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I VOL. 1.—No. 9.
RICHMOND, VA, MONDAY, P E B RU A R Y .7, 1910.
10 P A G E S
MUTED TO SETTLE
WITHnST FIGHT
Letter to be Offered Which
Will Show that this was
Cowles Desire.
WILL TAKE APPEAL
v IN BEHALF OF SON
--
Father of Auld, Believed to Have
Been Found Guilty, Declares j
He "Will Fight Matter and !
in Highest Courts.
BOSTON, mass.. Feb. 7.—That Dr
Edward 8. Cowles, for an attack upon
wlMim at a navy- hop here Pay master ]
G. P. Auld. United States Navy. Is :
believed to have been found guilty at
a court-martial here last week, and
tor abetting which attack Past As- I
sistant Surgeon Ansey Hamilton Rob- j
nett is being court-martialed here to
day. wanted to settle the entire mat
l*r with a list tight,' is expected to
be. brought out in tesUmony before
nigbt.
The allegation that Dr. Cowles him- I
•elf urged an unlimited bout as a set- |
tier of the navy row will be one of
the claims of the Robnctt defense,
itobnett, It Is declared, said the tight i
proposal would be found In a letter
to Dr. Cowlos. but the latter went I
no further with the matter. This let- I
ter is expected to be produced at the 1
court-martial.
Denial As to MIms Swift.
Assertions by Dr. Cowles that Miss
Madeline Swift, daughter of Admiral *
Swift, was the real center Of the navy
md raw. and that it was to avenge
nili <300la.rnti<in that t ..m ...... *»_.
rain*B ot her breaking off her mar
r“*«® to Harry Duer Storer. of At
imnu. Ua., are strenuously denied to
“*J' by Mrs. Frederick Arm, sister
of Mbut Swift. It is not at all im
pofldble that Dr. and Mrs, Cowlee
will try In the Kobnett trial to in
troduce evidence as to this phase of
tha case. Both are loud in their as
sertion* that they were unfairly treat
ed at the A old hearing, and that the
raal story of the naval scandal was
not brought out.
_ titan of mim 1am..
Cowles cite, the rTHbat Mis.
Margaret Ames, hostess at the "trou
ble dance." was not permitted to
bring out her full story. Hr. Cowles
. i Jrt Iy' trt *uca" "bat Mias.Ames
Intended to tell I would say that It
related to a meeting with Mina Made
line Swift on the day of the dame
a dinner which «t> the Wabaah and a
note shtoh Miss Swift sent to her
father, then commandant nr the yard
a few days after the dance.
"1 understand that Miss Swift told
b" f*th7 th« 9h" would not marry
At th*' dame which followed
the dinner on the Wabash Auld was
veiy attentive to Miss Madeline Swift,
and danced nearly every number
’L,‘" h*r„ * understand that, at the
dinner Miss Virginia Swift expressed
the opinion that I ought to be kicked
Out ot the jtavy yard hops."
"I believe that Aud. because of his
friendship for Miss Swift, thought
that anything he might do at the
dance would be all right. Inasmuch
as her father was commandant of
the yard." continued l>r. Cowles.
Miss Dorothy Hesler, the pretty
Chicago girt, whose photograph was
the apparent cause of the navy yard
row. is expected to appear in behalf
of Dr. Kobnett. who is said to be her
fiance.
Carry Case to Highest Court.
Washington, Fob. 7.—wttUg
Joaaph Auld. father of the principal
In the now famous Boston navy yard
caae. awaits in Washington to-day the
announcement of the verdict of the
Court-martial which tried his son, n*
Is planning, in the event of an ad
vert* decision, to appeal the case
from the nat al to the civil tribunals.
Although no official announcement
has been made, the impression has
become general that the verdict, now
in the hands of Judge Advocate-Gen
eral Russell, tlnds Paymaster Auld
guilty on two of the charges—of "as
saulting a civilian” and "conduct un
becoming an officer."
"I trill not hesitate to carry the
case to the United States Supreme
Court." said the senior Auld to-day.
