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RICHMOND, VA-,
T H IT R8DAY, SEPT E M P, E R, 1, 1 MO.
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RICHMOND GETS
NEXT CONVENTION
Chosen as Meeting Place for
Delegates in October
1911
UNANIMOUS VOTE
BY PLACE COMMITTEE
Capital City "Wins Over New
Y <>rk, Atlantic City, and
I roy—Delegate* Worked
Hard.
iSpecial to The Richmond Virginian
PROVIDENCE. U. I , Sept. 1.—
Richmond will get the next
Water waje Convention. The
committee on time ami place
wan unanimous for tin Southern
city. The convention will come
the second week In October.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.1
PROVIDENCE, It. I.. Sept. 1.—The
committee on lime and place of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa
tion this morning voted unanimously
for Richmond as toe place t_.f the next
convention of the association. The
• ihcr contestants' lor the honor were
Atlantic <Tty. New York city and Troy,
N. Y ., hut on the pica **1 Richmond
and the statement of h» r delegates of
the advantages of the Southern city,
all of th> opposition w as w ithdrawn.
Frank Fessenden Crane, chairman
of the committee, tailed the hotly to
gether before convention this morning,
and Mr. Edc, of New' York, at once
moved that the ehy getting the con
vention in lull he compelled to de
posit $2,501) with the treasurer of the
association before July 1 to pay the
running expenses of the convention.
'I. M. Carrington, of Richmond, pre
•ented the name of that city to tnt
committee, and said that he had talk
ed with J. Hampton Moore in regard
to the mutter, and that the latter was
favorably inclined, upon this informa
tion Atlanta City and Troy withdrew,
and tht> New York delegation admitted
that Richmond was better situated
for the meeting.
Mr. Kde, of New York, then moved
that Richmond be the convention
piav c, and the motion w as seconded
by Captain S. K. Ferry, of Atlanta;
City.
Hints* May Conte, Too.
J no uiehiaond delegation has vvork
9(1 hard lor the convention, and nearly
every delegate this morning is wearing
a streamer with the nam<- .Richmond
on It The committee s selection mutt
he ratified by tin* convention, hut it u
positively stated that thereWilt he no
opposition, and that Richmond is
practically officially selected.
The Richmond dei. gatl.in is In good
health and spirits, and the members
have been entertained by member* of
the "First bight Infantry'" here, who
were guests of the Richmond Blues
Tiuilng the spring
It Is rumored nero that the Infantry
may again come to Richmond In li*ll
at the convention. The date set for
the convention day may be chang. .1,
but the favored time is now the sec
ond week in October.
The second uay of the convention
was filled with the spir.l tne coun
try Is awakening to the need of m-.
■land waterways and the improvement
ol water transportation laLiiltie* gen
erally. The 1.000 delegates, repre
senting l.SOo miles of Atlantic sea
board, are ilrm believers that the near
future will see Maine and Florida
linked by a chain of Inland water
ways. OlHcera will be elec ted this af- |
ternoon Among the addresses to be !
delivered during to-day's sessions are i
the following
"Atlantic beaboard Commerce, In
land and Coastwise," O, P, Austin. !
chief of bureau of statistic, depart
ment of commerce and labor. Wash- 1
iegton.
"Improving the Commercial Bonds!
of Union, North and South," Governor
K. M. Ansel. South Carolina.
“Connecticut’s Water-borne Com
merce,” Governor Frank B. Weeks,
Connecticut.
"The Keluition of the Weather to
the Rivers," Willis L. Moore, chief
United States bureau, department of
agriculture, Washington.
"The Hudson River L.lnk of the In
land Cham.” Edward W. Douglas,
president Troy Chamber of Commerce, '
Troy, N. Y.
