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The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
NEWS OF THE VIRGINIAS
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.

The Lynchburg News: Virginia gives
gracious welcome to the Republican Pres
idential nominee when guest within her
borders. Her people extend him the hand
Of unfeigned courtesy and cordiality. But
think not 10 win her. gentle sir-think
not TO win her. FAN not too deeply en-
tranced under the spell of her gracious
charm. Abandon hope while yet It's time
to do so without the heartbreak. Vir-
ginia's affection has been plighted these
many years 70 her oId-time friend and
champion and stout defender OF her
rights-the Democratic party. And she
will keep the faith. God helping her, she
will be true, Mr.. Taft"
The Virginia Press Association will be
the guests of Newport News lor the next
several days. The association is composed
of the representative editors and pub
fishers of the State The largest portion
OF these belong to the weekly press, and
when Il is remembered that each OF these
editors exerts in his own community
greater influence than any ctAer news
paper, however great and powerful II
may be. the combined influence OF the
virginia TIeSS ASSoclallon VIII De dppIe-
ciated. Newport News Times-Democrat.
A smaller amount of tobacco is now
being consumed by the users OF the weed
than for some time past. and the
verdict Of the Wheeling retail cigar and
tobacco dealers s. 10 the effect that Il Is
due to the warm weather. which seems
to have its effect on tobacco users. just
the same as on anything else.
Pipes have been practically exiled, and
the pipe smokers have resorted to the use
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
BABY FOUND IN A BASKET
Child Three Months Old Discovered
by Edna Moore.
On Her Way to Washington WheT
the Infants Cries Attracted
Her Attention.

Clothed in linen OF fine texture. and
showing signs OF having been well cared
for. a ee-months-old baby was found
in a basket in Columbia road. near Ar
llngton. Va. about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. by Edna Moore. Of Potomac,
Va
Miss Moore was coming 10 Washing
ton. When near Bancroft she heard
faint cries coming from bushes near the
roadside, which sounded 10 her like the
walls OF an infant Thinking she was
mistaken because OF the imprOhability Of
baby being alone. when the thermom-
eter showed the highest temperature OF
the day, Miss Moore continued on her
way.
She had gone nearly a block, when
she decided 10 turn back and investigate
She found the baby in a basket. hidden
in clump OF bushes. Although the
basket was invisible 10 a person walk
ing along the road, It had been placed
so the rays Of the sun fell directly on
the infants face. The infant was suf-
fering from heat and flies.
Miss Moore carried the baby to the
Third precinct
The baby was placed In care OF the
Board OF Children's Guardians and the
police are investigating with a view Of
locating the person or persons respon-
sible for its abandonment.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
KELLEY HOLDS FOUR
Contests from District Not
Changed by Verdict.
H. J. SHULTIES VERY ANGRY
Labor Lender Unable TO Decide
Whether He Can Control Ma
jority OF the Committee on Ques-
tiOn of National Committeeman.
VIII Oppose Ed Newman to Last.
Prom a stan Correspondent.

From stan Correspondent
Denver. Colo. July S-Presldent max
ers from the District Of Columbia pass
one ordeal only TO find themselves in an
other. William Mex. Clayton and J.
Fred Kelley and c. W. Darr stayed up
the long night for a chance to present
their case before the committee on Gre
dentials.
The sun was high over the Rockies
when, at 7:30 this morning, the doors
opened and the District statesmen were
let into the big room. opposite the con-
vention auditorium
They spoke as eloquently and as fu-
riously as could be in that brief space Of
time. when the committee on credentials
shooed them out II eventuated. how
ever, that the verdict Of the national
committee was not changed. Four OF the
regulars and two OF the Carr and Darr
men retain their seats.
Col Kelley walked away dlsgusted. but
remarked that he would not carry the
contest on the floor OF the convention
In the meantime Herman J. Shulties.
who says he is winning the victory Of all
us llc IN EtlNlub ldbOT pldukS dQopttG,
was reckoning IN fractions, TO determine
whether he could control a majority Of
the committee for some friend as na-
tional committeeman from the District.
lie figured that Carr and Darr would
have two votes each. and he was uncer-
tain whether Sam De Nedrey and Purcell
would have a vote each. under the dlvi-
sion. or whether they would have two
thirds Of a vote each. Anyway. he was
very wrOth because Col Kelley's dlStri-
button OF tickets. and wanted revenge
I asked Col Kelley for a ticket" "
queth Shuties, "and ne would not give
me one. He had twenty-seven tickets in
his pocket that very minute, and l knew
f. He gave them TO clients here Of Col.
Jim Norris. Now Ed Newman is not
going to get that national committeeman
ship. ! don't believe. 1 think I can lick
him. No. l DO not want II myself but l
am trying 20 find somebody who does.
Hunt me mp some outsider. won't your
he concluded.
4 believe We could elect him"
The District delegates will meet to-
morrow TO elect a member Of the ma
tOnal committee
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
BRITISH NAVY ROW WIDENS
Appeals Made to Government to
End Controversy.
Lives of SniIors Said to BE Imper-
fled by QuarreIs I'm the
Admiralty,

