The times dispatch. [volume], September 27, 1912, Image 1

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PEOPLE TURN OUT
TO GREET WILSON
Everywhere He Goes
He Faces Great
Crowds.
DEEPLY PLEASED
WITH RECEPTION
jAlong His Route Ovation Is
/ Alrtiost Continuous?Tells En
j thusiastic Audiences That
j Country Surely Is Going
] Overwhelmingly Demo
, cratic in November.
Virginia Stands Ninth
in List of Contributors
?OT York. September 3d.?Total
eoatribtitlona to date to thr Ormii
era tie ruipiljo fand amount to
?3*8.700, It waa announced to-nlgbt
by HW7 Morgaathau. cbatrman of
the Dftntlf National Klsinrr
f omaalttee. Of thta anal, br aald.
SSM.M* had h?fn narnrtnl, aad
??Blle tar national nmnltlrf feel,
encouraged over the contribution*
received, there la argent aeed of not
leaa thaa ?750.0OO additional to pay
leartttmate exaeaaea to the rloae of
the campaign.
"The feeling of confidence
tkroaikont the country la the awr
eena of the Wllaon aad Mar?ball
ticket la bnrtlDx aa la a financial
war." aald Mr. Moraantbau. "We
have received eoatfibatjoaa from
17,116 persons,** he continued, -aad
every ?-t?te la the I'aioa baa been
heard from"
The Mates credited with the larg
eat aaaooata are \ew York, * 1 Ofi.SA,-,;
IVanarManla. ?IBM?: llllaola.
? l.".,4o3t MUaonrl, $9,470: \fn Jn.
aey, 97.91S: ** laeoaala. Sn.125; l^oola
laaa. S.1.4A?: YVaahlnaton. SS.<!34;
Virginia. ?5.402; A la beau. ?.%.0M:
Texae. HJK. aad Maaaaehoaetta.
?*^?*?- Heary St. f.rorae Tucker, of
Virginia, haa eoatrlbated "1.000 to
the rampalxn fand.
Fall River. Max*.. September 26?\
Governor TCoodrow Wilson found the
people of Massachusetts who greeted'
hJm to-<iay aa enthusiastic and demon- ?
strative ax any he has met since he
began campaigning.
Great crowds turned out at Sprmg
tUId. Barre and Fall Rive.-, where the
Governor made scheduled speeches, ar.d
along the way his reception was prac
tuaib continuous. People pressed to
the real of the train and stretched
their hands upward to htm. wishing
him success fries for buttons were
Insistent and the Governor hlmseif
Ji^lped toss them from the train.
Tne nominee covered a variety of
topics in his speeches, including the
tariff, questions affecting monopoly
*nd governmental assistance to farm?
ers. At the county fair at Barre he
xnade a brief speech, alloting most
?of his time to shaking hands He
?aid to-night he felt deeply pleased
at the friendship he ha/i struck up
,-with the people. The Governor reached
'Tali River on a special train at 7.40
So-night
Fireworks and torches illuminated
rjthe streets as Governor Wilson mo
ftored to the hall where he spoke for
?nearly an boar to an enthusiastic
crowd' In his speech Governor Wil
sjon declared that the Democratic party
*was "tbo only organized team" ready
/So govern the country, and that neith?
er the Republican nor Progressive
?parties would control Congress in any
aavent Ha predicted that in all prob?
ability there would be a Democratic
,-Uouse and a Democratic Senate, and
(added that the leaders of the third
party. If elected, would be "as un
amcceasful aa the present President of
Mibe United States."
? "i mean no disrespect." said the
ffSoveraor, "but all the measures passed
't>y both bouses and intended for the
.?voters and buyers of the country have
been vetoed. Our President occupies
_a post of resistance for be has not
? any team, and tbe only President you
Iran associate with a team Is a Demo
,?ratic President. I don't know what
Ikind of captain I would make. I am
l?ot going to pretend that the Demo
i?ratic Pfresident will be successful
laft.ll I can say is that we will have a
iteam" I
He added that the country, unless it
<%1ects a Democratic executive, would
'face "two or four years more of dis?
agreement with the legislative branches
',af the government." and that i' the
Progressive party won th-re might b?
"an Interesting four >ears. but not
fruitful."
