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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-02
DOCTRINE IS INADEQUATE
II Should he H.onJcued to Meet CUl-
dltiOnh IN NrNiCO.


>. Washington, MAJ THE United
states should reinforce the MonrO"
doctrine or formulate a new one broad
enough to prevent japanese CONNER
c!ai interests from securing control
OF territory about Magdalena Bay, In
the opinion Of Senator'S Lodge. Bacon
and other members OF the Foreign AZ
fairs Committee of the Senate
I'm q debate to-day. following the re-
ceipt o! President Ta!ts message.
transmitting the correspond COW
crin- Japanese activity IN Westcr n
Mexico. leading members OF the Sen :
at- declared tina. the control Of 50
strategic position, even bE commerce q !
interests wholly Japanese in character,
could not BE- permitted without men,
ac!ng the safety OF the United States.
The Magdalena Bay papers were re-
fcrred to the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, which Is 1Uccted 10 consider
tue case with 1t View to outlining the
attitude OF the United States ON the
su ject of the acquisition OF land on
this hemisphere by foreign nations &C
by their subjects.
The Presidents message informed
the Senate that the pepartmcn mt II
state has no evidence whatever ade-
quate to show any acquisition of land
OF any Intention or desire 10 acquire
land. whether directly OF indirectly. in
Mexico b" c! on t:c part Of the I'M
message was IN response 10 a senate
resolution calling for information re-
ra.dlng an alleged purchase OF land
~ Magda!cna Bay by the .Iapanes-
government or by Japanese COM
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have done their best 70 protect tn
national colors.
The trouble started at the concu-
sion Of parade of 5000 rsen and wo-
men. VINO gathered in ,th> park for
speech-making. Red baIners. thu en-
niems Of socialism. alt.ady adorned
the speakers platform. Ind the band
was playing the "Marsanaise." when
me stars and Stripes wire carried to
the stand as the first speaker was
ABOUT TO be INTRODUCED. Instantly
there was the widest e,cltoment
Take that dirty rag down" went
up a cry from tn, crown But those
on the platform held thei- ground. and
some with cooler heads krlsd to quiet
me tumult that had broken out;
we don't recognize that flag" cried
man in front as he Tied to reach
the platform.
Ihat cry was taken up by others, a
number OF whom foughtithcir way to
the platform. Those on the platform
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-02
Underwood Wins In Florida.

Jacksonville. Fla. May With not
more than "a per cent OF the vote in
yesterdays presidential preference
primary reported. earlier figures !ndt:
eating that Oscar Underwood. of Ala :
hama. carried the State by 4 substan.
tial majority over Woodrow Wilson
are unchanged. 1t is claimed his ma
iority will be 900 to 5000 a.
Wilson showed exceptional strength
in the Thiti Congressional District
tPensacolal where incomplete returns
indicate he will receive majority over
Underwood of about 1000. Noth,nS
like definite figures will ne obtainaole
until probably Thursday night.
In the gubernatoriai contest. Park
Trammell. present Attorney General
OF the State. Is leading. with Crom-
we'll Gibbons. of Jacksonville. and for
mer United States Senator W.SH. Mil
ton running closely .or second place.
a second primary probably will he
necessary to decide the race
Claude L'Engle, Of Jacksonville. Is
conceded TO be leading tho ticket for
Congressman-at large. Congre ssman
;. NJ. Sparkrnan will be returned from
the First District: In the Second DIS
trict, Congressman Frank Clark is
leading his opponents. and in the Third
a second primary probably will be
necessary TO decide between Danett
Mays and Emmett Wilson.
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IIIn DccisInn F'innl.

Oyster Bay, v. Y, May i.-Whcp
: &c i.e...d Gac 3iaDsachuSettn dele
Rntes-nt-lnrRe TO the National re-
publican Convention had said that
they would vote for him. despite his
request To the contrary, Colonel
Roosevelt said;
~ have nothing 10 say, except
that I mennt every word TINT ] snid,
md shall do everything possible 10
see TINT my request IL carried out"
Colonel Roosevelt received u large
number of kilograms from Boston
regarding hi. statement TINT he d.
rccfed the delegates IN vote for tho
Pre.ident because Taft had carried
the state In the preferential ballot.
He replied TINT his decision in the
matter was fnnl.
Colonel Roosevelt VIII leave late
Tomorrow for two days of cam
paiSninE In Maryland.
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By GUS AIALBERT.