OVER FTVE HUNDRED
WILL ATTEND MEETING
The Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
sociation next October vvll bring to
Richmond probably the largest gath
ering of distinguished Americans ever
In the city at one time. The conven
tion will be attended by more than
live hundred delegates. Judging by the
steadily growing membership, and
these will Include President Taft, like
ly Vice-President Sherman, Governors
of several States, United States Sena
tors and Congressmen, financiers. ship
builders. such as Lewis Nixon, and
scores of other men w ho go to make
this country one of the world pow
ers
When the meeting was held in Nor
folk last year it brought more than
one hundred thousand visitors to the
Olty on the day which President Taft
was present. This number will no
doubt be greatly increased if tho Pres
ident can arrange to come to Rich
mond.
To entertain the visitors who will
come it will be necessary for public
spirited citizen* to a* lot of hard
Work to arrange a program, it will
take much money, and no doubt the
City Council will make a substantial
appropriation. Other funds will like
ly be gotten by popular subscription.
Norfolk raised $15,000 to entertain
the viaitors and decorate the city. Most
of this was spent on “Taft day." Sev
Bnty-flve hundred dollars was appro
priated by the councils, and the re
mainder was subscribed by business
men in amounts ranging, from a few
UP to hundreds of dollars
A general committee, composed of
representatives of every olvlo and
Commercial organisation, was divided
iCoatlaued *»' Second Eage.} j
RADFORD MAY NOT GET
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Unless Factional Flight is Settled Legislature, Wearied of
Contention, May Withdraw Appropriation—Error
in Bill First Cause of Trouble.
j If the Radford normal school tight
is taken to the Supreme Court, as Is
now threatened, the little Montgomery
city win be in grave danger of* los
ing her school for good and all, go- |
cording to one of the most, prominent
members of the Legislature, as die- i
I gusted members of both the Senate :
[and House, tired of the wrangle, are j
already considering the drafting of a '
bill rescinding the act establishing fcie
! school.
Should this bill be introduced, as
now seems probable, unless peace be
tween the striving factions is speed- ;
: ily restored, the tremendous effort ’
j which Hartford has made to get the
i normal Institution will go for naught, i
and once withdrawn. It is declared ;
that it will be nearly impossible to j
induce the Legislature to make a sec- 1
j ond provision and appropriation for ’
the establishment of the school.
I The whole light, according to prom- 1
inent members of that section of the
State, developed from a rnisnnder- !
standing of the legislative bill, though ,
it 1s declared that the contest has
recently assumed a more personal as- •
peot, and is now being waged by the j
eastern and western factions of the
city with great bitterness,
i Krror in Bill.
it was learned Thursday afternoon
that a strange error, which in some
way crept into the original bill, it .
largely responsible for the w hole trou
ble, it being stated that the commis
sion designated t.> formulate plans for
the school had definitely selected what
Is known as the Adams site in the
western part of .Radford, whereas it j
Is shown that the commission had not
selected any site whatsoever, the con
fusion arising, it is understood, from
• the fact that u < "mmlssion had Just
I preciously scln ted a site near Rad- •
ford, but in Pulaski county, for the
St. Albans school.
The Legislature agreed to appropri
ate $25,000 lor the establishment ot
the school bn condition that Radford
give $20,000 for the purchase of a site,
the act reading that the Institution
must be "established within the cor
porate limits of Radford, Va., upon
what Is known as the Adams site,
consisting of about forty acres, or
ii|x>n such other site within tin' cor
|M>rate limits of tile city of Radford,
as may he selected by the hoard of
trustees.”
l ight Begin*.
The board, after looking over the
ground, decided to select another site
known as the Heth site, in the east
ern part of the town, and called upon
the city to purchase It with the funds
already appropriated by the municipal
council.
Immdtately those citizens who fav
ored the selection of the Adams site
sued for an injunction, attempting to
enjoin the city treasurer from buying
the Heth site. The court, however,
overruled the'request, and now It is
declared that rather than give up the
fight, the west end faction will carry
the matter to the Supreme Court,
where it is liable to remain indefi
nitely.
Those who were Instrumental in
procuring the appropriation from the
Legislature Representative C- A.
