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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13
PLEDGE OF PEACE
|. in EXTREME EAST
Japan and Russia Sign Important
Treaty in St. Peters
burg.
ONLY 237 WORDS IN LENGTH
Contracting Parties Agree to
Maintain Status Quo in
Manchuria.

Washington, July 12.--The text OF
ton between Japan and Russia. signed
July at st. Petersburg, was made
public tonight. 1t is one of the
shortest important treaties of modern
times, being just 237 words in length.
lit follows:
The imperial government of Japan
and the imperial government of Russia
sincerely attached to the principles es-
tablished by the convention concluded
htween them on the 30-17 of July,
1907, and desirous to develop the ef-
| fects of that convention, with view
to the consolidation of peace in the eX-
| treme East. have agreed to complete
the said arrangement by the following
| provisions:
article 1. With the object of ia.
| lcilitating communication and develop
ling the commerce of nations, the two
high contracting parties mutually en-
| gage to lend each other their friendly
\ cooperation, with view to the ameli-
grafton of their respective railway
.llines in Manchuria. and the Improve
/ ment of the connecting service of the
said railways, and to abstain from all
competition, prejudicial to the rea4lza-
i ton of this object.
4 ,.Article 2. Each of the high contract
ling parties engaged to maintain and
J respect the status quo IN Manchurla,
resulting from the treaties, conyen-
tions and other arrangements conclud-
i ed up to this day between Japan and
4 Russia. or between either OF these two
powers, and China. Copies Of the afore-
said arrangements have been eXchans-
j ed between Japan and Russia.
J Must Be Maintained.
"Article S.In case that any event
arises of nature to menace the status
a quo above mentioned, the two high
; contracting parties shall in each case
J enter into communication With each
other, in order to arrive at an UNDER
standing as to the measures they may
Judge it necessary to take Tor the
!, maintenance of the said status quo
The convention had been presented
, to the state Department by both the
!. Russian ana the Japaneses ambassa-
) dors. The notes of transmission We're
Ialmost as Interesting as the agreement
Raron Rosen, the Russian ambassa-
ldor. stated in his note that he was In
structed, in making the communication
to express fully to the Secretary OF
state the hope that he would find ir
. the convention which was described as
8 reattirming Russia's peaceful relation
1 with Japan. and as being directed
s neither against the interests OF Chlnf
, nor those of any power a new pledge
g of stability and general peace IN tht
! Far East.
, Ambassador Uchida, Of Japan, In hi
! communication to the Secretary o
: State, said he was instructed to mak'
corresponding representations.
e It was stated that the negotiations
r which resulted in the signing OF TN
= St Petersburg communication, pega'
= last November,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13
ALASKAN AFFAIRS
/ WORRY PRESIDENT
Cabipet Officers to Investigate
Causes of Factional
Fights.
WILL MAKE VISIT TO COUNTRY
Taft Hopeful OF Republican Sue
cess "All Along the
Line

Beverly. Mass. July 1o-President
Taft talked politics to-day with Sem
ator Winthrop Murray Crane, of Mas
sachusetts; Attorney General Wicker
sham and Secretary Nagel. of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor This
conference lasted until after o'clock
tonight. Extreme retlcence was dis
ment. other than that the general sit
uation was discussed, could be OBJ
tanned
Senator Crane was close to the
President during the last session Of
Congress, and when the President was
hammerng away at the program
which he finally induced Congress tc
adopt, Senator Crane was a daily visi.
tor at the White House. In looking
forward to the coming campaign
which, 1t is admitted on all sides, will
| be a hard one.,st was natural that Mr.
Taft should consult with the Senate,
| from Massachusetts, among the first OF
| his advisers.
The President was reported to-nigh,
to be we'll satisfied with general con,
ditions, and hopeful of the Republi.
can success "all along the line"
VIII Visit Alaska.
1t was definitely determined that At
torney-General Wickersham shall &C
company Secretary Nagel to Alaska
The situation there has given the Pres
1ident much concern. Serious factlona
lights have been In progress there fo
iseveral years Extreme bitterness ha
been displayed.
The fights have been carried t
/ Washington from time to time. Th
delegate from Alaska, Mr.. Wicker
sham, who, by the way, is no relation
of the Attorney-General, is at logger
heads with the administration.
The President has found 1t necessar
lately. to remove a number of Alas
kan officials, Several of the men whor
he appointed to succeed these faile
OF continuation, and made 1t necessar
for the President to resort to reces
appointments. Mr.. Taft wants as muc
/ first hand information as he ca
get on the situation, through Messr.
i Nagel and Wtckersham. SO as to shap
his future course with reference t
Alaskan affairs.
The two Cabinet officers will sal
sion steamer Albatross. They will &
west through Canada, leaving Montre
al next Monday morning.
i 1t has not been determined just no,
Z long the two Cabinet officers will b
away. The trip will consume betwee
II two and three months.
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TOWN WIPED OUT BY FIRE
More Tl,nn 5000 Pcraons Homeless aud
Loss Amounts to S2,5OO,O 900.

