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state Ettttia.
By Mall,
MR. YODER ROUTS
Former Conviction of Pub
lisher Set Aside in Hus
tings Court
CASE DISMISSED
WITHOUT ARGUMENT
Police Chief Allows Former
Charges to ■'Slide'*—Disposi
tion of Case Prearranged
Plans Kept Secret.
A don A. Voder, publisher, thorn in
the flesh to some Kichmonders and
disciple of good to others, put the
Police Department to rout Tuesday
when the recent decision of Justice
John convicting him of publishing ob
scene matter was overruled In the
Hustings Court and the case dis
missed.
When convicted after a sensational
trial a few weeks ago Yoder was
lined $10. sentenced to SO days In jail
and placed under $500 bond to keep
the peace. In pronouncing sentence
Justice Crutchfield intimated his in
tention of forcing the defendant to
stop his publication.
Mr. Voder, feeling that his convic
tion was a ctot and dried affair, and
that lie was not given a fair chance,
took an appeal.
No one inspected the case to come
up for rehearing for several weeks
yet. and the action of the court Tues
day came as « distinct surprise to all
nave those most intimately connected
with the ease.
Arranged in ssoereej.
Secrecy marked the arrangements
preliminary to dismissing tile charges
against Yoder On Monday the pub
lisher was called over the telephone
and asked to come to Hustings Cou.'t
Tuesday morning He was not in
formed as to what would he done,
being informed merely that it was de
sired to discuss his case.
Mr. Voder arrived at the •ourt
house in an attitude of semi-vender
and semi-belligerency. Karlv ’’ao.
day morning he told a reporter tor
The ltichmond Virginia that h> ex
pected some sort of a proposition to
he made to him. but that he intended
to accept nothing less than absolute
vindication.
This vindication was given when
the case came up for hearing before
Judge Witt. <’hie? of Police Werner,
chief complainant against Mr. Voder,
allowed the charges which he had
pressed so vigorously before Justice
John to slide into relative ummpott
•nce. The entire hearing of the cate
consumed only a few minutes. > was
tame, too, tn exact ratio of antithesis
to the sensationalism and rterv eharg -»
and cross charges of the original
hearing.
Eaten Order of lllsmiwul.
Mr Yoder, unaccompanied and ul
tra nonchalant, strolled into the Hust
ings Court a few moments after it
had convened. Chief of Police W» t -
tier, and Commonwealth's Attorney
Mtnetree Koikes were awaiting him
There was a brief low»volee 1 c rivet
-r satloli between the trio and Judge
Wltt, tn which Voder had the least
to say.
Then came a quiet order from Judge
Witt to Clerk Christian, and the Vo
der ease was a thing of the past- ~,
KEGKO MAN’ UNDRESSED
BY LIGHTNING FLASH
(Bpeelal to The ltichmond Virginian.)
WINSTON-8AL.KM. N. C. June 21.
IJghtntng struck the chimney of Wil
liam Grahams home Sunday and ran
down the chimney, tore up the bureau,
and tore the colored man's clothing
from him The house 'was not dam
aged nor was Graham injured He was
sitting by his wife's side when the bolt
•ntered the room.
NO LI TO PREVENT
SCAUP IN NEVADA TOWNS
Governor Dickerson Said to Have
indicated That Rattle Could
Re Fought in His State.
BOISE. IDAHO, .tune 21.—Gover
nor Dickerson, of Nevada. Is to-day
speeding toward his home in Nevada.
Before leaving Ontario he talked
freely of the coming Jeltries-Johnson
fight and Indicated there was no truth
in the San Francisco reports that he
Intended to Interfere. He even vol
unteered the Information that there
was no stated law In Nevada pre
venting prise lighting and he clear
ly showed by his talk that he was
not personally opposed to prise fight
ing.
NECK BROKEN BY
FALL FROM WAGON
Isogro Driver, Thrown I’roin
Wagon and Meets Instant
Death.
Moses Huggins. ojlore 1, about 40
yearn old. a teamster, loll from his
wagon Monday afternoon about 6:30
o’clock at Twenty-first and It streets
and broke hla neck. He died almost
Instantly.
The man, who was employed by
Joel W. White, of Cary street Is said
to have been drinking and that when
hla vehicle was suddenly jolted by
dropping Into a hole, he lost his bal
ance and fel to the ground. The body
was viewed by Cdroner Taylor.
Huggins had been employed by Mr.
