The times dispatch. [volume], September 29, 1912, Image 1

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ZAR FULLER QUITS
THE POST-OFFICE
Retires on November 1
After Three Years
of Service.
WILL BEGIN WORK
WITH LANGHORNE
?Assistant Postmaster Accepts At?
tractive Offer Made Him by
I Railroad Contractors?Allan
, Decides on Successor, but
, Is Not Ready to Give
His Name.
Assistant Postmaster Iaalah W. Ful?
ler yesterday aent his resignation to
Fostinast-r Edgar Allan. Jr. to take
affect on November 1. Me Is leaving
the government service <>n that date
to become associated with the Lang
horne Compan>. railroad von tractors,
whose home office is located at S'.otts- :
?llle.
The retirement of ?lr Palter, after I
three years of faithful and efficient I
service, comes as a great surprise In'
post-office circles a? there had een no j
previous intimation that he contem?
plated a change. Recently, however. I
he received a very attraetive offer from !
the Langhorn? Company, and after;
talking the matter over at length with
Postmaster Allan and other friends,
decided to accept. For the past two
pears the office of Assistant Postmaster
has been under the civil service, and
had he desired to remain under any
possible change of administration Mr.
Puller could not have been removed
except for cause, a fact which may
make bis resignation all the more sur?
prising to those in the postal service,
?excesses- Xot Massed Vet.
Postmaster Allan aaid last night that
while he had virtually made up hi*
mind as to the appointment of Mr.
Puller's successor, he was not pre?
pared to make any announcement at
this Ume. His new assistant will be
some msn now In the service, who will
gain a promotion. Outsiders wiil not
be considered and the appointment
will be based strictly upon individual
merit
. While he was acting postmaster la
September. l?03. previous to his ap
polntrurnt for four years in December,
1?08. Mr. Allan looked over the field
for a man who was not In politics and
who could bring to the office the busi?
ness ability necessary to carry out
his determination to give the people
of Richmond the best possible ser
aioa.
DM Xe*. Cewatder Polities.
The selection of Mr. Fuller was re?
garded somewhat In the light of an
Innovation, for Mr. Allan did not con
alder politics or politicians. The move
was highly indorsed by the public and
?specially by business men who have
targe dealings with the office and
the postmaster's wisdom was very
effectively shown. There was enough
work about the place for two men.
Mr. Fuller took over the complex
supervision of carriers and carrier
routes and has brought that branch of
the service to a point of efficiency
Which has been highly gratifying to
the city and to the department In
Washington. A personal desire to keep
this part of the service on a high
plane, coupled with the work of mov?
ing; next month Into the new build?
ing at Tenth and Main Streets, almost
persuaded Mr. Puller to reject the
bffer made him by the Langhorne
Company, -but when Postmaster Allan
??came familiar with the conditions
na advised Mr. Fuller to accept.
The relations between the Postmas?
ter and his assistant have been most
cordial, a fact which was abundantly
shown when one offered to remain and
help the other end the other would
not stsnd In the wsy of a business
advancement.
WaliSMSt St Mr. Albas.
"It Is with keen regret that I accept I
tHr. Fullers resignation." said Post-1
soester Allan to a reporter for The |
Times-Dispatch yesterday. "Hta aer-i
Sices have been In every respect en -!
Ctrely satisfactory to the departmnt ?
mm well ss to myself. He Is popular
With sll the men in the office and his '
retirement from the sen-Ice of his.
esn volition will create s vacancy ;
Which will be difficult to All. Our of -.
?tdal relaUons have been most pleas-)
gat and agreeable and his retirementi
Win not only he a loss to the service. I
Part to me personally, fnr | ?hall be,
gsprtved of the constant association
asf a devoted friend
-Regardless, however, of these fscts. j
f wosld be unworthy nf his friend-1
loyalty If I did not Immedt- j
It sat apt bis resignation. In view of t
excellent business opportunity.'
of him. Mr Fuller sar-eed to
It out If I feared any embarrass- !
it. hut after talking the matter
seer ws both derided that he should;
gases*. Ms sew offer M- very best
Wishes win go with him *m his work.
