The Richmond Virginian., February 21, 1911, MARKET EDITION, Image 1

About The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920

Image provided by: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA

                
DAILY SHORT STORY
ON HOME PAGE
MARKET
EDITION
YOU. 2.—No. 21.
THE WEATHER: Fair and cold.
RICHMOND, VA, TUESDAY. FEB. 21, 1911.
S PAGES.
City aunttra.I C«M
iimi miiIm. .. .a <»•«•
ay Mall Om Tmt. .MM
ALL EKES CENTER
ONJMTON
Seventy-Seven V. M. I. Men
Dismissed on Charge of
Insubordination
CADETS STAND BY
TWO COMRADES
Agreed to Leave if Class
Mates Were Punished
for Exploding
Fire-works
L.EXINGTON, VA„ Feb. 21.—
Nearly all the members* *>f the third
class at the Virginia Military Insti
tute who were dismissed yesterday af
ternoon by Superintendent Nichols tor
mutiny have left Lexington for their
homes. When the misguided l>o>*
came face to face with the serious
ness of the proposition by ladng re
quired to remove their belongings
from the barracks by 6 o’clock some
of them admitted they had acted
hastily and would have returned to
their duties hud it been possible.
Home half a doren 'of the class be
l„re the order of dismissal was pub
lished returned to barracks and will
stand their punishment.
No meeting of the board of \lsitors
has been called yet. Korer A.
James, of latnvitle. president of the
board of visitors, was In leering ton
yesterday on business.
Cause of the Dismissals.
LEXINGTON, VA„ Feb. 21.—Lex
ington is greatly wrought up over the
situation at Uit Virginia -vnliiaiy In
stitute. Following the leafing of their
barracks by ruarij ail the members
ol the third class on account ot two
members of the class having netn dis
missed for exploding ilreauras con
trary to the regulations of the insti
tution. orders were issued at three
o cluck, ALunUay alDrnv.m dismissing
seventy-seven members of the class.
"Headquarters. Virginia Mlittary
Institute, feb. 20, ml.
"Special orders No. 01. The lora
maiutant of cadets has forwarded to
the superintendent cnarges against
Certain members of thi third class for
violation of article 122. V. 11. 1. regu
lations. The article In question for
bids alt combinations aim ng ladets,
under any pretext whatever, and espe
cially prescribes that where such com
binations are lormed. the guilty pai
tfeipants shall tie immediately dis
missed from the Institution.
"In compliance with the provisions
of the article, the following cadets,
members of the third class. together
with some ex-members of this class,
who are equally In crimination, are
hereby dismissed, and their i onneo*
lion with the Virginia Military insti
tute terminates with date:
Adams, A. A- Adams. T. 8., Bald
win, VV. i’\, Banning. 11., Bell, G. C„
Boggess. K. VV\. Brand. VV. K., Bur
ton. U., Bushnell, G. K.. Carson. G. L.
Christian. C.. Coburn. 11. 8. Crane.
J il. Cranrril, H. T., Cunningham,
VV. F.. liarnell. li. A.. Dawes. B. 1- .
Dickson. 11. K., 1 dllard, \V. 1-., Dlsh
man. C. H., Fiannagan. C„ Fraz> r„ K.
J., Gall. A.. Gerow, L, S„ Gett.n. T.
1.1., lio.vr.es, \V. K, llordern. I! ID.
Howard, B. J.. Jones. C. C.. Kelly,
W.. Kimball. F. H., King. J. F . King
man. \1. li., Kirkpatrick, J. D.. Look,
F. W., Loth. M H.. Loth. W. J , Mc
Cabe, C . B., McClevv, VV. \V., Mc
Menamin, Janies. McMenamln. John.
McMlllIn, K. VV.. Mansiieid, C. F.,
Marshall. W., Metcalfe, F. K.. Mitch
ell. A» IB. Nowlin-. J. C, Patterson. M.
G. . Beck. S. 11.. Brice. U. D.. (Juentin.
H. P„ Itlchey. J. L. Ulser. G. 8..
Kobertson, B. I,., Hohrbrough, VV. VV..
Holler. J. E, House, B. S„, Satter
field. C., Schilling. S. J., Smith, S. C..
Smith, T. O., Stone, E. E., Strob, J.
VV., Stroud. 13. II., Thompson, ft. H.,
Webster. F. B.. Williams, It. M.