London, July S-The condition OF affairs
In the navy. Of which the serious friction
existing between Admiral Lord ChaSles
Beresford and Rear Admiral Sir Percy
Scott is merely an incident. and the CON
tinued and apparently concerted move
ment to secure Beresford's downfall. con-
tinues to attract the greatest attention In
parliamentary circles, and Is the general
subject Of discussion everywhere.
The matter was brought directly before
the House OF Commons this afternoon,
when Carlyon Wnfroy Bellairs. Liberal
member from Kings Lynn, and the only
naval officer now having a seat IN the
House, ASKED Prime Minister Asqulth
whether the government intended 10 take
any steps looking to the alienation OF
the dissensions among the senior naval
officers, or would endeavor to arrive at a
complete knowledge Of the origin and
merits Of the antagonlsm.
John Gordon Swift MacNeiIl. an Irish
Nationalist member from Donegal asked
whether these dissensions were not dan
gerously impairing the efficiency OF the
naval establishment. and whether it was
not true that as long as the dlssensions
continue the lives Of all the seamen on
board the ships commanded by the rival
officers are imperiled.
Mr.. Asquith replied that the government
at present had no knowledge OF the dis
sensions apart from unverihed rumors II
the government found any reason TO be-
lieve that a state OF things existed which
was in any way detrimental to the dis
cipline or smooth working OF the feet, he
said that prompt and effective action
would be taken without hesitation.
In conclusion. Mr.. Asquith said that the
direction of the country's naval policy
lay with the government, and that It was
the business Of the naval officers neither
TO discuss nor TO criticise the policy
adopted Their duty, he said. was 20
carry out that policy as outlined to them.
with loyalty to their superiors. in har-
mony with one another. and with an eye
single to the completest efficiency OF the
great service TO which they belonged.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
MarIow Funeral Is Reid
cial 70 The washington HerAld.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Laurel Nd. July s.-The funeral Of
William Marlowe. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mariowe, who was drowned in
the PatuNent river here on Monday aft
ernoOn. took place tins afternoon from
St. Philips Protestant Episcopal Church.
Rev. T A. JohnstOne officiating. Some
pretty floral designs were sent the young
mans parents by the Laurel Volunteer
Fire Department. Of which he was a
member, and the city hall has been
draped in mourning Tor thirty days. The
pallbearers were members OF the depart
ment two being selected from the three
companies They were Elmer Sullivan,
Harry Merson, James T. Duvall Frank
Selby. Arthur Trovinger, and William
Baldwin. The department attended the
funeral in full dress uniform and
marched in a body. Interment in Ivy
Hill Cemetery at this place.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
JACK BALLINGER is DINED
Friends at University Club Give
Him Farewell Spread.
Loving Cup, Parting Gift, Inscribed
with Autograph of Each Man
Around Board.

Jack" Ballinger crack tennis player
OF honor last night at a dinner given
by seven OF his warmest friends at the
University Club
Mr.. Ballinger has severed his connec-
ton with the Federal service in Wash
ington. and is going to Seattle. Wash
70 practice law with his cousin, Judge
R. A. Ballinger. former mayor OF Seat
tie and formerly Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. in this city. Mr.
Ballinger will be accompanied to the Pa
cifc Coast by Henry V. Tullock, of
Washington. who goes on a long pleas
ure trip. and he shared the honors with
Mr.. Ballinger last night. Robert s.
Hume, also Of this city, who is now
attending the Denver convention, will
join Mr.. Tulloch in Seattle, and togeth-
er they viii tour portions OF the West.
Mr.. Ballingers was presented a hand
some silver loving cup at the conclusion
Of the dinner, and with an engraver' S
tool each man at the table etched his
autograph IN a space which had been
LETT for this purpose Short impromptu
addresses were made by each of the
hosts expressing their regard for Mr.
Ballinger and their regret in losing his
companonship, and Mr.. Ballinger re-
sponded in a speech which had as much
fthe pathos Of parting as II had OF
sincere comradeship for the friends
whom he is leaving behind him
Those present. in addition TO Mr. Bal
linger and Mr. Tulloch, were Messrs.
Wallace Donald Mclean. Jasper Wilson.
John K. Stauffer, Charles e. Howe, and
J. W. Pilling of Washington: Mr..
Charles Wilson. of Silver Spring. and
Mr.. Oliver Metzerott, a member of the
lower house Of the Maryland legislature.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
NIGHT RIDERS ARE INDICTED
Bills Returned Against Twenty
seven Men at Abingdon.
Accused of Driving Foreigners from
Damascus by Shooting
Up the Town.
spe-i.l 70 The washing+on Herald.

