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RICHMOND, V A.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, 1910.
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WANT COMMISSION I
FOR “SHERIFF BOB”
Relatives Believe He Was
“Off His Ninny” When He
Signed Agreement
CHANLER MAY HAVE
DROP ON CAVALIER 1!
Part Owner* of Metropolitan Op
era House Where *he Sings and
May Bring Her to
Terms.
NEW YORK, Kept. IT.—John Arm
strong Chaloner may not have been
very* tar out ot the way when he sent
ht» famous telegram: Who's loony ‘
now?" to his Urotner, Robert W. Chan - \
ler, when the now* that <'harder anti
Cavalier! had disagreed became pub
lic.
Attorneys who have examined the
ante-nuptial agreement unite to-day
that It'* seemingly legal proof. That
this la the opinion of the members ot
the Chanler family la Indicated by the
Intimation from them that tney would
be wining to ensure Cavalierl a lump
sum of *10.000 and a guaranteed an
nuity of 15.000 If she will execute a }
uuit claim to her husband * posses
sions.
Won't IMscusm It.
While none of the members of the 1
Chanler family nor their attorneys will I
discuss the proposed oiler, it is gen
erally credited that It has been made,
l'eople who know Cavalierl and who
are amazed over the revelations con
tained in the agreement filed yester- !
day. say that she will hardly accept j
any such offer. They admit, however,
that the Chanler family and its in- j
iiucntlal connection*, the Asters, may !
be able to force the l>iva to come to j
terms.
She 1* admittedly bound up In. her j
art. As a star she draws a good, tat ,
salary, but she ran earn less than
half as much in foreign appearances
as she can here, ’i he A store have a
prominent part in the aitalr* of the j
Metropolitan Opera House, and might
be ante’ to snow the diva that if »m :
consents to a private settlement and j
wilt choke off tne present scandal, her
American engagements »an «*e made I
pleasant for uer. I mil cavalierl ar
rives here it will be Impossible to
learn what she will do.
lrrv*i*>u*tb»e.
Some of the nwinwu of the Chan
ler family are said to favor applying j
to the courts for a corn mission tor j
Robert W. cnamer s person ana prop- j
•rty. They- argue mat ms action >n !
signing away everyming he has in
the world can oa accounted for only
on the nypotnests that ho was not in ‘
his right mind. Tney seem to think;
that it might be possible to snow that
he is not responsible, if the count,
should so noia, the ante-nuptiai agree- !
merit would not be worth tne paper It1
is written on. j
None of tne Chanler attorneys nor
the members of tne famuy who could i
bsrrsachcd lo-uay would discus* this
report.
Verbal Agrccsm-m.
In return for tne iron-dad ante
nuptial* agreement by which Chanter
bound himseir to turn over practically
his entire fortune to Cavaiieri It de
veloped to-day that the pair entered
into a vernat agreement by- which I
Cavalierl agreed to pay off Chanler s
debts, clear his property from Its j
mortgaged Indebtedness and turn over (
the first 120,1)00 coming to her out j
of the written agreement to Chan - i
ler's first whe, in satisfaction of
alimony due from Chanler.
This agreement, however. being
verbal, will be hard to enforce. It is
admitted by Chanler's friend*. It
indicate* the hard head for business
possessed by the diva, who bound her
husband by a compact from which
he will have difficulty escaping.
Caiallprl. It is said, agreed to pay
chanter's debts In the belter that
they did not exceed *25,000. When
she found that they were twice this j
sum, she began to renege.
IRISHMEN SEEKING *
THE LONG GREEN:
jS'atioiialiot Leader and ‘‘Tar Pay’’ j
Coming Back to Make An
other Haul.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17.—John Red
mond. the Irish Nationalist leader, and
his lieutenant!, "Tay Pay" O’Connor,
Joseph Devlin and Daniel Boyle, all
members of Parliament, sailed to-day
on the Baltic for another raid on the
pocket books of Iriah-Amerlcans to
support the nationalist party. O’Con
nor said he expected the visit to bring
the greatest financial returns since
the first visit of Charles Stuart Par
nell to America In 1878-18S0.