Johnson, of Montgomery; Judge Mar
lin Williams, of Giles, and Senator
Hart, of Roanoke, have done- what
they could to bring about an amicable
settlement, insisting, however, that the
board be allowed to purchase the bet
ter site. It being shown that it has
the free power of selection, and is ful
ly authorized to select the Heth site
if it so desire*.
IRE ANGRY OVER
SPEECHES IN WEST
Wall Street Men Stirred by Utter
ances of ( ulonel Roosevelt on
Business Integrity.
WILL STIR UP TROUBLE
Bache *V Co. Dtelnre the Ex-Prc?
ident is a Destroyer Not
an Upbuilder.
\ (jjW YORK. Sept. 1.—.Wall Street
views the Western speeches of Col.
Th**< dor* Roosevelt with emotions
ranging from disgust to anger. As a
rule, however, these feelings are sup
pressed. Many of the leaders In the
financial world, who frankly admit
privately their hostility toward the ex
prestd* nt. hesitate to go on record pub
licly—apparently not knowing what
may happen. Many could be found to
day who share the opinion expressed
yesterday by Henry Clews In his state
ment belittling the possible effect of the
colonel s remarks on the ground that
they are merely the tuterances of a
private cltlsen. in n statement Issued
to-day. J S. Bache A Co., the broker
age firm that engineered James A. Pat
ten's cotton pool, said:
“Roosevelt is a destroyer, not an up
bulider Roosevelt endeavors to tear
down by violent criticism, but offers
no sane remedy or reasonable method
of improvement.
"In whatever light It is looked at,
Mr. Roosevelt's speeches out West will
stir up trouble. They are Intended to
benefit Mr. Roosevelt. His speeches
are those of a demagogue and are
intended to, and do. arouse excite
ment and resentment. But what he
oi>tt has no real purpose or direction.
By his broadspread tirades against the
business honesty of the nation he
smirches all business. The tendency
would be to still further reduce confi
dence here and abroad If his words had
weight, but abroad he la discredited
and ridiculed.
“The position he assumes politically
Is an unfair one. Urrder cover he la
attacking the administration. But he
shoulders no responsibility.
"Thinking people are beginning to
discover him In his true light, and the
best thought must eventually control."
• I shouldn't be surprised if Roosevelt
discovered ntvl endorsed the ten com
mandments before he got through,"
said A. Barton Hepburn, president of
the Chase National Bank, comptroller
of the currency under Preoldent Harri
son.
"Roosevelt seems to have made the
remarkable discovery that there are
crooks In all stations of life who should
be punished. I don't think his present
utterances will have any material ef
fect upon business."
FINE WOMAN 92
FOR BEING ROBBED
Thief Steals Miss Schloaberg’s
Ticket and She is Arested for
Allowing Him to Do So.
BERI.1N, September 1.—Robbed
on a Berlin suburban railway train of
her ticket and then arrested and lined
because she could not produoo the
ticket was the experience of Miss
Marie Schlossberg. which the press to
day is using as the basis for an at
tack on the eccentricities of German
officialdom.
Miss Schlossberg was attacked in
her compartment and robbed of her
sachel. containing her ticket and $10.
The railway officials, when they heard
the young woman's story made no at
tempt to approhemfc the robber but
demanded her ticket, .when she fall- .
ed to comply; she was taken to the
(text station and there fined 41,
PUBLISHERS MAY
CDNIESTJULING
Olijcct to Coii*truetion 1’laccd
Upon Contract by Attorney
General.
CHILDREN NEED BOOKS
Century Company Will Abrogate j
Agreement if Forced to
Pay Tax.
The State superintendent of public !
' instruction is lacing one of the most
■serious questions in the history of his
l office, and it 1* not Improbable that
a special meeting of tne btat>. board
of education will shortly be called to
attempt some solution or settlement :
of It.
Nearly everything is ready for the j
: opening of the public schools in the I
cities and town*. The teachers have1
j been engaged, the children are pre- I
paring lor enrollment, but there are I
no books, and the district superinten- i
, dents are writing to the secretary of f
ihe board every day asking when the I
text books for their school children !
will be available.
