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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14
Many More Than This Are in
the Stenographic Record
of the Trial
BURDEN OF PLEA is
TRIAL WAS NOT FAIR
Paul Beattie is Target for
Severe Arrangement and
Also Declares No Mo-
tive is Shown

When on the 24th day Of August
Judge Walter A. Watson pronounced
the death sentence on Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr.. the date Of the execution
was fixed sutii ciently far In the future
to give the counsel for the defense am
pie time to prepare their bill Of excep-
tons. This bill of exceptions and pc
tition for writ Of error were re-
ceived by Judge Keith on November 1.
as penciled notation on one OF the
documents indicates. What might be
termed the feature OF the petition 10
the allegat ton that the prisoner did
not receive fair trial
Seventeen exceptions are noted to
the rulings OF the lower court. and
the petition for appeal has the follow
ing preamble:
Your petitioner. Henry G. Beattie,
Jr-. respectfully shows. as will appear
by the accompanying record. that he
Was convicted in the Circuit Court Of
Chesterfield on the Sth Of September,
1911, OF murder In the first degree and
condemned to death, see page thirteen
of the record. He respectfully sub
mits that various errors appear In
said record. which render the judy
ment OF the court below invalid
He Will not. however, in this psti-
ton discuss all the bills of exceptions
taken by him on the trial of the case,
in which his life was declared forfeit
TO the law. as disclosed by the record.
but he hopes and believes that enough
error viii be pointed out in the petit
ton. and Will appear In the record to
secure the reversal OF the court below
and give him a new trial; and he most
respectfully submits that In a case like
this where human life lie involved the
cost would, II 1t discovered error in
the record emitting him to a new trial,
give him the benefit of il, though not
specifically pointed out in his petition"
The evidence OF Mr.. Tom Owen 10
then detailed with the original story
Of the killing told Mr.. Owen by heat-
tie.
Among the seventeen bills OF ex-
captions were the following:
Paul Douglas Beattie. a cousin OF
the prisoner. forty-eight hours after
the murder tThnrsday night. July
20), according to his a.wn statement.
told his wife--the first time and the
first person--that on Saturday night,
July Is. preceding the murder, he
had bought At Weinsteins pawnshop
and delivered to the prisoner a Sec
ond-hand. single bArreled gun.
1t was established that Paul Beat
tie did buy at Weinstein's such q gun.
and that this was the gun found at
the Belt Lane crossing.
Henry c. Beattie's connection with
the run In any way whatever fssss-
tcsaflaAea = aSson1 PaSs.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14

WORLDS GREAT CURSE

PHILADELPHIA Nov. 1.-THE
increasing number Off women in this
country who are both drinking and
smoking in private and public, ac-
eording to John Wanamaker, are 4
menace to the nation, MIR. Wanna
maker also declares that any politi-
cal party that ignores the necessity
for the suppression Of the liquor traf-
tic. is doomed.
These assertions were made by MIR.
Wanamaker in an appeal for univer-
sal prohibition at the John Cham
hers Memorial Presbyterian church.
he took advantage Of temperance
Day" celebration last night to make
an impassioned appeal for the total
abolition OF the liquor traffic
A delegation, headed by Mr.. Wana-
maker. from the Brotherhood or An
drew and Philip OF Bethany church,
conducted special services.
Wants Total Abolition.
II is time something was done
beside parading and singing onward,
Christian Soldiers said Mr.. Wanna
maker. We must now stand together
for the total abolition OF the liquor
traffic. which Is bound to come in
time. believe the Republican party
or any other party that .ails TO rec
ognIze this is doomed. | am a Re-
publican and love the old party Of
Lincoln. Harrison. Grant, >sarfield and
Mckinley. But ] realize that the
Grand Old Party cannot be kept up
10 its standard until 1t excludes the
liquor business.
1T was very diff1cult FOR me when
lived In Washington to entertain
foreign officials without serving them
with strong drinks, but none Of them
ever got anything to drink at my
house. have been a tetotaler srnco
1877, and In all these years / have
not taken a drink Of liquor ] have
never found that ! misss,i anything
by not drinking and cannot see that
anybody else could miss anything by
not drinking.
Worlds Greasess Curse.
The appetite for strong drinn is
an appetite that grows. It Is the
devils best weapon and the worlds
greatest curse. III h q fAvorite argu-
ment OF manufacturers or liquor that
there is more drunkenness in prohi-
bition States than In Others.
''lf we expect Others not to drink
We must not drink ourselves. EN-
ployers especially Ghouid not drink
4 they expect thsls emplcyes npt "
drink. NJ.
N 49, q Nh An $50 SS s} sSs3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14
MANY CHANCES
IN STANDINGS
NOW EXPECTED
Virginian Prize Contest Shows
Possibilities of Dark Horse
Candidates Who May Make
Good S howing-Prizes
Continue to Attract Great
lnterest-The AmberOla

