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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Miss Jane Rutherford, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. Il. Magill and Miss Norma Paine. OF
this city, will leave this week for
Montreal. Tenn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mrs. Mary E. MaSe, Mrs Haynes
Beckwith and little son. OF Fredercks-
burg. are visiting Mrs. 3. C. Hargrave
In this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mrs. l. Newton Vaughan, who has
been the guest of her sister. Mrs. Trus-
ten Polk Draper. in Ohio. has returned
to Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Helm Jones, of 2014 Hanover Avenue
is very III at the Virginia Hosplta
with appendicitis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. w. n stearns ana
daughter, Of this city, are the guests
of Mrs Rufus Merchant in FrederlckE-
burg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Miss Katherine Ryan. OF this city, is
spending some time in Newport News
with friends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mrs c. II. Williams OF Portsmouth
is visiting relatives In this city for Il
few weeks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14
RURAL LIFE WEEK
ATSUMMERSCH00L
Teachers From Twenty States
Attend Opening Con-
ference.
"A D DREss BY DR.. BAILEY
Afternoon Meeting H cid on
Lawn ~ Instructive
Speeches Made.
"A D DRESS BY DR.. BAILEY

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Charlottesville. Va, July 13.-Rural
life week opened at the summer School
at the University OF Virginia at 1890
o'clock this afternoon, with an address
on THE Outlook to Rural Progress"
by DR. l.. III. Bailey. director OF the Col
lege Of Agriculture. Cornell University:
president of the Rural Life Commits
sion, and an author and educator of
international reputation. whose Naim,
In his own words, is the glorificatiop
OF country life. DIR. Bailey's address,
was delivered at Cabell Hall. which
was crowded to overlooking by teach
ers from over twenty States, all lee
lures in the Summer School being
suspended for an hour.
The first afternoon meating of the
conference was held at o'clock on the
lawn Just east of the Rouss Physical
Laboratory. DR.. S. w. Fletcher, director
of the State Experiment Station, opened
with a twenty minute talk on "the
Waste and Reclamation OF Virginia
Farm Lands" He was followed by
Professor J. S., Thomas. rural school
supervisor. who had for his theme The
Greatest Opportunity of the Rural
SCHOOL,
Address by Prof. DuEgnr.
THE Aim In Teaching Agriculture
was the subject OF a splendid address
by Professor j. F. Duggar. director OF
the Alabama Experiment Station. and
professor of Agriculture In the Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute. Auburn.
Ala. The taching of agriculture By
whatever agency. said Professor Dug
gar, is the most potent means of Great
ing the rural wealth necessary to pro-
vide funds for running country schools
for nine months, for paying teachers
adequate salaries. for building good
roads, and for affordlng in the farm
ers homes those comforts and conven-
licences which now draw population to
the cities and towns.
There is room for doubling or treb-
bling within few years the annual
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

NJ. l. Hessberg. of this city, and Ben
Hessberg. Of Bristol. are the guests
of friends in Danyille.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mrs. Armistead and Miss Caroline t
Armistead left yesterday morning TO,
Atlantic City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Miss Randolph. of Richmond, is the
guest Of Mrs. Lawrence Miller at her
home near Pikesville Md.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Miss Nina Whitmore, of Petersburg
Is the guest OF Mrs. W. S. Trinkle a,
her home in Wytheville, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mrs. James Page and little daughter.
Virginia Page, have returned to Rich
mond after spending some time at
Virginia Beach.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Miss Daisy Gallespie. OF Richmond.
liz visiting her sister. Mrs. J. c. Bow
man, at her home in Newport News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Mrs. Newcomb and Miss Sly. OF Flor
Ida, are spending the summer with
Mrs. w. L. McClung in Gala, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Miss Bessie Doyle is visiting Mrs.
George Mason at her country home.
Edge HILL" in Albemarle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

spending the summer with friends
Ashland Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Walter Letew and William Smith.
who have been at Virginia Beach for
the past week, have returned to the
city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

Misses Cora and Lucy Duke ar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14

AVUUIHt1neut OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Judge Mullen is away from the city
and will not appoint commissioner of
revenue to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Hugh r. Smith. for which
position he will have a number OF
candidates to select from-all good
men, too-until his return. 1t is un-
derstood that several of these candi-
dates will present petitions to the
Judge bearing the Endorsement of their
friends among the people and asking
Tor the annointmant
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
COAST ARTILLERYMEN
LEAVE FOR COLFAX