Under the recent ruling of the at- j
1 tornej-general, however, all publishers
j in other States who were awarded
■ contracts for furnishing books for
i Virginia school* must take out a <
! license to do business in this State.
So far these publishers have not taken i
| out their licenses, und from present j
indications it appears that there is I
trouble ahead.
Abrogate* Contract.
j One publisher, the Century Com- j
, pany of New York, has written to the j
aecreary of the State board and to
the attorney-general to the effect that
it will not deliver any books under
the ruling of the attorney-general and
gives notice that It refuses ot carry
; out the terms of the agrement.
Another publisher, one of the larg
i est in the United States, which was
■ awarded seven books, has given notice,
I it is understood, through its Yepresen
I tatlve. that it will pay the license
I tax, deliver the books, and then im
! mediately take steps to recover the
; amount of the tax, claiming that the
new ruling was made after the con
, tracts had been awarded, and that the
prices quoted by the publishers were
I submitted without the knowledge
; that they would be required to pay
‘ ft special fee for selling the books to
| Virginia school children.
It is also pointed out that the terms
of the contract are the same as those
under which books have been sold in
the past, and that. Inasmuch as no
license fees have been heretofore re
quired, none should be required now,
especially as the publishers were given
no notification of It until after they
had fixed their prices.
Enforce Law.
At the office of the attorney general
it was learned that the recent ruling
will be adhered to; that as the con
tract reads that the books "shall be
placed and kept by the party of the j
second part (the publisher) upon sale \
and for exchange" at convenient I
points within the State, and that such I
Indicates that the publishers must op- ;
crate within the State, not being al
lowed to sell books to the children
directly from the publishing houses,
in order that they may claim Im
munity from the tax under the Inter
state law.
The State Corporation Commission,
fortified behind the attorney general's
ruling, is preparing to assess the pub
lishers upon their full capital stock,
and to prosecute any that attempt to
deliver booka in Virginia without hav
ing paid the,-fee.
ACCUSED OP GRAFTING,
HE JUMPS INTO RIVER
LA CROSSE, WIS.. Sept. 1.—The
body of Frank T. Tucker, progressive
Republican candidate for attorney
general, who committed suicide at
Oshkosh last night by Jumping from
a bridge into the river, was recovered
to-day. He had beep accused of apraft
tng by using "State enveloped* for
campaign literature.
MARRIES LURATIG
THEN COLLAPSES
Crazy Soldier Escapes and
Weds Pretty Girl After
Giddy Whirl
A “CAPTAIN” WAS HE
FROM PHILIPPINES
Mis* Strom** ‘'Falls for" Frank’s
Bluff and Becomes Bride at
Li A. M.—He is Back in
Cell Now.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—When In
formed to-day that she was the wife
of a lunatice, who after escaping from
an asylum had wooed, won and mar
ried her within twenty-four hours.
Mrs Virginia Strous.- frank to-day
collapsed and her relatives, astounded
at the wild story unfolded by the po
lice. announced that they would be
gin action at once to annul the mar
riage.
Edwin Frank, formerly a private in
the l. nited States army', escaped from
the guards at the government hospital
for the insane here Tuesday morning
and immediately hired a taxicab and
took expensive quarters at the New
Willard Hotel, announcing that he
was an army captain just back from
the Philippines.
Buys a Motor.
Hater he 'purchased'’ a big red
touring cur, and started out to enjoy
himself. He succeeded in making an
appointment by telephone with Miss
Strouse for an auto ride. They "did
the town," and then visited Chevy
• hast- anti went to Baltimore for late
luncheon, dropped In at a matinee
and dined at the Belvidere
On the way home Frank proposed
and was accepted. A mad search for
a license clerk in Washington failed
and they went to Rockville. Md.,
where, after arousing officials, they
were married at 3 o’clock vesterday
morning.
Returning to the New Willard, a
wedding breakfast, upon which no ex
pense was spared, was served to the
"captain" and his bride in their suite.
