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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
MAY Be
B|NGHAMT0N man
IN LUCID MOMENTS APHAStA
VICTIM MENTIONS THAT
NEW YORK TOWN.

Believing that the young aphasia
victim. held at the city Jail where
he was removed from the Memorial
Hospital Saturday after he became
violent. and who has given the names
of Thomas Williams and Thomas
Haskins might possibly have been Il
Binghamton man on his way to Pet
crsburg, resident of the latter city
called at police headquarters yester-
dav and was sent to the city jail to
see II he could identify the man. His
name was not taken and II is not
known whether he identified the man.
or not.
According to the story he told Clerk
Toler, however. he had been expect
ing visit from a man from bing-
hanton who had writtn him several
letters stating the day he would ar
rive In Petersburg. The day he was
to arrive In Petersburg correspondent
with the day the aphasia victim fell
from q Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac train. at Ashland. and was
subsequently brought TO the Memorial
Hospital.
During his lucid moments he has
mentioned Bingnamton. and also
Chief of Police Ragland. Of Peters
burg He told the hosnitai attaches.
however. that his home was In Cham
bersburg. Pa. Captain of Detectives
McMahon will wire Chief Ragland. of
Petersburg, this morning. and endeav-
or to ascertain whether or not the
young man in the city Jail is known
in that city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
URGES NEED OF GOOD
MEN FOR BOARD

The importance Of getting the best
available men to constitute Rich
mond's administrative board under
its new form OF government and the
necessity Of citizens, and young men
especially, seeing to 1t that they are
qualified to vote. were Ut essed in an
address which l.. z. Morris made last
night ut the jefferson Hotel to the
Richmond Chapter Of the American
Institute Of Banking. Mr.. Morris Was
a member OF the joint committee OF
citizens and Representatives Of the city
government which drafted the new
form OF government. and he gave last
night q thorough exposition Of the
principal features OF the commission
form.
state Bank Examiner G. c. Barks-
dale spoke on recent legislation az
fecting his department and other mat
ters incident To- his work.
Young men, particularly those who
have recently become OF age. were
urged BY Secretary &. r. WAiford,
III. OF the Haslnass Mems Ctab TO-
qselaSy ana w Jge axe ;to vote "
f&0S ceta t. nsx 4! B
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
FRANKLIN TO Be
CHIEF WITNESS.

Los ANGELES. CAL. Feb. 27.-
District Attorney John d. Fredericks
today made the positive announcements
that Bert II. Franklin. former MsNa-
mara detective, will be the States star
witness against Clarence s. barrow.
who is charged with bribery.
This announcement followed the en-
tering of plea OF guilty today by
Franklin TO a charge of corruptiOn
and bribey in the Robert Balm case.
Fredericks futher stated that COM
plete confession has been secured from
Franklin who will take the stand At
the trial of MIR. barrow. and tell fully
of his part in the alleged attempt to
bride jurors in the Mcnamara case.
For his complete confession and In
light of the fact that the George M.
Lockwood bribery charge will hang
over his head. Franklin will be PERI.
mitted to pay a fine of $4,000.
Coupled with the entering of & plea
of guilty by Franklin today. was q
decisive victory won by the barrow
defense when the Chicago attorney
appeared before Judge Hutton in the
Superior Court to have his case set
down for trial. Judge Hutton. follows
ing a conference with the judges OF
the District Court of Appeals. and q
careful study Of the law governing the
taking of evidence before a grand jury.
reversed his former decision following
that of the Supreme Court. and caused
an order to be issued directing the dis
trict attorney to furnish the defense
with complete transcript OF the evil
dence. Later. however. Judge Hutton
suspended this order until o'clock t0-i
morrow afternoon. to give the dis
trict attorney time in which to decide
upon a future course of action. At 4
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon the order
1neo into effect
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
REPORT TODAY ON
INSURANCE BILL
PATRONS OF SEVERAL MEAS
AGREE On ONE INTRO
DUCED BY MIR. BLANKS.