According to the instructions re-
ceived Monday from the adjutant gen
erals office, headquarters of the de-
partment of California, the Sixtfeth and
One Hundrew and Forty-seventh COM
panies of the coast artillery corps
under the command of Major A
W. Chase left the Preside for CoIfax
yesterday to fight the forest fires in
that vicinity.
The companies went fully equipped
for the field with tentage, 1000 rounds
of rife ammunition, 1000 rounds of re-
volver ammunition and 10 days ra-
tions as well as axes. picks and shovels
and other implements to aid in subdu-
ing the blaze
Second Lieutenant Willis c. knight
was detailed as quartermaster and
commissary of the battalion. Oficers
We're attached to companies as fol-
lows: Sixtieth company, Captain T. Q.
Ashburn, Second Lieutenant W. C.
Knight, Second Lieutenant H W.
Stephenson; One Hundred and Forty
seventh company. Second Lleutenants
r. E. NJ. Goolrick, D. H. Crissy and r.
z. Lee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
GUARDIAN ELUDES
PROCESS SERVERS
Auburn Man Flees With Rich
Ward Before He Can Be
Legally Deposed
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

AUBURN Aug. 23.-Frederick A
Rhodes of this city. said to be a near
relative of the late Cecil Rhodes, dia-
mond and gold king, has successfully
eluded process servers from a local
Justice court and is now in his way to
New York and England, it is believed,
with Fred Won Mellenthin, aged IL
years, his ward, of whom the officers
here would like to obtain possession.
A petition was filed few days ago
in the Justice court by Mrs. Estoff VIII
i1ams, alleging that Rhodes is not the
proper person to be guardian of young
Won Mellenthin. and asking the court
to take charge of the boys estate
Rhodes heard of the suit and got out
of town with the boy before the process
servers could reach him.
The Won Mellenthn boy is son of
Carl Mellenthin, a German. said to be
of noble birth, who is in Germany
Mrs. Williams alleges that the Mel
lenthins lived there until five or six
years ago, but that Mellenthin re-
turned to Germany leaving his wife
and son here. Mrs. Williams charges
that Rhodes took up his abode at the
Mellenthin home that Mrs. Mellenthin
got a divorce from her husband and
that Rhodes was appointed guardian
of the boy and placed in charge of an
estate which is valued at several
thousand dollars. She wants Rhodes
depOSed as guardian.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
BOY OF IL CARRIES
4 BABIES FROM FIRE
Young Hero Saved Quartette in
One Trip
So Di.ealeh q The Canl

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. 23.-Anton Ma
zhetti. an il year old boy, carried four
,abies out of the San AnseImo Presby-
erian orphanage at one time during
he FIRE there yesterday. The boy is an
orphan. brother Of VIII Maghetti, San
Rafael high school athlete and well
known Dipsea runner.
When the alarm of fire was given by
Mss Wanita Mccoy, young Maghetti
.eaped from his bed and rushed to the
nursery, where IS tiny children were
.Tleeping. Rolling two babies in a sheet
N,e knotted the ends and took the
bundle in his teeth. Then he took a
.bild in each arm and staggering
,ravely under the combined weight of
al four, made his way down the long
stairway and through the smoke filled
hallway TO 4. place of safety in front
If the building
A feature of the Corte MADEIRA fire
vas the faithfulness Of a dog belong
ng to Mrs. Robert Kendall, that met
rs death rather than leave the place 1t
,sd been trained TO guard. The dog
vas tied on a rear porch. and his angry
rrowIs frightened away all who at
enpted to save him. He perished in
lie flames.
A conservative estimate of the loss
,v fire in the county yesterday is
t21 600. about a fifth Of which was
covered by insurance.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
Flames Sweep Through
Timber Of Northern
California
Especial Dispatch to The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
a UBURN, Aug. 23.-The forest
~ fire in the National forest re-
~ serve above Forest Hill. Placer
county. is raging. and with fe-
rocity that means devastation to every
thing in its path.
One hundred and twenty-five soldiers
from San Francisco arrived here last
night and were taken to Forest Hill
today. Auburn sent so men, Colfax %.
and Forest Hill and vicinity has 200
men fighting the flames.
The fire started in the Eureka saw
MILL destroying that and burning $50
feet down the air shaft of the Hidden
Treasure mine, the property of former
Assemblyman III. T. Power.
The fires are raging between Michi-
gan Bluff and Lake Tahoe in both
Placer and FL Dorado counties. The
state commissioner of forestry is ex-
pected here to assume charge of the
battle against the flames. 1t is now
feared that the entire Lake Tahoe ma
tional forest will be destroyed as well
as large private timber tracts in Placer
and Ell Dorado counties
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
Mill owners OUT
FOR Open SHOP
Chamber of Commerce Asked TO
Investigate Methods of
Boycott and Picketing
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