I SSI confident, knowing him as I do. i
Saat be win 'make good/ ?
Ts Me*p Sieve SJfibee.
As Ma resignation will not take
natll November t. Mr. Fuller
In the work of moving the .
which ?111 he completed!
_ the next two weeks. He will
bave as opportunity to pet things
right from the sew plant
Before be esered the government
gag iln three years ego. Mr. Fuller was
?employed by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Cwsy Company The lAnghome
assy, as stated. Is largely ea
gaaged la tsJsrsed renstrartioe. and it
pjseded a ssaa who knew ans??thing
pf ih* railroad end Mr. PuHer sill
be located tiaaaiirarlly St
Tm CAaJPWeTMIA.
Reajte. ???ii Ort.
Hp eaeaSacaed
fresa Sfeebiegies
esssspa,
I
New York Justice Is Be?
ing Groomed for
Governor.
UNDERSTOOD THAT
WILSON APPROVES!
Announcement Is Made by Sen?
ator O'Gorman Following Con?
ference With Presidential Can?
didate?Feeling Is Remark?
ably Strong Against Re
nomination of Dix.
New York. September .IS.?The na'?? I
of Justicu Victor J. Dowllng will hp]
presented to the Democratic State I
Convention as a candidate for Cover-1
nor. This much was made known j
to-night by L'nited State? Senator j
O'Oorman. of New York, after a con?
ference with Covernor Wilson at
hotel where a banquet was given
honor of William P. McCombs. chair?
man of the l>. rnocratlc National Com?
mittee, bv th~ foliage Men's Wilson j
and- Marshall league.
Governor WiUon declined to com?
ment on his conference with Senator
O'Gorman. but the New York Senator
allowed himself to be quoted as fol?
lows: "The name of Supreme Court
Justice Victor J. Dowllng will un?
doubtedly be presented to the con?
vention for the nomination for Gov?
ernor.
The conference between the Senator I
and the New York Senator was lncl-|
dental to the dinner in honor of Mr.
McComba. who hardly recovered from
his illness, appeared before the throng
of college men to express his appre?
ciation of the event which was in?
tended to celebrate the return of the
national chairman to active participa?
tion in the campaign.
Mr. McCombs. however, according to]
his physician, will not be able for some j
time to participate in the work of the|
committee.
"I merely worked in the Interest
of sn ideal." ssid Mr. McCombs In a
brief speech. "I worked along the
tinea of accomplishing what was best
for this government and I considered
that st this Juncture Woodrow Wilson
was the best man to carry that out.
Thsre are 1.000.090 college graduates
In this country, and there Is no reason
why they should not participate In
the government?I hate distinction?
not by class, but by collaboration. We
must all work together "
Norman E. Macfc. former chairman 1
of the national committee, sent a tele-|
gram expressing the hope that Mr.
McCombs would he able to "complete
the campaign which he so successfully |
Inaugurated.
Speeche* were made by William H. I
Edwards, the former Princeton football
star, now Now York CKy Commissioner
of Street Cleaning, who acted as toast
master, and John H. Plnley. president of
the College of the City of New Tors,
besides Governor Wilson
Governor Wilson la his speech re-j
ferred to Colonel Roosevelt. He
deprecating the -academic point of
view." "I do not was the word 'aca?
demic* In this connection," he said,
"exactly as our distinguished ex-Pres?
ident uses It. I find that whenever 1,
know the facts and know what they
mean, and say what they mean, be says!
that I am 'academic' by which I In-j
fer thst the only thing that can bei
stripped of the pretension of the sea- j
demlc mind Is unsustalned assertion."!
Cheers (or La Follette.
The Governor's speech was prin?
cipally laudatory of Mr. McCombs. but;
the mention by him of the name of
Senstor La Follette es a leader "in!
progressive sentiment" brought great]
applause. The nominee referred to the!
measures which Senstor La Follette
while Governor of Wisconsin had suc?
cessfully put in operation with the as?
sistance of university men. His tri
bat to Mr. McCombs was phrased In
terms of affection and admiration
*Tf you will reflect.'' he said, "upon
my relationship with McCombs you will
perceive thst it must mean a great dealt
to a man who has spent most of hts!
life In teaching, that one of the men!
whom he has taeght. one f the men'
with whom he hss been sssoctated as a
master and a pupil should so believe!
in him sa Mr. Mc'ombs believes in me.