Woods, W. l‘„ Worthington. T. S.,
Grady. H. V., Harr, VV., Karst, C..
Jennings. J. I'., Wiltshire, G. D..
Douglas fl. M„ Heath, G. C., Warner,
U. O.
“i. In taking the action us out
lined In the preceding paragraph, the
superintendent ts conscious of a feel
ing of personal distress that so large
a body of young men, many of whom
have heretofore been exemplary in
their deportment, should so far for
get their duty to themselves, to their
parents, and to the honorable insti
tution with which they have been
connected. No Just cause of grievance
is even alleged; and even If such
existed, ample recourse Is to be found
la the provisions of military law. In
a moment of thoughtlessness these
young men have combined to defy
authority, and are attempting by
concerted action to dictate to the gov
erning authorities of this Institution.
"The Virginia Military Institute
stands pre-emnently for law and or
der. Discipline and the proper recog
nition of constituted authority form,
at the same time, the foundation stone
and keystone of its structure. An as
sault upon these constitutes the most
g^vous offense known to our law.
limnedlate dismissal must necessarily
ensue in such cases, and this whether
one, a hundred or the whole corps, is
Involved.
"8. The' cadets whose names are
enumerated in paragraph 1, of this
order, will forthwith return to their
homes.
"By command of Brigadier-General
Nichols, C. C. Watts, Colonel and
Acting Adjutant, Virginia Military In
stitute.
Inception of Trouble.
It is sakl that the affair of which
the dismissal was the outcome was
started to show displeasure an an of
ficer of the day. who was thought to
be too zealous, and explosives were
used In the shape of "bombs." A
combination was entered Into later
and signed agreeing that If any cadet
named on the list was dismissed for
tiring explosives the signers would
protest and all leave if he were not
ntasUtod..
Sunday afternoon a special order
from the superintendent. General
Ntahots. warned them against such
proceedings and combination. In the
same order Cadet Jemtson and
Brandt, of the third class, were dis
missed.
Thavcr Buys a Magas! no.
NEW YORK, Feb. *1.—John Adams
Thayer, formerly publisher of Every
body's, has bought the Smart Set mag
asine. Us took possession Monday.’
ERECTION OF THREE NEW SCHOOLS
ISRECOMMENDEDTOCITV COUNCIL
Resolution Calls for Appro
priation $200,000 for This
Purpose
ANNUAL BUDGET TOTALS
MORE THAN 3 MILLION
: Measure Which Makes Liber
i al Provision tor Various Im
provements to be Taken
Up in Detail Later
Eight years ago Richmond's budget
of expenditures was $1,764,000. This
yeai it will cost $3,061,887.67 to run
the-city government, according to the
arnual appropriation ordinance sub
mitted to the common council Mon
day night by the finance committee,
in other words, the annual cost of
! operating the municipality has no&r
j iy doubled in that period, and this Is
! but another index of the rapid ex
pansion and growth of the city:
There are no particular surprises
i or disappointments in the 1911 bud
get. The First Regimental Armory,
which had been hoping for an ap
propriation for a now building, gets
*33,376.42, of which sum $2ll.0«U is
for improvements and repairs. More
liberal provision might have been
made for the armory had not the
| clamor for improved schools been so
urgent. At least, that is ' the way
| Chairman Pollard, of the finance com.
mitt etc expressed It Monday night
alter the council meeting.
(itlmlMirnxo (iris $2S,|KKI.
As for the schools, the budget pro
[ vide* $36,000 for an annex to Chim
| ln-ra*o building and $29,179 for the
Arents public school at China ami
j Pine streets in Clay ward. Two addi
[ tional schools, to cost a total of $160,
I i uo, are provided for in a resolution
accompanying the budget. One of
these is to be lot ated In the West End
and the other in ttie East End. A
negro school to cost $40,000 is also
| Included in the resolution which fol
lows:
"Be it resolved by the council of
i the city of Richmond, the board of
j aldermen concurring. That the city
(Contlausd 11! Fount Page.)
CHAOS IN PLAGUE
STRIOKEN COUNTRY
Industries Shut Down and
Employes Become
Bandits
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 21.—Dis
turbances almost amounting to civil
war are prevalent in the plague-in
fected legions of Manchuria to-day,
due to the closing of nearly all Indus
tries as a result of the plague.
