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CLEAN PAPER
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VOL 1.—No. 112.
THE WEATHER—Showers
RICHMOND, V A., 8 A T U R D A Y, J UXE 11, 1010.
16 P A G E S
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FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE
IN EARLY MORNING FIRE
_ \ „_ ._
Score of People Missing and
Heart of Seattle in
Ruins
COULD NOT ESCAPE
FROM TENEMENTS
Firemon are Caught in Falling
Building—Property Valued
at $1,000,000 De
stroyed.
SEATTLE, WASH.. June 11.—
Twenty-three persons are believed to
be dead and property valued at *1,
000,000 has been destroyed by a fire
in the heart of the city to-day. The
tire was discovered shortly after mid
night and raged for several hours.
Twenty of the persons reported dead
are believed to have been killed when
the fire destroy'd a row of lodging
houses near the Galbraith warehouse.
A policeman who went through this
district Immediately after the Are
started said there was no time for the
lodgers to escape from that section
and he believed all wer dead.
Every ambulance In the city was
pressed into service and the patients
of the Pacific hospital n*ur the fire
swept district were moved to the city.
A fire engine caught in the path of
the fiames was abandoned by its crew
and three men are reported to have
taken refuge In a building at First and
ball street* which later collapsed. The ,
men are missing.
The fire started In the Galbraith
warehouse at midnight while a verl- 1
table gale wus blowing from the west.
The wind spr-ad the flames with
alarming rapidity alter the Bacon
Galbraith building was a mars of
flames Mow of the buildings nearby
were of the flimsy W.MMien affairs and
as a consequence the fire spread with
the rapidity of a prarie fire. It was
all a squad of policemen could do to
keep ahead of the flames and warn
the occupants of the wooden struc
tures. half a dosen of which were
boarding houses to vacate. The po
lice did not reach one hoarding house
near the Galbraith warehouse where
the persona are reported killed.
MM OF KIHC
IS NOT CURABLE
Alfonso Has Tuberculosis of
Throat From U'hioh He Will
N ot Recover.
ATyFJPIT*-, June 11.—-iTeuptw* a.}i 4.r
floUl dem&U it 1# row generally a-cc«*p
ted that King Alfonno has ttib^rriilu
•In of the throat Alfonso Is in Bor
deaux to-day in consultation with Ur
Moure, the throat specialist He n;ts
had at Ua*t a dosen consultations with
l>r Moure in the last three months
The report that the king was suffer
ing from a well-developed case of tu
berculosis of the throat first came from
one of the l*alace attaches two month.**
ago. HU ailment u believed to be in
curable.
ENGLAND PROFITS
BY T. R’S. ADVICE
Government Appoints Indian
Viceroy Who Will Rule With
Iron Hands.
LONDON. June 11.—The influence of
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in believed
to-day by leading Kngltf'h politicians
to be partly responsible for the ap
pointment of Sir Charles Hardinve,
permanent under secretary of State to
succeed the Karl of Minio as viceroy of
India.
It Is argued that Col Roosevelt's
Guild hall speech In which he urged
England to exercise a more rigid rule
In Kgypt. decided the government to
adopt a more repressive rule In India,
where the growth of the nationalist
movement Is one of the most serious
problems now confronting the govern
ment.
Hardlnge is recognized as an adv >
rate of force and will undoubtedly
adopt a policy far different from that
folio wed by Lord Mlnto and other re
cent viceroys of India.
It Is believed too, that Lord Kitche
ner favored the appointment of liar
dtnge for this reason. Hardlnge pos
sesses tremendous Influence In govern-*)
mental affairs and should he meet with]
opposition In his Iron-hand rule. It is!
believed he nas sufficient strength to j
rmbarras If not overthrow the admtn-|
Istration.
Hardtnge's selection was a big sur
prise to the politicians who generally
credited the report of a few days ago
that Sir Lewis Harcourt was to get to
Minto’s post.
RICHMOND YOUNG MEN !
SHOW OP CHEOITMEY
Conductors on some of the lines run - ;
ring out of Richmond are reported to
be talking of a strike as a result of dls- ;
satisfaction with existing wage condt- i
tions. None of them, however,, are do- ■
lng any talking for publication and 1
for that reason little definite Informa- I
tlon can be ascertained as to their plans ;
It Is said that conductors on the
Southern running between Richmond
and Charlotte feel aggrieved that en- :
pincers and flremen are relieved at
Danville on the trip between the two
points while they are compelled to
make the trip straigh through, the re-;
suit being that their pay In proportion
to the engineers and flremen Is less
than that of the latter employes on a
.basis of distance covered.