Outlining the De mir rat ic campaign.
V argued that none except the Demo?
cratic platform showed an intention
01 assisting organized labor He de?
clared In the matter of organisation.
lab?r had an equal right with capital,
and that industries protected b\ the
tariff had been most persistent |n
f. itlng organized labor
Governor Wilson and partv left Fall'
itrer at > S* o'clock for Boston.
Orand Rapids. Vich . .September 2? ?
Tri' Democratic State Convention here
to-day hatmonlously adopted a plat?
form characterized as strongly pro?
gressive. indo-?ed the partr'* candi?
date* for President and Vice-President,
for Michigan representation in Cnn
srresa as well as the men s? presented
?t the recent r>-im?r> elections as
gtomtncea 'or th? ?tat? offices
Addresses by 1'ntted s?ate? s>n?lnr
?er?. of Oklahoma: Wood bridge N
Fcrrts Doeaocrattr candidate for Oov
faranr. aad Alfred lacking, the party's
Sacmlnee for fpited ?tat** ?enator
predicted sweeping *?er*e**s for th
fjational and ?tat? candidates at the
fall election, and the Sow of oratory
a*on continued entha?4a?m from the
fSeleaates
. The ma
State ticket che*ea hy the
SHAH ATTENTION
TO PROGRESSIVES
Third-Term Party Ig?
nored by New York
Republicans.
PLATFORM SHOWS
ROOT INFLUENCE
Senior Senator Would Not Be
Put on Defensive by Answering
Too Many Criticisms?Dem
crats Are Arraigned and
Woman Suffrage Plank
Adopted.
Saratoga. N Y . September 26?The ,
platform presented (or adoption to |
the Republican Stite Convention to?
night prais-s the administration <A ;
President Taft and arraigns the Demo- '
crats. but practically ignore:* the Pro- j
gres.sive party and its national and
Siate i ar.olidate? In tnis omission .
?l^legatr-s said they traced tin influ
IBCI of United States Senator Root,
w ho has beer, the party's . nief guide
tn th: deliberations that preceded the
adoption of the artic!?s of faith by tha '
committee1 OD resolutions.
"Don't let us put our**lves on the
defensiv t." said the senior N :w York
Senator, vi hen some- member of the
committee wished to insert a r?p!y
to the criticisms of the Progressives. :
"Let us not sacrifice our dignity by
pleading defence to ail the charg rs
made against us."
The platform in its preamble de- I
dares:
"Th>- prosperity enjoyed by this ;
country durlnjc th- past three years
has been made possible by the se?
curity, ord^r an i good administration
of the government under the Rep'ib- \
licaii party Its continuance would !>t '
thr.-atened by a change of adminis- I
trat ion. A vote for the Democratic
presidential nominee endangers na- 1
tiona! prosperity: a vote for the can- j
dldate r,f the Progressiv? party is
equivalent to half a vote for th!
Democratic nomir.ee and proportion- j
ately as dangerous."
For th* most part the platform deals j
with State issues. It favors woman j
suffrage; reaffirms Its adherence to j
the protectlv ? policy: and denounces j
the Ft f?cress;ve proposal to choose |
Judges because of their known views
on matter? likely to come befor* them !
for Judicial action. j
The declaration also is made ?hat |
the Democratic tariff program i
threatens the "complete destruction j
of th^ American system of protection." i
and the tariff h?ls passed by the last ,
Democratic National House of Repre?
sentatives are condemned
The New York police scandal was
responsible for a plank providing for
a system of State inspection of local j
politic*. The Democratic administra?
tion of State affairs is condemned. 1
Considrration of the declaration it \
principles occupied the attention of the
de-legates from early tiiis evening until
nearly midnight. When it had ad- \
lourned the convention had unan!
moualy adopted its platform, and to- '
morrjw the State ticket will be nomi- !
nated. The platform was presented
by firmer Governor Horace White,
who. as chairman of the resolutions
committee, read the document as agreed
upon by a majority of the committee
men and moved Its adoption Senator
Josiah Newcomh. of New York, sub?
mitted a minority report suggesting
certain changes in the platform, but
this was overwhelmingly defeated, and
the majority platform was adopte-J by
an almost unanimous vote.
