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nobility passing through st. Moritz,
he suddenly made up his mind that his
American friends should be his guests
as well, and the afternoon before the
appointed date he walked to the courts
and invited all of them.
1t happened that on the same dat;
Miss Florence Johnson. of Philadel-
at which, as the prince knew, they all
were to be guests.
The players stopped their game for
moment and with perfect unanim.ty
declined the princes invitation, saying
they would not disappoint Miss John
son for worlds"
Then they resumed the game as II
nothing had happened, while the prince
walked back to his hotel much piqued
and wondering how there could be
anybody not willing to cancel any
other engagement for the honor OF
sitting at his table. HIS party was the
dullest affair, and Miss Johnson's a
great success.
not reach Its climax until couple OF
days later. ~
It was Saturday afternoon, and he
had been watching with great inter
est the brilliant play of Bernard Dell.
the we'll known athlete OF PRINCETON
University. The game over. be asked
Mr.. Dell to play single with him
on the morrow
Sorry" said Mr.. Dell. "but I never
play games on Sundays"
But ask you" insisted the prince
Sorry again." replied Mr.. Dell, "but
I cannot go against my religious
prinoiples--not even for you"
And the prince had to go without
his game.
here, one section of European society
siding with the prince, main tanning
that the invitation of member of a
reigning house should be regarded ms
royal command by everybody with
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Our dignity had suf.

for reciprocity. Our dignity had snf-
fered.
Last years pilgrimage was not from
Ottawa 70 Washington. however II
was from Washington to Ottawa. and
President Taft made offers of what so
often had been refused To refuse
them would have been crime against
civilization. I denounce my opponents
as traitors and deserters from the best
, spirit of their own party
There is cry that the agreement
will lead to annexation" he continued.
How could this country be Joined TO
the United States? 1t must be done by
war or persuasion. But this agreement
is bond of friendship and amity be
tween the two countries. 4 treaty has
| already been signed precluding war be-
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain, and auarrels now are to be settled
by arbitration"
The talk OF annexation has no foun-
dation, he declared.
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AMERICANS RUDE,
SAYSKA|SER' SON
Prince Adalbert Expected Ten
mis- Players to Obey Com
mand" to Dine With Him
WERE DUE AT OTHER PARTY
Further Piqued Because Bernard
Dell Would Not Play Ten
mis- With Him on Sunday.

St Moritz. September 10.-"Ameri-
cans have no manners. They are the
rudest people in the world" Is re-
mark made by Prince Adalbert, aged
twenty-seven. third son of the Kaiser
who is spending the summer here in
eognito. under the name of Count Won
Hemstein.
The prince arrived at this conolu-
sion because. for the first time in his
life-and this on two different occa-
sons-his wishes have not been obeyed
as royal commands according to the
custom of European courts
Tennis. has been this year the most
fevorlte sport of the young American
society folk here. and the prince who
is a good player, made a great many
friends among them.
Some ten days ago. intending to
give a dinner to some of the German
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CHAMPION AID. woLGAsr
CONTINUES HIS TRAINING

Milwaukee. Wis. September TO-
Lightweight Champion Ad. wolgast
continued training to-day for his con.
test with Packey Mcfarland in Mil.
wdukee next Friday night despite the
statement of Sheriff William Arnold
that he would not permit the contest
to be staged. Matchmaker Frank
Mulkern reiterated his statement of
last night that there would be no
trouble In going through with the
contest; that the affair would not be
prizehght but would be boxing
contest. strictly within the law,
Wolgast went through his usual
routine, including road work. boxing
with his trainers and shadow boxing.
The champion is in the pink of con-
dttion. and is said to be three pounds
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the principals in the tragedy-all such
elements as go to mako UP the sum
of dramatic action. Again. the name
of the other woman in the case. Beulah
Bintord-striking and alliterative-the
Kind OF name that fiction writer's
search for. Had Beuiah been plain
Jane Smith, the romantic suggestion
would have been lacking.
Tho setting for the trial was as
unique and theatrical as the crime
itself. and the man who staged tho
tragedy as fiction would have little
need to call upon his Imagination for
tho mise en- scene.
The curtain has been rung down on
this unique and horrible tragedy, and
we assume that most persons will
agree that Justice has been don-Nor-
folk Virsinian-Pilot.
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Virginia Justice.