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Roanoke. Va, July s.-Twenty-seven in
dictments were to-day returned by the
grand jury at Abingdon against alleged
night riders who. several nights ego.
shot up the town Of Damascus. Washing
ton County. The grand jury reported
that they were through with the investi-
CATION.
The indictments charge the parties with
assaults and riotous conduct. A band Of
Italians a week ago went to Damascus
70 work on a railroad. and the night fol-
lowing their arrival half a hundred armed
men OF that section went TO their quar-
ters. in the town. and. by shooting and
threatening the foreigners, scared them
away.
The mayors Office was wrecked. and
other violations committed. None Of the
alleged rioters has been arrested.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
BURY ADMIRAL AT NEWPORT.
Charles VI. Thomas to BE Laid mt
Rest on Erldny.

Edgewater Park. n. j., July S-The
body Of Rear Admiral Charles NJ. Thom-
as. only brother Of Mrs George de b.
Keim, OF this place. who died In Cali
fornia on July 3. from apoplexy. Is ex-
pected 10 arrive at Newport, r. l.. on
Friday, where the funeral will take place.
The admiral will be buried with military
honors.
Mrs. b. J. Thomas, the aged mother OF
the admiral, who has been at Roanoke.
Va. arrived here last evening Mrs
Keim who has been III at her home here,
Is improving
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
MANIAC ATTACKS PASSENGER.
Uses Razor on Train and Cuts His
own Throat
Special to The Washington Herald

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Wise Court House. Va, July s-A man
named Clover. a passenger on a Ciinch
Valley train. created excitement to-
day when, without warning. he sprang
upon another passenger. named Sturgill.
and cut his throat with a razor. A train
man, drawing his revolver, threatened 70
shoot Clover, but the latter declared with
a laugh that he was going 20 Kill himself.
Immediately thereafter drawing the razor
across his own throat. inlicting what is
believed TO be a mortal wound The affair
occurred while the train was between
COeburn and Toms Greek. Sturgill viii
recover. but Clover will probably die.
Clover is supposed to have become sud
denly insane. He did not even know the
name Of the man whom be attacked.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09

Of stogies or have become chewers for the
time being. One prominent Wheeling
dealer says: MY sales during the past
few weeks OF warm weather have been
diminished considerably. and I attribute
the decrease wholly 10 the weather con-
ditions."
The resorts Of tie lVirginias are be-
coming more popular every year, and
society from all parts OF the country
are going there in increasing numbers
with the advent OF each season. Indica-
tions are that this year the resorts VIII
have a most profitable and pleasurable
season. The hotels at Sweet Chalybeate
Springs are crowded. all sections Of Vir-
ginia are represented at Yellow Springs.
White Sulphur numbers among its many
guests representative people from Wash
ington, New York, Philadelphia. Balti-
more. Richmond. Cincinnati. and Louis
vile. Weekend parties are the thing
NJ Natural Bridge. and bridge whist and
charades keep the guests at Warm
Springs busy.
The Richmond Times-D Dispatch says
The WHY attempt Of the Republicans 20
popularize their second-place man as
Sunny jim Sherman is. therefore.
doomed 70 utter failure. He has read
these remarks to no purpose whoS has
not grasped that the dominant trait IN
the Sherman make-up is not his sunni
ness, but his side-wheelers. II nicknames
are in order, Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
not the party press agents. has given
the proper cue. 'WhSkerandO' sherman
he is. and as 'Whiskerando' Sherman
he must make his appeal to the keen
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
STREET CAR MEN ORGANIZE.
Richmond Employees Make First
Move Since Big Strike.
80 to The WashinFton Herald


Richmond, Va. July S-FOr the first
time since the great street car strike
Of several years ago. an effort is being
made 10 organize the employees OF the
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
into a union. During the strike railway
weeks. the city being in a state OF prac-
teal riot and under military rule The
employees lost. and since that time no at
tempt at organization had been made
by the men until now.
One OF the ringleaders in the move
ment, a motorman, was confronted with
the charge. The man quietly asked for
his time, received il, and left the serv-
Ices OF the company. The men are reti-
cent about discussing the matter.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
BoDYGUARD FOR SHERMAN.
Vice Presidential Nominee Protected
by Plain Clothes Man.

