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VOL. 2.—No. 23.
THE WEATHER: Fair.
RICHMOND, VA, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1911.
10 PAGES.
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DOROTHY ARNOLD
IOT fJICHMOND
Girl Said to Resemble Her
Proves to be New Jersey
Italian woman
FORMAL INVESTIGATION
IS MADE BY POLICE
Mysterious Telegram Between
Atlantic City and Richmond
Have Nothing to do With ;
Case, Police Say
All doubt m to the Identify of
the young woman In * Kidunond
hoaplul Mid to resemble Doro
thy Arnold, but who does not,
mu removed Thursday. I'rurn
the chief of police In Bloomfield, {
J-, Tlie Virginian received this
“Bloomfield, N. J.. Feb. 23,
1*11. Virginian, Richmond. Va.:
Florence t.arrabrant la her name.
IXUn tills town. Chief of Po
lice-”
Dorothy Arnold, the missing |
New Yora heiress. baa not hen <
found in Richmond.
Acoor Jlng to the |wlke depart
ment, she ia not likely to be,
* for when word waa Brat reoclv
ed that the young aoeiety woman
waa miming a search waa made
for her and nothing icraluid.
" However, v hat purported to l>e a
new clew turned up Wednesday night. !
it came .tom New York, via Atlantic i
City, where the sleuths on the trail of !
Dorothy Arnold are now encamped. !
Atlantic City advices said that a
number if mysterious telegrams had
been exchanged between Kichmoud
and Atlantic City, Indicating that
Helen Kemptcn, a friend of Dorothy
Arnold, migat be In touch with a Mrs. ]
A. J. Bradley, of Richmond.
(<trl Herr Not Her.
Following this clew It was learned
that a girl from somewhere in the vi
cinity of New York had come to a
private hospital here. The Rich
mond police looked the matter
up and discovered that the girl In the
Richmond hospital was by no means
Dorothy Arnold. She proved to be j
* young girl from Brookdalc, N. J., |
in no way resembling the missing
heiress.
Telegrams Received Here.
How the newa that telegram* be- ■
tween Richmond and Atlantic City ]
Was obtained Is a matter the Western 1
t’nton Telegraph Company Is Invea- ;
ligating. In the opinion of the po- j
lice, a close watch ia kept on all tele- I
grams sent from that point and that
a xealous sleuth, who 1* engaged on
ihc Dorothy Arnold case, thought that
there might be a possible chance that
the young woman was In a Richmond
hospital.
New York learned that the follow
ing telegram had been sent to Rich
mond:
“Communicate with H. K. Knows I
both sides and can straighten out mis
understanding. <understands about
the boy.’*
This telegram was sent to u "Mm
A. J. Bradles’, Box 421," Richmond.
It so happens that box 421 In the
Richmond poatoffice Is rented by A.
J. Bradley, a well known South Rich-]
mond man. who Is not married.
There Is a Mrs. A. J. Bradley known 1
in Richmond, but she Is not In town i
at present. , Neither is Mr. Bradley. !
■ . . .._t Continued on_ Fifth Page.)
MR. BRl’N DROPS DEAD WU1LK
k * i
HOUHNO t»M’ERKHT, IN I
HIS OFFICE IN PARIS.
PARIS. V«b. 23.—Minister of War '
Brun dropped dead here to-day.
Bruit'll death was caused by emol
bm of the heart. Death come at 2:05
this afternoon white the minister wa«
seated at his desk conferring with hie
chief of cabinet. He had suffered
from a slight attack of the grip for
several days, and this la believed to
have hastened his death.
Premier Briand announced the
death In the Chamber of Deputies,
where the newa was received with
deep refret by the members.
KING NICHOLAS
ILL WITH APOPLEXY
VIENNA, Feb. S3.—Private mes
sages from Cettlnje to-day say that
King Nicholas, of Montenefro, Is In
«, critical condition from an attack of
apoplexy. It Is not stated whether j
It is a new' attack or the one suffered
by Nicholas early in the month, which !
ruptured a blood vessel, the king al
most bleeding to death.
