House was a resolution harking back
to King Louis XVI. It provide^ for the
erection of a tablet, In the rotunda of
the Cnpltol In Washington, In com?
memoration of King Douis's Interven?
tion In bffhalf of this country. Thel
resolution, like a host of ofRers, went
over to the regular session for consid?
eration.
Vnledl^ ory Addreaaes.
Both Vice-Presldent Sherman and
Speaker Clark delivered valedictories,
expressing appreciation. extending
congratulations In good will shown In
a strenuous session, and bespeaking
health and happiness during the re?
cess. Then officially. <u Z o'clock, but
actually two minutes later In each
house, the. extra session of Congress
was declared adjourned.
The session record of measures Intro?
duced is 14.n?S bills and 184 resolu?
tions In the House, and .1,296 bills and
llfty-elght resolutions In the Senate.
Only a few of these were passed. The
Senate adpourned without filling tho
office of president pro tern., to take
the place of Vice-Presldent Sherman
In temporary absences from the city.
As In tho case, of the wool and freo
list bills. President Taft. In his veto
messnge, hase3 objections to the cot?
ton bill lnrgely upon the fact that
the Tariff Board had not as yet had
time to submit a report on the. sched?
ule. He also declared that the cotton
bill was adopted without any invest i
gatlon or Information of a satisfactory
character, as to Its effect upon the
cotton Industry Tho President object?
ed especially to the attempt by Con?
gress to add a revision of the Iron and
Kteel and chemicals schedules to the
cotton bill as amendments.
"T find," he said, "that there was
practically no consideration of elthe.
schedule by any committee of either
House. There were no facts present?
ed to either House, in which T can
find material upon which to form any
Judgment ns to the effect of the amend
(Continued on, Third Page.)
AN ECONOMICAL CONGRESS
Appropriation* During: Kxtrn Session
Amounted to $301,03::.
Washington. D. C, August 22.?
Chairman Fitzgerald, of tho House Ap?
propriations Committee, in reviewing
the work of the extra session to-day
stated that the aoyiopi laiiouu of Con
gruss during tue extra session amount
ed to 1301,052. llu dcelured that 11?
session ul Congress has ever run fo;
so lung a perlud and appropriated so
utile.
.Mr. Fitzgerald declared that more
than $20u,ouo hud been saved during
this session by tile abullshlng of sin?
ecures and cutting off gratuities here?
tofore grunted congressional employes,
und that further retrenchment was
pjanned for the next, season.
Former Speaker Cannon accused the
Democrats of being niggardly, saying
that in order to effect .? petty saving
the Democrats had made It Impossible
to keep clean the quarters occupied by
itnpresentatlves. He said that if the
Democratic majority haa spent proper
sum.; in employing experts in framing
their tariff bills, they might not have
subjected themselves to the "just crit?
icism of the President."
Representative Palmer, oi. Pennsyl?
vania, Democrat, retorted that one
fourth of tho House expenses had been
eliminated by cutting oil petty graft
and that it was the intention of the
Democrats to carry out a similar re?
im in in every oranch.Of the govern?
ment.
Mr. Fitzgerald said that of tho total
of |301,062, approximately 3141,000 was'
necessary to meet the expenses incl-!
dexit to the session of Congress; ol the
remainder, 1150,000 was fur rebuilding
tho arrny supply depot at Fort Mason,
Call, and that, the remainder was ap?
plied to minor matters.
"No new offices nor new employ?
ments have been created under Demo
iratlc auspicee, said Mr. Fitzgerald.
"The House has Initialed a policy ot
retrenchment and reform, which, if
continued, will have far-reaching fiscal
results."
Mr. Fitzgerald contended that there:
was room for reform In administrative j
methods.
DEAD ON PIKE'S PEAK
I liodlcn of Texiu Couple Found Frozen
to Deutb Near Summit.
Colorado springs:, Col , August 22.?
\V; V. Skinner and wife, of Dallas.
Texas, were frozen to death near t;ie
summit of Pike s Peak this morning, i
Their bodleb, almost covered with snow ,
were found side by side by a boy walk
Ing down the peak tint afternoon I
Skinner and his wife started to walk '
1 to the top of the peak early yes-tevdny
, afternoon, and stopped <u the office
: of ilie Pike's peak News, about thref.'
mile* above the Half-Way House, lot
register. At that time Mr. Skinner, whol
was about Qfty-flve years old, doubt
ed thoir ability to reach the top of the |
mountain. Mrs. Skln::er. who was
tboui ten years younger than her hus?
band. Is repotted to have made the re?
mark: "I am from Texas, and they are
IVOt going to say when I get back
that I could not climb Pike's Peak."