Thousands of unemployed have
turned I.audits, and many villages
have been looted. The Chinese troops
have been beaten in several engage
ments with the rioters, and have been
forced to assume the defensive.
It is 'eared htSre that unless the
plague can be checked soon the whole
of Manchuria will be plunged into
dtaor-ter*- of -• unprecedented magni
tude
A bacteriological report made to
day on the effect of the serum in
combatting the plague shows that the
toxin has dene no more than prolong
the life in a small percentage of cases.
There are no accredited cures.
PRAGUE SCARE SOUNDED
IN FRENCH CHAMHER
PARIS. F'eb. 21.—A pneumonic
plague scare was sounded In the
Chamber of Deputies to-day by
Georges Kerry, who declared that
cases of the plague had been found
in England and reported in Germany
and Italy. He_demanded that Frame
take defensive steps immediately.
Premier Ilriand replied that France
was taking all needed precautions.
FATHER THINKS
OOROTHYJS DEAD
IX AFFIDAVIT MR. ARNOLD EX
PRESSES BELIEF THAT HIS
DAUGHTER WAS MIR
DERED.
NEW YORK. Feb. 21.—That infor
mation in his possession leads him to
believe that his daughter. Dorothy,
was kidnapped in Fifth avenue on
December 12. that later she was mur
dered and her* body disposed of. was
the assertion to-day of Francis R. Ar
nold, father of missing Dorothy Ar
nold.
This information he naH placed in
affidavit form, and he to-day turned
it over to District Attorney Whitman,
who is now investigating it.
"Month* may elapse before we know
the whole truth," said Mr. Arnold,
“but it will come to the surface at
last. I am firmly convinced that my
daughter was murdered and I shall
spend every dollar I possess to have
her slayers punished.
MANILA OPENS
ANNUAL CARNIVAL
j MANILA. Feb. 21.—The annuaj
! carnival began here to-day with the
most elaborate program of festivities
in the history of the Islands. Thous
ands of visitors thronged the streets
to see the civic and military parade.
This afternoon C. J. Mars gave an
exhibition In his aeroplane, malting a
circling 31g it over Use city
I
!
!
j
!
KBW ITEMS IT B1 DBET.
Two while schools. . . .I1WWMIO 0#
Oae colored school. 40,000 <*0
( hfmhoruo school ad
dition . 25.000 00
Arebts school hulldlnK 20,17* OO
First IleElmeat arm
ory Improvements . 22.375 42
lister Street Improve
ments . 15.000 OO
Shockoe t'reeh . 20,000 OO
Streeta nenerallv .... ino.OOO Oti
W ashlaartoa Ward
Streeta . 5IMOO 00
Sewerage at Fair
grounds . 10,000 OO
Extension of Broad
afreet llrhts to IMac
street . 0.000 00
Bryan Park . .. 7,500 no
Estimates of city col
lectors fees . 13,000 00
Estimate of fees for
commissioner of the
revenue . 11,000.00
DEMOCRATS IHIOULB
FflAMEJEWTARIFF
j Underwood Tells Wha; Extra
Session of Congress
Means
L0R1MER VOTE IS
LIKELY WEDNESDAY
Heyburn Succeeds Senator
Bailey as Foe of Recipro
city in the
Senate
WASHINGTON, I»I>. 21.—AH
doubt a.s to it Democratic tar ill
rev islon If President Taft tails
! mi extra session of eonitre** was
-el at rest to-day by Keprenenta
tive Onear Inderwood (I)enio
j erat), of Alabama, efiairnutn of
tin- oayB and means committee
of the next house.
••If an extra session is railed,''
tleelared l'ndorvvood, "»e will
l>rm-eed at oner to revise ibr
tariff downward. And before
j congress adjourns we will |stss
several bills revising various
seheduU-s."
Tlie new ways and means couu
tnitlee lias already decided on a
program. The wool schedule Is
expected io lie tile Hrst |s>inl
of attack on U»e l*a.vue law.
1 No Kxtra Session, says Financiers.
WASHINGTON, 21.—Big business
! puts Us ringer in the reciprocity pie
! to-day and announced that it must
be baked and delivered before March
4.
"We don't want an extra session:
j let * have a rest from legislation,'’
i declared the ilnancial agents. "An
' extra session now will keep business
' in a turmoil all summer because the
Democrats are apt to start most any
thing when they get hold of the
house. We want this tariff thing to
i rest until next December, anyway.”