After four hearings, the last OF
which was concluded last night. the
Senate Committee on Banking and
Insurance Will this morning report On
a bill TO break up tie alleged insur-
ance trust in Virginia. a subcommit-
tee named last night will report to
the committee this morning at III
% o'clock.
Five bills. all similar. have been
considered Last night patrons OF all
the bills agreed on one introduced oy
Mr.. Blanks. This was argued.
Commonwealth Attorney Berke-
ley. of Newport News, who convicted
insurance companies In the Police
Court of Newport News of com binins
To raise rates. was heard for the bin
Several insurance men spoke
against all the measures. One de-
clared the Blanks bill was useless. be-
cause it could not be enforced. The
measure provides that persons who
consider they have been overcharged
may appeal to the State Insurance
Commissioner. who may fix rate II
he considers the one in question ex-
tortioAate.
II was declared that II insurance
companies we're hailed before the com
missioner they could refuse to grant
a renewal and thus escape the law.
Mr.. Berkeley seized upon this 70 show
that the average citizen is in the grasp
Of the alleged trust and cannot make
a contract except at the company
rates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
OLD-T|ME REMEDY
.DARkEAS THE HAIR
Gives Color, Lustre to Faded
and Gray Hair-Dan-
dru,f Quickly Re-
moved

For generations Sage and sulphur
have been useu tor nair ana scalp
troubles. Almuet every one knows ti,a
value Of sucn q comu4nAtlon Ior keep
Ing the hair a good even color. for
curing danuruff. itchinx soap ana
falling hair. and for promoting the
glowth OF the hair. Aears ago the
only way to get Hair Tonic OF this
kind was to make II in the home.
which as troublesome and not always
satisfactory. Nowadays. almost any
up.to- date druggist can supply hts
patrons with q ready-to-use product.
skillfully prepared In perfectly. equip
ped laboratories.
An ideal preparation Of this sort
II Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy. in which Sage and Sulphur
are combined with other valuable renl-
edies for scalp troubles and thin. weak
hair that IL losing its color or COM
Ing out. After using this remedy Tor
q few days, you will notice the color
gradually coming back, your scalp VIII
feel better, the dandrun will soon be
gone. and in less than q months time
there will be q wonderful difference In
your hair.
Don't neglect your hair II It II fun
az dnndrufY. losing its color or corn.
ing out. Get a ifty cent bottle Of
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur from your
druggist. ana zee what = few days
treetmeilt will do for you. ~ drux,
eists ssll Il. nn6sr ganrantee tnas
49, a,olgoY VII W fok9noed Va ~
81 1of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
AS ENGLISH PAPER
SEES ROOSEVELT

LONDON. Feb. 27.-The Evening
Standard, in Its editorial notes. under
the heading. "Roosevelt's Mistake"
says:
I'VE have too much respect for
Roosevelt to feel very enthusiastic
over his action In throwing his hat
into the ring and opposing Taft for
the Republican nomination Tor the
presidency. Taft has increased In
popularity since he went TO the White
House. and Roosevelt has Junt A.
steadily lost ground. He u not try
inr the game Of desperate mon. He
Is flooding the country with buttons
bearing inspiring catchwOrdn. which
he hopes Will sweep the country. It
looks AZ though It will al be 70 no
purpose. He has 1the pres dead
against him. largely on account Of
his broken pledge never 10 b. can
didate for the presidency again. but
aiso because II 10 recognised that he
il sliding into the position Of = Wild
man from the woQdp. HI ~ ~
much chanee 81 def4aaIpg Iaft ~ tho
chi19 rahbl ~ ~ Hs ut I,
~ IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
JulR[z OCCUPIED
BY REBEL FORCE

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killing of four American cowboys
while defending the Morris ranch.
A feeling OF relief is evident In Of
fetal circles over the fact that Juarez
surrendered to the rebels without a
bloody fight, and that this important
strategic point IL occupied by an or
eanized force with which the army
officers may treat.
Juarcx Falls.
Colonel Steever, in command of the
troops at Ell Paso. was the first to-
day to notify the War Department OF
the faff or Juarez- In a brief dis
patch received shortly after ! o'clock.
he said that the Campo army. or
about 500 men, entered Juarez with
out resistance, and took possession or
the city. The small Federal force
surrendered with a salute OF honor.
A little later the American consul
at Juaraz wired the State Department
as follows: ~. .-.-.e -
''Cuidad Juarez peacefully surren-
iered at 10 A. NJ today to General
Campo. with 500 men. Good order
prevails"
This information came Just at the
end OF cabinet meeting. when the
whole Mexican situation was can
vassed, and Secretary Stimson advised
by the President to use any force
at his command to guarantee the
safety of the Americans in Ell Paso.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
RAYNER GOES FOR
COLONEL SPEECH
HE ADVOCATES MOST
DANGEROUS DOCTRINE EVER
BROUGHT FORWARD.