The couple were last seen aboift 4
o'clock by the crew of ihe downward
bound cog road truln. At that time
Mr. bkinne.r repeated h's doubts to
some of ihe passengers- But Mrs. Skin?
ner again insisted on trying to reach
the summit.
At 7 o'clock last night a severe
snowstorm., whjqh covered the entire
peak lo the depth of one foot on the
level, accompanied by a fifty-mile wind
broke on the peak. From the positions
of tnc bodies when found, It is believed
the couplu sought shelter In tho lee
of a huge bowlder, a short distance
from the track. Both wore very light
ciothing
j Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are understood
here to have been employed in the
? printing department of a Dallas news
, paper.
TAFT LEAVES WASHINGTON
Will Go to Roebralcr To-Day, and
Then to Beverly for Three Weeks.
Washington, August 22.?President
Taft lefi Washington to-night for Ro?
chester, N. Y.. where to-rr.orrow h?
will address the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic
and then Will proceed to his summei
home In Beverly, Mass. Ho was ac?
companied by Major A. W. Butt and
Secretary Hilles.
With only three weeks of playtims
left before he starts upon one of the
hardest transcontinental trips evei
undertaken by a chief executive, the
President left the capital to be gout
until November, or even later, it (s
probable that far the first two weeks
of his stay In Beverly the President
will deny himself to all callers and
get Just as complete a rest as golfing,
motoring and generally do':ng uothins
consistently will give him. At the
end of that period of seclusion the
President expects to set to work on
some of the speeches he will deliver
on his forty days' trip. The declslor,
?in the Wiley case also may be forth?
coming from Beverly.
With tho departure of thc_Piesldent
the bachelor colony at the White
House, which has b<*en a feature of
the present summer, was broken up.
YOUNG SOLDIERS EXPENSIVE
Will Cost Sl.700,000 to Conduct Mlll
taryAcndemy Next Klscal Yenr.
Washington. D. C, August 22.?It
will cost $1,700,000 to conduct tho
United States Military Academy dur?
ing the next fiscal year, according
to estimates received by the War De?
partment yesterday from Major-Gen.'
Thomas H. Bjurry, superintendent at
West Point. General Barry asks con?
gressional authority for new buildings
at an expenditure of $3.000.000 lo be
spread over a period of five years. This
is to carry out the plan of enlarge?
ment to accommodate 7f>0 cadets. The
plan has been approved by Congress,
but General Barry considers the limit
of cost of $7,000,000 Insufficient.
In order to till all vacancies at the
Military Academy euch year, General
Barry urges the enactment of a propo?
sition which previously has beL-n be?
fore Congress, by which qualified alter?
nates could be appointed to the cadet
shlps unlilled by regular candidates.
Although three examinations were
conducted last year. It Is pointed mil,
there still remain tifty-three vacancies
I in the corps.
REFERENCE ELIMINATED
( at hon,- Societies Refuse lo Condemn
National Educational Association.
Columbus, Ohio. August 22.?Contrary j
to Its action a year ago. and In one of i
the most animated sessions In Its his-j
tory, the American Federation of Cath?
olic Societies to-day rejected re&olll-l
tions to condemn the National iCduca
tlonal Association as un organization
"to set up in this country a-n eiduea- j
tlonal trust n6 a. menace to Individual!
liberty and tio tho primary rights which I
every American citizen enjoys of choos?
ing, the kind of education which he may
wish to give his child."
The resolution of condemnation is
the result, of the efforts of the Nutlonul
Educational Association to establish a
government ?on-sectnri.t|ti school at
Washington, D. C.
After considerable discussion the
resolutions were sent back to the com?
mittee with instructions to eliminate
reference to tho National Educational
Association. J
J. S. harbour Thompson
Denies Statement of
Carter Glass.
NO FOUNDATION
FOR ACCUSATION
Gives Out Correspondence Re?
lating to Matter, and Declares
That Charge is Absolutely
Untrue and False in Every
Particular, and Does Him
Foul Injustice.
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, D. C. August 22?J. S.
Barhour Thompson gave out the fol- .
lowing statement here to-day regard-!
lng the charge made by Carter Glass '
that ho had used his Influence to have j
Claude A. Swanson named as successor!
to Senator John W. Daniel.
Mr. Thompson'* Stntemcnt.