Some of the conductors are also re
ported to be miffed because the Ches
apeake and Ohio, by a recent adjust
ment of Its wage scale, awarded con
ductors on Its lino more pay than that I
being drawn by other conductors run-,
nlng out of Richmond.
Representatives of the conductors are
no win Washington to go over the mat
tor with the railroad officials and It Is
•aid that some doflnlt# conclusion will
bo reached by June ltth. At least,
thatis what a seaboard AJr I.lne con
tactor stated a dag or two ago,
.v. sV
Man Passing as Jay Rice Believed
to l)e Man Who Turned the
Trick in Dayton.
BIG PRICK FOR NOTHING
Philadelphia Merchant Gives
Up $15,000 in Fake Sale
of Mining Land.
j ROCHESTER.. N, V.. June 11.—H.
; O. Mason, alia* Jay Rise, fifty-five
! years old. Is held here for the Day
ton, Ohio, police, who. It is claimed
hy the Rochester authorities, have
offered a reward of 1500 for the ar
. rest of the man on a charge of swind
ling a Philadelphia merchant out of
115.000 In a mining deal in the Ohio
cICy last October. Mason was arrested
by Collector of Customs George F.
Roth, who became suspicious when
Mason endeavored to Interest him in
the purchase of some mining property
near Tucson, Arizona. In which he
said Roth's brother-in-law was In
terested.
i The prisoner refused to admit his
. Identity, hut his picture was found
in a Pinkerton circular and a police
, publication. The Pinkertons’ New
York office has been requested to
bring the complainant In the Ohio
1 case to Rochester.
Believed (o IW* Mason.
DAYTON, OHIO. June II.—Jay
Rice, under arreBt at Rochester. N.
V . D believed to be O G. Mason,
wanted here on a charge of swindling
William Taylor, a Philadelphia brok
er. out of $15,0<Hi through a "fake"
mine sale R. Iv Prentiss is also
sought as Mason’s Confederate In the
deal The money, according t.> Tay
lor, was paid to the men in Dayton
last summer, when they met here by
appointment to conclude the sale.
None of the men lived here, but chose
Dayton as a convenient meeting piace.
WILL IMPOSE SENTENCE
ON SUCAR TRUST MEN
Mt ikp and Gorhraeht tn 1*0 Son
ttiK'pil I a .1 wipe Martin
August noth.
NEW Yi.JiK, J«»ee in—Ecmeoe
wjtl t>*‘ imposed on Charles R ttel ke.
secretary of the sugar trust, and Ef
i.i-st \\" < Jerbracht'' former superin
tendent of (is Williamsburg refiner?',
on August so When the? were ar
rainged before Judge Martin in the
federal court to-day, follow ing the.
verdict of utility of conspiracy to de
*raud thi' government, returned In
their vases by the Jury last night, the
request of their counsel for un arrest
of judgment was granted by Judge
Martin.
Itoth men were permitted to go on
their former bail bond of $10.00ft until
next Wednesday when they will have
to furnish a new bond of $20,000 each
Heioro they appear for sentence on
August 20. It is expected their counsel
will have perfected pans for appeal
ing the case.
James K. Benderiiagcl, regarding
whose guilt a Jury twice agreed, was
allowed to go on his own recognizance
and his i>er»onal bond of $5,000, It
is not expected that he will be tried
again
Former Assistant Superintendent
Harry W. Walker, and Janies F. Hal
ligHii, Jr., a former checker on the
sugar docks, who entered pleas of
guilty, were given three months each
on lilackivells Island. Jean Voelker. i
the aged checker, who also entered
a plea of guilty, was released on a
suspended sentence. Prosecutor Bttm
son urging this on the grounds that
the old man has only a few months j
to live.
JEALOUS LOVER
STABSSWEETHEART
Bcmie Howard Charged With At.
tempting to Kill Miss
Alary Napier.
Insanely angry because he had been
denied permission to speak to Miss
Mary Napier with whom he was In
fatuated, Uernle Howard, p young
man twenty-three years of age, struck
the girl's mother with his fist and
plunged the point of a pocket knife
into the young lady's side and slashed
her across the arm. The scene of the
stabbing was near Bowe and Broad
streets Friday night about 8 o'clock.