lIUbb sAWOuutb w S~SOVV5VVVs
DalhousIe, N. b., July PA waste
of smoking ruins, extending for two
miles. and seven Isolated buildings
represented tonight the town Of Camp
.bellton and the nearby village OF Rich
ardsville, which were overwhelmed
yesterday by fire driven before gale.
TWO lives were lost during the ten
hours the fire ragged.
Five thousand residents OF Camp.
bellton and 400 OF Richardsville are
homeless. One thousand buildings in
Campbellton and seyenty-five In the
village were destroyed. The combined
loss In both places is estimated at
s2,5oo,ooo Tho total insurance is
$1,000,00o.
Tonight some semblance OF order
had been established and relief work
was begun. To-day special trains
brought tents food and other supplies
and all who could not be accommodate
in Dalhousie and in farming districts
were quartered under canvas. Hun
dreds of persons lost all they pos
sessed, and IT was disconsolate banc
of refugees who camped tonight or
the banks of the Rest!gouche.
Campbellton was the largest ceda1
shtngle centre in Eastern America. AL
the mills were destroyed. including the
big plants OF the Shiyes Lumber Com
pany, Richards Lumber Company AM
the Moffatt Mills. The properties o
these three concerns. in which Amer
ican capital was Interested, was value,
at 100000. A gale and the failur
of the water mains left the population
helpless against the sweep of TIL
| flames.
| Many OF the men who attempted 4
stay the confagration were obliged I
abandon the hose and fee for thei
lives when the flames overwhelmed III
| hundreds OF wooden buildings Of whic
/ the town was constructed Ember
/ from great quantities of burnin
| shingles, carried long distances by th
| gale. set fires by the score. and 70
ten hours the destruction went on. Th
flames burned themselves out in Camp
beliton and Richardsville this mornint
but the forest is still ablaze at man
points.
The FIRE was the greatest In Ne,
Brunswick since the destruction Of
large part of st. John in 1877. Th
Canadian government is heavy lose
through the destruction OF Inter-Colc
NAL Railroad property, The govern
ment does not insure Its property.
Tonight traffic on the railroad, whic
was interrupted for twenty-four hour
was resumed.
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SHELvED UNTIL NEXT YEAR
Vote In Commons Gives Decided Inn
petuk to NEOmun,a SunraYe

petus to womnn's Suffrage.
LONDON July 1.-THE House of
nigh, passed the second reading Of
the women's suffrage bill. for which
David James Shackleton, Labor mem
ber from the Clitheroe division of
Lancashire, is the sponsor. The bill
liamentary franchise 10 women who
are possessed OF the property qualict-
cation, and who already exercise the
franchise in municipal elections
The unexpectedly large majority OF
mans suffrage, but many obstacles
must yet be overcome before the prin-
ciple is legalized by the necessary ma
jor!ty OF Is5.
The House subsequently referred the
bill to committee of the whole.
which means that the bill Will be
shclvcd until next year.
The interesting debate showed that
many leading men, including Winston
Spencer Churchill. secretary for home
affairs. and A j. Baltour. leader Of
the opposition in the Commons. who
favored the principle of woman's
suffrage. objected TO the present bill,
and contended that the whole country
Of Women voting before Parliament
sanctioned such change in the Con-
stitution.
Premier -Asauith, in strong speech
against the BILL declared that Ii wo-
men had vote they must Inevitably
have seats in Parliament, and nigh,
take the Speakers chair or sit in his
Cabinet
Mr. Balfour contested this view. He
said 1t was not government by con.
sent to exclude a large class of the
community from voting.
Chancellor Lloyd-George. as a sire ns
supporter OF womens suffrage, saic
that If the promoters of the bill would
promise to reintroduce the bill In al
acceptable form, he would support 1t
Austen Chamberlain opposed women.
suffrage in any shape or FORM
A great crowd of suffragists awaited
the result OF the vote outside th,
| House, but there was no disorder.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13
RAMMED BY SUBMARINE
Gunbont Castine Has Jagged Hole
Torn In HOttOm