Mr- Thompson said:
Shortly after my arrival lo this
country from Europe In the early part
of August my attention was called to |
what purported to be a quotation from
a speech delivered by Mr. Carter Ulass
at Portsmouth, Vs_, or. August 1, as
follows:
"My competitor has talked about de- j
fying the railroads. You remember
the letters which have been read and -t
published from one John S. Barbour j
Thompson, representative of a rail- [
roud Well, the same John P. Barhour j
Thompson appeared in Washington the!
next dny after John Daniel had been j
stricken with paralysis and announced,
that he had corne there to have Swan- ,
son named as John Daniel's successor. '
My competitor seems to be on lntl- ;
mate terms with other gentlemen who i
sneaklngly and cunningly control leg-!
islatures"
Upon reaching Atlanta I addressed
Mr Carter Glass a letter, of which ,
the following Ib a copy, and had it 1
delivered to him on August 11 by my j
brother. Mr. Richard C. Thompson:
Isetter to Gla?a.
"Atlanta, Ga., August 3. 1911. I
"Hon Carter Glass, House of Repre?
sentatives. Washington. D. C.:
'Dear Sir.?Upon returning home
from a prolonged absence my attention
is called to a report In the Norfolk
Dandmark of dato August 2, 191,1, of.
what purports to be a speech deliv .
ered by you at Portsmouth, Va., August
1, of which the following Is an extract: ?
" 'He says that he it too .busy, too
busy. Why don't he eolbe out-and glv?
his competitor blow for-Tblow und stand
the gaff like a man? /{Now I want to j
suy something. My / competitor has
talked about defying the railroads. Youj
remember the letters which have been1
sead and published from one John S.
Barbour Thompson, representative of
a railroad. Well, the same John S.
Barbour Thompson appeared in Wash-;
Ington the next day after John Daniel
had been stricken with paralysis and
announced that he bad come there to
have Swanson named us John Daniel's
successor. My competitor seems to be
on intimate terms with oth? : gentle?
men who sneaklngly and cunningly
1 control Legislatures.'
"This statement, as relates to any1,
actions or views of mine concerning
the suecessorship to the late senator:
Daniel, is absolutely without founda?
tion, and I have to ask that you will '?
give me your authority for this slate-'
ment, as reported to have been made
by you in your Portsmouth speech. j
"This letter will he presented to you |
by my brother. Mr. Richard C. Thomp?
son, to whom I beg you will delivei
your reply. Very respectfully,
"J. S. B. THOMPSON."
Reply la Received.
On August li the following letter!
from Mr. Glass, dated August 11, am.
addressed to me. was received at At?
lanta:
"House of Representatives. T_\ S.,
"Washington. D. c.
"August li, 1911.
"Mr. J. S. B. Thompson, Atlanta. Ga.:
"Dear Sir,? Yours of August a, 1911.
has Just been handed me by your bro?
ther, Mr. R. C. Thompson. The news?
paper report of my speech at Ports?
mouth, us quoted by you. Is slightly
Inaccurate as to what I said concerning
the precise date of your visit to Wash-;
ington, but in nil other respects it is j
substantially correct. My informan; ;
was Mr. Kalph Smith. Washington cor-',
respondent of the Atlanta Journal, who!
told me of the incident at the time
and who has since confirmed by letter
what he stated to me in i onvcrsatlon.
"Yours respectfully,
"CARTER GLASS."
I was out of the city at the time,
and upon my return 1 addressed to
Mr. Ralph Smith, the authority given
by Mr- Glass for Ills statement, at
Washington, a letter, under date of
August IS, which Is as follows:
Write* to Ralph Smith.
"August IS. 1!U1.
"Mr. Ralph Smith, Washington, D. C:
"Hear i-lr.?Upon returning home in
the second week of this month from a
very protracted absence, my atten?
tion was called to u report in the Nor?
folk (Virginia) Landmark of date Au?
gust 2. 1911, of what purported to be
u speech delivered by Mr. Carter Glass
ut Portsmouth. Va.. August I, of Which
the following is an extract:
" 'He says that he Is too busy, too
busy. Why don't he come out and
give his competitor blow for blow and
stand the gaff like a man? Now. I
want to say something. My competitor
has talked about defying the rail?
roads. You remember the letters
which have been read and published
from one John S. Barbour Thompson,
representative of a railroad? Well, the
same John S. Barhour Thompson ap?
peared in Washington the next day
after John Daniel had heon stricken
with paralysis and announced that he
had come there to Have Swancon
named us John Daniel's successor. My
competitor seems to be on Intimate
terms with other gentlemen who
sneaklngly and cunningly control
Legislatures.'