WARRINGTON. Feb. 27.--Reversai
of judicial decisions by popular vote.
as proposed by former President
Roosevelt In his Columbus address last
week, was denounced in the Senate
today by Rayner. OF Maryland. as the
most dangerous doctrine ever brought
forward by any one who has the
slightest regard for the stability or
our Institutions, and whose opinion Is
entitled to any weight or respect"
Senator Rayner said that in dis
cussing the former president he did
not speak as a partisan. because ne
believed the Republicans could nomi-
nate no man who would be easier to
defeat
I'm this address Of the former pres
ident." said the senator. there are
number OF suggestions. such as the
election of senators by the ~eople ana
primary elections for the nomination
Of political candidates, with which !
entirely agree. What l desire to call
attention to today Is IA unique ana
original conception which he advanced
upon the occasion and which quote
literally. as follows:
THE decision of State court on
a constitutional question should De
subject to revision by the ~aople oil
the state
Mr. President. II a proposition OF
this sore had ben advanced by an
ordinary agitator or by an anarchist
no attention would be paid to 1t: the
peopI would understand that II was
Utterly meaningless. and 1t would In
voive no actual danger to the republic.
We must realize. however. That this
liz the utterance OF political leader
who occupies toda" as prominent
place %l,efere- the public rs a-v one in
the country, who Is gifted with ire
menduus power. who commands --r~+sf
popularity. and who for seven wears
occupied the position of pr sident OF
the United States, and who Is now
candidate again for the office.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
COLLEGE MERGER
GETS BLACK EYE
HOUSE COMMITTEE INDEFINITELY
DEFERs ACTION ON PLAN
EoR AMALGAMATIoN.
OBSTACLES IN THE WAY
If PROJECT WE'RE CONsUMATED,
IT'S SAID L. VA. MEDICAL EN-
DowMENT WOULD DE
CuT OFF.

The House Committee on Schools
and Colleges last night indefinitely
postponed the bill having for its OBJ
Ject the amalgamatiou of the Uni
versity College of Medicine, the Med
ical College of Virginia and the medi-
cal department of the University Of
Virginia. For some time there has
been a movement on foot looking to
an amalgamation of all these insti-
tutions into one great medical uni
Nersity. but the House committee did
not enthusc over the proposition. only
one member favoring il In the ar
guments In executive session.
Obstacles in Way.
1t is understood that one of the
chief obstacles in the way of moving
the medical department of the Unit
versitr of Virginia from Charlottes-
vile lies In the fact that several
chairs os that department are heavily
endowed. and this revenue would be
cut off were the department trans
fcrred To Richmond, where it Is pro-
posed to locate the great medical uni
versity.
Dr. Lambeth. former physical di-
rector at the Univ ersity of Virginia.
row a professor in the medical de-
= IiarftnaR3 WAS la town last Saturday
getting pointers on the OIL. Nniie
the doctor was at the Capitol he was
authenticated hy- Mrs-I,- T. -AI+HfeFti,
who gave him to understand thu the
women were just as determined as
ever to have n coordinate college for
women established in vi gsnia-
Involves Hospital Project.
Refusal of the House committee
last night 10 take action on the medt-
cal college merger bill is Of consid-
cradle interest locally, In view of the.
fact that the proposition figures in the
plan for the city TO take over Memo
rial Hospital. the statement having
been made at a recent meeting or
Council committees ou the subject
that the merger would most likely be
FASTENED if the city took charge Of
this hosnital. thus aaording larger
opportunity for clinics and general
surgical work.
The Wiileroy bill TO increase To a
maximum Of $40 "a year the salaries
of school trustees was favorahiy re-
parted hy the same House COMMITTEES
last night. but the bill to give the
clerks of school boards per cent. Of
The funds dssbursed was Indefinitely
postponed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
GIRL CONFESSES
SW0RE FALSELY