Frank then took the girl home, while
he kept an important appointment
at the War Department." The poll, e
say that he went to the garage, and
allege that he gave a worthless check
for JS5 in paymOt for the auto, and
presented a si ml «r check for *15 to
the chauffeur.
Arrested at Bell Park,
frank then ;; Fed another gate an
, . .- a 'W* auotfce* §•,. . T_
t«*»k his bride to the Am.ericSn I-eagt
nail game. They were sitting in
private box, when detectives quietl
entered and placed him under arres
He told his bride to go home and wa
for him. Upon Information from th
government hospital Frank was place
in Jail and to-day was sent back t
the asylum. *
He was gtaitoned at Fort MePhei
son. Ga.. when he waa pronounce
insane. He enlisted last November 1
Jliew York city, where hla address wa
given as 213 West One Hundred an
Twenty-second street. It was state
at the hospital that Frank had show
great improvement lately, and that
was expected he would be release
soon. For thla reason he was give
privileges which resulted in his e<
cape. It is sa d that relatives in Ne'
York had sent him money, whie
made it possible for him to carry ot
his plane.
The distressed bride is a prett
eighteen year oid girl.
ONLY A “LIEUTENANT”
AT HIS WEEDING
ROCKVILLE, MO., September l.-J
About 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
Miss Virginia Strouse, of 273 East
Lauriston street. Philadelphia, and
Mr. Edwin Frank, of 213 West One
Hundred and Twenty-aecond street.
New York, rolled Into Rockville in
a big automobile, and an hour later
they left this town as Mr. and Mrs.
Frank.
In some way they discovered that ]
Darby Bowman, the marriage license
olerk. was at the Montgomery hotel,
and they went to the hpstelry and
waked him. After a Utile persuasion
Clerk Bowman agreed to accompany
the young people to the courthouse !
and Issue the license. A few minutes ;
after obtaining the paper they were j
pounding on the front door of the j
residence of Rev. R R. White, of the j
Baptist church.
The minister, who is becoming used ;
to such Interruptions, soon pronounc- !
ed the words making the young people
husband and wife.
The young man gave his age as 23
and that of the young woman as IN'. j
Aside from stating that the bride- i
jroom was a lieutenant In the army
ind that the girl of his choice belong
'd to a prominent and wealthy Phila
lelphia family, the young folks would i
tot discuss the reason for their visit
;o Rockville at such an unusual hour, i
Vanderbilt Passes Crisis.
NEWPORT, R. I. Sept. 1—That the!
■rlsis of Reginald Vanderbilt's Illness;
las pased la the opinion to-day of the )
jhyslclans who are attending the
young millionaire.
NEW YORK GAINS
NEARLY A MILLION.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Sept. 1.
The Census Office to-day an
nounced the 1010 population of
the following cities, and one
borough of New York City, with
changes circe 1900.
Borough of Brooklyn. 1,643,- j
351. Increase of 467,780, or 40.1
per cent.
Elmira. N. Y.. 37,170 Increase
of 31.872. or 66.5 per cent.
If the percentage of Increase
for the entire city of’ Greater
New York should be forty per
cent as Indicated by Brooklyn,
the total population would run
over 4,800,000. The census of
ficials. however, stated to-day
that they expected the percent
age of increase for the entire i
city to be about 20 per cent
when taken as a whole. If this
prognostication Is substantiat
ed. the total would be about ft,*
125,000. The population of the
freater city In 1000 was 3,437,
02. . >
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Mr. and Mrs. F. Augustus Heinze
<\ /C
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Frit* Au
gustus Hcinze, the copper millionaire,
and Mrs. Bernice Henderson were
married yesterday afternoon by Rev.
I’r. Ham Pel, of the Protestant Epis
copal church, in the minister's apart
ments in Brooklyn.
After the wedding- the couple went
to a syite which had been reserved
for them at the Waldorf-Astoria.
There they had a wedding supper,
with a large number of Mr. and Mrs.