"Immediately upon seeing this I ad
s ^Continued on SoYent,h7Tt>ago.j
ATWOOD 95 MILES j
NEARER NEW YORK
Aviator Makes Another
Remarkable Spin
Through Air.
EXPECTS TO MAKE
WORLD'S RECORD
After Making Late Start and
Flying Most of Way in Twi?
light, He Lands at Fort
Plain, and Will Try to
Reach Metropolis
To-Day.
Fort Plain. X. v.. August 22.?An?
other remarkable spin through the air,
on his aeroplant (light from St. Louis
to Now York, brought Harry N. At?
wood from Belle Isle, rive miles west
of Syracuse, to Port Plain luto this
afternoon, and landed him ninuty-nvo
m'les nearer his destination.
lie is now 1,065 miles fruiu his
starting place, and exactly 20? miles
from his proposed a-iighllng point In
.\ev. Vork.
Prom .belle Isle, where he ascended
at 4:33 P. M-, Atwood sailed around
Syracuse twelve minutes later, turned
tue nose of his biplane eastward, and
in tlie twilight descended into the Mo?
hawk Valley, uliglillng in a Held here
at 7:06 P. M. His actual Hying time
to-day was two hours and ten min?
utes, and was made without stop.
Atwood believes ho possibly mav
make Now York to-morrow, but more
probably on Thursday, because on ac?
count of the rough and wooded coun?
try from Albany down the Hudson
River he may be compelled to descend
in difficult places or effect landings
un the water.
New Pace in America.
Atwood. who In nine days has set a
new pace tor aerial navigation in
America, Is confident ihu.1 he soon will
have a new world's record for dis?
tance. He lacks just ninety-nine
miles of beating the international rec?
ord now held In Durope. Punning
over the last lap of his flight down
the Hudson, after he has turned the
corner at Albany, lie will surpass the
present record at Khinecliff.
Prom here Atwood has fifty-eight
miles to go to Albany, which he Is
capuble of mnklng In one flight with?
out a stop. The 142 miles from Al?
bany to New York will .require at
least one stop for gasolene.
On the ninth day of his flight, At?
wood proceeded without a mishap al?
though he (lew most of the way in
the twilight, and all of Its dense haze.
He flew ahead of a fast mall train.
To-day's was the latest start he has
attempted. Delayed all day by a high
wind, he had almost given up start?
ing when at 4:55 P. M. the wind calm?
ed and he took advantage of It. He
followed the tracks of the New York
Central Railroad, making Onelda at a
speed of thirty-one miles in thirty
eight minutes. He went over Rome,
forty.four miles from the start, at
5:4fc P. M.
Remonstration In t'tlen.
Utlca. which he reached in one hour
and thirty minutes, had a demonstra?
tion prepared In a hurry.
For twenty minutes the din of bells
and whistles continued.
It was almost dark when Atwood
tiearerl Fort Plain. He hovered a while
over the town, and then selecting a
clear .spot on the opposite bank of
the Mohawk River, nllghted to the
astonishment of a fr.rmer. a half
dozen angry dogs, and a bare-footed
boy, with a wheelbarrow.
WILL FIND SOLUTION
Kreuch Oiiverumcnt Isaues Note on
.Negotiations With lienuony.
Paris, August 22.?A cautious u*nd
firm seml-ottl.iul note was Issued by
tiic government this afternoon relative
to the negotiations with Germany, say?
ing:
< Ambassador Cambon will ^return
to Berlin toward the end of August
probably about the'"2Stl>. Meantime in
will have In I'aris sevcrjj conference*
with the premier, minister of foreign
affairs and minister of the colonies
concerning the subjocts of rit-s conver?
sations with Herr Von Kiderlen
Wueehter Che German minister ol
foreign affairs).
"Without endeavoring to prejudge
the precise results, it is believed thai
the difficulties will And a solution. II
is, however, true that such solution
will depend upon two conditions: First,
that the rights of France in Morocco
be recognized without diminution on
the part ot Germany, apd regulated
definitely in a manner to avoid .ill fu?
ture complications; and. second, that
Germany reduces ncr territorial de?
sires in French Congo, which uppear
to be manifestly excessive."
The Temps, In commenting Upon the
Moroccan dispute, says:
"France, which sometimes has fallen
in with the illusion of universal peace,
has ceased to regnrd as Impossible a
European conflict. We are convinced
Dial nobody in Europe wishes such n
conflict, which vvoul? exceed in extent
the horror of those of past genera?
tions, but we. believe also thnt certain
diplomatic methods', founded on mis?
taken psychology, may render inevit?
able a war which no one wants."