White for nearly a year. lie was con
sidered a good workman, though liis
fondness for whiskey frequently got
him in trouble. Hla home was at No.
Hi North Thlrtlatn street.
. vJ“.
RUSSIAN SUSPECT
WILL AID POLICE
Ispolatoff Released Thinks Charl
ton Murdered Wife in Fit
of Despondence.
COMO. ITALY. June 21.—After
being held ten days as a suspect in
connection with the murder of Mrs.
Mary Scott Castle Charlton, Con
stanine Ispolatoff, the Kusslan. is to
day a free man. and apparently is
doing what he can to aid the police to
solve the mystery. Although releas
ed, he was ordered to remain for the
present within call of the police.
Ispolatoff to-day gave the police his >
theory of the crime: that Porter
! Charlton, the missing husband of the
i dead woman, killed his wife after long
premeditation, a» a result of brood
ing over sothe incident in her life ;
previous to the time he met her. ;
Ispolatoff olTered nothing in substan- .
nation of this theory except his own I
| opinion, which he said was baaed on,
1 a close study of Charlton's actions. |
MACMASED
WITH PENROSE OIL
—
I Pennsylvania Convention Expect- ,
ed to Run Smoothly Only !
Ono Dark Horse Feared.
j HARRISBURG. PA.. June 21.— !
With the wan well creased for the.
launching: of a good, old fashioned j
Penrose ticket at to-morrow's Repub- i
Mean State convention, every- deleft-!
tion arriving here to-day fell into line !
for the organisation slate. Even Mayor |
Magee, of Pittsburg, and his disgrun
! tied band of anti-Penrosites with their ;
exploded Knox boom gone glimmering i
are not expected to throw any sand
: in the well oiled machinery.
Unless somebody gets in the way of
1 I-eader Boies Penrose—and there
seems no likelihood of that—Congress
man John K. Toner, of Charlroy, will
1 be nominated for governor without a
struggle. Charles F. Wright for State 1
treasurer and Henry Houck, of De- 1
banon county, for secretary of inter
nal affair*. Penrose and his aids arc
busy to-day dickering for a man for
second place on the ticket.
Joseph R. Grundy, of Bucks county,
was scheduled for lieutenant governor,
but he refused, and Penrose is busy
rinding a substitute that will strength
en the ticket. The names under eon- |
^deration are Alexander McDowell, •
Mefcer county, chief clerk of the i
House of Representatives; Frank H. {
'. Mcl-ane, mayor of Isinoastcr; Con-1
gressman John M. Reynolds, of Bed-j
ford, and Egard R. Keiss. of Dycotn- j
j in*, and Milton \V. Dowry, of Dacka- 1
wanna.
* The general Impression, hnwver. Is,
that a dark horse wilt land the place.]
THIS LONGEST DAY !
UNO mm ONE:
Sun Shines More Than Fourteen
Hours ami Has Warmth
in Its l^s.
!t is possible for Richmond to get j
! 14 s hours of sunshine Tuesday, the]
longest day of the year, and indica
tions at noon were that the full quota!
would 1h> equally distributed In this:
vicinity before nightfall. The sun rose
Tuesday morning at 4:47 o'clock and
! sets at 7:36 P. M.
' >f course, the mercury is anxious
to he in popular favor, and early Mon
day morning began aviating, but at a
relatively early hour Tuesday morn*
! ing failed to reach the 88 degree
I mark established Monday. It was
i reported front the weather bureau to
be at 85. But as the day advanced,
so did the tiny silvery thread of the j
official thermometer, and at noon
everybody was prophesying the hot
test day of the year.
The weather man promises for
Richmond warm weather for several
days. Though It is not likely that the
heat will reach an excessive tempera
ture, it will likely prove trying to
weary mortals on Recount of the hu
midity. It registered 83 degrees at
8 A. M. Tuesday. v
The warm weather now existing
j here is prevailing In most parts ot
j the United States.
BECK IS DEFMNT
Mill GO TO COURT
* ..
Wil Not Submit to Overruling'
By Board of Public
Safety.
Inspector Beck has asrumed a de- ,
fiant attitude relative to the recent
appeal of Mr. W. A. Oheatwood to ;
the board of safety, from Mr. Beck's j
decision refusing to grant the fire I
commissioner permission to Install j
bathrooms In two houses. Nos. 2714 I
and 2716 East Broad street, owned
by him.