Miss Napier Is* at her home, 1643-A
West Broad street, suffering much
from the wounds Inflicted upon her,
and young Howard Is in a cell under
the charge of feloniously and mali
cious wounding. On account of the
condition of the young laoy the case
will not be called In ponce until the
twenty-first. _j
Howard Uvea at No. 610 South
Laurel street and according to what
Mrs. Lula Napier, mother of the young
lady who was stabbed, says, had been
paying attention to "Her daughter for ]
some time. They quarrelled and Frl- '
day night while Mrs. Kapler and her {
daughter were out walking they met j
Howard. He Insisted upon talking to j
hia former sweetheart and when told
to desist by Mrs. Napier, struck the
elder lady In the face with hig fist.
He 16 alleged to have then rushed to
Mia# Napier and holding her with one
hand slashed her arm with hia knife,
wheeled her around and plunged the
knife into her left side.
CUSH IMMINENT
OVEflDOl! TIKES
County Board of Supervisors
and County Treasurer Heck
ler Does Not Agree
BOARD AWAITS ADVICE
OE COUNTY ATTORNEY
*Mr. Gunn Will Render an Opin
ion and Board Will Meet
Wednesday—Treasu re r Ex
plains His Side.
Kx 1st tag conditions portend a clash
between the county board of super
visors and County Treasurer Henry
!<\ Heckler and the crisis will come
next Wednesday when the Supervi
sors will meet In special session.
The issue between the treasurer and
the governing 'body of the county con
cerns the method of collecting dog
taxes In tiM/County. At lh>‘ meeting
I Of tile supervisors held lust Tuesday
it v«s suggested by one of the mem
bers that instead of issuing a sepa
rate win for long taxes they be placed
on the regular tax slips for personal
properly, real estate and capital.on
taxes. The supervisors determined to
lay the matter on the table at that
•time until the treasurer could bo in
terviewed, the Idea betng to ascertain
i whether or not he had any objection ]
I to offer. |
It developed that he did have serl- j
c. us objection to the move and express- i
: cd himself in forceful terms abou* the
contemplated change. Upon learning
the u11r.d of the treasurer in the mul
ti r tic supervisor* took up the mat
ter again, this time at the special
I meeting called principally for the pur
pose of looking Into the matter of
speeding autoistw.
Dog Tax ara Regulsrehip.
i As soon us the more important ques
tion was disposed of the supervisors
•ook up the matter of the dog lax.
Mr. George Watt, Commissioner of
i Revenue for Fairfield and Varina DU
j ftets. took on important part in the:
: t rgument. He stated that he had in-’
jterviewed Judge Scott about the dog
Jtax and that he had been sent to the*
supervisors. Mr, Watt seemed much
in favor of the change. He stated
' thut II would be well to put the tax
i on the regular slip so that a part;,
could r.ot pay one part without pay
ing unother and that In this way the
dog taxes would be collected Instead
■of being lost as usual.
Chairman Saunders stated that sfetce
1 the treasurer had offered an objection
to the move, the supervisor* had bet
ter take no action until the matter was
i thoroughly Investigated. He asked \
< omouwealth s Attorney Gunn if he
had looked up the law on the subject
land rcc-lved an answer in th • nega
tive “If the treasurer has objections,
we must look Into them,”, said Mr.
Saunders. "If he is wrong and we
j are right we will order the dog taxes
-pHt —ft- —t-be—ottter- 4411s If the. major- -,
ttv of tin supervisors think it well to
do io.
Attorney Gunn will look up the law i
tm the subject, and make a reiKtrt '•
to the supervisors. They w ill hold ;
a meeting on Wednesday, June lo, j
.ti.q take up the matter again, when
; they will probably settle it one way
j or another.
The Treasurer’* Objection.
County Treasurer Henry C. Heckler
War not present at tin meeting of the
supervisor* hut he was seen tn Ms
office Immediately following the meet
ing. ”1 don’t want the dog taxes on
tin same slips.” Salt! Treasurer Heck
ler, "and am not going to put them
on them.” if Wendenberg and others
j had let the matter alone some time
,igo we would now have about $.r.,0<W I
j dog tax money In the county treas- |
ury
j Mr. Heckler explained that if the
present state law is enforced the dog
taxes will be collected in a sattsfac- j
tore manner. All that Is necessary
i is tor Judge Scott to put the consta
bles to work on their duties and the
taxes will coir.e In without trouble.