A feature of to-nlgi.t's session was
a brief address by United States Sen
ator Root. who. in referrfng to the
Chicago convent: ->n. asserted that Pres?
ident Taft had been elected honestly 1
and fairly. The Senator rose to a !
dramatic flight when he asserted that
the Republican party would outlive the
short lives of its traducers.
Still I.ooklB* for Candidate.
When the convention adjourned to?
night the delegates were still cast?
ing about to find the likely candidate
for h?ad of the State ticket to be
chosen to-morrow
The leaders were said to be trying
to find a dark horse, who would be
able to win in case the support of the
three candidat.-s was found to be
neutralized. To-night Job E Hedges,
of New York, stated his absolute con?
fidence in his nomination, while the
adherents of form -r Speaker James W. |
Wadsworth and former Congressman i
William S Bennett were equally con- ,
fid'r.t.
Permanent <"h*nrman Eiirar T
Bra'kett. of Saratoga, was the la?t
dark horse to b- brought out. Earlier
in the day State Senator Hinman. of
Bfr.charr.ton. and ?j-J4v>r Seth I?w.
of New Tork. were most tilked of *?
possible choices for the place.
Indications at midnight wer? that
half a dosen or more candidate* would
placed in nomination to-morrow
TOUR NEAR CLOSE
HiinnuoW ymm Prepare* for Battle
Sorts mw4 Ksot.
J.irkson. Tenn . September ;??To a
large crowd of Tenncss?-e?ns. gathered
here from several counties. Colonel
noooevel? expounded Progressive doc?
trine* to-day It w*s his on|\ po
litic.j speech of the day. a* his ad
d-ess <n Memphis this morning; heforo'
the Interstate Levee Association was
of -. nonpart<*an character To-night
he went on his war to New ?Vleans
With hl? transcontinental tour draw- I
tng to ?n end. Colonel Roosevelt Is
tnrntng his attention toward tlrw s*t
t>fleld? of the Jforth and East, whjoro
he experts to have the heaviest flght
irg of the casapsign Daring Ms trip
through the PoTith he said he Intends
to devote Mtnself largely to an er po?
sition of Pnsgre?Ive party's princi?
ples On his rrtnrn to the North,
where he has already made a nsmher
oe speeches of this character. It Is
his plan to take sp the issue, raised
. hv his opponents
i Neither President Taft nor <wv-er
j nor Wilson. soM CoHm-1 ?WTeit ?
AHOTHERWARHING
ISSUED Br HILLES
Doesn't Want Republi?
cans to Waste Votes
on Bull Moose.
TAKES ISSUE WITH
GOVERNOR WILSON
Accuses Democrats of Failure to
Define Clearly Their Attitude
Toward Tariff, and Predicts
That Business Interests
Will Again Give Sup?
port to Taft.
Beverly, Mas*.. September 2?.? |
Chairman Hilles, of the Republican
National Committee, after a day with
President Taft and New Kngland Ke
publican l-ii-Jt-ra, issued a statement ;
Ue-nlght Inking issue with Governor ?
Wo"ii:..w Wilson and declaring that'
his views ct free trade an<! protoc
Uoo srerg to he measured by the effect
upon batistes* conditions. Mr, Hilles
faid In part.
"I see it is intimated by Governor
Wilson that the Republican party le '
.trying to evade discussion on "the
tariff. It seetr.s to mo that in that
respect the boot is on the other leg.
I have yet to find in any of the Dem?
ocratic speeches a clea- definition of
what they propose to do in regard to
the tar'iiff if they control the govern?
ment There have been a great many
platitudes t^lk'-c and pious c-xpres- ?
sions tottered of interest to the work
ing nrcn. but it has not yet been point- i
tl out how they purpose a revision of
the tariff to a 'revenue only' point I
v.Uhout injury to existing industries.
In my opinion, this is the vital ques- .
tion which the Democratic candidates
n-.t.Bt face before the campaign 's j
closed an! Is the issue upon which
the thoi.?ands of Democratic tiusiness
men who voted for Prcs.d^nt fMt ;
four years ago will he found voting !
for his again this fall. The essential
C'..est.'cn is how we pro-o^e to nuke j
these reductions without :njury to 1
American labor anl Ame-rio.m businets j
< litetpiises.
