HOME CITY EDITION VOL. 1—No. 171. THE WEATHER—Fair and Warmer. RICHMOND, VA, SATURDAY, AUGUST, 20, 1010. i ROOSEVELT REODY TO ENTER U! Seems Anxious to Test His Strength With That of Old Guard OTHERS EMBARRASSED NOW DESIRE PEACE Envoys Will Try to Patch Up Political Differences and Smooth Out Ruffled Colonel. OYSTER BAY. N. Y, Aug 20.— Colon*! Rooaoveit to-day em phatically denied that h* had au thorized either Grieoom, Loeb, or any one els* to deliver an ultima tum U President Taft. Ha char aoterlatically oonaigned the author* of the story to that effect to-day to the Ananias club. “ I hav* sent no ultimatum to President Taft," declared the Col onel indlgnatly." The report it a tissue of falsehood from begin ning to ond and haa no warrant in faot.’' Rooaavalt said that Ha had given neither Qrisconi or Loeb any mis sion to Beverfv. OYSTER BAV. N. » . Aug 2U.— Ef fort# lo bridge the chasm between G>* ter Bay and Beverly were begun to cJay. Hon-in law Nicholas Longworth tame t<* Oyater Bay to-day freah from the golf links and political councils of Beverly. There Is no doubt here to day that I.ongworth comes as an envoy from the president to measure accu rately the width or the Taft-Roosevelt breach and to do his best to repair the damage. Colonel Roosevelt refuses to Indicate the chance* for a reconcilia tion. Meanwhile Collertr.r William T-oah. Jr., and County ( hair man l.loyd a Ciriacom, of New York, are preparing to go to Beverly to try their bauds at peace-making They aru not going as Roosevelt emissaries. for Colonel Roosevelt declares he knows nothing of their plan*. But both Loeb and tirlacom. as well as many other Re publicans, are admittedly alarmed over the Rooseveit-Ta/t situation. In Dilemms. They realise that If It cornea to an open fight, Roosevelt vs. Taft, they will be placed between the horns of a most unpleasant dilemma and called on to stand up and be counted on one aide or another, go they have busted them selves, Following the council of war at Sagamore Hill Thursday, they have made preparations to undertake their peace-making visit to Beverly. It Is pretty well understood thst Roosevelt Is not overanxious for the auoceaa of their mission It is probable that any terms of com promise that might be satisfactory to Jlooaevelt would be too drastic for ac ceptance by the administration end that a refusal to compromise by Bev erly would Intensify the trouble. Tsft Won't Agrss. SEVERE. V. MASS.. Aug 20.—-If peace bet ween Oyster Bay and Beverly depends on the severing of relations between President Taft and Vice President Sherman, there will be no peace. Among friends of the administration the latest attitude attributed to Colo nel Roosevelt and his newest ultima tum. that the vice-president must be dropped from participation in the po litical councils of I ho admirlanntlnn as tne price of peace, la considered pre posterous. Colonel Roooseelt :s asking the Impossible, they say. A vice president of the United States can not bo dismissed with a nod nor elimi nated by command. Moreover, auch a move, they say. would put the ad ministration in the attitude of back ing down to Roosevelt. The belief grows among keen po litical observers that Colonel Roosevelt Is purposely asking the impossible, ex pecting the obvious refusal to capitu late and making plans to utilize this disregard of his views as an excuse to come out In the open and oppose the administration. Even if the Colonel has heretofore felt that “my policies" were not being carried out, that the tariff was a mis take, that conservation was going backward instead of forward. It Is pointed out that up to date the “con trihutlnif BtHfrtP” tint n rtf had an portunlty to force an Issue, Taka Live Issue. He is credited with enough politi cal. sagacity not to delve backward sev eral months, to the tariff or to Bal linger. to seek the turning point, but to' seise on a current issue as a pre text. What happened at the rece'nt meet ing of the New York State Republi can committee gave him that oppor* tunity. Beverly anxiously awaits the coming of Lloyd C. Qrlecom, chairman of the Republican county committee, who la credited with the role of peace emtesary. Representative Longworth, who has suddenly sprung into the limelight as one of the steersmen of the presidential destinies of the Taft administration, is expected back soon from Oyster Bay with fresh news as to the attitude of his distinguished father-in-law. Until the reports of these two are In, there will be prob ably nothing but deep thinking done at Beverly. Friends of the president arc urging the necessity of the Issuance of some sort of a statement defining the atti tude of the administration In order to combat the idea, which appears to be gaining ground fast, that Roosevelt can force terms, .•----.