The times dispatch. [volume], August 23, 1911, Page 7, Image 7

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EVERY DAY.EVERY HOUR^
INTEREST INCREASES
-
Contestants Are Scouring Every Nook and Cor?
ner for Subscriptions '.Ihat Will Help to
Win the Pony Outfits and
Cther Pr izes.
Goinr- some is The Times-Dispatch
pony contest. Every day the contest
ante arc becoming more Interested and
art- uturtlnif i?? work with the. win?
ning spirit The Interest Is steadily
Increasing and the voting goes higher
und higher with every count
It is Tar too early In the game for
tiny con testen) to become In the leas?
discouraged, or f<?r any buy or girl it.
think that they haven't an 0(|UU| Up*
portUnity to win out. The fact that
some one else Is a few ttlOU841.no' votes
ahead should be an Incentive to worlcj
ull the harder, und not the cause ofI
?topping work. A feu thousand votes
is nothing this early in the contest.;
Figure out what a few subscriptions
it will take to make even a hundred
thousand votes Ii looks big ir you
tire afraid to go out after them. but.
if you make up your mind that you
can and will get tin in, you will be stir
prised to see how easy tt is.
The special bonus OffOI i? making
them all Ret busy. Contestants who I
bad up to this week not turned in a
single subscription aty now hntd at
work with their receipt books, and
thtty are getting results. Every nooki
mid corner Is being covered by Ih-s
youthful subscription solicitors, and it
Is shf,. if, say thai not many people'
will Ix; overlooked by them.
I At no Onto during the contest "ill
j Subscription!] count US many votes as
j this week. Many contestants have been
j holding back much of their support.
, Hut now is the tune to get them in.
I The 16,000 extra fotos with every
I f25 worth ol subscriptions should be
' uti Incentive to every boy and girl in
the list 10 ^? after tliem us they nevei
? have before. Tell your friends that by
1 giving you their subscriptions this
: week you get many inoie. ?. ot< s than at
i any other time, and bring them in be?
t?re the special offer closes.
The pony outtlts ate driven nbout the
streets of Richmond neaily every day,;
land not ti single person sees the beau?
tiful little annuals without stopping'
to admire them. Prettier and more
valuable outtlts have never >)>cen seenl
in Richmond, and the winners will j
have ponies that they will have rea?
son to be proud of. At'.y contestants'
who have not seen the outfits should;
I call up the contest manager and make,
an engagement to tee them.
The list of standings will be pub?|
I It shed again to-morrow morning, and:
all votes will be included in the count
thnl are deposited in the ballot box |
I at thlB OfTcfe up to 10 o'clock this morn-.
j Ing. All votes left after that time,
Will have to be held over until thci
' iioxt count
REARING ROEBUCK HERE j
TO PRODUCE GREAT PLAY
Fresh From Country, Young Blaney Arrives
With Bells On and Hip Pocket Filled With
Manuscript That's Neat but Not Gaudy.
Oeorge Roebuck, the boy playwright
? of Virginia, who gained the plaudits
of a crowd of 1,600 people which paid
to see his "Beatrice of the Cumber
lands" at the Academy of Music lost
September, Is again In the city, this
time with the manuscript of a ripping
farce comedy In his hip pocket. 11?:
culls It "Ho Thought He Owned the
Town," and tu making arrangements
to stage It at the Academy some time
next month.
Vtic youthful Maeterlinck's latest
venture looks good from every angle.
The play abounds In pungent, humor?
ous dialogue, and develops several ex?
tremely funny situations. It in frank?
ly farcical, and Is built with the sole
purpose of creating smiles. In order
to obtain money to bet on the races.
Helves Brown, the hero, sells hlmscl!
to a suffragette organization of his
town for $6,000. These people, expect
to util'se his speech-making ability
In their campaign for ccjual rights
I ut Brown hands them the double
? roBS on the occasion of his Initial pub?
lic speech. In which he tells the audl
ence that woman was Intended from
the beginning to rock the cradle. He
Is put on the block and soid nt auction
by the incensed uuff ragettes, and is
bid In by Billy 1'enrose. the pretty ste
nographer of the Mayor of tho town,
who secretly loves him and for whom
Brown himself has a decided weakness.
