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RICHMOND, VA-, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.
THB WKATETKR TO-DAT?RaUu PRICE TWO CENTS.
Defenses Opening Day Brings Prisoner Small Comfort
"linfn?r, for defen*r-Reading from left to riebt?Scatedi W, B. Bradley,
Chorlm I,. Pit^r, John C. Hobcrtnnn, IJ. I,. Tonty. Standing (left to right)!
Georite fiarey, II. R. RohriiioD, .lohn W. .Moore.
HENRY C. BEATTIE, JTt.
(Copyright by Homeler & Clark.)
BROADNAX ROBERTSON.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON.
HAVE JONES AND
GLASS VIOLATED
PUBLICITY LAW?
Their Campaign Ex?
pense Accounts Not
Filed in Time.
HEAVY PENALTY
iVirtlrf Bkl EXAC iElJ.
Statements of Martin and Swan?
son Received by Secretary of
Senate, but Their Opponents
Apparently Have Failed to
Comply With Legal
Requirements.
Washington. D. C-. August 30.?Pri?
mary election expense statements from
Senators Thomas B. Martin and Claude
A. Swanson. of Virginia, the first to
be tiled under the new publicity law
that went into effect August l'J. reach?
ed the office of Secretary tlennett of
the Senate, to-day. In the absence of
Secretary Bennett oflicials of his office
declined to make them public.
Ttvo of the caudldatcw In the Virginia
senatorial primaries, W. A. Jones and
(.'arter (ilnss, ha\e not yet reported
their expenses to the aecretary of the
senate, and apparently stand In viola?
tion of the In?. The requirement is
that the first expense statement shall
be filed not later than ten days before
the primary election. Yesterduy vraa
the last day In nhleh statements could
lie deposited in the mall to comply
with the law, the date of the primary
betna; September 7. No reports hod
been received to-day from Congress?
men Glaus and Jones, nho are con?
testants in the Virginia race against
the two Senators.
Failure to Hie statements within the
required time before election, If done
wilfully, carries with It the penalties
of the law of 1910, namely, a line not
exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for
not more than one year or both.
Following Secretary Bennett's decli?
nation to make the expense statements
public, a careful examination of the
new publicity law resulted In the
startling disclosure that In the act,
presumed to be most drastic, there Is
no requirement for publicity of tho In?
dividual statements filed by candi?
dates for the Senate or tho House of
Heproscntstlves.
The la wrequlres the filing of In?
dividual expense statements and
pledges of (appointments, but It is
ipparently loft to the discretion of
the secretary of the Senate or the
clerk of the House, as the case may
be, to decide whether these statements
shall bo given to the public. The pub?
licity law of 1910 requires that the. ex?
penses of campaign committees ? hall
be a part of a public record In the
office of the clerk of tho House "and
shall be open to public inspection."
Law Entirely Silent.
The statements rec tved to-day from
Sentors Martin and dvsanson will be
forwarded to Secretary Bennett In
New York. What construction he will
place on the now law Is not) known. It
was generally understood here during
the preparation of the new law,
amending the act of 1910, that the
amendments were dcs>?71ed to glTJcs
actual publicity to the Individual ex?
penses of candidates for t'he Senate
and House of Representatives. Much
surprise was- expressed to-day when
If was realized that the- law was en?
tirely silent upon the matter of mak?
ing these private expense statements
public.
The law requires that the expendi?
tures by committees In the election of
(representatives shall be a part of the
public record of the House.
May Re Flrat Violators.
Thero was much - Interest In local
political circles last night when It
became known, through advh.es from
Washington, that Representatives W.
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DISABLED SHIPS
Rescue Fleet Composed
of Fly ing Squadron of
Revenue Cutters.
HURRICANE HAS
SPENTJTS FORCE
Sixteen on oicmn? Lexington
Rescued After Desperate Battle
at Sea?Conditions More
N<%rmal in Charleston, With
Losses Estimated at More
Than $1,000,000.
Washington, D. C, August 30.?A
flying squadron of five revenue cutters
is to-day searching the Atlantic coast
from Key West to New York for dis?
abled ships which may have been caught
In the hurricane Monday and may be
drifting north with the Gulf Stream.
