The times dispatch. [volume], September 16, 1912, Page 2, Image 2

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SOCIAL REVIVAL
IS GREATEST ID
Return to Old Standards of
, Honor, Says Dr. Young,
y Is Only Hope.
BLAMES FALSE PRUDERY
Home Instruction in Elementary
Physiology Would Deter
Juvenile Vice.
' Whatever affects tSe purity of the
home is a menace to al! eTolfkro. The
man or woman who lays the hurtful
hand upon its- life is a greater enemy
of humanity than ihe dynamiter, a.i.l
Is in many ways more criminal than
those who shoot down the keopora of
lourts of justice. iJome. recent events
in our city have rightly stirrad. all
' lasses of the better people, and have
started in motion a wave of disgust
which it is hoped will remove some
unlortunate and reprehensible condi?
tions.'
Thus spoke Kev. By. J. Vour.g. D. !>.,
pastor of the Centeiiai i Methodist
Church last night, m a strong ar?
raignment Sf The Harn? ?.r.d Its De?
stroyers"?a subject caned out by re?
peated crime against young girls,
wnich hare been spread on fttchmona
pome records during tu? paat tew
weeks, in common with a numoer ol
leiiow-ministers m many 01 tue dt]
churches, he plunged the piooe deep
into the social sore which nas boevm?
tue topic of the day.
> octal Urthal lajlti
"The greatest need of the hour,'
said Lit. \oung. is an ethical aad
eoc.al revival in wnien oid-ta"snioiiej
Standards ol virtue and honor biiail
be brought . ack to ousiuess, society,
and the home."
la this social regeneration, he said,
the lead muse be taken by the church,
ine scaoois anu fathers and motaan
themselves io these must be ?dued a
tear leas saXorcemen t ot the laws ai
geaoy on the statine books, and tue
training ol other laws j.. lliey arc
Bssdod.
"lhe ignorance concerning vital
questions of the physical and moral
lift In Which, through a foolish prud
Sjry, wo allow our youth to grow up. Is
responsible foi no little vice," said the
jrriimster. In a plea ior home instruc?
tion in the elements of bodily lunc
Uona. "Granted tnat to give the
usciuui Instruction is not easy, it is
fcone me Jess u duty and a most sacred
duty."
?
Las Eaforcemeat.
In the cases under discussion, said
l>r. i'oung, the law should be rigidly
encfoiced and the lull penalty meted
out both tor the sake of the guilty
tines and Xor tho sake of others.
?Where the law is weak or defect've
Jet it be corrected'. . The action of tue
Jioard of Pol'ce Commissioners in ask?
ing tnat the age of consent be raiaed,
is to be commended. But let us rVi
lorget that with great difficulty was
the law as wo now have it wrested
tram a former Legislature, and tnat
ail efforts in the past to secure the en?
actment of tho law recommended by I
ine commissioners have laiicd.
?'For this anu ior many other rea?
sons the people of tne state should be |
snore careful in the selection of their
xepiesentatives. Lei than be men who
Know how to stop the-r ears to the se
ouctive voices ol the immoral ele?
ments."
Parental Supervision.
The fathers and mothers tnt-msciv cs.
thought the minister, suouid saoulder
tne greatest responsibility. More at?
tention to the spiritual education of
tueir ilii.drth and less engrossment in
mere outward success, he said, was
the need of the day.
'Lei them guaru their homes fron)
*vii companionship. ' he advised. "L*rt
them know where the'r children are.
an? .-top the everlasting tramp of the
jounger children unattended to pic?
ture snows and othi-r places.
The sctujQls. he thought, could a.d
materially Iji.thes work of social euu
?alion by* careful instruction in
pcjso.ogy and hygiene.
Among the other ministers who
preached sermons on the same general
topic yesterday were Rev. I_>avU
irancia. at the Third Christian; Kev.
"Waiter G. Parker, al the Park Place
Jieti-odist. Rev. Henry C. Pfeiffer, at
the Central Methodist. South iilca
mond. Rev. H. V. C. Maclachlan. at the
beventh Street Christ.an, ?nd Frank U
Wells, at the Broad Street Met.-iodist
CITY COVSCIL REORGANIZES.
Mr. fole Retires After Serrlee of
TweaU-sla Yean.
[Special to The Ttmes-Dispatch.j
Williams burg, Vs.. September 13 ?