RevellinS in a vertiable bacchanalia
OF delight. more than eight thousand
lovers OF tho sport which Father
Chadwick helped bring to It's point or
greatest excellence yesterday watched
the United states League break from
its chrysalis and spring into healthy.
fulihlown existence, when Richmond
won over Washington. . to o.
Far more gratifying than the result
Of the game was the character OF
baseball presented, So many adverse
reports had hecn received. so often
had the cry gone forth that the league
could not hope to begin its season. SO
sure We're the opponents to this new
est bidder OF popular favor. that even
the most Optimistic were at times
driven almost to despair. and though
forlorn hope was entertained. that
despite all Of the gloomy predictions
the league might manage to break
through the slough of despond ana ac-
tually begin operations, 1t was hope
born rather Of the wishes of the many
than of any positive belief that the
hope would be realized.
Day Of Retaliation.
Yesterday was the day OF realiza-
ton. 1t was a goody crowd which
iourneyed to Lee Park. 1t was hap
by crowd which returned Gladness,
was writ in large letters otor thu
countenance of every one OF the thou
sands who were out. i. smiling sun.
kindly in its warmth and hestowing
upon the multitudes a sort of mellow
ing influence, managed to break
through threatening clouds and mani
fest his mastery. just as the United
States League billing all attempts at
its undoing bobhed serenely to the top
on schedule time. Richmond was
ready to welcome the league, and
Richmond bestowed only such a well
come as Richmond and its people can
bestow.
Defeat To the visitors was far less
calling III Richmond than in any other
city. They said SO. 1t was not a say
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COLLECTS HER MONEY
Woman Brundi.hcs Knife, and $500 Is
Turned Over to Her.

Chicago. May l.-Alice McMorrow. of
Philadelphia, small anG about thirty
three years old collected $500 to-da V
from Chicago deputy coroner through
the medium of a silver-handlcd knife
She met Deputy Coroner Michael O.
Walsh in the county building. few
words We're spoken ana then onloolS-
ers saw the fash of a knife. Walsh
grabbed the woman. other deputles
separated the two and the woman was
taken to the coroner's offlce. After a
few hours the woman left smiling.
with the knife and $500 in her hand :
bag.
Coroner Hoffman explained that the
woman loaned WALSH $500, whic n
Walsh did not repay.
Il told him to pay the debt or lose
his job said the coroner "IIc paid.
md Alice McMorrow left n note with
me, declaring the debt settled. and re-
ErettinS the circumstances of the
knife"
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SEES MANY ICEBERGS
Steamship Hnvcrford Encounters Grent
Fields of Floating Ice.

Philadelphia. May 1.-The America n
line steamship Haverford arrived to-
day from Liverpool via Queenstown
after a trying passage through a great
held of icehergs encountered not many
miles south OF where the Titanic met
disaster. The floating masses OF leo
were so thickly strewn over the seq
mat captain Evans reduced the speed
OF the steamship to two knots an
hour. MI OF the passengers knew OF
the Titanic disaster. and Captain
Evans, to allay their fears and to pro-
vide against any contingency. had all
the iifeboats swung free on the davts
so that they could be lowered at n
moments notice. one OF the passengers
said he counted last Thursday forty
seven iccberGs
The Havcrford carried o17 cabin and
Gar storage PASSENGERS
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FIGHTING WHITE SLAVERY
Campaign In Nirgiriu and Other Statcs
Already Underway.

Washington. May 1-Attorney- Gen
eral Wickcrsham to-day appointed
Stanley w. Finch. chief Of the Bureau
OF Investigation OF the Department OF.
Justice. 4 special commissioner to
suppress the white slave traffic
Mr.. Finch will begin vigorous cam
paign in every State in the Union for
the determination of the vice He will
cooperate With societies and individ-
uals interested to wipe out the train q
by systematic and comprehensive
plan OF investigation and prosecution
and by placing agents in every State
IN the Union. About 600 special off!
GERS Will be employed in this active
campaign.
y vigorous investigation of condi-
lions in Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
land. North Carolina and the District
OF Columbia already has been started
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Red Banners of Socialism Flung
to Breezes After Fight in
Union Square.