Into the close, depressing atmos-
phe-e OF time when talk is rife that
our criminal courts are failures. that
the law is killed by technicality and
delay, and that criminals so free. pro-
vided they are rich enough and promi-
nent enough, Virginia justice, as ex-
empI!hed in the Beattie verdict. comea
as refreshing breeze.
In this case delay played no part.
except to secure both for the prisoner
and for the prosecution ample time for
preparation. and technicality was alb
sent altogether. The Judge, In refus.
Ing even to hear argument on a mo-
ton for c new trial, declared that "all
the rulings OF the court were on COM
parat!vely unimportant details. and In
no way could have Influenced the YER
dict"
The wealth and the prominence OF
the defendant were played for all they
were worth, but 1t was answered with
shout OF guilty from every one OF the
twelve jurymen.
And. would you know the secret OF
Virginia justice, you will find 1t In
Virginia juries. Legal chlcanery falls
harmless before a jury In whom hon
esty Is n habit and a Jurors oath no
meaningless form. Twelve such men,
In earnest In their search for truth
and Intent on simple right, stand In
destructible pillars in the temple of
justice. no matter how great may be
The horde OF legal rats and other I'M
clean, Gravity things that may seek
to undermine II.
1t was the race conscience of the
Anglo SaXons. speaking through that
jury OF Virginia farmers-a State
wherein the race strain has remained
more than ordinarily pure. 1t was a
voice that harked back to the Teu-
tonic forests. where plain right be-
tween man and man and high rever-
ence for womanhood were sacred
things.
Would you know how to cure the
sickness of the law and reanchor
drifting Justice? Then get your juries
from Virginia's. II you haven't them
to the manner born, then train them.
for such you must have.
After all is said and done, a coun-
try's fate must forever rest in the
keeping OF its juries.-Atlanta Georg-
ian.
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Public Commend. Verdict,


Henry Clay Beatt!e has been found
guilty and condemned to die for the
murder OF his wife This Is the con-
clusion OF one of the most remarka bio
tragedies In recent years.
The promptness and the unanlmity
which characterized the finding Of the
verdict came as a surprise The actual
commission of the crime not having
been proven. and many elements Of
doubt having been injected into the
case, 1t would not have been illogical
Tor ono or more turymen to have hest
tated before condemning the accused
to the electric chair. It Is apparent
however. that the Jury were Impressed
BY the thoroughness with which the
chain OF evidence was wound around
tile young man, and that they accepted
as true the assertion that through his
cousin Beatt!e had secured the gun
with which the crime was committed
They discarded entirely the story
which Beattie related with calm de-
tail--a narrative in which a highway
man was said to have Distracted the
road and then to have fired the fatal
shot. II was not a credible story at
best. but Beattie maintained It's truth
tuiness when on the stand. and was
unshaken by cross-examination. When,
however. IL was shown by subsequent
witnesses that many of his statements
were absolute falsehoods. 1t was not
aiihcuit to believe that his entire rela-
ton wes a myth.
It did not take the jury any length
Of time to slit out the wheat from the
chan They were men accustomed TO
the plain. straightforward facts of life.
and iefnements OF expression and tech.
nica!ities of law did not cloud their
vision or create psychological uncer.
tainty OF mind. with their verdict tho
public will agree. There never vas =
more brutal or more incxcusab BILE mur-
der.-Washington Herald.
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upon strict domestic devotion. ana aba
solute fidelity. IL
Well. 1t is certain that no mistake
has been made. No ono who followed
the evidence. closely could have tho
slightest doubt about the guilt OF Hem
ry Beattie. The prisoner convicted
himself by his own statement. Tho
Jury needed nothing else, and tho
young mans contradictions helped to
send him to the electric chair. MOI
murder trial In o quarter Of q ceu.E
tury has attracted SO much interest,"
and this interest is by no means mor-.
bid ~
Even II he had escaped the law ha
could never have escaped the ebhor-i
renee Of his fellowmen. He denied
the crime of murder OF his wife, but
freely admitted other crimes towards
the poor woman. He revealed him
self before the whole world as q crea-
ture without soul. living being SO
utterly devoid Of the qualities Of heart
and mind that 80 to make up man,
that he does not know even how to
simulate them. His completes insen :.
sioility. his ftippancy, calmness and
easy good humor could not be mis-
taken for "a free conscience" These
are merely exhibits of an impasslys.
deadened nature, completely incapa-
Die of feeling or approaching the sit-
uation. In all that he has said aud
done eithes in the courtroom or OUT
OF 1t. there has been no smallest bit.
OF evidence to suggest love or senti-
ment, either for the miserable. trivial
little creature who was his mistress
or for the dead martyr who was his
wife.
Beattie represents simply an appall,
ing object lesson that the wages OF
SIN Is death. The jury says no has
murdered his own wife. Undoubtedlvi
he has murdered his own soul.-SaI
yannah Press
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No Rolling OF Dice.

