The times dispatch. [volume], May 17, 1912, Image 1

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MAJORITY OPPOSE
FRANCHISE GRANT
Richmond and Hehricoi
Petition Is Adversely
Reported.
RATE AND SERVICE
FAIR TO PUBLIC
SubcommiM.ee on Streets Urges
That Question Be Fully Con?
sidered Before Permission
Is Given New Company
to Enter Local Field.
Hear Matter Later.
While reporting a ?traft of an ordi?
nance granting a light and power fran?
chise to the Hichmond and Henrlco
Hallway Company. Die Subcommittee on
f-'trcets. by a vote of ?". to yesterday
recommended that the full committee
carrfully consider the advisability and
propriety of granting any competing
franchise under conditions admitted
to exist In Hichmond. The report
siat>? that the evidence shows that the
service of the Virginia Railway and
power Company in adequate, that its
raus are as low or lower than In cities
similarly situated, and the subcommit?
tee raises for serious consideration the
whole question of fairness to invested
capital und the question as to whether
th'-r- would be any benefit to the com?
munity In again tearing up the. streets.
Installation of duplicate systems of
conduits, poles and Wires, ent itling a
duplicate capital charge on tho com?
munity, with no prospect of lower rates
and no guarantee of belter service,
and tiie probable result of a consolida?
tion, proving a serious handicap to \he
existing company In the extension of
Its business and eventually becoming a
binden oh the community,
Special Merline < oiled.
The Committee on Streets received
the report la3t night and directed that
the chairman order a special meeting
within the nest two weeks, when it
can be considered. Th,> report of the
subcommittee w?s drafted by Council?
man Gilbert K. Pollock and was offered
In the subcommittee as a Substitut - for
a motion of Councilman Kcrgusson to
the effect that the application for a
competing franchise be rejected. The.
report was adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes?Messrs. Adams. Pollock. Von
derleh'r, Mlli.-r anil Don Deavyj noes?
Messrs. Moore und Pergusson. it was
explained that Mr. Moore thought the
report too drastic and Mr. Fcrgusson
that :t was not drastic, enough.
Text or Report.
The report of the subcommittee fol
lows In full:
May 17 th, 1912.
To the Committee on Streets:
Gentlemen.?Your subcommittee to
whom was referred the petition of the
Richmond anil Henrlco Hallway Com?
pany, praying for the right to con?
struct and operate a plant for the
furnishing of light and power to the
citizens of Richmond, with direction*
to report a proper ordinance, beg
leave to return herewith an ordlnanc*
marked ''A," framed by your subcom?
mittee wltn the advice and assistance
it the City Attorney, which is reported
for your consideration.
In the discussion of this ordinance
several questions were raised, all of
?which were carefully considered by
your subcommittee.
Question of Itnte?.
first among them was the question
ss to the fairness of the rates of the
existing company and the adequacy
of the service furnished by It In this
connection, the applying company, as
well as tho existing company, were
asked to file such data before your sub?
committee with reference thereto, as
would enable them to come'to a con.
elusion upon these points. Your sub?
committee Is of opinion from the data
furnished that the service furnished
by the Virginia Railway and Tower
Company if adequate, and that its
rates are reasonable, In fact, lower
than those charged In cities about
th< slae cf Richmond and under simi?
lar conditions.
Fairness to Invented C'npttat.
?Anofher question involved was;
the question of fair dealing with
tho Invested capital of both com?
panies. The Virginia Railway and
Rower Company has ?nvested many
millions of dollars in their street
railway system and in the development
of tho light and power business, and
aro at present Increasing this amount
by tho ex-pendiibure of large sums here
In our midst In Improving their rail?
way system as well as providing nn
sdciltional powjr house and equipment
to keep pace with the growing condi?
tions in Richmond in the furnishing
ef electric light and energy. Th%
Richmond and Henrlco Railway Com?
pany have constructed a vvell-eqillpp-Jd
street railway, including their via
duct, under a franchise granted sev?
eral years ago. bill which franchise,
when granted, contained no suggestion
that it would desir> or be permitted
to enter the light and power field, and
this application Hf&refora comes Ir,
the nature of n htm proposition, hav?
ing In, view active competition in that
brunch of the service Thsrcfore, In
determining this second proposition,
it behooves the Council to rnre-fully
consider whether to gr.mt such com?
petitive franchise would he fair to
both companies, and Wlhether it \?ottld
be beneficial to tho community
Contentions Urged.
