The times dispatch. [volume], May 29, 1912, Page 9, Image 9

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Yes, Sir, a
VICTROLA
Is the thing i?;r summer music.
? It entertains.
?It instructs.
?It amuses.
-It satistit:-.
?It thrills.
Easy tonn?.
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WILL TAKE STAND
IN OWN DEFENSE
IContlnucd from First Tage.)
not convict Floyd on Ins lllllsvlll?
trial.
\ lctiir \ol So Sullen.
Victor Allen, whose manner was not
<julc so sullen and unfavorable this
time an In the trial of Iiis father, told,
in the main, a story that was frank,
but apparently careful and well-leani
?d before lie took the stand. On otic
;y>iiil. however, he writ tripped up b>
tc. Common wealths, tshougst It was not
ot major importance. Attorney Jos?
eph U kVyaor obtained the admission
that victor had seen Wealey Udwards
ivlth a black muffler on in the court?
room the morning Ol the siiotlug. The
Commonwealth's lawyer immediately
pounced upon Victor to inquire why
he sahd not told ishat ract in shls fa?
ther's trial.
Victor's response was Ishat tshc ques?
tion had not been asked him then. It
has been testified frequently in tins
and Floyd Aliens trial that Victor
himself coie a black muffler In the
courtroom, and he sad been Identified
bj tshia means more t*mi once by wit
nesses. Attorney Wysor r.^ught to
tliuw to the jury the significance of
Victor's falling to toll Hut Wesley
Kdwards had on a black muffler In the
last trial, but tilling of it Ibis time.
The examination of Victor occupied
an hour and twenty minutes this af?
ternoon. Attorney Willis questioned
him for the defense.
<iiir?tlnnrd b) \tt?irne?.
? How did you happen to be in Hills
Vllle on .March 14?'" nsKed Attome)
Willis,
"I was iisked to bring Sitfr.a Kd
wards to court as a witness. I ex?
pected to ge> to Mount Airy that week "
"Whsen did you get to Hlllsvllle wltsh
rildna?" i
"Wednesday morning.'"
?*i>ld you have, a pistol?"
"Veil, I got It from my father."
"With whoin did you spend Wednes?
day night?"
"With my brother, Claude, and .Sld
na Kdwards."
"W hat did you do with the pUtol?''
"When we went to bed i think l
gt<\c It te, Claud" to put it on the
table lie look ;t next morning."
"lud you leave a pistol at home?"
"Yes."
Victor then Identified a .pistol as the
one he had left with his wife at home.
"What did you do after breakfast
Thursday morning?"
"Claude and 1 went out and water
< ?1 our horses. The courthouse bell
rang about tin time we jjot out on
the mam street. We pumped up some
water and gave our horses a drink.
Then we went up to the courthouse."
"Did > on see your father, or Uncle
j Sldna, o ? Priel, or the hMuardses or
j Byrd Marion standing in a group iti
I front of the courthouse?*'
! "No. air."
j S'ictor said tic had gone In tho left- !
I hand door .-.ad Fat tirar the stove on I
the north aide of the toots. He spoke
to hie aunt, the mother of the Ed- i
wards bo>?. Victor said.
Storj of Snooting.
Victor's story of tho ihooting waa j
I to in a rather hesitant manner. In
i main it was a s follows: "When the
sheriff w. s ord?tel to take charge of
tlf prisoner. I taw thy father Ret up.
Dexter tioad was the first man 1 saw
shoot. Ilia shot came before I heard
any from the northeast corner of the
i oom.
"When the shooting became general, I
I got oUt 1 had no piatol with me
then.
??Outside I saw Mdna Allen and
Dexter Uoad shooting at each other.
I began to run for shelter. Rot behind
the monument, but 1 did not think it
safe enough, so I ran on down past
the post-ofllce to the feed stable."