TAFT IS MERCIFUL
lie Commutes Prison Sentences of .lap
nncse nnd Wife.
Washington, August 22.?President
Tuft yesterday commuted tin prison
sentences of Isai Kiklehl, a Japanese,
and hi-s wife, who helped the Feu
eral authorities break ujj a, notorious
White .slave gang in Honolulu. Roth
are now serving terms In the Hawaiian
prison, but by the President's action
will bo released January I. 19i;>.
The President refused clemency to
-lohn Fewkes, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank of Belen, N. Y,
now serving a tlve-year term for em?
bezzlement. Fewes has beeli in Jail
less than a year, and the President
decided that his application for clem?
ency was premature.
The sentence of George Hnell of Dos
Vegas. N. H.. convicted of land frauds
against the government, was com
niute,! to a line of $50.
In several other pardon applications
Um President Refused to. aot, i
FAMOUS PAINTING |
CANNOT BE FOUND!
'Mona Lisa,' Da Vinci's
M a s t e r p i e ce, Disap
pe ars from the Louvre
-
MAY BiL WORK OF
, FRAU i IC AL JOKER
But French Authorities Are
Greatly Stirred, and Govern?
ment Sets in Motion All Its
Resources in Seeking Re?
covery of Priceless Art
Treasure.
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I
Paris, August 22.?Tho art v.'vrrld I
was thrown into consternation ty-duy (
by the announcement mat Leonardo
da Vinci's masterpiece, "Mona Lisa,'
or as it is popularly known, "La Jo
conde," had mysteriously UI.suppeu.ico
from tho Louvre.
The fumous painting hung in the
place of honor in the Salon Carre, and
not a vestige of a clue was left of
the person or persons who took It, to
aid the detectives und policu in try?
ing to trace It. A search of every
nook arid cranny of the Louvre, from
roof to cellar, only brought to light
the valuable frame in which tho pic?
ture hung, and the glass that covered
It. These were intact on a >back stair?
case.
Some persons believe that a practlca^
joke bus l/een played, but, neverthe?
less, the government has set to work
Its entire force of detectives in an
effort to recover the palming.
"Mona Lisa" is one of France's
greatest art treasures, ranking with
the sculptures "Venus de Milo" and j
"The Victory of Samothrace" an<j Mu- j
rillo's painting,. The Immaculate Con- j
ceptlon."
Its Only Purallel.
The only parallel with this history
of art theft is the ca.se of Gains?
borough's famous "Duchess of Devon- j
shirt." which was taken from its frame
In the show room of an a\L tirm In !
London some years ago, but later re-i
turned by the late pal Shoedy, a well- j
known American gambler, who acted'
as intermed'ary between the thief and1
the art dealers, loiter this picture was'
purchased by J. Plerpont Morgan.
Tho painting was not missed until !
noon to-day, when visitors In the
museum, among whom were hundreds
of Americans, were quiotly Informed
that the gallery was about to be
closed for the day and requested to
leave. After that time no one was
admitted.
M. Calllaux. Minister of Justice, was
immediately apprised of the disap?
pearance of "Mona Lisa." and after I
hurried conference with M. Lcpine, the |
prefect of Paris, M. Lepine set off
for the Louvre, accompanied by M.
Ilamard, chief of detectives. Rein?
forced by the entire staff of detec?
tives, they remained until night. In?
dustriously searching the Louvre for
the missing masterpiece.
The most remarkable feature of the
case Is that the picture appears to
I have teen taken early yesterday morn?
ing, without Its absence being re?
marked until noon to-day.
Georges Benedlte, acting curator of
the Louvre, is Inclined to believe the
removal of the painting the work of
? a practical joker, pointing out that
I such a world famous art treasure
'? would be a white elephant in the
! hands of a thief, as It would be ut
i terly impossible to dispose of it. At
I the same time, however, M. B;nedlte
does not altogether abandon the hypo?
thesis of theft.
Charsie of Theft.
The first searches for the painting
having proved fruitless, the Under
Secretary of State for Fine Arts has
lodged a charge of theft against a
I person or persons unknown, with the
Minister of Justice, whieh has ap?
pointed a magistrate to open an In?
vestigation.
"Mona Llsn" is one of the world's
famous paintings, and Is held prlce
I less. At one time, It has been stated.
the Rrltish government offered $5.
j 000,000 for the work, which wns re- j
j fused. It is the most celebrated por- i
I trait of a female. In the world. Its
i most striking characteristic is the j
! smile. Da Vinci's model was the wife I
of Francesco del Glocondo, a Floren- !