' Tn-i opposition shoul 1 answer the i
vjuection clearly and defin't?ly. ivhcth- J
er they propose to so fa,-- reclu~? ex- J
istlng tariff duties as Is) bring lor- j
eis,:, too?s into effective competition :
with American goods of tue s?me j
character and thereby to increase im- j
parts. If they do not mean I*, their J
I latitudes rbout tariff ref .- m are a j
fraud and a delusion upon the Amer- ;
ican people If they do mean it. then j
certain American interests must suf- .
fer. J
"I think it is becoming clear to the i
business community and the working- j
men that wasting their votes upon the
third party candidates is just as dan- .
gerous to the preservati >n of the pro- j
tective principle as voting directly for
tbs opposition ,-andidates. It seems to
M the purpose of the third party man- .
agers to defeat not only the Republi- i
can national ticket, but Republican '
candidates for Congress, by cutting off
)nM enough votes f>r their own can
Mint? In every State and district to j
wipe out existing Republican plurali- i
ties. The effect of this policy would
be appalling if it should succeed. It j
would result in the return of free trade .
I Democrats to Congress from district ?
' after district now represented by Re
publicans. So far as the plan sue- .
I ceeded. there would not be left in Con- j
gress a corporal's guard of members ,
friendly even to a moderate degree of
I protection. Even if Governor Wilson. J
[ elected President under such con^i
1 tions. should repent of the extreme pol- 1
j lcies of his party and should veto meas- j
' ures aimed to carry out the policy jf
j Champ Clark of leveling the custom- I
I houses to the around, there would not i
j b? vptes enough in the two houses to j
j sustain the veto
j "This is the road along which the
I third party candidate is seeking to lead |
j the crantry?not merely the defest of j
a worthy Republican President, but
j turning the country over, bound hand 1
i and foot, to the mercies of a radical ?
majority, which would be too powerful I
to be influenced even by its more sober ?
and conservative elements
?"Former Republicans who *>ts for I
the third party candidates are voting
for this poll-j*. but from the reports '
which are reaching me from day to
j day I am satisfied that most of them
are beginning to understand the dan- ]
ger and are fuming back from the j
i brink of the precipice.?
i
Predict. atawlafa rarest.
Beverly. Mass.. September 1?.?Busl- j
n?ss unre*t will result if the Demo- f
cratlc party is victorious In the com?
ing election. In the iptnion of Presi?
dent Taft, as expressed :n a te>arcm
sent to H. W Dearborn, chairman of
the executive committee of the Com- ;
mercial Travelers' Sound Money
lc?n?. now in session in New York
ony.
The President de-lare* that it I* of 1
the utmost importance that the learue't
influence should be exerted in the pre*- j
ent campaign, "on the Issue* of which I
largely depend*. In my judgment, tht ',
continuance >f the great era of pro*- i
perlty. high wage* and good profit*,
which is Jv*t now opening to the peo?
ple of this country,"
"1 ask the business men of thl* :
country." continues the pTe*tdent. i
'what encouragement they nil! find
and what new Investments they will
feel like making If they artse from
their beds on th? <Uk Bay Of November
nest and learn that the Democratic
Party win. after the ?th ->f Marek.
I?IS. he in absolute control of the
executive, the Senate and the House
of Representatives No one can affirm
the extent of the change* Which would
be effected In our economic system bv
such a result "xropt from what has
happened in the past. The tartf? sonld
then He revised on Democrat), princi?
ples a* *hown by the Democratic bill*
of the last two session* of '"ongre**.
?nd o?tr- n lole economic *v?tem
changed Proa perlty would ke halted,
business wonld He Impaired and the
t kakac woald ski m a marked
HARAHAN BECOMES
HEAD OF SEABOARD
Elected President at
Meeting Held in New
York Yesterday.
LEAVES ERIE R'JAD
FOR NEW POSITION
Is Southerner by Birth, and Has
Long Railroad Experience.
Also Made Director?Presi?
dent's Office Will Be
Moved From New York
tp Portsmouth.
W?liam J Harahan was yesterday
elected president of the Seaboard Air
Une Railway saccaadiaa; N. s. Mel
drum, who retired. The. meeting; at
which the election to.ik place was held
la New Vork. the action having! been
recommended by a special committee
appointed to select a president.