?for that is the highest reward of a!
teacher." I
After the banquet. Governor Wilson)
left for Seagirt, where he will spend j
t?-morrow, coin* to Atlantic City
Mondav to welcome the Good Roads;
?'?nrrer-v wbi- h mil be in convention
there.
gulsee Has a sThssssv
Imperial to The Times-Ptspstcb.l
i-yrs'-uve. N V.. s- ptember IS.?Just
shout s scov of delec^tes to the Dem?
ocratic State Convention, which Is t?
assemble here on Tuesday, are now on
the ground ? har'.rji F Murphy Is t? I
arrive to-morrow. The SuUer boom I
for Oovernor la the first to he eh- .
served. Represents.Ive solser's frieads ;
to-dav pts<s?ded th?- town with bis,
Pictures and have distributed a bah* or
tw* of llterstuv flllti* of Sulzer"s
? areer in Coogreea and as Speaker of
ihe New Tnrk State Assembly
It I? known here to-night, as It has
been known for a month or more la
the Inner circle* of the Dearocrstlc
Stat* organisation, that not a baker's
dosen of the ?14 delegates favor the
re nomination ef Governor Dix. lajsP
gubsreetwrlal campaign of a startler
chee-ectar ta the annals of the Demo?
cratic party la the State for the last
sen er at Ion or two has there beta each
s ds sparsted and widespread opposition
to the re nomination sf a Democratic
Ot ?Vera sr.
Tat these delegates wh.. tell you that
to-night adman ha the ?est snath that
they win haw ?s the win sf Charte?
F. Murphy, aast ? Mr Murphy decrees
Governor Dix'a r* nomination they wir
srrept that dasrn without ? norm or.
Murphy earn aoealnate say Democrat he
id the eppenisa ef
AVIATION CLAIMS
TWO MORE VICTIMS
Army Aviators Meet
Death at College
Park Field.
WRIGHT BIPLANE
SMASHED TO BITS
Lieutenant Louis C. Rockwell
and His Passenger, Corporal
Frank S. Scott, Are the Latest
to Yield Up Their Lives
in Conquest of
the Air.
'Special to The Times-Dispatch. J
Washington. September ??Tw?
arm*} aviators, Loral. I ?als I. Reek
is. e'l, I. S. A., nod (orpersl Frssk S.
Weott. or the *l*;aal f orpe. were kill?
ed tats evening, when (hear WrtfU
biplaae crashed to earth. Scott was
killed Instantly, l.lentenaat Rockwell
died ss hour loter at W alter Reed Hos?
pital.
The accident occu.re.] about 6 o clock
at the army avlat.. n camp at College
Park, a suburb.
Knglne trouble was the '-ause. Bock
well could not shut \ ff bis engine to,
make a landing. The machine plung-j
ed downward to the earth with a crash.)
They fell sbout 100 feet. J
Corporal Scott was a passenger, fly-'
ing tandem. Lieutenant Kockwell was!
in charge?the "crack aviator" of vke
army corps
Rockwell was rushed to Wslter Reed;
Hospital, where he died at 7:06 P. M.
without regaining consciousness. The:
bone of his left leg above the knee
protruded through the flesh. His right
leg was broken in two places.
Die? laataatty.
Corporal Scott died Instantly. His
skull was crushed, his right arm broken
snd his left leg badly smashed in two
places.
The biplane In which the two men!
were flying was smashed to bits. i
Rockwell was unmarried. His'
mother resides at Cincinnati, she was,
advised of the accident to-night by!
Lieutenant-Colonel Sc riven, chief of the!
army aviators. The dead officer would
have been thirty-one years of sge
Monday.