I tine of the fifteenth-sixteenth centu- J
j rles. When Da Vinci painted her. she i
i was about thirty ye. rs old. The sub- j
i ject Is shown seated In a low chair. '
! on the left arm of which she Is lean- j
I lug. The gown Is simple. Dark hair, i
! hanging loosely, drapes an oval face.
I with expressive eyes and aquiline
? nose. About the mouth is seen the
j sweet smile, which has been, the chief
I characteristic In making the painting ?
famous It is said that Da Vlnol. In I
order to obtain this effect, had musi?
cians, singers and jesters, near his
subject to amuse her as he painted.
IN HANDS OF DEALERS
1 nprccedentcil Demiinri for Coupon
Type ?if fiuinl llnnilt?.
Washington. August 32.?-Although,
the successful bidders for the recent
$50.000,000 Panama Canal bond Issue
were announced more than five weeks
ago. only $33,000,000 of the ue* se?
curities actually have been Issued to
date.
The government has received all the
principal and premium of the Issue,
but the immense demand for coupon
bonds hus made it Impossible for tho
Tr-wuiry to deliver all the securities.
The 'unprecedented ?Jemand for t'ie
coupon type is taken by Treasury ofli
I -Mals to indicate that mos! O' the new
I bonds are In the hau ls of dealers.
VALUED AT $48.000
I ISatate of Merlon Crawford Divided
i \ mone Ills Widow and Children.
Now York. August 22.?The estate
of F. Marlon Crawford, the novelist
who died at Sorrento. Italy. April '.'.
1M'!>. is appraised In a report tiled here
to-day hy the State Comptroller. The
estate Is valued st $-?S.<>it0, and is di?
vided an,"i.e. the author's widow and
his four ohrJIdrcn. Mr. Crawford own?
ed llttlo property in this country, out?
side ot tho coyprlghts of his numerous
books
GRAFT STORY MAY BE TOLD
Convicted Sersvniit-At-Ariiin ABree*
to Moke Complete CouteaMon.
Columbus, Ohio. August ? At th-j
conclusion of a. conterencu this morn?
ing participated in by Attorney-Gen?
eral Hogan, County Prosecutor Turn?
er and Rodney J. Dlegle, former ser
geant-at-arms of the Senate, who was
convicted of aldltiii and abetting brib?
ery In the Ohio Legislature, it was an?
nounced that Dlegle would make a inil
confession of what he knows of al?
leged corrupt practices in the lus?
Assembly Dlegle promised to Include
In the confession information that
ca4nc to him second-hand. This, it
was said, may lead to clues which ar?
likely to Involve many more than were
mentioned in connection with the up-1
heaval In the Legislature last winter.
for his part in aiding the alleged
graft hunt lie Will receive mercy at the,
hands of the Common Pleas Court
when the time comes for sentence to
be passed and will probably escape a
penitentiary sentence. He was given
two weeks to prepare his confession,
and another conference will be held >>lV
September 3, at Which It will lie read.
It Is expected that several lobbyists
will be drawn Into the courts us a re?
sult of Dlegle's agreement to confess.
Dlegle was Jointly indicted with
Senators I. E. Huffman, of Butler
county, and George K. Celone. of Day?
ton. They have not yet peen tried
? ludr.e Kinkead this morntnu lined
the Cleveland Deader J40ii for con?
tempt of court, growing out of the pub?
lication in advance of indictments re?
turned by rTie* grand jury which was
investigating the bribery charges.
NEW PHASE OF BRITISH LIFE
Anti-Jen l?h Outbreaks CIvIdk Authori?
ties Much Concern.
London, August 22.?Anti-Jewish
outbreaks of a violent character have
now occurred for three days In suc?
cession in Monmouthshire, and arc giv?
ing the authorities the greatest con?
cern, as they arc altogether a new
phase in British life. The Jewish
commun "." lore Iihs made st.ong reo
I ret.<ii,i..iuouH to the Home Ortloe, and
Home Secretary Churchill to-day gav..
them UK- ui,<suranse that no precau?
tions should be overlooked to prevent
a recurrence ui the disinters
The riots and looting of Jewish
shops were of a desperate character,
and the riot act had to b > read and the
military called out before the mobs
were cowed. Additional soldi svs were
drafted by EbbW Vale from Cardiff to
i clay, but similar scenes to those en?
acted last night, when Jewish shops
! were wrecked, occurred again to-night
i in Ebbw Vale, Tredogar. Rhymney and
i Bryn Mawr.
i The presence of the troops prevent
i ed looting on such a largo scale as
! Monday night, but the police ami mili?
tary had to be continually chasing the
rioters with their batons in.I swords.