Tt has been urg-:d by the Virginia
Railway and Power Company that, in
vltiw of the proof adduced that Its
rates for light and power are r*ason
nhlc and the service, adequate. It If
?njust to the Invested capital 'engaged
In that enterprise to ?nbject it to com
?roitit'on, which would necessarily re?
tard ttn development and handicap It
In th* extension of Its scrvlca, with?
out benefit to the citizens' Or the com?
munity.
The applicants at th's time have no
eap'tnl whatever invested In the light?
ing and power bus'n ss In th's com?
munity, and the granting to them of
a franchise to do business as prayed,
might mean tho Investment here of
(Continued on Second-Page.)
OR. CLYCE NAMED
ON THIRD BALLOT
Elected Moderator of
Southern Presbyterian
General Assembly.
OPENING SERMON 1
BY DR. CECIL1
Richmond Minister Deprecates
the Spectacular in Religious
Work?Reports of Four Ex?
ecutive Committees Re?
ceived ? Finances of
Church Considered.
{Special toTh* Tlmes-ni.Titch l |
Bristol, Va., May 10.?The moderator j
elected to-day by thr General Assent-j
toly of tri- Southern Pres-byterUn ]
Church Is Rev. Thomas S. Clyce, D. D..
o: Sherman. Texas, a m-mber of Dallas
PreSbyHery. In the .Synod of Texas, lie
Is president of Austin Coliige. In Sher?
man, and is at this time In th.- prim*
of life. He is the third man the Gen?
eral Assembly has elected moderator
, from th? Synod of Texas, both of the
others having been eiioted from tho
presbytery of Central Texas
The enrolment of commissioners to1
the General Assembly as announced
to-day shown that almost 2')0 wer.'
pr*.-.-nt on this t"-e first day of the
lifty-second meeting o! the assembly.]
Promptly at n o'clock R?v. Russtll
Cecil. D. D.. of Richmond, retiring
moderator, called the assembly to or?
der. Tha opening session began with
the singing of the doxolegy. followed
by the Invocation, led by Rev. C. C.
Carson, pastor ol the, Flr.'t Presbyte?
rian Church, <n which this meeting of
the assembly is beln? held. Dr. Cecil
read the t?nth chapter of Dike as the
scripture lesson.
?ermnn by Dr. Cecil.
After otn^r hymns and a prayer, led
l>y ltev. R C. Reed, of Columbia. S. C.
Dr. Cec:l announced as his text the
words found In Duke x. JO: "JCev*rthe
le>.? in this rejoice, not that tbe spirits
are suhject unto you: but r?Jo|re that
your names arc written In heaven.";
j His subject was: "The Assurance of ;
I Fai-th In Christian Work." and he
-treated it under the following divl- I
sloni; j
1 The supremacy of Jesu* in all.
affairs of tho kingdom.
The estimate of Jesus as to the
value of resalts.
:; The judgment of Jesus as to the
essential thing In the worker.
Deprecation of the spectarular in re?
ligious work and sensational methods
in the pulpit, and an appeal (or con.-,
servatlve Christian activity by humble,
spiritually-minded men. were the key?
note-, of Dr. Cecil's sermon. "What are
known as magnlllcent success's, the
, finest effects of eloquence, temples
overflowing and thousands apparently
1 converted, are not always evidences of
I the growth of the kingdom," Dr. C;cll
declared. "No doubt God's Spirit has
often heen present In such scenes dur?
ing the past history of the church, and
great revivals are without question one
of the divinely chosin methods for the
enlargement of the kingdom. nut
such manifestations are often decep
| live and need 10 be carefully scrutl
nlzed. ? * ?
"We are living In an age which id
clamorous for results at all hazards
The humble, spiritually-minded man
who Is not mad over new methods and
is reluctant to adopt the latest novelty
is regarded as too conservative ami
reactionary and as an obstructionist
In the way of progress. Only the big
movement, th^ spectarular. the sensa?
tional should claim serious attention.