Helnze's friends in the brokerage and
theatrical business ns guests. Board
ins: a steam yacht loaned hy a broker
friend of the copper magnate, the
bride and groom will cruise about
for several days, leaving New York
next Tuesday for Butte. Mont.
Ur Heinxe did not appear to be j
worried over Mrs. TJIllun Hobart :
French's threat that she “would fol- .
low hint to the ends of the world and I
get a square deal out of him.” and j
Mrs. Heinse, as coo! and smiling as
when she played the name part In
'The Vampire," showed no signs ot
uneasiness. Fhe was smartly dressed
in a traveling frock.
POLICEMEN HI
STRIKJRSPflRADE
74 Men and ll Women Are
Crowded Into Cells After
Demonstration.
STORY OF LAZARUS
IS THEIR DEFENSE
.Bedraggled and BLauehed Union
ists Can't See \Yliv UicL
Should Xot Give litem
Crumbs.
NEW" YORK, September 1.—
"Lazarus naa tne right to eat the
crumbs which fell from the rich man's,
table. 1 can't see why the rich should
object to our eating our own crumbs
at his gate. Here we are, all of us
weary, looking tor work tnat will buy
us those crumbs.’’
Three hundred bedraggled men and
women, their faces pinched and drawn,
showing by their every movement the
strain under which they have been
laboring for the last three weeks,
tried to parade up fashionable Fifth
avenue early to-day. When ordered
to disperse by the police, one of their
leaders made the above reply. They
were striking coat and skirt makers
and their parade was intended as a
protest to fashionable New Yorkers
against their treatment at the hands
of their former employers.
They did not get far. Members of
the aristocratic Knickerbocker club
and mansions along Fifth avenue.
south of Thirty-second street, hurried
ly telephoned to the police that they
were "being disturbed" by the demon
stration.
Chesty George Halts ’Em.
Within a very short time the police
of three precincts, headed by inspec
tor McClusky. once characterised by
"Big Bill” Devery as "Chesty George."
converged upon the marchers. Mc
Clusky threw a cordon across the
thoroughfare and the head of the
parade was halted.
"You’ll have to get out of this,”
yelled MoClusky. "You have no per
mit to parade and there Is complaint
about your noise. I want you to dis
perse without trouble. If you do there i
will be no arrests. If you do not there \
will be made arrests."
In reply, Samuel Rosenthal and '
(Continued on Second rase 1
Commission Koiner Believes
Yield of Fields This Year Will
Show Increase of $18,000,000. ,
Special to The Richmond Virginian.) j
LYNCHBURG, VA., Sept. 1.—A
rood crop year Is indicated in the
South, according to reports received
lere from the Commissioner of Ag- ;
Icutture In the various States by the >
idvance. These reports came In by '
etter and_ wire. The tenor of thej
tatements are decidedly favorable.
Practically every State reports a larg- j
•r corn crop than last year.'and sev
•ral show Increases In every kind of
rop, the only unfavorable report bo
ng from one or two Stat^. which
lave had their cotton fields Injured by :
>oll weevil or shedding. It Is be
leved that these' statements are plain ,
tatements of fact, and not in ths i
lature of ’’boosts.’’
A letter from State Commissioner of I
tgrtculture Koiner contains a listed !
aluatlon of the various crops of Vlr- !
rinia for last year and a conservative j
Stlmate for this. A summary of the
blumns shows that the State of Vlr- !
;iula will this year produce in crops a
rumey value of $189,500,000. or an in- ,
rease tn valuation over last year's i
Tops of eighteen million dollars. Otbe
>r States report sccorfUpglr.
1 ,:7r, V I
GEORGE V.SHOOTS
Believed Kingof England Fired >
Ball Which Wounded His
Fellow Hunter
VICTIM’S INJURIES
ARE VERY SLIGHT
Details of Accident Suppressed
Secretary Defuses to Say
Who Shot
Him.
LONDON', Sept. 1.—Kins George,
known as the best hunting shot In
England, is believed to-day to be the :
man who accidentally shot Kurd Kil- i
marnock during a hunt yesterday at
Baliater. near Balmoral Castle.