No Rolling OF Dice.
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., has been
found guilty OF murder in the first de-
gree and sentenced to be electrocuted
on November "a. between the hours of
sunrise and sunset" The outcome
brings no surprise to those familiar
with the course OF Virginia Justice
which has way of regarding the vio-
lated sanctity OF the home as an added
cause OF offense not as an extenuating
circumstance.
The verdict. was reached after the
jury had knelt In prayer for guidance
and was announced. not by the fora
man of the jury. but by the Jurors
| In chorus. each apparently intent on
giving emphasis to his convictions and
making clear his sense of Individual
responsibility.
The, crime was one OF hidcous bru-
tally. The life OF the defendant prior
to Its commission was shown by the
evidence to be morally ulcerous Every
attendant circumstance, save the fact
mat the families involved were with
. out social position, was sensational
and that lack was readily supplied by
the sob squadders sent to report the
trial by every yellow newspaper In the
East. Not since the Harry Thaw
case have the mentally morbid had so
much to delight them. The court. the
prosecution and the defense were
abundantly supplied with opportunity
for sensational advertisement. 1t
is to their lasting credit that the OPP
portunity presented no temptation.
Beulah Binford was not placed on
the witness stand. The defense en-
tered no plea OF emotional insanity.
The prosecution built up It's evidence
painstaklng1y and Internationally The
argument was unimpassioned, almost
to the point OF solemnity. The charge
given to the Jury was a plain state
ment OF the law governing the case.
There was no rolling Of dice or draw
ing OF lots to determine the verdict.
That the sentence imposed will be ex-
ecuted, is not open to question.
The little country courthouse in vir-
ginia deserves 10 be remembered with
gratitude as the scene OF an i'm
pressive and greatly needed lesson
In the faithful performance of the
| hardest duty which the law exacts.-
Louisville tKy) Times.
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On Their Guard I'm yire,n,,.

hatever interest may have been
felt by the public in the recent MUIR
der trial iii Virginia did not arise from
doubt In regard to the guilt of the
young man. charged with murdertne
mis- wife of year and the mother of
MS child. The circumstances left no
room for uncertainty about his guilt.
But there was curiosity to see whether
All the twelve men on the virginia
Jury would face the facts squarely ana
do their duty. So long as CAPITAL MN
ishment remains the penalty of muir
oer young men of the BeattIe stripe
VIII do we'll to be on their guard in
virginia. 1t is not a safe place for
dissolute young man to seek to dis
solve his marriage ties with a shot-
gun.-Hartford Courant
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Court Acted wisely

The verdict in the Beattie case is
just what the great majority of people
who have followed the testimony ex-
pected The prosecutor understood the
jury Well when he said that the State
mad good case without the evidence
Oh the uncailed witness who had writ
ten from some point in the West that
ne mad seen the deed done.
II Is seldom that so horrible and
sordid a case occupies the attention
OF the courts. The jury quickly
reached verdict It was out less
than an hour. There was no good rea-
son why 1T should have delfberat ted
longer. The only defense offered was
the story the accused man told. and
that was pretty efrectually riddled by
the cross examination. There were
Inconsistencies in II which he couldn't
explain. His effort 70 do SO only made
1t palmer that he wasn't telling the
truth The blood spots on his clothes,
his statement about the gun and al
legged highwayman, his allowing the
hlshwaymen to escape without making
an effort to detain him. and his asser-
ton that he drove his automobile at
the rate of fifty miles en- hour with
one hand while holding the body of
his wife in his other arm were all so
preposterous that they failed to carry
conviction to any unbiased mind.
The accused man. put on bold front,
and. 1t must be admitted. showed re-
markable nerve on the witness stand,
even under the most severe cross-ex-
animation. but only q man OF iron
nerve. having as he did & wife, young.
beautiful, gentle and aftectionate, could
have lived the life he did for months
and finally committed the horrible
crime of which he has been convicted
There is sympathy for his doting
father and his family, but none for
him. The general feeling will be that
he got his deserts The promptness
with which his appeal for a new trial
was refused shows pretty clearly that
the court had no doubt that justice
had been done by the verdict.-Savan-
nah News
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Beattie and the Governor.

