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THE TIMKS FOUNDED 1M?.
THE DISPATCH FOUNDED I860.
WHOLE NUMBER, 19,394.
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY JUNE 27,1913.
. THE WEATHER TO-DAT?Cloudy.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FRANKLIN WINS
BY NINE VOTES !
AFTER RECOUNT
Curtis Shows Gain, but!
Fails to Catch Up
With Toney.
NO CHANGE MADE
IN DELEGATES
Griggs Gains Twenty-Five Votes
by Recount of Second Jeffer
son?Error of 101 Found in
One Precinct in Hobson's
Returns?Martin Wants
Voting Machines.
Results of Recount
lion**- of I)rI?~n<iI<??.
Old. < in In. I.onn.
Canooa .... 4,?lMl t.lisi ."i
Co* ....... ?l.i:U 11,1 JO ?
Cruinfr .. 4.4IR 4.IOH IS
f urtl* 4.741 1,721 2i>
Ifiihrion ... 7.I1VI U.ltT.'l III
HontiiRur .. 4.H7H r.,lM?r. 21?
M}cr? .. .. ft. 117 ."|.:UI4 2:t
STrntton .. 2.7li.% 2,7.*s :i7
Tour j- 4.71* I 4.7711 *
Jtmtirr, Mndlnon Ward,
\>n, lilil. i.nln. I.iiki.
Arrrr .'la1* .*!M . . 2?l
A llrn I.oil . . I
Uiiueban .. mo r,::ii i
I luinollr . Sill *?v2 J?
Frnnklln .. ?:?l r.20 II
I.C? jr ..... . 270 27.'t :?
McCarthy 7!\." 741 14
Volte 41111 It* I 2
Slnrkr .... 022 ?.tO .. R
No change in >!? non-.'.natlons for
Hr.ijir r>f ! ?> h'sa**" i*> It- 1 tr'Tr. the
r?rount "f ballots i* i ?? tt|" .'ii\ "f
Jun? 12. ? ompU t. <1 ;.i ? v. .jht tin*
? * 11 V I letliO'TAtir < >.(?: I I t ? ? The !??
fj'int. \ ?? ?'I ti ? I.I .I
H Fl A nklill. f - itil IMr ? It Ml. IT * r,
thr list f w i nn? i > f>?r ' ..-'1 ?? nf the
I ? a ? ? fr mp Madlcun XVaicI, In plncc or
John W ^-i.n'it I inklli p lull g
elevr-n vc r- ..ii?? -it .irk* 1'? -!iiu eisrht
r ? I h* i ? 111 ' :? tt _? MM) |.st ' in*
vnt?* .If* .? : ? ' ? , t ? ? A '"litis,
w h-> i?k--(| : ? t>* i*i unit, ? n t he
? ?? t ? . t ?.:?! *. firnf, : .in j' -it
? f i v -1 wo v ? ? * I * ii ? . ! ? I, T >ni*> , t ?
tilth nihil. f*M Mie II.? ??*? f I' l-.cs.t. s
Mr pi. n* 'I ?i;|,t. r-r \ *. j,, 1 ? *t
l.< * I'i ? in* ' at . ). i i ? ? . tr.ns in
oth?*r s?'-tl*ins, ' > . t v ii ft ???? ? ?insl?l<r
alil' losses. nis total _? ?" r: ?? . ? ifr twi Tit>
\ >ti*- Mt Ton? > ?? i :*.?-? 1 ? i? ? t \ t* s
by Mir i * count, so tt.it th* ti? t result
* : J- t '? ' ? 'i i ' )ltS I* . . s <1 l.'li] 'iin
'"uttis foUI.'*Il Vi t.v ? .1 t IfliVr
i ir. th* party n'Tiun* wit l . ma:
?? :n of t hi: t \ ? Ipiit \ ..t. -
ll'iliMhi (tiiiliM llHi Votrv.
Th* m-'-t clarinv ? 11 ??* .lis ? ? r? *! n
t>. ;< omt ?iiF in l':fMi .1'ri.
wiii-rf* I ;t .*.ham R H ? ??-?in. lt*ady tt.<*
I'a'l- i in thr rar. f,,r ih<* H<* is** /it
1 ?cl* cat.*H, iticrrus. j| his 1* .i.| |.\ 1 <"? 1
Mil's From 'ho way th. l>all<Ms r-ili
it .m f*vl?l nt that ti. i i i>.*on
a lrri-'al error, in ??it. r**
t tis, r?f l'n> vot'*8 and t at th.* r"
C"unt jt'Ib-'S* lia.l a' i ? ? w i*i| mi.
tional vall'.t tin ui. .. t
I jr.': v v. ??!? f'Mini in .i.ni j*:-. ?*in?*t.
and In th- 'a-* if a In r . , man
flu*. !t s I** ll. \ * il, t ? th* f.i t that
Th?* e!r.-t l ? : ?! _ ? s :?*?:. *i t lie
rr,i!'.r.p : it . " ft 111 . ? A M t*' 7
P M h? f. r-^ l*.?Klni. ^ t?:e ? .r.' ami
(Contlnne<l On .Second Pa ire i
ON BATTLEFIELD
Already Blue and Gray Uni
forms Are Mingling at
Gettysburg.