Gunbont castine Has Jagged Hole
Torn In Hotton.
Washington, D c.. July 12.-A
Jagged hole, 30 sluare inches in area.
was inflicted in the bottom of the
5gunboat castine, which lies beached
in the sand at Truro, Mass, following
her ramming by the submarine Bonita
during yesterdays, manoeuvres The
naval tug 11wana IS standing by the
making temporary repairs. Captain
Fremont, commanding the Boston
navy yard, telegraphed the Navy De-
partment late to-day as follows:
constructor Rock reports hole
seven Inches by thirty inches under
the dynamo-room Of the Castine. An,
making patch to cover the hole, and
the Iwana, pending the arrival OF
Scastlne is in sheltered position,
north rs degrees east through from
Long Point light, a. distance of two
| ana three -eighths miles. Weather re-
mains Favorable"
Captain Fremont will appoint a
court of inquiry to investigate the ac-
cident, The Castlne probably will be
| toWed to Boston,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13
ELKs ELECT OFFICERS
Meet Next Year at Atlantic City-Re-
port on National Home Matter.

Detroit. Mich. July 12.-At a meet
ing of the Grand Lodge, in the Lyceum
Theatre, this afternoon the delegates
in Atlantic City. The Grand Lodge
of Elks this morning elected the fol-
lowing officers: August Herman, Gin
cinnat grand exalted ruler. Edwagd
r. Leach. New York. grand treasurer
w. Va, grand tiler (re-elected).
The sharpest election contest centred
about the election OF a grand secre-
tary. Fred c. Robinson. of Dubuque.
da incum6ent ovt was uoppo Opposed BY David
d. Bostock. of Grand Rapids. Mich.
The largest vote ever cast for an off,
Ger of the order. 1t is said. was polls
in this contest, completely swapping
for the time the election committee
The conclusion of the grand trustees
Of the Elks. to whom the matter was
referred is that Bedford City, Va, be
abandoned as the location for the
and thoroughly modern institution be
built elsewhere, or that the home be
retained at Bedford City, but a new
building be erected, or that the build
ing now there be remodeled exten.
siyely.
had the effect Of keeping the virgintt
Ilks within doors during the fore
noon, but they more than made III
for their involuntary imprisonment b!
some Of the good things the enter,
tainment committee had arranged fo
| their benefit. The river was the plac,
| which attracted most of them, thu
party going down the stream as ia
| as Bots Blac. where a program, con
sisting of baseball, military drill an,
| foot races. was served up to them.
| 1t was tired lot of Elks an,
| Elkesses that went to bed tonight. tt
\ prepare for another round to-mor.
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COMMENDED FOR COURAGE
Active Secretary Of Navy Write. Let

Active Secretary of Navy Writes Lett
ter to Lieutenant Gay.
Washington. d. c., July IA tri-
butte to the courage of Lieutenant
Jesse B. Gay, of the battleship Connec-
ticut, for saving the floating derrick
Hercules, at the New York navy yard
during a storm June Is last was
paid In a letter signed by Acting Sec
1retary Of the Navy Winthrop to-day,
During the squall. Lieutenant Gay
gave notice from the Connecticut OF
the Hercules danger. and with two
or three volunteers rushed to the der
rick which was in great danger OF
going to the bottom and had been de-
serted by the crew, Gay jumped on
tho Hercules, diyed below and search
ed for any remaining members of the
crew, and finding none, returned on
deck. closed the forward starboard
hatch and fastened II securely. the
water meantime rising to his waist.
Several lot tho volunteers followed
him, and closed the remaining matches,
The, secretarS's letter warmly CONS
mends him for personal courage and
ability to lead men into danger IN
emergency. and acknowledges his pre-
venting OF further damage to the Her
4 culeS. ~
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SHORTAGE is EVERY LARGE"
Dedication of Trust Company OMciai
MAY Reach S5OO. .OOO