1t is extremely probable that an
appeal Will be made to Governor Mann
Tor clemency in the case of Heary
beattie, Jr. Lawyers Believe that the
prospects of the Supreme Court inter-
ferlnS In the case arr, very remote.-
In case the highest court refuses to!
order q new trial Beattie's only hope
VIII lie In securing pardon from the
Governor or O. Communication of sent
ence. There Is no knowledge, of
course. regarding the probable atti-
tude OF Governor Mann in case he
is presented with q petition for Glenn
ency. Those who know the Governor.
however, Will say that prospects of his
interference is very remote. LAWYERS
say that the record Is singularly free
from apparent error, The prisoner APP
pears to have been given a trial abso-
lutely fair. He was represented by
council as strong as any that could
be procured. The case was worked up
for the defense with extraordinary
diligence and completeness. The fact
that the jury of Virginia farmers, af-
ter seeking the guidance of Heaven
in reaching q verdict, unanimously
voted that Henry Clay Beattie, Jr..
should die for the crime of wife MUIR
der, ..:ost probably would deter Cow
ernor Mann from exercising the par
doning power.
There are many reasons why the
power of pardoning criminals should
be taken away from State executives
The chief among these Is thst 1t is
too grave n responsibility to place on
any one MISUNDERSTANDING Index
Appeal.
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Heavy cotton shipments.

Savannah. Ca, September .O.-With
cargoes of cotton tallying more than
10000 bales. four steamships flying the
British flag cleared from this 2ort to-
day for Liverpool, Bremen and Man
chester. The vessels and their car
goes are Dominion, for Liverpool,
about $4,000 bales; Anglo Bolivian, for
Bremen. 5000 bales; Author, for Man
chester 10000 bales; Meltonian, for
Liverpool, 10000 bales. 1t is declared
in shipping circles that the first half
of this month Will break all records
for heavy early movement
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have already been secured for the meet
ing. The races Will be held at the At
lantn Speedway. probably the best
track in the South.
1t is proposed to start the RACES on
October 81, the date the Gliddenites
are expected In this city on their run
from New York to Jacksonville. Fla.
the route being mapped out for this
year.
Motorcycle races also will be a fea-
ture of the meeting, and it Is stated
that several of the best racers in tho
country have been engaged.
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.Ju.tice In Virginia.

sordid as were Its detailh, the Beat
tie murder trial in Virginia could not
but engage tho close attention OF most
newspaper readers. Observers at this
distance. however. could not antici-
rate that the jury would decide 1t SO
quickly and with such single mind
Tho confusion of evidences, even the
charge of the Judge. which some con-
sidered favorable to the prisoner, di ]
not disturb the twelve men. They had
heard the evidence, they had weighed
1t carefully. It should not be said that
their minds were made UP before they
left the courtroom. But in ffty-eighl
minutes, and on the first ballot, IL the
reports are correct, they hal decided
reasonable doubt guilty. The Ameri-
cIn people have faith in juries. They
grant to the twelve men who sit clos
est to the hearing of the evidence all
credit for knowing best and most
clearly what are the facts presented,
and seldom question their Judgment
when they return a positive verdict.
They will not doubt that now In V,r-
ginia 1ustice has been done. There
viii be, 1T is true. immediate effort
to secure a new trial on technical
grounds. But 1t must seem to those
who have closely observed that the
prosecution has much in reserve, and
the prisoner would be likely to fare
worse IL tried again.
There is one feature Of the action
OF this jury. II reports Of the manner
OF its procedure are not Imaginative
or highly colored. which should be
emphasized before the public, for 1t
goes far to soften the sordidness OF
the crime Itself. 1t is said OF these
twelve men that they prayed that
they might not take a life in vu.n,
and they opened their consciousness to
enc another for nearly an hour SO
that they might go back to the court
room firmly convinced OF their duty
and OF one mind" Here is glimpse of
jury elaboration which seems ideal.
If 1t were generally initiated we might
not have fewer d:sagreements in
juries. perhaps. but the fnding of
every jury in the land would be above
reproach.--New Haven Register.
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A Righteous Verdict.