"If I think my son is the victim of in
justice. I have engaged no counsel
here, but I have had sound legai
advice, and I am certain the general
principal of law stating that a man
cannot be twice placed In jeopardy
fnf titan name Affenso atll KoM «J
In this case. Secretary Meyer has al- I
ready reprimanded my son. and we
accept that as sufficient punishment.” \
Mr. Auld will confer with Assist- j
ant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop. i
and It ts believed the nature of the ■
sentence on the court-martial verdict |
will then be talked over. The se- j
verity of the sentence will determine j
. the nature of the legal proceedings
to be taken by Auld.
TAKE STEPS TO
GET GOOD ROADS
Ci tineas of Montgomery Want Old
Law Repealed and Better One•
Provided.
(apeclal to The Richmond Virginian )
—■- * ■ •
aCKSBURO. Va. Feb. 7 —A large
— was held In the Interests of
' > and a. petition was pre*
- will be presented to the
. at this term asking for an elee
- to vote on a bend issue of
ww* to be need In macadamising a turn
pike, from Chrlstiansburg to the Floyd
lute, and for improving the present
«Mt rend, and also the road from here
' to the Olles line.
f: More adjourning a motion was
Bd carried unanimously re
Montgomerya repeesentative*
— .iglslature to have the present
law of this county repealed, as
-a been in operation over tea years
Is Very unsatisfactory to tbo tax
—a. In that It takes mors than half
FLORENCE SCHENCK
TRIES TO END LIFE
Former Norfolk Woman Attempts
Suicide in New York and
is Now 111.
LONDON, Fob. 7 —Florence
Schenck Wilson, the beautiful Nor
folk, Va., girl, who tried to end her
ife In a west end hotel last night by
irlnklng chloral, when «he learned
that her husband, Charles H. WUaon.
manager of Alfred Gwynn’s Vander
bilt’s racing and horse show stables,
aould have nothing more to do with
ber, Is still critically 111 to-day. though
the physicians believe that sh« will
recover.
Neither her husband nor Mr. Van
ierbllt, to whom she appealed In her
adversity. has been near her. She Is
apparently without friends and money.
The elopement of Florence Schenck
md Wilson, while the latter still had
a wife, was a national sensation. Wil
son was later divorced but he now
claims that his marriage to Miss
Schenck was illegal because It oc
curred before his divorce.
The death of Alns-.-Ruiz. who com
mitted suicide here last May, had
preyed on Mrs. Wilson’s mind. She
was alone with Mrs. Ruiz at the time
fSe~Tatter TcIITea herself Since that
time Mrs. Wilson has frequently quar
relled with Alfred Vanderbilt, who had
refused to tell where Wilson was. She
finally went to solicitor John B.
Enever, whom she besought to sue
Wilson for support. The marriage
certificate is now In Enever"s hands.
It was recorded two years ago at
Someset House, and shows the name
at Valoska Surratt as witness.
POPE OEMS TO
SEE MR. FAIRBANKS
Appointment Cancelled After
Former Vice-President Address
to Methodists.
PLACED ABOVE TOE KING
Incident Shows That There is Still
Ureat Hostility Between His
Holiness and Temporal Euler.
ROME. Feb. 7.—Vatican officials to
day expressed their regret that it had
been found necessary to cancel the
appointment for former Vice-Presi
dent Charles W. Fairbanks to pay
his respects to the Pope, because of
his previous reception by King Vic
tor Emanuel and hts address at the
American Methodist Church In Rome.
Either of these acts, it w as pointed
out, would have made it impossible
for Mr. Fairbanks to be received at
the Vatican. The Methodist Church
Is viewed as an enemy of the Catho
lic Church by reason of its mission
ary work among the Catholics and by
honoring it with his presence Mr.
Fairbanks put himself beyond the
pale of recognition by the Vatican.
The action taken by the Vatican of
ficials In withdrawing the invitation
to Mr. Fairbanks, one of the attaches
explained, was regular in every’ way,
but the prominence of Mr. Fairbanks
makes the incident most unpleasant.
Many leading Catholic dignitaries fa
vored disregarding the Vatican rules
and opposed the cancellation of the
invitation to Mr. Fairbanks. They
were overruled, however, by the au
thoriUes.
