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THE TIMES KOUNDEC iS&G.
THE DISPATCH FOUNDED 18M.
WHOLE NUMBER, 19,395.
RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, JUNE 28,1913.
THE WBATHER TO-DAT?Fair.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
VIA VINDICATED
BY STATE BOARD !
OF EDUCATION
Despite Charges, Pat
rick Superintendent
Is Re-Elected.
THIRTY-SEVEN MEN
WIN POSITIONS
Division Superintendents Named
After Five-Day Session?Ten
Contests Go Over to August
Meeting?Board Holds
Harmonious Meet
ing.
Atter k. session lasting five days, tho
State Board of Education announced
laot night the election of thirty-seven
?llvln!on aupurlntondenta for tho pub
lic schools of Virginia. For four days
the hoard n.it fr> public, hearing from
The candidates and lifting varloua
charges. VuHierday wa? apent in
cutlve session in the Governor's olllce.
It was announcer! afterwards that tho
elections had boon harmonious, and
?while not by unanimous vote In every
rate, members of the board generally
believe that tho host interests of the
schools have h'-en served. Ten contest
ed cases were passed by until tho next
meeting of th- board on August 15. in
order to allow tho members time to
examine certain Indorsements and to
Inquire mor<? closely Into local condi
tions. In tho case of Bristol city tlie
election was passed by for tho pres
ent, tho law providing for tho appoint
ment of one of tho local school trustees
to serve until certain local conditions
ran b?? adjusted.
Ornrgr \V. Via Re-Klertcd.
George \V Via. superintendent of
t"<-hools of Patrick County. against
whom fhargos afTectlnc his moral
character and bis methods of ronduct
Ing tho schools wet"' Introduced, was
jo-elected Mr Via drilled all of the
? harges, and In s"n< Instances was
phlo to Introduce affidavits explaining
v. hat wore regarded by tho other side
a *? suspicious circumstances With dl
rectly conflicting ??virience and many
indications of local prejudice, his re
election by th" board Is taken as a
complete vindication. 1 K. French,
superintendent of schools in Dlcken
fun t'ounty. against whom certain
? harg' s wore brought. which were
later proved to l>?- forgeries, was also
re-elected The Nansemond County
i aso, about which there was some con
troversy, was among those passed by
until August la Some of the Northern
Neck counties were passed by, not .be
cause of any lack of available candi
dates. but because the State board Is
considering the rearrangement of the
divisions, groupinir the counties more
compactly.
I.title 1'olltlo*, Snj Member*.
Party polities figured but 1 '? 111 r- In
the elections, it was stated Twenty
four of the thirty.seven elertloris are
of incumbents, they being given the
benefit of the doubt save where aire
oi ill health tendered a change deslt
pble Among the new men. it was stat
ed. ma\ be found those closely affiliated
with the dominant or machine wing of
the Democratic party, at least two
known antimachine men. and several
who have not taken prominent part In
politics
Several members of the hoard ex
pressed themselves as highly satisfied
with the result of the election. Su
perintendent Stearnes saying that it
has passed off with less division of
opinion and less acrimony than an\
election of division superintendents in
many years It will be recalled that
when the State board mot in May it
re-elected about fifty superintendents
who had no opposition, including Dr.
' fContinued On Seventh Pago )
VICTIMS BLOWN
10 PIECES WHEN
! CARGO EKPLODES
Five Men Known to Be
Dead in Oil Tank
Disaster,
i /
MORE THAN DOZEN
.UNACCOUNTED FOR
; !
; Carelessness of Workman With I
j Lighted Candle Believed- to j
Have Been Responsible?Score
of Men Blown Overboard
and Rescued Unhurt?Ex- j
plosion Heard for Miles.
i
New York, June 2'.?Two hundred'
tons of fuel oil or. board the stoel tank
eler"mer Mohawk, ewnec by the Stand-,
nr'I Oi! Company, exploded with a tor- J
j rifle I'jnr and a bins', of flame* this1
{afternoon w hile the vessel was at an-j
' chor off Tompklnsvllle. Staten Island, i
j In New York Hay. killing five persons
i and Injuring nix others. A dozen more!
are unaccounted for. but are believed 1
i to have been rescued. Two bodies were ^
i seen floating In the hold while fire- '?
i boats were still pouring streams of1
water into the wrecked steamer' late [
, to-night. The other Ihr'-e victims prob
ably were blown to pieces, ?fhe dead:
l'.il?oril Donahue, thirty-five yearn 1
' ol?|. Htenui fitter, llrooklyn.