So prompt decisive and righteous
q verdict as that OF the Jury which
tried Beatt'e brings aense Of satis-
faction and relief. The mans mon
strous crime wes as unnecessary as A,
was unfeeling, as unaccountable as st
was clumsy-a bloody bungle AL.
though almost everybody believed him
guilty, there was lack OF the cir
oumstantial link OF convicting eyi.
dence. Soma 1uries would have Sound
excuse for lodging, giving the man
the benerr of & technical doubt. These
virginia men saw the essential truth
and were not diverted from 1t by sem
tment or irresolution. We suppose
Richmond is not the only city in the
land where young men OF weak and
oepraved lives pass at certain SUI
periclal social value beyond their
merit and are tolerated. even petted,
In spite of the knowledge of their
v lei Jus worthlessness.-wate
(Conn) American. -
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Chain Conclusive.


According to jury Of hardheaded
Virginians. the gentle ma Hnered and
highly Intelligent young man, SO de-
scribed by his eloquent counsel in their
struggle TO save him from the death
penalty. ;s guilty of a crime as lGath-
some as II was cold bloodediy premed-
itated and clumsily executed. He took
the little mother of his child on an
automobile ride. struck her down and
shot her to death with the weapon he
had caused to be purchased by his
cousin. All the evidence was circum-
stantial except the cousins testimony
that Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. had con-
fessed the murder to him. But seldom
Is such a conclusive chain OF circum-
stance linked together to bring TO Jus
tice the author OF a crime that no
others eye beheld in Its actual COM
mission. The mental picture which
was impressed on the Jury by the cir
cumstances, by the confession to the
murderer's cousin and by his own very
lame attempts TO explain away the
shotgun with the absurd ta4e Of
bearded highwayman" must have been
even more vivid and revolving than II
the actual crime had been committed
before their eyes.
TIE living woman In the case, with
whom Beattie was infatuated and who
furnished the motive for the horriry-
ing deed. has come to New York, and
her appearance on the theatrical stage
is threatened. A community which
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Newspapers Commend Jury's Verdict in Beatte Trria

theories: but tho court was indulgent
In this matter to both sides. apparently
to have light thrown on every phase OF
tho case and dispel any dubitation as
to the fairness OF the trial. Tho case
was given a searching out that left
nothing to be desired, and the verdict
doubtless will be accepted with a una
nimity rare, in view of the involved
circumstances surrounding the tragedy
and the Observation-Disclosures Post.
society's Threshold Triumph.
The courts oc Justice and OF public
opinion have admirably vindica ted
themselves. Tho Virginia courts have
decided that Henry C. Beattie, Jr., a
rich mans son, Is murderer and that
ne shall go to the electric chair
Inc courts OF New York have decided
that Geidel. although a boy murderer,
snail go to the penitentiary.
And the high court of public opinion
mas won notable triumph In forbid
Ding that Beulah Binford, the little
wantcn. shall BIO paraded before the
iootiights with decent actresses for the
ooilars that are IN IT, Justice and So
ciety have triumphed over sensational
ISM and maudlin sentimentality.
And now, If philanthropy is looking
TOT its work. let some society test Beu-
ian Binford's sincerity by giving her
quiet chance to reform her life
New York American
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HAsTY BRIDAL TRIP
1t. Consists of Flight to Keep Ahead
of Oficers.

of Officers.
Florence. Ala September 10,-Roy
A. Mcknight. member of prominent
Virginia family was arrested in a
hotel here late last night while pack
ing his grip preparatory to flight He
is wanted in Clinton. S. c.. on forg-
cry charge which. 1t is alleged. was
committed three days before he mar
ried two weeks ago His bridal trip
consisted OF flight through many
States with officers in hot pursuit of
him, Mcknight was placed in Jail,
and will return without requisitlcn
papers. He admitted his Identity.