The matter will be passed on at a
meeting of the b ard of public safety
Tuesday afternoon. If the decision of i
Mr. Beck is overruled the latter de- j
dares he will take the matter before '
the city attorney. If the latter falls
'to hack him up he says he will then
| tight th< matter out In the courts.
| “The buildings sre not fit for bath
rooms or any other improvements,’’
declared Inspector Beck. "To allow
Mr. Cheatwood to Install them would'
be in direct vlolstlon -to the bulld
ng code. I will not stand for such
a violation. I intend to light to a
finish."
MISS TEAMAN BECOMES
OLD MAN’S DARLING.
DANVILLE. VA., June 21.—Captain
David B. Herndon, aged seventy odd,
and prominent In the county, was mar
ried Sunday to Miss Nannie Teaman,
in Pittsylvania county. The bride Is
much ydunger.
BROKEN PLEDGE
INCENSES TER
President Peeved by Failure
to Pass His Postal
Bank Bill
THREATENS TO SWING
STICK OVER SENATE
But Solons Arc Far From Terri
fied, and Say They
Won’t Adopt.
It.
WASHINGTON, D. C*., June Cl—
The first glimpse of the big stick
which legislators have seen since
March 4. 1908, came to-dny, when
President Taft canceled his New
Haven trip and declared he was here
to stay, as long as necessary, to
achieve a “satisfactory” postal savings
bank bill.
His announcement is apt to precipi
tate a big fight, as the ins u-gents end
lemocrata in the Senate evidently have
solemnly set out to force changes In
the House bill which the President
demands that the Senate accept with
out amendment.
The President is angry clear
through. After he had paced the
way” for the Senate to accept the
House bill, and had been assured that
the measure would go through with
out a hitch, he feels indignant be
cause several Senators have refused
to fulfil this program.
The executive, it is understood, de
clared to-day he is reitiy to stay
here all the summer in order to make
certain that the postal bill passes.
The executive looked upon the action
of the Senators as breach of promise,
it Is declared.
The President had made arrange
ments to spend Wednesday in New
Haven on the occasion ot his son's
graduation front Yale. Callers nt the
White House to-day declared that he
had asserted his determination lo
swing the big stick with all his might.
Kxaciiy Opposite.
It appears that the President made
his agreement with representatives of
the regular republican wing of the
Senate without counting on the demo
i rats or the Insurgents. Senator Cum
mins < republican. Iowa) declared to
day that the House bill was exactly
the opposite In many ways to that
adopted by the Senate, and that he
failed to see how the Senate could
be expected to adopt it. Senator Ua
con (democrat. Georgia) has offered
amendments and announced that he
would speak upon them.
The democrats and the insurgents
in the Senate said that the Senate
worked over a bill, perfected it and
adopted it. and that It ts not within
reason to ask them to adopt, as a
substitute, a measure entirely differ
ent. They say they are in no way
bound by any promise* that may have
been made to the President by the
regular republicans.
The President beHeves that the Sen
ate measure is a special privilege bill.
He also feels pledged to stand by
the House bill because of the fact
that a number of House insurgents
went so far a* to caucus on the bill
and departed from the insurgency
enough to take the unprecedented
step of voting for the rules by which
it was passed In the House. The
President feels that he ought to stand
by these men.
Filltbustcr Planned.
The information that a number of
Senators had planned a fillibuster
against the measure came to the
President last night. He sat up until
late reviewing the situation and went
to his offices to-day. determined to
fight. If the measure goes to eoti
(Contlnued on Sixth Page.)
Fins FEEL
TEDDY BEAR’S PAW
Gets Tremendous Shock When
Taft Suddenly Becomes
Rude and Stubborn.
NEW YORK, June 21.—Wall Street
got a shock to-day. It has been smil
ing ever since the railroad bill went
through, believing that there was no
thing more to fear from the present
session of Congress. To-day came the
announcement that President Taft
was not going to New Haven to take
part In the commencement. Worse
than that he was going to stay In
Washington and crack the whip over
the recalcitrant Congress, compelling
It, willy nllly, to pass the postal sav
ings bank bill, a measure which Wall
Street thoroughly detests. In addition
It Is likely that the postal savings
bank bill when passed will contain
a clause whereby most of the money
will be kept In the localities where
it Is deposited. This was what Wall
Street dreaded and what it believed
would not happen In Washington.
Behind Scenes.
