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TUESDAY
VOLl 1.—No. 4.
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RICHMOND, V
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1910.
8 PAGES
nut nuson for
HTTHGK ON COWLES
YoungWoman Witness Scores
Central Figure in Navy
sir
Scandal.
ACCUSES HIM OF
STEAUNG PICTURES
L Hinted That An Attempt Will Be
Made to Impeach Complain
ant's Standing in the Med
ical Profession.
SET*
Boron. rn>.
never save
my photo to I>r. Cowles. He took tt
when I «m absent. Hi* delay In
returning it wna Use ceuae of all
this trouble." This declaration' at
the navy yard courtmartlet of Pay*
mater Q.—P-Auld and Pr. Aeeey
U. Robnett here to-day by pretty
Min Dorothy Healer, of Vhlcago,
opened up the real cause of the al
leged Insult and: kttack," on Dr.
Howard B. Cowlea, which has stirred
up a scandal In naval circles here
and in Washington. Involving Secre
tary of the Navy Moyer, 'Admiral
Swift and others.
When Miss Heeler went on the
stand to-day Major Catlln, the Judge
advocate, drew from her the whole
history of her acquaintance with
Cowlea Miss Heeler insisted that at
given Cowles any
to have her picture. She In
that their acquaintance was of
moot ordinary sort and intimated
that alleged boasting by the physi
cian of their friendship had no fouq
tfatton in fade
Miss Hosier also stated that Cowies
rfch?
sought a clandestine appointment
her and had need objectionable
with h
over the telephone.
Preceding Miss Heeler on the stand
is MtosMadeHne
_ Swift, daughter
of Admiral Swift, former comman
dant of the Charlestown navy yard,
and who Is said to have cancelled her
engagement with Harry Duer Storer,
of Atlanta. Oa.. for the sake of Pay
master 3. P. Auld.
Mias Swift fervently denounced Dr.
Cpwlen. He was unpopular, she de
elated* In navy circles, and would
.i to- the- hew
ntted tty
, ...... ,_or the sake of
wten Throughout her tosttmony
was favorable to the accused.
That an attempt to to be isgdo to
tapoaeh Dr. Cowles's standing as s
medical practitioner and perhaps oven
to cause hto arrest for pCMttdng
without authorisation of ttuMaws of
Massachusetts, was Indicated to-day
as the plan of the Auld-Kobwett de
fense when A. Wilbur, a Boston
theatrical manager, was called touthr
stand. Earlier In the case. In hit
examination Dr. Cowles de
clared that ho did not practice direct
ly in Massachusetts. He admitted that
h* was a member of a medical Arm
and shared the profits, but declared
that ho was not personally In prac
tice.
Accuses Dr. Cowrie*.
Controverting this statement, Wil
bur testified that Cowles had per
sonally treated hto brother for parcsti
and that the patient had died undo
the disuse despite Dr. Cow lee’s pre
scfrlpttons. Hs also declared that Dr
Cowles had presented to him an item
toed Mil for I1.TII for hto servicer
daring the lllnmo of the deceased.
Before adjournment of the cnee
today It was Intimated by Major Leon
aid. senior counsel for Auld. that i
ther of other Witnesses would lx
~ to Impeach the voracity of Dr
number
Ailed to
Cowles.
Insinuations that Dr. Cowles had an
•yed other yomag women besidei
Has Hosier at previous merrymak
Of the navy set here have ale*
made and testimony along thee!
to expected from Attld. in at
to prove partial justificatlor
hto encounter with Cowlea.
p SEVENTEEN YEARS
ON JOB NOT HIS
i:;
*to * dlMCTMUMiit between Bulld'nj
Inspector Henry p. Beck, custodial
ef municipal building*, and Citj
Klectrlclan WUUam H. Thompson.
Thom peon waa blamed by Beck
(or the misconduct of the clooka
and he reaented it.
"Pm not the keeper of the clocka
anyhow,” protested the city electrt
' etna. I have been looking aftei
(hew clocka aeventeen years, bellev
tag It to bo a part of my ofllcia
duties. Since this controversy wei
Sprung on me I looked up the mat
tar and I have discovered that It li
ho hart of my work. Now I*m don<
1 Mth tht olocki."
wUl look Into - this thing my'
the building Inspector.
i v^To'g right." admitted the laspec
tor after perusing the ordinance pre
aecrlbtng the duties of the city alec
trlcian. "He's boon doing someth ini
|tr seventeen years that he had n<
buHnees to monkey with.”