The plot thickens when Mtlly, a cir?
cus girl, arrives on the scene and claims
the fated Brown as her husband, to
the utter astonishment of the specu?
lating; Billy. Explanations follow,
which show that Milly's marriage to
Brown was only a student prank, played
upon him by the sophs while hi? was a
freshman at college, and was really a
fak.?. The day of the big rnco arrives
and finds Brown broke. He pawns
his life Insurant policy and his clothes
to ralae money with which to bet on
his favorite; appeals at the races In
his pajamas, wins the big stake. Is
elected Mayor, marries Billy, and tlio
ends of dramatic Justice are satisfied
Roebuck, the huthor. 1b Just elgliTcen
years old. and has already produced
two successful plays Richmond knew
him first as author of the comedy
drama. "Beatrice of the Cumberland*."
Ills Hecond play. "When Norton Burst
In Flower," wat produced last July.
It was a rural comedy-drama of a
"'Way Down East" llavor, without its
irs, however, and made a hit when
produced In several towns of Western
Virginia. For a youngster he displays
remarkable ability and technique.
The young author-producer will him?
self take the part of Brown, the lead?
ing character In the play, and promises
a sinng cast fur the other twelve parts.
I He has Just reutrned from a visit to
John Fox. Jr., who Is summering near
j his home, and the author of "The Ix>ne
| some Pine" has pronounced the manu
\ script excellent The famous Virginia
author has taken a strong liking to
Record Breaker in Richmond
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Piano $270
This is an Upright, large
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that we accepted in exchange
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Original price S400.0U.
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KOBBBBSmZ
the youthful Charles Frohmun. and
calls him the ?? Wizard of Southwest
Virginia." With praise like thai from
as good s judge as John Fox. the Vir?
ginia prodigy may yet devalop Into the
Shu v.- of Dixieland, and by the time he
ir. sixty be able to measure arms with
Sudormann and {fletsche.
Roebuck's, newest offering will he
presented by i^-o wise, of the Acad?
emy of Music, and will be staged by
Herbert Curtis. It Is to be provided
with .special scenery and costumes, and
a prominent actor from Washington
will be secured to take a leading role.
TRIPLE COLLISION
OF AUTOMOBILES
Baltimore, Md., August 22?In a
triple collision of automobiles In Park
Heights Avenue, late last night, F.
Holmes Hack, Jr . well known In Bal?
timore society, was killed. Six other
persons were Injured, but none seri?
ously. Among those hurt were J. V.
Hack, of Winchester. Va.. n cousin of
the dead man. and Theodore K. Miller,
president of the Daniel Miller Com?
pany, of this city. Both received mi?
nor Injuries.
Hack's car was returning to the city
from Glyndon. Md., and while running
at a high rate of speed, collided with
Mr. Miller's automobile, turning up?
side down. Hack was pinned under?
neath his car, and Instantly killed.
Thirty minutes Ister another automo?
bile, driven by William H. Ste'.lman.
of Sudbrook Park, ran Into the Miller
car and alson turned turtle. Mr. Stell
man and the other occupants of the car
sustained slight injjrles.
Will Speak at Lynohhurp.
(Special to The Tlmcs-Dlsnatch.]
Lynehburg. Va.. August 22.?An?
nouncement was made here to-day
that Congressman Carter Glass will
address the voters of Lynchburg at
the City Auditorium on the everting of
August 29, In the interest of his can?
didacy for the senatorial nomination.
NSURANCEFRAUOS
Virginian Addresses National
Convention of State Com?
missioners.
Milwaukee, Wls., August 22.?Many
Industrial, health and accident Insur?
ance companies were criticized by Jos?
eph Button, of Virginia. In his annual
address to-day before the forty-second
national convention of State Insurance
Commissioners, which will continue
through Friday.