Gettysburg. Pa. June 2C, ? liathri
from North atui South for the fiftieth
anniversary of tiie i.atti.* .?f f},-ttys
iiuratr. several hundred Olvil War vr't
crans arrived lier.* to-day. comitm
early, th<*> said, ' in order in nv?>id Mir
preat rueh of tho early part of next
week." Mlnclinu with tl?<* iilu** uni
forms were soiii'- In srai. and Mir men
from Mie South wno uiv.mi a hearty
preeting With th.-h uniforms of Kra\
t ipped bj ('?ni|i.iivn hats, th- Suuthrru
ers soon became eentral tlKures on the
strecti and scarcely a person they
passed failed to stop and ask th<*
privilejie of a handshake Warmer
than all oth?*rs was tin* w.*h "in.* ?*.\
tended them by the Union v?*t?.rans,
many ??f whom are here for the open
ing of the Slat.* eneampmont to-mor
row
To-night the iiistoric old Ailam.s
i 'oilnt> e.nirthouse, witnessed a repeti
tion oI the war-time camp lire with
it stilting patriotic songs of the days
i.l' r.l 'and many speeches in which
reminiscences* of days i;one b> were
iniiiulcd with suggest ions and plans for
tin* observam <? 'if tin* nunini; week.
i "omniaiiilcr-in-Ohief Alfred Keers,
of Kridgcporl, Conn., one of the lirst
.'iiviils lot tii>* hattl* anniversary
i . '.oliration, was one of Mi*> speakers to
ll ij; lit.
Final arrangements at the hii; camp
weriv coinpleti d to-day. I'racticaily
ever>thing is in readiness to receive
the lirst arrivals on Sunday and to-day
many veterans \-isited tin* place. In
specting the tents and furnishings to
gcther with the arrangements for mess
and sanitation.
Tiu* lirst squadron. Fifteenth I'niled
States Cavalry, Major Rhodes com
manding, arrived during the day in a
heavy downpour of rain after having
been on march from Fort Myers since
Monday. The cavalry will he used In
patrolling the battlefield, regulating
traffic there and guarding the monu
ments from vandalism.
Official I'micrnm,
Pittsburgh, June ?>(>.?The official
program of the celebration of the fif
' (Continued-On Second Page.)
BILL IS LAUNCHED !
ON TROUBLED SEAS
OF LEGISLATION
Currency Measure Pre
sented Both to Senate
and House.
CONSIDERATION
WILL BE HASTENED
It Immediately Meets With At
tack From Republicans, Who
Resent Not Having Been
Consulted as to Its Prepa
ration?Federal Reserve
1 Board Under Fire.
I Washington. Juno 2>1?Th? adminis
tration currency Mil was laun^hed on
the troubled hi-nn of l?gislatl ve con
sideration to-day. wiien It was intro
duced In the .Senate by Senator Owen,
ar.d In the H use by Kepresentati ve
?*,la?s. ?!.?? Itai.kln;: and '"tsrrenc> Com
mittee chairmen Th? House immedi
ately inferred '}?? measure to t!i?
ltankit.g an'". Committee. and
preparation* weie n ;<?!?> f< n- the <om
rn i 11 *-*> to be^in its deliberations to
in"! i ow
Several oli; r.s.n^ had been made in
the bill hb th'? re?-?ilt of the numerous
rorferew e-i in v 1 !<?)) 1'resldent Wil
son, pemo'-rat s of the ll'iuse and Sen
ate committees, Treasury department
<?!!'. lals and committees of hankers
took part, follow!) u the publication
<>f th<- proposed measure several days
HK'>. The r|:;itiKCF embodied some <?f
t h '? i>tit;ic*-stb<ns made >. \ those lnter
eh t <<l ;r\ the legislation
Hmvvfi. despite ??ames' appeals
that the Ki-deral resetve board to ? n
trol tie proposi I row 'U!ienf> system
be in-'irased, a nd that the bankers l..e
Kiven r?-pt'-seritatii'. . no change in this
provision w . k ide The board will
.consist <?( se\e: !?..??? to lie appointed
b\ the I':.. :?!<?? t the Senate. Sen
ator ? ' imrnir s templates proposing
at: amendment wht h would make the
boa rd a ri c|w live boo ?
ItelllMcrlcri In Mill.
Ilelnsert<d in the bill was the orlc
1:.1 pi i'poj>ltt"ii f"r I'tiiini; 11. *? pr<-s
ent lat.it iid'.i'j within twenty year?
and ti- substitution of additional
l"c.|e. al votes for ? i-rn This elimi
nates tl>e proposer! limit "f $ .: aii.no|l.f"">
in res.-r v?? Mil r- i ? ? t;titi?.???1 m Hi* bill
as originally Tu;i?i?- publi< In replac
ing the bank nof s the uovernment 2
pei < 'Mil bonds upon which those are
now Issued, will be retur.ded by 3 per
cent bonds. without tli< ? u> ulallon
prlv lb te
Chairman Glass tiad" preparations
for the spe.-d\ ? .? of the bill
by tlie House < Illllllltt"' II- secured
the pas-aye tritoin.' th> Hous< of two
' resolutions to :.-i' illt.it> the work ? >n
pr?"\Med f-r tl'.e pi:i t 111i_- and dlstribu
tloll ? <?? r,pi,.> of the I . TV bill
The othei. w lib I-, w a.? pass-il after a
partisan discussion, provided |5.noo for
the payment oi . xp< rts to \?. . mployed
t.\ the comtr.itte.