PRINCE WILL TOUR
GERMAN SETTLEMENTS
BERLIN, Feb. 23.—Prince Adel
bert, .third son of the kaiser, will
aail shortly aboard a German war
ship for Brasil, where he will tour
the German settlements, according to
announcement to-day.
LAW LINCOLN PALLBEARER
DYING AT HIS HOME
WATERTOWN. N. Y„ Feb. 13.—
Judson Marshall, last survivor of the
twenty honorary pallbearers at the
funeral of Abraham Lincoln, la dying
^ at his home In this city. Marshall
fa 73 years old. When the funeral
'services for President Lincoln were
.arranged,' twenty" first sergeants' were
•Mwlnted honorary bearers, Mar
Wall being among the number.
DEBAUCHERS OF BALLOT
SHOULD GO TO PRISON
Congressman Glass in. Strong Speech on Violation of the Re
gistration Laws Criticises Legislature and Score
of Registrars
Wko wants to commit bin rights to rrcutron TO bo p I y their tocalloM
the koadotoiM la the raarltri f Ut have roao up through painful
tiftrltart to thin tour—People who debauch the ballot ahottld be neat
to the penitentiary—Reslatrara who violate the law ahoald to to jail.
“These provlaloaa were put In the law by design. Particular attention
was given to the registration requirements. They had been Imbedded In
the Constitution, yet they have been disregarded by the registrars from
one end of the (onnoanetllh lo the other.”
“Is the law obeyed t la the Coast Hutton of the State regarded! I say,
no! They are deded by the liquor Interests of the Commonwealth.—Kx
tractn from speech of Congressman Carter Glass.
(Special From Staff Correspondent.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA„ Feb. 33.—
Rev. -Lloyd T. Wilson, pastor of the
Newport News Baptist church, con
ducted the devotional exercises when
the convention reassembled at 7:30
o'clock Wednesday evening, after
which the Inimitable S. C. 1. quartet
rendered “Rally, Boys” and "Our Un
cle Sam,"
State Senator A. T. Lincoln, of Ma- (
rlon, Va., presided over the conven- |
tlon and made a short but Interesting ,
I' talk. Introducing the speaker of the
evening, Hon. < arter Glass. Senator j
Lincoln said that It was fortunate :
for the league that he. a Republican, ■
j a man who did not Intend to vole for .
j Mr. Glass and would not be recog- j
j nixed In the primary, should be called i
j upon to Introduce tha speaker of the |
i evening, as It thereby eliminated all ;
j political significance from the occa- ■
i stun.
I Congressman Glass opened hts
I speech on the them "Shall the Con
stitution and Laws Be Nullified?” by.
! saying that, coming from Washington
| to Newport News to address the con- 1
j \ention. he had )>ermitted his pressing
i duties to keep him from preparing a
j set speech, fie said in part:
"I have heard so much to-day of
: the criticism of the press of the State i
that when you gave me this hearty '
greeting 1 felt loth to r. gard it a-s a
1 compliment. I felt rather it was more ■
j like a rejoicing over the one sinner
' that repented than over the 9u and 9.
1 am not here to speak for the news
i papers, except for the two 1 own. 1 :
! hope every newspaper editor will
speak hU honest sentiments and 1
wouldn't give a rap for any editor or
! man w ho failed to express his honest
{conviction*. I hope the sentiments ot i
the editors ar<- ''dry." but If they are
i not, I am In favor of missionary work
I to bring It about.
! ”1 am to discuss the effect of nul- I
i llfylng the Constitution and laws of ■
I the State.”
Crime of AH History.