John llonvnn, twenty-five yearn old,
a much I n lot, IIrook I j n.
Two unldru tilled snllor*, members of
I tlie Mdhnrrk'N crew.
fourth rniclnerr of the Mohnirk, a
: foreigner; nnuie not obtnlnnble.
| tiuntavo Kltngren. forty years old. a
pipe titter, was probably fatally burned,
while I'hlllp I.epic, thirty-two years
old, sailor, and Herman Weissmann,
thirty-one, sailor, received serious In-I
| Juries.
j Percy 1'ayne. a machinist, and Third
Engineer Vandegrled, of the Mohawk,,
i were slightly burned
Carelessness of a machinist's helper
| was reported to have caused the explo- i
sion. Fifty men. Including the crew
; and twenty machinists who were mak- 1
i ing repairs preparatory to the Mo
hawk's departure for Tuxpan. Mexico,
to-morrow morninc. were on board A
helper was declared to have dropped a
washer into the hold below the lira j
room Seeking to recover it, he is be- '
lieved to have carried a lighted candle, j
I which caused combustion among gas '
I generated In the hold
The explosion was heard for majiy j
' miles. A 200-foot Dash of flames, a
' col urn h of smoke, the detonation of aj
j volcano of debris, and the Mohawk '
I settled aft. while fire boats, wrecking ?
? tugs and other harbor craft hurried to i
the scene from all directions.
A score of men who were blown
cverbonrd were rescued unhur t Others I
i clung to stanchions and rails or hud- 1
died in the how, whence they were '
dragged to safety on boats.
Shortly after ? o'clock to-night the I
fire was under control and the crew!
(returned on board and began pulling'
th? vessel out. The stern was com
| pletelv under water, but It is believed
the steamer can be got Into drydock
? for repairs.
JUDGE SPEER UPHELD
Ilnr AsNoclatlon Itrsnlvex Aicnlimt K?
plonnge of ( otirtM.
Sioux City. Iowa. June 27.?Concur
rence with the declaration of Ktnorv I
Speer. of Macon, via.. Federal judge of
. the Southern Georgia District, that
the espionage of judges and their
j courts by the Department of Justice j
? was un-American, and should be abol- I
' Ished. made In his address yesterday
j to tho con von t ion, was ox pressor] bv
. resolutions at the meeting of the Iowa I
I State Bar Association to-day.
ONE MAN LIES DEAD
OTHER BADLY INJURED
Mystery Surrounds Shooting, in
Which Two X. & \Y. Knginecrs
Arc Principals.
HAD BEEN BEST OF FRIENDS
Waverly Blanks Says Geo. W
Xunnally f*"ired on Him, Then
Ended Own Lite.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch ]
Petersburg. Vn , June 27.?George W. '
Xunnally lies dead in his room at the
house of Mif Ij. H. Hayden, on Grove 1
Avenue, with a bullet wound through
his heart, and Waverly Blanks is in
the hospital with a bullet in the abdo- ;
men, the result <<t a shooting which '
occurred In Xunnally's room to-night
about ;?:30 o'clock. The shooting is a
mystery. Moth men are engineers on j
the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and
apparently had been the best of
friends.
According to the statement of Mrs.
1,. II. Hayden, who rents a room to j
Xunnally, nianlts who lives with his
family and rents the upper floor of
the house, went Into Xunnally's room
where Xunnally was sleeping and woke '
him up. What passed between the two '
men Mrs. Hayden did not hear, but !
later on she heard loud talking and '
strong language being used by Blanks. !