W. B Donham having resigned a?
director. Mr. ilarahan wm also elected
to the board.
The new president of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway was horn in the
-South and spent three-fourths of his
lif*-. there. He wm his way from an
apprentice boy in the Louisville) and
Nashville shops to high responsibili?
ties in railroad work and came under
the eyes of great masters of railroad
operations like Harim-tn. with the in?
evitable result of removal to broader
activities. He now leaves the vice
presidency of the Brie in the prime of
life tv come back South, train-d in the
school of experience.
President Underwood, of the Erie
Railroad, says: "Th.- Krie Railroad re?
grets exceedingly to lose his services,
for the reasor that he has been on- I
stantly placed in delicate and respon- >
sible positions ' and has Invariably ?
made good. He is a man of (onspicu- j
oils ability and tact. When S. Davies j
Warfieid. chairman of the executive i
< ommittee of the Seaboard. sa?v me in j
reference to Mr. Harahan. I .old him j
that in my judgment he could not select ;
a man better qualified to fill the re- |
quirements for president of the Sea?
board Air Line Railway "
Native of Tennessee.
Mr. Harahan was born in Nashville, ?
Tenn.. on December 22. 1S67, being the j
s>n of James T. Harahan. a railroad;
man. whose life was spent in the de- !
velopment of the South. His earliest j
recollections were in connection with i
the railroad business, and his inclina- I
tions and sentiments were in that direc- j
tion from his birth. In fact he learned ?
to read from the time card rather than
from the primer. j
His first work was during vacation
season, beginning in 1?S1 in the posi- j
tijn of office boy in the superintend-i
ent's office of the Louisville and Nash?
ville Railroad, at New Orleans. La.
In !?M he went to work in th-; Louis- '
ville and Nashville shops at l?uisv;lle,
Ky.. learning the trade of machinist,
thus beginning his railroad career at
the bottom. In ISst! Mr. Harahan went
into th,e Louisville and Nashville engi?
neering department, and remained in
that department until 1S92. having held
the positions of chainman, rodmari.
'evelman. resident engineer >n con?
struction and assistant engineer of
"la'ntenan^p of way. Louisville and
Nashville R-iilroad: engineer of main
tenance of way of the Chesap-ake and
Ohio Railroad and engineer in charge
of bridges of the Baltimore and Ohio- .
Southwestern Railroad. In ISS2 he en- '.
tered the operating department of the
Illinois Central and was successively I
trainmaster, assistant super, ntendent.
superintendent, chief engineer, assist?
ant greneral manager, general manager
and vice-president. He left ther iili-.
n -is Central in 1?07 to go with the Erie
Railroad.
In accordance with the new policy;
to locate the operations of the system
in the South, the office of the president ;
will be moved from New York ts Nor- I
folk and Portsmouth. Va.. where the'
general offices of the system are io- :
rated.
WORST IN HALF CENTURY
Ty-hooa Makes % trial Havoc to Life'
aad Property.
Tokio. September 2*1?Loss of life
and property resulted rom the typhoon
which swept Japan from end to end.
last Sunday, according to reports
brought by persons arriving; from the
provinces Tens of thousands of per.
sons are homeless and the damage ex
ceedec; S20.ooo.o0v. The storm was the
worst that has occurred here for over
half a century
Where the full fur?" of the typhoon
was centred nothing has been left
?landing Whole village* haw col
larsed. temples, school houses and
theatres f .iv? been wiped out. and in
some places forests have disappeared
Troops have been called out to aid
ir. the work of salvage aif', protec?
tion
The loss of the mall boat st Shi
monoskl Is said to be du? to negli?
gence of the Captain who has sin.
attempted suicide. Four hundred fish?
ermen were lost in lk? hurricane. At
Xagroya every house was damaged and
.- great tidal nau demolished the
harbor and sank three steamer*, while
several others went ashore. ?t Olfu
ZtZ people were killed and :*?* In
, j tired.