The party will split forces In Buf
falo. Redmond will look after the
middle States, Devlin the South, Boyle
the West end O’Connor the Eastern
States and Canada. The tour will last
about six weeks.
"I think we are nearer the success
of our cause,” O’Connor said to the
United Press, ’’then ws have been
since the death of Parnell. Victory,
Including home rule, a ll! come within'
two years.”
THOUSANDS SLAIN
BY WARRING TRIBE
f action* in Asiatic Turkey C'ladi
and 2,000 Silent Men Are
Left on Field.
MUA.N’N. September 17.—Two
thousand Arabs have been killed and
wounded. In a clash- between Warring
tribes in Basso rah, Astactic Turkey,
according to a despatch to-day from
the Constantinople correspondent of
tbs Corrtere Della Sera. Details of
Made Archbishop
h'UctH
ROMK, 8ept. l7^-Archbl#hop Gautier
wan appointed Archblnhop of Ottawa
on 8*f>t«mber «th. The Pope has or
dered a oonsietorical ronirreg-atlon to
transmit to Mgjr. Gautier hie letter «»f|
nomination.
Most Her. Charles Hugh Gautier Jj
now Archbishop of Kingston. Out.,*
hevirir been consecrate*! In that city on
r, m lg»g.
COLLEGES EXPECT
PROSPEROUS YEAR)
- ■
Many Students Arriving at:
Richmond College Days
Ahead of Time
IMPROVEMENTS NOTED
IN EVERY SCHOOL
Richmond Academy Taxed to
(-apaeitv. Students in Public
Institutions Getting Down
To Hard Work.
Dealers In school books are having
& merry time these days. In addition
to the thousands of students of the
public schools of the city, almost every
one of whom has purchased or will
purchase supplies of some sort, comes
now a horde of older students demand
's nece. sary to the following
of their courses In the colleges of the
■ tty.
These hlc’ier Institutions of learn
ing are scenes of a vu: deal of ac
tivity l«>th on the part of members of
the faculty and of the colleges.
Particularly Is this activity notice
able at Richmond College, where, al
though the matriculation is not offi
cially scheduled to begin until next i
Wednesday, more than a score of stu
dents have arrived from out of town
and have been allowed to occupy their
dormitory rooms.
Some of these students, according to
President F. \V. 'Joatwrlght, of the
college, arrived several days ago. At
first f>r. Boatwright refused to oper. j
the doors of the buildings to them, i
latter he relented, and. rath< r than j
force them to go to the expense of)
engaging rooms down-town while they j
awaited the arrival of the regular;
opening day, decided to let them In. ;
More students wilt undoubtedly arrive !
Monday, <m which day, incidentally, all
candidates for the football team have
been asked to report at the campus.
Will Open September 27.
The official opening of the college le
scheduled for Tuesday, September 27.
when Professor J. C. Metcalf, head of
the English department, will deliver an
address on “Cambridge and Her Col
leges.” Dr. Metcalf has but recently
returned from a trip abroad. While
on the other side he spent a large por
tion of his time in and about Cam
bridge, studying the famous old Insti
tutions of that place. HU address U
certain to be not only Instructive but
authoritative.
There have been several changes
and Improvements made In connec
tion with the college and Its work
during the summer vacation. As re
nrds the work, a department on
education has been added to the cur
riculum. The department will
headed by Dr. T. A. Lewis, Ph. D., a
new recruit to the college corps of
professors. Dr. Lewis is a graduate
of Harvard and has taken additional
courses at the University of Chicago.
Dr. K. A. Derieui. M. A., of the
(Continued on "Fifth Page.) “
CUPIDS EXPRESS" LEAVES
RICHMOND ON HONDA
With scores of happy lovers aboard,
the fall "honeymoon special,” under
the auspices of Mrs. Gill, will leave
Richmond (Elba Station) Monday
morning at 9 o'clock for Washington,
where ministers of all denominations
will )*j on hand to hitch up the young
people In double harness.