A number of flights was planned for
the afternoon. Lieutenant Rockwell
climbed late his Wright machine and
made a short spin over the field and
then came down. He decided to carry
a passenger with him on his neat
flight, and Corporal Scott agreed to
go. They both climbed in, smiled at
the crowd and shot upward. After fly
ing about for ten minutes at an alti?
tude of 100 feet. Lieutenant Rockwell
headed his machine's nose downward
to the earth. When about thirty feet
from the ground ha attempted to shut
off his motor, but for some reason It
faUed to stop. The biplane crashed
to the ground.
More than 309 women and men wit?
nessed the accident. A groan came
from 'the Ups of many when it was
seen the men would strike the ground
with violent force.
Lieutnant Rockwell was considered
one of the best aviators in the United
states Army. Although he Joined the
school but six months ago. he develop?
ed quickly and was considered a steady
man. It was only yesterday he flew
over the city, and gave a spectacular
night for the benefit of the delegates
to the International Congress of Hy
giene and Demography.
Colonel 8crlven was preaent when
the accident occurred.
"Rockwell was Just about finishing
his final teat for a pilot's license."
said Colonel Scriven "He was ac?
companied on the trip In what la
known as aeroplane No. 4 by Corporal
Scott, and aa they were coming down
the angle waa apparently too steep
for the engine to pick up the plsnes
in time to come down easily and the
aeroplane landed head on Instead of
horizontally. There was nothing
wrong with the machine Apparently
the carrying of two passengers at the
sngle of descent which was under?
taken was ton acute The grade at
which the machine descended may
hsr? been sll right had there been
only one passenger, bat it was possibly
too steep for two.
"Lieutenant Rockwell, who was the
son of aa oM officer of the Fifth Cav?
alry, waa a splendid officer and had
been making great success In his aero?
plane schooling. He wss very en
t busies tic over flying snd hsd shown
remarkable judgment In the handling
of aeroplanes. The accident was one
of those anexplalnable things. No?
body knows exactly what caused it. ex?
cept the men In the machine."
Corporal Scott waa twenty-nine years
of age?a veteran pioneer In army
aviation. He was one of the first men
to be a*slsn?d to the army. e*perl
menetai station He wss unmarried
A sister. Mrs Clsra Scharfer, resides
at Rida;eway. Fa
Liestesaat Rockwell was the fourth
commissioned ofdeer of the raited
states Army to meet death in an svta
t'on accident. The ?rot was freuten
ant Thome, TE "elfrMge killed at
Fott Mver. Vs.. several vears sen while
fMnc with Orvllle Wright, who had
his !?? broken la the fan. The sec?
ond was Lieutenant George E. ? ?
Kepev klUed at San Antonie. Tex. ?
In May. 1?1L The third was Lieu- !
tenant Le*ghtoa W. Hsslehurst. who.
with his civilian tsawrsetor. A L
Welch, was dashed to th ? ?ruaag and
killed eta the ammo geM st College
F?r?. Md.. erh?re to-dey's donate fa?
tality see ailed.
The death ton levied Uro?ah eect
dewts to aeroplanes of the cnlted
States Army now totals six
l^wemgssasid^^t
.nay oateat, wni
evening while fifteg to. a Farmen M
ptaa* with Ms mechanician. Pierre
cbavoller Whoa ha the atr a ?rtr?
h comi Jams, 11 and the machine in?
stantly gggfhM a?g and fen raavalier
TAFT HOLDS THIRO
PARTY REAL ISSUE
Sees in Roosevelt Great!
Menace to the Gov?
ernment.
SAYS PLATFORM
IS PREPOSTEROUS!
Likens It to Crazy Quilt and Be-1
lieves Movement Would Soon
Co to Pieces But for Re?
markable Personality of
Its Ambitious
Leader.
Beverly. Mass., September 28 ?Pres?
ident Taft made a direct plea to-day
to Republicans to vote the Republican
ticket and not desert the party at
the polls in November, In order to de?
feat the thlra party and Mr. Roose?
velt. It was the first prepared poli?
tical address he has made since his
speech accepting the Chicago nomina?
tion. It was delivered from a tem?
porary stand erected on ?he grounds!
at Parramatta before the Republican j
clubs of Essex County and hundreds!
of residents of Beverly. j
The President devoted particular j
attention to the third party for the
first time since its formation. He j
mentioned Mr. Roosevelt and Governor |
Wilson several times by name in con- j
nection with their views on political:
or economic subjects. I
The Real lease. .