There was but one reason in the
minds of the big men In the financial
center. It was the first evidence, from
their standpoint, that former Presi
dent Roosevelt, Taft's sponsor in the
last campaign, was again a factor In
American politics. They argued that
this stubbornness on the part of Pres
ident Taft indicated that he had been
advised hy Roosevelt that the only
way to get results in Washington was
to show Congress that the President
was master of the situation.
It was argued in .the financial dis
trict that the present situation is par
alleled only by happenings during the
Roosevelt administration, and leaders
there are asking whether it is not
logical to suppose that Roosevelt and
Taft have already reached an under
standing on some matters and that
raft undsr ths encouragement of the
"private (-Risen of Oyster Bay" may
not be preparing to end the dissen
sion# In his party by compelling the
majorlt ymembers of Congress to "get
together" on a legislative program
for which Taft, as President and nom
inal head of the party. Is to assume
responsibility.
BALLINGER RUDY
FOR WRITE-WISH
But Five Members of Com
mittee Will Say What They
Really Think
PUBLISH OPINIONS
EARLY THIS FALL
Republicans Expectod 10 Eulogize
Secretary, Though Insurgent
.Will Hand in Own
Opinion.
WASHINGTON, June 21.—When the
Raillnge, congressional Investigating
committee meets Saturday it will take
a vote as to the decision to be ren
dered in Its probe and adjourn until
late in the summer, when the opinions
will be made vubitc.
This Is the authoritative statement
made to-day at tine capitoL The meet
ing next Saturday will be purely per
functory. The nen who will write
the opinions have already been select
ed, it is said, and the complexion of
the committee is, well known. The
vote will be seven for live against,
HaJlinger. It Is new stated that Rep
resentative Graham, (Dem. Ills.) will
write the minority opinion; either
Senator Sutherland. (Repn. Utah) or
Representative Olmsted (Repn. Pa. i
that of the seven majority, and Rep
resentative Madison (Repn. Kas.) an
insurgent, a separate opinion against
Ballinger.
The three opinions are to be made
public before the ejection this fall. It
has definitely been determined not to
attempt to present the committee's
report to this session of congress, hut
owing to pressure by the administra
tion. it is stated that the committee
will break precedent, by publishing the
decision in advance of the meeting of
congress next December.
VANDERBILT FIGHT
WILL GO TO COURT
Bishop Hendricks, President of
Board, Also to be Tried by
Court.
MEMPHIS. TENN., June 21.—Bish
op K. R. Hendrix, of Kansas City,
Mo., will be cited for trial before a
committee of twelve elders of the
Methodist church in 60 da>s. Chan
cellor J. H. Kirkland, of Vanderbilt
University, will t>e removed from his
office by the Methodist Collette of
Bishops next month, and nineteen
members of the board of trustees of
the university will be ejected from
their trusteeship for insubordination
and defiance of the church. A law
suit will be begun in the Federal court
! where Vanderbilt University is locat
ed to enforce the rights of ownership
and control of the property by the
i Methodist Church, South, and to force
: the present trustees to accept the
three trustees elected at the recent
j general conference at Asheville, N. O.
I This is the present situation with re
gard to the controversy that has raged
around the university for the past five
| years. William K. Vanderbilt, heacl
; of the famiy that has so liberally en
| dowed this Methodist institution, has
l openly espoused the cause of the trus
i tees, who are in rebellion against
i the church's authority.
Bishop Hendrix is the president of
the board. At the recent general con
ference the church went on record as
holding that the university belongs
in fee simple to the Methodists of the
South, and instructed the College of
Bishops, of which Bishop Hendrix is
a member, to take all legal steps to
i enforce this claim. When the board
! of trustees met last week it rejected
i three trustees that the church had
\ elected to fill vacancies, and tallies
■ a resolution that affirmed the owner
1 ship of the church. Bishop Hendrix
I was w Ith the majority in both votes.
COULD LltlllL
PISS MISSIS
i Survey Being Made Which W iU
Carry Electric Road Throug
That Town.
(Special to The Kichmond Virginian.)
MANASSAS. VA.t June 21.—A. R.
' Bauman, topographer of the engineers
j corps of the proposed Qould electric
i railway from Richmond to Washing*
1 ton. arrived here this morning for
! the purpose of locating their camp at
! or near Manassas. The corps is nos
! camped at Fairfax Coutrhouse. where
it will remain until to-morrow.