President Button said that an In?
vestigation hy a committee of four?
teen or fifteen companies doing a
health and accident business resulted
In disclosures that were shocking in
the extreme.
"Instead of basing the adjustment
of claims upon equitable principles,"
said Mr. Button, "some of the com?
panies examined resorted to every
form of -trickery and deceit and even
forgery and theft In order to escape
their honest obligations This was all
the more outrageous, in view of thp
fact that these frauds were perpe?
trated on the poorer classes.
"I shall not anticipate, the remedies
the committee suggests for the condi?
tions disclosed In the investigation,
except to say that It Is Incumbent
upon us to root out this evil without
mercy."
President Button pointed to the suc?
cess of the uniform bill for the regu?
lation of fraternal companies, com?
monly known ns the "Mobile bill,"
which hi- said had been adopted by
thirteen States
He nlso spoke In advocacy of civil
service In connection with insurance
bureaus.
Governor Francis E. McOovcrn wel?
comed the. delegates.
W. H. Hotcbkiss, superintendent of
insurance of New York State, made
the response. He said It was the aim
of the association that 'nsurance of
nil kinds be uniformly supervised.
RULING CREATES SENSATION
Following Judge'* 1 led Mo ii. \notber
Arrest Is Hade nt ConteHVllle.
Coatesvllle, Pa.. August 22.?Under
a ruling of Judge Butler In West Ches?
ter to-dn^v, "that any one who was in
the mob and knew for what purpose
the mob was gathered. Is guilty ol
murder," another arrest was made this
afternoon In the case of Zack Walker,
the negro, who was lynched here ten
days ago. The prisoner. Clyde Wood?
ward, twenty-one years old, who la
charged with murder, was taken to
thB county Jail at West Chester. The
ruling created a sensation here. It
was made In the case of George Stahl,
sixteen years old, whose parents
sought his release on a writ of haheas
corpus. On refusing the application,
the Jli<go said:
One U- responsible for his actions
if he associates himself with a mob,
cvon If ho gives no physical assistance
?merely sanctions violence. Then he
is Just as guilty of murder under the
law ns though ho helped to commit
murder. Stahl sympathized, with a
turbulent mob. Ho cannot complain
now of the jusillco that ho receives."
\ It Is said thit a number of persons
Who arc known to have been In the
Vnoh. but took no action part In tho
'caching, will be arrested.
Camp Perry, o.. August 22.?The
matches or the National* Kille Associa?
tion cum?.- to a close to-night, arter u
uuy of record-breaking scores in the
Herrlck trophy match ami a closely
contested race in the President's match
The Ohio tcum won the He: lick, with
the score of 1,7:!'.'. which breaks th?
world's record i"i long rang? rill?
i shooting with uuy ritie and amihunl
tion on (lie 800, 1. and 1,000-yard
ranger. The score exceeds the record
score of the all-Aincrican team In the
Talma mutch In 1907 by twenty points,
and is greater than the record in the
celebrated English Elcho Shield match,
, whlcli Is shot under similar conditions
The first team of the Navy ttnisho'l
second, with 1,6110; two teams or the
Marine Corps third and fourth, and
, the Army Infantry tcum tlfth. The
other winners were Ohio's second team
: the United Stntes Cavalry and second
! leaoi of lue Navy.
The mutch was finished to-day" at
I 1.000 yards under changing weather
I conditions and in the face of an up
I proachlng storm, which prevented soni ?
I of the teams not accustomed to the
: range from scoring higher. The ag?
gregate revolver match was won by
j Or. J. H. Snook, of Columbus. O., With
? an aggregate for the shoot of 3.6SI-.
I Other winners were: C. E. Orr, 3.62?,
and l.eroy Lyons, Colorado Cavalry,
> .1.690.
The Pr< slucnt's match was won b>
j Corporol i_". A. Lloyd, ol the United
j States Murines, with a score of 281
i The match was won lust year by
I Sergeant W. A. Fragner, of the Marine
Corps, with a score of 2S3.