"If a constable shoots one man s dog,” |
said Mr. Heckler, ’’the news will trav- (
el as if by telegraph and all other j
! dog ow ners will pay up In a hurry ” {
The treasurer stated that in 1 POT
the dog taxes collected amounted to j
<33.,10. in 190S, there were several
i hundred dollars and that In 190S the;
payments had Increased in the ratio
of t to 1.
Jlr. Heckler pointed out that 1f the
dog tax is put on the slip with the i
cher tax it will cause numerous com- ,
plications and that he has trouble i
enough now. The capitation tax is on j
the slip and he cannot force tax pay
ers to pay this. When they refuse lie
Is forced to substract It from the bill.
If the dog tax is added he will often
hove to mnke two substruction*, lie ,
sign pointed out that in many esses
a matt will he charged with two ilogs
and will declare that he has nly one.!
lo determine the truth of his state
ment will cause trouble.
He stated that the tax on dogs is
a lliense tax and not a tax proper and
I has no right on the regular tax slip.
m w. l .mm s co.
i Traction Job in the West End
is Awarded to Richmond
Finn.
j W. L. Kaylaml and Company, >■f
i Richmond, has been awarded the con
tract to build the new barna for the
j Virginia Hallway and Power Oompeny
tn the West End near Idlcwood. The
contract was given out Friday after
noon. No figure*, however, were di
vulged.
The contract calls for the erection
of two car barna, one paint shop and
one oil house.The buildings will be of
brick and concrete construction. Work
will begin at once, It Is said.'
The project will call for the expendi
ture of a sum in excess of fSO.OOO. It Is
believed. —
Their Vacation Begins, .
Vacation time has started at the Fed
eral building. The first government
official to take two weeks' leave Is Mr.
W, Gay Smith, special deputy collector
of Customs. He wlU leave Saturday
•MOU for New fork.
COMMITTEE
EXONERATES
BUCHANAN
--
iSec’y of Associated Charities
Found Guiltless by Probers
Who Made Inquiry
WRITTEN REPORT
SAYS OFFICIAL IS
WORTHY OF PRAISE
j Investigators Take Up Each
Charge Separate!;, and Clear
Accused Ckarity Worker on
All—Adopt Resolution.
‘•Your ramuilttn' i« raibllrd
tlmt the cltargcs in question are
totally devoid of merit; that the
| conduct of ltr. bKlutnun linn
been aboto rtWMcti; and tlmt
the work of Mg association Is
administered honestly
hut according Vlff methods best
approved by Modern soclologj •
We feel JuMtlrd by the evidence
i In saying that, an far from being
condemned, your general swere
tary deserves naqualiticd praise,
and should lure tlie tlianks of
the vvliohjoummanlty for what he
haw accomplished along the lines
of constructive charity.**
This Is the ISndlng of the commit
tee i <>in posed of A. W. Patterson, L.
<). Miller. Hobart Lancaster and O. A.
Hawkins. appointed by President
Hobert Leclty, of the Associated
Charities investlgat- the conduct
of Dr. James Buchanan, general sec
retary of the organisation.
The committee's rep- rt was received
'by the board of directors of the Asso
ciated Charities at a meeting held In
Mr. Lenity's office at 11 o'cloc k Satur
day morning. The report was read
and formally received by the direc
tors. Dr. Buchanan and several of
his friends were present
Teat of Ilc|H>rt.
The report, tdgnrd by the commit
teemen and Mr. Jeffry Montague, rep
resenting the press, although not
signed by Secretary J T. Mastln, of
the State Board of Charites and Cor
rections, because of his absence from
the city, follows
To the Board of ertrcctors cf Asso
ciated Charities or Richmond:
The undersigned committee appoint
ed for the purpose of enquiring Into
certain chsrges reflecting upon the
work of this organisation in general,
and upon its secretary, Dr. James
Buchanan. In particular, beg leave to
submit the following report:
Your committee received notice of
Its appointment on Thursday, June 2.
and. realising the impurtan. ———(
prompt action, it was decided to start
the Investigation on Friday, June S.
(Continued on Second Page.)
ALMOST WILLING
TO BECOME POPE
Russia Won't Admit Hammer
stein Because He’s Jew. M ay
Be Baptist Deacon.