Mr. (Bass then described the strug
gles of tbs South during reconstruc- \
tion days, when “men of evil purposes
led ignorant. misguided negroes
against the intelligence and worth of
the South. "It was a period.” said he,
; 'that we would like to forget"
j He characterised the wholesale en-1
franchlsement of the negro as “the
crime of all history." which was fol
lowed by a plan of "robbery—right
eous robbery—at the ballot bo* to
preserve Anglo-Saxon civilisation."
i However, the time came, said he.
j when bad men began to cheat their
own brethren at the ballot box. Then
I It was resolved that there should be
no excuse or pretense for anybody to
j cheat anybody. This led to the ca.ll
I Ing of the Constitutional Convention
j held nine years ago to correct the
[ outrageous evils gt»>wlng out of the
l terrible suffrage conditions then ex
; istlng
“When a bad man was nominated
j the people were confronted with the
; necessity of supporting him or oon
! sorting with the negro.” it was these
! conditions, said he, which brought
about the constitutional convention.
1 He described at length the care that
had been placed on every word of
the suffrage clauses In the new organic
! law. He raid It was devised to dis
franchise no white man, and if any
white man failed to g*T on the roll
| of voters it was his own fault—not
the fault of the white men who fram
cd the constitution. The work had
been done with such care that In the
nine years not a line of the Instru
j merit had been set aside on appeals to
■ the Supreme Court, and yet, within
the limits of the Federal constitution,
j It had reduced the negro vote from
i 147,000 to 6,000. The intent of the
constltutlvn-mnkers. of whom the
speaker w is one, was to safeguard
the ballot from the purchaseable and
ignorant vote. It was Impossible to
legislate against the negro as such,
so It was against the characteristic#
; of the negro that legislation was dl
i reoted. The constitutional convention
knew that ore of the virtue* of the
negro was r.ot thrift. It was their
i purpose th it no man or Interest should
pay any other man’s poll taxes. Every
man should pay such poll Taxes, per
rsonally, out of his own funds. These
provisions were put In the law by de
sign. Particular attention had been
j given to the registration requirements.
. They had been imbedded in the con
stitution. Yet they have been disre
garded by tlie registrars from one end
of the Commonwealth to the other.
(Continued on Fourth Ihige.)
MORE MONEY FOR
CHINESE RELIEF,
I i
ICOVmilHTtONS FOR ASSC AGING 1
SIFFF.KI.NG OF CELESTIALS
ST1IJL COMING TO THE
VIRGINIAN BOX.
( Himr. KELIKF Cl VO.
Mr*. William Harvey, Nat
ural Hrlilicr. Va.• 5 IM*
(Arrrr Hill Methodist
rhtirrk, Vtrgtllaa, Va 3 H5
Ml. t'aua MrtMUl Ik,
Vlrvlllaa. Va. ..... 4 OO
Mlaa Gertrude Hard>. Jef
Iriin. Va. . 4 10
Kmlthdral Haalara* I ol
le*e 13 i*ll
Ur l«. I mlrfclWk Hw»
Church. Va. 1 IK*
, l aih . i» IK*
Cash . . .. am*
I aah . 1 IK*
I'aak . 30
Cash .. 3®
• 43 S3
Hmlnml* wkivnlnlfnl *13® m*
Total I Hub far rrrrlird
by Ikr Vtrglalaa.*1H4 53
Th*> interest manifested In the Chi
nese relief fi ml Inaugurated by The
Virginian 1* shown by eleven addi
tional contributions amounting to
I45.K5, which Increases the total sum
to I1S4.56 for the relief of the pesti- 1
lenoe-ridd>*n people.
Several o£ the contributions are
from places outside of Richmond, and
shows the svmpathy felt throughout 1
the State in this most worthy charity. I
HE DOES HOT WED
LMIUIIY FIANCEE
OGPENSBURG. N. V., Feb. 23.—
Lon Patteo, twenty-nine years of age. 1
| son of the late millionaire lumber j
j king. Pattcof Ottawa, has myste
{ riously disappeared from this city Jupt
as he was shout to wed Adeline Pere
ault. the mistress of a boarding-house
and ten years his senior.