Especial to The Richmond Eirginian.p
BRISTOL, VA, Feb. GA sensa
ton developed at Jonesville. Va. this
afternoon when Miss Jennie Lloyd,
member of highly-respected family
of that section. confessed that she
swore falsely in the trial of hyatt
Siemp last week, which resulted In
Slemp being sentenced to six years in
the Virginia penitentiary or the muir
der of Cleveland Luton. Miss Lloyd
pleaded that she be allowed to go to
the penitentiary to serve the sentence.
The confession came as complete
surprise, as the girl had been prob
ably the strongest witness against
young Slemp. who Is a relative OF
Congressman c. B. Slemp. a son of
Postmaster Slemp. OF Pennington
Gap, and a member of well-known
family. Slemp and Litton were rivals
for the affections of Miss Lloyd. The
confession will be used in an effort
to have Governor Mann pardon young
Slemp. The trial attracted much at
tenticn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

of the measure hypnotism may be
practiced only by a licensed ply
stefan.
Chicken BQl Passcs Housc.
What In known as the chicken
bill." one OF the pet measures of Mr..
Throckmorton, OF Henrtco. passed
the House yesterday. 1t happened
to be reached upon the calendar when
the gentleman from Henrico was oc-
,cupylng the speakers chair. Mr..
White, OF Rockbridge. who sits next
to the gentleman from Henrico, I'M
dertook to fight the matter out for
the patron, who. he said. had been
trapped into the chair. He declared
that the bill should become a law IN
the interest of religion. as 1t was a
severe strain on ones religion to have
the work OF a day in the garden
scratched up by a neighbor's chickens.
The bill is a local option measure and
only becomes effective when the SUI
pervisors of counties or the councils
OF towns adopt 1t, 1t Is designed
to give an adequate remedy against
all kinds of trespassing fowl. 1t was
duly passed.
Enabling Act Nearing Tonight.
The closing arguments will be
heard before the Senate Committee
on Privileges and Elections on the
Enabling Act tonight. when each
side will have one hour. 1t Is gen
orally believed that the committee
will make a prompt report on the
measure to the Senate and that a
vote will be taken at a comparatively
early day.
Governor Gets Uneasy.
With less than two weeks of the
session left and both Senate and
House calendars full, the Governor on
YESTERDAY felt 1t incumbent upon him
to address communication TO the
Assembly calling attention to the
more important legislation which the
interests of the State demand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
POLICE SEARCH
FOR SIR" HARRY
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was counting Miss Meibrath. who was
heiress to an estate of $4,000.
Ii is believed by the police of San
Francisco that the marriage would
have been performed with Formally
in the bride home had not the doc
tor" been afraid OF the discovery Of
the forged check.
When he vanished there was an inn
mediate investigation OF his record.
1t was learned that he had been rerre-
senting himself as an English noble
man. "Sir Harry Cooper" who had
private reasons for travelling tncog-
nito in America.
Has Varied Career.
II was-alsn learned, that upon his
departure for the seven year so3ourn
in prison. Sir Harry had admitted
that he had married six women. There
were several in Australia; one In Can
ada, and two In San Francisco.
Burglary. forgery and fraud had
been among the complaints made
against the captivating doctor" dur
ing his dashing youth. He had been
arrested for higamy, counterfeiting.
cashing worthless dwrafts. and swind-
ling Otherwise. his record was clean.
Immediately nationwide search
for him and the girl he had duped
was begun. 1t was learned four days
ago that he WIS on his way to New
York. The police have been on the
Qui vive ever since, Whether thew
found the man or not. they refused
to say late tonight.
A dispatch received this evening
from Gary, Ind. the home OF the
swindler's latest bride. stated that Ben
Milbrath. her brother. had left town
on search for the doctor" and the
girl.
'Tll kill him on sixht.' Milbrath IL
reported to- have said to his friends
ys.tsss hs. tsapaytesi- - -,sS'.S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
WOMEN. WILL PRAY -sss.-.-s
FOR ENABLING ACT

Special prayers FOR the fate of the
Jordan enabling act will be offered
at meeting of the Woman's Tenn
perance League Of America at the
leagues headquarters this afternoon
on South Third street.
The service will last from 3 to !
r. NJ. and will be led by Mrs. Ida
Hilty, special commissioner OF the
American Volunteers, who IL spending
a few days in Richmond.
The women. though confident the
bill will run the gauntlet OF the SEN
ate safely, feel that its course will be
rendered all the more certain II they
invoke the special aid OF Providence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
M0REH 40 ON HAND
FOR BIC PON-NOW

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.)
RALEIGH. Feb. 27.-Chairman j.
Motley Morehead. of the North Caro-
lima Republican state Committee. the
head Of the off1ceholding or Taft
wing of the party. arrived In Raleign
from his home in Rockingham coun-
ty today to preside over a meeting
of the Republican State Executive
Committee here tomorrow to f1x the
date and place Of the Republican
State convention.
The meeting Will be followed by
a big political banquet at night. 1T
IL said about 500 Republicans from
various quarters of the State will at
tend the banquet Marion Butler.
former United States senator. who
now practices law in Washington, but
figures still in North Carolina poll
tics, is among those who will arrive
early tomorrow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
BRANDT TO GET
FREEDOM TODAY