Contestants in The Virginian prize
contest Will do we'll to look out for
n dark horse" at the close of the
present special offer. This same state
ment was made previous to the close
OF the last special offer. but several
candidates did not heed the warming
and the consequence Was that candi-
dates way down in the list came in
with votes enough. secured between
the dates OF the special prize period,
to win one Of the four prizes given
al the end OF this period. Do not be
too confident In yourself.
BE sure to have enough votes to
beat your nearest competitor. Don't
be discouraged, because some can
didate has few hundred more votes
than you haves II YOU rat right out
and hustle you viii soon be able "a
catch up with the leaders,
Persistent. determined effort /. the
tCsp>Anusd "a GtxtG RAga.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14
M'LEMORE FOR
SUPREME COURT

Especial to The Richmond Virginian. J
NORFOLK, VA. Nov. IA spe-
ciai to the Vtrginian- Pilot from
Washington says: Judge j. l.. Nc
Leinore. of the Norfolk Circuit Court,
is among those who are being con.
sidered by President Taft in connec-
ton with the vacancy on the United
States Supreme Court bench. caused
by the death OF Justice Harlan"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14

SHANGHAI. Nov. ia telegram
from Hankow says that Admiral
Sah's fleet. which has been uphold
ing the imperial governments end q,
the conflict there FOR the past thre.
weeks, surrendered to the rebels to-
day 1t il said that the feet was
without fuel and munitions, despite
the fact that the Pekin government
has been besieged with requests to
meet the difficulty, The report Is ac-
cepted with reserve
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14
Rebel. Hold Che Fpo.

SHANGHAI. Nov. ls.-The revoiu-
tionists took possession Of Che Foo.
on the north coas, OF the Shan Tung
peninsula. early to-day. The rebels
took possession OF the Taotfs Yamen.
the telegraph offices and the forta.
There WAS no fighting and the day
was passed without dist.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14
Foreigners Now Unsafe.

NANKING. Nov 13.--The com
manders Of the foreign warships here
to-day notified their consuls that they
could not guarantee protection for
the lives and property Ut those who
remained inside the city. This word
was quickly spread by the various
consuls. and IL Is expex. ed that all
foreigners will be out of harms way
inside OF twenty-four hours, The
comma nders of the British and Ger
man warships later visited their con-
suiates and advised them and their
STATS TO withdraw. as the ships could
not guarantee to protect even the
cons,tlates
Fifteen Chinese warships arrived
late to-day, and II Is expected that
they with sooner or later lombard
the city. They were hy,nE no fagr
when they entered the harborl but
their officers are understood to have
sent word ashore that they represent
the republican government OF China
and will nv that flag In a short .irne.
Two cruisers and three gunboats have
moved into the canal. osfensihly for
the purpose Of shelling the rebel po-
sition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-14
STRONG Man Of
CHINA" IN PEk|N
Yuan Shi Kai Receives An
Ovation on His Return
to Capital
MAY ACCEPT CALL
TO PREMlE RSHIP
Foreigners Unsafe in Man.
king--Admiral Sah's Fleet
Surrenders--R
Victories