I .epvibli a:. I.eadei Maim do.dared
tie latter |.-solution p o-.ably w ould
bad to "mot.- p.Tinri ati< waste"
He p .tr Tell o It that t ? n.om \ ti ust
?ominlttee !?, the last Congress ii'uan
it- probe ? ii a i'ppropi lat Ion.
I but that before the committee . 'ill
[eluded its wirk, had fx
p. n.led.
Mnnn Mlnrks Method*.
Mr Mann attacked the n i - ? 15 ? . ? i - used
in prep-nil.- tn< lull introduced to
,|;4\ p. obi- ' t-'.| to the .-tat C|| ent of
Pre-lib ni Wilson t:>at 11-.? ? ??nib?-i> of
the Hanking aiM ?'urrency i "(jp.inittee
hail been ?>>nsulted in framinc t!.-- bill
' The President. he said. ' w as a llt
I tie loose as to h.ic facts or a little
carol.ss as to his lanpuaee The He -
publican members of the committee
were not consulted The Jo-mocratlc
members were
At to-moriow's meetlne the House
committer will take up the <juestion
of holdine public hearliiRs- on the bill
and will eonsider a resolution proposed
by a subcommittee providing that all
?ifiik'iuim of the committee durum the
consideration of th? bill should be open
to til. ptlblle
Senator We.-ks. of Massachusetts, a
Heptibliian member of the Senat. Cur
rency Committee, and a former member
of the National Monetary Commission,
jsctjod a sta-tement to-da> in which he
lircerl immediate action toward cur
rency reform, hut criticised certain
features of the lit* administration
bi'' , f ,
?1 think the worst feature of tn?
bill 1- tiie Federal r-s. i ve board as t
constituted, ami the extravagant
pnwi-r- ul\en to it." he said I am
unalterablv oppose 1 to an vtiilim which
savors of political i^tluences ha vim;
any connection with our hankinn s
tem There is vested In this board
great. '? power, and of a ccntrali/ini;
tendency, than has ev-v been proposed
for an organization by anv jiartv at
any time, cither In this country or
abroad.
"I have been, and am now. extremely
d^irou.c of stt ppnr t i t s u the President
in this lepislation. which should from
every ctandpoint 1 ??- nonpartisan. Willi
this Idea in mind I took occasion near
ly a month auo to say to a prominent
memlx 1 of the administration, who
has been active in the framing of this
l.111. that l thought the minority mem
bers of the Hanking and Currency
Committees of the Senate and the
I fousc Hhould have an opportunity to
insp< ct the proposed legislation be
fore the administration had put its
stamp of approval on it. ?
lle<l?icNt Not (.rallied.
"This request has not been granted.
The bill has been framed and repeat
edly revised without any minority
member of Congress having an oppor
tunity to Inspect it. The president,
as fiir back as .lime 1!>. invited the
members of the Hanking and ' urrency
Committee of the Senate to a confer
ence to be held the evening of lune
25, at tho White House, and about the
same time the proposed bill was given
to the public.
"Having this Invitation, the members
of the Banking and Currency Commit
tee \ver? not In a position to diseu?s
or criticize the bill until they had
attended the conference to which they i
had been invited. Hut in the mean-;
time, the chairman of the Committee
on Hanking and Currency, the Sorre
""(Continued on Third Page.) |
COURT ESPIONAGE
HOILY DENOUNCED
: BY FEDERAL JUDGE
| Emory Speer Tells Law
yers Present Situation
Is Intolerable.
MAKES ATTACK
ON "INQUISITION"
In Address Before Bar Associa
tion, Georgia Jurist Scathingly
Rebukes Methods by Which
Judges May Be "Defamed"
and "Disgraced" With
out Defense.
i
Fn Turrt Criticism
'V* .r t ";"n t of .r.ifitlco for "arbi
c" "r ''iv,-stiKatloTi" of
Ffl ral Jude..s t,y m,..of oxarn|n^I5(
,,-:nior-v Sp??r. l-nit-.i
r ?? t"r th? Southern District
of iWrIh. was a feature of the an
nual t!na of th'- lown Ptate Bar
Association, which m?t h*-r? to-day
Judg? sr...?r sf.ok" with ur-at v lKor
ar i'*mphasj?. fl?riariric situation
"s ^Intolfr;,H? said j? |iar,
-Ni'-rr. t-.-rons than !h? pow?r to
.1 SqURllf;. ? pow^r ,n
disgrace an'! d< fain? hlni. Mv brethren
' "*k onsMer If. In th? utter
absenm of a!! ,-,arcr.. h,
Is not th- r" 1 af!op,r.rl m-thod of
arbltrn r v i-spir- ;i S(. .,r investigation of
a mig". ir.,ic> by "xarnln-TS. ;is th*v
ar- "rmi-'l, ..f t h?- r>epartm?nt of .Jus
t'ir,>i'-i 'I ? direct onlp]- r.f the At
Torri'->-i ;??( ? ra] maltreat American
Judges with I'liiftl and appnr?? ri1I v cal
lous ImJIff.-r-nc.. ,h?lr reputation
.ami good naii.n"
Ifn* A t tornr r-i;?.|ternl Ihc Might.