Sir Victor Mackenzie was the third
member of the party, but as the king
was in a highly nervous state when
he reached home and the details of
the shooting have been suppressed as 1
far as possible. It Is assumed that It
was the king's gun that peppered Kil
marnock with shot at a distance of
forty yards.
Kilmarnock was injured in the ear,
nose and arm and his eye-glasses
were broken It was at first thought
that his Injuries were serious and the
king and Sir Victor were frantic with
grief. It turned out. however, that
the wounds were slight, and aside
from possible scars, his lordship will
be none the worse for his experi
ence.
Kilmarnock is the second secretary
of the diplomatic service. He refuses ,
absolutely to say w hether the. king j
or Mackenzie shot him.
LIFE IIERT SWEET
MISS FITCH SAYS
Pretty California Girl Who Tried J
to Commit Suicide A'ow
Wants to Live.
NEW YOKK, September 1.—"I have
made a terrible mistake, doctor, and
if I die I wili cause grief to a few'
who are very dear to me. Dlfe is a
beautiful thing when you realize that
you arc loved. Now I want to li\e.”
Miss Vera Fitch, the beautiful Cali
fornia girl who tried suicide in the
Hotel Astor Monday night, had chang
ed her viewpoint to-day as the result
of a visit paid her by her mother
and made the above statement to Dr.
Hughes. The doctor encouraged her.
although her chances of recovery are
very slim. The doctors said, however,
that the change in the girl s mind
would aid her greatly and she may
eventually get well.
Another mystery developed In the
case late last night when a man who
has not been identified drove to the
hospital. Flo asked the night clerk
what Miss Fitch’s expenses tn the hos
pital would be for two weeks and when
told $134. counted out the amount,
got a receipt and departed. Relatives
of Miss Fitch say they cannot imagine
who he was.
May Corner Coffee.
NEW YOKK, Sept, 1.—Private ad
vices from Cincinnati to big coffee
broker* to-day quote a member of the
Oosse Coffee Company, of that city, as
saying that Arbuckle Brothers and
the Brazilian government have forc
ed a plan to corner coffee. Details
of the proposed combine are lacking.
Dig Sale In Hnasokr,
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE, VA„ Sep. 1.—In a deal
closed to-day Hartberger and Sons,
furniture dealers, purchased from Max
Sold berg, property corner Commerce
and Salem streets for $19,000. A largo
building will be erected there In tbs
liaar future.
HURLS HERSELF
TO AWFUL DEHTI
ITOFl
Miss E. Muriel Keith Er
Her Life 1 hrough HorrP
ble Agency
TOLD OF SUICIDE
IN A BRIEF LETTER
Young English Typist Writes Em
ployer of Depression and
Leaps on Track in Din
ter Park.
“l>ear Mr. Lloyd:
"liciug In u depressed state of
mind, 1 lau< determined to end
my life. I'lease notify mjr mother
in inglund and have my pergonal
effect* sent to lier ut ,Vo. a Coi
tal lie Terrace, Baj>water, Los
don. . ■*•{ *M
"i «lsli you much surcetg in
your Fair Association work, jsf
"Very truly yours, j
“Miss K. Ml'KIlX KElTK.’t
Choosing a moat horrible agency
seif-destruction, Mias E. Muriel (£«
a stenographer, twenty-four ye
ended her Ine by throwing he
iroru of a rapidly moving car
Melrose and iirook avenues. Git
lJark, after writing the above ioti
to her employer, .Mark it. Lloyd,
oral manager of the Fair Aaaocii
Thursday morning. She enclosed
the letter her bank book, contain!!
a record of deposits aggregating
lie-sides her own intimation 01
pression, it is known that her he.
had not been of the best during
past week or ten days.
Inquest Continued.
A coroner's Jury, which
at Winter Park shortly after the yti
woman's death to Inquire into
eurnatances of her tragic end, ad_
ed until Friday, alter the letter
dressed to Mr. Lloyd was read.