The returning ‘‘cupId's express” will
not he mado until Wednesday, thus
affording the newly-weds an opportu
nity for a brief honeymoon In the na
tional capital.
This is the fifteenth year that Mrs.
Gill hns acted in the capacity aa a
right-bower to Hymen. Hundreds of
couples are in Richmond to testify to
tho success of these matrimonial June,
kets. In fact, Mrs. Gill has attained
a unique position by means of this I
Idea, and her fame as a matchmaker
has gone far beyond the confines of the
Old Dominion.
Trainman Killed in Wreck.
HOLT. Ml).. September 17.—One
trainman was killed and 2* persons
Injured, some seriously In a head-on
collision bitween Rock island West
bound flyer. No. 201. and a Burling
ton passenger train, near hers at an
early hour to-day. The wreck oc
esflKd tot a sbata eurro and end*
COLONEL REPLIES
Roosevelt Defends New Nat
ionalism in Strong and Em
phatic Terms at Syracuse
QUOTES PRESIDENT
TO SUPPORT HIMSELF
Hunter Couples Himself In Hot
ting With Lincoln—“He Criti
cised, Why Can't I (" He
Asks Pannt hetica lly.
SYRACUSE, X. Y„ Sept. 17. -In the
strongest speech be has delivered since
his return from Africa, Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt to-day defended his
"new nationalism.'' Fifty thousand
people at the Xetv York State Fair
listened eagerly to the address. A
carefully worded endorsement of cer
tain Tnlt policies marked the speech.
After referring to the criticism that
has been made of hl» speeches In the
west, advocating the new nationalism.
Col Roosevelt said:
“Whether the principles I have ad
vocated are sgound or not, can be an
swered, 1 think, by he simple expe
dient of asking whether any party is
willing frankly to take the other ride
of tne proposition of which complaint
is made. If so, it would he a good
thing to have the issue made in dear
cut fashion before the people, for in
the end the people would moat cer
tainly decide in favor of the principles
embodied In the new nationalism, be
cause otherwise this country could
not continue to be a true Repub
lic or a true Democracy.”
Roosevelt then reiterated his state
ments regarding the two decisions of
the Supreme Court and defended
them, saying that he merely took the
position that was taken, so far as the
Knight case was concerned, that was
taken by Justlco Harlan in his dis
senting opinion.
"Those who criticise, me.” he con
tinued. "are also criticising Justice
Harlan. Do my critic* take, the posi
tion that the people shall not be able
to control the management and ac
tively of those groat monopolistic cor
porations doing an Interstate busi
ness 7 If so. let them frankly avow
their position. If not let them hold
their criticism.
"What l had to my was the second
decision which was against state
rights, warn based upon dissenting
opinions' by J uatioas- Harlan. White
Hay and Holmes. Here 1 hold that
the dissenting justices were right in
their views that the State had the
right to regulate the hours of labor
under certain condition*. if I am
wrong, let those who criticise me
frankly say that the state ha* no right
to limit the hours of labor of men
employed under unhealthy conditions.
"Fifty-three years ago Abraham
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
DELEGATESTOSEE
Officials of World's Henal Insti
tutions to Make Tour of
InspectK.. Yre.
NEW YORK, September 17.—The
first meeting of the delegate* to the
Eight International Prison Congress
which convenes In Washington, D.
C-. October * to S, was held In this
city to-day to arrange for a tour of
American penal institutions as guests
of the United States government.
Special train has been provided, and
will leave this city to-morrow night,
en route to Elmira, N. Y.. where the
delegates will visit the Nbw York
State reformatory. This Institution
is unique in that its inmates are all
sentenced for Indeterminate period*
and "earn” their release by good be
havior. Monday afternoon the party
proceeds via Freevllle to Auburn. N.
Y. An hour Is to be spent in Free
vllle, at the model delinquent youths
school," the George Junior Republic."
At Auburn the delegates will be the
guests of the New York State Prison
department.
After a visit to the New York State
penitentiary at Auburn, a trip is to
be made to the State Agricultural and
Industrial School at Industry, N. Y„
a reformatory institution for boys.