"I speak rally and with nil
due <l..f. r< : ?? ,-m ) rrspw-t for the head
"f a ?lepn rtrj,< n r who I*; v-officio th?
leader of x,?..r|(.a! l>ar H* Is
however. ? . l.n.llTn .o?r?o| f?r
,h" K->% < r i.nv : t an.: no matter how
? ??nsMerate. l.ow r-.juablo In thought
and How ootnpl.-t i-l\ non
partisan h- t v oucht any lnw
'?'?t have inquisitorial power over th**
< 11'! i? ? - who i >. ? . tl> his i ase, and. least
?f all. shotjM this power It exercised
't! a !a ml wh- r*- 11:?? Independence of
tli- Judiciary Is the very fo<in<latlon
*? t? ??i?? ..f the national strurtute? Is it
ti? ? Indeed 11;to 1 ? i able that the law -
\'t who 1 s th- leading < o n m-1 for ihe
K"\<t nm-n' shall have wlthi:. ? i ipower
and font io! t;,. imht to qvi> stioii the
honor an<l rharattot, oHlrlai and per
sonal. of the iu<!t- upor. ?hum ?|e
t. i minat! -ri ..f .ill national jurisdiction
'Hift i|epet i Trui-. 'Ill v.tcni-y
?b .-i-rnl ran a< t a* anv time an?l make
.hi', a' ? its.i11on thinks proper, as
i an '<? iv < itir.i ii. b it ? ai. he l onstitii
tl"ii.?l!\ i \ei t tin poH. is, detail the
? >ihi lals. itll./.. "!:e ia> hii.- r; and i-\
5i"I '!l'? ti. uivy ?11 th" ? v\. ? t:tn? r11 In
inquisitorial ??x.itnlnations a Jud^n,
appointed tiie I'rijsldetit an<l ron
l>\ the Senati . ami who holds
his "Hi. i ilui ini: coo'l in-liavior Where
is th?* rt ? > t:t itional rich? or statutory
?iiitliorlt >
"I'oev tills not .Otnmlt ti a lawyer
'?ii ?>ne j ill* ??{ a multitude of cases t}?>
ML-l.t to in \ estic a t e the title t,, his
?? '* ?? of t lie trial or appellate Judge,
and if tl .s i mild ever be pro per 1\ done,
f-ho'lid it e\.?> lie done without notice
t'i tl ? judue and information to him of
complaints against liim'.' Would even
the I': ? t, with all his initiative
and p??wc:, attempt this and if the
\tt"': ? 11enera 1 has no such power,
ln^ i \am i 11 e i lawfully ,*i p p e( r at
'?u conn and officially enter upon the
ir.pi -it ion of a Judge'.' And. finally, if
tt i*r ?? e\e: could be a shred of proprietv
m such action, should it ever be done
when the court is in actual session and
when the judge should he undisturbed
in tluse nhsotbinc. intense and e\a>-'
Inc i n t elect un | efforts and labor? on
which the rights of property and of
liberty must depend?
function.* Infinitely Grnvc.
"Who Is the examiner of the Depart
ment of Justice?
1 have looked in vain through the
statutes to tlnd the definition of his
? titles I his critic and censor of judges
need not be a practitioner or even a
lawyer Koi many years, however. I
h".\e obsei ved that they were restricted
to examine and report on the marshal
clerk and other disbursing < Mi. e, s
most .->f whom are directlv ;.pp .jnt-d
by the I >cpa rt ment of Justice, and who.
oi course, should be i espon,-!\'e thereto
Now however, they exercise functions
in tint tol> graver. Infinitelv more dan
S<ro?is to the three-fold distribution of
power under the Amerban system The
< ourt may be in session. The r.\;> miner
appears upon the scene It i<. , ,,?{.r
gl\en out to ihe neuspapci.s that lie is
to Investigate the Judge ||,. appears
>n court lie casts a critical eye on the
proceedings and sometimes takes notes,
wit i an air not whollv insigniilcant.
He interviews disgruntled attornevs.
?^omctimes. when a ruling is made, he
hastens to the nttorney losing ami sut;
gest.s errors. He takes statements of
i stubborn debtors, whom the judgments
and decrees of courts have obliged
most u n Willi ng l.v. to pav iheiv .i.bts'
\ll till, quirinuncs of the communitj are
? ?ii the alert. The examiner is a per
son ,.t largest consequence He seems
'" hold the fate of the judge ,,, the
i hollow ot his hand
All ? the while, lie it remembered,
?here ,s nol :i Maid- (lf mputnble.
j-ensuie or criticism pending against
j-' judge where alone charges should
?e made and that iti the appropriate
ofilces of the repre.senta! I\ es of the
people, to whom are committed as well
the l ights of their constituent s to an
"plight ami honest judiciarv ami the
honor and character of judges who
are presumed to h;;v- done their duty.