Mrs. Hayden went to the room and re- !
guested the men to stop, as their bin- :
giiHRC could be heard on the streets ,
and would attract attention. Xunnally j
said that he would, but Blanks told i
her to go away, as It was none of her I
business. A little later the shooting
occurred, and Blanks came out of the
room and told Mrs Hayden that Xun
nally had shot him and then shot him
self. Mrs. Hayden told Blanks that If
he had taken her advice th- shooting
would never have occurred.
Tnken to Hospital. j
Blanks was taken to the hospital at I
fence, and Nunnally waa dead beforo j
any assistance could he rendered him.
A pistol with two of the five 'car- .
trldges fired was found lying on the
floor near the bed upon which Nun- i
nally's body was lying. Nunnall.v wore
only his night clothes at the time of ?
the shooting. There are rumors of
more than two shots being heard, and .
also that Blanks had a pistol and was J
seen with it to-day, but no pistol was j
found on Blanks when he was searched !
at the hospital, the only weapon he
had being a pair of brass knuckles.
Nunnall.v Is a widower and leaves
seven children, who live with rela
tives near DeWltt, In Dinwiddle Coun
ty. Blanks Is married and has two
children. His wife was absent from !
the house at the time of the shooting,
but his children were playing in the j
room' above the scene of the tragedy.
Both men are well known in Peters- !
burg, and were popular with railroad I
men.
The scene of the shooting was visited
by hundreds of people to-night.
Shortly after midnight a pistol was j
found near the Norfolk and Western \
tracks, in tho rear of the Hayden home,
where the shooting took place. Two
bullets had been flred from it. The
watchman at the Dunlop factory re
ported that he had seen a man run in
that direction and throw something
away.
I.IkM on Shooting.
This discovery throws a new light on
the shooting, and Hanks may have to
face a serious charge if he recovers, j
Ills condition is very serious, but not j
necessary fatal.
AVIATOR'S BODY FOUND
Knulgn W. I>. RlUliigsIey Will Br Given
Military Funeral.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch. ]'
Washington, June 27.?Tho body of
Knsign W. D. Billlngsley, who was !
killed in a hydroaeroplane accident j
near Annapolis a week ago, was found
to-day in Chesapeake Bay between i
Kent Island and Greenbury Point, not
far from the point where he fell. The
body was badly bruised, and both legs
had suffered a compound fiacture A
military funeral in honor of the young
oflicer will be held at Annapolis to
morrow morning an<i the body will ]
then be sent to the home of his parents I
in Mississippi. (
NURSE IS KILLED
Murderer Then Sends
Bullet Into Own
Brain.
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
STILL IS UNKNOWN
Bodies of "Women'of Mystery";
Are Found in Room of Hospi- I
tal, Where They Had Been
Employed?Constantly To
gether, but Recently
Quarreled Violently.
rSpeclai to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
New Ynrii, June 27.?Hope of solv- j
!ng the mystery of the murder of
Catherine Laoy, and the suicifle of her
assailant, Rosalie Roque, the nurses
of the Montefiore Home for Chronlo
Invalids ut Ht(ifi)rd tl.'lls, whose oodles
were found in the room of the L~icey
giri to-day, depends upon a letter now
on Its way to Mis. William Lacey, or!
CM W est Brie Street, Oswego, N. I
V., the mother of the murdered will.
Both ijlrls had be?n employed in
various public institutions and private
sanatorium* in and around New Vork
for a long time. Miss Lacey, a beau- ,
tlful blonde, twenty-five years old.
hr.d been employed by Dr H. W. Hitch
cock. of Gieenwlch. and Dr. A J.
Ulvt-ns, of Stamford, Conn, before she
went to th? Monteflor?* Home. .Miss
Roque, It s- a11ra' 11\ e than her friend
and of a distinct .Spanish type, has
been -mpl ,..-d nt th- .Metropolitan I
State Hospital on ^ ard's Island.
A bout March 1 the two girls went
to Charles O Connoi Irwin's nurses'
employment a^< nt'y and asked him to 1
find employment for them together.