! Mr. Bauman states that the sur
jvey now being made makes Manassas
one of the objective'points in a direct
line to Richmond and so far as he has
been able to ascertain the route which
Is now being surveyed and which was
the original route in contemplation,
is the . most likely to be adopted.
I "
WAR SCARE RAISED, BRYAN
SAYS, TO BUILD WARSHIPS
EDINBURGH, June 11.—The local
Peace Arbitration Society held a great
meeting to-day. at which William Jen
nings Bryan delivered an address.
Mr. Bryan expressed his conviction
thst there was no cause for war be
tween the United States and Japan.
The scare h%d been raised, he said, to
justify the building of more warships.
leader* Stela A as elated.
First Auditor Marys haa appointed
Isadora Stein as a clerk in hie office.
Mr. Stein, who began his duties Mon
day. succeeds John Jackson, who died
recently .
JARS FULL OF PENNIES !
STOLEN BY BAD THIEF
Several Receptacles for Money For Home for Ini tints Arc Taken
from Saloons—Ford Charged With the Theft.
Little glass Jars Into which pennies,
dimes and nickels had been dropped
by charitably Inclined people, were
stolen from Rueger's. the Commer
cial, Shore’s, Stumpfs' and maybe a
few other places Tuesday morning be
fore Detective Wiltshire captured a
(young white man by the name of Ar
thur Ford, who is charged with the;
theft of all of the contribution boxes j
for the Virginia Home for Infants, j
Complaint was made to the officers !
that the collection box, or glass jar, •
had been stolen from the bar In
Reuger'R hotel. A few minutes after- i
wards Mr. Frank Anthony, of the \
Commercial hotel. missed the box
from his counter; Shore’s officials
were the next to send in a report and
Stumpf was not far behind them
Detective Wiltshire left headquar- j
ters at once and began the trail for
the unscrupulous thief. He followed
the trail from Main street to Broad
and arrested Ford as he was In
Sparks’ cafe, between Seventh and
Eighth on Broad.
! Ford denies that he stole any of
the boxes. From his outside coat i
ATTACKS WOMAN;
STEALS HER HAT!
Burley Negro Grabs Mrs. »Yan
Dien as She Passes Alley
Going Home.
BRUTE IS SCARED OFF
Hearing Men Approaching He
Jerks Hat of Victim ami
Flees.
Mrs. R. It. Van Dien. of No. IS
I North Fifth street, while walking
! dow n Fifth street between Grace and
. Franklin. Monday night, was attacked
: by a negro who jumped from the
mouth of an alley and attempted to;
{assault her.
Her screams frightened the brute, j
1 but not before he had struck at the
I lady and torn her hat from her head,
jlti* motive waa presumably robbery i
{for he carried with him the large and’
costly hat that waa snatched from j
j Mrs. Van Dien’* head.
Tl^e matter was reported to the:
police who have been diligently j
searching lor the culprit. Every de-j
{tective on the force has been put on :
the case.
Not Able to Identify.
Mrs. Van Dien can furnish but a j
poor description of her assailant. She
waa on her way to meet her husband j
shortly after 10 o'clock in., the even
ing when she was attacked. Her
I Sciearns attracted the attention of sev- ,
eral gentlemen of the neighborhood j
and when they started to her rescue
the negro darted down the alley at
a rapid gait, taking with him the hat
he had snatched from the lady's head.
I So excited was she that an accurate
' description of her assailant was im
possible. She was accompanied to her
home by several of her acquaintances
and was well nigh prostrated because
jof the attack.
j Mrs. Van Dien. a handsome young
1 woman not more than twenty-two
I years of age, came here from Atlanta
i but a short time ago, her husband ex- i
: peettng to enter business in Rich- j
' mond.
Was Walking Homo.
She had accompanied her husband ;
•to the theatre Monday night and was
returning when Mr. Van Dien stopped i
at Fifth and Broad. Site had no Idea
of harm being done her and said she ,
would walk on alone to their home;
but a short distance away. I town
Fifth street she walked until at the '
mouth of an alley between Grace and i
Franklin she was accosted by the negro i
brute, who sprang out and upon her ;
before she was conscious of his pres- ;
j ence. The negro grasped her around
| the neck and threw her to the ground.
Never for an Instant did Mrs. Van
: Dien lose her presence of mind, how
. ever, and lustily she screamed for as
sistance. Several people heard her
i cries for help and rushed In the di
' rectlon of the alley. The negro, seeing
! that men were near at hand, loosed his
hold upon the lady's neck and with a
jerk tore her large hat from her head.