Victor -.aid he had been in the court
room the evening before the shootinir,
and was sitting on t);j hack of t:ic
game bench be was on the neM morn
ling, saw Sldna Allen there then,
jbut he did not go up hack of the bar
Iwhen the Jury came In
I This testimony rat brought out for
{the purpose of refuting th- testimony j
?:f gome of the Commonwealth's wit- i
r.ess-s. w.-.r. said they had ff^n Victor
Allen and Fidna Allen put their hands
on their pisioi= when the Jury came
Ir. th* night before the shooting
Victor said he had had. a pistol t'iat
twining, but said he had obtained p sr
miiSlon from the li'.llsvllle postmaster
;o (tarry a gun.
Attornav W, S, Pujtp eross-rxain
inil Victor. He confused t:;e elder
Allen son In r'gard to testimony given
bv b'.m at hi? father's trial.
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father weif, in tho court room when
th* Jury brought la a verdict?-'
"Well, i ar>-w Frlel, the two Bdwards
boys, h fore trie ihoollnf;. and 1 sa.w
Claude and t-idna come out after th
: shooting."
"How was Wesley Edwards dressed?"
I "Well, hv h:id on an overcoat and
Idark clothes and a black inutile::
around his neck." I
"Why didn't you tell us that |u your j
? father'* irjnl?"
' "No one uEkcd me."
I "Was tnat your oniy r'?.?on for not ';
i telling that Wesley had on a black :
Imurfi'r the lift time you testified?"
"Well, yea" j
I Not For I'rnm father.
"How f:ir from you was yoUr father I
when tie jumped up?"
I "About twelve or fifteen fitet I dirt :
[ not hear exactly what he said except
'Gentl "men.'"
"Who ?Lad pistols that you saw '.n
I the court room?"
I "Wesley Edwards and Dext'r Goad.
I think 1 sa-aj Will Foster with a pis- '
! tel."
i -nid you sea Goad?"
"Yes."
"Was that the first Shot?"
"I think there was or.* fired before
I saw h'nt shoot."
"Where did th> first shot come
from?"
"I don't know. I thought It came. !
from near Go.id."
"Did you -.e.. or hear any shots 'font
the north-ast comer of the room'."'
"No, sir"
"Why did you Aliens down to
Blankenshlp's s:aMe so quickly after
the shooting?"
"To trr- out of the way of ;>:j shoot?
ing."
ttedtreot and r?erors-cx.-.tr.>r.a?!on of
Victor duj not develop anything im?
portant.
INDIGNANT DENIAL
BY ROCKEFELLER
(Continued from First Tage.)
don't know anything about! it?" pur?
sued Mr. Untermyer.
"How do you know it. since yon tell
us now you don't know how it has
been done?"
"I think you are making a mlstaKo
In representing what 1 undertook to
?say," replied the witness.
"You say you don't liiiow how it was'
done. You tell us now you don't know
how this disintegration was being
done? Either you do know or you
don't know how this is being done." i
"r have nothing to do with tiinv
work at all."
"Do you know how it is beinp; done?
Yes or no."
"1 don't know the particular steps
taken In each case."
"1 to you know how the business of
the companies is being arranged?"
"I do."
GIRLS PRESENT PLAY
Woman'M College Students Give Ki- j
eellent I'erforniuncr nnd (Jet Chcern.
As a part of the commencement
exercises of the Woman's College tho
comedy. "A Virginia Heroine." was
presented by the class of expression I
In the college chapel last night before/
a large audience. Tho little play was I
a story of tho War Between the states,
with several of Its familiar situations.
Among tho audience wero many who
Wore conversant with the art of act-1
ing. and they pronounced tho show I
most creditable.
Miss Margaret Hathaway as Vir?
ginia Leigh ton; Miss Mary Massle as
Betty Dare, and Miss I.ettio Starke, i
tnJiing the part of Topsy, were among 1
those who showee! real ability, while
Miss Margie Palmer, as Granny Royal,
"the Old woman living on tho edge
Of the woods," was easily the hit of
the performance. Others In the cust j
were: Miss .Icsslo Hose, as Mrs. Part-; I
Miss Delia llouncr, as Margaret Leigh- ,
ton; Miss Sue Woolfolk, us Iluth Lee;
Miss Marye Lawsoti, as Bess Allen;
Miss Laura Nelson, as Nell Cary; Miss
Frances Humphrey, as Nora, and Miss
Ca"'.,,: r^tta Jenkins, ns Martha Lano. I
Most of to-clny will be occupied with '
the usual class-day exercises, In which
doubtless there will bo Introduced
some Innovations. The will of tho
senior class will bo admitted to.pro?
bate, the class tree planted, and there
.will bp a bonfire, fuel for which will I
.consist largely of certain text-books
which have, after duo consideration,
(been voted tho "goats" of the senior
class. ,
Returns With Prisoner.