PEKIN, Nov. f3.--Aocompani-d by
body Of 1000 imperial troops. and
marching between long lines Of 81.
lent barehsaded Chinese, Iuan Shi
Kali. THE strong man or China, re-
ceived an ovation to-day on his re-
turn TO the capital from With he
was driven. scarce three years ago,
into exile. Yuan Shi Kai was sum
moned" two weeks ago to return to
Pektn at once. 10 assume the premier
ship. to advise the tottering throne
and to place a steady1ng hand on the
trembling ship OF state. but he has
been postponing his arrival. upon
various pretex's. until 1t was believed
that he would not heed the thrones
command. Whether he will accept
the premiership IL expected to be de-
cided within twelve hours.
II Yuan Shf kai accepts, It will
mean important support for the Man
chu dynasty. because Yuan SIN ESAi
represents military leadership. and
ir the only man in China Inspiring
confidence enough to secure snan-
c.al aid abroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09

fneness there lies the difficulty of excavat-
ing. for, should pumping be resorted TO III
order TO drain the pit. this fine material
will be pumped with the water and finally
he drawn from under the old-fashioned ad-
Joining buildings, eventually undermining
them.
The supporting bottom on which these
sands rest however. is naturally cement
ed mass of material, 'hardpan" deposit
ed during the glacial period, and often de-
fying the eye Of the expert by its resem-
hlance to concrete. Bedrock surface of the
island slopes from north to south ana
passes below the tidewater level at about
10th street, and below this is the great
treacherous overlap of sand and silt de-
posts built up by tidal forces during tens
of thousands of years.
Ii is here amid the greatest possible diff
culties that the magic towers have been
reared, and deep under the sand and silt
and water the talest building in the world
is now being anchored to the rock bed. IL
is told YOU in almost awed whispers that
the Woolworth building will in short time
rear it's fifty-fve stories into the air-but
the news could be shouted from the house
tops and there need be no misgivings, for
the rock of the island extends to so great
a depth that it could be covered with
structures half mile high and their weight
would cause no sagging or crushing OF the
LAYERS. and there are no flssure faults to
allow q side slipping of the masses OF
masonry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09
BY G.. Is. PHILLIPS.

A n old. whte-haired country preacher
from a little hill town in West Vir-
y ginia came to New York few
weeks ago. and crossing the Hudson as the
setting sun smote the mighty massed array
of upbulded New York he leaned on the
rail OF the ferryboat for few minutes in
silence then he turned TO the crowd OF
those who hurry TO and fro-seeing, or
rather falling TO sec, this splendid spectacle
every day-and he said solemnly:
God made man, and man made New
York. Glory be TO Cod" And the listeners
emiled and nudged each other. Yet, how
stupendous is the marvel which all of us
have had n share in creating; few of us
ever stop TO Embarrassing content in mid
pride and family pleased when some one
remarks bromidically: 1T certainly is a
great city" Little is known. however. OF
the magnitude Of what lies underneath
these miles of towering piles-the Titanic
nature Of the hidden structural work.
In the last twenty years, taking no reck-
oning of the work before that time and eX-
cludng subway and dock work, permits
have been issued by the Buildings Depart
ment for excavations 80 the extent OF
u, 421 5eo7SO cubic feet. Enough earth and
rock has been excavated in the city of New
York to cover the entire state with half
inch layer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09
Anchorage of New Y Syapers Involves Marves OF
Manhaas Steel Fastened Securely to the Islands
Backbone Remarkable Modern Methods of Burrowng Which
Displace Annually Almost Incredible Amount
of Soil and Rock.

|, below the water level. and the water is In
this way expelled from the open or cutting
edge. BY the undermining. it's own weight
and the addition of concrete forms ana
pig iron blocks it is gradually sunk to the
satisfactory hard stratum. The rock Is
then cleaned and levelled and the whole in
terror Of the caisson and the shaft con
Meeting the working chamber with the
outer air is filed with well rammed con-
crete. They have then solid monohth
on which the superstructure Is readily
mounted.
An air lock, called the Moran lock, IS
used to permit the passing OF men and ma
terial TO the working chamber without TOO
great loss OF compressed air, and by TINS
innovation. which surmounts the top or
the shaft. il is now possible TO sink Gals
sons through qucksands and water very
close 20 the adjoining buildings without
causing a flow Of material from under the
latter.
Some idea of the prccarious work on the
new Municipal Building now under con
struction is shown when one considers that
the site is bounded on all sides by impor-
tant and heavy structures. all on COM
paratively shallow foundations. and that
Chambers street one OF the city's busiest
thoroughfares, runs directly through the
building. The tower carrying caissons or
the Municipal Building rest on bedrock
seventy-seven feet below street level
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09
Usage Indian Packs
Curious Sacred Bundles OBJ
tanned by the Smithsonian
Institution.