Utica, y. Y. July Representative
James $. Sherman said yesterday that in
accordance with the advice OF his ply
sician. he will remain az his home In this
city for the next ten days at least. He
will pay little attention TO the conduct Of
his campaign for the Vice Presidency,
and viii seek only to regain in health.
He is now taking a little solid food
When asked whether anything had been
decided regarding an operation. Mr.. Sher-
man said that there would be no opera
ton In the immediate future at least.
a plain clothes man has been detailed
as a bodyguard for the Vice Presidential
nominee while he is away from his home.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
stewart-Patterson wedding.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Lynchburg. Va. July s.-Miss Edith
Patterson. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Patterson, was married TO Sam
uei II. Stewart. at noon to-day, In the
presence Of a number OF friends. The
officiating minister was Rev. w. A.
Ayres, the new pastor Of College Hill
Baptist Church
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
Unsafe Houses i'm Richmond.

Special to The Washington Herald
Richmond. Va, July S-Since the first
OF the year Il. P. Beck. city building
inspector, has ordered eleven houses In
the city TO be RACED 10 the ground be-
cause OF their unsafe condition. One Of
these fell while in the course Of repairs.
Another fell before the owner could
put men to work pulling down the walls.
The others were pulled down by the in
spector, who viii pay for the work by
selling the material All OF the houses
were over q .Hndred years old.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
NEGRO PRESS CONVENTION.
Proposed Interstate Meeting 10 Or
Ennige for Political Work,

Pittsbug, Pa, July S.-A call was IS
sued here to-day for an Eastern inter
state negro press convention. 20 be held
In Pittsburg during the first three davs
OF September. After recting that the
meeting will bring together the colored
press OF the country the convention call
states:
THE political situation. as II now con-
fronts the negro, will be one OF the fore
most questions OF discussion. We believe
the political situation. as far as the
negro Is concerned, is in a critical state.
and that something must and can be
done by the united effort Of the negro
press"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
BLOWN UP BY BLACK HAND.
Dynamite Used on Home of Man
who Refused Tribute.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July S-Because he
refused 10 pay tribute to the Black Hand
society. the home Of Frank Cerutti. an
italian at BrOwDstOwn. near here. was
dynamited and badly damaged. while the
Inmates were thrown from their beds
by the force OF the explosion and were
cut and bruised, but escaped serious in
jury The porch was blown off the
house. the front wrecked, and all the
windows shattered.
Cerutu has received a number Of Black
Hand letters. ordering him to pay money
Tor protection. and threatening that II
he did not do So his house would be
dynamited and his family blown M
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
FUNERAL OF J. C. STORMoNT.
Services Held nj Parents Home-In.
terment I'm Mount OIivet

Funeral services for J. CvriI Sherman,
former member OF ST. Aloysius choir
and an employe Of the Interstate Com
merece Commission. were held at tho
home Of his parents SO L street north
east yesterday morning. The intermen.
was in Mount Ollvet Cemetery.
High mass Of requiem was celebrated a,
the service by Rev. W. d. Kean. s 7
assisted by Rev. J. Himmei. Rev. e. ID
Mcdonnell. Rev. c. Geale. Rev. J. B. pit
tar. and Rev II. A. Leary. The mass
was sung by the boy choir and guild
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
JUDGE GRAY STANDS FIRM.
sticks TO Determination Not TO Have
Second PInce.

Wilmington, Del, July s-Judge George
Gray, Unmoved by the efforts Of his
friends at Denver to have him nominated
for President or OF Mr. Bryan's friends
10 have him nominated for Vice Presi-
dent is quietly attending to official bust
ness az his Office IN the Federal Building.
Judge Gray Is not in communication with
Denver. He Is receiving no kilograms
from that city and is sending none.
He has made no public declarations since
his dispatch OF July /. in relation 10 the
Vice Presidency. in which he said that he
would under no circumstances accept
such a nomination If Il should be made, %
and upon this positive declaration he
stands to-day and viii continue 10 stand.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
Receivers for laundry Company.