He sent them to the Montetiore Home. ;
Miss Lacey w as engaged immediately
and later, at her request. L?r. L I
Rosenberg, s ip-rlntendeut of that
home, employed Hiss Roque.
omen of M.rntery.
At the Hedford Hills institution tin
two w f-re called tli? "women of mys
tery." Wh^n not on duly, they were
constantly together. About two weeks I
ago there \us a violent quarrel.
No one knew the cause, but Miss
Roque, the smaller, assaulted hei
chum with her fists and beat her so
badly that she was not able to work I
for a day. At that time one of the
nurses asked Miss Lacey:
"What is the mystery between you'
and .Miss Roque'.'"
"I eannot tell you," Miss Lacey re
plied. In tears.
Shortly after that incident Miss Lacey
asked Dr. Rosenberg to let her take
her vacation at once instead of Aucust.
as had been planned. Consent was
given and M:ss Lacey planned to leave
July 1. a .lay or two ago .Miss Roque
came to New Vork. and it is believed
she bought the pistol on that trip
W hen Miss Roque was to go on duty
at 7 o'clock Thursday night she could
not be found, and Miss Pauline Cobl
berg was assigned to take her place.
At 7 o'clock this morning Miss Lacey
did not report for duty, and Miss Gold
berg took her pass key and unlocked
the floor of Miss Lacey's room. She
found the bodies of the "women of
mystery. Miss Lacey had been shot
in the back. Two shots fired had missed
their mark and the hyllets were found
in the wall. The Roque girl had fired
a bullet into her own brain, and her
body lay across thiy of her chum.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Lacey gave
one of the patients a letter addressed
tc her mother and asked that it be
mailed, and that Miss Roque be kept In
ignorance of it.
STRIKE IS* ASSURED
Miners In Went Virginia Will <;n Out
Julj- I.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch 1
Charleston. W. Va.. June 27.?Thomas
Haggerty. of the United Mine Workers
of America, stated to-dav thai after
extended negotiations between the New
River Coal operators and theii em
ployers a general strike has been or
dered inaugurated on the tirst (lav of
July in the entire New River field
\ iolations on the part of coal oper
ators in the Taint and Cabin ('reek
a no the < oal River fields are of such
grave importance. Mr. Hatrperty state<l.
that a strike will become effective at
all of t he mines of these sections
where such violations of the terms of
recent settlement have been numerous.
VACATION PLANS !
BRUSHED ASIDE
BY RUSHOF WORK
Wilson ? Compelled to
Forego Trip to Sum
mer Capital.
RAILWAY MERGER
TAKING HIS TIME
President and Attorney-General
Hope to Prevent Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Receivership
by Agreement on Plan Ade
quate to Meet Demands
of Antitrust Law.
Washington, June 27.?President
Wilson late to-day brushed aside all
plans for a week's trip to Cornish, N.
H? the summer capital, to examine
immediately the tentative agreement
reached between Attorney-General Mc
Hey nobis and the railroad attorneys
for the dissolution of the Union Pa
cific merge! in order to prevent, if
possible. the railroad combination
from beiiiK thrown ihto the hands of
a receiver. Unless a method of dls
membering the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific, satisfactory to the
judges of the United States Court for
the Righth Circuit, Is submitted by
July 1. the United States Supreme
Court has ordered the dissolution of
the merger b> government receivership.
MnkliiK Supreme KfTort.
A supreme effort is being made by
the President and the Attorney-Gen
eral to prevent this drastic alternative
by an agreement on a plan adequate
to meet the demands of the Sherman
antitrust law and the mandate of the
Supreme Court. Officials to-night
freely predicted thai the government
and the railroad wouldi present an
agreed plan to the court within the
time limit, although it was stated that
the government's approval in all prob
ability would be qualified. In submit
ting the plan t<> the court, it.is pro
posed to ask tli<* Judges to give a lim
ited time before entering a final decree
within which objections displayed in
the light of further study of the prop
ositions may be filed by the govern
ment or any of the other parties Inter
ested.