The business representatives arc
, bringing their influence to bear on
seaaua-a. who. control the- situation
and If they fail there, then all the
big guns of Wall street will be turn
ed on the White House.
Heyburn Again Heard Prom.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Follow
ing Senator Bailey's declaration that
he would not oppose action upon the
reciprocity bill at this session, that
task was to-day assumed by Senator
Heyburn. of Idaho. Heyburn was re
ported to have made up his mind to
take the brunt of the whole tight and
use every means to delay action.
Such a stand. It was said, would gain
i votes for him In Idaho, a* his con
| Ktltueney Is said to be practically solid
against reciprocity.
I/orimer Vote Wednesday.
The concluding chapter in the
I/orlmer election fraud case began
to-day. A final vote will be taken be
fore adjournment to-morrow.
Notice was given by Senator Bur
rows (Republican), of Michigan, that
Immediately following the personal
statement of Senator Borimer to-mor
row he will urge a vote.
I
MASSING TROOPS
NEAR FRONTIER
BELIEVED THAT RCSSIA IS PRE
PARING FOR OCCCPA’ftoN
OP ILI PROVINCE.
PEKING, Feb. 21.—To-day'*
cll'jvutch4’* from the frontier say
that the Russian troops are be
ing mobilised In Siberia, close to
the frontier. This Is believed to
be preparatory to tlie occupation
of the III province. No Indication
of any armed resistance to Rus
sia Is manifested here.
DR. WILSON TOO Rl'SY
TO ACCEPT INVITATION.
Mayor Richardson received a letter
Tuesday front Governor Woodrow Wil
son. of New Jersey In which the form
. or college president said that pressing
business would prevent him from ac
cepting an invitation to address the
Richmond chapter of the American In
stitute of Banking at some date suit
able to himself.
Mias Coding Improving.
Friends of Miss Blanche Coding,
trained nurse, sestding at 1615 Wesl
Grace street, will be pleased In learn
that she is recovering nicely from an
operation for appendicitis which *h<
' underwent several days ago'at John
ston-Willis sanatorium.
MR. LECKY RELATES
HIS SIDE OF STORY
Says Plan of Reorganization
of Virginia State
Largely His
{BUSINESS OF COMPANY
WELL MAINTAINED
! -
Increase in Premiums and
Growing Business Made
Money Necessary
Mr. Robert Reeky. Jr., gave out the
following statement early Tuesday af
| ternoon:
The publication in Sunday s Times
Dlapatch by Insinuation has so re
flected upon me that 1 feel it my duty
to state to the public of Richmond,
as concisely as possible, all of the
facta as 1 know tnein, and which are
supported.
in 19<M the directors of the Vir
ginia State Insurance Company con
tributed *72.000, as a result of the
Rallirnure and other conflagrations
incurring that year, latter on *26,
Oou of this money was repaid as spe
cial dividends, leaving a balance due
to these directors of MS,000.
In December, 1010. for reasons
stated to the stockholders of the com
pany, in a letter ol December 31 by
the directors, the increase of the
j premiums during the year was so
great as to cause an int rease in the
reserve funds of more than *100,000,
j and that increase together with the
t loss byr fire, which Were not abnormal,
invaded the surplus and tach director,
| myself included, contributed *5.000 to
' the fund.
j The reorganization of the company
i repays *31,000 to the directors and
adds *42,000 to the assets of the com
i pany.
Found Error* Himself.
Regarding the insinuations as to the
errors made., I beg to say that none
of these errors were discovered, as a
result of any examination. except
i such as wan conducted by myself, and
on November 30. isos, this condition
was reported, in writing, In a general
letter treating of the needs of the
company, In the following language:
“It was only on last Friday
that the balance sheet to October
31 could be prepared, and imme
diately thereafter 1 undertook the
preparation of the annexed state
ment; the losses were listed and
the reserve booadded and cal
culated personally with the aid of
the clerks. The reserve figures
shown are out of balance with the
! premium account on the ledger,
t being greater than all premiums
I written for the year. To arrive
accurately at the reserve figures
| It will require an Inventory of all
rinks In force, but this work will
i take more than two weeks to
complete and the errors found
i will go to the credit of this cal
culation.
“All of the Items shown on the
annexed sheet will have to be
charged off as non-admltted as
sets, although they have consider
able value— this amounts to *19,
967.25."