This will complete the Inspection tour
In New York, though pleasure visits
are scheduled for Buffalo and Niagara
Falla With a single stop, at the Ohio
State reformatory at Mansfield, ti
the train goes West to Chicago,
where it arrives September 53.
In the middle West the delegates
will visit the penal Institutions in
the vicinity of Chicago, Indianapolis,
and Louisville.
The tour will end at Washington
October S, where the congress is to
he opened with an address by Presi
dent Taft.
WOULD GIVE $58,808,690
FOR FLOOO-PROOF SEINE
French Government, Fearing
More Wash-Outs, Offers Large
Sum for Preventative. 1
PARIS, Sept. 17.—Fifty million dol
lar* la the price that France 1* will
ing to pay to mafca the River Seine
noodproof. A commiaalon, authorised
to make recommendations to this end.
left to-day to study the river from
Paris to Rouen.
Further floods are feared this win
ter, and it la believed the rains that
have been more general this reason
than ever before will continue during
the winter months. The Seine has not
regained Its normal stage sine* the
disMtroua floods of last January
BEGIN WORK OF RAISING THE MAINE
T
ffi CClL.V MEd>yCK. (^CAPTAIN H.D.aLEKfKJS^W QJ-' THE MARsfE COJvlfvU^5JOr< ' NV -ay
HAVANA. CUBA. Sopt. 17.—Work on the task of raising the Maine has fairly started, with a force of thirty
men from the Department of Public Works, directed by Captain Harley B. Ferguson, of the United States War
Department Commission, and Captain Harper, engineer, aiding the board. Borings have been made with im
plements by Cuban officials.
The commission, which arrived In Havana September 8, is composed of Colonel W. M. Black. Lieutenant
-Colonel Mason M. Patrick and Captain Ferguson, of the corps of engineers. United States army.
Cuban officials are co-operating cordially with the army engineers and every facility for the prosecution
of the work has been placed at the disposal of the visitors. The borings which began yesterday in Havana har
bor followed daya ago. ,
HE WANTED MONEY
TO PLAY THE SAME!
Ilop Dealer Attributes Downfall;
to Sew York’s Craze for
“The Change".
NEW YORK, September 17.—
Charging bis downrall to the craze _
for money that pervades the very at- i
mutphere of New York city, Adolph 1
Ruth barth, tvho proved the gu I ni
hility of New York banks by bor
rowing approximately $2&8.000 on no
better security than tho mere men- :
tlon of bis connection of a well
known firm of hop dealers, refused
again to-day to permit his friends
to do anything in his behalf.
from his cell in the Tombs from i
which he hopes to be sent to prison |
on a conviction or grand larceny, j
Kothbarth toid of his failing a victim
of the money madness of New York.
“Why 1 wanted the money, I
don't know,'' he nailed, “it was not
to spend, as I ha\ e never had use
for more than $2,000 or $3,000 a year.
My tastes are the simplest. 1 care ;
nothing for automobiles, horses, i
chorus girls and the other things that ;
New Yorkers squander their money)
upon.
i Just wanted to play the game.
Others w ere doing It and getting
away with it. and 1 wanted to see it
1 could not do the same.
“Had I remained in Germany, no
such thought would ever have come
to me. but here the madness seised
me. Money la In the air here. You j
see it, talk to It, you breathe it. you
dream it. It is the great.god of your
lives, and 1 began worshipping It.
Rothbarth says hts brothers who
have a large hop importing business
in Erankfort-on-tho-Main. with the i
branches in St. Petersburg and Lon- !
' don, are not as wealthy as reported !
and he will not permit them to do j
anything In his behalf.
His operations "showed up" the I
banks to such an extent that there 1
is now talk of a national bank '
examiner investigating the trans- '
actions.
MR, TAFT PREPARES
FOR ANOTHER TRIP
[■ ;
1 President to Quit Beverly for Two!
Weeks—Going to* Cin
cinnati.