"There is one issue in the campaign j
of more fundamental and permanent j
importance to the government and
as the people than the tariff and pros?
perity," said the President, beginning i
h's attack on the third party.
"That la the preservation of the In- '
stltutlons of clvU liberty as they were;
handed down to us by our forefathers i
In the Constitution of the United'
States and the State Constitutions
which were modeled after *t- A third!
party haa spilt off from the Repub- j
lican party, not for any one prin- \
ciple or indeed on any principle at all.;
but merely to gratify personal ambi- j
tion and vengeance, and in the gratlfl-',
ration of that personal ambition and;
vengeance, every new fad and theory, i
some of them food, some of them ut- j
terly preposterous and impracticable.!
some of them as socialistic as any?
thing; that h?? been proposed la the'
countries of Europe, many bavins; no!
relation to national Jurisdiction or
policy, have been crowded into a plat-|
farm to tempt the voters to enthusi?
astic support of each of these pro?
posed reforms
"This new party is not united on
any cohesive principle and is only |
kept together by the remarkable per- i
sonality of its leader. Were he to '
die. the party would go to pieces, for!
'the cause" of which so many glibly!
apeak. la utterly incapable of defini?
tion In view of the crazy quilt char- i
acter of the platform.
"Fortunately, there Is not the slight?
est chance of the success of the third i
party. Its chief purpose is to defeat
the Republican party, and even In that'
there la every possibility that It will'
be disappointed. It has been suggested!
that Republicans should vote the Dem?
ocratic tickst In order to defeat Mr. |
Roosevelt. Men who do this will act
moat blindly, for their unnecessary
vote to defeat Mr. Roosevelt will aid
the cause of the Democracy with whom
they have no sympathy, especially In
the policy of tariff for revenue only,
bring a disturbance of business and
an end of prosperity"
Talks ef Fvessjtiltj.
The burden of much of the Presi?
dent's speech was prosperity. He be-!
haa by pointing ont how the nation's
mills and factories are humming with'
business, declared that protection and
Republican rule are responsible for;
this and asked his hearers If they re-'
membered the days of 1893 and 1817. j
when, he said, interference with the j
country's economic policy brought on!
hard times. Paaslng on to the tariff he:
said. j
"A change In our tariff la not neces?
sarily destructive. It depends upon the!
principle upon which the change is,
carried out. But la this campaign we:
are met on the platform of our adver?
saries, the Democrats, by the proposi?
tion that the protective tariff u un?
constitutional, and we may therefore;
assume in the opinion of the Democrats
thst no tariff which does or which Is
draws to protect ought to remain on
the statute books Now. if this decla?
ration of the platfevan masns anything.j
we must accept It as Indicating aa In?
tention radically to change our oca-'
nomlc policy, and that makes certain
the disturbance of basin is. the fright?
ening of capital, the closing; sf fac?
tories and the coming of hard times."
NO DISORDER IN AUGUSTA
An gust a. ?ia_. September ?The ar?
rive' ef twesty-ffve strikebreakers
front New York and the death of Ben
F Baker, one of the business men
shot hv the soldiers las* night, bring
ir.g the death list to three, were the
p-ln<-|pal developments la the s'reet
railway strike situation to-night
targe crowds thronged the downtown
streets, but the presence of the troops
petrolling the city had a quieting ef?
fect, sad there was ss ?isordsr
Several conferences wars held during !
the afternoon bstssta street railway j
edjclaw and ilHsass la Has asps sf ef
fertios; ? ? ?tiemest, hat R was as-;
ac . the tsmsasj hsMa to its
position that there Is sothlaaj is eoea- .