^ ( lilt hit for
In the meantime, the e.vaniiner im
parts to the judge no inforimitiou
whatever of any complaint. There is
tlK-n no chance for defenpe, even if
defense to an unauthorized inquisition
? "" 'itiauthori/.ed inquisitor was not
unworthy of the judicial station. Who,
then, can forecast the report the ex
"miner will make.' When it will he
made is equally uncertain. Kinally,
? he At torney-Ccmral himself inforuis
the public in the most public way, that
(Continued on Seventh Pi<o
j VIKfilMA IIKACK.
Th* famous Cnnnoii Mall train, loavln*
I Byrd Strert station a. ;! ,,-k. mnl.c"
? lose connect Inn In fnlon Drpol. Norfolk
i , ,n 1 exproii^ to VlfKlnln Keach. thus
,r""?f*r "f l??s?enger? and i.nK
1 S'ikc.?Ad vert Irctnrnt.
BITTER ATTACK 1
MADE ON WILSON
| AND If REYNOLDS
i
McNab Case Furnishes
Material for Vitri
olic Shafts.
USED BY MANN AS
PARTY MATERIAL
Minority Leader Charges That
Discharged * District Attorney
Has "Made President and
Attorney-General Not Only
Beg Question, but Eat
Their Words."
i Washington. ,Tun<> 21? In a vigorous
speech In the House to-day, Represen
tative Mann, of Illinois, the Republican
leafier, attacked Attorney-General Mc
Keynolds foi postponing the white
niaVecas^s in ,?.m Francisco, critIcty.ed
. Commissioner-General Camlnetti. of the
Immigration Bureau, fathei of one of
the rltfondantf, and declared that Dis
trict Attorney M-Nub had "inao? the
President and A tTorn- v -< ienera 1 not
only to beK til' question, but to eat
th-lr words"
"Fright?ner] rabbits.'' .Mr. Mann
said, ? ri-ver not awn> quicker than the
President ar-.il the A t tor nev - Genera.!
?'h"ti tins matter was brought up."
Mr Mam declared that t h?- Presi
dent and th" Attorney-General "had
pe.nr.it ted the;ns?lves to b- used to
prevent th* e n/orcement of a great
moral reform law," ani Insisted that
the administration's ?xuuse for the
postponement, "offered to cast ignom
iny upon on" official in the Depart
ment of .Iusti^o who has bravery, cour
? si sr? and knowledge ,.f how to do
, things,'1 was w?>rse than the "offense."
^haft iit < nmlnettl.
"The young* i I'amlnotti Is a youth
f :l boy of tw< nt\ ->? veu years, with,
I belle'-e. s"v.>i.il hildren," continued
the speaker, "and it was desirable to
have his father at the trial to pro
tect hitr. in h:s s illebss innocenco,
having only si-ven lawyers to do so.
His father had h?-en appointed Com
missioner-General of Immigration, one
of th" duties of which ofll.-.e is to en
force iicth the Mann and Bennett
white slave laws in reference to the
deportation of aliens brought hei-e for
immoral ;.urp?>.-rs ? r. tine man to place
in that position wiios-* prin-ipal ob
, Ject is to leave his offi'-e in older to
I to t<. th'- sld< i I his twenty-seven
j year-old son tinder trial for a white
slave o ff e p. s ??
'The action now tak^n is pure
hypocrisy. Manliness su-h as I
would have expected from the Chris
tian. moral centb'inan occupying the
White IImUs . would have required him
t'> ask the district attorney to with
draw his resignation and try the
i-.is?s. h? bei.~. g most familiar with
th? m The> have accepted ihe resig
nation ?.f the district attorney, and
! dismissed the ' ifi? ? i" who worked up
? these cases.
'I su.-pc t th'- older Camlnetti and
possi d> th ? iui ioi ?"aaiini'tti ihrv he
unit* willing t ? have the case speed
ily tried when the f.-w nv-n who were
familial with the crsc, and who have
worked it t;p. are fir.-d out of the ser
vice o?-f'-re any on* else has time to
1 e .rn 11 th- circimstan> ? s of the
Case "
tin port ii lire l-'.xnKRcrn ted.
Mr .Vat.n chirped that h? n--w
?" t ? ? 111 ? ? t .f "i.- seemed to have an
e.\i r.eerat'-d importance in their o** n
< y-s ana an exaggerated idea of the
inf :? lice ef ?arb
A former member of this House
? ? 'ontlri'ied i in Third Page.)
Husband Is Bound for Europe,
While Wife Consults Her
Attorney.
[Special to The Times-1 ?ispatch. 1
New York. .1 line'2"' Mrs Clarence H.
Mack ay hurtled to town thin afternoon
from her countrv home at Uoslyn. K. I .
to confer with lie- attorney, Henry \\\
Taft. Her sudden appearance, upon
the heels of the departure <>f her hus
band for Ktirope. on Wednesday aboard
the 1 to per; iui. gave rise to a report
that she contemplated some legal ac
t Ion.
At the ofllce of Mr. Taft no word of
Mrs Macka.v's visit was given out. Mr.
Taft. in anbwer to all questions, replied
thai lie could not discuss the affairs of
a client.
"Does Mrs. Maekay contemplate a
proceeding in court?" was asked of Mr.