The marriage license had been se
cured and all arrangements made for
the wedding, when the young man, ac
cording to Miss Pereault, was kid
napped by hie relatives, who are
prominent In the social life of the Ca
nadian capital.
NORTH CAROLINA WILL
HAVE ANOTHER COUNTY.
RALEIGH, N. C„ Feb. 23.—The bill
creating Avery county passed Anal
reading In the house yesterday and was
ordered enrolled for ratification. Avery
county will be the l#0th county for
North Carolina, being made up of por
tions of Mitchell, Wattauga, and Mc
Dowe.U. The house set the bond bill
for a fireproof administration building
as passed by the senate as a special
order for Friday noon.
OR.GJUE ACCEPTS
NEW PASTORATE!
—
BOWLING, VA- CLERGYMEN WILL
GO TO BEREA CONGREGATION
AT SPOTSYLVANIA.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.) ;
SPOTSYLVANIA. VA„ Feb. 22.—
The Berea congregation at Spotsylvania i
called Rev. Dr. Preaton A. Cave, of
■H.vaimg, Va., t«- the pastorate, of that
church Dr. Cave has accepted and will
begin the work on the first Sunday In
March.
Mr. Charles E. Dlcale has sold his
farm of 170 1-2 acres near Brokenburg
in this county, to Mr. William E. Car
ter. recently of Baltimore, for $l.KtfO
cash. .Mr, l>!rule. has removed to Mb- j
nassa. Va.
Mrs. Dabney C. Wheeler died a few !
days ago of pneumonia, aged 57 years. |
She la survived by her husband Mr. D, ;
, C. Wheeler, one sister and five neices
and nephews.
COUNTESS SMOKES
AND IS EJECTED
j CHICAGO, Feb. 22.—Countess Tha
i maru De Swlrsky, Russian danseuse
1 and “motion interpreter of classic
music," joins to-day with others in
i pronouncing Chicago crude and un
j cultured.
The epuntess was ejected from the
| dining room of the famous Black
stone hotel last night because she per
sisted In smoking a cigarette.
Later, In the new Sherman house,
she obeyed the house detective's or
der to “kill the butt" and thus Saved
another ejection.
“I can smoke In the dining rooms
in the East,’’ she told the detectives,
j but her plea fell on the deaf ears of
barbarians ‘of the West.
FIGHT FATAL DUEL
1 AFTER JOKE QUABHa
i -
CHICAGO. ILL. Feb. 23.—As the re
sult of what the police declare was a
pre-arranged pistol duel, James Galla
gher Is dying from a bullet wound in
the abdomen while Thomas Klnkey Is
under arrest. The two men were
watchmen for the Illinois Central.
It Is charged that following a quar
rel early to-day they went to “the Wtl
! derness," paced off twenty steps,
wheeled and opened Are. Gallagher
before lapsing Into unconsciousness
declared the quarrel started from a
practical Joke and that they agreed to
‘‘shoot It out.”
Rstra Session Move Delayed.
HARTFORD, CONN., Feb. S3.—Ry a
vote of 111 to li, the lower house of
, the General Assembly to-day postponed
Indeltn Italy action on a resolution to
demand of President Taft an extra
session of Congress to revise downward
or repeal the Payne-AJdrtoh tariff.
LDRIMER DODGED.
| BEVESjDDE SAYS
I Minoisans’s Speech Sympathy
Compelling and Engaging
but Wholly Irrelevant
IT DID NOT PR ETA IN
TO BRIBERY CHARGES
Senator From Indiana Says He
Was Touched as a Man but
His Judgment Was Un
affected
! WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.—A broad
side of hot shot in reply to William
Borlmer’g apptal of yesterday was let
loose in the Senate this afternoon by
Senator Beveridge (Republican) of
' Indiana. -.vho demanded that Chlca
| go's "blonde boss” be turned out of
| the Stale as the knowing beneficiary
i of corrupt practices.