Officials OF the Bureau Of American Eth
nology OF the Smithsonian Institution are
highly pleased over an addition which they
have just made To their collection. and
which they regard az one OF their choicest
treasures. This acquisition comprises four
sacred bundles or packs OF the Usage Ind
ians. very few of which have ever been
obtained by scientists as they are general
Is buried with their keepers
These sacred bundles are just as precious
from n religious point OF view To the Ind
ian az they are from a scientific point Of
view To the ethnologist. and are extremely
hard To obtain They represent the hottest
fetch OF a tribe. and SO zealously are they
guarded from any PROCLAMATION that they
are put In the charge OF special priest
or medicine man. who keeps them carefully
hidden. Al certain periods they are opened
and the contents worshipped amid the most
elaborate ceremonies. but even at these
times only the chosen men of the tribe are
allowed TO see the strangely assorted arti-
cles that are kept In the bundles
These Usage packs differ greatly from
any that have been found hitherto both
as 10 the texture of the various wrappmgs
and also as to the nature OF the articles
they contain The bundles were obtained
Tor the National Museum by Francis la
Flesche. an educated Omaha Indian. who
Is In the employ of the Bureau of American
Ethnoiogy. While AZ work In Oklahoma he
learned OF the existence of such bundles.
and immediately opened negotiations VITA
the Indian to whose care they mad been IN
trusted After exercising considerable III
plomacy he succeeded in pcrsuadins the
Indian to part with them and brought
them to Washington and turned them over
10 the Bureau OF Lthnolosy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09
ANCHORING ON ROCK.

All that New York builders need do is TO
cut down TO living rock, anchor the founda =
ton there and shoot up the steel strinsers
and girders They never need give one
minutes thought TO the gray old island 5
shrinking under the enormous load it bears
on its ancient back. Long after the brick,
stone and concrete have crumbled away
and the steel has corroded and moleculariy
Yielded to the lateral pressure. the founda-
ton will be as sound and inviting as ever
ii was.
Each foundation excavation and each
building must be Independent of the others
so far as its security is concerned Any
man might build a narrow twenty story
building between two broad twenty story
buildings and he sure that il would not
topplc over as long as those buildings
stood and q great economy could be ell
fected by cooperation of all buildings
newly built in the same block, but as the
law and practice now stand each one must
he built as il il were the only one on the
island
There are buildings in New York now.
very many OF them. that have the exact
proportions of n domino piece on end al
least twenty others resemble half lead
pencil placed on end more than anything
else. ANY hurricane or earthquake shocK
would howl them over with as much ease
A. = touch will tumble house of cards
were thov not securely anchored and IN
tho anchorage of huge skyscraper are
found the countless marvels of caisson and
excavation methods of the twentieth cen
fury.
The casson work is picturesque an Inc
extreme and was first used by Stephen \.
Dutton in tho construction of the Man
haitian Life Building where the suD-sufface
strata were not of stable consistency. the
LAYERS of rock being faulty and inter
sparsed with sea sand shale and shells.
The caisson is massive steel. brick
wood or concrete cage. originally fourteen
feet in diameter now either smaller or
larger as the work dems nds. In the CON
struction of the Woolworth Building foun-
dalton the Foundation Company. of No. llo
broadway. is trying out a new calsson ana
with success This is a concrete rectanSu-
lar cage only six feet wide and varying
from sixteen 10 twenty feet long. They
also have the largest caisson at work, one
made Of brick cylindrical in shape and
measuring more than nineteen feet across.
The engineers OF the Foundation Company
have put the ban on ali timber cGissons
and have decided on concrete construction
rather than steel or brick.
Caissons are simply alright. hottomless
boxes. rectangular or cylindrical in cross
section. having interior chambers lars"
enough for a gang of men TO enter and
excavate from the bottom. In the roof OF
the box is an opening from which shaft
communicates with the ground level ana
this is of a size sufficient for the convey
ance Of men and material Compressed
air is pumped into the caiss n - it sinks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09