Taft. through his associate, John F.
i 'harl ton
"We cannot speak of Mrs. Macka.v's
visit to the city," was; the response.
A suggestion that Mrs. Mack a y had
sailed, early in the da>. upon I,a Prance,
to intercept her husband, with their
three children, was waved aside by her
a t tornevi
"Mrs. Maekay did not sail." replied
'#ne of the lawyers 'She has no in
tention of goinc abroad at this time.
So far as we know. Mr- Mackny in
tends to stay here indel'ii-.it?? 1 \ "
At the Macltav home at Hostyn no
information as to the plans of Mr.
Maekay or his wife was ventured I,ate
last night Mrs. Maekay informed inter
viewhs that no papers in any action
started by Mr. Maekay had hoen served
upon her.
KITorts to reach Mrs. Mackav to-day
were futiUv At her home word was
given out that Mrs. Maekay was in
town, and that It was not known when
she would return. That she had any
intention of joining Mr.Maekay abroad
was declared to be unknown at the
- Poslyn home.
At Mr. Mnckay's office at the Postal
j Telegraph and Cable Company extreme
reticence was manifest ovei Mr. Mac
kay's trip abroad. No information was
forthcoming as to Macka.v's purpose in
sailing.
The abrupt departure of Mr. Maekay
(Continued On Third Page.)
J OH \ A. L I It 1 IS.
JOSEPH E. WILLARD
IS GOING 10 SPAIN
Richmond Man Gets Important
Madrid Pr.<t Instead of
Brussels.
GERARD GOES TO BERLIN
Forma! Announcement Is l?x
jtected Soon From White
House.
? Washington. June 2fi.?President
Wilson's diplomatic slat" Is being
whipped into shape, and aunounce
ments will soon be made, it is under
stood. of th* selections to the places not
, yet tilled
.Joseph !?: W i Hard. former Mew
i tenant-tJ'jveriior Virginia, now is
I slated for Madrid Re.-,-ntly he had
been | Ior n,.|ct,,In |t )1(lt
boon decided upon who will take his
place <>n the list for Brussels.
For the Periin embassj the P r e s i -
dem has <i?rn i*-l\ decided upon Jus
tice- J \\ ?}ei ai d, <?'" tli.' Supreme (Jourt
of .New York Justice <;-rard is re
puted to he a we.iith\ iii.in. and as the
requirement;; ..j th- Hoi lin position are
I plenty of money, not furnished whollv
hv the government. Justice lierard will
, be in position to represent the gov
i eminent in whatever style is neces
j sary
j Justice < .epard sai|e<-| from Now
? York yesterday without knowing he
I had been transferred on the Presi
dent's list from Madrid to Berlin. After
'a short trip abroad, however, he is ex
pected to return t<> Washington before
t finally tnkinc up residence in Berlin.
Open for Mr. MrCvmlifi.
William F McComhs, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
j and now abroad for his health, is ex
j pected to accept the French ambassa
dorship Tin* president has held the
position open for Mr Mcf'ombs. who
has declined the offer several times,
t but has at the same time appeared to
regard the p!a< e as just what lie wants
if iiis health and his finances will per
mit acceptance Mr. McComhs has been
abroad some weeks and will be back
in this count r> in about ten dais, re
turning with Colonel K M. Mouse, a
close, personal friend of the President.
The tinnl ?? ;-ioii ? >f Mr Mcf'ombs may
not made until his return.
K.v-dov. ! r.ur Ib-nton Mc.Mlllln. ot
Ttf.in-H>-ee. w .is; to-daj. nominate,) as
minister Peru. thus giving that
State a part of the diplomatic pat
ronage.
I home ? Nelson Pa-;e, rccentlv nom
i inated t i !>?> imKissadoi '.>? Italy, will
?>ail fi?t :(??in- tn a few weeks. lie has
| already all d a I Mi" While House to
than'; 'to 'fesi. ? n' and to say that
he js p -paring to sail at an earl''
date
August is Thomas, the playwright,
whose oiiii" has frequently been men
tioned :o: a liploniatic post, does rpt
want '?> - ? a'-road. ami is noi a can- i
dld i: f >i an." po.-itlon. The Pre? i
i dent, -on. vei. is considering him for j
i an important position in this coun
try.
Frank ! \*'al:d?. of Kansas City.
,\|. . pi-, b. I v. i'l lie st I cl. (I h> Pi ' si- |
.lent W II- i "i 1 ha lima u of : he i ti - |
'.::sti il I ? lain u . Commission, to!
stud lie relations of capital ami
labor i s- laiins itordcti 11..; rmiali
all'idy .'.as ?? II cllosi'11 f"I a plli'e oil
t he boai >i
\ oinlna tioij* Made.
Til P ? is id eli t to-day made the fol
low inn iiomi nations:
j Ministers \ I? i I Schliiedema iln.
I if i\'isci'ii.-'i,i. to Norway, and Hcnton
McMillan. ..I |Y linos.-ee. t.. Pera I'oq
i sul at Milan. Italy, Nathanbl H. St?w
; art. ot tieo >.i i.
i Secii I. of embassy. Pio <le Ja
neiro. it a/.il. J nutler Wright, or
j Wyoming
Secret ir ef legation. Brusnels, Bel
i giuni. Fred Morris r> tiring, of Mis
sourl.