1 The hat pins bent beneath the raven
; locks of Mrs. Van Dien as the hat was
removed.
Prostrated for Awhile.
Suffering greatly from the shock of
; the attempted assault upon her Mrs.
! Van Dien waa taken to her home where
! she was prostrated for a time. She
| was able Tuesday, however, to speak (
to her friends and to tell In detail how
j the negro had thrown her to the |
> ground and attempted to choke her
i into insensibility.
i “I was so exetted and it all happened
' so quickly," said Mrs. Van Dien. ’’that
! I doubt whether I could Identify my
assailant. He was a very large negro
ard was very black, though.”
The police have as yet gotten no clue
; as to the identity of the man.
BROKEN WltEEL
WRECKS TRAIN
Thrown From Track Near Eggles-1
ton, But No One Was
Hurt.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE. Va„ June SI.—A west
bound passenger train on the Yin
ian railroad was wercked this morn
in gbetween Pembroke and Eggleston
' by breaking a wheel under the tender.
The rear coach and club car were
thmrown from the track and turned
over.
Many passengers were in them at
the time, but the train was not run
ning fast, and no one was injured.
The track will be cleared by mid
night, when traffic will be resumed.
pocket the detective took tii.ts i«|
pennies. nickels and dimes. He did
not account for the fact that he car- j
rled to much change In his coat ,
pocket.
After being placed in a cell at the
Second police station the prisoner i
said that he. lived at 1507 West Cary
street. An Investigation will be made
further In the afternoon and he will
be given a preliminary trial Wednes
day morning before Justice Crutch
field.
It is alleged that the man would
ideal one of the glass jars and imme
diately take it Into a cellar of some
house and break it. pocketing the
small change.
Ford was arrested here some time
ago at the Instigation of the Philadel- !
phia authority, who wanted hint for j
an alleged theft. After returning to .
Richmond he attempted to kill him
self In the county by firing a pistol
ball Into hts head. When he had re- !
covered he made his home In the city j
and had dropped out of the sight of |
many of his people until his arrest
Tuesday.
CHANGE OF COUNTY]
WAS NOT LAWFUL
—
Committee Decides Against
Saunders on Ground of
Dedist rioting.
—
FOR POLITK AL , EFFECT !
Plan, Say Republican Majority,
That his Was Purpose—Xo
Action Expected.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.) :
WASHINGTON, I). C\, June 21.—1
After a three hours' session the house
committee on elections to-day agreed
hpon a resolution declaring that Rep
resentative Edward VV. Saunders, of
the Fifth Virginia district, 1« not en
titled to his seat. The reaolution will
be reported this afternoon but It Is
probable that it will not be acted
upon during this session by the house
proper.
The committee's action, taken by a
vote of » to 6, the three democratic
members vdting in the negative. >»
based solely upon the fact that the
redb.trlcttng of 1908 is unlawful In
that the transfer of Floyd county from
the Fifth into the Sixth Virginia dis
trict contrary both to the constitution
of the I'nlted States and of Virginia.
The eommltce report wll say: “The
redistricting act of Virginia. 1908,
doer not conform nor comply with tho
constitution of Virginia, and is null
and void.
"After applying every reasonable
and fair test, the committee has been
Impelled to this conclusion. This
ease presents as wilful and deliberate
legislative disregard of the fundamen
tal condition requirements of conti
guity, compactness and equality of
inhabitants as has come to the atten
tion of the committee In reviewing
the decision of the courts in various
States that have declared similar act
ment null and void.
‘‘One of the specific purposes of the
act of 1908 In taking Floyd county
out the Fifth and Iransferrtng it
to the Sixth district, as appears from
the evidence, was the political advan
tage that did result in making a close
district safe for the dominant politi
cal party of the State.”
It is probable that the committee
will not go at all Into the “gerry
mandering” and other charges made
by Parsons, the committee declaring
that the constitutional question inva
lidates the Parsons election.
The Democratic members. Messrs.
Boutelle. of Ohio; Hamill, of New
Jersey, and Korbly, of Indiana, voted
against the resolution, Mr. Nelson,
of Melnnesota, Insurgent, voting with
the Republicans. The session of the
committee to-day was at times an ex
citing one ,a decision not being reach
ed until after three hours.