Detective-Sergeant Wiltshire returned last
flight from I.ynchburg with Michael Kem
ler, who la wanted hero on a charge of
stealing $101 from the Northern Hal and
Cat, Manufacturing Company (Ino.), by
whloh he wae employed as a collector.
Komier was arrested In tho Hill City at the
reauest ^aptaln of Detectives McMithon.
AMPLY JUSTIFIED
IN 118 ATTITUDE
n>n!lnued from First Pane.)
gcgcments have occurred, creates a sit?
uation which is difficult to explain.
"It Is reported on the authority of
one of the Cuban generals that there
are perhaps as many as 3,000 neproes
In revolt who aro mor;- e.r less armed,
and that the unarmed negroes are
roaming In the province of Oriente
while awaiting developments, number?
ing perhaps 6.000 or 7.00?. Kurther re?
inforcements were to leave Havana
yesterday for Santiago on hoard the
''ul>n under the command of General
Montcagudo. which should bring the
government forces in Oriente up to ful?
ly 4.00? troops by to-night.
"The rebels are reported to hav?
i Ollected forcibly tl.000 from the man?
ager of the San Miguel sugar mill,
to have stolen J5.000 from a Spanish
shop In El Caney del Fitio, and to
have burned fully SsO.non worth of
??'igar cane on the property of tho
Ksperanza mill, a Spanish concern, but
were frightened away upon the ap?
proach of rural guards"
DR. CALISCH'S ADDRESS
Sneaks on B'nal B'rltb Order In New Or?
leans TtmpV,
Dr. E. N. Csllsch o; this city, delivered
an adrtress on the B'nal rt'rlth In Temple
Slnsl, New Orleans, laat FVIday afternoon.
In which lie sil l the order has changed the
whole atmosphere of Jewish life. ".So wide
h,is It* Influence tmnn in the past twenty
years," saM Dr. e'alisch. "that It has come
tr, b;i regarded of one of the greatest bene
volent Institutions In the entire country."
The Picayune, of New Orleans. sa>s that
the audience was "charmed by the speak?
er's ms Fterful personality, nntl stirred by
the fluency and Mriking force of Iiis ora?
tory."
Dr. Ca Tisch delivered the annual sermon
to the students of the Louisiana State Vnl
ferslty at the do*.- of the scholastic year
on Sunday afternoon.
right on Excursion.
Three arrests were made late last nicht
-v a result ol rlchtlng on a jiectro excursion
down .lames River. All parties were bailed.
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(Continued from First Page. >
more State. South Dakota, remains to
hold primaries before the nations! '
convention.
Victory for Colonel mid \\ llaoa.
Newark, May At midnight K.
W. Gray, secretary of the Taft BusM
ness Men's League, conceded that Col-!
onel Roosevelt hail carried tin- State
<j( New JerseJ on the preferential
primary vote, and thnt the lour dol
egatcs-at-large pledged t., Colonel
Roosevelt would be elected.
Returns up to midnight In New Jer?
sey's presjdontlal prlmnry indicated i
a decisive victory for Governor Wood
row Wilson over the Smith-Nugent
Democratic machine, which has bet n |
lighting him In every county ?r the
State.
President Taft wjr expected to poll
a Mg vote In Newark, the big Indus?
trial centre in t'.ssex count; . but tho
Roosevelt -tiU-cngth as Indicated by
early returns was unexpected even by
hla most ardent supporters.
At midnight the Indications were
that Roosevelt had carried New.
ark by a small majority. He carried
the Klghth, Ninth and Eleventh Con?
gressional Districts. Reports received
In Newark at that hour were that
Roosevelt had curled Passalc, t~ssex
and Mercer counties, and that All.it.tic
and Bergen counties were lor Taft,
Thirty-six eloctlon districts In the
Ninth Congressional District (Newark)
gave Wilson 6?j and antl-Wllyon 1.