In the Equity Court yesterday morning
Justice Wright appointed William f. Am
brose and Edward KimbaIl receivers for
the Harvard Laundry Company, g31 Ninth
street northwest. against which suit was
brought and Judgment obtained on June
10 By Benjamin F. Ellinger.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
Mechanical Engineer. ApDo,,,sd

npeclaI 70 The Washington Herld
Annapolis. Nd, July S.-The following
appointments OF mechanical engineers at
the naval experimental station here have
been announced as a result Of a recent
competitive examination; o. I. Howard
OF Annapolis at a salary OF SO per day;
assistants DR.. William Berkeley. Of Win
chester. and f. Van Bleck. OF Baltimore
at IS per day. Mr.. Howard at present rs
= mechanical craftsman at the Academy.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
TRY MAE WOOD AUGUST 8.
Demurrer OverruIed of Woman Who
SAYS She's PIntt's Wife

DehuFEeE ONeFFuieu OF homhn VINO
Says She's PIatt's Wife.
New York. July S.-The trial Of Mae
c. Wood on the charge Of forgery and
perjury alleged TO have been commit
ted In her suit for divorce from United
States Senator Thomas c. Plat, will
begin on August S. according to an or
der issued by Judge Foster to-day.
A demurrer was made 20 the forgery
indictment on the ground that the al
legged forgery Of Senator Platts sigma
ture TO a letter purporting to acl1nowl-
edge Mae Wood as his wife must have
been committed In Washington, II at all
The demurrer was oVcrruied
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
EDITOR ALLEN DROWNED.
seiEed with Cramps While Bathing
in the RivRnna River.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Crozet. Va. July S-Walter NJ. Allen, OF
the editorial stan OF the Niche Law Pub
fishing Company Of Charlottesville. was
drowned tonight in the Rivanna River
while IN bathing with party Of friends
Cramps caused him 10 lose control OF
his movements and sink All efforts OF
his companions to assist him were futile.
The dead man was a graduate Of Wash
ington and Lee University. Allen had
been regarded as fairly good swimmer
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
Marpole Released from cu.,odx

Special TO The Washington HcaId
Winchester, Va. July S.-Judge Wilson
dismissed from custody George Marpole
a married white man, who was arrested
yesterday, charged with attempting &c
commit an assault on Mary Ritter. the
eleven-year-old daughter OF Mrs Ellen
Ritter. Of this city. The testimony was
conflicting. and the charges were not sus-
tanned.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-09

chorus. Hail. hail. the gangs on deck.
What the h do we care. what the H.
do we carer
This chorus rang out and pealed and
thundered, and it swelled as II roared
over that audience of 10000 people. With
pandemonium swirling and rioting. the
New York. Delaware Connecticut. New
Jersey Georgia. and Minnesota delega-
tions sat grim and silent Nothing could
induce them TO join the uproar. Round
and round the hall and up In the gal
lefes the delegations marched, and little
or no effort was made 10 check the out
burst
The cowboy band came in with There
Wiu Be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night" and switched to MY Country,
'Tis of Thee" and then back to Hail
Hail. the Gangs on Deck. What the H
Do We Care. What the H Do We
Care "
Nearly all of the ten thousand In the
hall Joined in singing these melodies, and
nobody enjoyed the scene from their
boxes better than Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Senator Julius c. Burrows. in the Long
Mayor Jim Dahlman's short Hairs"
from Omaha, like 80 many loosened cow
boys on a spree. ranged IN among the
New Workers and the other delegations
who refused to take part in the uproar
for Bryan. From the galleries the pa
raiders returned 20 the platform, and
Sergeant-at-arms John l. Martin by that
time had gotten an American flag, which
he swayed and swayed. and the band
played America" the ten thousand join
ing In the national anthem. There was a
lull for a second. and the band played
"Tammany." and Charles F. Murphy, j.
s. Cram. Lewis Nixon. Senator Grady
and Daniel F. Cohalan smiled and Moth
ing more.
Weary of the Noise.
The demonstration had outlasted the
one for Roosevelt. The cheers at Chicago
for Roosevelt was forty-nine minutes
The crazy spectacle of this convention
the orgie OF sound. the antics Of the men
and women lasted exactly one hour and
twenty-seven minutes. But there was
nothing else for the convention 20 do
The committee on credentials report
would not be ready until the evening, and
all were aware OF that fact. Long before
the scene ended II had ceased TO be a
demonstration. II was a manufactured
spectacle Of bowling delegates and the
men and women friends.
Finally w. H. Martin shouted from his
vantage place on the table In front OF the
platform: Three more cheers for Bryan
and we Will quit" Martin wGs told TO
mind his own business and TO SIT down
and shut up. Finally Temporary Chair
man Bell raped his gavel very gently
Sergeant-at-arms Martin got big bung-
starter. and they were Joined by others,
until at one time there was four gavels
being pounded and whacked at the same
time. when order was restored.
Temporary Chairman Bell then an
nounced the convention in recess until
o'clock