New York. May 1.-The Stars and
Stripes Were torn down and trampled
under foot and a red flag substituted
during fierce fight 1t May day
meeting of the Socialist party and
affiliated unions in Union Square Park
late to-day. That serious panic did
not ensue is believed to have been due
to the fact that thousands of persons
on the outskirts of the crowd did not
know what the trouble was. Respon
s!oility for the tearing down of the
flag is disclaimed by the Socialists
who assert that members o: the In
dustrial Workers OF the World com
mitted the act The Socialist rerre
sentat ivcs on the platform appear to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-02
RUSSIA REMAINS ALOOF
II VIII Not Participate I'm Panama.
Pacific Expositton.

st. Petersburg, May 1.-The Depart
ment for EXposltions of the Ministry
OF Commerce explained to-day that II
has received through the Foreign Of
itce inquiries as TO whether it pro-
Pacific Exposition at san Francisco.
The latest query was from the Aus
trian embassy. In reply, the answer
being made on March 90. ii was
stated that It was not the purpose OF
the Russian government to participate
II was added, however, that this was
IN no sense Il decision, as no Official
invitation for such participation had
been received and consequently the
matter had not been presented 10 the
Minister of Commerce. NJ TINA shoir.
or the Cabinet.
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Boston, May 1.-The refusal OF the
Republican delegates at large TO ac-
cept Colonel RooseYclts decision to-
day that they should vote for Prcsi-
dent Taft at the Chicago convention.
although elected as Roosevelt dele
gates. has further complicated the sit
uation arising from the state pri-
maries yesterday. The situation is
acknowledged by party leaders on
both sides TO be without parallel in
the political history Of the Common
wealth.
The total preferential vote for the
three Republican candidates. with re-
turns from the town of Gosnold still!
missing tonight. was as follows:
La Toilette. 1856: Roosevelt, 7l.153;
Taft. 7i,S0S
Although the Republicans OF the
State selected President TAFT as their
candidate for denomination by a ma
FORTY OF 1865 over Colonel Roosevelt
on the presidential preference ballot
Mt the same time thoy elected by a
decisive vote the entire State OF eight
FORMER President. Colonel Roosevelt
secured ten more delegates in the dis
trict elections, and the President car
ried nine districts. so that Taft and
Roosevelt each have eighteen delegates
from the state to the National Ccnven-
ton.
The Democratic Situation.
A somewhat similar situation was
created on the Democratic ballot
Speaker Champ Clark, who had no
pledged delegates on the ticket. won a
to 1 victory over Governor Wilson in
the presidential preference contest. At
the same time delegates at large
pledged to Governor Foss, of Massa
chusetts were elected to attend the
Baltimore convention, though the
name of Governor Foss did not appear
in the presidential preference column.
Roosevelt followers have announced
their intention of asking recount in
the Eighth District. while the Taft
men will do likewise in the Ninth. on
account of the closeness of the vote.
In his reques: TO the delegates at
large, Colonel Roosevelt declared 1t to
be his wish to abide by the will of
the people. and that therefore the
delegates. though elected as pledged to
him, should vote for Mr. Taft, who
had received the presidential prefer
ence vote. One by one the delegates.
as they were heard from to-day. how
ever, protested that under no crcum-
stances would they cast their ballots
other than they had been pledged.
Charles S. Baxter, who heads the
delegation. said he had always been a
Roosevelt man, was cl Acted as a Roose-
Welt man, and expected to continue a
Roosevelt supporter. Arthur, l. Mason
and George w. Coleman dcclar I'd they
would absolutely refuse to abide by
any such request" James p. MaEGnis
=. took the position that he had bean
elected as Roosevelt delegate. and he
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STONE LECTURES SENATE
Mildly RcproNcr II for Lack OF interest
In TirIn Discussfon.

Washington. May i.-Senator sim
mons TO-DAY concluded his speech in
advocac" OF revision OF the metal
tariff schedule and Notwithstanding 1t
was the first speech OF long series
in the tariff aght. Senator stone found
II necessary 10 lecture the Senate
mildly on IT'S lack Of interest. The
Missouri! Senator could see no reason
FOR continuing the general discussion
except for campaign purposes.
u mad assumed that to he the pur-
pose Of the Democratic Senator'S" e.
marked Senator Gall!nger.
They can pursue that course with
better reason than the Repuhlica.
replied Mr.. stone.
Mr.. Simmons referred to Charles NJ
Schwab as "a petted child Of fortune
and said that he would like 10 see
reduced the eNtortionate profits OBJ
tanned by him through the employ
ment OF horde OF cheap alien labor
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ALL IN READINESS
TOHEAR EVIDENCE
Court Refuses to Adjourn Ate,
Defense Strikes Four Names
From Panel of Sixteen, in
Order That Trial May Be
Expedited-Nine Farm
ers on Jury.
In Hands Of These Men
Rests Floyd Aliens Fate