BEVERLY, MASS., Sept. IT.—It '
was a lively day at Burgess Point in
anticipation of the President's depar
ture Sunday night for a two weeks' i
Journey, most of which will be spent
in Cincinnati and Washington,
The President will return to Bev
erly October 2 and will stay here
until October 15.
Mra. Taft has returned from New
York. On her way back she stopped
at Watertown. Conn., where Charlie
was entered at hla uncle's private
school.
The President this morning golfed
at Myopia, and this afternoon will
finish the speech he la to deliver at the
Cincinnati Exposition next week.
CELLS TOO SMALL
BRITISHERS SAY!
^ Blackwell Island Prison’s Accomo
dations Are Not Up-to
Date.
NEW YORK. September 17.—Nar
row cells and low catlings are out of
place in an up-to-date prison accord
ing to delegates to the International
Prison Congress* who to-day Inspect
ed the Blackwell's Island penitentiary
and the workhouse. Blr Evelyn Rug
glee Brise, K. C. T . chairman of tho
British commission, said that England
would l>e ashamed of any auch pris
ons and that there is little wonder;
that tuberculosis reaps a harvest from I
the unfortunates of American pris
! ons are all like those Inspected. They |
! satd, however, that New York's mu
| niclpat lodging house la the most re
markable In the, world there being
nothing In Euruo* ts iawart with
jit
Will
ENTRIES
FILL THE LIST
Far Exceed These of
All Former Fairs
iji State.
FEATURES EACH 1>AY.
Interesting Program of Special!
Events Mapped Out
By Officials.
While the liat of entries of exhibits
fro the State Fair cannot be tabulated
before the middle of neat week, it is
certain that the number of exhibits
will he many times larger than ever
before. The entries in the horticultu
ral department nre unexpectedly large
and indicate that this is a good fruit
year in \ irglnia Entries in the farm
products department close Saturday
and the work ol tabulation will begin
next w eek.
The exhibit of apples will lie at least
four times as large as last year, with
other einries ii. proportion, and the
fruit display will be the finest ever
made in Virginia.
Feature Days.
Every day at the State Fair will be
a feature day.
Monday, October 3—Good roads day.
Tuesday, October 4—Merchants' day.
Wednesday, October 5—Richmond
day.
l’hursday. October 6—Fanners’ day,
Friday, October 7—Children's day.
Saturday, October 8—Automobile
races and five-mile race between the
aeroplane and an automobile.
Every day aeroplane flying by Ralph
Johnstone. Every night the great
night spectacle, "A Night in Japan,”
and 81,000 display of fireworks.
Invitations to Fair.
Richmond merchants and manufac
turers are sending out with their cor
respondence invitations to visit the
fair. The management of the fair has
had printed 50,000 neat little flyers,
just big enough to slip Into an envel
ope with a letter, a statement, or other
correspondence. Many business men
who take an Interest in the fair and
the business which it brings to Rich
mond are enclosing these little slips
with all their out-of-town correspond
ence from now to the 1st of October.
i
HIKE REVIEW DF
M’CKESNEY CASE
Board of Education to Settle Cou
troverev of Long Standing
In Portsmouth.
Besides the election of superinten- 1
dents for Henrico, Northampton and
Madison and Green counties respec
tively, the most important matter to
be called before the State board of
public Inatruction which meets Oc
tober 8, will be the McChesney con
troversy from Bristol.
Following the controversy. Mr. Mc
Chesney. supervising principal, was
requested to resign, and upon his re-'
fusal to acquiesce, the board adver- !
tised for a new man to take his place, !
Mr. C. E. Copenhaven making appli- t
cation and being awaruea toe posi- i
tlon.
Mr. McChesney refused to sign his j
certificate, however, ana without tne j
signature. Mr.-Copenhaven was una
ble to perform the duties of his office.
The State board was appealed to
coifipel Mr. McChesney to till out the
certificate, and both sides will be -
heard at length when the meeting
is called.
It Is understood, however, that the
hoard will Sustain ita own man. and
that the entire matter will be satis
factorily adjusted, Mr. McChesney re
taining hie old position.
MTU Elect Committee.