At his hotel to-day Mr. Fairbanks
refused to comment on the incident,
further than to say that he had fol
lowed the program arranged by hia
friends, and that he meant no dis
courtesy to the Pope or, to the Cath
olic Church. He expressed regret at
not being able to see the Pope.
The affair has proved that the re
ported reconciliation between the
King and the Vatican is wholly un
founded. and the retaUons between
the two are likely to be more bitter
than ever as a result of the Incident.
By Including Mr. Fairbanks’ previous
call upon the King as one of the
grounds for prohibiting him from the
Vatican, the Church authorities have
again placed the Pope over the King
and accentuated the strife between the
King and Vatican.
ROPE WITH WHICH
BROWN WAS HANGED
Section of the Rope, a Piece of
the Scaffold on Exhibition at
Manassas.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
MANASSAS, VA., Feb. 7-—W. W.
Smallwood, of near Buck hall. In this
county, has placed on exhibition, in
the office of The Manassas Democrat,
a section of the rope and scaffold used
in the execution of John Brown, the
insurrectionist, at Charlestown. W.
Va.. in 185», together with his sworn
affidavit as to their true Identity. He
has also placed there a copy of a
letter said to have been written by J.
Wilkes Booth a few hours before he
assassinated President Abraham Un,
coin. This letter descended to Mr.
Smallwood from his grandmother who
received it through a lady friend of
Fredericksburg. Mr. Smallwood has
refused tempting offers for these rare
relics.
Two Injured by Accidents.
F. is Campbell, of Jeffersonton, Cul
peper county, fell this morning and
broke Ms ft*. His csnls slipped on
the tee. giving a severe faJL
Robert Harnsberger. son of Dr.
Harnsbergsr. of Catlett. Va., was
thrown from his buggy yesterday and
vary badly Injured.
t“ -fV W'. ?V t- - t ;
GOLD IS INTENSE
Most Severe Weather of Win-;
t er New York and Pedestrians i
Swept off their Feet. J'j
T
DOWN BELOW ZERO
IN MANY PLACER;
Blizzard, Said to Have Come Front ;
Far Off Alaska, Brings Suffer
ing and Even Death—Sea
men Frozen to the Marreu
!
BOSTON, MASS., Feb. 7.—
Oae -hum Miwmre n
reported to-day m a result
ot a cold wave which for
hour* has settled In New
Fug land and which reached
Its maximum at Nashua. N.
H., with H degrees below
rero. In Boston to-day It Is
3 degrees below aero.
NEW IORK, Feb. 7.—Acompanied
by a blizzard like wind, the cold wav*
that swept down Saturday night had
by to-day developed into the very
coldest of the winter. Intense s^fr
Ing is the result.
The coldest recorded by the official
thermometer at the Weather Bureau
hre was 1.9 degrees above zero, the;
lowest official reading made in a num
ber of years In New York city. The
coming of the sun did little to warm I
up the city, for at 8 o’clock the ther- j
mometer had risen to only 2.4 above !
zero. So intense was the cold and
so high the wind that pedestrians
were practically swept oft their feet.
The municipal lodging house and i
the various mission houses through
out the city housed more people last;
night than any other night of the !
winter.
The rivers and upper bay are filled ■
with g.V-at blocks of ice, causing de- !
lay in traffic.
Tldnly (Tail People Suffer.
Three hundred persona who, thinly *
! clad, were forced to the streets, dur
ing minor fires on the lower east
side, suffered terribly from the chill
ing blasts.
According to the weather man.. Ike
| present coldk spell came down from i
; Alaska and the adjacent Canadian j
1 territory, where on last Wednesday, ’
i the thermometer registered <0 de- i
J grees below zero. The present cold
; spell Is general throughout the coun- i
! try.
; uzgH-Jhrdlu shrdlu etaoin
There Is a warm spell following
j close upon the heels of the present
cold one and it Is due in the East
by to-morrow morning. It is already
making Itself elt in the northwest.
Fnmlnilfitl nf fVin • not 4»
, five, member* of the Arctic Swindling
Club took a nice sea dtp at <_t>ney
Island, though there 'were few spec
tators who dared watch them. Over
i on Sheepahead Hay, four more hardy
swimmers breasted the Ice cold water.
‘In Northern New Turk the ther
mometer Is registering as low as 20
degrees below, with a blizzard raging.