The Wiiliamsburg City .Council reor
t,a:..z>c Friday t gr.t by the election
of B F. Wo!?". pr^:uent. to s-ccte>3
Captair. L, W. Juane, resigned. F. R.
fca-ar? ci?rk. and L>r l> J King, city
heal-;, officer, the latter tao ?. i:..
Incumbent*
Two mem' ?rs of the 'Vur.-i; tender- i
sjf their resignation, and the vacancies'
Wer* hlied by the ^lettion of R T. j
Cat' - ar. 1 J. T Christian, prominent
rr.? l. ;.s n:s.
Tt? >:.:?!??( >? Mr fr<->-n tn?|
City Cosa u rasjM . - * ta thfW ssbeer.j
who has s?.-.--d l s rity as Council-'
saan for twenty-eight j.ars He has
taken an scfrrs :n:.r-st in tv.< affairs
?f tr-* tttf ard has l-e?n especially
oalusb'.e as a mer.'.rwT of ? ?? ; : nance
Cerr.rr'V.e H< r<?:cr?f ? ? -re as
Clerk Of UM v School Bosr-J 'h< two
?ffr? cvnf.'Vrr j
" Berry's for Clothe*'*
Our new Fall styles will
make quite a "splash." Not
offensively original but as
striking as a man of good taste
will bi'e off.
Marvelous weaves of har?
monious colors, producing ef?
fects never before obtained in
men's clothing.
Suits $13. to $-"?0.
Over coats $15. to $30.
Everything here except last
year's fashions.
College clothes for college
men.
POLICE URGED 10
j PROIECI GIRLS
j FROM EVIL HAND
j (Continued From First Pake.)
' pcsed to be decent and self-respect
j trig."
Objectionable Fiction.
j For every novel ot sound moral
! character, eaid the preacher, one hun
1 drcd are read dealing with the shady
j side of life and tending to corrupt
: morals. The danger of objectionable
I fiction, he thought, was the second of
! the great national diseases.
"To-day there arc comparatively few
i school jfirls," said Mr. Wells, "who
would not smile at the thought of ex?
ception being taken to some of the
vile stuff ihey are reading. .
"I have take: lite irjjolc t.j investi?
gate eighty-seveu novels that have
been published within the last rive
years and have had a considerable
vogue, and have been at one time or
another obtainable at clrr-.?llng libra?
ries. Seventeen adapt Iks ai .ltude of
sneering; at matrimony as a thing
played out,' eleven raise upon a Pin-j
nacie the co-respondents in divorce!
cases; twenty-two practically advo-1
cats that men are to be excused for!
net being true to tnelr wives; seven]
noid up to ridicule women who are j
faithful to their husbands, and twenty-'
three deal with subjects it wouid not
be proper to mention from this pulpit."
The immoral Stage.
The ministers third indictment was
dim lea against tn. prevailing im?
morality of tne stage, lie said.
r rein time to time a play has to be
withdrawn because it passes the limits
oi decency. The very tact tnat some
have to be suppressed, and the police
have to keep an eye on all, snows that j
the men nrao are in tne amusement j
business are putting plays ou tnei
stag'.- that are damaging to public!
rr.oia.s. Only a as rsllrd uroader StewI
of iife. which is oniy another name'
for the shamelcssness of the age?for j
the whetted appetite of the vulgai.
allows such.dangerous tnings to exist.-'
A remedy for these and allied evils,
said the minister, lies in the "rene.v
Ing of the spirit of tiic mind." and in
a spiritual awakening of the American
people to the grossn-ss of their lilc
and surroundings
The Remedy.
"L*t public sentiment be aroused to
demand that vices now classed as mis?
demeanors be raised to felonies." im?
plored the preacher. "It may be
urged that such penalty Is too severe.
On the contrary, we ask. can snJ
right-thinking person, who has at
l.eart the welfare and uplift of man?
kind, make "bold to say that any
penalty, short of the death penalty,
wouid be unjustified in restraining,
correcting and punishing practices,
which, without doubt, inundate and
roislon the very structursl fibre of
o?r government and our homes?**
The speaker mala s strong plea for
Improvement In tenement condtUons
among the working classes, the eli?
mination of crowded films and the
? areful regulation of public parks,
dance halis air. places of amusement.
The raising of the age of consent, he
thought, was an Immediate necessity.