A special meeting of tne chamber
of commerce has been called for
Monday at 11 o'clock when the James
river improvement committee lk to
be/elected. This committee, consist
ing of seven men. is ejected to co
operate with a commute*, of tea ap
pointed from the city council.
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JAIL TERMS WILL !
STOP SMUGGLING
Deputy Surveyor Believes This is
Only Way to Break Up Prac
tice Among Rich.
NEW' YORK, (September 17.— j
Smuggling by the very rich and so
cially prominent will never be stop- j
ped at the port of New York until i
some shining lights are given prison
sentences as an example.
That is the opinion of Deputy Sur- !
veyor George 3. Smyth, before whom j
most of the persona taken for failure t
to declare dutiable goods are taken. I
Payment of a fine and forfeiture of I
the smuggled goods Is not deterrent,
he says, and the offices of surveyor
and collector of the port are to work
In unlston to have some of the many
wealthy persons now awaiting trial
not only fined but given a prison sen
tence should they be convicted.
As soon os Collector Loeb returns
from his hunting trip In the Rockies
there will be a con.erence between !
the surveyor. General Nelson H.
Henry, the collector, and District At- ;
tornev Wise. Plans for pushing the !
prosecution of several of the most j
flagrant violations will then be laid
and the cases will be relentlessly
prosecuted. When convictions are
obtained, the district attorney will
demand penitentiary sentences. If
he gets his wish and he is very likely
to in the Federal court, the port
officials believe society smuggling will
get a death blow.
Because of the activity of the cus- !
toms officials, it Is.expected that the!
total of collections and fines for the j
current month of September, from
first, second steerage class passengers
will exceed the total collected for the i
port In the year 1908.
The collections for the first half ;
of September already are more than j
990,000 ahead of the entire month of j
September. 1909. It Is believed by the j
port officials that the total collections :
for the port of New York for the !
current year will tothl 11,211,347.
WM BRADSHAW KILLKD
AT FORT LEAVK-VWORTH j
News has just been received that )
William M. Bradshaw, of Richmond,
has been killed at Fort Leavenworth,!
Kan. The nature of his death is not i
known here. He Is a son of Mrs. Lucy
C. Bradshaw, of N'o. 714 Buchanan,
street. The body will be brought home I
for interment.
Alleged Rioters Freed.
GREEXSBURG, PA., Sept. 17.—A
seated verdict returned by a Jury here
to-day acquitted twenty-seven miners \
and one deputy sheriff on charges of I
rioting as a result of the miners strike |
in the Irwin district. In the cases of
hwenty-four of the miners the jury ,
placed the co ts on Deputy Sheriff
George Falls, the prosecutor.
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“COKE” MERCHANT
UP FOR HEARING
_
Case of Charles Jones is Post
j>oned Until Septem
ber 23.
Charles Jones, colored, appeared be- !
fore Justice Crutchfield Saturday1
morning charged with selling cocaine.
After hearing some of the evidence
the justice decided not to go into !
the case until Detectives Wiley and j
Kellam, who made the arrest, can se
cure additional evidence. The hear
ing was postponed until September
22.
Jones was caught through the as
sistance of John Cain, a white man
who is a self-confessed “coke" fiend.
He was given a quantity of marked
money by the detectives and directed
to purchase some cocaine from Jones,
The deal was successfully consumma
ted and the case against the coke mer
chant is complete.
Arthur Warwlch was arrested later
on the charge or attempting to bribe
Cain to refrain from giving his testi
mony against Jon**, His case will
also be beard on the 23/
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TRICKERY IT WORK
sms jms. luge
Won’t Give Up Chairman
ship of Republican Dis
trict Committee
MOORE’S ELECTION
NULL AND VOID 4
Writes Letter to County Chair*
men Assuring Them That,
lie is Still on Job And
Will Not Quit.
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With Mr. John G. Luce steadfastly
maintaining that he was not legally
removed from tho chairmanship o£
the Third district republican commit
tee and holding that he is stilt head
of that body, and Mr. C. Klugeway
Moore declaring that it will take tftp
same power which gave them to him
to mane him surrender tile reins at
control, it appears unit aiiairs poli
tical in G. O. F. circles are tangled.