CastlnR out demons and working other
miracles?that was the coveted power"
In our Lord's day, that was what drew
the multitude together and filled the
minds of men with amazement. In Cue
j exercise of such power tho disciples)
experienced much j\>y und satisfaction.
[They felt that they were doing some-'
thing, they were accotnptlshlng'results,
! but Jesus percelv?d that they had the
j wrong view of it."
Dr. Cecil called upon his hearers to
recognize the supremacy of Christ In
jail affairs of the kingdom, and to ob
! serve the estimate of the Head of the
i church as to the value of results.
Chr'st did not encourage the spectacu
'., lar in religious work, he said, nnd trj?
pofer to perform miracles was grant?
ed only temporarily to only a few in
the apostolic age.
Commissioners Enrolled.
I After the close Of the sermon. Rev.
T. H. Law, the stated clerk, an?
nounced the number of commissioners
' enrolled by the number of ercden
? tlals that had come into his hands.
The next business before the as?
sembly, and tho principal business to
I be transacted by every assembly on
th-- first day. was the election of the
moderator for tills meeting.
Four commissioners were nominated
to receive this honor of the church,
ltev. J. A, Wallace nominated Rev. R.
C. Reed, of Columbia; J. E. Kerr nomi?
nated Rev. W. It. Dobyne, of St. Jo?
seph. Mo. ''.. I>. Booth nominated Rev.
J. r, Vanre. of Nashville, and Rev. C.
C. Weaver nominated Rev. T. S. Clyce,
<,:' Sh. rmnn, Tex. Each of these nomi?
nations was seconded. The hour for
recess having arrived, the election of
moderator was deferred until the
afternoon session.
Cordial words of welcome to tile as?
sembly were spoken by Rev. C. C. Car?
son nnd by Dr. L. B. Gammon, Ma vor
of Bristol.
T>r. Cecil responded to these ad?
dresses of welcome.
Dr. Uiw announced at the openlnc
of the afternoon session that he had
received information that the Pres?
bytery of Dallas and tho Presbytery
of Sherman, in the Synod of Texas,
had been consolidated under the name
of the Presbytery of Delias, and that
the Presbytery of Chesapeake and the
Presbytery Of Maryland. In the Synod
of Virginia, bad been consolidated
und?r the name of the. Presbytery of
Potomac,
The election of the moderator In
keeping with the customs of long
standing was by vote In answer to the
calling of the. roll of the commlsslon
IContlnuod on Seoond PagoT '
EACH ONE CLAIMS
THAT FIGHT IS WON
Both Present Their Own
Figures to Prove
Assertions.
TAFT AND COLONEL
GIVE STATEMENTS
President Says He Has 520 Del?
egates and That Ohio Will.
Make His Nomination Indis?
putable, While Roosevelt
Figures Up 501 in His
Own Column.
Very Latest Claim
Cleveland, May 10.?President
Tell t"-nlKb( received teleicramM
from hi* secretary, C. D. Hilles, and
Director William Ii. McKinley, of
the Tnft liurcau, elatnelnK MS delr
KntrK |ii the Chlcnitn eon vent Ion
for Taft, counting four from Idnhn.
I'lvr hundred nud fort;' Is n ma?
jority In the eon vrn i ion.
The l'rr?ldrnt had nothing to
ndd to Iii- ?internem earlier to-day
recardlDK (be delegate* to Chicago.
Cleveland, O.. May 1%. ? Replying to
' the claims of Theodore Roosevelt,
i that he had T.22 delegates to the Re
j publican National Convention, Presi?
dent Taft to-day in a public state?
ment pointed out that Roosevelt had
only 30:i delegates, and stated that the
result of the primaries in Ohio would
settle the question of the Republican
nomination. The statement follows:
"Only 1SS delegates co the Chicago
convention remain to be chosen. if
Theodore Roosevelt were to get all of
them, yet he could not be nominated.
Carefully prepared figures show that
only 30i- delegates thus far are In
Btrueted for or pledged to him. and
tiie talk of real and genuine contests
against delegates who are Instructed
for me is as unsustalnod by the facts
as many or the misleading Issues
which have been Injected Into this
campaign.