Following tx the jury In the cnxc
of the Commonwealth va. Floyd
Allen, indicted for the murder of
William VI. Foster. CommonwcnIt
attorney of Carroll county:
George !. Repass, farmer.
j. u. umberEcr, furmcr.
FrnnIS T.. Nelms, merchant.
". VI. buchanan. farmer.
j. STANCES Brown, farmer.
Charles II. BucK. farmer.
Greek Il. james, furmcr.
J. II. Hnrmnn. fnrmcr.
stephen Dournc, fnrmcr.
}. VI. blessing. liverymnn.
&. w. Dickcy. merchant.
W. T. Williams, salesman.
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Democratic Convention opens.

Bridgeport. Conn. May 1.-The DEM
ocratic State Convention. which will Sc
lee; the Connecticut delegation of four
teen TO the Baltimore conv enti0n. was
opened tonight, with Congressman
Thomas l. Reilly. the temporary chair
man. and IA large delegate body in at
tendanc,.
Mr., Reilly in his address. attacked
the position of the Republican party on
the tariff question and declared thai.
there was industrial and social unrest
in the country. which could b. rene
died only by returning the Democrats
to full power.
der to select convention COMMITTEES
members. whose names were reported
back again and then the convention
recessed until morning. District con-
ventions followed to select names for
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Big River Now Rushing
Through Break
at Torras.
RICH TERRITORY
IN GRAVE DANGER
Thousands Of Victims Are Added
to List of Homeless, and in
Section Sixty Miles Long
Peope Are Being Driven
to Higher Ground
for Safety.

Torrns, I.n., May lat 1880 o'clock
Tonight the crcNnsrc water hnd reached
Lettsvo-th. the first town in its pnth
about eight miles snnth of Turras and
WAS in sight of BIenvcnuc. The two
toWns and Smlthlnnd. n smnlI town on
the river eight miles south. will he
Inundated by morning. At II O'Clock
there WINS foot md n half of wntcr
IN Torrus's streets.
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UNCLE SANS DEFICIT
Treasury shows SI..5SO,0G0 on Wrong
Side of Ledger.

SiUc OF LtuEcr.
Washington. May 1.-The deficit OF
the Federal Treasury for the current;
fiscal year is sl2.5S0,o00. y month ago
il was 50 900. while at the close of
April last year the government had
a surplus of sI,552.ooo.
The receipts for the month OF April
were $5S.$06.o goo. while the dishursc-
ments reached Sj5.95t.00o a deficit for
ceipts exceeded expenditures by s1o.-
63S.000.
Available cash in the working bal
against S70.7s9,O00 at the end of Marcr..
The total balance in the general
fund is $l25. 1000. while on Apr;! l
the amount was $l3l.53f.000. The to-
tai cash in the Treasury at the open
ing OF business to-day was 1920. 900.
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FIVE BURNED TO DEATH
Men Killed When STANDARD OIL Barge
EypIOdcS.

Explodcs.
Cleveland, O., May Five men, all
employees of the Great Lakes Towing
Company. were burned to death, and
damage estimated at $4,000 was done
TO boats and gasolene on the docks
when STANDARD oil barge exploded
late to-day.
The barge, which was at the Jcf-
ferson Avenue docks on the Cuyahoga
River. was being filed with gasolenc
from 10000 gallon tank on the bank.
Leaking oil on the surface of the river
was ignited. settling fire to the barge.
\ terrific explosion Immediately fol-
lowed
The men killed were caulking an
other barge alongside and were en-
veloped in the flames.
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WASHINGTON.

Summary. Sacrifice hit-HoHman.
Two bnsc hits-McFarlnnd CT,
Newnhnm. Tohin, bowling. stolen
hascs-o'Hnre, Bowling. Double
plaEs-Newnham to Prput to No.
hannah, Blue to Bohnnnan to Blue.
Bnscs on balIs-oF Taylor. =; on
PfeTer, 8. Left on bases-Rich-
mond, los Washington, 4. Struck
out-by Taylor, 8, by Prefer, 4.
Time of game, 1:45. Umpire, Grnss-
meyer.
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PREDICTS CIVIL WAR
Sir Robert Finlny Secs Disaster In
Home Rule IJlll.