Tou-hlng this point he said
"The law of Virginia has. established
an arbitrary age limit beyond which
a girl Is suppo cd to know enough to
protect herself But. as a matter of
fa. t. many are left without Instruc?
tion, either ixcausc of the Ignorance
or indifference of r^fents. and the
? htldr-n are allowed to gain their
kr. wirrige of nature from th? street.
.?lanv a your.g g:rl has gone through
th* w.ne room an-i Its companionship
?n a life of shameful vice, who would
r- -.\? r.ever gone from h? - home had
shr rec?-tv?-d guldan?e and been made
to look through the com.sat years and
to s?t> the wretched and heert-brokea
I .st that she would at last be?
come."
i4^DICT!0NAIIY CWPQNS
j TIMES DISPATCH. Sopt i 6th
1 " six coupons drxg^uTiyik
constitute ?L3?Ej
Cafe****
, wrtWfrr?
<wWa> cmn ttvi ????? el ?B* cast *#
snaa. eferfc air* mm4 ?ian ?aaaaai
She Has Charge of Papers That
Will Figure in His
Defense.
-
VISITS HUSBAND IN JAIL
Despite Alleged Infatuation With
Mrs. Szabo, Woman Re?
mains Loyal.
New Vork, September IS,?Burton
W. Ulbsou. confined lu comfortable
quarters in thu Orange County jail :n
tiosht ii, a .vailing examination on the
i liurge. of murdering Mrs. itoslna
.?lenschik Szabo, his client, will have
the steadfast and affectionate support
; of ins wife in his efforts to clear him?
self. Despite the assertion already
' made in an affidavit to the effect mat
; Gibson confessed he was infatuated
: with Mrs. Szabo, and despite the in?
sinuations made against him by many
tert-ons, Mrs. Gibson's love for her hus
ban.i lias not been shaken, and she is
working zealously and energetically in
j attending to many things In aid of her
'husband. As he will be unable to see
I persons who can testify in bis behalt, j
; she will act as his assistant, and will
! speak to Worn for him. She has charge
j of many papers that will figure con-1
: -picuously in her husband's defense, I
i and has the key to his strong box, in '
j which Gibson already has asserted he '
j has Important papers bearing on the I
! present ease.
! Mrs. Uibson visited her husband in,
; the Goshen jail to-day and took to him j
[papers, law books and information ,
j which she was asked to obtain for him. ]
, In her visit to him on Friday she ]
'went over Iiis case with him and:
I listened intently as her husband out?
lined the weak points In the prosecu- j
' tion's case and showeJ her how. In;
his view. It was weak, untrue and
baaed on false evidence.
A'naya Eager to Help.
Mrs. Gibson has appeared in court
la other cases In support of conten-j
tlons maiie by her husband and has al-!
ways been eager to help him. To show;
that Gibson is devoted to his wife and1
always is considering her interests, it;
Is pointed out that as boon as he built!
her a home he deeded it to her. When'
he bought an automobile in 1910 he
gave It to her, and In other ways has!
shown consideration and thoughtful-!
ness for her happiness.
Gibson now says he will not* hire I
counsel to defend him in the examina?
tion that will be* held in Goshen next'
week. He said he will be his own!
attorney. He made it clear that the I
lawyers who occupy offices in No. 65)
Liberty Street with him are not bis!
partners, and accordingly he does not
rely on them. Therefore tile import?
ance of his wife to him in preparing!
his defense is great, and it Is clear that;
Gibson trusts much to her intuition!
and her strength of character. It is
said that he submits many of his legal]
papers to her for reading and criticism j
as to lucidity and logic, and accepts!
her criticisms with much eagerness. "If!
I am held for grand Jury.'1 Gibson said.'
"I may engage a lawyer, but even'
then it is not likely. I am confident.;
however, I can show the court many,
discrepancies in the affidavit made by
W. C. McGraw, deputy sheriff of Orange!
County." \
Fill ID EFFORTS
TO MAKE GUNMEN
BREAK SILENCE
(Continued From First Page.)
His men had tiaced them back to New
York by their baggage checks but had
lost them at the Hobo ken terminal.
Where they were between July 26, the
date of their arrival and August IS.
the commissioner has not definitely
determined.