Senator Burrows (Republican) of
Michigan, enoeavored to got unani
mous consent for a vote to-day, to
! morrow or Suturday, but was unsuc
cessful. I.odge objected to a vote to
| day, and Stone (Democrat), of Mis
souri, objected to fixing an hour for
j voting on any day.
The Bonnier backers, who cfcixfi
they now have a majority, lacked cun
nd* nee in their ability to bring about
a conclusion. They were apprehensive
that the >i position might filibuster to
I force the issue over to another ses
sion.
"In a moment I shall ask the Sen
ate to return to the consideration of
the record of sworn testimony before
us—testimony given under oath and
searched a*- by fire with lierce cross
examinations’ said Beveridge.
"And In my treatment of this tes
, timony I oliali 'nothing extenuate nor
aught set down in malice.' But before
| 1 go Into .he testimony and the law
I I shall say a w ord upon the remarks
I of the sitting member made on yes
; terday.
Hb Symimtlikss Touched.
"I listened with peculiar personal
i sympathy to his story of his rise from
| humble estate to this high plait*, oth
er senators were as much touched as
I by that moving story. For there
•re many set'a tors here who from an
even earlier youth than the sitting
members have borne ev Uflumvier bur
dens than h« bore. Jifat They have
asked nothing of the world on that
•ccount
‘‘But while I was affected as a man
j by that appeal. 1 was curious as a
judge that the -sitting member did not
recite these things before the Senate's
committee, if he or his attorneys
thought them material or relevant.
"His account of his popularity is
Interesttng and explains much of his
political strength, but it Is not rele
vant to the question of bribery which
we are now considering.
} "His newsboy experience and file
devoted friendship between himself
and "Hlnky Dink" resulting therefrom
is engaging: but It is not material
'• as to the corruption of Holtslaw,
White, Beckemeyer, IJnk and others.
Hlnky Dink.’ according to 1-iorimer.
delivered Griffin’s vote, but Griffin
i swore he had not been asked to vote
i for Borimer ami Henry Terrill swore
| that Griffin suggested that he vote
for Borimer. and said there was $1,
j 000 in It.
"The sitting member’s account of
his aid to Ualllghan when that man’s
Wife Was i’ii touched 'the deeply. BoK
; rner's conduct In aiding poor Galll
ghan many years ago is worthy of
(Continued on Fifth P*g»>.)
I
JAIL ODORS OPEN
FOR 16 MINERS
! -
DENVER. COL.. Feb. 23.—The six
teen members of the United Mine
Workers who were sentenced to a
year in Jail on December 31 for con
tempt of court in violating Judge
Whitford's iniunetion in connection
with the miners' strike in Northern
Colorado, were released from jail to
j day by order of Judge Whitford.
N. C. MS USE
MOST UBEBUL
BOTH HOUSES FAVOR INCREAS
ING SALARIES OF HIGH
I
COURT JUDGES.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH. N. C., Feb. 23.—Senate
j voted today to increase the expense al
i lowance of superior court judges from
I {250 to 1750 in addition to the $3,250
salaries, and also to increase the sal
aries of the Supreme Court judges to
$4,000 instead of $3,500 as now. The
House received a favorable report on
the Increase in supreme Court judges
pay to $4,500.
STUDENT WILL SHINE
CANNON SCRAP INJURIES
MIDDLETOWN. CONN.. Feb. 23.—
That his few minor Injuries would soon
mend was the report given out to
day at Middlesex hospital on R. V.
Brokaw. of Plain Held, N. J„ the Wes
leyan student who wa« hurt during
the annual cannon scrap, one of the
scholarly diversions laat Tuesday. In
attempting to cut a light wire at the
at the scene of the fight Brokaw fell
from the ladder on which he was
standing and was badly shaken up.
No bones were broken.