Coldest of the Winter.
WATERTOWN. N. Y„ Feb. 7 —Tha
coldest weather oh the winter pre- j
vailed throughout Northern New
York last night and to-day. The ther- :
mometer fell to 25 degrees below
zero ear!x't«-V»y. At Norwood and
Ogdensburg, the temperature was
from 25 to 30 degrees below.
At Saranac Fake It was 25 below,
while .18 below was recorded at New- i
j ton Falls. Thus far no fatalities ;
have been rejkirted.
Forty Relow at lake Georg*. j
GLEN FALLS. N. Y„ Feb. 7.—'This I
. city and the Adirondack, region IsJ
I to-day In the grip of the most seri- :
ous cold snap In years. Thermome- j
; ters In the city registered 20 below
i zero, while 30 and 40 below are re
ported at Lake George and in the
woods.
Connecticut Schools Close.
WINSTEAD. CONN., Feb. 7.—The
coldest temperature of the winter in
Connecticut, if nut in several win- i
ters. was registered in the exposed
i parts of town around 7 o'clock. At!
j that hour the temperature was ofll- j
j daily announced as being 20 degrees ;
I below zero. Almost as severe cold j
I prevails in neighboring towns Nor- |
' folk registered 24 below at 6 o'clock. j
The schools in Riverton and Cole- !
brook -were closed to-day on Account ,
of extreme weather.
EVA’S SAILORS FROZEN.
Sugar-Laden Steamer Arrives at j
Quarantine After Terrible Voyage.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.—With a heavy j
list to port, with her decks a foot I
deep in ice, with icicles as thick aa a
man’s leg hanging from all portions;
of her spars, and with her seamenj
frosen to the marrow, the steamer |
Eva. from Matansaa, Cuba, sugar!
laden, to-day anchored off Quarantine, i
after the most tempestuous voyage in
her history.
The vessel met high seas all the
way up. Giant waves hurled tons of
water across the vessel, much of
which found its way into the cargo
of sugar stowed below.
The vessel was hove to in the bllz
sard yesterday and temporary repairs
effected. Later in the day heavy snow
squalls sat In, which lasted until -1
o'clock in the afternoon, when the
wind increased to the force of a hur
ricane. The ship staggered through
the lashed elements, white ea a scep
tre aa the bulwarks and rigging were
fronted with ley spray.
The wet eager esuaed the ahlp to
Hat badly. The watch and bridge man
were nearly dead from the expoaure,
and had to be relieved every few
mlnutea, so great was their suffering.
kerf eta
Richmond
. Jer
(Special to The ___
NORFOLK. Va. Feb.7. .__
fleheaek Wilson'i*~ a dautbtup !®®„
^owhatan S. Schenck. chairman of th
Norfolk Democratic Committee, guar
ttelag 'physician.*h iOtt* ftkKofl
yS3«®. SW" "u“r •
SCHOOL PICTURES
WHICH WILL TALK
Mr. Edison Perfecting Machine to
Help Train Mind of
Young.
NEWARK. N. X, Feb. 7 — Having
realized the prime ambition of his
life, the perfection of a storage bat
tery that will operate a trolleyless
street car, Thomas A. Edison la now
planning an apparatus for Introducing
motion pictures and the phonograph
Into the schoolroom that will be of
great educational value.
Mr. Edlaon’a Idea is to combine the
picture machine with the phonograph
In such a way that they will operate
So that the moving pictures on a
Screen will literally be made to talk.
Vie is certain that this arrangement
Will create greater interest In the
Studies of school children, especially
history, geography and Industrial
work
’Color photography will he used in
the manufacture of the films, and
the exact colors of nature will he
gotten In t£la way, making the com
bination machine of great valge in
Ble study of botany A practical
?SSrHfih*irstT»fi~Br The new apparatus
hill be given the latter part of this
rnth before the hoard of education
New York City._
NORTH CAROLINA MAN DIES
WITH BONE IN THROAT
tSpecial to*The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH. N. C„ Feb. 7 —Former
Chief Justice James E. Shepherd left
hgre Saturday for a Baltimore Hos
pital for the removal of a partridge
ixmc from his throat. A telegram
this morning announces his death.