It Is understood that the agreement
will i^corporate. as one step in the
dissolution, t lie previously proposed
plan for transferring $3^.000,000 of
Southern Pacific stock held by the
Union Pacific to the Pennsylvania Rail
road in exchange for the letter's hold
ings of Baltimore and Ohio. The re
maining SSf.,000.000 of the total $126.
000.000 of Southern Pacific owned by
the Union Pacific, it Is said, will be
placed in the hands of a trust com
pany. to lie sold within a definite pe
riod of time and in such manner as to
Insure that no substantial proportion
of the stock will be sold to the share
holders of the Union Pacific.
Attorney-General McReynolds ob
jected to the trusteeship previously
proposed *bv the railroad to the Fed
eral court at St. Paul, on the ground
that it was too vague and did not
Guarantee that the Union Pacific would
surrender its ownership of Southern
Pacific within a reasonable lime. These
objections have been overcome by a
more definite outline for the disposi
tion of the stock.
The exchange of stock between the
Union Pacific and Pennsylvania will
result, according to estimates, in giv
ing the Union Pacific, with its present
holdings in the Baltimore and Ohio,
3$.2 per cent of the outstanding stock
of that company, and in giving tlxe
Pennsylvania 14 per cent of the stock
of the Southern Pacific.
<nl?lnet ConhldrrN It.
So important was the situation re
garded that the proposed plan of dis
solution was considered at the Cabinet
meeting to-day. The President has
planned to leave the city at 5:35 P.
M, but after studying the intricate
question .'ill afternoon, decided that it
would be inexpedient for him to take
the plan away with him for examina
tion on the train to New Hampshire
as lie had proposed, but that he should
remain In Washington for further con
ference with the Attorney-General.
Paul P. Cravath. counsel for the
Union Pacific, held a long conference
with the Attorney-General this after
noon. and although he had planned to.
return to New York to-night, decided
after to-day's developments to remain
here until the question is settled.
The President suspended considera
tion of the railway problem long
enough to motor to the station to say
good-bye to Mrs. Wilson and his
youngest daughter. Miss Eleanor, who
left f"r New Hampshire on schedule
time.
"LEST WE FORGET"
"STONEWALL" JACKSON
Fifty-two years ncn at Manassas ho wkh, iis bIwaj*, brilliant nnil
fonrlrM in defense of the hearthstones and liberties of our Southland, nnd
under this biting (rxl of rcnl lire no man then or tlirrcnftrr found aught
hut the clear sheen of pure metal. If ?nn on this Held that a knightly
roinrnile, nhout to die, cnlled hlin ??Stonewall."
'i'li In tie it name represented to Jackson's comrades, (how sturdy
gentlemen who made up Hit rank and IIIe of the Confederate army, the
synonym of strength and stendliiess, and na? .pceulInrly siiitnhlc to his
ehnraeter, and until hi* death on the Held of hnttle ItIm life stands as a
clear proof that these gallant .Southern soldiers, themselves and their
motives uiiMullled. knew hy instinct the real man from tlie counterfeit.
.Neither cenotaph nor nordu of homage ran ever porlray the fiery
gcnitiK iiiid Impetuous valor or the Intuitive nnd llghinlng-llkc Nlrnke of IiIh
ntlnck. and even the name "Stonewall" hut faintly conveys nn Idcn of
Jackson's Impenetrable and immovnhle defense ngninst odds unheard of In
other wars.
Ills marvelous cnni|initiitN are now used ' hy student* of strategy
everywhere, hut his funic as a soldier was exceeded hy the love anil almost
Idolnlrnus con 11 do nee in I lie mnn, which was displayed hy his war-worn
comrades, nnd it can lie said truly of himself anil ills cause "flint none
died with more honor or more glory, though many died, and there wan
much of hoth honor nnd glory."
Ill nil these years, here In the former cnpltai of the Confederacy, no
equestrian stntue to Stonewall .Inckson lias boon raised, hut we will, without
fnll, build one now. There should, nnil will, he no repeated nppeals for
money, hut we feci flint every Southern mnn, womnn or child Is entitled
to the privilege of mnklng n contribution nnd iinvlng ills or lier nnme
ml address deposited in the corner-stone as flint of one of Its builders.