"The number of Taft delegates thus
far chosen, not counting eight from
Montana and a number from Texas
and Arkansas, which will be elected
to-day, i.i 5V0, and the vote in Ohio,
my nome state, much to my gratifica?
tion, will be the dec'slVo one. and will
settle the question of .he nomination.
"The Chicago convention will be nr
canlzod by the friends of constitu?
tional government, and the success of
that great cause now seems assured."
Calls Colonel Wild and Ridiculous.
Cleveland. O.. May IG.?"I would not
be herr to bother you to-night if It
did not concern the American people
more than 1: does me to defeat Theo?
dore Roosevelt for the presidency.-'
That was th; way President Taft
Introduced his criticism of Colonel
Roosevelt here to-nlglu.
"If it were a purely personal matter
with me," he continued. "1 wou'd be
content to abide hy the verdict of tim.>
and would remain in the White Hous.e.
silent under his ml-statements and at
tacks upon me. But more than my
own feelincs |n the matter is at siakj.
It Is of supreme importance to the
American people."
After a day of rest, during which
he made two talks to workingmen at
local manufacturing plants and con?
ferred with Senator Burton and either
?State leaders. PreMdent Taft spoke to?
night In the Central Armory here to a
great crowd.
"I am here most reluctantly, but 1
am here from a sense of duty." said
the President. "I am here to ask jus?
tice for an Ohio Preeident."
The crowd stamip?d and cheered and
applauded that statement with vigor.
Speaking of the Payne tariff bill nnd
the nee'd existing for further tariff re?
vision. Mr. Taft got a laugh and cheer
by remarking:
"If the Democrats will only give me
the money, I will see that the sche?
dules which are too high' will be re?
vised."
Mr. Taft mado probably the most
comprehensive defense of his own ad?
ministration that lie has delivered in
the present campaign.
Mr. Taft made some new phrases In
speaking of Colonel Roosevelt. At one.
point In- called his ideas of constitu?
tional government "wild and ridicu?
lous notions" *nd at another time
spoke of Roosevelt's "tyranny and ex?
plosive inconsistency."
The President brought again the
charge that Roosevelt, Senator Dlxon.
his campaign manager, and the. Demo?
crats in the Senate wore responsible
tor the weakening of the British and
French arbitration treaties.
"I propose, however," said the Pres?
ident, "whether In or out of oihce. to
carry on the. agitation for those trea?
ties. My experience in moro than for
ty States of the Union last year has
convinced me that tho American peo
ple are for the ratification of these
treaties as they are."
The President will leave here early
to-morrow for Western Ohio.
Stand? Hy His Claim.
1 Toledo, May 16.?"Of the delegates
already elected I have 501,* said
Colonel Roosevelt to-day. He stood
by Iiis statement of yesterday that he
bad more than :"">0 delegates, and was
', confident that ho would be nominated
on ths first ballot at the Chicago con?
vention.
The third day of Colonel Roosevelt's
Ohio campaign took h'm from Orcons
vllle to Toledo. He- made thirteen
speeches tocrowds which varied from
a few hundred at the smaller towns
to several thousands in the. cities. In
Toledo to-night he addressed a throng
which was packed Into Termlnnl Con?
vention Hall.
i Colonel Roosevelt was told to-day
that President T-ift would dispute his
claim iih to delegates, and directed the
preparation of figures to reinforce,
what ho ha<l said. Tho Roosevelt'
I (Continued on Second Page.)
HIS LAST HOPE GONE RICHESON
MUST DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
-1
Governor Foss Refuses
to Extend Executive
Clemency.
ALIENISTS FIND
PRISONER SANE
Commission Declares Him Sub?
ject to Fits of Hysterical In?
sanity, but Not So Affected
When He Poisoned Avis
Linnell, for Whose Death
He, Too, Must Die.
DoH(nn. Jinx 10.?< liirence V. T.
Rleheson's last hop,. ?r |nc tfM.
denih thnlr uext ?c<u for lhr murder
of .\vU i inn.-II, of ID mini?, expired to.
nlulit, when Governor Po?? announced
Hint he Mould not refer ltl. h,.?..n H
petition for commalniliin of sentence
to the Executive Council. The state?
ment fron? the Governor rollowcc' ttloee
1> the niluK of the report* of the ?pc
elnl Inntutlty coninil??lon, which de?
clared ?he condemned man "mir, hI
(houxh nubject to fits ,.f h? *terlcal In
nnnlly.