He was sixty-four years of age.
ON INSTRUCTIONS
Opposing Lawyers in Sanrtders Li
bel Suit Making No
Concessions.
REACH JURY WEDNESDAY
Judge Ingram Will Have Instruc
tion# Completed Probably by
Tuesday—Argument to Begin.
Unless some unfnre-een obstacle
arises to retard the smooth progress
of the trial, the court's instructions
to the jury in the 120,000 libel suit
of lyde W. Saunders against the
Williams Printing Company and Adon
A. Yoder will be completed by Tues
day.
Argument by the lawyers In the
case wrlll begin at the opening of the
session Tuesd(|y morning. It is not
probable that the case will be sub
mitted to the jury until Wednesday.
Argument on the instructions was
concluded Monday morning before
Judge John H. Ingram. The Supreme
Court Chamber in the State Library
building was again occupied by the
court for the proceedings in this case.
Charles V. Meredith, of counsel for
the defense, held the floor the greater
part of the morning session, arguing
for the Instructions he had sub
mitted for fils clients.
In his argument on the Instruc
tion to define a "conditional priv
ilege," Mr. Meredith arftd that It is
for the Jury to decide whether the
allegations made in the publications
In The Idea by Mr. TOder were justi
fiable. _
‘*VVe do not ilead truth." he said,
“because they were not charges, but
opinions stmpty.
“In order to show privilege, how
ever, we attempt to show (!) reason
ior. ana in iai« oi malice in tnesc
opinion*, by showing the truth of
facts upon which the opinions were
based.
"The question is not whether the
opinions were true, but whether he
honestly stated opinions. Therefore
we can prove truth of facts on which
the opinions were baaed.”
He quoted (ft some length authori
ties denning what is fair comment.
Mr. Meredith argued long and
earnestly to get in the instruction to
the ury that even if the jury believes
that the allegations of Yoder concern
ing Saunders are false or founded
upon erroneous informaion, but no
malice or 111 will Is shown, the jury
shall consider the allegations merely
an expression of opinion on the part
of the defendant and therefore not
libel under the law.
He held that it was the privilege
of Yoder to express his opinions, so
long as he believed them to be true,
although he might have no positive
proof to sustain theif, and so long
as he was working for the public
welfare.
Mr. Meredith concluded his argu
ment on the instructions shortly be
fore 1 P. M. The court then ordered
a recess. Wht-n court Was recon
vened Mr. Scott, for the plaintiff,
replied to Mr. MeredtVh. fighting
hard to have excluded some of the
instructions asked by the defendants'
attorney*.
At 2 P. M. a recess for dinner was
ordered by Judge Ingram. He will
spend the afternoon reviewing the
instructions submitted by bpth sides.
LEAPS FROM BRIDGE TO
CREEK (FAR) BELOW
William Hinea, of Woodstock,
Ends His Life by Jumping
a Distance of Ninety Feet.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
WOODSIOCG, Va.. Peb. 7.—William
Mines, son of the late Rev. J. T. Lou
aad
Mount Jackson, leafed from the rail
r6*d bridge at Mtut Jackson to the
jwagu ___
creek H feet below thls_morning about
tear o'clock.
aukMe,to He was «I. gaara of uga.
BETTER PROSPECT
FOR mmm
So Says Dabney While Not
Claiming the Majority
Needed.
ALLEGED CITY HALL
LOBBY PURE MYTH
Reports of Active Lobbying by
City Officials Grew Out of Over
zealous Advocacy of the Con
solidation Ordinance.
The opposing force* in the strenu
ous conflict being waged to determine
The rate of trie ordinance providing
for the consolidation of Richmond
and Manchester are lining up for
the decisive battle.
The annexation measure will be
presented to the common council
Monday night. It will not be eon
| sidered. however, until a special ses
| sion of the lower branch la called
; tor the specific purpose of debate
! on the measure. This special meet
ing will be called probably for next
I Monday.
In the meantime the campaign for
and against the measure is proceed
ing at a terrific pace. Every mem
ber of the municipal body has been
personally solicited by advocates and
I opponents of the consolidation ordi
i nance. Hfe
Opponent* Won Over.