In cases of this sort it has long been GUS
tomary TO shore the adjoining buIidlnss Oh
walls. a procedure that calls for great eA-
pense and time and in order to keep more
readily within the terms of their contract
Mr.. Gustin, the engineer IN charge has
arranged TO construct for the Mutual Bank
a wall much stronger and deeper than the
existing one which Will extend to the
required depth of the new hotel founda-
tons Il is much heavier and deeper IMAM
the weight Of the Mutual building requires
at the present time. but in the event Oh
that company wishing to erect taller
structure the west foundation wall will be
sufficient for all future requirements.
The second apparently unnecessary but
highly profitable work is that OF cutting
a channel into tho rock bed under small
building on the northeast corner OF the plot
and building a wall up under the stand
ing foundations before doing any blasting
in that sections. When these two things are
accomplished work can be pushed rapidly
ahead. and the June sunlight viii be hidden
from Greeley Square by the long shadows
of the first huge girders.
In the superstructure If these big build
first floor pillars must he Of a size to bear
the weight of al the upper pillars, the
transverse Orders and brick work. with
liberal allowance for floor load. Tho brick
work of each story Is supported by the
Orders of that floor level and the Orders
by the pillars. The tremendous stain on
some OF the lower pillarS-say, under the
METROPOLITAN Life tower. or those such *
are being put under the Hotel McAlpin-
is something to give the imagination pause
II is not what the pillar will stand IN
pressure on tho end before il bursts but
how much IL will stand before II buckles.
Its tensile strength is known by its carbon
value and the architect knows just how
much il will hold aloft in the sky, inch Dy
inch He knows to a pound what that load
must be: that it takes one load of sand
and one and one-half barrels of lime to
lay 200 bricks. and that there are twenty
one bricks to the cubic foot; SO he merely
has To figure the weight OF his top story
load his next story and its possible load
plus that Of the top story, and 50 on. and
when he gets To the bottom he knows just
what size pillars and grdcTs he must use.
One girder hauled through the streets re-
Gently by twenty horses in itself weighed
sixty tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-09

The rock foundation OF New York an
the anchoring system have proved a gres
economy IN time and consequent interes
in real estate investment 10 builders. Their
is no need 10 allow a year or two FOR u.
foundation to settle, as in almost all oty
cities. The greatest amount Of time in IL
construction OF big building now is In IL
excavation for the foundation. once this y
completed the steel superstructure seer'
literally to grow up before ones eyes
To Illustrate this: Last fall busirss
man with a small Fourth avenue store VI
the city for a short trip 10 California, ~
whole Journey to lie accomplished wlthn
month. When he went away his store tc'|
was bathod in sunshine from the SOUL
When he came back II was as dark q !,
AT the bottom OF the Grand Canyon. Ut
ing his absence fourteen stories OF DUE
ing across the street had shot into the
In the history not only Of this city ~
of the world there has never been any
thing like the change that has taken pli'
in Fourth avenue in the last three ya'
Three years ago from 18th street 70 -
street and beyond Fourth avenue was o.
succession of low. old-fashionef ouiGne
the tallest being the Parker. II seemed q
If attention was suddenly drawn 10 !"
possibilities of the avenue first in 100 u
few months buildings were moved down
rows. a little while longer and there s"|
dozens of great foundation pits, and oeiN'
another year had passed huge loft and
flee buildings were up and tenants nv
ing in.
At first blush it sounds absurd. but wv
has been some talk of standardizins ma
parts of structural steel to save more U.
and money. II the big steel works ana
biz architects and contractors got tose'N
there would soon be an end 10 the nee~
sity of subscriptions and special ordT
far as the bulk of the steel was concei"~
For instance. some foundry VIII fecc'e
ders for four great enterprises. one S
girders will hc IS by by II lncnes' y
hext - by II by 10 inches. and so on
when they are done if they were Jaw
the same yard il would he necessd"
measure them to tell them apart, ""
were not marked The proposiIloh
standardize these the same as RAM
the architects could draw their pia'S
cordjng to standard productions. sr
steel we're needed for unusual dlinens
il would cost no more 10 make u,n
does now, when all the work Is spesS@