HOOVER HANGED FOR
MURDER OF HIS WIFE
ERIE, PA.. Feb. 23.—Despite the
’ fact that he collapsed yesterday and
■ had to be taken to the prison hospital
' where he. heard carpenters working
I on the scaffold on which he was to
■ be hanged. Alton V. Hoover went
j bravely to his fate to-day. The drop
j fell at 10:25 and he was pronounced
j dead ten minutes later. Hoover, who
' was the son of a wealthy physician,
murdered his wife.
Trial Postponed.
ROANOKE. VA.. Feb. 23.—The
trial of William N. Kiney, indicted
here by a Federal grand Jury for
i false entries on the books of the
National Bank of Covington, has been
I postponed to the June term of the
' court. Kinney was bailed to-day in
J $2,000. Ho is widely and well con*
I nected. His counsel Is George Rlver
! combe, of Covington.
AWFUL MURDER
ENTICED FROM HOME .AND
HEAD BEATEN ENTIRETY
FROM BODY.
:
Giving an account of a horrible
crime committed in Dickenson and
| Wise countie*. T. J. Fleming, sheriff
! of Dickenson county, in a letter to the
governor's office, received Thursday
describes the affair.
Sheriff Fleming says that A.
Howell, who lived In the wild moun
tainous section of Dickenson county
was enticed from his home by a gang
of unknown men and taken to Wise
county where he was brutally mur
dered. Howell's head was beaten en
tirely from his body, which was not
discovered for nearly two •weeks af
terwards. The murdered man was
I taken from his home on Feb. 5.
The letter does not give any reason
! for the horrible crime but it is thought
j the man must have been Involved in
: some feud among the mountaineers
of the district. Robbery has also
( been assigned as the motive.
| No reward Is asked for from the
i governor and the local authorities are
j at w ork on the case.
ENGLISH FILES
BJUTOPTCf PAPERS
j BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS LIAB1L
I ITIES ARE ONLY ONE-HALF
AS LARGE AS HIS ASSETS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—A petition in
j voluntary bankruptcy was filed today
by Captain Glenn Collins, former Brit
ish army officer who married the beau
tiful Natalie Schenk, and whose ro
| mance came to a sudden end when
! each discovered that the other wmi trot
! wealthy as was supposed. In Ills pet.i
i tion Captain Collins says his liabilities
j are $414,&o5 while his assets are $338.
j 750. the latter hem* stocks and bonds
of problematic value.
Among the reasons assigned for
Captain Collins action to-day are the
suits brought against hirrrby the Rus
sian princess Zoltykoff, once the bur
j league beauty Ethel Clinton. She 'has
| suits to recover the value of vases,
j which, she says, were taken by Col
! tins from her mansion in London on a
i promise to sen| a check w hich failed
i to arrive. The princess recently caused
a wetmatiotr in - one" of the New ■ York
fashionable hotels when she encoun
tered and demanded that he pay. He
finally gave her demand notes which
} now figure in his liabilities.
SEATTLE MAY BUY j
WATERSHED LAND
—
WASHINGTON. Fob. 23.—The I
] house to-day passed a bill permitting
j the city of Seattle to purchase about
, 22.000 acres of public land in the
j Cead river basin to complete the city's
' control of its watershed. The price
will 1m- fixed by an estimate of the
j value of timber with a minimum set
j price ot $1.25 per aere. The govern
] ment retains the title to minerals. A
, similar bill, with amendments passed
the senate last session.
DISREPUTABLE CITIZEN
IS PVT UNDER BOND
Numerous complaints had come to
j the police that a dlsreputable-appear
j ing white man had been annoying
women and. children In the vicinity
of the University College of Medicine.
' As a result K. B. Bridgewater, an un
dersited individual considerably he
, whiskered, v ac locked up. In Po
' lice Court Thursday he was required
.to furnish a bond of $100 for thirty i
days.
r
PEOPLE OF STATE
I ARE DEEPLY STIRRED
: DR. NEIGHBORS SAYS
cun HIS COLD
HID LOSES S2S.0I0
PREMIER TENOR NARROWLY
ESCAPES LOSS OE VOICE,
BIT WILL RECOVER.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Feb. 23.—
A severe cold, contracted while vtslt
I ing a friend'i house In New York, has
: cost Enrico Caruso, the greatest living
tenor. 115.000 since February 6. and
w-lll cost him not less than ten thou
i sand additional before he recovers.