A review of th&rfield to-day show*
■ that while some of the former op
j ponents of the measure have been
i won over, and a few others are waver
I erlng. the majority Is still with the
' anti-annexatlonlsts.
ine most euinutiinii; reaotrs on
the aide of annexation are not claim
ing a majority assured for the meas
ure. Probably no one man has done
more effective work for the measure
than William T. Dabney, business
manager of the Chamber of Com
merce
Asked to state exactly the situation
• Monday morning, Mr. Dabney said:
"We are making encouraging head
way. I feel that before the final vote
is taken we will have all the support
we need to put the ordinance through,
i We are winning new strength even
day.*' • ■
No City BUI lobby.
Mr. Dabney was questioned eon*
eeming the charge that “a City Hall
lobby” has been at work to defeat
the consolidation measure. He an
j swered:
j "I do not believe that there has
! been any lobby at work against the
measure. That charge was made by
the newspapers, not by the men who
are conducting the campaign for an
nexation. Personally, 1 will say that
I have seen no evidences of lobbying
at the City Hall against this ordl
! nance. 1 do not believe the lobby
| exists or has existed In fact. That
was merely an allegation by advocates
: of annexation, probably due to the en
i thuslasm of the campaign in support
• of the measure."
Mr. Dabney and Councilman
Charles E. Klchards. of Marshall
, Ward, met In the City Hall Monday
morning and engaged in a spirited
controversy over the merits of the or
dinance. Mr. Dabney remarked:
“I hear you have prepared a bunch
of figures which you Intend to spring
on the Council when the ordinance
comes up for debate. Now, X want
to tell you that Henry Pollard knows
all about your figures, and he is going
to explode your argument. He is go
ing to hoist you high as Haaman.
Take my tip and don’t Introduce your
figures. You are a friend of mine,
and I don’t want to see you knocked
Into smithereens. That is surely what
Is going to happen to you If you per
: stst In your Intention to spring yoor
' statistics.”
To Dead the Fight.
Harry It. Pollard, Jr., chairman of
! the Special Committee on Consolida
j tion of Richmond and Manchester,
: will lead the fight for annexation on
i the floor of the Council chamber. The
! opposition will be led probably by
i;ouncuman nicnariu, mnougn no
leader has yet been agreed upon by
; the Councilman who wtll vote against
the measure. The opponents of the
ordinance deny that there is any or
i g&nlsatlonof their forces at this time.
They declare that they have made no
i effort to organize, being confident that
J the advocates of the measure are In
' a minority not sufficiently large to be
feared.
;MR. QUARLES DIED
FROM FALL IN ROOM
The ^Virginian's Exclusive
As told in The Virginian the day
; following the filing of a suit by his
widow against the Aetna Life Insur
ance Company of Hartford to recover
| $16,000, the amount of life insurance
j claimed. Mann 8. Quarles died, It is
i alleged by his widow, from the ef
i fects of a fall he received while h*
i was 111. The Virginian's story was
i confirmed Sunday by a statement
i given out by Mr. C. B. Garnett. coi}n
; sel for Mrs. Ann H. Quarles. Mr.
Quarles waa walking across hla room,
when he fell, severely cutting hia
head.
The Insurance people refuse to pay
the death claim because they hold
that Mr. Quarles died from his mal
ady, not from accidental causes l_
Counsel for the Aetna Company will
file answer to the plaintiffs declara
tion this week ih the United States
District Court.
, VCASHTNGTOK. Reb. 7 —Forecast till
t P. M. Tuesday:
Virginia—Fair and slightly \farmei
to-night, Tuesday Increasing Aioudl
Counsel for Mrs. Quarles Confirms
Story.
THE WEATHER
Una fair and continued
it 7. Tuesday Increasing
warmer.
MISS DREXEL TO
WED ENGLISH COUNT
Engagement of Philadelphia Heir
ess to Viscount Maidstone is
Formally Announced.
LONDON. Feb. 7.—Mr. and Mr*.
Anthony J. Drexel. formerly of Phila
delphia, today formally announced the
engagement of their daughter. Mar
garetta Armstrong, to Viscount Mald
Btone. The wedding will take place
the latter part of June or early In July, i
at the Drexel home In this city.