Jury, which heard the story o!
motorman cf the car which
out tho girl's life and several
witnesses, all of whom hinted at i
destruction rather than accident
death, will reassembled at the
rlco county courthouse at noon Frl*
day to render its verdict.
coroner yeas. wno was conducting
the inquiry, Mated the proceeding* af- ■
ter the letter was read, "'rmmimtt.ef
with Acting Attorney Klrlc i
and announced that the Inquest
not i<:vect-d until IMMlk' ■
would give no reason for continuing
the Inquiry. It is known that a num
ber of letters taken from Miss Keith's
room are in the hands of the coroner.
These and the letter to Mr. Lloyd meg
have influenced his action.
Sent Her for Health.
It is understood her father sent her
to America from England hoping th*
change of climate would be beneflelal
to her throat, which had been af
fected a number of years. She had
been treated regularly by Dr, Frank
White, at Second and Franklin streets,
fqr her throat trouble, but did not
seem to improve. Miss Keith seemed
to be morose and despondent Wednes
day after a visit to Dr. White’s of
fice. It is believed the physician In
formed her that her trouble was of k
more serious nature than she at lint
thought, and that the young woman
ended her life, believing her ailment
was incurable.
The testimony of Motorman J. P,
Swann, who was operating the car at
the time it struck the woman, tend- ,
er strongly to indicate that she hurled ;
herself in front ot it.
I«ter to Mr. Lloyd.
Lying beside her mangled form,
strewn along the car tracks, lay the lat
ter addressed to "Mark K. Lloyd, ESsk*
Room No. 3, Mutual Building.” Mias
Keith was employed by Mr. Lloyd at
the fair headquarters for three months
The letter unraveled the mys
tery surrounding the queer circtun- /
stances of Miss Keith's tragic death.
It will be read to the coroner’# Jury ‘
this afternoon.
In her room at the summer home 1:
of the Young Woman's Christian As
sociation in Ointer Park Deputy Shar- ;
Iff F. B. Traylor found a number ot
missives, which were more than,:..:
friendly in their tone, written in a
masculine hand and postmarked Lon- ||
don. These epistles may also Shed #
some light on the girl's death.
Miss Keith was a petite blond and
an efficient stenographer. She cam*
to America from London last Apr%
obtaining employment with Mr. Lloyd..t /|
She was a talented vocalist, instru
mentalist and elocutionist, and often
entertained the other girls at the
Theological Seminary used by tha
Young Woman’s Christian Assocjk
tion. Her father. Itoyston Keith, 8r« sa
and her mother are both actors or
prominence in England, and said kk.g
be in good financial circumstance*. ,'9
Crushed by Car.
As was her custom. Miss Keith left
the summer home for a short walk. J
about 7 o'clock Thursday marathit|)S
She strolled along Brook *vem*V«|
which runs In front of the home. untHii
an Ashland bound car of the Rich*/i§j
mend and Chesapeake Bay Una. rnk»>y»
ntng at a rate of thirty-five miles *» ll
hour, reached a point slaty feet b#» '§1
hind her. Looking back at the car«l||
according to the motorman, UMtSS
Keith started across the track
front of it, with apparently no realm
eon for so doing. "iJaHB
Seeing the danger of the young;/’ll
woman, whose bright attire bad
traded his attention as she walhadj g9
along the road, Motorman Swann tgn*C*§|
mediately applied the e mergeu<gri|ji
but was unable to Mop thas§|
brake, .
large car until the wheels pan
over her prostrate body. *
According to the Motorman, II
Keith waa not knocked down by 1
car, but feU acroaa the track,
says he saw her make no efSort
rise after going to the ground, fi
Lug to her perilous position.
The young woman’s body wa# ml
gled almost beyond recognition,/1
trunk being severed from th* lot
part and the head and limb* crual
and gashed. -
The car was stopped a short |
Lance from the body and Motoynf
3w*n and Conductor H. & John,
rail as several passenger*, gsfhgl