I In these charges many persons were
, Injured and large numbers were ar
! rested. The rioters attacked women
und drove them shrieking In terror
1 from their homes
i The only motlvs for the outbreaks
I Is alleged to be that the Jews have
i been guilty of charging high rents to
the workmen, and raisin:-' the price
of provisions since the recent strike
began.
IN HIS PRIME AT SIXTY
Man In (ifiorl Henlth Commits Grevloua
Wrong If He Retires,
I Cleveland, August 22.?Abraham Tea
chout. -wealthy manufacturer, who line
I just celebrated his ninety-fourth birth
: day, but disdulns not to put In six
! days of work each week, says a man
I who is In good health at sixty com
I mils a grevi?us wrong It he retires
I Irani active work.
I "A man of sixty who has good health
Is In his prime," said Mr. Teuchout
to-day. "In such eventful times, auch
I a man would he dodgiujg responsibil?
ity If he refused to give the world the
active benellt of his experience and
conclusions.
"A man of sixty can tackle proposi?
tions that a young man dare not at?
tempt. It would lie the greatest foilv
for ii man of that age. if he was vlg'
orous, to settle down to a life of lii
I glorious ease."
PASTOR BECOMES SEASICK
Church Moored In llnrbor Where llrlsk
Winds Blow.
New York. August 23.?All Saints'
Church, at Mariners' Harbor, Stateu
island i in djfflcultlos because Its
new pastor becomes seasick With the
slightest pitching or tossing of the
I church edtne?.
All Saints' Is a floating church, fn.
many years culled the Church for Sea?
men. It Is moored in the harbor off
a little Staten Island comniunltv whose
citizens are largely seafarers. The
anchorage Is an exposed one. and fre?
quently has brisk wind which kicks
I up n lively sea. so that the church boat
pitches mid rolls. The pastor. Dr.
I W illiam Mix. is ,t landsman, and on
i a least one occasion recently he has
1 found it necessary to cut the .service
I short.
I CUT TO PIECES BY FLIER
I 1'lttnbiirg Mnn Succeeds on Third At?
tempt in Commit Mtilelde.
Chicago! August '.'2.?George Itichcy.
i of Pittsburg, Pa., said to be a member
I of a wealthy family there, threw him?
self in front of n N'lckel Plate Hier at
Hammond. Ind.. and was cut to pieces
last night.
Richer tried three times within
the space of a few hours to be run
over by a fast train. Twice engineers
saw htm lying across the ?alls and
avoided killing him by stopping. He
1 let a number of freight trains go by
him, and. according to a number of
persons who noticed him In the vicin?
ity of the railroad track, it appeared
that he was bent on having a fast
train run over him.
GIRL HIT BY AUTO DIES
Skull fractured, mid Mnn Standing
Xear la lltullv Hurt.
! Wllkesbarre, Pa.. August 22.?Miss
Gertrude Davis died to-day from In?
juries received by being run down by
in automobile at n street crossing at
Plytnouth. near here, last night, while
Waiting for a Mrcet car. She sus?
tained a fractured skull and other In
Juries.
1 Andrew Raub. :i wealthy mllte own?
er, who was standing by Miss Da vis's
side waiting for the car, and also was
struck by the automobile, is In a i^itl
cai condltldn at a hospital. Both of
hD legs and the right arm were
crushed.
The driver of the automobile Is un?
der arrest
DIX ADDRESSES VETERANS
] More thnn V.'JKM) old Soldiers Wteud
(?. A. R. Kncumpiiieul.
1 Rochester, ft, v., August 32,?With
iiiore than 25.00f> veterans registered
before the clOSO'of the second day, the
forty-fifth annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic is under
full headway,
OOVOrnor DIx. who addressed tho vet?
erans to-nlg'.it, received a Warm wel-j
come. v
To-morrow will be the day of the
j encampment, wi'h the coming of Pres
Lldent Tnft and the parade' thai will
follow. There is intense Interest In
the parade, both among clti-ciis and
poldlerss ' J
BEATTIE WILL
MAKE STRONG
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Growing Belief I hat Al?
leged Murderer May
Yet Have Chance.
POSSIBLE PITFALLS
FOR PROSECUTION
Public Attitude Toward Prisoner
Unchanged, but Much Specula?
tion as to Final Outcome
of Case?Clear Motive
Not Yet Conclusively
Shown.
BY JOSEPH F. GBI8INGER.