If you feel that this tribute Is due from the Southern people to the
memory of Stonrwnll .Inckson, your checks, drafts or other communications
will be appreciated nnd acknowledged if addressed to H. I>. Iloteliklss,
treasurer, Klrst* >atlonnl Hank riullding. Itlehmond, Va. The association
will appreciate It most highly If the weekly nnd monthly press will display
this article. JAMKS POWKIt SMITH,
President Stonewall .Inckson Monument Association,
Richmond, Va.
Figures in Lobby Scandal
EDWARD LA t.'TEIWACH.
AHITUDE TOWARD !
MEXICO ATTACKED
Demand Made in Senate for
Repeal of Neutrality j
Resolution. I
MAY RESULT IN CHANGE
Bacon Says Educated White Men
Must Take Up Arms to
Save Republic.
Washington. .June" 27.?A chanpc in
the attitude of the Unite*! States to
ward the warring factions in Mexico
was urged in the Senate to-day, with
the result that the Foreign Relations
Committee of that body is to take up
the question immediately. Senator
Fall, of New Mexico, attacked the pres
ent policy and asked for the repeal
of the so-called "neutrality resolution" 1
of the last Congress. Under this au
thority, he said, arms were permitted
to go across the border to the Huerta
faction, hut were prevented l>y the
armed forces of the I'nited States
from golnc to the factions opposed to
Huerta.
Senajor Fall praised the Wilson ad
ministration for refusinc to recognize
what he termed the "assassins of the
President of Mexico" as the established
government in the republic, but lie de
clared the practice of the administra
tion In allowing arms to go to one
faction and not to the othf>r had re- j
suited in retaliatory steps toward
American citizens that no other nation
on earth would permit.
His speech brought a response from
Senator Bacon, chairman of the For
eign lielatlons Committee,'that was re
garded by some as voicing the atti- '
tude of the administration. Senator
Bacon said the solution for the pres
ent difficulties In Mexico lay in the
white men of the republic, constituting
the educated classes, taking up arms
to establish order.
Enough white men resided in Mex
ico City alone, he said, to establish ,
order In the whole republic. He added
that for the United States to attempt
to protect its interests by sending
arms into Mexico meant intervention
and occupation probably for nil time.
Senator Smith, of Arizona, In the de
bate which followed, advocated the
United States taking possession' of1
lower California in compensation for '
Americans killed and American prop- ?
erty destroyed in Mexico.
Senator Williams joined in urging j
the repeal of the. "neutrality resolu- j
tion." Senator Karon assured the Scn--|
(Continued r?n Second I'age.)
LICENSES GRANTED j
10 SEVENTY-FOUR;
.
Remainder of 119 Who Stand.
Law Examination Fail to
I 'nss Successfully.
LIST GIVEN OUT AT ROANOKE j
Test Regarded as Unusually}
Hard, Several Failing for
Second Time.
Roanoke, Vn.. June 27.?Out of 110
men who took the examination before '
I
the Virginia State Hoard of Law Ex
aminers here 011 Wednesday, seventy
four passed successfully. The examin- '
ers did not conclude their work until
late this afternoon. The examination
was unusually hard, containing forty
questions. It is known that several
men who took the examination last
year and failed fell down again this
time.
SueooHMful Cniidlduten.
The successful candidates who
passed the hoard were as follows:
Adams, Robert H, Jr.. Itoanoke.
Amonette Clare nee Ogrteti Madison
Heights; Mi'l 'htpson, Harvey B.,
Marion; Dandy, T Rochello, Salem;
Barker. James M. Bristol; Barton,
Robert Thomas. Jr., Winchester; Bat
tle. John Stewart, Charlottesville;
Betty, George M, Onancoek; Burks,
Charles E? Lynchburg; Caldwell,
George A., Bristol; Camblos. Jatnes L.