Dedication of Trust Company Official
May Reach S5OO,OOO.
Louisville. KY. July 12.-Admission
that the shortage OF August Ropke, de-
faulting assistant secretary OF the
Fidelity Trust Company. is very
large" was made at the trust COM
pany's offices to-day. At the same
time it was announced that the direc-
tors of the company had pledged them
selves to an increase of $1,000, 900 in
the capital stock ii such increase be
necessary.
President John w. Bam issued a
statement this afternoon. in which he
says in part:
"our securities have been found abb
solutely intact.
"The defa,cation Of Mr.. Ropke is very
large. The estates are absolutely IN
tact. Not a dollar can be lost TO any
one other than the stockholders"
Ropke's shortage is placed by cur
rent rumor at about S500,000. His case
to-day was set for hearing before a
grand jury on October 5. The prisoner
returned to Jail in default Of $25, ,OOC
bail
The system employed by Ropke Is
also as yet unexplained, although 1t is
generally supposed that he manipulated
individual accounts
Roplke's operations We're not con.
fined 10 the stock market. Severa
years ago he bought building ir
Evansville, and converted it into a the.
atre and Office building, at an expense
of S65,0OO. This venture, 1t is said
proved unsuccessful and. he sold tn.
building last week.
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GERMANY MAKES
EMPHATIC DENIAL
Has No Intention of In
tervening in Nica1a-
guam Affairs.
FALSE REPORTS
SENT TO AMERICA
Officials Greatly Wrought UP by
Attempts to Have Country
Appear as Opposed to
United States-Certain
Correspondents May
/. Be Expelled.

Betlln, July 12.--Germany has taken
no stand in opposition TO the United
states in the affairs of Central and
South \ America Germany has issued
mo statement that could be construed
into antagonisn to the American gov
ernment In what that government has
done, is doing or may do in Nicaragu
This declaration was made at the Ger
man Foreign Office this evening
Special dispatches received here
from Washington and other American
cities reported that the German Foreign
Office had issued n statement to-day
that Germany refuses to recognize any
right on the part of the United States
to supervise her diplomatic relations
with other countries, Central and South
American countries in general, and Mic
aragua in particular.
| When this report was placed before
the Foreign Office it was given an en-
f! phatic denial. No such statement, an
| official declared angrily. had been is
sued BY the department. or any other
department of the government. He
affirmed that no declaration of such a
nature could be made, because there
was absolutely no necessity for that
and that anything published in such
l'sense was pure invention.
Omcials Wrought Up.
German government officials are
greatly wrought UP by the attempt:
made to have this country appear in {
role OF antagonism TO the United States
when. on the contrary, 1t has been th'
desire OF the government to deveiol
both the commercial and diplomatic re
lations with America.
/ The present situation has resulted
from the publication of a letter from
Emperor William to DR.. Madriz. Pres
ident of the de facto government of Mic
aragua. In several quarters apparent
~ the significance of this letter ha
been n1isiudg ged. and it became neces
sary to-day, in order that wron
, construction might not be placed upo
1t, to issue g. st;tte.rent through tn
Foreign Office explaining that the let
! ter was merely a formal acknowledg 6
, ment OF notice received from Madri
} of his election 10 the presidency.
This explanation was accompanie
: by the statement that Germany had n
! intention of intervening in any wa
in Nicaraguan affairs and that the re
: ported offer by Madriz of coaliug sta
tion to a European power If it woul
intervene in Nicaragua was not mad
to Germany
May BE Expelled.
OF late so fragrant has been the abus
of privileges accorded by the Foreig
! Office to certain correspondents tn;
: the advtsability of expelling them hs
twice been considered by that depar
ment. and one has already been barre
on sensational dispatches which he hi
: forwarded to the United States beariu
y no shred of truth.
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WILL HELP INsURGENT

r:iNnrL pincbot to Take Stump for
~ Hiram johnson In California.
New York. July l2,--Ginord Pinchoi::
close friend or Colonel Roosevelt and
deposed United States forester, am
noilnced to-day that he would leave
FOR California tomorrow to take the
stump in behalf Of Hiram Johnson.
who'is seeking the gubernatortal noml-
nation in California, and indorsed Tor
rbat honor by the Lincoln-R Roosevelt
League OF California. VI
Mr.. Pinchots announcement was
made shortly after a conferences NTH
Colonel Roosevelt, Ia which Marsha
Stimson, OF Los Angeles, Cal. also
took part. Mr. Ptnchor said he would
make several speeches In behalf OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13
FAST TRAIN WRECKED
Plunres or Embankment, kills ENG :
!. 4. ....,.. .,,.I IniurnA SNNernl Others.