Mcnibei of the Isthmian canal Com
missi >n, IJicharo l?ee Metralf, Nc- j
braska.
i'nited States attorney, district oi j
(Continued on Second Page.;
DESPERATELY ILL
ICE WEDNESDAY
Gallant Confederate Made Brave
l'iglit. When Strength
\\ as Failing.
HARBOR MASTER MANY YEARS
Won Distinction in War Time L?v
Running Blockade lor
C .?nlederacv.
aptain John A. Curtis harbor niss
t*'i r.f I;ii-hni"n1. iim fur several tonus
a menibe-r of * he House of Oelegates,
died this morning ai o'clock at
liis home. 15 North Twenty-ninth
Street, in his eiL.htb-th vr;ir, after .1 I
brief liliess Ii ? was ? m ;. of the
most widf-i known an.) hichlv es- j
teemed r*? *n 11 nictmiond. having- had
a unique ?-are?r dating back to the
? lays of s;*.v< s*a U, \? h u In was
first a shipmaster. and Inter ship
handler located in Richmond. Ills
wartime experiences in the little
navy of ttie Confederacy are a chap- j
t'-r of da rinc seldom . >: ? died Tn his
later > ears his e\p 11 ? ? .1 an I advice
have been on. ;antl\ at th-> I'omnialid
of the city in tlv i'.ipi iv.>iiioiit of the
river and harbor, i .. :ni< rest in the
water and in plans for 1 ?'storiti-.* the
shipping of this po,-t h.-inu keen to
the time of his death In 1 he Legis
lature he had always fought hard for
the b 'St 'nter<-sts of ISIchmond.
Interested in Campaign,
.-ufferli.R from the infirmities of asre.
Captain Curtis was 'innble to take
pntt in the recent campaign for the
Hons.- of l>. b Rates, in which he was
a candidate Once or twice he dro-e
to public halls and mad" brief ad
dresses, but ins stre'icri h was not et|iial
to an assr >s: lve campaipn Notwith
standing the fact that he made prae
ti? a 11 > no canvass. h< ran sixth on the
ticket fo-- tli.' House of I ?oleg.i?os, be
ing defeated, acrotding to the final
count <?f the ballots, by only tliirty
eight Vfit? s
hast Sunda.v Captain Curtis was
stricken with an acute attack of ^t.'tii
ach ? rouble, from ? hich he never re
covered i I >> aind icinnined cIoim un
iil y "s I et d.if1 I! 1> 'iarciti has
been in eons' ? I 'ttend.iuce. but since
Wednesday his condition had been I
critical. his advanced nee and frilling
strength not :id:ig hi:u to withstand
the prolonged attack When the end
came he was surrounded by his ?hil
ten and te||> fives
Itnil \ d 1 en < (irons 1 nre?>r.
t'aptiilt! .Nihil A Curtis, of Flichmond. ,
was ) 11 .11: i g ti ish ed for adventurous and
valuable service to the Confederate
cause. Me was born at Hiimpton, \'a.,
in I ?>" 4 Krotn the ag.- of fourteen
> eai s lie was .i student of seamanship,
v. irli practical experience atloat on the
rivers, bay and coast In May. I SKI.
at twentv -seven years of n.z<\ he en
listed as a private in Co-np. , v y (>)
* he Thi 11 v second \*i??*.? ini.< Infantry, I
and was engaged with 1h.1t command'
?hi the Peninsula, Ugh tint; it |: i ^
Hethel. In the following October he
w:,s detailed on account of his naval
skill tr. navigate a schooner on the
.lames Hive:. and from this position he
;vn? promoted to supcrlntei of
11 it: 1 s pot t a 11 < ? t 1 on the .lames |{iver and
Kan.uha Canal, under command of
M.tbo is Clinic Johns In the spring of
l>'." he recetv.-d .1 commission as act
i"i; mastei in the Confederate States
Navy deporting to Major Norris. chief
? 'jnal ollicei at Richmond, he was as-'
signed to duty in the secret service
crossing the James l{:ver to I'.i.v M
Point for military i::formafion. which
occupied him during- the wdite- 1m;;.
?l The, : ei e. t
linker. C !? N. at hi 1,1110, ? |,.. ua?
!*-?ned to diiiv tititU Lieu tenant- 1
( ? : 11; 1 ? ? ? *n'|.>a\ Idson. ir. charge
of the tojpe.l . service 0:1 the James
11 i ver.
Kxploilot 'I'orpedo.
H "> vv a recoji it command of a 1
dn??ins.- expedition j,gains! the shipping
.-?r Newport N'cwti sailing in a steam
launch shtnon fee: b>nr;. and carrying j
a toipedo centa'uilijl sixtv-thiee poiinils j
of povvfW r, which he succe.ssfulv . \. j
plodud tin Mr the t inted States frleate
Minnesota, damaging her so much as
(Continued On Second Page.) |
PALMIER REVEALS
AMAZING DETAILS
OF DEEP-LAID PLOT
Names of House Lead
ers Used to Further
Conspiracy.