Caruso Is at a local hotel under
treatment for pharyngitis, and the
throat specialist who* is attending him
says that he narrowly missed losing
hie magnificent voice for all time.
1 Caruso received 12,200 a perform
ance and has been scheduled to sing
[ seven times since he was first taken
ill. Enable to appear, he w-as com
I polled to forfeit the money.
DWARFS HOTEL BURNS
I IN SSOyOO EIRE
WHITE PLAINS*. X. Y., Feb. 23.—
Fire early today destroyed a half dozen
, blocks in the business center of the
city, causing a loss estimated at half
a million dollars.
I The big hotel, conducted by Admiral
! Dot, who attained fame while traveling
as a dwarf with the Bnrnum and Bailey
| circus, Lexington Hall, the Morell
j building and the Brandons block were
destroyed and a number of adjoining
I structures damaged.
[ Guests of the hotel were compelled
L to make their way to the street In
i their night clothing but were cared
j for in adjoining houses. The cold
; weather had frozen hydrants and the
tlremen were unable to check, the
dames.
ALLEGE THREE WOMEN
HAVE BECOME INSANE
DOMESTIC AVI) TWO MATRON'S
LOCKED CP IV CITY JAIE TO
AWAIT EXAMINATION.
Thro* persons are locked up In the
city Jail i.-i the suspicion of being ln
. sane. They will he examined Thurs
: day afternoon. Bertie Brown, a eol
i ored domestic: Mrs. Sarah Oay and
Mrs. Joule Marlow, both white, were
token Into custody Wednesday night
on information furnished by Mrs. J.
S Garrett. J. W. Snead and J. H.
j Gay.
TUMBLED DOWN STEPS;
ASK 52.50B DAMAGES
JENNIE SMITH ALLEGES THAT
RICKETY STEPS CAUSED
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
i Asking 12,500 damages. Jennie Smith,
1 colored, through her attorney. Alfred E.
; Cohen, entered suit In the city circuit
* court Thursday against Create Puoel
nelll. Plaintiff sets forth that she fell
down the rear steps of premises at 106
j East Clay street which she rented No
: vembor 1st from the defendant, thruugh
i Rlcheson and Crutchfield, agents.
! She alleges that she sustained the
| fracture of several ribs in addition to
sever internal injuries as a result of
the accident.
It is also set forth that the steps were
rickety and broke as the plaintiff was j
descending them.
CASHIER OF RTAl.VTON
BANK IS PARALYZEDj
—
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
STAUNTON. VA„ Feb. 23.—Q. G !
| Child, cashier and viee-president of
the Staunton National Bank, and one
; of Staunton’s leading citizens. has
’ been slightly paralyzed at St. Au
‘gustine, Fla., where he Is spending
the winter with his daughter.
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: Speaker of House Shows How
i Laws Should be Amended as
to Registration—Con
gressman Glass Criti
cises Legislature
Staff Correspondent.)
By I„ S. COTTREUi.
■VEWPORT NEWS. VA., Feb. 2S.—4
At the opening of the Anti-Saloon
League convention this morning Rev,
A. C. Karkau, pastor of Trinity Luth«
\ eran church, of Newport News, con-*
! ducted the devotion exercises. After
reading of the minutes of yestarday’e
sessions, the following telegram of
l greeting was read from the Baptist
laymen in session in Lynchburg:
Lynchburg, Va„ Feb. 22.—Sec
retary of Anti-Saioon League
i Convention, Newport News, V&.:
Baptist laymen In State confer
ence send greeting and pray for
you God's wisdom and guidance.
\v. W. ifamllton.
Committee.