Marietta, Ga.; Campe. Bernard L.,
Norfolk; Carter, John W. Jr.. Martins
ville, Causey. Beverly Douglas. Lex
ington; Christian, Andrew D, Rich
mond; Clarke, Stanley, Richmond;
Cocke. Luciair H., Jr., Roanoke; Cook,
Carl Frederick, Washington. D. C.:
Coulbourn, William Clark. Richmond;
Crockett, Charles Campbell, Americtis,
fin.; Crowgev. H. L. Wytheville;
Davis, Q. C., Jr.. Rosslyn; I>ay, H. F.
Norfolk: Duval. John Billlngsley, Rich
mond; Duval, R C. Jr., Richmond;
Ellis, Audrew Jackson, Ashland; Fel
lers, Stanford l.ee, Roanoke; Fentress.
Willis Y.. Richmond; Fifleld, R. A.
Remington; Fletcher, T. C, Richmond;
French. George Mark; Woodstock;
Garland. G. G.. Richmond; Gold
smith, William Wallice, Southern Pines;
N. C.; Goodloe, li R Roanoke; Gray,
J. Stanley, Petersburg; Oroner, Pow?dl
Campbell, Norfolk. Mall, Horace \V.,
Clarendon: Halst?????!, Theophtlus Stem
bel, University of Virginia. Ilecht,
Edgar, Norfolk. Huger, Benjamin,
Roanoke; Hunter, Charles Evant, .Ap
pomattox. .ludson. Leo V., Norfolk;
Kanter. Harry llvmun, Norfolk. Keis
ter, Thurston I.ant/. Roanoke; Kelly,
(Continued <'n Second Page. >
PUTS PUBLIC GOOD
I AHEAD OF OFFICE
Tribute Paid to President Wilson
by Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis.
Brandon, Vt., Juno 27.?fjen;jjor
James Hamilton T.ewis. of Illinois,
speaking at tin* unveiling to-day of
a statue <>f Stephen A Douglas. re
ferred to President Wilson's relations
with the Senate and compared them
with conditions when President Ituch
anali and Senator Douglas Joined Issues
He said 111 part:
"Senator Douglas^ signalled Ids en
trance to the I*n(ted States Senate by
a break wltli the President of
the United States?James Buchanan
Douglas demanded the distribution of
public oftlcea in support of his politics.
President Buchanan differed from
Douglas and permitted the patronage
to be used against Douglas.
"President Wilson presents the op
posite attitude. He puts the public
good above the public ofl\ce and de
clines either to give out others to Sen- 1
ators as compensation for their sup
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MANY DEATHS ARE !
: CAUSED BY HEAT
Twenty-Five Fatalities Reported, t
While Prostrations Number
Hundreds.
[Specia 1 to The Times-Dispatch. ]
Chicago, June 27.?The entire Mid
dle West suffered from intense heat
to-day. Stories of deaths and pros
trations come from every direction.
Figures compiled from scattering re- j
ports to-night show that twenty-five
are dead, while tlie prostrations run
into the hundreds. The intense heat
will continue through the Middle West
for several days, according to the
Weather Bureau.
(iovernment figures show tempera
tures of OS iit Cincinnati. Cairo, St.
I.ouls. Concordia. North .Platte and
Tucson. Chicago and Omaha official
figures were OK. while Indianapolis, :
Kansas City anil Milwaukee reported
04. Ilarrlsinirg, III., reported a tem
perature of 112. while South Bend,
Ind.. reported KM. Cleveland reported
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OF CONGRESS HAS
BEEN PROFITABLE
Some One Driving- Good
Trades in Wall
Street.
VENDORS OF GOLD
BRICKS SOUGHT'
Lobby Committee Is Hard on>
Trail of Persons Who Have
Been Impersonating Congres- ?
sional Leaders in Efforts
to Pry Money From
v Capitalists.
we
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, .n.ne 27.?"Before w
are through vith this investigation,
said a m^mberi of the Senate "lobyy" in
vestigating committee to-night, "I sus
pect that we shall be able to show
that some one in Wall Street has been
driving a very profitable business
through the sale of members of Con
gress whom he was never able to de
liver.
"It all sro^s to sln.w wh?* a Mighty
s<-t th?> big men in Wall Street are.