Miss Drexel Is a sister of Anthony
J. Drexel, Jr., whose engagement to
Miss Marjorie Gould, of New York j
was only recently announced. She has
had many titled suitors, lured by her
charm, wealth and beauty. Viscount
Maidstone's full name Is Guy Monta
gu George Finch-Hatton. He Is 25
years old, four years older than his
flnancee. His family Is one of the most
distinguished In England.
EXPECT SENSATION IN
“ POLICE INVESTIGATION
/Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
STAUNTON. VA.. Feb. 7.—A meet
ing of the common council has been
called for poon to-morrow to hear the
report of the special Joint committee j
that has been Investigating the po
lice department for the past month, j
holding sltUngs almost every week- I
night. It Is understood that sensa
tional charges will be made.
ETHICAL MI
j Propriety of Soliciting Votes in
Judgeship Campaign
Challenge.
! -
! BEFORE BAR ASSOCIATION
Members of Richmond Bar De
nounce Practice and Animated
Discussion is Expected.
Lively interest In the meeting of
the Richmond Bsr Association, to be
held at the Commonwealth Club Wed
tieeday night, la evinced by the law
yers of Richmond.
The question of the ethical pro
prlety of a lawyer entering actlvely
ln a campaign for the election of a
j Judge and soliciting votes for his fa
i vorite is to be determined at this
; meeting.
Lawyers throughout the Common
wealth of Virginia are interested in
i the result, and they are awaiting the
j verdict of the Richmond Bar Asso
ciation with eager anticipation.
This ethical point has been warm
ly contested In Virginia for many
years. The part played by members
j of the bar, who happen to wield
; political Influence. In bringing about
the election of their favorites to the
j Judiciary of the Commonwealth has
along been regarded with disapproval
i by a large element of the bar. These
1 gentlemen have condemned the politi
cal activities of their fellow-mem hers
j of the legal profession without re
serve. They pronounce the practice
of soliciting the votes of legislators
unethical and unworthy of the pro
fession.
The Richmond Bar Association has
determined to take the bull by the
horns and settle the point of pro
{prlety definitely. The question will
: he argued pro and con at Wednesday
I night's session, and following the de
| bate a resolution will be adopted. In
all probability, putting on record the
j sentiment of the association.
, Officers for the ensuing year will
i he elected at this meeting. Under
} the laws governing the association,
i the president cannot be elected to
; succeed himself. B. Ran Wellford
j Is the first vice-president. It Is like
j ly that he will be chosen, but there
! is no Iron-clad rule governing tne or
der of succession to the president's
chair.
The present officers are: President,
John Rutherfoord; first vise-presi
dent. B. Ran Wellford; second vice
president. Eppa Hunton: third vice
president. Henry C. Riely: secretary
and treasurer, Maurice A. Powers;
executive committee—E. M. Pilcher
(chairman). James Lewis Anderson.
Robert H. Talley._
WITHDRAWS GIFT
OFFERED PRINCETON
! Mr. Procter Not Willing to Except
Modifications Made by Dr.
Wilson.
PRINCETON. Nf J.. Feb. 7.—The
announcement from William Cooper
Procter, of Cincinnati, that his eug*
tested gift of SMft.MO for the graduate
school of Princeton University has
been withdrawn because the authori
ties were not willing to expend the
mosey as he desired, is expected to
precipitate the Iontt anticipated light
against Woodrow Wilson, president of
the University. The matter will be
tak^o up at a meeting of the trustees
on Thursday. Mr. Procter’s letter
withdrawing bis gift is now iu the
possession of Moses Taylor Pyne,
chairman of the board. So far as
can be learned Pyne has been hi fgjvrr
of accepting the gift as proffered,
meeting the conditions and broaden
ing the university materially. Dr.
Wilson. If is reported, insisted on the
alteration of the plan to spend the
money and had his way. In the letter,
it h rumored, some of the atfministry
tion^ methods at Prinoeton are men
House Recommits The Meas- |
ure After an Animated
Discussion.
HhARING FIXED FOR
TUESDAY MORNING
Assurance Given on the Floor
That Measure Will Be Re- -ag
ported Again—Fletcher
Bill in Senate.
