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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
NEGRO BROWNS
:. IN JAMES j RIVER
LADS COMPANIONS ARE TOO
TERRIFIED TO RENDER HIM
ANY ASSISTANCE.

PERCY Harris Il negro youth. was
drowned about AS O'Clock yesterday
afternoon when in swimming with a.
number II his comrades in James river
rear the free BRIDGE IT Is said the boy
was taken with the cramps when i'll q
pool nine feet deep. When he found
himself sofsfr tnder tfe -rcrestrs1cd for
help. hut the boys in swimming with
him we're too terrified 10 20 10 his as
sistance.
Before AIRY. a ss.isiaa neg csatiI@ ss sslAr
tanned the negro boy had gone under
for the last time. After he had been
under the water for about 80 minutes
he was ilnali, dragged out by Isaac
Young another negro,
oficer w NJ. Angel vas on the
scene soon after the accident. He sent
a message TO Coroner Taylor.
The body WAS put in charge of a.
T.. Price. undertaken.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
EXPECT INQUIRY
TO START TODAY
GRAND JURY SCHEDULED 10
PROBE RECENT PRIMARY
ELECTION SCANDAL.
HICKS TO THE FRONT
MEMBER OF CITY COMMITTEE DI-
RECTED TO LAY BARE
FACTS-T. w. FOLkES
5 =
UNDER FIRE

Investigation Is expected TO be be-
gun today by grand jury in Hastings
Court into tho recent primary cleo
E ton scandal at Second precinct. JEFF
ferson ward, where r. w. Folkes, JAM
itor at the First Regiment Armory,
and city employee was detected in
the act of tampering with a stray bal
lot.
Mr.. Foxes does nor deny having the
ballot In his possession. He admits
having torn off the top OF the ballot
which he threw into the gutter near
the polling booth while he marked the
other part as guide for w. A. Evans,
voter. at that precinct.
The unscratched names on the bal
e lot proved to be those of u. Gallagher.
+. C. Dawson, Joseph u. Welsh, John
q A. Selph. w. f. sullivan.
r. G Hicks. sergeant at arms OF the
city Democratic committee, has been
directed by the committee to appear
before the grand jury and present all
Z the facts and evidence in his posses
sion. He was superintendent of JEFF
ferson ward the day Of the primary.
ofifCiats as Witne~ses.
Among the other witnesses will be
the three officials at the election pre-
cinct. They are r. P Brophy, r. c,
: Dixon. and l.. j. winder.
These officials may also have TO ex-
plain why It became necessary for the
. city committee TO hold up the report
of their returns for several hours af-
ter the others had been announced at
Murphys tho night of the primary.
Is Law Sufficient:
Lawyers who have recently exam
ined the statutes seriously question
whether primary election offenders
may be convicted and punished un-
der the law now in effect II is de-
clared, however that the Byrd Law.
which goes into effect June II, Will
be able to take care of primary ir-
reguiariries after that date. even
though 1t Was mutliated almost be-
yoDd recognized by the Virginia Sem
ate before Il finally passed muster at
the last session of the Legislature.
owing To the IA =. that r. w Foikes
Is relative of States Attorney
= -,tth - That r,tfivtuiv-is expected II
step aside TODAY and allow someone
else TO Conduct the primary probe.
Recently, II Is said. criminal AZ
-tha bar In the Musings Court sue
ceeded in having Mr.. FoIkes ruled ont
as membe, Of the petit jury because
nc was kinsman Of The attorneys
for the Commonwealth.
II Is anticipated that Captain
Charles F. Taylor. president OF the
BOARD OF Fire Com r,isstoners and a
veteran In grand fHry service. viii
head the inquisitoria1 body.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
Hanpden Sidney.

fSpecial to The Richmond Virginian.)
HAMPDEN-S SIDNEY. VA. May s.
Mrs Morton Holiday and mother.
Mrs. r. NJ. venabie. have gone to
Washington to attend the marriage OF
Mrs. Helen Lea and Vernon d. Vena-
bic. Mrs. Lea, IL well known In Rich
mond. and the marriage will be mat
ter Of interest to her many friends
there and elsewhere. The groom II OF
Farmville. and they will make their
home Just on the outskirts OF that
town, where Mr.. Yenable has. m ~.
txActtTs egtatA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06


Tonight the people Of Richmond will
have an opportunity to witness Will
lam Gillette S greatest success, ''Clar-
ice at the Academy. 1t Will he pre-
sented by Lucille La Verne and her
company Of players. E4asieee served
Gillette for two years, in both New
York and London and he Will he per-
fectly willing to admit that IL was to
Lucille La Verne az much as to any
other source that the success OF the
comedy can be attributed As Aunt
Judith Clancy. the negro nanny,
Miss La Eerene gives an interpreta-
ton Of darky role such as Is sell
dom seen on any stage. In the words
of one Of her darsy critics. she talks
more like a nigger dem L niger does-
like hissef'. " Hal Castle will he seen
In the part created by Mr.. Gillette
while Parke Patton vii portray
Marie noros part.
George Sidney at the Bijou.
George Sidney and Mrs. Sidney.
known 9in.s Ypabfic and 4sr@fessitssraf
circles as Carrie Weber. arc in the
city. stopping al Murphy's.
They are here for the purpose OF
presenting al the Bijou Thaater all
this week their melodramatic musical
nlelange. with operate interpretations
and a little comedy. The title of tho
admixture is Busy Icy"
George Sidney Is the funmaker. He
Is usually surrounded b. other fun
makers. and his manager. Frank
Whitbeck. says there are some others
this time, Miss Whher Ia a, beautiful
woman and coincidence with n voice.
There are also some pretty chorus
girls and other accessories that go to
make success and go TO please theatcr-
goer~.
1t is useless to suggest that lovers
of fun go TO the Bijou this week. for
every time George Sidney comes here
they all go.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
On Tuesday, May 7
1912,
Commencing at 1900 A. VI.