STORY STARTLES
INVESTIGATORS
Mysterious Person Who Imper
sonated Congressman Believed
to Be Known?Lewis Cass
Ledyard, One of Victims,
Called to Testify?Lau
terbach Enters Denial.
Wnnlilneton. .Mine "(i.?The story of
nn effort t? soil a polil hriek to Wall
Street anil how It nns foiled was told
In part to the Senate "loli'i JInvcstl
gntiiiK eommlttee to-nlclil nt one of
(lir must srn-tn t Ion-producing sr??loti(i
tt h:.'* held In It* ntonny career. It
was n tnle of how Influence "in to l?c
exerted Iti the sent* of the mighty In
\\ nshlngtnii to prevent unfni orable In
vestlun t Inns Into the doings of the
Street, of how Inw suits that the finnu
elnl Interest* In New 1 nrK would not
like were to he prevenled. nnil ol how
tlie sold brick seller nn? ri'iiitiiIIt to
proteet the Interests of the clients he
solicit) In the potitlenl kiiiiic In the
capital.
Representat ive Mitchell Palmer,
<>f Pennsylvania, one of the prominent
Pemocrats in the House, mentioned for
Secretary of War in the preinaugura
tlon days, and a close friend of the
President, told the story, and Kdward
Lauterhaeh. a New Vork lawyer, and
Representative Iianiel .1. Rlordan, of
New York, cave the committee oorne
light on its details.
I.edjiiril Kolls Plot.
According to Mr Palmer. Lewis Cass
Ledyard. another New Vork lawyer,
was the man who was largely instru
mental in foilinr the plot The name
of the man v'.v proposed to do all
these things in Washington was not
given to the committee, although Mr.
Palmer acknowledged that he had
strong suspicions of his identity.
Mr Palmer told the committee that
the representations of influence in
Washington had gone so far r.s to
bring in the names of the Speaker, of
the majority leader in the House and
at least two other prominent met!
whose names he did not give, lie said
that after Mr. I.edvatd had engaged
in tnan> telephone conversations with
the man who had all the.se goods for
sale hi Washington he had met lid
ward Lautcrbach, .1 New Vork attor
ney, under the supposition that Lnu
terhach was repiesenting the user of
the telephone.
Lautcrhach was itt the committee
room, and listened to all the testl
1 runny of Mr. Painter, who spent near
ly tw 1 hours on the stand. L?:?tor, he
denie.l that he tried to secure em
! ploymenl with hig interests in Now
Vork on tit- strength of supposed
power in th? ? capital lie swoti that
his only e: f or t was t. -restore the
entente cordial'"" h* had previj } ly
1 enjoyed with Mortran &? Co.. and
which he thought had been broken ba
1 ause of his friendlj, relations with
David Lamar. whom he described as
1 a "Wall Stivet operator," who usually
operated on the "hear side of the
street "
tin* Fie tteinlleil to stnnil.
j Ar a ivt:uP. of Mt l.a aterb ivh's tes
; timopv. Hi minittee probably v. Ill
call Lamar. tteorge !?' Raker, of the
1 First National Rank, of New Vork;
' Pitil P 'ravn.h, Kranci- Lynde Stet
son. and Mr Ledyard. ill New York
Continued on Seventh Page.
FATHER GETS BACK"
"HIS SPANKED GIRL
Sixteen-Year-Old Helen Mc
Carthy Found Wander
ing in Park.
[Special to Tite Times-Dispatch.}
New York. June 2*?Helen Mc
Carthy, the sixteen-year-old daughter
of John A McCarthy, of Albany. X.
V.. v* ho disappeared from her father's
apartment in the Hotel Hargrave after
he had spanked her last Tuesday morn
ing. was found late this afternoon in
Washington Park, in upp<r New York
<'it\ The ssirl was unable at first to
answer tin- <|Uestions of the police and
her identity was established through
a gold seal ring which site wore, and
which had belonged to her older sis
ter. now dead
On being notified that his daughter
had been found, Mr McCarthy hurried
to the station house and the greeting
he pave his daughter was most affec
tionate. The father clasped his daugh
ter In his arms and told her over and
over how sorry he was that he had
punished her. and asked her for for
glvcncss. Helen was still somewhat
dazed anil did not appear entirely to
understand h>-r father's words. She ac
companied her father home after be
ing examined by ! >1 Shaw.
When found, the girl was taken to
the St Nicholas police station, where
she was fc'! '?"d placed in the hands of
a physician. The girl's clothing were
torn and .iisheveled. After eating
ravenously she began to mumble
something iliout "Father spanked me."
In a f? w moments she admitted that
she was Helen McCarthy, and said she
had run away from home of Iter own
accord, chiefly because she had been
spanked. She denied absolutely that
she had been lured away or that she
had been in the company of any other
person since leaving the hotel on Tuea
da> morning.
Helen said she hail spent all of her
time in Washington Park sleeping un
der tlic trees or bushes at night and
roaming about In the daytime. She
said she bad washed her face and
hands in a stream and had been to It to
drink many times, but she was uncox>
tain as to how she had eaten, and eaue*
daily since Tuesday. When found, the
McCarthy girl carried a little mesh baj|j
In which was SS cents, and wore
string of gold beads and the seal ring.
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