I The Kicko Mar-, fojndared off Eu
sr.u and the whole of tier crew and
passengers were lost
At Osaka 2ft.wv> houses wer? ruined. (
Bryan Claims Every
State for Wilson
R#*aS*t*. IVaVw aa> ^*^^DlD*WarfcwaD* 9&^mm^^ tOkW^Q
, taatsdi a al?rta ?taVc to eft her Taft
or Weaafi'lt.- dtilarsd C ulsail WS
?*??? *. Brymrn tare*, fa day. "WSeaaaa
I aod War? haft win aaohe a iwss
rar?? and mUt care. '?rrj Maae fa
the I nssa.*
? alanrl I n S Tai ??
4DD19 w^Dw* w^f^sT1 ?H*D1w'%D^DA?
New President of Seaboard
Famous Rivals Have Brief
Chat in Room of
Hotel.
TALK OF CAMPAIGNING
First Chance to Exchange Greet?
ings Since Political Battle
#Started.
Boston. Mass. September 26.?Pres
ident Taft and Governor Woodrow Wil?
son met for the first time since the I
campaign started at a hotel here late
to-night. They greeted each other cor?
dially and chatted for a few minutes.
It was Governor Foss, of Massachu?
setts, wh> brought the two candidates
together, following the banquet of the
International Congress of Chambers of
Commerce, where the President had
made a speech.
Governor Wilson had arrived a half
hour earlier to spend the night at the
same hotel, and expressed a desire to
pay his respe.-ts to the Presideut. For
a few minutes secretaries ana mem?
bers of the banquet committee were
busy, and the meeting was soon ar?
ranged.
The corridors of the hotel were
jammed wit.i men and women who had
attended tne banquet, and the Demo?
cratic candidate made his way with
i difficulty, shaking hands as he went,
to the elevator, and visited the Presi- ?
dent in the latter's room.
Governor Foss and Major R- E. Green. I
of his staff, escir'ed the New Jersey
, Governor to the President. The Gov?
ernor and the President exchanged
greetings, and both laughed heartily
about the difficulties o, campaigning.
The President inquired of the Gov?
ernor how his voi'-e was holding out.
and the Democratic candidate in an?
swering said: Very well, considering
I the way campaign committees impose
I upon the personal comfort of *he can- j
didates "
The President, with a smile, said: ?
'There are only three other living can- j
didates who i >n sympathize wltri you'
in th?se strer.uoj; da/s of campaigning .
?Mr Roosevelt, Mr. Brvan and my-!
self. '
Governor Wilson replied that it would !
n>t be so b.vi if campaign committees'
would not insist on making tne can- !
didates speak ?v rywhere and travel!
so much.
With a hearty handshake toe two
ni'n parte.-l. the Pres.dent to go to hie 1
?ummer hom? in Beverly, and Gover
nor Wilson retiring t ? his room to rest
for his program of speeches In Boston j
to-m-'rrow.
In his address :o t.-.e International ?
?"n..cr. ss of < "1 amber* of Commerce.'
President Taff dwelt upon the benefit* |
which would accrue to the nations of j
the world r-orr iss relation* see kins: '
to i rnni'H. t'.. ommer'-e of the world
?ir.'I th. r*b- make wa> with war.'
The President expressed the belief that ?
we woul/i ;. vcr have a solution of wars j
-until ?e h?-> furnished a curt tori
the ?ettlen-rt of ?iisrute* up^n which j
ill rwtl'>!i? rr.A\ rely "
BOTH SIDES STUBBORN
Railroad* and J mpl"?e? Hoi4 Oat far
TWr f>? ssaad*.
Washington. S-pt ~mhe- 2*?Both
? the tralnm-n and officials of the. rail
! rosyl* fh ?b? South, who for more
th?n ? week have b-?n In Washing- j
1 ton ?eehina t" ad'-ist their differ?
ence* ore- wage? ?->d working con -
I dttlon*. wUh the aid of tar medla
1 tors nnde- the Frdman act. apparent?
ly are stuhhornl) *'*n<fina* ont for .
their respective detn?n?'* Commis?
sioner of Ia?bor Nefll and lodge Knapp- '
nf -h- i-nr?."" Court, met both *i?o*i
to the r(int'"i 'fn agslf to-d?v Thev !
? : I r- ? !T< '* ? inference* to?
morrow
sjotef SSelHaoaMt aja4S 'fci Of I
HO* epen. ? ?>. M, m SsMslCM HstSi
Technical Causes Seldom the
Real Breakers of Marital
Life.