Commandant Bertholf said he was con?
vinced there were many small sailing
ships helpless at sea, unable to commu?
nicate their distress.
The Onondaga, at Norfolk; the Sem
inole, at Wilmington, N. C; the Yam
acraw, at Cnarleston; the Forward, at
Key West, and the Seite ca, at New
York, comprise the rescue fleet. The
Yamacraw, whloh did gallant work In
taking off passengers from the llnef
Lexington, has been directed to search
for the schooner Beesle "Whiting, of
New York, reported helpless ninety
miles due east of Savannah, deserted
by all her crew, and with only ber cap?
tain, his wife and the cook aboard.
The Semlnole Is searching for the
schooner Fortuna, which also has
aboard her captain, his wife and cook,
her crew having been taken off by the
tank steamer Llgonler.
spent Its Power.
The southern storm has spent Its
power and practically disappeared, ac
cording to statements fi om the Weath?
er Bureau to-day. It was in no sensa
a West Indian hurricane, according to
the government forecasters. The storm
originated, so far as present reports
show, somewhere southwest of the Ber?
muda Islands, between . those Islands
and the American coast, breaking off
the edgo of tho high pressure area.
Detailed reports have not been re?
ceived In Washington from tho af?
fected areas, but are expected by mall
within the next day or " two. The
Weather Bureau reports a low pres?
sure area continuing in the South.
Major-General Leonard Wood, chief
of staff of the army, has been noti?
fied that sixteen buildings at Fort
.Monitrie. Ga., were more or less dam?
aged by the storm on the South At?
lantic coast. No casualties were re?
ported and no relief was asked.
Itesctied by Cutter.
Charleston. S. C, August 30.?twelve
passengers, a steward and thre<i col?
ored employos of tho steamer Lexing?
ton, of the Miners' and Merchants'
Line, were brought here early to-day
by the revenue cutter Yamacraw.
which left the captain and crew of
forty-three men on. board. Two fire?
men are reported to have been burned ]
to death and a third terribly scalded.
First Officer Chamberlain sustained a
fracture of his right shoulder. The
steamship has her nose Imbedded In
quicksand off Hunting Island, at the
mouth of the Edlsto River, and It Is
said that she will he a total loss.
The Lexington was bound from Sa?
vannah to Philadelphia with twelve
passengers, all of whom were rescued
For twenty-four hours tho steamship
battled desperately against the hurri?
cane, finally being driven aground, I
where the tremendous waves smashed
violently against her, and where pow?
erful wind tossed, her about In the
mud. Three times was she covered
with water, the pumps expelling
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CROWD NFJAR COinTHOl'SE.
_(Photo by ~W. W. Foster.)
NEW GUN FOR USE
AGAINST AIRSHIPS
Perfected by Army and Soon
Will Be Experimented With
at Sandy Hook.
Washington. August 30.?A new slx
pounder gun, equipped with specially
adapted high explosive projectiles and
shrapnel shells, to demolish aeroplanes
and balloons In battle, has been per?
fected by the United States Army,
it can be elevated at any angle, and
possesses a maximum effective range
of seven miles. The construction of
the new rifle has just been completed
at the Kock Island, Illinois, arsenal.
Experiments with it will begin ut the
Sandy Hook proving grounds within a 1
fortnight. The army thus Is in ad-!
vance of the navy, tow.ird solution of j
the problem of defense against air
ships The navy only a few days ago
conducted Its drat tests with the car?
riage of a oue-poundei gun. The
shells which this army gun will hurl
Into the skies are described as re?
markable devices. They will be load?
ed with dunnlte or other high explo?
sives, and upon bursting will send
forth a shower of shot in a cone-like
area, similar to tho performance of aj
skyrocket, almost certain to strike an;
airship If aimed with any degree of]
accuracy. other projectlves which
have been designed for the new gun |
contain only a high explosive, whicn
upon exploding would wreck any air?
ship In Its vicinity.
Kollow? In Wake ot Shell.
Following In the wake of these pow?
erful projectlves will be tracors which
will aid In accurately aiming the gun
In the course of a hostile airship.