Why It Ietl Other Staton,
The company was examined by the
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
COMMONS ASSAIL
! ASQUITH MOVES TO CURTAIL VETO
| nm EH OF KNGLASU'S HCRB
lllTARt LAW-XAKKR>.
LONDOX, Vob. 21.—The long-walt
|*d veto bill, providing for curtailing
the so-called obstructive tactics of the
House of Lord', was introduced In the
House of Commons to-day by Premier
Asquith.
In Introducing the bill the premier
said an unprecedented situation would
be presented if the lord's action in
1809 in rejecting the budget went
unchallenged.
.• 'If we are to leave this power In
the lord’s hanus," he said, "it will
mean a revolution in our constitu
tional practice, enabling the lords to
force the resignation of a ministry
by rejecting its finance bills.''
Asquith characterised the rejection
of the budget in 1909 os "the most
stupendous act of political blindness
ever perpetrated."
“On that iutal day,*’ he said “the
lords knew they had committed poli
tical suicide. The liberals are not
in favor of dispensing with the sec
ond chamber. All that Is needed is
the remedying of the present evil of
an unlimited veto power.”
The veto bill provides that a money
bill, passed By the commons and sent
to the lords at least one month be
fore the end of the session If not
passed by the lords without amend
ment within one month of the time
submitted to them, shall become an
act of parliament on the royal asset
being signified.
If any bill other than a money bill
is paased by the commons In three
successive sessions and is rejected b.v
the lords in each of those sessions. It
shall, after it third rejection, be pre
sented to his majesty and become a
law on the royal atsent being given.
Failure to pass a bill shall be deem
ed rejection. The bill also provides
that five years shall be substituted for
seven years as the maximum duration
of parliament.
Should the lords defeat the veto
bill Premier Asquith will demand the
creation of enough liberal peers to
change the complexions of the upper
body, when the bill will again be put
in(
Arthur Balfour, the conservative
leader, answered Asquith, declaring
that the administration held no man
date for the revolutionary legislation
that It proposed. He denied that the
lords had "committed political sui
cide,” but declared that the liberals
had rather assume office and deter
mined to pick a quarre) with the
lorda Balfour admitted the neces
sity of certain reforms l,n the lords
but oohtended that the veto bill was
unwarranted and revolutionary.
Popular Richmond Rector Dead
RF.V. KOI1KRT W. FOKSVTUK.
Rortof of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, who died Monday night after a long
Illness _-__
TEIHPERMCECIIIIS
IRE GATHERING
j TEA Til AAAIAI, COAVEATIOA OP
V1RGIMA A ATI-S A LOO A LGAGtE
CO A VEXES TIESUAY MGHT.
TO GET WARM WELCOME
-STATKW1DK'’ THE THEME OP THE
HOI ft—COSVEXTIOS LIKELY
TO GIVE KAAHLIAG ACT
GREAT IMPETl S.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA„ Feb. 21.—
Wilh its la.< h-strlng out, glad hand
extended and the formal words of
welcome ready fgjL dellverjuxurn the
eloquent tongue of Mayor Maryua
Jones, Newport News to-day is pre
. pared to give the biggest-State con
tention the Virginia Anti-Saloon
! League has ever held the warmest
welcome it has ever received.
Newport News is characteristically
hospitable. Its people have a partle
; ular brand of hospitality in fact that
: has made Newport News famous.
| Needless to remark it is this brand
; that is to l e extended to that army
j .>f temperance workers who are to
! day gathering here.
i The convention will meet to-night
(at T:30 o'clock in the First Presby
! terian church, of which Kev. E. T.
Wellford, L>. 1'.. iilmself a mliltant
I member of the league, is pastor.
Rev. J. I). McAlister, general secre
tary of the league, arrived this morn
ing front Richmond and was engaged
during the day In completing prelimi
nary details.
The ten ■ h annual convention will
open at 7: SO o'clock Tuesday night,
with devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. W. G. Starr, If. D.. pastor of
Trinity Methodist church, of this city,
| formerly of Richmond. The devo
: tlonal exercises will be followed by
j the address of welcome by lion. Ma
I ryus Jonos. and Rev. J. H. Light, i>.
I D„ will respond to the mayor's words
of welcome on behalf of Uie conven
tion.
The address of the president. Rev.