$ Then Mr. Book summoned the aS'
alatant engineer of the city Hall. J
are going .to be the eaptali
„ef tha aleck keepers,**' he told Pamp
'.pH n ahaU make the city had!
fcattere look after the clocks In th<
EX-GOVERNOR CLAUDE A- SWANSON.
E
ODDER BUSINESS
Bristol Saloon Men Reap Rich
Haevact.Frora Out-of-Town
Shipments.
•v
MRRCHANTS
*
COMPLAINING
Much Advertised “ Prosperity’
Did Not Come With the Ad
vent of Saloons
i
BRISTOL, VA., Feb. 1—The return
of the saloon to Bristol has not in
! the least benefited business here, ac
i cording to conservative business men.
1 regardless of their position on the
liquor question before the election of
last June, when the “wets" won. The
victory was gained on the ground
that saloons would restore the heavy
business of 1907, but thus far it has
failed to do this. Many merchants
who voted for satoona on the sole
1 ground that it would bring prosperi
ty now say that they were mistaken,
and that Instead they really injure
retail trade
However, Bristol has prospered, in
eplte of the saloons, and will con
tinue to prosper, notwithstanding the
1 j fact that the Virginia half of the city
has saloons
1.The. saloon men - are also disap
i pointed. They had expected to do an
enormous business, and gladly shelled
out the $3,008 license fee. It is whis
pered that several may retire when
the time comes for renewing licenses
in May.
The merchants blame the mail or
der liquor houses for the Saloons fall
ing to draw crowds The mall order
! houses are doing an enormous busi
ness. shipping Into dry territory. Bris
tol is the closest point where whis
key is .sold to the most part of Ten
nessee, a portion of North Carolina.
Virginia. Kentucky, Georgia, Alaba
ma and Mississippi, and Is the only
, city with open saloons between Roa
. noke and New Orleans, a distance of
, twelve hundred miles.
The merchants of Bristol are frank
to admit, generally speaking, that the
saloon has not helped trade, and that
they must now look to the pay-rolli
and legitimate industry to bring them
trade. They have found to their sor
■ row, according to one merchant who
was openly wet before the election,
that many city people, who might
otherwise spend, their money in legttl
. mate channels, now anend It for whis
key. 1
i The temperance people of Bristol
i are much encouraged, and believe
that they will have the. assistance of
many prominent men who were eith
er openly wet or neutral in the re
cent contest, in banishing the saloons
in eighteen months, which ts the
• earliest time an election can be called,
; unless the saloons are sooner abol
ished by enactment of the Legists
1 ture. ,
T. A. MILLER, Inc.,
IN RECEIVER'S HANDS
_ On petition of tho VaurbB_
Drug Co.. and other creditors at T. A.
-BoberUon
Mtllor, Incorporated, tho drug bualneiui
operated by Mr. Miller weeplaced la
the hands of a receiver by Jain In
^ma^df the Law and Equity Court
Suit was Instituted by the creditor!
'bring about the, receivership. It
to
represent
Miller. 1
Ine.,
qa__
prfljgp. twWM
---... ... wai
ited to the court that T. A,
Is Insolvent, his debt*
about flMM. The com
-- “■ nssgta *«
F the valu*
~ 5 -itors.
ited Thomas W.
him to fflvi
MEAT PIES TO
eo snujnoEo
[Packer Says Progression Increase
In All lines la Certain
To Conje.
‘NO HOPE FOR CONSUMER
Special Prosecutor Says Govern
ment lias Strong Case Against
The Packing House Men.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—That tlw
packers Intend to ignore the present
anti-meat agitation was the statement
of angry consumers to-day when «
general increase of one cent a pound
on all classes of meat was announced
It also became known to-day that
when the packers yesterday reduced
prices one cent a pound to the Job
bers. the reduction never cot as fu
alone the Una as the consumer. It
is said in packing town that yester
day's reduction was the result of con
stant hammering on the market bj
the meat strikers. The packers de
clare It is impoaslblet .0 keep th«
prices down and so they restored th<
one cent taken off yesterday. De
creased receipts and increased de
mand. the packers allege, are respon
Bible for to-day'# increase.