PARIS. June 11.—In the role of
en Episcopalian vestryman or a Bap
tist deacon, unrar Hammerstein, the
New York iraprossarlo, may try to
press his way into Russia. which
country has refused him admission
because of his Jewish nativity.
Hammersteln. his hat and his cigar,
were found together in the Grand Ho
tel to-day by a United Press corre
spondent. i >scar was far from his
whilom, buoyant seif. Mary Garden,
in her numerous ructions with him.
never peeved him half so much as
the Russian ban against'him.
"It Is true that my lawyer has no
tified me that the Russian govern
ment has refused me admission l*s
cause I am a Jew," he said. "It is
a hard blow to me, because I have
a number of important husinesa deals
that make It Imperative that I go to
St. Petersburg. I wish to engage a
number of Russian artists, and I
can't do it without being on the
scene.
"If it will placate the Russian gov
ernment, 1 will Join either the Epis
copalian or the Baptist church. I will
even apply for membership in the
Orthodox Greek church and knock
'stein' off the end of my name."
Despite his facetlousness, Hammer
rtein was most pensive while deliver
ing himself of his remarks. He said
he had Instructed his lawyer in New
York to do everything possible to
have the United States state depart
ment take up the matter with Rus
sia.
"But I am not all hopeful of suc
cess.” he said. “When Russia says
no, that usually settles It. It is an
outrage, nevertheless, and the United
States should not tolerate it."
Appeal to Secretary of State.
NEW YORK. June 11.—Friends of
Oscar Hammerstein In this city have
taken seriously the refusal of the
Russian government to permit him to
enter that country and have appealed
to the secretary of state to have him
use his good offices to have the
Osar's officials rescind their ruling
There I* little chance of this, how
ever. The requirements of the Rus
sian government for admission to
that country are most aevere and a
passport cannot be recognised unless
vised by the Russian consul at the
lmmedlsie point of departure for the
Russian frontier. Early last month
Oscar presented his passport at the
Russian consulate In London, but the
consul refused to “O. K.” It.
Hammersteln’s lawyer, Edwin B.
Root, has written a letter to Secre
tary Knox demanding that the state
department take steps to compel the
Russian government to remove the
restrictions on tola client
YOUNG WIFE WAS
CHAINED TO FLOOR
i Tells Justice How Husband
i Lashed Body With Raw
hide Whip
—
PUTS SALT WATER . j
ON HER WOUNDS
Maa is J’laced Under Bond for
.Twelve .Months—His Mental
I
Condition May Also Be
Examined Into.
Rivaling tales of barbaric cruelty
! In uncivilized places was the pitiful 1
i story Mrs. Mary Greenwood, a come- j
) ly woman of twenty-one years, told j
Justice Crutchfield In police court Sat- i
| urday morning.
In a guileless manner she related
| how she had been chained to the
1 door by her husband, how she had
j been stripped of clothing and whip
! ped with a rawhide until blood
! streamed from deep gashes In her
j back: of having been tied hands and
j feet and laudanum forced Into her
! mouth while her nose was held by j
i the strong fingers of her strapping :
husband; of how. while her back and
I arms were bleeding from the wounds. |
1 her Inhuman companion poured salt
; water upon the gashes, and then rub- 1
, bed turpentine over her body.
All of this and more the delicate
woman told. The court has heard ;
many tales of woe and different kinds
of evidence, but never before has
: such horrible recital of facts been
| presented.
Mrs. Greenwood is the unfortunate
wife of Logan Greenwood, whom, the
officers here are prone to believe, Is ;
j mentally unbalanced. Justice Crutch- j
field, forced to believe that no one
but a crazy man would commit the !
offenses Logan Greenwood Is charged *
with, placed him under eecurltv In
the sum of $300 for twelve months.
| In the meantime it Is probable that
his mental condition will be exam
, ined Into.
From King and Queen.
Two months ago Greenwood brought
his young wife here. They came from
near Powcau in King and Queen coun
ty where Mrs Greenwood said most
of the brutal treatment was occurred
They have been boarding at the home
i of Mrs. George Bew, 16 Louisiana
street, Fulton, since being here and
Greenwood has worked In the boiler
; shop of the Locomotive Works.
! "X persuaded ray hubsnd to come to
the city because I thought I could get
some protection here," said Mrs. Green- |
wood. The officers in King and Queen
county were afraid of Mr. Greenwood
ar.d would not arrest him when he
beat me. Last year when we were
i threshing wheat at home he earn? to
the house In the afternoon and found
me alone. He started to curst) md J
abuse me and when I replied to him !