OAKLAND, Aug. pa delegation of
Independent mill owners and proprie-
tors of other establishments in this
city that are being operated on an
open shop basis appeared before the
directors of the chamber of commerce
this morning in an effort to secure the
cooperation of that organization if a
campaign against a closed shop town.
The chamber was asked to conduct an
investigation into the methods of boy
colt and picketing in this city and to
secure protection for the ''open shop"
Alpheus Kendall, president of the
Pacific Coast lumber and mill company,
which was dynamited Saturday night.
and ". L Reed of the Rainier min and
lumber company, led the delegation.
Kendall said that three attempts had
been made within the last Is months to
dynamite his mill. He also declared
that proper police protection had not
been given him at his mill Saturday
night. Kendall and Reed both said that
their lives as well as their property
were in danger. Benjamin o. Johnson.
a contractor. and Willis B. George, a
master plumber, said they had been
threatened with dynamite
The directors suggested that com
mittee of five be appointed from the in
dependent mill owners to confer with
the executive committee of the chamber
Of commerce. President w. S. MacKay
said tonight that it would be impossible
for the chamber to take upon itself the
responsibility of conducting d fight for
an open shop city, although it was de-
sirable that all workers of the city
should receive a square deal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
C~v7YT'

he will have nothing to say about
Ballinger, Aldrich, Cannon or even
Taft. go
He will discuss policies, not men. He
will frankly discuss the tariff aid the
chances for tariff commission to take
the tariff out of politics. He will dis
-cuss the railroads and corporations. In
a word, he will bring the Roosevelt
policies up to date.
1t is admitted here even by the re-
actionaries that the influence Vice
President Sherman had with President
Taft is gone 1t is also understood
that Cannon and Aldrich have been
They will not longer be the advisers
of the administration
DEATH KNELL OF OLIGARCHY
1t is conceded here that enough in
surgent republicans will be elected to
the house to insure the progressive
ness of the republican party and the
death knell of the old Cannon -Aldrich
oIigarchy although country regular re-
publicans are dropping out of the race
for reelection.
Even Representative Boutell, one of
the old standbys, has dropped out. No
insurgent so far has been refused
denomination, while many regulars
have been refused. Seeing this evil
dence of the will of the people, it is
safe to assume that many regulars will
beuceforth he OrogreSSiyeS
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
ENGLISH WIZARD OF
AIR TO FLY HERE
Claude Graham=White Due in
San Francisco on
September "a
Especial Gable TO The Call


LONDON, Aug. 23.-Before sailing to-
day on the Cimric for Boston, where he
will take part in the aviation meet pro-
NOTED by the Harvard university aero
nautical association Claude Graham
White, the English aviator who made
the plucky attempt to win the London
to Manchester prize, which was seized
from his grasp by Paulhan, said to The
Calls correspondent:
IT am to give exhibition flights at
Harvard between September and 13.
On September "a I am due at San Fran
cisco, where / am to give exhibition
flights until october T. Then I return
to New York for the interna tional meet
on Long Island, where, among other
events. ! shall make try for the blue
ribbon of the air in the speed cup con-
test.
'In the interval between the Harvard
and San Francisco engagements may
compete for the World Post Dispatchs
$4,000 prize for the New York-St
Louis fight. / cannot speak with GER
tainty about that, however, as, of
course, the prize may be won by some
one else before l can get started"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
AMERICANS SAID TO
HAVE BOUGHT ANGHERA A
African Coast District Rivals
Gibraltar as Stronghold

TANGIER, Morocco, Aug. 23.-It is
reported here that the greater part of
the so called Anghera country, the re-
gion in the extreme northwestern part
of Africa, occupied by the Anghera
tribesmen, has been purchased by
American interests.
The territory has vast, natural re-
sources and politically and strategical-
ly it is immensely important.
1t has 40 mile coast line on the
Mediterranean, stretching from Tangier
to Jebel Musa, a mountain near Ceuta
facing the rock of Gibraltar, and con-
sidered strategically equal to the Brit
ish fortress. Jebel Musa has an eleva-
ton of 2,700 feet and could be con-
verted into second Gibraltar
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
PEAVINE PEAK
DEVELOPS into
LIVE VOLCANO
Laca Issues From Crater and
Smoke EnveIOps Top of
Mountain
Clouds of Cinders Belched up
From the Bowels of the
Earth
Countryside for Miles Around
Is Shaken by Series
of TremOrs
ISpeeiaL Dispateh 10 The Call