"A progressive increase in the pric«
of all meats may he expected front
this time." declared one packer to
day. “We would . Ilka to see low#)
prices, hut we simply cannot longei
defy the law of supply and demand.’
Nevertheless, retgil butchers heri
Insist that the law of supply snd de
mand has little to do with the pres
ent situation. It is merely a ques
tion. they say. or the packere “Aght
inf? with Are" the agitation again*
i high prices and limiting the output.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.—Assistant
Attorney-General Wade Ellis, who wai
sent out to Chicago last week to as
sist In laying the foundation for thi
proecutlon of the beef trust and th<
submission of evidence against it t«
the grand Jury, said to-day that tin
Government had a good case against
the packers. He denied that then
was any foundation for the rumors ot
friction between the officers of th<
Department ot Justice snd the loco
attorneys and Judicial officials In Chi
cago.
Despite the confidence displayed b)
Ellis is the outsome of / the pendlni
suit Other officers of the Department
of Justice point out that U la a caw
which involves many angles and pre
sents considerable difficulties.
Hotel Man Retires.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian
AMELIA* vA.i Fub. H
Grig*, proprietor of the Amelia Hu
tel. will quit business to-day. Mr
J. D. Palmore will run the hotel.
The Allen Tobacco Company's plant
which has been idle several montfia
to now buying tobacco, aad expect
to commence work lit a short time
Mrs. 0. H. Southall and daughter
Mias Sadis, were called to. Peters
bur* by the death of Mr»,SoutL_.
brother-in-law. Captain I* h. Marks
of that eity
PARKthBAinH .
- VO 14K7/kWm
T£_praetto*-te.Dauter,''
D. Parks, who has bass
hu ras/goteVhMrssmon us
tesemWy In Hall of
Where Inaugural
ffnonies Occur
OVATION TO
NEW EXECUTIVE
fNntmntration When
■ Chamber and When
fine His Address.
Officers Sworn In.
of regs! pomp and
-with a ceremonial im
pressrtupr it* pare iimptteity, and*
in its solemnity,
near and dear to his
about him, with the
Capitol of the State
newer before with dis
meu and women, and
cheers and applause
concourse of his pa
citiaens, Judge Wil
Mann, of Nottoway,
Governor of the South
matemal Common
noon Tuesday.
times before this same
of a chief executive of
Virgin!* had been held, but sel
dom with the beauty, acclaim and
enthmaasni of Tuesday’s. It was
a Mpt canventional and inspiring
, few etbar INte Vir i
liMre, rifetfae at
mosphere was surfeited with the
whole-hearted* geniality and" bem
comaradere for which the people
j of Virginia, men and women are
j famed. It was the State’s great
| day, Judge Mann’s good, sweet,
rejoicing hour, and the peo
ple’s holiday. History was made,
and into the annals of the State
tile proceedings incident to the in
troduction of Nottoway’s proudest
son will And a high place.
MANY LOYAL WOMEN.
Though it was s “man’s day”,—
woman atil! being regarded as the
fountainhead of beatuy, grace,
kindliness and devotion, and no
pact in sordid politics having yet
been allotted her—many were the
feminine hearts that fluttered dur
ing the momentus ceremony, and
equally numerous were the joy tecr
bedimmed eyes as sturdy, resolute
mid distinctively distinguished
sens, husbands and brothers stood
proudly before the vast assem
blage, and obligated themselves to
devote their time and talents to
the State whose soil they love.
Happiest of them all, the cen
tral figure in the great sea of beau
tiful and handsomely gowned so
cial leaders of aristocratic Vir
; ginia, was a slight, slendor, sweet
| looking woman taatefully and be
1 comingly attired in soft lavender—
Mrs. William Hodges Mann, the
; * new mistress of the Governor’s
. j Mansion. It was her inauguration
; as well as tha^of her honored hus
■ band, whose helpmate and guide
she has been through many yean
with their warp and woof of polit
ical sunshine and cloud. It was
her hour to unleash the strong emo
tions of pride and joy so long pent
up in;; her wifely heart, and let
them take full possession of her.