The Rison divorce bill hu
been recommitted to th»
House Committee on Court*
of Justice. Ail who wish to
■Pl»ear against it will be
heard by the committee
Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock.
The House of Delegates open**
Monday with suppressed excitement.
t,very member knew that the dlvorco
bill was to be the Issue of the day,
ana as soon as the necessary com*
mlttee reports were made the two
bu " ,wbich stood on the calendar
ahead of the divorce measure, were
cafled*1 ^ and the Paramount bill
Mr. Cooke, of Norfolk, took the
noor immediately, and upheld by Mr
Dewls, of Essex, moved that it be re
committed to the Committee on
Courts of Justice, since It had nvoui
fw n , B?n*atlon throughout the State
that it required further consideration,
declaring that If the measure were
harmless as its advocates claim, tha
committee could do it no harm
Condemned by Methodists.
Mr Cooke requested the clerk of
the House to read the following reso.
«UlinJent to hlm by a meeting of
Methodist ministers In Norfolk;
Whereas, we have had our
attention called to Senate bill
No. 45, which. If enacted. -
would throw down the bars
and make divorce easier In —
Virginia: therefore, resolved: ,
"1. That we register our
emphatle protest against any
revision of the divorce law 1
backward.
•'8. While we recognise
that any general taw may
work a hardship tjr some
Ifrttehtor case, yet webeg
the legislature to keep hi
mind the fundamental prin
ciple that legislation la for '
the good of the whole and
not the benefit of a few.
“3. That the president of this
meeting appoint a committee
to do what they can to get
the bill now before the Houso
recommitted, and, if recom
mitted. to appear u pur re- 4
presentatlves before the com
mittee.
"4. That we heartily com- '
mend the bill Introduced by
the Hon. M. T. Cooke forbid- '
ding the remarriage of any
resident of this State who has *
obtained a divorce In this or
any other State for a period •
of two years after the grant
ing of said divorce. »
(Signed) *
“HENRY C. PFIEFKER. ’i
“Secretary.
“Feb. 7. 1910.”
Mr. Rose well Page, of Hanover;
chairman of the Committee on Courts
of Justice, declaring that he had more
than thirty preachers In his family,
decided himself fit to Bpeak against
the preachers' resolution, as welt an
against Mr. Cooke's motion. /
The present divorce law, he said,
does nothing short of encouraging
adultery. Immorality is provoked,
while the new bill, which provides fop
the protection of many innocent peo
ple who are now legally bound Into m
state of matrimony which Is nothing
short of a hideous farce.
Opposed by Mr. Zimmer.
Th0 argument of Mr. Page, how
ever, received several staggering
blows at the hands of Mr. Samuel
Zimmer, a new member from Peters
burg. who showed the abuses to which
such a bill as the one proposed would
■■0
4
subject the moral health of the Stpte.
He declared that under the new
provisions now proposed the bill would
allow a man to drive his wife from
home and then demand a divorce,
which the courts would be practically
compelled to grant.
Mr. Rew. of Accomac. replied bit
terly to Mr. Zimmer's argument, «
charging him with having given out
misleading statements to the press,
which were largely responsible forth*
sensation created by the blit.
He was sharply called to order,
however, by Speaker Byrd, and apolo
gised to Mr. Zimmer.
Continuing, he declared that he did;
net believe recommitment would bp.
of avail, since the Courts of Justice
Committee had determined to report;
the bill favorably.
Wanted It Sent Back.
Mr. Adams, of Charlotte1, Colonel -
Johnson, of Russell, and Mr.
ferro then followed In support
sending the bill back to the cornu
tee, all declaring that good bills
not be hurt in the committee,
only bod and injurious measures 1
ed to be forced or railroaded
the House.
Captain W. W. Baker brought
argument to an Issue by der
the previous question. Mr.
motion to recommit wan then .
the House and carried by a
ms
najortty.
The de
debate resolved Into the
Moil of increasing the number
Inspectors from six to ten an
crease their solarise from Ml «
to »75 a month.
Judge Williams, of Ollee,
the idea declaring f * * “
of the State should
that Virginia has rv
mission forms of
mhn.- he said, can
to his stablo
to
••young fellow” com!
amine it to
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