ACCURATE DATA NECESSARY
Congress on Hygiene and Dem?
ography Hears Discussion
of Social Problems.
I New York, September 26.?Technical
causes on which divorces are granted
are seldom the real causes, declared
Rev. Samuel W Dike. D. D., secretary
of the National League for the Protec?
tion of the Family, in speaking to-day
to the fifteenth International Congress
on Hygiene and Demography. There
is great difficulty in getting at the
truth of divorce. Dr. Dike asserted,
wherefore there is no reliable statis?
tical information on the subject. Am?
bition for dress and social pleasures,
he classed as a leading cause of di?
vorce, with -mwillingness to bear chil?
dren, influence of sex vices. Influence
of property and quarrels over its dis-.
tribution. inadequae wages and innu
tritious food as other causes.
"If we are ever going to have a clear
idea of marital tendencies." sali Fred?
erick L Hoffman, of Newark, N. j..
1 "w? must have accurate data on the
divorce question. Proper statistical
: information is necessary to advance in
I legislation not only on this subject,
but on all social problems."
i The vital statistics section of the
i ongress decided to present to the con
1 gress as a whole a recommendation that
ill countries make efforts to have accu
| rate marriage and divorce information
J gathered.
"If alcoholism were the cause of
( mental diseasea we would all be imbe?
ciles to-day." asserted Dr. Maximilian,
P. E. Crcssraann. director of the Na?
tional Association for the Study and ?
Education of Exceptional Children, "for ,
our ancestors drank excessively and
took big nightcaps.' And all the Ger?
mans would be Imbeciles, whereas they ,
are a nation of strong-minded arti?
sans and scientists." Intemperance, ho
-aid was a disease, and would occur In
families suffering from mental weak?
nesses, but until It had been proved
that It was a cause. It should n"t be I
classed as such.
Farm hygiene presents a dreary pic- 1
ture. according to Dr .? N Hurty. of
the Indiana Board of Healtr. who told
the delegates that the farm'-.- was in
the ??patent medi'-ine stage" The life
of farmers should fror- '?i |o ja
per cent longer he said, most of the
His whl'-h they ?Uffer Hetng self-im- I
;>osed
They ovrrwirk the frying pan on
the farm, pickles :->emg -.sed to wh?t
the appetite, and the victims f ill
of over-fermented and insufficient 1\
baked b-ead and too much smoked.
Pickled ar.d salted ham.' added the
speaker
HEARING Is ENDED
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AmarHl". Texas September Tak?
ing of testimony In trie habeas corpus
proceeding-* In behalf of John flea!
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?eptemb-e- 1 * o' ai <? Bovce bv shoot-.
Ing. ended to-day Arguments ?r.il he
heard t?-morrow John Blanton. al-[
lexed to h?ve acted as Sneed's bodv-.
guard In the last sis month*, was the
I last witness
Porti?"? of the evidence In the trial
of Sneed ?t F?rt Worth for ?h? hllilna
of a Bovce. Sr. were admitted as
evldep,-?- \ att? caae. .d"it!1-d aa
| Ha??d a. In ? room wbtcb be had nr.
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r.? "f 'he Toiinver Re% .-? here.
was introduced by the r""?oecuttoa. to.
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jrl.Med a metal breastplate and a
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AFTER OFFICER
BLOCKED ROAD
Truck Cleared Obstruc?
tion, Then Raced Four
Miles to Ruin.
TURNED TURTLE
AT HIGH SPEED
Witness Believes Axle Was
Hurt When Car Hit Buggy,
Which Constable Had Placed
in Highway to Halt Jour?
ney?Fired Once at
Speeding Party.
W. Henry Martin, a chauffeur em*
ployed by the Purity Ice Cream Cor?
poration, died at his home. 2318 Yen
able Street, at 7 o'clock last night ag
a result of injuries received when a
delivery truck he was driving was
wrecked on the Williamsburg Road
late Wednesday night. He was pick?
ed up. along with his two com?
panions. C C. Moore and Joseph Otey?
and brought to the city, but he soon
became unconscious and was unable
to give any account of the accident.
Internal injuries and hemorrhage of
the brain were the immediate causa
of his death.