Mrs, Mann waa seated directly in
j front of Judge Mann, and through
out the administering of the oath
of office to him. and his strong
inaugral address, her eyes were not
seen to leave his face.
OTHER OFFICERS SWORN
Judge Mann, however, was not
the odbr non in whom Virginia re
posed Ugh authority, power and
l confidence. There were others, the
^recipient of h*»w though high
\ honors at the hunk of those who
enjoy the privilege of franchise,
Mjinm ttin nitj daUas. UmA -mm
jo wpoih Worn tiiing uaa in
{ pqpelly potent tigniflesnee.
GOVERNOR WILLIAM HODGES MANN.
DELAYS DECISION
IN TILLMAN GASE
-?- i
Expected Findings of Supreme
Court Judges ?»ol Made Pub
lic To-day.
SENATOR KEEPS CHILDREN,
Placed in Grandfather’s Custody
Pending Final Settlement of
Controversy
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Feb. 1.—A de
cision In the habeas corpus proceed
Inca instituted by Mrs. B. R. Tillman.
Jr., to recover her two children,
which had been deeded to Senator
and Mrs. B. R. Tillman by her hus
band, was expected as soon as the
supreme court met this morning, but
Chief Justice Jones announced that a
decision had not been reached. Until
the Judges decided w-hat to do with
the children, they were ordered left
In the custody of Senator Tillman.
The trial on the habeas corpus was
not as sensation as expected. Young
Mrs. Tillman declared she was com
petent and able to care for the chil
dren and alleged that her husband
had no right to deed them to his
parents. Senator Tillman Instated
that the entire action was legal. He
; admitted that his son, drank to ex
cess and wsa not the proper person
to oars for the two children.
Both Senator Tillman and his
daughter-tn-law presented many
davlts of character.
TARIFF SHEET LIKE
A CHINESE PUZZLE
Effort to Obtain New Land That
i Would Enable Shippers to
Figure Rates.
I WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.—The aver
jage railroad tariff sheet is just about
' as intelligible to the ordinary shipper
! as the front page of a Chinese news
| paper, and even the freight agents of
; the roads that publish them are un
! ahlwe to decipher their hieroglyphics.
At a meeting of the house cummit
I tee on interstate and foreign com
i mence when the townsend bin Was up
I for discussion, J. C. Lincoln, president
! of the National Industrial Traffic
I League, argued for a law that would
| compel the roads to tell prospective
shippers what It would cost to trans
port freight from ons point In the
United States to another over their
own, or connecting linen Lincoln said
that frequently the rates or charges
quoted by freight agents would turn
out to he erroneous after the shipment
wee made and the shipper would be
assessed for much more than he had
expected to be charged.
“Do not the railroads furnish a tariff
sheet as required ?“ asked Chairman
Mann.
"Oh. yes," replied Uncoin, “hut I
defy any one to find out from one of
those sheets what la will cast to ship
anything from any place to anywhere.
They are absolutely undecipherable to
the uninitiated."
THE WEATHER.
SCEFTEHS HOW
IH HEW HMDS
Governor and Mrs. Mann Assume
Executive and
ship of State.
WELCOMED BY FRIENDS
Ex-Governor and Wife Leave Foi
New Orleans and Pacific Coast.
Reception Closes Day.
There Is a new executive in thi
governor's office, and there is a nev
hostess in the governor's mansion
while the old capitol building Iron
top to bottom is tilled with hand
shaking and words ot congratulation
and good cheer. '
Governor William Hodges Mam
and his wife—one in the executive
office, the other in the mansion—ar
the centers ot crowding friends al
of whom wish to speak a good wort
and shake hands.
Godspeed and Welcome,
Governor Swanson's office was th
scene of many congratulations, hun
dreds of friends calling late in thi
morning to bid the retiring governo
Godspeed. The governor's secretarle
had everything in ship-shape for thi
new Incumbents, so that they wli
walk In and find everything in plao
and at hand.
Immediately after the lnauguratioi
Governor Mann,’ accompanied by i
few intimate friends went up fron
the house of delegates to the execu
tive office, where a love feast ol
handshakings and congratulation
was held.