H. I*. Atkins, and the report of the
legislative committee, which wfil be
presented by Rev. James Cannon. D.
D., comprise the real business of the
opening session, and both papers are
; awaited with interest by both "wets”
| and ”drys'' throughout Virginia.
On all sides is heard the idea ad
i vanced that the convention will come
| out flat-footed In its demand that the
j sovereign people of Virginia shall be
I permitted to speak through the ballot
j box on the question of Statewide pro
hibition. and there is little reason to
doubt that the most Important result
of the Newport News convention will
be the concentration of the efforts of
the temp?rance workers upon the
campaign looking to the passage by
the next legislature of an enabling
act.
The dosing event of Tuesday night's
session Is to be an address by Hon.
John Q. Woolley, one of the foremost
temperance lecturers of the times.
FIFTEEN HURT III
i WRECK ON Rill
THREE VICTIMS OF SOUTHERN
PACIFIC DISASTER MAV
DIE.
PALISADE. NEV„ Feb. 21.—When
the China-Japan fast mall tratn on the
i Southern Pacific was thrown into a
ditch by a broken rail near here to
day fifteen persons were hurt, of
whom th.-ee may die. Three car* and
the engine were thrown down the
bank. Traffic was delayed several
hours.
BISHOP GIBSON TO
SERVICES FOR ST. P.Al l.’S RECTOR
WILL. Ill) HELD AT 3 P. M.
VVEU.VESDAV.
BURIAL IN HOLLYWOOD
THE REV. DR. ROIIEHT V\. FOR
S1TH PASSES AWAY ASTER
LIVGERUO ILLNESS.
Dishop Robert A. Gibson, of the
Diocese of Virginia, will be In charge
of the funeral of the Kev. Robert
W. Forsyth, D. I)., rector of t>t. Paul’s
.Episcopal church, who passed away
Monday night, after a lingering ill
nos*. in liis home at 813,East Grace
: street. The funeral will be held in
St. Paul’s at 3 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon, orrargeirunts being in the
| hands of as,, dal committee of the
vestry, consisting of Dr. George Ross,
Captain Cunningham Hall and Judge
R. Carter Scott. Interment will be
In Hollywood.
The chancel will be occupied by
i many members of the Episcopal cler
I gy, while seels in the church will he
i reserved for ministers of other de
nominations
Pall-Hearers Selected.
The foUicwh>s . pslb-heayer* ’ hat e
i beVn selected:
i Honorary—Isaac Davenport, John
IO. Farland, Eppa Hunton, Jr., Wil
1 llani V. Rcithard. Dr. George Den
Johnston, Dr. Murat Willis, Dr. Stuart
McGuire, Dr. Christopher Tompkins.
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
BIB NOT SEE MEN
WHEN THEY VOTED
THIS Tin: BKFKN8E OF ELECTION
omi'ULS PUCED ON Tft.1 Alt
AUK ACQUITTED.
NORFOLK, VA., Fob. 21.—At
1:30 o’clock this afternoon tin*
jury In tin- cam* of the election
<U11cer> brought In a verdict of
not guilty, Tliey were out forty
live minutes, but UM>k only one
ballot. One of the jurymen sold
Oust under the court's instruc
tions no other terdiet was pos»i
(Special to The Hlchmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK, VA.. Feb. £1.—The
Democratic primary election official*
! accused In Norfolk of voting In the
August congressional primary, persons
who testified that they were either
out of town on the date in question or
did not ff?r to vote, were placed on
j trial to-day. The defense was that If
any persons were voted who did not
offer in person to vote, their names
were called at the window by one
of the judges not personally acquaint
ed with the registered voters, whose
names were given, while the Judges
J personally acquainted with said ar«*»al
i voters were busy at the books inside
I and did not see the persons so vot
' tng.
A remarkable thing was that the
trial of the accused election official
proceeded in the same room In which
i it was alleged that the election frauds
were perpetrated.
Indictments in Portsmouth.
NORFOLK. VA., Feb. 21.—A spe
cial grand Jury In Portsmouth, to-day
; Indicted six Judge's of election in the
Second and Fifth wards for alleged
1 frauds In the August primary. The
i regular grand Jury a few days ago
, failed to indict.. Jydge Bain, scored
i the members and another Jury was
j summoned.
t'rouol ►—1 la sty.