'“Fure political tru’Kery.” said Mr,
I.uce Saturday. "1 nave worked for
tne repuoilcan party in this district
for fiiteen years, using every effort
to bund It up, and now a Federal
o(hoe-holdtug trust steps In, form* a
clique to further Its Interests and at
tempts to oust me. 1 will right them
to tne last ditch. 1 am not so easily
disposed of. 1 am chairman oi tita
Third district republican committee,
sends out Letter.
Chairmen of the various county
committees have received the follow
ing letter from Mr. Luce, clearly
showing his attitude:
"Richmond, Va.. Wept, 15.
"Dear Sir.—I wish to Inform
you that the election of district
chairman by the district conven
tion, on September 12, 191(1, wa*
null and void. (Section tour of
the party plan of organisation
provides: 'There shall be a com
mittee In each congressional dls- ■
triet to be known as the con
gressional district committee tor
the - congressional dis
trict. composed of tho district
m
chairman, to be elected as here
inafter provided, and the county
and city chairmen or each coun
ty and city in such congressional
district.')
"Mr. Moore, being city chair
man of Richmond, could not be
district chairman under the pro
vision of the above section and
being ineligible for election at the
time the vote was taken, cannot
duality afterwards, so that hi*
resignation from the city chair
manship now would not cure tat
defect If a man who was no(
a citizen was elected mayor of
Richmond, he could not after
wards qualify hbmself by t a King
out naturalization papers. Thu
fact that such a thing la tolerat
ed In another district In the State
^loes not make it right or legal,
'Therefore, l am the hold-ovei
chairman, and will conduct this
tail's campaign to the best of my
ability and to the best Interest of
the republican party, co-operat
ing until this unfortunate tangle
is straightened out by tht State
committee. I expect to ieeue s
call for a meeting of the com
mittee as soon as the necessity of
the campaign requires It.
' Yours very respectfully,
(Signed)
"JOHN O. LUCE,
“Chairman Third Congressional Dis
trict Committee."
Refers to Sixth District.
The district to which Mr. Luc*
refers is the Sixth, where the chair
man of the district committee la aim
chairman of tho Roanoke city com*
mtttee.
Mr. Luce announces that he ft
In earnest and has no Idea of calmly
surrendering and permitting Mk
Moore to step in.
In a letter to Mr. Moore the con*
testant recently set forth his position,
maintaining that the supervisor at
the census had been illegally elected^
according to the party plan.
To this Mr. Moorg replied that tht
contention of Mr. Luce was grounds
less. Mr. Moore further set form
In a brief letter that he had no inten
tion of stepping aside, but to removt
him from the chairmanship It would
be necessary for the Third district
district republican committee to re
voke its action of last Tuesday.
What the republicans of the dipt
trlct want to know Is “who can call
a meeting of the district committee?
There is apparently no doubt but Umt
the supporters of Mr. Moore will up* !
spend to his summons, while 3ltt
Luce's friends will undoubtedly bach
him up, bringing about a decided pp;
In the district committee.
The Interesting situation thus pro
vided is affording much speculation Ini'
republican circles.
a
I
VETERANS GATHER
FOR ENCAMP!
‘Grand Army Men to Discus*'
enee of Lee Statue in Ha*
tion’a CapitoL
ATLANTIC CITV, N. J.. Beptemt
17.—Commandcr-in-Chlef, Samuel
Van Sant, of the Grand Army of t
Republic, formally opened the
<lal headquarters of the rep
here to-day, and with his
busy making final preparations
the forty-fourth annual ene
next week. He was waited oh
citizens committee of one hti
The Commander declared the
nations laat night surpassed
of the sort he had ever
predicted that lOO.ttOO veter
be in line to the annual _
The only question to com* ha
the veterans that is likely
much division of opinion la
position to have the ene
make an official protest
presence of the state of
Lee in statuary
1 Capitol.
»h>«er W«*t Vhirw
LONDON. September
marriage of Edith Del:
singer of Boston, "
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