Did ?chepoo Tell Two St?rtest
Hot Springs, Ark.. September IS_
Did Sam Scheppa tell two widely dif?
ferent stories concerning the Roaen
thai murder. Did Scheppa. wh'le here
in August intimate that Police Lieu?
tenant Becker was the victim of a
plot, only to proceed to New Tork
and tell District Attorney Whitman
and the grand jury a story that im?
mediately preceded a supplementary
indictment against the accused police-'
man? These sre questions upon which!
both the New York district attorney'
and .lohn F. Mclntyre, chief of counsel
for tbe defense expect to throw *ome|
light this week through tbe exami?
nation of citizens In Hot Springe
Douglss Hotchkiss a local editor,
was the first newspaper man to talk
to Schepps aft#r his arrest August 1?
Hotchkisa an<. George Howell, the lo?
cal police captain, who bad Schepps
In custody, to-day denied that they
bad told any person that Schepps.
while in Hot Springs, intimated that
Becker was the victim of a plot.
District Attorney Whitman, who was
expected here to-day mith Assistant
L'istrict Attorney Kubin *nd a dozen
:iewspaper r.ieu Trom New York, stop?
ped last night In ol. Louia i'nvate
messages receive* here to-day an?
nounce Mr. Whitmans intention to
lf4v. St. Louis to-night at & <> clock.
Tn< train upon whith be is es.pt.-tcd
is ?lue in Hot Springs sh<rtl> before
noon lo-morTus
V? delay in the investigation is an?
ticipated after tb<. arrival of Mr.
W hitman- Those ai< nlloneu as being
th- ones the prosecution desires to
. \aminc have exptrsed their wllilng
n?n to respond to Mr Whitmans
r. i?>it( as to examination. It it prob
abl?. however, that Mr. rlotcbkiss will
.? !?? that he Shail be excused from
testifying In J*>w York when the
Be, k?r case comes up for trie', in Oc?
tober m ,
Police Captain Howell's attitude Is
aonr Hal
Mr llotchkies to-day persons;iy re?
viewed the newspaper articles printed
in Hot sprlags sad written by him
concerning Schepps rareful perusal
of the articles In question fslls 10
show any direct statement attributed
t.. ??. hepp* that would either incrim?
inate ?r exonerate Becker ?>n the
?.th?..r hand. SrhePpe is quoted as hint
Irm lr*t h? knew ? g?-it ?ie?| ?b?"l
the ??se. both b-fore and after the
?dual murder of the gambler.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS '
DEATH OF MINISTER
Authorities Inclined to Believe That i ev. S. H.
Greene Was Victim of Runaway Accident,
r'ort Louooun seminary Open^.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.J
Winchester. Vs., September IS.?Ac
. cording to messages received here from
'the uiuuntirii sections ot Hampshire.
Hardy and Greeubrler Counties of
I M est Virginia lust evening, the au
i thoritles have been using bloodhounds
. tor several days in the hope of Ige
eating tho trail ot the person who is
ifcupposcu to have murdered Uev. t?. H.
UreshS. the young minister of trie ital
Itimore Comerence, Methodist Episc
I pal Church, South, whose dead oody
was tound early last week near the
; top or Mucoy Creek Mountain, lu
Ureenbrler County, and whose remains
I were Interred several days since. Thus
j far. however, the bloodhounds have
not struck a trail. They were taken
to the spot where the body of the
minister w is found, and the dogs made
: several circles in the immediate neigh?
borhood, but no definite trail has been
taken up. The authorities are said to
be inclined to believe the theory of
Rev. Mr. Greene's relatives and intl
! mate friends that he was* not mur?
dered, but that his horse ran away and
I threw him off. his skull being frac
i tured as he fell on the rough moun
| tain road. There . are some people,
I however, w ho declare they hesrd pls
, tol shots that night, but if they were
; fired at the pastor they did not take
effect, as no pistol wound was found
in his body. He was formerly a mem?
ber of the faculty of the Randolph
-Macon Aeaaemy, at Front Koyal. and
was stationed at Galnesboro, this coun?
ty, last year, being transferred to the
Blue Sulphur circuit at the last annual
meeting of the Baltimore Conference.
He leaves a young widow who has
been ill for some time past, and who i
was unable to attend the funeral, and!
two young boys. |
His widow Is a daughter of Weslevl
Hammond, of Komney. w. Va and
a niece of Rev. William G. Hammond,
a retired minister, who is now living
at Herndon. Intimate friends here are
now of the opinion that the exact
manner In wh'ch the young pastor
came to his tragic death will never,
be known.