- he t-lr-en m with a plauk -wd l wes -
'unconscious for four hours. He pour-'
.1 water over me while 1 was on the
floor ar.d beat my litle child until 1 er
! fa<-o was blue.
j "1 went to my mother's home and
he came after me, tied my feet and
hands with a rope, and hauled me to
i his house. Then he chained me to
the floor and took a horse whip anti
cut the blood out of me. I have the
’scars two Inches long on my hack at j
! thl3 time. After he had stripped tre j
' of my clothes and finished whipping :
1 me he pul a lot »f salt In water and
with a towel washed the blood away. I
I 1 oo.ild not move, for he had me tight- j
, 1 • tied to the bed and an iron pin driv
; en In the hearth. He had two locks !
!tn the chains that were around hr j
Gave Her Laudanum.
"tip nigh; he found a vlul of lauda
num and t Hi me and held.my nose;
until I opened my mouth and he made j
me drink a lot of It. I went to sleep ,
.uni came near dying. My little child 1
was born shortly afterwards. I will j
become a mother again In a few moths
ami lie has simply killed me. I can !
nut bland il any longer and I coin
plumed to the policeman. Mr. Tait.'
Patrolman W. G. Talt was notified
of the cruel treatment and upon the
inforamtton he had received sw ore I
; out a warrant for te man's arrest.;
Charging him with being disorderly,
slapping his wife and beating hl» lit
, tie child. The little girl, Mabel, four
tears of age, was In court wtth its
i mother. The cheeks of the little one
were swollen where they are said to
have been violently slapped by the
father. Commonwealth's Attorney
Mlnltree Folkes came near the Judge's,
stand w hen the woman told her pitiful 1
story with all of Its harrowing details. ;
But the cruelty she told of happened ■
; in King and Queen county, out of j
(Continued on weeond Page.) j
R. AND H. SEEKS
Application Afade for Amendment!
Providing for Increase in
Stock.
That the Richmond and Henrico:
Railway Company means business
was further attested Saturday morn-1
lug. when President W. 8. Forbes'
filed with Clerk Wilson, of the Cor
poration Commission, an application'
for an amendment to the company's
charter, by which the capital stock
may be Increased from $10,000 to $1,-'
260.000.
Owing to the absence of a quorum
of the commission on Saturday, no ac
tio nwas taken on the application. All
the members of the commission v'll
bo In Richmond Saturday, and »no
application will then be acted upon.
In the application for the amend-,
ment, President Forbes Informed toe1
.'commission that a meeting of the
stockholders had been held, and-al!
agreed to the Increase In the capital
stock to put the road on a working
basts, und to provide for operations
being carried to a successful conclu-!
i slon. I
The amendment will probably be al
lowed by the commission, and a fat
lee doubtless will be charged.
POLICE THROW DRAG-N
FOR YOUTHFUL HUSBA
I
TRUST MAT BUILD
Oil HOTEL SITE
Plans I 'ruler Wav to Erect New
I
Theatre Where Park Now
Stands.
TCCKKK AWAITS ADVICES
Manager "f Holsterv Anticipated
Tittle Difficulty in Getting
Local Capital.
! Tentative plans have been formulat- |
I ed for local capital to acquire the '
site at Ninth and Broad (streets, on
, which thy Park Hotel r.ow stands, and
1 here rear a modern theatre with the j
understanding that Klaw and Krlan- !
ger will take a ten years' lease. This
was made known Haturdny and is a
direct result of the visit of Joseph
j Brooks, who declared that none of the :
! syndicate's productions will enter the :
| Academy of Music, but a new play
j house will be built in Richmond to 1
: care for them.
' The property desired for the house
is owned by' several parties, including
the Richmond Realty Company, Leon
allerstein, Richmond Hotel and i
I others. They are anxious, it is under- !
stood, to dispose of this property, but i
j It is now under a two year lease, and
considerable red tape will have to be
gone through before any active steps
: in this direotiun may be taken.
Tucker "In Touch.”
Mr. Harry Tucker, manager of the !