At a "pedal meeting of the City '
Council s resolution was adopted call?
ing upon the ? oeBssay. la the name or
the city, to end the strike
Adjutant Obear. la ? omasa od of the
city wader asartsal ?aw. was astlSs? j
to-day that Osssrasr Waase, sf >iash j
Cereltaa. had
Carolin*, bad ordered the
as tWCaswJhaa star sftb- rtvee Qaaed
General Obear ahm ecd-red all csntr
aaloona Is tbbj oswaty c^ed_ .Armed 1
g??r<U have a^eas^daced a^tbe hrM,*^
Picked to Succeed Le Masurier
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.
WILSON EASILY
LEADING FIELD
Straw Vote Shows Him Far
Ahead of Rival Candi?
dates.
ROOSEVELT IS SECOND
Taft in Third Place, but His
Cause Is Gaining Some
Strength.
rSpecial to The Times-Dispatch. ]
New York. September 28.?The
Herald to-day publishea its first In?
stalment of Its country-wide review
of the presidential situation, and its
Indications are that Wilson Is easily
leading; both Taft and Roosevelt, with
Taft running third, according; to the
straw ballots More than 24.000 test
ballots were taken In various parts of
the country- The results In the var
rious States follows:
New York?Taft. 583; Roosevelt, 1,
011: Wilson. 1.147.
Connecticut?Taft. SS; Roosevelt, KT;
Wilson, ??.
Delaware?Taft. 24?; Roosevelt, Ml;
Wilson, ?27.
New Jersey?Taft, 245; Roosevelt.
300: Wilson. 477.
Pennsylvania?Taft, 841; Roosevelt.
ITS? Wilson. 667.
Man-land?Taft. 48; Roosevelt, 12?;
Wilson. 192.
Ohio?Taft. 942; Roosevelt. SIS; Wil?
son. 1.914.
Indiana?Taft. S91; Roosevelt, 1.711;
Wilson. 2.100.
Kentucky?Taft, 77S; Roosevelt, J,
452: Wilson. 2.764.
Went Virginia?Taft, SM; Roosevelt.
62?: Wilson. 776.
Wyoming?Taft. 17?; Roosevelt. IIS;
Wilson. 204.
Of the total straw ballots taken In
all regions, the result was as foUowa:
Wilson. 11.164. Roosevelt. 7.147; Taft.
4.784; Debs, 1.S00. The figures show
Roosevelt has drawn 4.16? votes from
the Republican party. C7S from Demo?
crats. 20 from Debs.
The Republican loos from IMS. ac?
cording to the figures. Is 5.997. The
Democratic gsln over IMS Is 2.26a.
The Herald makes no predictions of
its own. but merely presents the Sg>
ures, which spesk for themselves. It
also prints tke reports from corre?
spondents In every State In the Unit?
ed Mates, which boar hut largely the
indicated results of the straw votes.
The Herald finds that the Roosevelt
tide bss reached Its height, and that
the Taft movement la gaining In some
parts of the country. Wilson remains
stationary In some section*, gains In
others, and. so far as reports show,
loses nowhere. The Herald says that
Its reports Indlcsts very clearly that
Wilson Is leading both the other csa
dldatea._^_
BI6 DWWCRATIC RALLY
rsrecial to The Tlmos-Dispateh-1
Washington, September _^*n*
tors Martin and t?w?ason_ R^r?~n**;
tive C C Csrlln and probahlv Speaaer
tiara and Congressman Und-rwooo,
will be the chief attraction at s big
Wil.n? and Marshall d^ticel rally
to be held at Calpeper. Octoberl. un?
der the auspices of the wimoa ana
Marshall Club of that place .
Mr Cerlin, who was here to-day.
Mld that both the Virginia Senators
had promised to be present aad that
unless otner engagements prevented,
rump ?Tarh snd Mr Underwood a so
will he on hand. This will he one of
the Merest I *em?erstlc ralHes yet held
la Virainls "lee* the Baltimore cos
vent ton snd It ts e?pe*ted that several
thooasnd people from Culpeper sod
surroindina eevnfes will attend the
speaking, and the barberv?e which will
^Mr^ Carltn baa atarnMi j fmvnations
to make a number of epnthlg la West
Virgin a aad 4>maoeTJewt..Series, the
tSfm month besides delivering7 ssv
Eia Ms own States As Mr. CarBn
gifted am? Sweat sawder ho dowbt
COLONEL BITTER
AGAINST WILSON
Repeatedly Puts Democratic
Candidate for President in
Ananias Club.