RENO. New. Aug. 23.-Lava is issu-
ing from the crater in the top peak of
Peavine mountain, clouds OF sulphuric
smoke overhang the summit, and the
earth for miles around trembled and
shook at intervals all day yesterday,
according to reports received in this
city last night.
a telephone call received in Reno
late i'm the afternoon was the first in
formation received that the supposedly
extinct volcano on Peavine mountain
was in eruption. 1t was declared that
the flow Of lava was quite heavy and
that clouds Of cinders were being
belched up from the bowels of the
earth.
Telephone Inquiries at the +. Heinze
ranch in Purdy road disclosed the fact
that pail OF smoke had been noticed
lowering over the. crater all day.
The volcano is about seven miles
from the ranch and the discharge of
lava was not apparent. Indistinct rum
blings were heard during the day. how
ever. Al the H. Jensen ranch, on the
other side of the mountain. similar
reports We're received. Residents had
noticed d smudge OF yellowish smoke
over the crater. and they. too. had felt
the queer subterranean rumblings
That ranch is also TOO far away to
allow the lava 10 be seen from there
II has been ascertained that party
Of campers visited the crater of the
supposedly extinct volcano about three
weeks ago. on their return they told
-ancher5 along the road that the ap-
parent activity Of the volcano had
frightened them away. The ranchers
paid no attention 10 the reports. be
icving that the campers intended TO
ntimidate them.
Few people are aware of the exist
ance OF the volcano in Peavine noun
.aiu- The inactive crater is good sized.
and the mud in its bottom is always
warm. Occasionally sulphuric haze
Gangs over the mouth, rendering il
impossible TO peer into the depths
Visitors to the place in the last few
months have reported that the heat
around the crater has grown more ap-
probable lately.
The news Of the apparent awakening
u the volcano yesterday was received
with misgivings among the ranchers on
The mountainside. Many refused TO be
Ieve that lava WAS really pouring from
The sides Of the crater and. while
granting that smoke overhung the
peak. believed that the sleeping mon
ster was still quiet.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
teddy TO Lead
HIS PARTY OUT
OF WILDERNESS
Modern Joshua in Speeches in
West to Tell How to
Win Election
Even ReactiOnaries Admit That
Sherman's Goat Has Gone
With CannOn's
By IRA E. BENNETT
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

w AsHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Repub-
w lican pr0gressives who have
discussed with Colonel Roose-
welt the speeches which he will make
in the west, all of which have al
ready been prepared say that he has
laid out a nation wide program of po-
litical policy. He will show the re-
publican party the only way by which
he thinks it can win the coming cleo
tion.
He will show, by the general trend
of his speeches, that it is only by be-
coming the progressive party of the
United States that the republican party
can remain in power
POLICIES, NOT MEN, DISCUSSED
According to the statements of the
men who have talked with Roosevelt,
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
PIRATE FACES DEATH
MERCY HIS SOLE HOPE
Law Makes Wise as
Guilty as Murderer

George Wise, the youthful
pirate, mas formally charged pes
tcrday Nth murder in the first
degree. He is held equally
guilty with French Vest in the
killing of Captain Wood on the
steamer Buchanan. West fred
the fatal shots. Wisc's con-
fesSion stamps him not as an ac-
ceSsory but as principal. The
authorities sap that he faces GER
tain conviction NTH death as the
penalty.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
BIRDS PROTECTED FIRST
IN HENRY Wits TIME

The spfing number OF Bird Notes and
Sews. the first Of a new volume, con-
aims part ] of the story Of Bird Pro-
-ection in Britain" 1t is curious to
,ote that the first general law on this
subject was enacted in the time of
Henry VII and that from 1874 to 1863
here was practically No lea IL ion
dealing with wild h;r aHa from
zame II is also notste taal tfe pro-
.ection Of eggs aner q Gen
tines than il is Dow -le fucor act
made the penalt. 9r taking e&ss Of
Nfld fowl heavier han that Tor &
he birds themseiTes f0tllc tA4 d
owl act OK 1863 eft t-l entirely So
protected.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
BRITAIN TO TEST MOTOR
DRIVEN BATTLESHIP
If Successful Dreadnaughts Will
Be Absolete