There are so many conflicting stories
of the accident that the county au?
thorities got no definite idea of the
?situation after they had worked for
hours on the case, although Consta?
ble Davis, of Henrico. had arrested
the Joy-riders for speeding an hour
or so before the truck hit some ob?
struction and turned turtle. It was
said at the ice cream plant that it had
been taken out without authority or
permission, but friends of Martin
stated that he was testing the englna
and had a perfect right to drive where
he pleased.
Coaataale Shot at Car.
Constable Davis, who was standing
on the front platform of a Rappahau
nock line car late Wednesday night,
saw the truck race by at top speed,
and kept within sight of It for six
miles. When he called upon them to
halt and got no response he fired his
revolver. At Seven Pines he Jumped
to the ground and endeavored to lo?
cate the truck, but It had eluded him.
Not to be outdone by. a couple of
joy-riders. Constable Davis Jumped
from the car at Seven Pines, and
rushing to a nearby blacksmith shop,
drew a buggy Into the middle of tha;
road. About it he placed planks in
such a manner as to form a barricade,
which he thought would halt the truck;
when it reached that point on Its re?
turn Journey. Martin, however, who
was driving, disregarded the obstruc?
tion, and plunged through it.
He paused long enough of the officer
to Jump aboard Davis immediately
placed the three men under arrest,
and was preparing to take them to
jail, when Martin, whom he knew,
stated that they would appear at the
appointed hour yesterday, and asked
to be let alone for the night. On their
promise to answer to the charges
j againat them before Magistrate T. J.
Puryear. at 11 o'clock, Davis left tha
truck at hla home in Fair Oaks, al
I lowing the three men to proceed into
I town.
Marled lata Ditch.
Four miles and a half out of Rich?
mond, while the car was running at
twenty miles an hour, the right front
wheel broke from the axle, and tha
car turned turtle Into a small ditch on
the side of the road. At that point.
Otey stated last night, the road was
wet and the wheels skidded consid?
erably.
In Otey's opinion, however, the im?
mediate cause of the accident was tha
Injury done the front axle of the truck:
when it struck the barricade placed kg
its path at Seven Pinea. The wheel,
which was broken, he said, was the on*
which received the full Impact of tha
stroke against the baggy and planks.
Atter being hurt. Martin spoke onlv
a few words, these being addressed to
Otey. He said he felt sharp pains about
his chest, which were doubtless due to
the fractured r:b which he sustained.
After teil I no; about Is injuries, he lost
consciousness and did not speak again.
Send to Tarkub BtMh.
Seeing that the condition of their
comrade was serious. Ote' an/i Moor
hailed a passiiK car d-iven by Willl.ns
Miller, who brought them to the city.
Martin was taken first to tse plant
of the Purity Ice ''ream Corporation1,
where the .imbalance was summoned
to convey him to the Jefferson Hotel
In the hope thst he might be revived
by a Turkish bath.
The physicians worked with him un?
til ? e'elo, k ve*terday morning, but
?without ?ccuir.piishlng anything At
t* ~ < ' w is carried to Ms hosse.
:si? Tenable street, where be die.i at
7 o'clock last night
It is p-ohable that a coroner's la
? st w ',1 be held over the bodv Sat?
urday af'ernoon. No definite arr*r.go
m*nt* have been made in this re
c ? d L.n?-n?r, and until the coroa-r
de 'des the question no steps wilt bo
t.iken preparation for t*>. funeral.
Martin Is sarvtved by his atoSJhaV*
with whom he lived and th'-e ?laT?Ta.
He had been for some time la the s-r
etea af the Parity Ice C-e?n? Corpoey
f|on ?nd prior to ohta<ntn<r *?ipie" *
rr- nt with It ka-1 been a chai?w?d- faf
t??e Richmond Transfer. <*??ajpaay
Dm Wm hpwwar ??
No warrants have vet been served
on Otey and Moor? sltsosgh Magte
trate P?-v??r Issued ore for the for?
mer v-ste-da. wh.* ?i? f?l>4 to ap?
pear at the Baas ret by 1 'nnsI'Ms
Da vat oa reVePls* _*etw*JS
asatCwOd far tun? yeatergsv. hat ajwa
,. '-? ??? ? '?'" OefOee be hsf*
for his home Ust sight
Marttn was tn Sarge af tha ?n?%
tjOa?sUaw?w on aasaklh Fag?->