The commission found that Richeson
was sane *t the time of the murder,
and that lie In sane ,-<i present.
In the death chamber at Charles
town the prisoner has home himself
calmly since he was transferred from
the. Charles Street Jail Tuesday, p.
was apparent that he still hoped that
clemency would be extended to him.
; and it was believed to-day this alone
' was keeping up his spirits.
Governor** Statement.
The statement Issued by Governor
Foss shows that the alienists found
that Rleheson's family was afflicted
very generally with Insanity, and thnt
the condemned man himself Is a neu?
rotic, a somnambulist and a neuras?
thenic end subject to hysterical in?
sanity. The statement follows:
I "?Executive clemency will not be ex?
tended in the ease of Clarence V. T
Richeson. The prisoner was sentenced
upon his own confession and without
; trial for a crime, which It appears
Impossible that any normal man could
: .omtnlt.
'?After nls confession and sentence a
I plea of Insanity was set up by his
Counsel and strongly supported by af
1 fldavlts- extending over his life. The
' character of tite'se aflldavlts left no
'? other course for trjf Governor than
, to snhmit thcao sin' the prisoner him?
self tin an exa'rnlhalfdn by our leading
' alienists. In order to protect the Com
I monwealth from the charges that the
I man was actually Insane when the
[deed war committed as well as at the
i present time.
"The evidence shows that Itlche
j son's family Is heavily afflicted with
[insanity that he himself is a neurotic.
1 a somnambulist and a neurasthenic;
that he is subject to extreme emotional
disturbances marked by loss of mem?
ory, which two alienists have dlag
1 nosed as hysterical insanity, one phy
j sieian adding the alternative term of
i hysteric,-.] delirium, and th* majority
i opinion indicating that these attacks
: are hysterical attacks marked by emo
? tlnnal disturbances of brief duration,
j with loss of memory during the at
{ lack and for a varying period follow
: ing It.
Accountable for III* Crime.
"The evidence, however, while clear?
ly revealing these attacks. Indicates
that his crime was -not committed by
htm during such an attack. Therefore,
while there Is some difference of opin?
ion among the alienists as to whether
these attacks indicate actual Insanity,
I there Is sufficient ground for the con
i elusion that he is accountable for his
I crime, and that the exojrclse of execu?
tive clemency In this Instance would
I be contrary to the public good.
"The affidavits .-ind medical evidence
'as to Rleheson's unfavorable heredity.
' his lapses Of consciousness and bis at
? tacks of delirium are too voluminous
I to Include in this statement and are
! not suited to publication."
j The alienists referred to are Pr. Ed?
ward B. I-ane and Dr. Isidor H. Co
rlat acting for the defense; Dr. I
Vernon Briggs, acting at the personal
request of the Governor, and Prs
I Henry R< Stedman. George T. Tuttie
? and Henry P. Frost, acting as a com?
mission for the Commonwealth.
\ot Told of Ills Tute.
Richeson was not informed of tue
i Governor's decision Oo-nlght. His
'? spiritual adviser, tho R;v. Herbert S.
? Johnson, nnd the prison chaplain, the
Rev. Herbert W. Stebbins. visited the
' prisoner at S o'clock and remained
: with him for an hour. At tho time
I they entered the death chamber they
1 were not aware, however, of the Gov?
ernor's Unding. Upon leaving the
death house Mr. Johnson was Informed
I of the decision.
' "l am very sorry; I had hop^d that
it might be different.'! he said. "Hew
i ver, I think the Governor has acted
very humanely and with great justice
und iwlsdom In submitting the matter
to alienists as he. has."
When asked If hs would notify the
prisoner of his fate In the morning
Mr. Johnson s:>Irl he could not tell.
Deputy Warden N. D. Allen said to?
night that the prison officials would not
give the prisoner the news. He expect?
ed It would bi conveyed to him some
time to-morrow, cither through his
counsel. Mr. Morse, or one of the cler?
gymen.
Rleheson's day pnssed very quietly.