0J9.
In several of the other big Industrial
centres of New Jersey. Colonel Rooao
v.lt ran very strongly. In Patcrson.
Kll/.,tbeth and Jersey City the nan/
icturns gave him a decided advantage
over his rival. In the rural counties,
too, Colonel Roosevelt got large ma?
jorities on the preferential vote, as
did the delegates at large and district
delegates pledged to his candidacy.
Incomplete returns received from
the Plrst, .Second. Third, and I'ourth
Congressional Districts up to midnight
Indicated that Colonel Roosevelt had
carried all four.
Returns from Hudson county, which
Includes Jersey City, came In very
slowly. It was nearly midnight be?
fore any -positive Indications showing
the trcni of the voto were received.
At midnight twenty-two districts in
Jersey city were tabulated, and these
showed that Roosevelt ha<l swept the
city. If not the entire county by about
five to one. The vote in the twenty
two districts which were selected from
various sections of Jersey City show?
ed the vote to be: Roosevelt -CO
Taft 150.
The Indications also showed that
Governor i/ilson had easily carried
Hudson county. The vote in these
same twenty-two districts showed that
Wilson had obtained TIT votes to I0T
[for unpledged delegates.
Reports from Atlantic City, where'
! President T?ft addressed a large mass
meet'ng on Monday night showed a
j vote larger In proportion to the vote
, cast at the last general election than
in any other part of the State. Prom
the early returns It appeared that
President Taft had carried Atlantic
City by a lange majority.
Governor Wood row Wilson received
th. strongest possible Indorsement in
nearly every county of the State out?
*:de of Lss.x county, the stronghold
of the Smith-Nugent machine. Re?
ports from Southern New .Icrsev gave
Wilson a vote of ten to on: for the
uninstructed delegates placed in the
il*ld by the Smith-Nugent crowd.
The voto In nearly ail sections of
the State was exceedingly light. In
Hudson county, for instance, the vote
|mass only 5) per cent, of the voti cast
at tho last general election.
Joseph P. Tumulty. Governor Wil?
son's private secretary, raid early this
; morning that Governor Wilson's ina
| Jorlty In the State, would bo a^out
, 30,.100. This would mean, h- said,
that the Governor would get the four
d*lcgatcs-at-large and all the district
delegates, with the possible exception
of the four del 'gates In Essex county.
The returns fiom fifty out of Ifil
'districts In Jersey City showed that
2.R60 votes wero cast for Colonel
Roosevelt, as compared with 1.140 for
President Taft. The same number of
districts gsvi Wilson 3,Sin and un?
pledged, C.157.
President nt While House.
Washington. May US.?President Ta: t
returned to-night from his strenuous
primary campaign in New Jersey,
reaching the White House r.itisiled
with th.; ttsults accomplished by his ]
h.peech-making tour, which ended only |
with the opening of the New Jersey I
polls tr.ls afternoon. The Now Jersey '
campaign closts the President's p*r
sonal participation In 'he State prl
tnary campaigns, as it ts unlikely thru
he will go to South Dakota, around ,
whose primary results Interest now j
largely centres.
TWO CONVENTIONS:
HELDJ? TEXAS!
Port Warth. Texas, May 28.?Tho 1
RooscveU-Taft light in Texas to-day
resulted In th holding of two con- j
ventlons lu re, the 'laft follow, rs rp- I
fusing to partlcip.it In the State con- |
ventlon which the, Roosevelt forces
dominated. Each conv.-ntlou elected ]
eight deligates-at-largc to (he: Chi- 1
eago Republican convention, with al
terna-t s and electors, and each' In?
dorsed ilR favorite State and national
leader, th; Taft supporters including
H P MacOrcgor in Its indorsement
for national committee-man and the
Roosevelt convention offering Its sup?
port to Cecil A. Lyon. Lyon, who is
now national eommllt I cnian from
Texas, is leader of tho RoosJvell
forces in Texas, and MaeGregor 1*
the President's campaign manager In
the State_
Solid for Wilson.