J. E. Spurrier, who. for the past ten
years has been superintendent of the j
Shenandoah Valley division of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, extend?
ing from Harpers Ferry to Strasburg
mui from Harrisonburg to Lexington,
with headquarters In Winchester, was
yesterday promoted to a position on
the staff of General Manager C. W.
Galloway, and after to-morrow he will
have his headquarters in Baltimore.
He will foe succeeded here by G. B.
Brooke, assistant superintendent of |
Cumberland division at Keyser, W. Va.
Mr. Spurrier succeeded the late Thomas
C. Prince as superintendent of the
Shenandoah division. He is the oldest
superintendent in point of service on |
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sys?
tem. Mr. and Mrs. Spurrier and their I
daughter. Miss Amy Spurrier, will j
move to Baltimore In the near future.
All the owners and managers of the
race horses which have entered in the
track events held during the Win?
chester Fair laat week, left last even?
ing and to-day. some going to Roanoke
and others to Lancaster. Pa., where
their horses will be entered at the
fairs. The visiting track men were
loud in their praise of the treatment!
accorded them by the local fair off!-j
cials. and announced their Intention
of returning next year with the same
or better strings. They consider the
new track here as one of the best
fair tracks in this part of the coun?
try A veteran patron of the local
track is William Nicholson, of Balti-1
more, who lowered the trottin?; record ,
?THE WEATHER, j
-?
Forecamti viral????Fair and cooler!
g III, Tuesday, fair, ssoderote north |
w lede. . . j
Marth aad Soath Carellaa?Local
?b'?wers Meadayt ajeaerally fair Tnes- |
day. _
special Local Data far Vest er day.
!?> noon temperature. J*
3 T M. temperature.
Maximum temperature up to ?
P M. ??!
Minimum temperature up to 8
f? j(.?
Mean temperature.
Normal temperature. "
Excess In temperature. ?
Deficiency la temperature sines
March . ?*!
J Accum, defldenoy In temperature
I since January 1.*?* |
Rainfall last twenty-four hours... .25 j
Excess In rainfall since March I... .11 ]
[Accum, deficiency In rainfall since
I January 1.*?$? )
I Loral observation IP. I. Teaterday.
Temperature . "* I
Humidity . ??
I Wind, dire-t'.on.Couth
Wind, velocity. ?
Weather .Clear j
Rainfall last twelve hours-.Sgl
owomm? is impo?t.%*t cities.
i At ? P. M F.astern Standard Time.)
Place. Ther. H.T. L?T. Weather
I Richmond _ TS 99 74 Clear I
j Ashevllle .... 74 82 72 P. cloudy
i Atlanta . 7? 82 7? P cloudy
I Atlantic City . 72 7? 72 Cloudy
! Boston . 72 7? 7t Cloudy
I Buffalo. #4 79 ?4 Rata
Calgary . KU ?1 2? Clear
, Charleston ... M tu go p. cloudy
[Chicago.?? 72 4? P. cloudy
' I?enver . 4? "2 34 p. Cloudy
I>uluth . S2 SC 82 p. cloudy
iGalvest^n _ ?I 84 74 Cloady
j Hatteras . ?; 7? Clear
; Havre . -.4 .*.? 2* Clear
I Jacksonville . S< ?? *?> cw
? Kansas Cltj . . ?: ?| 3? Cioody
! Louisville ....?,; ttt y cloudy
M^nttromery ..74 ?4 74 P. cloudy
j New Orleans 84 92 8? P. cloudy
?New Tork. ...74 7? ?* Cloudy
?Norfolk . 7? 88 71 Clear
Oklahoma ...4M *C S< Cloady
Pittsburgh . 7 7 si 72 Ratn
; Kalelgh . 8* n 72 Clear
; St l-ouls 72 7? 7? Oovdv
St Paul. ?: 7? S2 Cloady
.- a r. Francisco ?2 <4 4 Cloudy
savannah .....$? 92 so clear
? ?pokant . ?8 44 4? Clear
Tampa . 84 (2 |) Clear
Wash. D. C .. ?2 ?e .? Rain
Winnipeg is :.2 1? Cleady
Wythevllle ... 7? ?i 7t P cloady
WTUItTtT?? %?,*%* ac.
September 1? |?I2.