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Fo!kes E.
Brandt. the Schiff ex-valet, will be
released from the tofnhs tomorrow
morning on bail in accordance with
the writ of ~habcas corpus sustained
by Supreme Court Justice Gerard
Mirabeau l.. Towns, Brandts attor-
ney, said tonight that the Illinois
Surety Company was ready TO post
the $4,000 bail To cover the charge OF
burglary, and that the bond Of $500
for the felonious assault charge would
be forthcoming early tomorrow.
Mr.. Towns also stated that Brandt
will be kept in hiding while he Is at
liberty. He will appear before the
grand jury on Thursday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
COLONIES FIGHT
TURNS on SOUTH
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ers admit of Roosevelt getting the
majority of the States delegates to
Chicago.
Roosevelt vociferously denied today
published reports that he had told
callers that President Taft ought not
be reelected as he ID too conserva-
tive.
Il never made any such statement"
insisted the rough rider. Il will not
be drawn into any reflection upon the
President. It's got to be fair fight"
he said. For my part will not have
It any other way"
The colonel leaves here tomorrow
for New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
HOUSE MAY PASS
ByAO BILL TO-DAY
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mond. against a bill drawn by City
Attorney IA. X. Pollard and mao
duced by Mr.. Watts. OF Roanoke, to
allow any city or town In the State
10 employ Temporarily compete ni
person to perform the duties OF any
once created by the charter or the
ordinances of the said cities or towns.
Mr. Dreamer objected to the meas
ure az being the same in intent as
the bill introduced In the House early
In the session, having as its object
the permitting of the employment by
the city of R4chmona of a gentleman
living in Barton Heights to manage
an important interest of the city. This
HfII Is now tied up In senate com
mittee. The bill was lost by At vote
of 35 ayes to 81 noes, failing To get
the constitutional two-fifths vote
Mr. Montague declared that a Chin
ese wall was being built around Rich
mond in SO far as the employment
of experts was concerned. MIR. Watts
insisted that the measure was good
one.
MIR. CreRmer read the resolutions
adopted by the City Council of Rich-
mond ON the 9Th of February. pro-
testing against the original Montague
measure. which permitted CITY to
resident thirty days.
The House. after passing the meas
ure. at the request of Mr.. Cox. who
had not participated in the fray. re-
considered the vote and the matter
will come up again.
Four Year Bill Twisted
A measure that had general appro-
baton. but which got so. twisted In
certain amendments that had been
a. A..
certain as 10 the progTrr course. 70
Z pursue with reference 10 n. was the
Bell local option bill, making local
ontion elections four years apart In
stead OF two years. lis at present. II
. was the intent OF the patron to amend
Il 50 that cities and towns which
have had vote recently might have
another vote in two years from the
date of the last election. and after
that the four-year rule would apply
10 them. Under the reading OF the
amendment however. some thought
that the measure rermitted."wets to
force an election ON a dry town in
two years. but that the "drys" did
not have the same opportunity. The
/ House voted to dismiss the bill. and
the law will remain as II Is. although
the four.year idea seemed to meet
with general approval
Question OF Eminent Domain.
According to statement made by
i weil-known lawyer yesterday the
passage OF Senate bill No. l7s. which
confers the right upon a private corr
poratton or person to condemn right
AZ way through the lands Of another,
will mean q lot OF fat fees for the
lawyers. The law. as amended. seems
not to be unreasonable. although 1t
would seem that II really does confer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
THIS BILL MAKES
RADICAL CHANGES
LAW PROVIDING FOR
OPTIONAL COMPULSORY
EDUCATION.

One OF the most radical changes in
matters proposed this ses-
sion has taken form in bill which
was reported out Of the House Com
mittee on Schols and Colleges last
night.
1t was the bill OF Messrs. Walton
which permtta communities to estab.
Iish q local compulsory education 80
tom for themselves. This law has
been In force about four years and
during the past year the cities Of Har-
risonburg and Lynchburx have adopt
ed the system.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
CAPTAIN Rarfoot Better.

Captain Barfoot, OF the First dis
trict, who has been under the weather
for several weeks. owing to n fall
was reported last night as being on
the road to recovery. 1t Is likely
that he will be able to report for
duty within a week or so. In the
meantime Sergeant Holdcroft Is act
ing captain in the First district.