Houston, Texas. May 28.- A solid
delegation c/f forlv memh-rs Instructed,
for Woodre.w Wilson was elected to j
the National Democratic Convention'
to-?lKht i?. the Texas Democrat:.' Con?
vention. The delegation Is composed
of eight ilel:gate.s-at-large und thirty
two district delegate*. Thi Harmon
forces made one teat of .strength on
district delegates, and were defeated
613 to Ii?- r'*t" s"1,s- of Cleburne,
nvas elected Democratic, national com
.mitteejnon._
SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN
Arthur Relmor. of Massachusetts,
nomine? of the Socialist-I.tbor party
for President of the United States, will
speak to-night at 8 o'clock In Thomp
aon's Hall. Plrst ami R.road Streets.
On Friday night, at the same hour,
lie will speak at I.abor Temple. Mfth
and Marshnll Streets. Roth of these
meetings are open to tho. public, and
women aro Invited to attend.
WANT TO KEEP GOING
I FOR HOLIDAY GAMES
m tiVH ?AMIBRT.
I Trvliig by every possible means to
I hold Hie United States League, to?
gether In order that the Memorial I
Pay receipts may lie used to help
swell depleted treasuries, owners and 1
managers o! the three or four club.i
still remaining are sending forth re?
ports of the most optimistic character
relative to the pormanoncy ol the or?
ganization. New York Is gone. That
cannot bo denied, but Chicago. Pitts?
burgh and Reading fay that they have
clubs ready to play the games to?
morrow. '
E. C. Landgraf, owner of the loeul
franchise. Is still at sea so rar as *o
what he will do. He knows, and knew
Monday, that there was no hope for
the continuance of the organization.
Ho sut In the office of the sportlnat
j editor of The Times-Dispatch and dls
I cussed freely and at length the exact
status of the league. Roth he and I
Hugh McKlnnon were (Irmly of thai
opinion that the league was through.
Just as firmly these two magnates
were of the opinion that a very un?
wise step had beep taken 111 allow?
ing the league to stop operations be?
fore what had been regarded as n
most profitable holiday?Decoration
Day.
Wanted to t'lny Holiday Garoes. i
It was tho opinion of these two pro?
moters that regardless of conditions,
the league should have remained in- I
tact until after the gate money had ]
been received from the double-header
scheduled. McKlnnon left, supposedly
for New York, but effort made to
r< ach him and John J. Ryan last night
was without avail. Ivindgraf not only
admitted on Monday night that the
league was no longer In existence, but
actually sought the aid of the writer
in securing a position for him to take
charge of one of the teams in the Vir?
ginia Leugne.
Another suggestion which emanated
.from Landgraf was that a new league
be organized to be known as the Vir?
ginia-Carolina League, with such towns
as Suffolk, Richmond, Wilmington,
I Raleigh and several otliei places form?
ing the circuit. l.ast night lie abso?
lutely denied having furnished to Iho
afternoon papers the Information pub?
lished yesterday. His denial was made
In the presence of several people and
was sweeping. In other words, he tacit?
ly admitted that all the efforts put
forth were for the purpose of continu?
ing the organization until after roc
oration Day.
Landgraf Enid last night thut if he
had the money with Which to pay the
players he would quit '.hen and there.
He held in his hand a telegram from
\V. Abbott Wltman, president of the
league, which said that Chicago would
play in Pittsburgh to-morrow, which
leaves Richmond In the cold. The pres?
ident of the league frankly admitted
In the telegram that !ic didn't know
what to do about Richmond, but that
he would suggest Washington.
No Team In Washington.
Washington has no ball club. The
temn which ha.- been playing there
sinee George Brown unit, has been
made tip of some professional ball
players, but mostly of amateurs around
the city, who volunteered tc> help out,
so that the men who lived at a dis?
tance might get railroad faro back
home.
Landgraf '>ns known for some lime
th.it the league was in a shaky con?
dition, lie knows now and he knew
Monday that the league had disin?
tegrated. Ills last words to the writer
on Monday night, when lie and Mc?