The - heads of the various State de
parturients first welcomed hm. thei
many members of the Senate an<
House, while friends from all over th<
Mity dropped in, his secretary, thi
veteran Ben Owen, being busy recelv
lug and opening telegrams whicl
I poured In from every part of thi
' State, and many from other States.
"I am not doing any work to-day,1
said the new governor, smiling gra
. elously “This Is my vacation. 1 havi
got a lot of work to do, but to-day
am resting and meeting my frlend*
and I am glad to see them, and 1 wan
them ail to come in. I am glad to havi
i them."
Exchange Cordial Greeting*
One of Governor Mann's prominen
friends. Who called to shake hand
was Hetiring Governor Swanson, wh
wished him a brilliant and happy a3
ministration, Governor Mann reply
i Ing that he would like to say at th
' end of his term that he had give!
the satisfaction of his predecessor,
Ex-Governor Swanson then hut
rtedly left the building to get read
for his Southern trip, which begin
Immediately.
"f wiH leave right away,” he said
“this very afternoon, and Mrs. Swan
son goes with me. We have enjoy*
having our distinguished guests, v>u
we must now make way, and. be
sides, we are in a hurry to get t
New Orleans as soon as possible.”
From New Orleans, where the ex
governor and his wife will attend th
Mardi Gras celebration, they wil
Journey across the continent to 8a
Francisco. They will spend bet wee
one and two months on their trl;
before returning to Virginia.
“Once back In the Old Dominic
again," said the ex-Oovernor. "I sha
repair to my good farm, which 1 hav
been forced to pay hut little atteatto
to recently. Many things need pul
tin; in shape, and I am fond ot farm
Ing, had hall with conslderabl
plsasure the opportunity of apendtn
soma time on my place,
“i don't know what I am going t
do. I have given the future HHI
thought and I am net going to bathe
myself about It either until 1 am had
Matter Is Discussed in Del
Institute Tuesday.
DAIRYMEN AND SWINC
BREEDERS* MEET!
Dairymen Favor Thw
Bill—Will Inauguj
j i L: on Tuber
IjfJU eulosu.
% - ■
President Westmoreland
called to order the first.mld-s
session of the Virginia Bute !
Institute at II o'clock Tuesday
rng in the auditorium of . the
Mr. Darts announced"!
owing to the fact that many of
members of the institute desired
witness the inauguration of Govs
Mann and tzr that reason he had i
ciacd to hold a brief session in
morning and to convene for
afternoon session ' at X o'clock.
President Davis stated tb«
would first take up the matter
taw requiring an inspection of
He said. "This is a question
means much to the farmer, sine
account of the bad seed sold
there are many failures of cron
the fault lies entirely with the
or the dealer who sells bad .
There are good seedmen and bad i
men and it la our object to
the good seedmen and curt_
bad seedmen so far as it is In
power to do so."
Poor Seed Sold.
Professor Lyman Carrier was
the floor and discussed in son
tail the matter of the paseegt
seed law. Professor Canter
that in the experimental stab
Blacksburg be had made
study of the seed offered on the
ket in this State and that he
discovered! startling conditions to j
in connection with the decree
purity end germination in
gave many figures to
statements and said he waa,i
that the farmers of the ,
know what they are
they purchase seed,
there are a iw»«
to prevent the unequal'
between the vendors of |
airtt -those Of had seed,
further that care should be
ctsed about requiring a
seeds In samples, because if the i
qutrement is stringent it will
seedmen to employ experts to
the seed which will have the
of driving the small dealers out
business on account of the
thus giving the large dealers
: monopoly on the business.
Professor Carrier discussed the
that has been prepared by t|Mf
Department of Agriculture
for a seed laboratory where
can send seed to be analysed. He i
that an offer hgd been made the .
ricultural Department to have.the <
pertinent station at Blacksburg
they already had the equip
and experts familiar with the
He said that the bill asks for no I
proprtatlon JVom the State, the
esaary funds to be take.i out of the I
tlllser funds of the State.
to apeak. He stated that the lnstltt
or the Agricultural Department shot
j not seek to handicap the seedsman
to place them at a disadvantage
allowing outside seedsmen to send,
any kind of seed. He stated that th*
mailed price lists all over the IU
and proceed to sell poor seed at h
competitive prices. -_r4
A meeting of the tail
Qfttee of the Institute
last atght by Pmlihtl