Bark, admitted Saturday that he has
i been approached on the subject. "I !
have every reason to believe." he told ;
'a Virginian reporter, that local capi- !
tal will take over this property. I
have been in touch with Mr. Brooks
and am now awaiting advices from
him. 1 expect to hear Monday,
i "If things turn out as I expect." 1
[continued Mr, Tucker, "there will be j
little difficulty in interesting local cap- ,
Ital in the project."
Mr. Tucker here explained that the j
plan is to put a modern structure, In- |
eluding the theatre, with the upper i
stories utilized as apartments. ,
Many people in "theatrical circles" j
are inclined to doubt that Klaw and
j ErSanger wli enter the Richmond field
; with another first-claws amusement
I place. It is believed by them -tha* the
.syndicate la attempting to "scare” the
' Leath Theatrical Company, Including
Mr. Jake Weils.
Something’s Stirring.
As a matter of fact, so interesting
did the visit of Mr. Brooks prove to
be that Mr. Wells left Friday night
for New York to look into the matter
and find out Just what the situation la j
Mr. W. Grebor Neal is also out-of- j
town, but where he went ta nor known '
definitely known, though it is believed
that he also headed towards Gotham.
Even if Richmond does not need a
new theatre, another one won't do any
harm from the playgoers' point of I
view. That Richmond, . the foremost
city of the South, will have the best
shows the coming season Is a fact, j
Rut the more the "trust.” the Shuberts
and the "local Interests" wrangle, the !
better off the play-loving public will 1
i be. j
CUNT MAKE TABGET OF
DEFENSELESS MONKEY
- j
Just iff Crutchfield Rules Thar.
Rubber Balls TTurt Simians j
and Italian Must Stop Show. !
After listening to an Impaaion^d appeal
for conviction bv Captain A. B. Guigon, ,
attorney for the Society for the pre- ,
ventlon of Cruelty to Animals. Justice ,
Crutchfield. In police court Saturday.}
fined Joe Johnson, an Italian, f 10 for al- i
lowing: people to throw rubber balls at i
a monkey In one of the amusement
booths at Idle wood. Agent Emmett C. j
Taylor made the complaint against the!
man. Mr. Taylor testified that his at- ;
tention was called to the alleged cruel1
treatment of the Simian by several la
dles and that he saw the monkey
knocked from his perch by one of the
balls.
It was the contention of the owner
of the monkey that the rubber balls
could do no injury and that the monkey
had been so trained that it would jump
out of the way when a ball was aimed
a thim.
MILLIONS OF LOCI'ST INVADE
MOUNTAIN TIMBER DI9RIC.
Seventeen year locust are playing
havoc with twigs of oak and chestnut
timber in the vicinity of the Blue
Ridge Springs, acordln gto reports
reaching here from that section.
he mountains are said to be infested
with millions of the locust which settle j
upon the outward twigs of the timber,
inserting the stinger about ten Inches
from the end of the twig and deposit
ing the egg. presumably, within the
bark. The twig usually breaks down
ward near the end of the rent in the j
bark nearest the stem of the tree, and.
presumably, later drops to the ground,
the twig dying outward to the end from
the incision. A friend has sent samples
of the locusts to the Virginian.
KILLED FATHER
FOR BRUTALITY
Bov Shot Man for Boating Ilis
Mother AHowisl to Go
F reo.
NORRISTOWN, FA.. June 11.—
William R. Sheppard, the fourteen
year-old boy charged with the killing
of his stepfather, Jeremiah McManus,
at Rock ledge, was to-day found guilty j
of Involuntary manslaughter. The :
Jury, which had been out all night, i
returned Its verdict thia morning with
a recommendation of mercy. Judge
Swartz allowed the boy to go on Pro
bation.
Young Sheppard shot hta stepfather
while the latter was beating the lad’s i
mother. i
Italy Being Searched for Por
ter Charlton Believed to be
Wife Murderer
BODY WAS RECOVERED
FROM LAKE BOTTOM
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There Had Been Frequent Qua**
rels—Couple Was Expelled ^
From Hotel—Russian Do* *
tectives Are Called in. * |
COMO. ITALY, June 11.—Thtf
whole of Italy Is being searched
day and the teas are being"*®
with wireless messages In an effort lo'
apprehend Porter Charlton of Waall*
Ington, the youthful husband of Ml*>
Mary Scott Castle Charlton, wh<i
mutilated body was taken from
trunk found in Iaike Como yesterday.