He wrote no letters, but received throu
from members of his family. William
A. Morse, counsel for the prisoner, felt
very ketnly the Governor's decision.
He said:
"Although I f>*el that the evidence
submitted warranted a different conclu?
sion, as cue of Rleheson's counsel I
wish to thank Governor Foss for his
thoughtful consideration or the petition
for commutation of R|ch>son's sen?
tence. He was Just nnd courageous
enough, in the. midst of a bitter cry f >r
vengeance, to pause and look around
him.
"I, who have been so. near RlchCSOP
during all these months, feel very sad
that It must finally end in Ws being
killed by the method? at. present ap?
proved by the laiw. Re now must
*? (Continued on Third Page)
CLARENCE V. T. IUCIIESON.
REPAIRING LEVEE
STUPENDOUS TASK
: Requires Immense Amount of
j Labor and Money to Close
Hyrnelia Crevasse.
WORK ALREADY UNDER WAY
LMississippi River Is Falling and
Worst of Flood Is Be?
lieved '. ) \ er.
New Orleans, I>a.. May 16.?The Hy
m?-lla crevasse, thirty-five miles north
of New Orleans, will bo closed within
, ten days If the expenditure of a quar?
ter of n million dollars can effect the
object desired. To-day the Mississippi
River Commission decided to appropri?
ate $100,00" f.,i- the work, and an equal
\ amount, o. even more, if It is neces?
sary, has been pledged by property
1 owners affected and .State and parish
' authorities.
Captain C. O. Sherlll, chief of tho
i t'nlt" d States army engineers. In
; charge of the fourth levee district, has
! charge of the stupendous Job. Tho
I work of lying the ends of tho crevasse,
I feet, was begun at noon, and th's af
i eet. was begun at noon, and this af
J ternoon material was assembled for
the work of cribbing across the open
i tng. Several hundred laborers were at
; work this afternoon and to-night, but
by to-morrow more than 1.000 men
j will be. on hand and the work will
j begin in earnest.
flrent I'orrf at Work,
j In addition to a licet of seven gov
[ ernment boats, the southern Pacific
and Texas Pacific Railroads have Bent
plledrlvers, lumber nnd 200 laborers
' to the scene: tho T^v Fourehe lovoe
board has furnished material and
promised '-',rv men: Governor Sanders
has ordered 2.'e> convicts to report there
for duty, nnd plantern and mill owners
1 in the section affected by the crevasse
waters have pledged 20rt or more la?
borers. I
The entire force of men lias been
placed under Captain Shcrill. who has
detailed tlireo of tho best englnoers
In his office to assist in the work.
Water from the crevasse spread nine
or ten miles inland to-day and en?
croached upon the towns along tho
river north and south of the break.i
but no lives have been sarrlflcca.
Captain Jas. A. J,ogan. who is In
charge of relief Work In this Stale,
j canto here to-day and organized his
?corps for rescue work in the territory
i affected by the Hymelth crevasse, Hal
has several army officers: In the field
?already with eight gasolene launches
'and a large number of skiffs. Re?
sides th*se, three revenue cutters, the
Pavcy, Wlndom and Wlnona, are at
I hand, and are keot ready to answer j
calls tor help Tiny or night.
? The engineers to-day expressed the
belief that there would be no further
srrious crevasses In this territory, hut
warned all guards to watch the levees
more closely than ever as there will 1
I he danger while the waters of tho
! river are ri ceding.
River Is Fnlllntc.
j The river fell during the twenty
four hours ending at 7 A. M.. to all
points north to St Louis, e\c? at
Vlcksburg. where it was stationary.
At Missouri City the,gauge showed a
riso of four tenths of a foot. There,
was a fall 'of 1.2 fort at Cairo, four
tenths of a foot drop at Mew Orleans
and from one to three,-1 snths at other
points.
From Natchez south the following
table shows the pi.'sent stage and the
slghesl recorded (luring this flood.
Present Highest
stage. 1012.
Natchez . 60.fi 51.4
Raton Rouge .43.1 1,;.><
lionnldsonvllle . HI.3 :;,.S
New Orleans . 20.D i'2.0
OUTPUT LIMITED
BY MONEY TROST
Coffee Crop Cut Down by
Financial Assistance to
Brazil.