— -. In view of the continued and appar ently Inspired statement from Oyster Bay this seems all the more impera tive. Sella Roust" for $1,100. A property transfer was listed in Chancery Court Saturday, the prin cipals being Oeorge W. Uay. Jr., and William K. Melton. The former con veys to the latter property Improved, •wrlth residence No. SS14 « street, with m frontage of 11 rest and one-half Inch. The consideration Is $1,100. Raincoat Was Found. A handsome raincoat Is in police headquarters, and can be gotten by any one who will prove that he owm or lid own 1$ The coat waa found In Thirteenth street Friday night by p policeman. ■ vr»A 4-t'+-y " YOUNG GIRL WINS PRIZE WITH PAPER ON MAURY Miss Cecile Herman, of Ginter Park, Captures Trophy in Interesting Contest HER PAPER BEST IN LARGE NUMBER; Over Three Score Papers in Con test in Which Pupil of Barton Heights School Wins—Her Creditable Essay. Miss Decile Herman, of 3U3 Semi-1 nary avenue. Ulnter Park, a student i In the sixth grade of the Barton Heights high school enjoys the dis tinction of winning the prise offered by the Farmvllle Normal School Alumnae Association for oJfcellir.ce In literary work. The subject was "The l.lfe and Work of Commodore Matthew F. ' Maury," anti there w-ere about sixty- , live contestants for the prise In the ; sixth grade. The Judge* were M!*s Huth Karty, i.yrichburg, representative of the Virginia Division, of the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy, Su perintendent M. D. Hall, of Fairfax county; representing the educator* of the Slate, and Judge John H, Buchan an. of the Court of Appeal*. Miss lliTmsn’u PajST. The paper of Miss Herman is very creditable one. She writes: in in« 1 iri.H**- or Matthew Kon • able Maury. th« subject of this sketch. ' there was commingled a double strain of the conscientious Huguenot with meritorious Virginia blood. He was seventh in descent from John de la Fontaine, who was born about 1S00 In the province of Maine, near the | borders of Normandy, and was com- j missioned In the household nf France# i I., of France, serving continuously during the reigns of Henry IJ„ ! Frances H.. and until the second year; of Charles I.V, when he resigned. He ! was finally martyred as a Protestant 1 in 15*3. Ills grandson. Rev. James Fontaine, pastor of the United churches of | Vaut and Koyan, was born In 16CS. i Ha also fled from Great Britain from I LOOK FOR CHOLERA! ___ i Scourge Worse in Russia—Eng lish Ports Are Now Being Guarded. LONDON. Aug. 20-—Under orders from the Britltsh health authorities, all j English port officials are to-day care fully examining arrivals from the con tinent to guard against cholera inva sion. Dispatches from Russia to-day show conditions there to be steadily growing worse, with the exception of St. Pe- : tersburg. where a temporary check has been given the disease. English officials say that the Ruasian official estimate of a total of 112,985 cast# and 59.S9T denthg--ftr at l«*gt ' 60 per cent, short of the actual num ber. a* the means for gathering re turns In Russia are Imperfect and the authorities are Inclined to minimize the gravity of the epidemic. It Is persistently reported from Italy that cholera has reached Rome, though j official statements from that city deny ! this. i SCHOOL PLANNED ! FORJELL BOYS! Also Bar-Tenders and Scrub Wo j men by Hotel Stuards. PITTSBURG. PA.. Aug. 20.—Plans ! for a school where bell boys, bar tenders, chefs, chambermaids, scrub women and others employed around a hotel may receive preliminary train ing will be discussed at the annual convention of the International Hotel Steward's Association, which la to open here Tuesday. For some time hotel ■ iivii no > v ivmvuuuvi vuav uivti uri)/ . should receive technical training, and 1 it is now believed that this long Cher* ! Ished plan is nearer consummation i than ever before. The convention will also consider a j new bill for the standardisation of weights and measurea Twelve hun dred delegates are expected to attend. GOVERNOR TUXES UP CASE OF COMPANY A, PIPES; Has Conference With Adjutant, But No Decision Reached. Adjutant-General W. \V. Sale Satur- j day held a conference with Governor Mapn with reference to the recent recommendation of the court of in quiry, which went Into the case of Corporal Martin, of Company A. Rich mond Light Infantry Blues, stating that "good feeling" which was not for the good of the service existed in thia command. The discussion was taken ^up In formally, it is understood. No action was recommended and what the out come wilt he is a matter of con Jgetue- a HIm (evil* Herau. religious persecution. Hi* daughter. Mary Anne, born 1n Taunton. England ltiDO, married In llubtin. Ireland, in 1716. Matthew Maury, a Huguenot reiugee and they emigrated to Vir ginia. in 171*. Their »on. llev. June« Maury, was a learned and beloved mlnUter of the Protestant Episcopal church, married Mias Mary 'Walker, of estimable Virginia lineage. Their aon. Richard Maury, married loiana Minor, of worthy descent. They had issud nine children, of whom the seventh child and the third sort, is the subject of this sketch. Matthew Fontaine Maury was born January 14. 