PORTSMOUTH. Eng, Aug. 29.-The
British admiralty has decided to build
an experimental motor driven battle
ship, propelled by an internal com
bustion gas engine.
Naval engineers have long had their
eyes on this type of engine as the
ultimate form of power for naval YES
sells and satisfactory experiments have
been carried on with the gunboat
Rather.
battleship equipped with such a
motor would have no boilers, stokers
nor smokestacks. and would render. 1t
is said, all vessels of the present Dread
naught type obsolete.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
MILITIAMEN MEN RUSHED
TO SCENE OF FIPE

dent Taft's suggestion that the fire
stricken states Of the west should call
out their militia 10 assist the federal
troops in handling the situation has
already borne fruit in Idaho. where
Governor Brady has called out the
national guard.
The president today received long
telegram from Governor Brady. in
which he described the fire situation
and added:
I am convinced that these condi-
tions warrant me in calling on the
state militia in encampment at
American Lake. Wash, and have
ordered General f. NJ Rowe to pro-
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
BRITISH CRUISER is
POUNDING ON ROCKS
Bedford at Mercy of Rough Sea
at Samrang

TOKYO, Aug 23.-The British ar
mored cruiser Bedford, which ran ON
the Samrang rocks southwest of Ouel-
part island Sunday while steaming
through a dense fog was still hanging
on the jagged lodges when dawn broke
today. 1t was pounding heavily in the
seas left in the wake of the typhoon
which last week swept across the east
ern sea.
The high seas have prevented any
attempt at salvage by the fleet of
English and Japanese war vessels
standing by.
The weather today, however, was
moderating.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
Insurgents Control Riverside

RIVERSIDE, Aug. 23.= Insurgent
supporters of Johnson were in full con-
troll of the Riverside county republican
convention today. 1t was harmonious
gathering. Resolutions were adopted
indorsing Johnson and the state direct
primary. President Taft was praised
and the reelection of Congressman
Smith and the choice of A. G. Spalding
as United States senator were urged.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
Speedy Trial Promised

1t appears that Wise will receive a
speed trial, as First officer Richard C.
Brennan went to the office of United
States District Attorney DevHn yester-
day and swore to a complaint charging
Wise with the murder. Several assist
ants to the attorney were placed at
work in gathering evidence of the
crime and outlining the prosecution.
After Wise's statement before the
coroner's jury yesterday and his fire.
quent confessions to the officers of the
ship. to the detectives who took him
from the ship and the newspapermen,
it is hard TO anticipate just what de-
fense he can offer-if any at all 1t is
an easily to be seen fact that Wise has
been very badly frightened by his ex-
perience and arrest.
He has at no time tried to put up
any kind of a defense other than that
he did not want to go into the holdup
when he learned of its nature few
hours before it was committed, but that
he was forced to take a hand through
fear of West. The fact that Wise ran
at the firing of the first shot and left
West to his fate partly bears out the
prisoners contention. The detectives
who have had Wise in charge and who
have secured his detailed confession
are of the opinion that he will plead
guilty and throw himself on the mercy
of the court and Jury
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
Demand Extreme Penalty

The friends of Captain Wood, the
murdered skipper, as well as officials
Of the Alaska-Pacif1c company, owners
of the Buckman, have expressed a de-
termination to demand the extreme
penalty as a warning to other criminals
who may be inclined to turn to piracy
They were moved to this attitude upon
learning how close two men came to
capturing the ocean going steamer and
driving it ashore for the purpose of
obtaining booty.
The witnesses at yesterdays inquest
were First officer r. c. Brennan, who
commanded the Buckman after Captain
Wood was killed; Second officer Fritz
Plath; II. L. Armstrong. a passenger;
Night Watchman William Middleton,
Purser A. c. Watson, Qaurtermaster
Otto Kahlmeister, Boatswain Sanford
Wilson, Chief Engineer J. NJ. Callfas
and Wise The stories told by all the
witness were substantially as related
by them on the arrival of the Buckman
in port
Watchman Middleton described in
dramatic style how he played hide and
seek with the imaginary shadows of
the holdupmen and was finally forced
by Coroner Walsh to admit that his
part in the affair consisted in foot rae
ing from deck to deck to dodge mag
i,a