\
NEW YORK BANKS TAKE PART
Investigating Committee Gets
Illustration of How Octopus
? Docs Its Work.
I Washington. May 16.?The first Il?
lustration of the activities of tho so
called money trust given to tho House
Investigating committee to-day was
testimony that throo Ntnv York hank?
ing institutions?the National City
Hank, J Plerpon'l Morgan & Company
i and the First National Bank?lent
financial assistance to the government
of nrnzil to limit the output of coffee
; and maintain prices of coffee at a
profitable figure f"r the benefit of
I Brazilian as weil as American and Eu?
ropean coffee dealers.
I This te-.-titnony came from Herman
Slelcken, of th' New York firm of
I Cross-man &. Slelcken, large dealers In
I green coffee.
Mr. Pleb'ken attributed to the. Na?
tional City B3nk a patriotic motive
for Its investment. He regarded tho
loan hy the bank as of gr;at benetit
I to the United States, and said that tho
;bnnk made the loan reluctantly to cx
: plolt American trade with South
I America. Mr. Slelcken questioned th*
propriety of the committee golnj? Into
I Brazil's nffnirs. and as for his own
? participation, Challenged the Attorney
General of the 'TThltett1 States nnd nil
I tho attorneys of the country to dis?
cover any Illegality in h'.s actions as
n coffee merchant.
Threatened Hevolutton.
i The witness said thai unless some?
thing had been don - to help tho plant?
lers of business, th r,. might have been
a revolution. The price of enffeo had
grown so low through overproduction
that the Brazilian government exef
I vised Its right to encourage planters
I to diversify their crops. - II; sah! that
while a tax hart h?en put on the plant
j lng of coffee, tno Brazilian govern
I ment and the state of Sao Paulo hnd
I not tried to prohibit planting.
? Which would have been the worse,
'revolution In Sjo Paulo or for the
j consumers of this country to pay
I much more for all of their coffe V"
asked Samuel Untermyer, counsel for
I the committee.
I "You would have had to pay that
I anyhow," sold Mr. Ml li k ii, He
? argued that coffee would be still
higher if the valorization scheme had
not been put Into operation.
I Mr. Untermyer rend from tables to
show the production of coffee for sev?
eral years amounted to but 6,000,000
bags, nnd that It sold at from Ii I-.'
! to 1 cents a pound. Now the produc?
tion whs It,000.000 bags, nnd the
;prlce wns bctwoen 13 and II cents a
j pound, This w as neromr.llshe.l by
withholding from the market the sur
rj^is supply or coffee, he said.
Mr. Sleleken testlded that there
Were i,000,000 bags of coffee now be?
ing held out of the market by the
valorization committee of seven. of
which he is a member.
Price Not Wl'ertcd.
"Would not the price of coffee go
[down if this were put on tho market?"
asked Representative Byrnes,
"No. it would hsve no effect On
th market." said Mr. S'elcken.
Tho big loan by which the valoriza?
tion scheme was floated was (16,000,
jOnjrltsh, German, French an!
Belgian bankers took ?13,000,000 of II.
f2.000.00n going to the National CRy
j Hank.
"I- suppose this committee has got
the Impression from its counsel thai
this valorization scheme has put up
tContlnueU on Second Page.)
JURY IS UNABLE
10 FIND VERDICT
IN ALLEN CASE
Opinion Prevails That
Disagreement Is
Hopeless.
RUMORED 11 TO 1
FOR CONVICTION
After Deliberating for Nearly
Seven Hours Without Result,
Jurors Are Locked Up for
night and Court Ad?
journs Until This
Morning.
MV A LEX AND En FORWARD
WythevUle, Va.. May lr>.?triable as
yet to agrro upon a verdict, the Jury
which holds In its hands the life of
Floyd Allen was adjourned at 9 o'clock
I to-night to 'jr.-!') o'clock to-morrow
morning. For four and one-hall' hours
I the jurors deliberated in their room,
consuming the entire afternoon ses?
sion of the court, without result. Atter
spending one- hour in vain attempt to
reach a conclusion to-night, they re?
ported to that effect.
Judge Staples refused to discharge
the jury from further c-nsidet atlon of
the case, and admonished it that It
was the duty of the Individual Juror
to give, due weight to the views of
his fellows, without surrendering hla
individual convictions.