THOUSANDS HEAR ATTACK
Bull Moose Says He Has Been
Deliberately Maligned
and Misquoted.
Atlanta. Or, September 21.?Governor
Wooarow Wilson was charged by Col?
onel Roosevelt here to-night with mak?
ing statements In regard to his posi?
tion which were "not merely an un?
truth, but the direct reverse of the
truth."
Speaking before a large crowd here
to-night, the ex-President took up re?
cent statements of the Democratic can?
didate and denied them flatly. He aald
that Governor Wilson did not believe
some of these things, and knew that
Colonel Roosevelt bad never said them.
Colonel Eioosevelt spent the day In
campaigning across Alabama and
Georgia. In spite of the rain, which
fell steadily untU the day was almost
done, he was received at the larger
places by crowds which cheered him as
the bands played "Dixie."
At Macon, where he spent an hour
this afternoon, he spoke to several
thousand persona. Colonel Roosevelt
cams to Atlanta this evening and will
remain here over night.
la rssdamislal Sysspst by.
Tit Is cartons to sse." he said here
to-night, -how Messrs. Taft and Wil?
son are drawing together in their hos?
tility to the Progressive party and ita
principles Oa the great issues of the
day the Democratic and Republican
platforms are In fundamental sympa?
thy, for la reality the difference be?
tween tha two old parties on these ls-<
sues Is a mere difference of sound and
fury In declamation, there being no
difference whatever la action and hard?
ly a real difference seen in proposed
I action. In their attutude toward the,
I group of questions dealing with labor!
and with social aad Industrial Justice1
In their attitudes toward the courts,!
and In their attitudes toward the
trusts. Messrs. Wilson and Taft stand,
on the same ground. They neither of
them have one practical proposition,
to make looking toward the better?
ment sf s atagle evil la our social and
Industrial life.
"It la dosbtless because Mr. Wilson
has ao clesr-cut convictions on these'
great problems that be Is so utterly:
vague la his propositions for remedy-.
tag the evils which be admits exist.'
Pot this be la ts be pardoned. But be
la Set ts be pardoned when be de
Uberately misstates my position When
I quote Mr. Wilson I give his words
verbatim, ss contained in the reports
of his Spasches In newspapers friend-,
ly to Mm.
I "At Boston day before yesterday ho
stated that I had said that It was *ia
rv!table' that the trusts should buin
I to as irresistible power', that I was-;
I pair of replacing the power.* sad that
' I 'suggest that ws try osr best to'
[ make the trusts good, pitiful, kind
I and Jost, and that ws transfer our
own affairs to those who buy subtlety
; have combined against as' Nsw. every
one sf these statements Is simply aot
true
T ask Mr Wilson ts point where ane
when It wffs that l said that I would
?build to an Irresistible power' Hej
carrot do it. sad he knows he cannot
do It. _
"ill* statement SS as Invention lj
ask him to polht est where I have said
that we are to transfer our own a'-j
fairs to those who by sabtlety have)
combined against aa* He cannot go nj
sad he knows be rasant de I?. Hie'
statement t* aa tsaaaOaa. Again. Me
statement last I have ever saht, that
?the trusts mum be pMfjgtpbjl ts betid
ag as irresistible pserer* is sat ssers?
-iLVatfans. ss ?st? Psgsj-'
WHEN ADJUTANT
New England Trip Now
Results in Le Masu
rier's Resignation.
BLUES TRIED TO
KEEP IT QUIEH
Private Epps Received Twm,
Blows in Face While on Boat;
Before Anybody Could Inter- j
fere?Staff Vacancy Offered j
by Major to John Ran- , *
dolph Tucker.