PlunEes on EmbanSment, l<iils En61-
neer nnd Injuries Several others
Salinas Cal, July l2.--LeaVlng the
rails while travelling; at high speed q
special train bearing loo delegates
from the East to the American Chem
iical Society convention in San Fran
cisco to-day plunged off an embank-
lment near Metz. thirty miles south OF
Salinas, killing the engineer and In
juring four women passengers and Ave
strainmen, One OF the victims. Mrs,
Charles Lamont. of Detroit. is seri-
ously hurt. All were taken to San
Francisco On = special train.
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work at Navy Yards.

4 Washington. D, e, July l2.-Con-
tracts We're signed by the Navy De-
todsy sss o fpf hs eons,rletoa
aaasolene storage tank at each OF the
fsollowing saio,siha naval stations;- !
bradford. r. H. Norfolk, Va, Charles.
TON. s. q, Key West, Fla. Guant tapamo
Cuha. and San Juen =. R
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Pellasra Victim In Rhode island.
4 Providence, r. IN July l2.The
dreaded disease pellagra has claimed
Its first victim in this state III tne
5tifty-tive. an Inmate Of the State A@ln1s- aims
house,
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Vote for Income TAX Resolution,

-7 Vote Tor Income TAX ReNOluttON
Atlanta, Ga, July 12.-After debat-
ing the question for nearly a week.
sembly sen to-day ~ ADOPTED III the income tax
resolution by a vote of 120, to Is, Four
teen members present did not vote. A
similar resolution was adopted by the
Senate yesterday, t
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CONTINUED on Second Page

Low Round Trip Rates.
to Pacific Coast Via ashington- Sum
set Route, without change Berth. 50.
.02o East Main Street,
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Charles S. Rolls Falls
With Terrific Speed in
Wright Biplane.
THOUSANDS SEE
AWFUL ACCIDENT
Dead Mans Parents Narrowly
Escape witnessing catastro-
phe-Aeroplanist Was One of
England's Leading Sports
men-Made Round Trip
Across English Channel.

Bournemouth. England, July H.
Hon Charles S Rolls, third son of
Lord Llangattock, was dashed to al
most instant death to-day when the
Wright biplane. on which he was fly
ing. fell suddenly with terrific speed
from height OF 100 feet. the tragedy
bringing to close for Ye day the first
flying tournament Of the year In Eng
land He was considered the most dar-
Ing and popular of British aviators.
The accident was witnessed by large
crowd, many of whom were personal
friends OF the young aviator.
The biplane struck the ground close
TO the crowded grandstand. smashed
into a tangled mass. and before the
doctors and their assistants could
reach the spot. Rolls was dead.
Crumpies Without Warning.
The event in which Rolls was COM
peting was for a prize for the aviator
aiighting nearest given mark, The
goal was directly in front of grand
stand. where the spectators were
rnassed. He had risen TO gooc
height, then shut Off his motor. anc
was gliding in broad circle towart
Lhe marx. N'S los
piece of the bipiane snapped of. Th'
machine gave q sudden iurch, and tn,
frame work crumpled UP in the air
When 1t struck the ground IL wa
smashed to splinters. The doctor
found that Rolls had sustained frac
tured skull The wreck OF the ma
chine and twisted stays surrounde
the body. so that there was difficult.
In extricating him. Immediately afte
the result of Rolls's accident wa
known, the committee announced tina
flying would be suspended for the da5
Audemars. the Swiss aviator. had
close shave while making trial hish
above the Rournemouth Field HI
monop!ane overturned. and descende
swiftly TO the ground. hur he escape
without injury.
Lord and Lady Liangatsock. the pa
rents of Rolls. narrowly escaped wit
Messing the catastrophe. They wer
yachting along the coast. and put in a
Poole. near Bournemouth. this morn
Ing, intending 10 attend the aviatio
meeting. bu, postponed going until al
ternoon.