With the defense silent as the tomh
and the Commonwealth almost dally
uncovering some fresh and seemingly
promising trail, public attention In th?
Seattle case until now has been cen?
tred exclusively upon one side ol
tlie picture, with the result that ar
assumption of the prisoner's guilt and
of the prosecution's ability easily to
prove Its hideous charge has grown
and spread to the uttermost bounds
of the State and country.
To-day thero are signs of a change,
the lirst trace of a beginning reaction
Here and there an element ot doubl
it. stealing In. and many, though still
unshaken in their conviction that th?
husband of the murdered girl actually
ulubbed and shot her to death, are
Unding themselves questioning th<
power of the Commonwealth to fasten
the crime upon him to the satisfaction
of a hard-headed, literal-minded country
1 jury. Confidence born of ex parte tes?
timony, shouted from one end of the
land to the other. Is giving place here
and there to speculation as to how
successfully this apparently Impreg?
nable and overpowering structure will
withstand the broadsides of the op?
posing forces.
Day of Kccknulng Here.
The eve of the trial has brought this
faith. As Ioub as the day of reckon?
ing remained In the future there was
little to disturb the serenity of the busy
sleuths. The public looked on gusp
ing, and, while circumstance piled on
circumstance pointing the accusing
linger ever more plainly at the indif?
ferent young.man in the Henrlco cell
scarcely ? thought ot an ultimate es?
cape entered any head. There^seemed
but one possible issue to it all?that
Henry Seattle too must die. Not a
few wondered why he did not put an
end to himself und his misery; for .1
time many waited In hourly expecta?
tion of the news.
Hut none came, and now the day
of the defense is at hand. The Com?
monwealth has produced Its case and
hereafter can no longer sit In sutls
fted contemplation of its work; it must
go actively and vigilantly forth tt
defend that which It lias so carefully
and so laboriously built up. The at?
tack is about to begin, and the on?
lookers are for the rirst time realizing,
fully thai there Is to be another side.
What will It be'.' In seeking the an -
' swer lo this question it has. been
necessary to include In the considera?
tion a survey of the State's catfa from
a new und hostile point of view. Week
spots hitherto unnoticed or ?.lsregartled
are living found. I'orgottjn points oi
law, overlooked in 'he excitement of
the moment, lire being called to mind.
The pendulum has traversed Its ar?s
.mil seems about to swing back. Wners
It will finally rest no man can now ety
But a week ago even this much would
not have been conceded.
Iwep* Its Pence?and Wlnely.
Looking on. the defense still keep?
Its peace?and wisely. That it will
speak with force and vigor when it
does speak no man in his senses now
doubts. Counsel are silent and in?
scrutable, hut not Idle. Smith. 3 law?
yer of main brilliant successes, Is not
the man to let a single opportunity
slip his watchful hand. With him lien
the general direction of the prisoner's
case, the marshaling of tho forces for
offense and defense. At his side sits
Carter, as well-known In his way,
seeking and seizing error and suspect
1 ed error. To him Is left particularly
I the task or Iii] ing the battleground of
I the future?the uppeul that may be
necessary. Able and determined men,
skilful In the ways of the law, they
have much moi e to build upon than Is
generally supposed, und are not un?
mindful of the fact. With the publlo
at large It Is still not it question of
the guilt or Innocence of the boy. The
remarkable unanimity of opinion con?
tinues largely unshaken. The doubt
la not so much here as in tho real
strength of the State's case and Its
ability to prose the charge. Ami the
doubt Is growing. This much may as
well be recognised now. though tho
Commonwealth still stoutly declares
that It is prepared to meet any con?
tingency.
Principles of Law. .
S0111? elementary principles of lnw
' that have figured In other celebrated
cases, and that will doubtless bo pro
I nouncrd for the guidance of the jury
[ In the present trial, will give an ides
of the difficulties In the way. As the
I hearing begins Henrj Beattte stands
before his peers an Innocent man In
the eyes of the law until the Stats
has proven his guii; beyond a reason
tble doubl 'I he burden is not on him,
but on his licensers Throughout the'
vntlit progress of the trial with ref
1 rence to the evidence In whole or lo
ahj part this presumption S.PPlica with
force, and everywhere tho benefit ot
the doubt goes, to/the prisoner.
By reasonable doubt the law mean*
something serious and substantial,
anil when it enters into a conxlduru
tloii of the verdict U must; concern,
material facts and not immaterial an.d
r.on-essentlal . irvum-tam es. For the
henetit "I th. Contmonwealth the law
holds?as expressedi by the court In a
Lsimilar case?"that tho Jury are not to