Having violated a military rote St*
striking an enlisted man. Cap tat a
Joseph Le Masurler. adjutant Of the'
R'chmond Light Infantry Blues Bat?
talion and one of the most widely,
known military men In the State, baa
retired from the service of the Vir?
ginia Volunteers. His resignation baa
been accepted, and a bulletin to that
effect was posted on the order boards
at the Blues' Armory yesterday morn?
ing.
The trouble which leads to Captain
Le Maualer's retirement occurred on
the recent trip of the battalion to Now
England. The other man in the case
was Private George W. Epps. Jr., of
Company A.
Major E. W. Bowles commanding:
the battalion, has offered the position
of captain and adjutant to First Lisa
tenant John Randolph Tucker, aad IS
is understood he wiU accept.
Happened on Beet
Details of the affair are not easy,
to obtain. It seems, however, that the
incident occurred when the Merchants'
and Miners' steamer on which the bat?
talion traveled from Newport Maars
to Providence was still within sight of
the lights of Old Point .Comfort. Sup?
per had Just been concluded, and offi?
cers and men were generally engaged
in conversation regarding the trip aad
Its possibilities.
Captain Le Masurler and Private
Epps were talking together. The en?
listed men. who has a reputation as
a Jokeemlth. launched some remarks
regarding the adjutant's personal ap?
pearance and pulchritude which en?
raged the officer no little, taking it as
an affront
According to those who were In the
mesa room Captain Le Masurler struck
the private twice in the fcae. the latter
making lttUe effort to resist, perhaps
because he was surprised.
Major Saw Treoble.
Major E. W. Bowles himself wag
probably the nearest eyewitness to
the scene, sitting only a few feet
away. He raa up st once, ordered
Captain Le Masurler to his quartan
and kept him there for some time.
After the return to this city. Mein
Bowles secured the resignation of
Captain Le Masurler. and it was ac?
cepted Thursday by the Governor aad
by Adjutant-General W. W. Sate, la
whose office Captain Le Masurler ha
chief clerk.
The men of the battalion have notb?
in?; to say about the matter, most of
them abstaining from the expression
of any sort of opinion Quite a num?
ber of them were witnesses of the
Major Bowles, when asked about tao
matter last night, refused to dtgemg*
It In any way. merely verifying; tao
report that the adjutancy had see*,
offered to Lieutenant Tucker.
Mad Intended to Sjawa
Captain Le Masurler is also dteta
cllned to say anything about the bead
Incident. He ss'd yesterday that bo
had recently moved to the
of the city, where it Is incon
for him to come to the armory
to attend to his duties Also, It
there has been some feeling
other commands bees nee he
eently commissioned captain, i
ranks other battalion adjutants
would rank future regimental
tanta He added that he had
tending to resign, bat had rei
In the service until after the
England trip. Regarding the
on the boat, be said he
thst ended st the time, and it ts
history.
Every military man in the
knows Joseph Le Masurler. ?
hertts the tendency to be
He served during the Spanlsh-i
lesn War. and fs now commas
Fttxhurh Lee Chapter. No I.
Spanish War Veterans. He was
command of * company in the <
Seventy-second Virdnla Infantry.
Kama ?? ill wltwsaaai p.
Fwr years he ha* h*?s cht? f
in the offl.-.- of ??,?? .fftntnat-Gea
where n >rv officer in toe service
had corr? spon/fen?-.- with
Ing the pas' two yearn be has b>
comrl'ins ? omprehenstve roster? of
Virginia "Volunteers sr???rvtn?; J
poeterlM the r.cor?t of t -. tj1|
men of this State.
On February 4. IV?. Main
appointed htm battalion '.\m
the Riehmond Light Tnrani--. fl
with the rank of first lteateaant.
this office he has been s hard
He is secretary to the Stet?
Board and la commandant >f
the Benedictine College. |n this
Altogether be is cooetdered aa
lent military man
Mrs saitsssnir. fSs-ofenan* T i I
on* of the well hnowa rouog m
Ririnnnd He la ?n attorney. ? ?
former fwngrsss-m^a Harry *?
Tucker, of I*?x1ngt>a
to Rjrhf
ha wbaepms, a of roe
the for aaattow of Cr
tarsi that com ? sea