Rome ituic blll.
London. May 1.-The debate on the
home rule bill was resumed In the
House OF Commons this afternoon. Sir
Ro.~crt tinlay, Unionist member for
EdinborOIgh ana s. Andrews Uni
versities. character Zed the present bill
as the worst OF the three home rule
measures. and rtdiculed the idea tina {
it's sponsors could succeed where Glad
stone failed twice.
In the case Of Ulster. ne maintained
that the county was ten times stronger
than We're the american Colonies in
the eighteenth century and said II the
government forces the bill throuch h
it would mean civil war. Cri;icizinE
the financial provisions of tie meas
ure. sir Robert found the cardinal
objection in ~ proposal to set up
customs barriers between England aud
Irela/d. and described IL as a most
reirogrAhe and Disastrous stop.
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TOBACCO PLANT SOLD
strathrr Brothers Company Dtsposcs
OF Holdings for 100000.

Louisville. Ky. May 1.-The hurley
Tobacco Company to-day bought for
upwards OF $500 900 cash the plan; ana
good Will of the Strather Brothers
Company. IL tobacco manufacturing es-
adjustment here II will he operated
under the name OF the Strather Broth
crs Hranch Of the hurley Tobacco
COMPANY, and 1t Is said Will not inter.
fcre with the plans for she construc-
tion i'll Lexington, Ky, OF large fac
tory.
Both will be conducted under the
year pooling plan of the Burlcv
Tobacco Society, an organization Of
Kentucky Burley tobacco growers with
which the Rurley Company Is nllied
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Diy;dend Declared.

New York, May Tho directors of
The American Tobacco Company voted
to-day to pay on June / a quarterly div
idend of i-2 per cent. on the com
mon stock. the first dividend declara-
ton since the reorganization OF the
company.
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RESULTS YESTERDAY

Richmond, .; Washington, o.
Cleveland. =; Pittsburg, IL.
Cincinnnti. 4; Chicago, s.
New York, 10; Reading, 10 Ucn
inninEsl.
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EXPRESS TRAIN DITCHED
Jumps Track In suburb of Paris NIL
Is Piled Up In Nondbcd.

Parts, MAY 1.-The Calais and Lon
don Express which left the Northern
Railway station at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. jumped the track at ST.
Denis. a suburb of Paris, and piled up
in the roadbed
Three persons were injured. one Of
them seriously.
The nifty passengers had narrow
escape from death. All the cars with
the locomotive left the tracks The
accident WAS due TO IL defective rail-.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Washington nj Itichmond.
PitfsburE mt Cleveland.
Chicago mt Cincinnati.
Reading mt New York.
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Condition Much I,nnrovcL

:. Paris. May 1.-The condition Of Jules
Nedrines. who fell with his acroplane
ana suffered injuries while dying over
81. Denis on Monday. showed marked
Improvement to-day.
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vASTCROWDSEES
0PE N ING GAME
IN l. 5. LEAGUE
Richmond Wins From
Washington, Pleas
ing Multitudes.
NEWNHAM'S 'REBS'
PROVE GREAT HIT

Fast and snappy Play Marks
First Encounter-Baseball
Played With Brains as Well
as Hands-Real Professional
Baseball Re-Enters After
Lapse of Years.
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Country Is Inundated.

on 10 the Rescue.
Baton Rouge. May IA small fleet
of boats for the rescue of flood vic
Tins and livestock were dispatched
Continued on Second Pagc.)
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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-07-26

There is widespread impression.
that the Republican convention OF
1880, which on the thirty sixth
ballo gave James A. Garfield
399 votes and the nomination,
was the longest drawn out of any
in the history of American pc
litical parties. This IS al error.
The Convention which met at
Charleston on the 23d of April,
1860. with full delegations from
every State in the Union, took
fifly-seven ballots without reaching
a decision, owing to the two third
vote. Many delegates having
seeded and held another convent
ion in the same city which later
adjourned to Richmond, Va, the
regular Democrats themselves ad
journed to meet again at Baltimore
There, on June IS, they reassem-
bled and on the first ballot, gave
Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois.
the nomination. Fitty-seven, not
thirty-six, ballots is the record.