For sonu reason th? y will deal with
an \ bod\ who claims to !?.- able to in
vukf otllcial power. without ever
stopping to investigate. Seemingly
all that a man has to do is declare
himself in oil a deal under threat of
? xposire, and he pets his share. I
don't mean by that that all Wall
Street deals are i-rooked. It's merely
a tendency which 1 am trying to Il
lustrate. Wall Street will buy a man
rather than h.ivr any publicity.
Here's the case Which .ludge Lovett
brings out?a mar. telephoning him all
kinds of threats through his supposed
iniluence with great big men in Wash
incton. Vet it had to be dra-igcd out
of Jitdge L->v. it "
His Iilentlt.r Ivnnnn.
The Senate commit tee is determined
to drag into the light the mysterious
ninn who mae'e this use of the tole
Phone. His identity Is known. His
telephone c^Us have been traced back,
and they lend direct to tne man who
Is under suspicion. There is a grave
"uspicion. too, that this man has; not
be. n operating alone. 11 ?? has had
the advantage of expert legal advice,
and. so far as the Investigation has
developed, wnlch is somewhat further
than indicated by tli? public hearings,
lie has covered himself In such a way
as tn bo Immunt from prosecution.
Kor the present, the efforts of the
eommitte. will !>? rievotrd to this
task of un-.'overlng the mysterious
telephone!- and his associates, anil
meting out to them the punishment
which is possible.
Senator Overman, chairman of the
committee, said this evening: "The com
mittee. of which I am chairman, in
tends to go to the bottom of tills thing
and disclose the mysterious person who
has been claiming to speak for Con
l. resMiien."
A subpoena has Rone out for David
Lamar, who must come to Washington
willingly or be brought here on a Fed
eral warrant Incidentally, subpoenas
were ordered to-day for Lewis Cass
l.edyard, who talked with the myste
rious man over the telephone when he
i eprcsented himself to be Congress
man A. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsyl
vania, and for Paul D. ' r.ivatli. who
was mentioned by Judy !.?>. ett as
having also been subjected .o tlie mys
terious calls of the unknown.
Mr. Ledyar^ and Mr Cravath have
indicated to the committee a willing
ness to come whenever they are need
ed, but the committee lias had no word
jet from Lamar. Before the latter Is
put oil the stand, however. Mr. Lauter
bacli will be cross-examined.
Close guard is being kept by Chair
man Overman over the letter which
Mr. l.edyard wrote to Congressman
I'aimer. 111 which he detailed the con
versations he had with the unknown
when the latter was posing aa Mr.
Palmer. The latter will not be made
public until Mr. l.edyard haB taken the
stand and identified it as having been
written by him. Included In this let
ter. it is understood. Is the stenographic
report of the statements of the mys
terious unknown, and the understand
ing here is that it will come very cloee
not onl\ to revealing the identity of
the man who did the telephoning, blit
also that of his associate
There was a lull in the inquiry to
day. Owing to the fact that the Dem
ocratu caucus is actively engaged on
the tariff bill, it has been decided not
to resume the sessions until the bill
has been reported to the Senate, which
will be about a week hence. The next
meeting, therefore, probably will be
held on July " By that time, it Is
said, the sergea nt-at-arms will have
rounded up all the witnesses needed to
resume operations.
AX IS WIELDED
Another Cut Made in Tariff List
to Limit Cost of
Living.
Washington, .lune 2S.?Wielding the
ax again on the tariff revision btll
for the benefit of the household, the
Senate Democratic caucus to-night de
termined to put cotton sewing thread
on the free list ?
This action followed a spirited de
bate and was carried by one vote over
the protest of members of the Finance
Committee, who defended the 15 per 1
cent duty which was carried In tlie
bill as it passed the House and which
tin Senate majority on the Finance j
Committee did not alter.
Those who championed this favor to ?
the housewife argued tha? the revenue^ -y
to be derived from sewing thread was '^2
inconsequential, and that to be con. .
sistent Is attempting to lower the cost
>f living the Senate should not qutb?
Vile. Looking up the oitlmatea
found that the estimated revenue to b?
derived was about |265,000 a year. This* &'j
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