The tracors to be used in tho day?
light hours will be of smoke, while
sparks will show the path of the shell
at night. The sight of the now gun
also has been perfected, designed to
meet the changing conditions of the
tracing of a projectile, fired at vary?
ing angles. As soon as the angle of
the aeroplane has been delected, the
sight will automatically set the gun
to the proper elevation. The gun Is
the result of experiments held at
Sandy Hook teveral months ago.
In the experiments at Sandy Hook,
the army will shoot at balloons and
box kites, and possibly a real aero?
plane will be used for the purpose of |
sighting at great distances. The Sig?
nal Corps will be asked to co-operate
with the Ordnance Department and
send one of Its airships now at Col?
lege Park. Md., to the proving grounds.
Credit for the Invention belongs to
ordnance i.-*perts of the army working
under direction of Brigadier-General
William Crozier, chief of ordnance.
GORMAN WINS BY ONE VOTE j
_.
Results of Maryland Primary as Shown
by Practically Complete Returns.
Baltimore. Md., August 30.?On the;
face of practically complete unofficial:
returns to-day from the Democratic j
primary election In Maryland yester- ,
day, State Senator Arthur Pue Oormaji^
dofeoled State Smator Rlnlr Keo fo*'
the gubernatorial nomination by on''
vote In the State Convention to he |
held next month. Senator Odrman:
will have sixty-five vote* aa against;
sixty-four for Senator I.ee.
A factor that contributed to Sen?
ator Lee's defeat was the loss of one
vote each in two of tho counties ho
carried because of a decrease In popu
^tlon. as shown by tf? )Ut MfiSKA
Fl YEARS' HUNT
ENDS IN MEMPHIS
Negro and Wife Arrested After
Long Search for Coun?
terfeiters.
Washington, August 30.??A waver?
ing red line, staggering across a
street map of the city of Memphis, on
the wall at secret service headquarters
here, records the story of a five-years'
hunt for a counterfeiter of silver dol?
lars, which reached Its climax In Mem?
phis to-day with the arrest of John
G. Payne, a negro, and his wife.
For more than five years the dol?
lars which Payne is charged with
making have been passing through
banks in Memphis, and some have even
reached the Subtreasuries. They were
accounted among the most dangerous
counterfeit money with which the gov?
ernment has had to deal. All the re?
sources of the secret service failed to
turned up a clue as to their source.
Three months ago Assistant Chief
W. H. Moran, the government's crack
man on difficult cases, sent "Bill" Nye,
also one of the flower of the service,
to Memphis. A few weeks later, at a
negro emancipation celebration at Pa
ducah. Nye picked up the first Infor?
mation which led to the Identification
of Payne as the map allege^ to have
been passing the dangerous coins.
Nye followed Payne back to Mem?
phis, consulted with Moran, and the
two men laid out a campaign.
Trnll Thruuish City.
Then almost inch by Inch. Nye le
gan picking a trail through the streets
of Memphis to Payne's house. Every
day. Moran in Washington, with a pen
and red Ink. recorded the progress of
Nye's search upon a map of the cltyi
of Memphis. A few days ago the ,
thin red line c;imo to an end <n lh<> j
suburbs of Memphis, eight miles from
the heart of the city. It Btoppid in
front of un isolated farm house, sur- i
rounded by a high board fence which ;
made it impossible for Nye to see In j
the windows.
To-day Moran flashed a message ,
over the wire to Memphis, and a few j
hours later Nye reported the arrest of1
Payne and his wife, as well as his
capture of several of the counterfeit,
coins, the outfit for making them and
the genuine dollars from which the
moulds were made.
On the counterfeits have been po
oullar little dents and scratches. Nye,
reported that he found them In the
genuine colry. he took in the raid.
Mbran says that proves that the
moulds from which the counterfeits:
were made were so perfect that thoy |
even reproduced the scratches and j
nick? of the genuine coins.
, I
WILL ACCEDE TO DEMANDS i
Southern Wholesale Grocers Consent ti
Dissolution of Combination.