HIGH TTDt
Sun nee* S.SS Morning .... a.27
Son ?et?_4 1 ' Krenlng . . . 12;
OhildrenOpjT
FN FUTCRCrS
CASTORIA
this year" with "race J.." in a 2:18
event. When the tirat fair was held
iu Winchester just forty-three years
ago. Nicholson established wtiat was
i neu a' good trotting record with
?Maggie Mitchell.1' He ha* attended
nearly every fair held here s;iice the
society was organised.
A boa constrictor snake seventeen
feet long, which escaped irom a tagt
during a band reunion held a lew
days ago on the Civil War battletleld at
1-loiters Hill, created a panic for sev?
eral hours, and it was due to the
screams ot a woman that Hie snake
was iiualiy located. Tae woman, be?
coming tired and fatigued on uccount
of the sultry weather, went Into a
I distant part of the grove and sat on a
: rock. As she did so, she saw the huge
snake coiled around the rock. The
snake belonged to an Indian show.
The chief Indian finally coaxed the
snake Into its cage and gave the wo?
man $4 for finding it. The snake is
the mother of ten smaller snakes,
which are played with as toys by the
little Indians.
While visiting Rev. C. I>- Taylor at
the parsonage of Market Street Metho?
dist Episcopal Church last week, Kev.
Edgar Showacre, pastor of the church
of that demonmination at R&wlings.
Md.. was seised with a sudden attack
of chronic appendicitis, with which lie
i has been troubled for several years,
' and for some Urne bis condition was
alarming. He Improved, however, in
a day or two. and has gone to Romney,
W. Vs., rfnd Cumberland. Md.
While presiding over a session of
the West Virginia Court of Appeals at
Charlestcrwn, Jefferson County, a few
I day* since. Judge Henry Brannon. of
i Weston. received a message calling
I him home on account of the death of
I his only grandson. Henry Brannon
Warder, son of Dr. and Mrs. John
j Warder, of Weston, after an illness of
I pneumonia of less than a week. Mr.
Wardei. who was about twenty-six
years old, had been married only re
'cently. He was court stenographer at
i Charleston.
1'ort Loudoun seminary, which
! stand? upon the site of old Fort
Loudoun. which was built by George
t Washington when he was a colonel In
[the army for the purpose of protect?
ing the citizens of Winchester from
the ravages of toe Indians, opened its
fall and winter session late last week
with more boarding pupils than at any
other time in Its history, and the local
enrolment is also greatly increased.
The seminary was last year incor?
porated by Miss Katherine R. Glass,
who Is president of the institution.
Part of the old fort built by Washing?
ton occupies a conspicuous position on
the seminary's campus.
I During the past week the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad has had a recruit?
ing agency in several towns on the
Valley Division, seeking to enlist
young and mddle-aged men in various
branches of the railroad service, for
which 2,000 are needed. Several car-;
loada of new employers have passed
through Winchester during the past!
I few days, the greater portion of whom
were enlisted in the vicinity of Stras?
burg Junction.
William H. Cox, who was born In
Baltimore sixty-eight years ago. and
who was for many years postmaster
at Millwood. Clarke County, died quite'
suddenly at his home there last week'
from heart disease. He leaves a widow,
who was formerly Miss Margaret Nagle,;
of Baltimore: four daughters and two'
brothers. His remains were Interred in.
the historic old chapel graveyard of
the Protestant Episcopal Church near(
Millwood.
While chasing chickens out of a'
clump of bushes in her bark yard at
Riverton, Warren County, several days
2ro. Mrs. Porter, wife r,f Richard Por-'
ter. came in contact with a live electric
light wire that had burned through a
tree, and was killed Instantly. The
tragedy was witnessed by her four
year-old daughter, who was standing
nearby. Mrs. Porter leaves her hus-1
band and four small children.
ALLEGED THIEVES
REPORTED CAUGHT
Washington, September 15.?Melville
I Clark and Ml liar d p. Burgess, the two
alleged horse thieves who made a sen.
sational escape from the Fairfax Coun.
ty, Va., Jail early yesterday morning,
were arrested last evening at Sterling.
Va., by Constable Lambert, of Loudoun j
bounty, Va.. according to a report re-|
celved here.
Constable Lambert te'?phoned to In- j
' spector Boardman. etile? of detectives, |
that he had arrested the Jallbreakers.
j and that they were to be returned to j
' the Fairfax Jail. No Information, bow.
ever, could be received from Fairfax, |
Va.. as to the capture.
The escape of Clark, Burgess and!