1806, in Spotsylvania county, Virginia. Ills father removed to Tennessee, then the far, far west, when young Matthew was five years of age and took up his place of abode near Nashville, on a strip of govern ment land in the dense wilderness. There were no railroads In those day* from Virginia to Tennessee, hence the long Journey In covered wagons. A small loir house was erected in the timbers and here the family lived. There were no schools and but few neighbors, but these occasionally gath ered together In the different homes for worship. Toung Matthew never engaged in 5,000 bail, as a material witness, .assistant District-Attorney Turnbull, who Is In charge of the investigation to-day said "1 never saw such a clear out case in my life. There Is no doubt frop the evidence that Kosenhetmer a machine, with he driving killed Miss Hough and he deliberately ran away tn a cowardly manner and tries! to con ceal his work "As to the penalty that is for the court to say. but is the case of Dar ragh. the chauffeur who ran down and killed_the, hit la.Trirnhle ..hoy, he was sentenced to not less than seven nor more than twenty years tn Sing Sing, and his crime was not so brutal as this one." THIEVES STEAL For the Third Time They Visit Residence of the Criming! At torney and Make Good Haul. Thieves, Tuesday night, robbed the home of Mr. H. M. Smith, Jr. In South Fifth street, of Jewelry valued at more than $404. Two rid brace lets, heirlooms in the family, were taken along with several bracelets, a gold watch and stick pins of various sizes and value. It Is the third time the home of the attorney has been entered by thieves. A negro .woman is now serv ing a sentence tn the penitentiary for breaking into the home and stealing a lot of clothing. The robbery has been reported to the police and the detectives are working upon a clue that they believe will lead to the capture of the thieves. The Jewelry was In a small case of the living room*. Mr. and Mr». Smith were not at home when the robbery occurred. Painter* had been at work In the residence during Fri day and the family was away for the day and late afternoon. Altogether Mr Smith has lost by burglars, or sneak thieves, within the past three months about ISOO. Hav ing been prosecuting attorney for a long time and for a decade having defended a majority of the people who were charged with stealing or any other serious offense. It 1* thought strange that thieves should select his home to steal from. HUSTINGS GOUSI OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2 Judge Witt. Prepared to Hear Ar guments on Condemnation of Mayo's Bridge. Sessions of the Hustings Court will be held until September 2nd, In order to that condemnation proceedings re garding Mayo’s bridge may be heard. After September 2nd, the court will adjourn until October 3rd. Judge Witt held a brief session of the court Saturday morning, for the purpose of disposing of several chan cery matters of minor importance. WILLING TO GIVE REPORT TO PUBLIC* Interior Department Didn't Want Committee Chairman to See It. N'O BEARING OX PROBE So Declares Member Inve-tigaunp Gore (.barges of Indian Lands Fraud and Bribery. FI.XPTUR. OKU.. Aug. 20.— "There is no secret about the Howell report made to the Committee on In- j dtan Affairs, and while it may never have been generally circulated, the subject matter la well known and prac- i tically all of it appears in the printed hearing of the House Committee on the proposition to reopen the citizen ship rolls." This statement was made bv Chair- ] man Burke, of the Core Investigating committee, to-day, after the statement from Washington that he was believ ed "to have something up his sleeve" j In the Howell report, was read to him. Burke insisted that Howell’s report , had no bearing on the present inves tigation. "Him e!T Epcllt Several Weeks in Ok- " lahoma‘investigating the methods, of putting the Indians on the rolls," said Chairman Burke, "and made an ex haustive report on many cases. At first the Interior Department was reluctant to give me a copy of the report, but when I got it I let lawyers and every- j body else who wanted to see it. "The report is now in my office at Washington, and 1 would not hesitate to let anybody have it were I there.” Further Proof Given. WASHINGTON, D. C-. Aug. 20.— Further proof of the intimate knowl edge possessed by J. W. Howell, the Ulterior Department expert on Indian allotments, of the activity of J. W. MeMurray. the attorney involved in the Gore charges. It is said here to day, was given by the testimony of MeMurray before the investigating committee yesterday --j—-j The facts given by MeMurray, It U stated, were ail known to Howell and were all substantially included In hie unpublished report that MeMurray** testimony, which appeared to the pub lic as a revelation, probably was al ready known to Chairman Burke. Howell told In his testimony before the House committee on Indian affairs, at an "executive" session last winter, the details of the JT6Q,000 fee allowed Mansfield. MeMurray and Cornish In the citizenship