Klnnon left, after discussing the situa?
tion pro and con for more than an
hour, were that exhibition games
would be played and the. people of
Richmond appealed to to help out a
man who hod Invested several thou?
sand dollars in a ball plum which
would become practically worthless
the moment the league disbanded. He
also sought information as to iiow
in could most profitably dispose of
hl? plant.
Hugh McKlnnon. manager of tl?o
Cincinnati club, left on the first train
after hearing the unfortunate news,
lie stated, or rather some one slat" d
for him, that he was going to Now
York to see John J. Ryan, the owner
of the club. Ryan has not been found,
neither has McKlnnon. The Cincinnati
team Is still here, and efforts will bo
made to keep the team hero over tho
holiday ami probably for the Saturday
game. |
Denies Reported Interview.
Atter agreeing to appeal to the,
sympathy and generosity of the people
of Richmond, Landgraf la quotcAV us
saying thai the death of the league ?a
reported In this paper was "prema?
ture." He denies having made this
assertion. Still It was so prfnted.
Inning the conversation with the writer,
when the ' vldenee In the nature of d la
patches Inid liefere. I.andzrnr and McKln?
non were informed that the people of Rich?
mond wuuhl not be told, at least through
?lie lolumns of The Times-Dispatch, that
the games which would bo played were
league games when there was no leugne. L
Was then that both McKlnnon and Land?
graf npreed that exhibition games would
foe played and the proceeds used to pay the
ball players.
There has never been a question hut th-it
the local club would be paid in full, Then
has been a serious question as to the o|her
Chaba In the vlreult. The Question of bring?
ing a makeshift team here simply t.> get
money on Decoration Day did not appeal
to The Times-Dispatch as fair to the people
of Richmond. It looks as If Richmond was
to he slvan the raw end of the deal, even
when It was purely a question of rettrlevin?;
losses already Ineurrsd.
May Hold League Meet Ins;.
Presldont Wittnau was supposed to haic
come to Richmond last night. He failed
to arrive. Instead came tho message above
referred to. It Is said that a meotlng of
r?:. magnates will h% held tn Pitts?
burgh cither to-morrow or Saturday for the
purp?*?' of building mi tho broken fence?.
rriiere is absolutely no chance in too Bast,
llllly Jordan ha? declared positively that he
Is throush In Ne/v Yoult. and Bronx Oval
i. controlled by hlna. Washington has no
ball cImiv Cleveland in out for pood. Cin?
cinnati Is here, but without - head. This
i. .1 %. s. Richmond, Heading. Chicago and
Pittsburgh.
Owner Nelson, of Chicago, says his club
win stick. President Wltman, whllo admit?
ting thnt his club Is losing money every
day It plays, also nays he will stick. Rich?
mond Is willing to continue because tholr is
nolhlnic better In site. Of all the clubs In
the league Pittsburgh alone seems to havo
made any hi sdWay. It Is all right for tho
teams which are still Intact to malco barn?
storming trips, but It Is manifestly unfair
to the public to leave the Impression that
the league Is still In existence.
It may be that a Western league can bo
formed, but the l'nlte.t State? League wilt
never n^aln be known In the Hast, certainly
not with Reading and Rlchnlond as the sold
Kastern representatives. It would ho Just
as reasonable to form a loague with San
Francisco on one end and Havana on the
other.
League Is Head.
The United .states League Is dead. Land?
graf should have made this known, nnd.
then have appenlrrt tn the people to help
him out of his losses by patronizing the ex.
iiibltlon games. Instead he oaj tried to dis?
credit the story printed Iii this paper, un
iTer the signature of the wrUer. though ho
knew approximately what the story wouid
be, nnd though he agreed that the story
should be wrltf n. (riling the news that the
remaining games would be exhibition af?
fairs.
The writer deplores the collapse of ths
leaguo probably as much as those who aro
financially Interested. In the fare of much
criticism he cpous^d Its raus? and fought
when there appeared DttlS.left to tight for.