Anti-Saloon I.cugnc Rally.
Harrlsonburg. Va , August '?!'.!.?Th-?!
tlfth annual rally of the Rocklngham
county Anti-Saloon League opened
this morning In the Harrlsonburg As?
sembly Hall. To-day was young men's
day. To-/iorrow will bo field day
proper, with the annual address by
j Fred L. Jackson. Congressman of the
' Fourth District, of Kansas.
To-day well known local temper?
ance workers spoke on temperance
work.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION I
_ i
At Indianapolis?Indianapolls, 1;
' Milwaukee, 0.
At Toledo?Toledo, 0: St. Paul, 3.
At Columhus?Columbus, 2; Kansas
City. 1.
At Louisville, F; Minneapolis. 12
MADE NO EFFORT
TO HELP SWANSON
(Continued from First Page.) j
dressed a communication to Mr. Carter '?
Glass under date of August 9 .(copy '
hereto attached), calling his atten- j
tlon to this matter, und stating that
the statement as thus reported as re?
lating to any action or views of mine
concerning the successorshlp to the
j late Senator Daniel was absolutely
without foundation, and requesting
that he give me his authority for this
statement as reported to have been
made by him In his Portsmouth speech.
Under date of August 11 (copy of
letter attached), Mr. Glass replied that
the newspaper report of his speech at
Portsmouth as quoted by me, while
slightly lnaocurate as to what he said
concerning the date of my (alleged)
visit to Washington, was In all other
respects substantially correct, and he
named you as his Informant, stating
that you told him of the Incident at
the time, and that you had since con?
firmed by letter what you had stated
to him lit conversation.
"Now, I know nothing of what may
have passed between you and Mr.
Glass further than his letter states,
but I know full well that the state?
ment that I visited Washington the
next day after Senator Daniel had
been stricken with paralysis, or-at
I any other time, and announced that I
I had come there for the purpose of
I having Mr. Swanson named as Senator
j Daniel's successor Is absolutely un
: true and false In every particular. I
I never went to Washington, or else
i where, for any such purpose. I never
j made any such announcement there or
I elsewhere. I was never approached or
; requested to take any part In any
i such matter, and I never by word or
! action had anything whatsoever to ,
do with this matter or Indicated
any purpose or disposition to do
sc. There Is not a living soul ,
soul who, from anything that ever I
said or anything that ever I did Is ;
justified or warranted In Imputing to
me any such action or any stich mo?
tives, and the statement does me foul
injustice.
"I am not willing to rest quietly
I under such false accusation.
) "Speaking frankly, 1 can hardly con- j
eelvc that you could have made such \
' a statement fts having been received j
' from inc. What you may hnve said
SB your own deduction T know not. but |
, I know very positively that I never i
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made any such statement to you or to
any other living being, and. further. I |
havo the absoluto knowledge that no
word or j.onduct of mine could have
given any cause whatsoever for any
such statement.
?'Inasmuch as Mr. Glass has Quoted
you a3 his authority, It has seemed
to me but proper that before proceed?
ing any further In this matter, which
it is my purpose to do, I should first
acquaint you with this Information,
and usk that you state In writing your
authority for making any such repre?
sentation to Mr. Glass as ho advises
and very fully as to what that repre?
sentation was.
"I have requested Mr. Lauren Fore?
man to bear this communication to
you. and to request an Immediate re?
sponse.
"Tours very truly.
".i. s. n. Thompson."
I this morning received Mr. Smith's
roply. as follows:
Newspaper Man's Answer.
"House of Representatives, U. S.,
"Press Gallery,
"Washington. D. C., Aug. 19. 1911.
"Mr. j. s. b Thompson, Atlanta. Ga.:
"Dear Sir,?I have yours of the ISth
instant delivered to mo by Mr. Lauren
Foreman. 1 have carefully noted Its
contents, and In reply bog to say:
"I am In no way responsible for any
conclusion or deduction that Mr. Glass
may make,' and can only state to you
exactly what occurred. ftr6t, between
you and myself, and, then, between
Mr. Glass and myself.