Mock, a fcurteen-year-oid boy. the last
of whom his been returned to Jail by j
his father, was the first to occur in j
sixteen years from the Fairfax JaiL
At the time of the former eseape four
men got away, one of whom was never
captured. An attempt to break out
was. however, made about six years
i ago. when a prisoner sawed the burg
of his cell and was about to climb down
to the lower floor when detected.
The fact that one of the bars on tae
window of the Jail, through which the
men escaped yesterday bad been sawed
nearly through some time ago wag
discovered yesterday,
j An examination of the bar which
I bad been forced by the prisoners with
' a heavy iron pipe, secured from a
I stair railing, showed that It had keen
; nearly rut In two and later covered
with dust. It Is believed, however.
I that this work wss done by a
i prisoner several rears sco. aad
that the men who made their escape
i yesterday happened to dlacover the op
j portunity to pry* that bar apart.
Mock declared at the jail yesterday
! afternoon that he knew nothing of the
? plana of Clark and Burg-ss for JaU
( breaking until be was awakened by one
i of them and told he would have :*
' leave with them He s'atM that they
! threatened him with boHy harm If
? be refused to accompany them. A
: negro who aecupied a cell directly nn
J der the one from which the p-tsoners
' escaped also stated he knew nothing
of the plan to break jail
, The negro told Jth. riff Allison b#
[ beard a >i:;n' ? <?.??? *t an early hour
' yesterday rooming, but soon fell
-mteep and did not know the other
prisoner* bad gone until told of ft few
Jailer W. D Croo
SCHOOL OPENING
ENOS VACATION
Army of 17,000 Pupils and 500]
Teachers Begins Work
To-Morrow. j
CURRICULUM IS UNCHANGED
Council Investigation Will Have
No Bearing on Courses
This Year.
Richmond's machinery of public edu?
cation, with Its army of SOU teacnere. I
and its thirty-four school buildings, I
will enter to-morrow on another nine j
months' run after a Ion? summer rest.
The opening marks the official end ot I
the vacation season for teachers and
pupils alike, and calls to the class room
a school population equal In numbers
to the census strength of many an
American municlpaity.
"Everything is in readiness for the |
opening," said Superintendent J. A. C.
Chandler yesterday. "We start upon
the new year with a strengthened
faculty and a complete equipment. 1
look forward to a bright year."
Approximate figures, said Or.
Chandler, platie the enrollment for tne
tirst day at 17.000. To this number
will be added many late entries, bring
?ing the total enrollment for the year |
nearer to 20,000. The figures are in?
clusive and embrace an estimated |
colored attendance of 5,500.
Teachers Meet To-Day.
All the white teachers In the pub?
lic sotiools. both high and grammar,
will meet at 9:30 o'clock this morning
at the John Marshall High School, for
final instructions. The colored teachers
will meet at the noon hour at the
Armstrong High School. Immediately
after the close of the meetings the
teachers will go to the various schools
to which they have been assigned to
make ready for to-morrow's opening.
The school bu.'lllngs will be open I
for the reception of pupils, both white
and colored, at 8:45 o'clock to-morrow |
morning. Only high school pupil*,
however, and those who were enrolled
as elementary school pupils last year,
will be admitted to-morrow. Element?
ary school pupils who have never be?
fore been enrolled In the city schools
will report Wednesday morning. These
rules apply to both white and colored
Tno Sew PrtaeipaJs.
Besides numerous changes In the!
teaching force, the executive branch |
of the faculty will have this year two
new principals. E. E. Smith, of Nor?
folk, formerly superintendent ot I
schools In Goldsboro, N. C-. will be
principal of schools In South Richmond.
He is a master of arts graduate of
Columbia University snd a teacher ?t
experience.
Buchanan School will have a new
prlno'pal in J. T. Walker, of Bedford
County. Mr Walker holds a master's
degree from the University of Vir?
ginia, and has been assistant superin?
tendent of schools in High Point. N.
C The teaching strength of the en?
tire school system Is this year above
OP. ot which 150 are colored.
While there will be minor changes
In many of the courses this year Dr |
Chandler stated vesterdsy that ' the :
curriculum will remain .substantially
the same as last yesr. f
To the question asking If the school
investigation which has been In prog?
ress during the summer will have!
any bearing on the school courses this!
year, the superintendent replied that!