I (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
; WADESBORO, N. C.» Feb. 21.—
! Mr. A. B. Crouch and MIsa Lula Has
j ty. daughter of Mr. John D. Hasty,
were married last night. The oars
j mony was performed by Rev. T. W,
Chambliss at the Baptist parsonage.
SCHWAB BENEFITS
BY NAVAL SECRETS
Dreadnaughts Building for
Argentina on American '
Naval Plans
U. S. NAVAL EXPERTS
AIDS FOREIGN POWER
Guns of Great Ships May Bo
Turned Against America
by Fortunes of
War
CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 21.—A
Washington special to the Cleveland
Press by Gilson Gardner to-day says:
Two battleships, larger and more
powerful than any In our navy ara
being built In this country for Argen
tina.
The plans and drawings of tha
United States navy department and
the results of th» labors of Undo
Ham's na^al experts are being used in
building these two ships.
It was because of the promise of
open and free access to the secrets of
our navy that the contract for the
ships came here.
The promise was made by our state
department and the navy department
has been called upon to make the
promise good.
The chief beneficiary of the con
tracts \s Charles M. Schwab's Bethle
hem Steel Company, which has the
furnishing of the armor, armament*
gun-mounts, etc.
The hull of one ship is being built
by the Fore Kiver Shipbuilding Com
pany of Massachusetts and the other
by the New York Shipbuilding Com
pany.
Secretary of State Knox used to b®
attorney for Charles M. Schwab.
When Argentina decided to build
her two dreadnaughts. bids were ask
ed for from the whole world. Th®
bidding was finally narrowed down to
the English, German anil American
bid.
Then United States Minister Sher
rill at Buenos Ayres intervened and
by pledging the secrets of th®
American navy turned the scales In
favor of America. Argentina has th®
benefit of years of costly experiment
and research and of the plans, de
vices. patented devices and naval
secrets that our navy has brought to
gether for the purpose of making th®
American navy the best atioat.
Every effort has been made by your
correspondent to see Mr. Knox, and
learn what explanation he would
make of his transaction. He finally
sent a note in reply to a letter say
ing that he would make no appoint
ment.
In order to make good the pledge
of our State Department, the technical
men in 'he service of the United
States navy have been compelled to
render every service asked by th®
| South American government.
I Once these ships are built, there
; Is no guaranty that their guns may
I not be turned against our own ships,
; for they might be sold or by cap
|tuIV Into the hands of any other
nation. Germany,pr Japan might buy
j them, so far as anything the United
'States could do.
Two shios were built for Russia by
| tbe Cramps ten or twelve years ago.
i Both these ships are now In Japan's
■ navy.
Garcia says li's All True.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-—Admiral
Garcia, chief of the commission In
charge of the building of two monster
battleships for Argentina, says that
it was the influence of the United
States State Department that gave th®
contracts to America.
"I met Secretary Knox In Wash
ington." no said, "and was introduced
to Secret* -y Meyer. I was Informed,
that contldentlal relations had been
established between the United State®
and the Argentine. The relations ar«
extraordinary. The United States min
ister, Mr. Sherrill, at Buenos Ayr®®,
obtained remarkable concessions from
your government. We have cart®
blanche to ail Information your Navy
Department has. and are free to call
for draw ings, devices or expert advtc®.
We can also use your proving grounds
for testing our guns. We have been
allowed to put our naval officers on
board your ships to study' your navy
and methods. These new ships will
be more powerful than any In youp
navy—Inde-d. than any In the world."
TO COME
MIC «G1
GETS LEAVE OF ABSENCE
DER TO VISIT FAMILY
LONDON. Feb. 31—The
the Abruxal has obtained a leave
! absence from hi* naval command,
j which he will spend In the United
! States as the guest of the family of
j the late Senator Elkins, according to
! the Rome correspondent of the Lon*
1 don Globe.
i It is said that a complete recoil*
dilation has taken -place between th«
Duke and Miss Katherine Elkina, at
that no objections are now made
Miss Elkins by any of the duke'l fa
i Uy.
MOTHER
CHICAGO. Feb. 31.—
tng at ail.” to-day declared
Anna W. Thompson, who gave tin
inches of her skin to iave the ‘
of her eleven-year-old eon.. The_
was burned while standing before'<
fireplace.
• My boy had to have the skin
could never have gotten well,
there KM nothin* alee to *
mother
Thomt
MISS ELKINS.