People Art- Stirred.
| Miscellaneous business engaged th*
i attention of the convention for a short
time, after which Rev. VV. 8. Neigh
bors, Ij. D., of Bristol, spoke on tha
State-wide sentiment in the South
west. Dr. Neighbors urged that tha
fight be passed "on to Richmond." Ha
said he had been engaged as a Held
l hand in this work for some time. It
I had been aaid that the temperanca
i movement had been started by ex
: citable preachers, but ha had learned
from the people that It was a Ques
tion In which they wera powerfully
and practically interested. The com
mon people were expressing them
selves freely and were thinking deep
ly on the subject.
Dr. Neighbors said he objected to
having the country ruled by a minority
three-fourths of the names of whom
one could not pronounce. "Shall
; Americans of downright foreigners rule
i the country.” He closed with an ap
peal saying that the southwest cried a*
! one man for Statewide r'rohib,tlon
"Why have you delayed? All we want,”
said he, “is a chance to roll up a great
majority for Statewide."
Sentiment In Tidewater.
I Rev. G. W. Perryman the popnlar
| Norfolk Baptist divine, made the
i speech of the morning. He spoke on
1 Statewide sentiment in Tidewater.
He said that Tidewater was tha
darkest spot in the State, but that
| there is as* growing sentiment. Not
i only was the sentiment growing in
this State, but in other States. Even
In Kentucky, he said, there was a
growing sentiment,' although it1'wad '
j well-nigh impossible to make a Ken
' tucklan drunk. Even the politicians
j In Tidewater, said he, were getting
1 uneasy. Like the negro who hail two
i watermelons in his arms and looked
! with longing eyes on a line rooster on
the roost, the politicians w-ere in a
predicament as ^to what to put down
. and what to take off the roost.- Thing*
were getting serious in Norfolk. Even
; men rose from the graveyards and
walked down the streets to the voting
i places. When dead men vote, said
he, something has got to move. Rev.
Mr. Perryman convulsed his audienc*
by describing his visit to one of Nor
folk's fertilizer plants, where, after
spending two or three hours in th*
company's offices, he began to bo able
to stand the stench. He started te
, open a window, he says, but the man
ager told him not to let in any pur*
i air. because it would make th*
stench apparent.
That was the trouble in Norfolk
whenever a preacher started to throw
up a window to let In pure air, ther*
I wuis a bowl because it would malt*
t plain the rotten condition of affair*
[ in Norfolk.
Tribute To Stuart.
The S. C. X. quartette paid a touch
ing tribute In song to the memory of
j the lamented Charles E. Stuart at the
' opening of the convention this morn*
i tug the song being "Beyond tha
I Smiling and the Weeping." It pro*>
I duced a profound Impression.
Delivery, Place of Sale.
' The following resolution was of
, fered by Thomas Whitehead, of Eynch
burg, and C. T. Jordan, of Staunton:
i Resolved that the legislature of
this State be requested to amend
the liquor laws of this State so aa
to make the place of delivery of
intoxicating liquors by a common
carrier the place of sale for all in
fra State shipments.
The resolution was referred to thn
committee on resolutions. It ia be
1 lieved that It will be favorably re
; ported.
| Hon. R. S. Barbour told the conven
tlon of the South Boston Victory, hoar
i that this district had gotten six years
of quietness by having a special act
passed by the legislature which au
thorized the recent election there.
Vice-president Roe. G. 8. Bowers
presided over the morning session. —
Speaker Bjrd Heard.
Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd wag
! the last speaker at the morning sen* '
slon. His theme was "The relation of
existing registration laws to popular j
referendum." Mr. Byrd opened by
saying that it was a mistake that tha
legislature of Virginia was domlnatc4 ■
by three men. He maid that a mem
ber of that body would naturally re-,'”3.
sent such a suggestion but that tWVRl
was a good matured man and pre- if
f erred to believe that tha man
| made such a statement was merely
misinformed. Mr. Byrd's speech htapll
I ^Continued sn «Uth. ■" 1 w'S||