The theory that Charlton was
slain has been abandoned by the po«
lice. There are reports that he wegjfjjj
seen In Como as late as Wednesday* -
but these have not been verified. ,4|j
Constantino Iemolatoff. the Russian J
arrested at Rogglano yesterday, who 3
was seen many times In the Com- yi
pany of the Charltons’ cotta**. hag *
been sweated by the police, but ha*
thrown no light on the murder. The.
police, however, look upon him ** -i
an Important witness and police «t*
ports from Rome have arrived her*
to continue the investigation of the /
Russian.
Ismolatoff Insists that he last see* a
the Charltons In their cottage, and
that there was nothing then to lnd|
cate a erlme was Impending.
The authorities cling to the belief 4
that there may be a connection be- i
tween the murder of Mrs. Charlton
and the death of Miss Estella Reid, ;
the New Tork girl whose body wag ;
found on the beach at Naples on |
April 24. They were In almost con
stant communication with the Napleg • ”
authorities to-day regarding the Reid
murder. Nothing to connect the two'
murders has yet been made public. -
Kent From Hotel.
The proprietor of the Suisse Ha*.
tel. In Como, where the Charltons
stopped for a few days before taking
up their residence in the cottage near -
Moltraslo, was examined by the po
lice to-day regarding Charlton's al
ieged mistreatment of his wife,
admitted that the stories of
were true, and repeated his
ment that the couple q’
violently and that Chariton
hla wife so badly that he was t<
to expel them from the hotel.
The police believe that
who was at least twelve yearn
er than his wife, soon tired
after their marriage three month*
ago. Information having been re
ceived from America that he married
her as the result of a sudden Infatu
ation.
One of the most complete drag-nsf
ever set for a fugitive is spread for
Charlton, and it 1* not believed that ‘0
he can long evade arrest. Every £s|
■hipping point has been warned and -)
the police throughout Europe have /
been given descriptions of hipn. ;||
The Charltons evidently sought t9.4
throw an air of mystery about them* |
selves while here. The reversed thstP
names and were known as the “Chart* 2;
ton Porters.” To some people Chart*
ton passed himself off as the hephoMT ;
of his wife, the disparity of thatr ;•
ages making this easy.
A search of the effects of Mix
Charlton, found In her cottage, failed
to give any clue to her murder. Thera
were scores of letters addressed tO.<
her nn<ter her maiden name of Mary'
Crittenden Scott and the name of " '
first marriage. Mrs. Castle.
It Is practically certain that
Charlton died from suffocation
her body was crammed into
trunk. To-day’s post-mortem rev
seven wounds on the head, but
are not believed to have been
cient In themselves to cause
They undoubtedly rendered her
conscious in which condition the
was wrapped in a heavy strip
cloth and crowded into the trunk.
Imolatoff, according to a story
the police to-day. made inquirleg
some fishermen on Lake Como
In the week as the deepest part
the lake.
Brother in Army. ,
The last word received from Mttm
Mary Castle Charlton by her brother,
lit*!®
Captain Henry H. Scott, of the Uni
States army, now stationed at 7<
Wright, Fischer's Island, wag a let
ter dated April 16. telling of hep/
marriage and that she and her hue
band planned to live in Frankfort,
Germany, for two years.
“I have cabled for all Information
possible.” declared Captain Scott te* \-j
day. and until I received details V
cannot say what is best to do. Itarf
wrote me while on shipboard ta "
that she had married the son
Judge Charlton, of Washington, ha
Wilmington. Pel.. March 11.
was pressed for time when she
and gave me no details. I have heaN
nothing further from her and ha4
supposed she was visiting points el
interest In Europe.
Other friends of Mrs. Charlton, win#
stuck to her after her attempt
shoot William B. Craig In
Alley” at the Waldorf hotel, say
when she went abroad she ex]
to return this fall. They say that
met Charlton while he was
dent at the University of
vanta and that she appeared
Infatuated with him.
When Married.
WILMINGTON. DEL.. June
According to records at the
Health uttlce here, Mrs.
ton, whose body was found In
Como. Italy, was married In
ton, Delaware, last March. She
ed Porter Charlton, the cere
Ing been performed by the
bert E. Clay, vicar of Old
church. The latter la now
In Seattle, Washington.
The records show that Mr*,
gave the name of Mary
made no reference to being a
woman. Her age appears eg
and that of Charlton aa SC
gave hla occupation as
Both gave New York as
dance. Mrs. Chariton gave
the State in which ah
to