cases, and also de tailed other contracts that this firm1 held, particularly those with the Choc taw anti Chickasaw nations. Another fact set out by Howell, which came to light here to-day, wai that he obtained affidavits from In diana showing the ••paternal” attitude of Mansfield. McMurrny and Cornish towards the Indians. One of these, the affidavit of an Indian lad, Giles Thomp son, tells of bis going to the office of the attorneys to aak about his right to be enrolled, when this firm was then drawing a salary to keep as many In dians as possible off the rolls. The Indian said ho was forced to go to them because they held the only re cords In his case. The Thompson affi davit was sppke.n. of by- Howell In his testimony as "somewhat sensational." i THIS NEGRO CARRIED HIS OWN DISTILLERY UA.WILLS!, Aug. 20.—"Will" | Brooks, a negro suspected of being a I fugitive from North Carolina, was ar rested here. In his trunk was found a glass distillery with various cheml | oal compounds, together with a book of instructions, telling how to make ! Imitation whiskey quick and cheap A {gallon of fluid marked alcohol was ! also seised The outfit was put up by k Milwau kee concern and letters found In the trunk Indicate that theoegro had been doing a thriving business with his min iature liquor plant. MR. SWT OPENS FIGHT IN NINTH Makes First Speech at Gate City, and is Cheered by Great Crowd HOLDS SLUMP UP AS SUPPORTER OF CANNON Will Conduct Campaign on Higii Plan, Hat ft Republicans In sist Upon Aludslinging They Will Receive Attention. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) GATE CITY. V A.. Aug. 20.—Th» unterrified Democracy of Scott and adjoining- counts** gave Henry C. Stuart a'memorable reception here to day on the oci aslon of the first speech of his campaign. He was morally lion ized by the hosts of Democracy, who have sworn to redeem the Ninth dis trict, and who have the assistance of a formidable Republican Insurgency from one end of the district to th* other. Mr. Stuart spoke to an Immense audience iu the court house at noon. J. F. Wjrsor, the Democratic war hors* from Pulaski, made the opening speech of a half hour, and was cheered to the echo. When Mr. Stuart started to speak it wa« some time before he could be heard above thunderous ap plause of the crowds. Arraigns the Republicans. Mr. Stuart’s speech was a terrilio arraignment of the Republican party and Cannonism. He scored Congress man Slemp, his Ilepubllc&n opponent, for his support of Cor.soB when fen showed that the untrammeled Repub lican leaders are repudiating. A cam paign can be conducted on higher plane than either of the parties de sire to place it, said Mr. Stuart. "For my part," he declared, "I propose to conduct a campaign on a high plane, but If we are forced to It we will meet the mu dstinging now being injected Into this contest. I think they have all been amply met and am willing to rest them.” Mr. Stuart, made no direct referenda to the trunk Issue which the Slemp cohorts have sprung, growing out of the customs house incident. The opinion prevails here that Mr. Stuart will sweep the Ninth district in November. Many prominent Repub lican* are openly Insurgent, while the Democrats are solid for Stuart and determined. Club Thom to Tealh aud Loot Safe. WILMINGTON, DEI Robert Casey, Jr., aged his wife, Anne Casey, junior, were found muz -near-trer*.-~ssfiy to-day. The aged couple, who con ducted a grocery store and lived alone, had been clubbed to death by burg* jars The crime was discovered by Whai* ton Neal, driver for a Wilmington bakcryq. They had been beaten about the head with a club twisted from a wild cherry tree. The burglars snter ed the bouse over the kitchen root and after murdering the couple went to the floor below. Using a bolt from a shutter for a chisel and a hatchet they broke oft the hinges and combi nation knob of a safe in the store and robbed it of Us contents. The club with which the aged couple was mur dered was found lying against a Wl^ dow screen. American Aviator Who Crossed t hannel Still Some Distance from Goal. UPCHUBCH. KNO, a flight of on* mile early to-day < the resumption of hia Pari* to T^nd^ aeroplane trip. John B. Moissant, tha Chicago aviator, was forced to descend on account of trouble with his motor. Molaaant started what he hoped would be the last stage of hts trip at' 6: IS, but almost Immediately the mo tor balked. A high wind also worked against him. He expected to reetUMt his flight later In the day. RIM FLM, RJv of ROME. Aug. tO.—Lieutenant was killed to-day in the fall Farman biplane while flying Clvita Vecchla to this city. The chine dropped from a height Of feet and was smashed to bits, was crushed and was dead when tatort reached the scene. RialdJ and Lieutenant Bavoja. In a Farman biplane, set out 1 from Roms to Clvita Vecchla turn. They made the trip *0 Vecchla In safety and return flight when the Rtvaldl. Tbs latter was well known • **'-** aviation circles, though flying but a Short Oma. ’ wets