But the opinion prevails to-night
that the Jury Is hopelessly disagreed,
although a verdict is. of course, pos?
sible to-morrow. From circumstances,
the supposition Is that the body stands
eleven to one for conviction. Juror
\V. T. Williams is the. only member
who has asked for an explanation at
the hands of the court of nny in?
struction. One Juror bus been charged
by common rumor with having uttered
a sentiment to tho effect that "some?
times courts ought to be shot up,
since they do not always give Jus?
tice."
Sentiment for Conviction.
Could the condition of public senti?
ment In WythevUle to-nlglu tutor
through the dpors of the room where
the jury sleeps, a vecdict might bo
the more; easily secured. Practically
every ono Is surprised that a judgment
of murder In the first degree has not
been rendered.
Citizens fear that Wythe county will
be Injured in reputation In case of a
failure to convict. Attorney John S.
Draper said to-night that in his twelve
years of official experience as a prose?
cuting officer he has never seen such
nn array of accusatory facts nor a
plainer case for the Commonwealth.
Attorney Joseph C. Wysor conclud
i ed his remarks for the State at tho end
j of the morning session nnd court was
; adjourned until 2:30 o'clock. Then tho
I case went to the jury and stayed there
j until i) o'clock. Court was adjourned
I until S o'clock, and at 0 a knock was
: heard upon tho door of the rooms
j where the jurors were assembled.
They (lied In. in response to a ques?
tion by Judge Staples, Juror Frank R.
! Xelnis announced that no verdict had
I been reached, nnd In reply to a fur
j ther query, he said it seemed there
j were no additional matters upon which
instructions were required.
"We have." commented Judge Staples,
j "taken something like two weeks for
i n trial of this important case, nnd
, the court fully appreciates the pati?
ence and endurance Of the Jury. Yoi?
have heard the evidence and you havo
received tho instructions of the court
nnd the law upon the case. If there
is any further point of law which has
? not already been the subject of In?
struction to you. I shall be glad to
Instruct you upon it. but I do not feel
consideration of this case merely be
justlfted In discharging you from the
cause you have not agreed so far. tt
Is your duly, gentlemen, to give the
evidence In this case careful and pati?
ent consideration and In discussion
among yourselves wltlu it surrender?
ing your conscientious convictions, to
give due weight and consideration to
the views which, your fellow jurors
may take of the evidence and law as
laid down by the court. 1 think It Is
Incumbent upon me to keep you to?
gether. If you think any further ills,
cusslon tiiis evening will not avail you
'. I will adjourn over Until to-morrow. X
; cannot at this stage discharge, the
I jury from consideration of this case."
j Adjournment was then taken until
to-morrow.
Jury Takes fuse.
As soon as court, convened at 3:30
' o'clock for the afternoon session the
,case was given Into the hands of the
! Jury, and it retired to its room in the
rear or north side, of the courthouse.
When the jury had gone. Judge
Staples at once took up the question
of the next trial II? said it would be
called for next Monday, and after ex?
amination of the statute ha announced
ho would draw II venire of 100 men.
For the defense, ft. H. Willis asked,
that the election made by the defend?
ants at Hlllevllle to be tried separate?
ly, be chutiged so as to permit Victor
M. Allen and Claude Swansou Allen,
the sons of Floyd Allen, to be tried '
I together. To this the prosecution as- '
; sented. But w hen Judge Staples ln
I quired as to which Indictment will be
' used next week, the attortieyg for the
Commonwealth said they preferred to
I defer eholco until after a verdict haa
been secured in the pending case.
I it was suggested that the witness?
es be summoned for Wednesday, as it
j was supposed at least two days would
i be required to Impanel a Jury,
i Through tho long hours of tho af
I ternoon the big crowd In the court.
I room occupied Itself in various ways.
. Smoking was permitted In tne court?
room.
? Floyd Allen sat with troubled brow',
speaking only when, addressed by hit
counsel or by his wife. Miss Maris?
Woods, of WythevUle, sat by the side
of Mrs: Allen, tho Mrst woman to min?
ister In iiubllo to the stricken wife oC
^Continued on Third rage)