"You will doubtless recall that
shortly after the late Senator Daniel
was stricken with paralysis I met you
In the Senate wing of the Capitol;
that I Inquired of you what you were
doing in Washington, as I im accus?
tomed to make this Inquiry of Georgia
visitors on account of my newspaper
duties, and that I further nsked you
whom you thought would bo Senator
Daniel's successor, In the event of ills
death. You will also recall that you |
stated to me that your opinion was \
thut Mr. Swanson would be appointed i
by the Governor of Virginia, and that
you were en route to the marble room
of the Senate to confer with Senator :
Martin, of Virginia. From this my
own Inference was?and I think It was '
Justifiable?that the object of your!
proposed conference with Senator Mar
tln was the subject we were then dis?
cussing. You will also recall that on
tltis occasion you told mo that you did
not think there was any chance for
Senator Daniel to recover, and that his
deatli was only a question of a very
short time.
"I did not regard this conversation
as confidential in any way, as you
made no request of me to so consider
it. and our relations were not such as
to require me to regurd tho informa?
tion us confidential. Subsequently, I
saw you In conversation with Senutor
Martin In the marble room of the Sen?
ate on the same day.
"I did not regard this as news of
any particular interest or importance
to the people of Georgia, und hence
did not print the story In the Atlanta
Journal Subsequently i happened to
meet my friend. Mr. (.'arter Glass, a
member of Congress from Virginia,
and detailed to him Just what occurred
between us, as a matter of news and
gossip of Virginia politics. In which
1 knew lie was deoply Interested, and
doubtless the above Is the. foundation
for the statements of which you com?
plain.
"What I have written to you as to
what I told Mr. Glass is absolutely
true, and you must recall the fncts
yourself- In repeating it to Mr. Glass
I had no desire to misrepresent any
one, and did not misrepresent any one.
I had no desire to violate any per?
sonal confidence, and- did not violate
any such confidence. ,
"Very truly yours,
"RALPH SMITH.'
Did Sot Aid Swanson.
In submitting thlb correspondence
to tho public. I desire to reiterate in
most unequivocal terms that the state?
ment that I had come to Washington
then or at any other time In the In- |
tcrest of Mr. Swanson. or had en?
deavored to use any Influence In re?
spect to his nppolntmenl ns Senator
Is absolutely without foundation.
It Is entirely possible that Mr Smith
asked me who I thought was going
to be Senator from Virginia to succeed
Senator Daniel, and, If so, It Is en?
tirely possible that 1 mny have given
an expression of opinion that Mr.
Swanaon would bo appointed, as that
seemed to be the prevailing opinion
nt the time, und any reply I may have
made on this lino to Mr. Smith was
simply an expression of wh.it I had
heard In general conversation and pos?
sibly from expressions In the news- ,
papers: but I went no further than
this, nor did I participate or seelc to
participate In any way whatever In
the selection of Senator Daniel's suc?
cessor, nor did I couple this opinion
or the subject of Senator Daniel's suc?
cessor with any answer I may have
given to Mr Smith's question as to my
business at Washington that my pur
potio at the Capitol was to see Sena?
tor Martin.
I came to Washington on business
without the remotest relation to poli?
tics, or to the senatorial situation in
Virginia. When I saw Senator Martin
at the Cnpttol the business that called
mo there had not the slightest rela- \
.tlon to the successorshlp of Senator.
Daniel, or with any question of poli?
tics. I did not attempt to use any
influence with any human being In Mr.
Swanson's favor, nor did I seek to
participate In the question of the ap?
pointment of n successor to Senator
Daniel In oven the remotest way. The
statement that I did so or that I made
any statement to any one that I was
here for such a pttrposo Is without the
remotest foundation In fact. There
Is no shadow of Justification for It.
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