Washington, August 30.?Lawyers
representing the Southern Wholesale
Grocers' Association, which the gov?
ernment Is prosecuting as a trust
under the Sherman law, have practical?
ly agrees to accede to the demands
of the Department of Justice. A for?
mal decree, which will accomplish the
legal dissolution of the combination Is
being prepared. In It the grocers sub?
mit to practically all tho demands
made by the government In its suit.
Another alleged combination, the
so-called electrical trust, Is also under
dissolution by the same process. A
formal decree In that case probably
will be ready in a few weeks.
I. O. WEXDEXBIRG.
BY PROGRESSIVES
Gets Nomination for Presidency,
With No Dissenting
Voice.
Mexico City. August 30.?With no
dissenting voice. Francisco I. Madero
this afternoon received the nomina?
tion of the Progressive party for
President, but Dr. Francisco Vasquez
Gomez, his old running mate, nnd
erstwhile ags.nt of the revolution at
Washington, was grilled by partisans
of thret, ether candidates for the vice
pi tf-tdency.
When the convention adjourned to?
night, the candidacy ot no other man
fcr the vice-presidency than Vasqutz
Comes had been considered. Jose l'lno
Suare continued a favorite in th^ hot?
ting, with Alfreao Kobles Dominguez
as second aholce.
Madero wiis the only canAldat; for
the presidency, whose name was placed
before the convention. No speech was
made. The chairman announced his
candidacy, went through the formality
of asking If there were others, und
was greeted by a chorus of "noes."
One delegate seated on the stagu at?
tempted to make a speech In Madora's
support. The delegates shouted him
down, and called for a vote. It was
unanimous.
A committee was Appointed to noti?
fy Madero o< his nomination.
When It had performed Its duty and
reported that he had accepted and had
agreed to appear before the body at
11 o'clock to-morrow, the convention
adjourned, nnd marched In a bod) to
Mudern's home In ColnnlaJuuivz.
Impromptu speeches were then x
chunged. after which the newl;-cre
atet'. politicians left for their hotels.
First Plat ft tm Adopted.
Wearied by the exercise, of their
constitutional. but hitherto unused
right to nominate candidates for tue
presidency and vlco-presldcncy. dele?
gates to the. first national convention
of the Progressive party ? ia"> last
night adopted a platform that .--ags be?
neath Its burden of reforms. The ilrst
plank of the platform provided for
the strict maintenance of the Consti?
tution of "57. Some delegate proposed i
that there be added to this, "and the
laws of the reform," the measure by
which Benlto Jaurez brought abo >t
the separation of church and state.
Delegates jealous of the unlram
meled exercise of their civil rights,
gesticulated and shouted tht lr np-;
proval of the amendment.
In the end the plank as written
was adopted -j
The convention pledged Its candi?
dates to carry out the principles of;
antl-re-eloetion. and to work for a1
revision of the election laws
Another plank provides for a revis?
ion of the system of taxing, favors
the department of public resources
nnd promises to combat monopolies
and special privileges.
The party pledges Its representa- j
lives to work for a reform of the Judl- j
clal and legal systems Improvement i
In the educational system of the coun?
try also la promised.
If electod on this platform. Fran?
cisco I. Madero. .lr, may be expected
to exercise a friendly Interost In Cen- i
trnl -American affairs. One provision |
of the pnrty's program Is for an ex
tension of the nation's friendly rela?
tions with foreign countries, "especi?
ally those of I^atln America."
This provision concludes with the
promise to "direct prudently the policy
of the government towards bringing
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HIGHWAYMAN IS
BROUGHT FORTH,
GUN ON SHOULDER
Beattie's Lawyers Produce Witnesses
Who Saw Man With Scraggly
Beard Sauntering Along To?
ward Turnpike.
STATE TARRIES LONG ENOUGH
TO SLAP BOY OFF THE STAGE
Commonwealth Refuses to Take New Development
Seriously and Hints That Supposed Highwayman
May Be Produced Under Real Guise in Court.
by JOSEPH F. GEISINGElT.
But for the dramatic entry of the bearded highwayman upon the scene said
an occasional touch of blessed humor that helped lift the shadows for a moment,
the trial of Henry Beultlo. alleged wife murderer, dragged through a tame and
uneventful sixth day. the Commonw??lth finally resting and the defense open
.ng Its case.