WOULD STOP PAY
OFGEORCETENNEY
Wife, Sueing for Divorce Asks
Court to Hold Money for
Alimony.
Whether or not George O. Tenney
shall be prevented from drawing
salary as president or the Atlantic
Blthullthic Company is the question
now bet ore Judge Wells for settle
ment.
The point arose at a hearing in
chancery co.urt. where Judge Wells is
sitting for Judge Urinnan Tuesday
morning. At that time the amended
bill of divorce recently filed by Mrs.
Tenney aginst her husband was ar
gued. In the bill the court is re
quested to stop the defendant's pay.
that the plaintiff may collect alimony
which she claims Is due her.
Attorneys for the Uithultthtc Com
pany were In court and asked that the
name of the concern be dropped from
the proceedings altogether, declaring
that there was no connection .between
the company and the divorce suit in
any particular.
Judge Wells withheld decision and
has taken the matter under advise
ment. Kls ruling will probably be
given during the latter part of the
week.
Qualifications in Chancery.
The following qualified as adminis
trators and administratrix in chancery
court Tuesday:
Virginia Trust Company, for es
tate of William F. Tomkins. The es
tate Is valued at 470.000.
Annie Johnson, for estate of Jacob
J. Johnson- The eatate is small.
as Officials
FUG PRESEKT
TO THE Tl
Half Holiday Declared n
noke and Thousands H
fhamn
SEVERAL EXCURS1C
Crowds Cheer
Clubs Drive Through me
Owner Bradley Present* J
Flag. M
By T. I>. Bonneville. V$|
ROANOKE. VA., June 21.—1|i
all business houses closed for twlf
day, flags flying: and bands pUMU
Roanoke to-day presents a. gala U
pearance. and the entire popuiadE
participating In the biggest baMflj
day In the history of the city. §n
Kully appreciating the lmportaS
of celebrating the capture of . . f|
year’s pennant, the people of :!»♦
are out in force to do honor to.#|
charrrlnnr and to enjoy the geo#!
festivities of the occasion. The: fa
Chamber of Commerce has deelgUR
a half holiday. In order to do 'jfl
justice to the Tigers and to allow I
n.en an opportunity to 1A
part in the celebra'.i SltPe .’J
is the Cft pennant ever caotuNKMj
the Tigers. It is the purpose of m
magnates and the fans that th*. Qgl
bratlon shall be one long to H#jg|
membered, and from Indications^^
efforts will be successful In a tt|
degree.
Several big excursions cams 111 I
day from different parts of the SUM
and all new comers are Joining n|S|
tly In the festive spirit. A gewll
holiday atmosphere prevails, IiMUm
ing that the Champions will, be M
ored and cheered by thousands. jfi
local park Is being crowded to' 1
full capacity, and a record crowd.
to be present to witness the flag'Mg
ing ceremonies and the second gag
of the series with the Richmond Qdl
Automobile Parade. ||
President Williams, .of the RoMM
Club, arranged an extensive progjni
for the celebration, which proval
for an autmobile parade, with a bff
band, speeches by prominent men ai
the presentation of the flag. *,«£|
Owner W. B. Bradley, of the Riel
rnond Club, presented the flag, and
was accepted by Judge A. B. Klg
vice-president of the Roanoke Cttg
Judge King Is one of the .pioneer Mg
ball men of Virginia, serving adJI
retary and treasurer of the oSnjflj
noke Baseball-’Association In fbsH
1894, 1886 and 1886.
The committee appointed to.gUHl
the automobile parade is cotttpUgjM
Messrs. H. C. Elliott. chaltMg
Charles M. Armes, J. B. Bottv. Ik?
Bresltn, J. P. Klippo. A. J. KitutM
Archer W. Lewis. W, C. Rocker, &
Pace and R. C. Wilson.
Ten automobiles carried the lesp
officials, the. club magnatea city 8
flclals and others, and the two dp
The automobiles drew up at the BM
de l.eon Hotel at 2:30 o’clock, m
starting out Patterson avenue, di
ered the main thoroughfares
city. On their return the auvomoltg
were met by the Red Men's B^hni
the Ponce de Leon Hotel and hum
ed to the Elks’ Home, where tbe.k|
took a special car and the macttM
kept on to the baseball park.
Besides the ten automobiles egfj
Ing the officials and club, thsf»■Jp
many other automobiles and aafgl
In the parade. Owners of fnaall
were asked to enter the parade,’-’