He has been lenient and considerate during
the period of the lesnue.'s existence. At
TTThcS he has been dubious, but he has at
| lowed hope to hold the whip hand, and has
kept alive the spark whet. It required most
1 vigorous fannlnp. The r;imag came when
ithe man who knew conditions, and who was
in close touch with every bit of information
I which came Into this offlc- anent lengtin
affairs, endeavored to discredit fncts which
he knew to bo facts.
To rel(e"rnte. fhe clubs'now In existence,
ma; piny bnscbalt mull after Prcotaiion
Day. but they ?III not he playing league
ball, as there ts no league. If* it is brought
back to Ufa it will be without representation
In the Hast
This story Is written with some reluct?
ance, ii had been the ho^o of the writer
To help tn his small way a desire on tho
part of Rirhmnnd people lo see heiter hasc
hall. He believed that the United States
r.eugul would mil tho Bill. He hag been
disappointed, not through the article of ball
given, but because the league has fnlled
This story is simply to show that K. C.
Landgraf knew the true condition. Ho del
tiles words rrcdlted to him. which relieves
hint to some extent. It is a pltv. but piti?
able as It Is. the facts sre given.
Hhlte Man Drowned.
[ It was reported to thn police ;) t 3 o'clock
thb morning ihn: an itnknowif white mint
had been drowned'In James River near tho
Twelfth Street power-house. i-Yarch Is be
in,; made fur the hod v.
OBITUARY
Mrs. N. Hear.
Mrs. n. Bear died yesterday after?
noon at .the residence of ;,er to.t-in
law. Edsvard Whltlock. She was
elghty-ona years of age.
.Mrs. Bear \:- survived by four daugh
t r.-. Mrs. Edward Whltlock. Mrs.
Jacob Llans, Misse? Jennie and Josie
Bear, and one son. Byron Bear.
Arrangements for tho funeral will
be announced later.
Funcrnl of W. Krank sncod.
Pork Union. Va., May 28,?A largo
crowd attended the funeral service
here yesterday of W. Prank Snead.
The Masonic service was very impres?
sive. Rev. I* If. Walton, of ScottsviUo,
conducted the funeral. In the list of
tho brothers of W. Prank Snead, here?
tofore published tho name of Or. If.
M. Snead, of Mecklenburg, was omitted
by mistake.
Funeral of M. T C, Mitchell.
Galax, Ya . .May 28.?The remains oi
M. T. C. Mitchell, who died at Mounl
Airy, n. (.'.. oil Friday of last week,
were interred at the private ccrau
tory at Fancy Gay, near his home, in
Carroll county. lie was nhottt sixty
years old and had been in poor health
tor many years. He was the father
of Mrs. Sldna Allen, whoso husband
was a prominent figure in the Ullls
vlllo courthouse tragedy, and the
worry about which, no doubt, had
an Influence upon his health. H
was horn and rinsed near Fancy Gap
and had lived there all his Ufa. ex?
cept during short Intervals of ros1
denco 111 Florida and other plucos 'n
the .south, where he would spend the
winters on account of his health. Ho
is survived by three daughters and
one son?Mrs. Robert Harris. Mrs. Sld?
na Allen and Raleigh Mitchell, of
Fancy Gapi and Mrs. Perry Johns, of
Richmond,
DEATHS
BEAR?Piexl. Tu - lay afcsrnoon, at
5:15 at tae residence of her son
in-law. Mr. Ed Whltlock, MRS. N.
BEAR, aged eighty-one y.>ara.
Funeral notieo later.
STERLING? MRA FANNIE A. STTTR.
I.I Ml rellcl of Joseph T. .sterling.
Funeral will lake place from her
late residence, ?117 M Street, n P. St.
THURSDAY/. May 35. Krl-'nds and
acquaintances Invited to attend.
TRF/SNON?>D'ed, at tlie residence of
he- son, 800 North Ninth Street,
Tuesday. May IS. at " A. M*., MRS.
SUSAN a. TRDSNON.
Funeral THURSDAY from St.
Pet-ir's Church, a A. M. i.-.terment
in Mt .Calvary.
No flowers by reejuist.
STEW'AJvV?Died, it his r?sid<noa,
1228 North Twenty-eighth Street, at
lJ IS o'clock. J. B. STFAVART.
Funeral notice later.
No flowers.