!n tne absence of any formal recom?
mendations from the investigating
committee, no radical departure Trom
the system now in vogue would i>3 at?
tempted.
With the public schools will op?r.
this week, a number of the city's nrlv- j
ate educational Institutions. Firsi to
throw open 'ts doors will r>.-? Bene- j
dictine College which begins fall work j
to-day. Th? Medical College of Vir-1
ginia will matriculate new students I
to-morrow, and McOul*e's University
will open Wednesday.
Richmond Coll'are and Its yasnager
brother. Richmond Academy. will}
throw open their doors next Thursday. |
A number or the students are already i
on the campus looking after dorm'- ;
tory and boarding arrangements. The j
University College of Medicine w<ll be?
gin work on the same day In new:
quarters adjoining the Virginia Hospi- I
tat
Last of all the major Institutions of,
learning to open will be the Woman's.
College, which begin the UlZ-lt ses- j
slon on September 26. Ia this Instance i
st least, the slogan of women first
seems to have met Its Jinx, ani the
fairer disciples of learning will drift
in fully a week behind their sturdy j
rivals_
OKLAHOMA EDITOR KIUBD.
? Guthrie. Okls.. September 15.?Prank;
Merrlck. managing editor of the Outh-j
rte "deader, was lured to a spsrselyj
settled region of Outhrte esrly to-day
by a telephone message, shot from
ambush and killed In revenge. It Is
believed, for the killing of a negro
whom Merrlck shot to death a year
ago. *
A posse of several hundred men an? |
hoys with bloodhounds Is searching far
Mer rick's assailant. j
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IMPORTANT CASES
SET FOR HEARING
United States Supreme Court
Will Begin Fall Tenn
October 14.
Washington. September 15.?The Su
perme Court will begin It* fall tenn
with the consideration of many im?
portant cases. Already twenty-one
cases of unusual consequence have
been set for hearing October 14, the
opening day. To this list probably
will be added the Kansas Election
case, which Involves the right of
Roosevelt electors to remain on the
Republican ticket in Kansas.
The business worlg. Is said to be
particularly interested in the second
argument of the cotton corner case
and the Intermountaln rate cases,
both assigned for reargument early
in the term. The cotton corner case
arises over the validity of indictments
against J. A. Patteu and others on a
charge of conspiring to corner the
cotton market on tbe New York cotton
Exchange in 1*10 with a $10.000.000
profit in view.
The court must decide whether "run?
ning a corner" is prohibited by the
Sherman anti-trust law.
The Intermountaln rates cases in?
volve the validity of orders of the
Interstate Commerce Corctntss'or..
limiting the amount by which rates
from Eastern cities to Intermountaln
cities, such as Spokane, may exceed
rates on the longer haul to Pacific
Coast cities.
The bathtub trust suit will call for
a determination of the* relation of th?
Sherman anti-trust law to the patent
statutes.
The government seeks to dissolve
an alleged illegal combination of en?
ameled Ironware manufactures. Tbe
principal question is whether the own?
er of patented tool in the manufac?
ture of an unpatented article such as
a bathtub may. by a process of li?
censing all manufacturers to use pat?
ented tool, fix th?- prices and terms
which the bathtub imy be sold whole?
sale and retail, regardless of the
Sherman law
Low Rate Ceee.
The Louisville mO Nashville rate
case, indirectly the basis for one of
the charges in the Impeachment of
Judge Archhold, of the Commerce
Court, to weigh evidence presented
to the Interstate Commerce Commis?
sion.
The conviction of William E. Breese
and Joseph E. Dlckerson, of Asheviie.
N. C, on an Indictment charging em?
bezzlement from a national bank of
that city, will be among the first
esses Litigation Involving the juris?
diction of the Interstate Commerce
Commission over rsllways ?n stock?
yards, such as those at Chicago, and
the power of the commission to com?
pel raUroads to grant switching facil?
ities to interurban electric roads, slso
will bs taken up without delay.
The question of the app'icatlon of
the Interstate commerce laws, par?
ticularly the Carmack amendment, to
attempts of railroads to limit their
liability and the laws of States declar?
ing bills of lading limiting the liabil?
ity void will ha thrashed out n sev
ersl similar cases
Seek SsSI Oem
Sofia. September 15.?The National
Congress for the liberation of Mace?
donia, consisting of five thousand
Macedonians, to-dsy passed resolutions
asking the government and the powers
to aid them to become self-governing.
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