Tarrying a moment to slap off the stage the irrepressible messenger boy,
who strolled In the afternoon before with a story that threatened to upset one
of the. vital features of its wnole carefully-balanced case, the State speedily
closed, having little else to say until the rebuttal comes. Then tho prlsonet
began bis defense, and the trial took a turn Into a new lane, revealing for ?m
f.rst time a glimpse of the other side of the picture. Isolated facts of consid?
erable interest on their own account came forth now and then, but the signal
event of the day was the definite indication of the line to be pursued by Beattie
In his struggle against the heavy odds now massed before him. Very plainly,
the prisoner's counsel, by their plan of attack, showed a purpose to stick firmly
to the original story of the crime and to right to a finish from this vantago
ground. Not only was this true, but before the defense's return movement was
two hours old it had ventured even to produce the highwayman himself, bring?
ing him to view, with shotgun on shoulder, a few miles from the scene of the
murder, a few hours before its occurrence, striding steadily toward the fatal
spot. In fact, before the evening closed, two highwaymen had appeared, and,
unfo'tunately for the defense, their beards did not match, one being gray and
the other red.
Henry Beattie More Cheerful.
When Henry Beattie went back to his lonely and cheerless cell last night
he seemed in somewhat bettor spirits. The day hail not brought a vast deal of
comfort to him. but at all events the ulher aide had ceased its merciless pound?
ing, and he was beginning to hoar something In his own favor a!t last. He took
It very calmly. The circles around his eyes were deeper than ever, and hl?
face was still haggard by comparison wim Its recent complaisant cast; but the
dogged, hunted look that would steal upon him occasionally gave place to a
distinctly more hopeful vision of the future, it seemed. Whatever it may mean
to him In the end. the first stroke for him brought keen grutitlcatlon to the
prisoner In the mere fact of seeing some one willing to stand firmly by his
side. At one time he leaned his head on the bar In front of him and laughed
convulsively The county clown was on the stand, and Beattie. he It said for
him, laughed only because ne could not do otherwise. Neither could any one
else.
It Is now believed that the trial will conclude by the middle of next week.
With the State done and the defense's hand more or less clearly shown, there
was some opportunity yesterday to get it practical view of the prospect. The
ocfansc will probably conclude Its testimony by noon to-morrow with the ap?
pearance of the prisoner himself in the witness chair. The rebuttal will con?
sume the remainder of that day and the morning of the following. It may bo
possible to get to tho instructions by Saturday afternoon or by Monday morn?
ing at the latest. Then the argument will begin and continue two days. Thia
would carry It up to Wednesday, when In all likelihood the jury will enter upon
Its consideration of the verdict.
What the rebuttal will bring forth It is impossible to say at this momenti
A change had come ov?r the face of things again yesterday, and it is now not
certain after all that Bculah Uinford. the woman in the case, will ever take the
stand. Developments alone can decide this positively. Tho argument will
precipitate one of the most brilliant legal battles of late years. In the fore?
front will stand Smith and Wendenburg, with Carter and Gregory ably sup?
porting each. It will be a fight worth seeing.
.Many Highwaymen Appear.
The defense, with no blare of trumpets, quietly but rather suddenly, laid
down Its trump card soon after yi? dinner recess. A tottering but sharp-witted.
old farmer named Hepshaw, a Mormon, had just given a rambling account c .
the discovery of a stranger in the Midlothian precincts a few days nhcady<
the crime. Henshaw saw him on three separate occasions?on w?dne.oa(j
Friday and Monday preceding the homicide.. Twice he was sitting by t? m\\t)
and once walking aimlessly along. This was within three-quarters ,R ttoutu
from the spot where the murder was committed. The stranger wa^ nge j
built'man, rather tall, weighing about ISO pounds, about fifty- year Alto
with a two weeks' growth of beard on his face.'' The beard w't jj jnfliia.w to
gether a very queer looking character, the wayfarer appeare?*t0
be a harmless lunatic. ,rryman. ?prlngin?
Promptly after this witness came W. U. Holland, a 0.*rr>man?
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