Various lots OF dry goods. clothing,
rugs. druggets. furniture, hardware and
miscellaneous articles OF every descrip-
tion.
The public are requested TO attend.
Elevated seats provided for ladies and
special ae commoda ton will be afforded
out of town buyers for shipping goods
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co.
l.. L. SCHERER,
General Claim Agent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
BOUND OVER TO
CIRCUIT COURT
CoUONER's JURY HOLDS SEVEN
TEEN-YEAR-OLD BoN FOR
KILLING GAY.
RELEASED ON BOND
WITNESS DECLARE OLDER MAN
HAD BEEN DRINKING AND
pfcKED QUARREL WITH --
WITH SAUNDERS.

Especial TO The Richmond Virgtnian)
EMPORIA, VA, May 5.--Dr. Lu-
Glen ISoften, county coroner for
GreensvilIo county. and jury went
into thorough investigation of the
cause of the death of w. Frank Gay,
merchant. who was killed 10y John
Il. Saunders, 17-year-old youth, Fri
Gay right. After all the evidence was
H. the Jury decided that Gay came to
his death from a stab wound two
inches above his heart, with some
sharp instrument In the hands OF
Young Sau aders.
The case was brought before JUS
tice, and K. G. Palmer, counsel for the
defense, waived trial. and the case
was sent on to the next term OF ths
Circuit Court. Saunders having been
put under bond of $500.
The boy seems to regret the affair
a great tieai and his father. Officer
j. w Saunders, highly respected
citizen and constable, seems to be al
most crushed.
Before the Coroners Jury.
J. $. Taylor testified before the
coroner's jury that Young Saunders
came in and asked for paper bag to
put some fish in. The bag was given
him. and the people In the store were
talking about painter named Cog
gins, who had been painting signs
Gay remarked that COggins killed
man, and told Saunders that he
heard that he had said that he had
killed two men, but he could prove
Saunders a liar.
Saunders then ran out with tears
In his eyes and said. Mr.. Gay ought
not TO have gotten mad and tried to
make me out a liar in the crowd
Gay followed Saunders out and
went towards him with his right hand
open and drawn back Ike he vas
going TO strike the boy with his open
hand, when the boy said, Don't
bother me- and plunged his knife
into Gays breast. Saunders then ran
and Gay ran up on the Southern Rail-
road and fell in about forty yards,
He never spoke after he wa.
stabbed He died in about twenty five
minutes.
Taylor also testified that Gay was
drinking. and that he was all RICH,
when sober. but fussy when intoxi-
Gated. and that he had known him to
take boys by the collar and put them
out of the store when under the influ-
ence of liquor.
II. r. Cooks testimony corroborated
that Of Taylor. He said Saunders re-
marked after cutting Gay. My God
what must l dor" He was told to &C
| home TO his father. Saunders ran tc
his fathers livery stables and told
i Sergeant Harding he had cut Mr.. Ca
and saw him fail: to please send c
doctor and put him under arrest. Mr.
! Harding testified to this fact Cook
said: The boy seemed to be afraid
81 Gay. Cook testified that Gay had
been trying 20 get UP a row all day;
| that he told him that he went &c
/ Braswel's store, cursed and called
him bad names. and that Gay fol.
lowed d man the evening before, bS
the name OF Bonner, with his knife
open.
Officer /. Fl. Field stated that he
searched Gay after he IVES dead anc
found only a piece of tobacco and
two handkerchiefs In his pockets
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
Running Even.

DALLAS, TEXAS. May a. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and President Taft are
running about even in the returns re-
ceived up TO a late hour tonight from
the precinct conventions held today.
Governor woodrow Wilson is leading
Clarke and Harmon in the Democratic
contest by wide margin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
Rev ChorI.s s,ubbs Dies.

LONDON, May s.--The Right Rev.
Charles William Stubba bishop of
Truro, died early today. He was the
author Of manv publications. ana
from 1881 tn 1875 was the select
preacher at Cambridge.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
Sale Of Refused and Unclaimed
Freight Of Every Description

We will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder. unless otherwise dis
posed OF, at our Freight Warehouse.
Corner Seventeenth and MARSHALL
Streets, Richmond. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
At the Theatres

-Academy-Lucille La Verne In
"Ciarice.''
Bijou--tieorge Sidney in Busy
Izzy.'
Empire-Naudeville and pictures.
Coioniai-vaudevilIe and pictures.
Lubin-SaudeXille and pictures
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
Engagement Rings

OF such style and elegance As time
cannot change nor use make less at
tractive. III
This establishment II known for its
quality Of merchandise.
SCHwARzsCHILD Bros.
.HSchn2oAss LeoAen9 leWa3sre,
1seoaA M Dseo4 etHoa1A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
Briefs.

Mrs. p. {. Ballard is visiting her
parents In Roanoke Rapids, y. {.
MI and Mrs. ]. ". Jewett have re-
turned to their horne after a pleasant
visit with Mrs. Ida Lloyd.
Miss Ella Mayo has returned home
after spending several weeks in Wash
ington.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-06
The Weather

WASHINGTON. May s.-Forecast for
and Tuesday: virgtnia--show
srs Monday. Tuesday fair. North Car
Monday. Tuesday pro-
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submitted by Senator LaFollette, there is statement of expenditures made on behalf of President Taft anG Colonel Roosevelt in the 2re-conyen- tion fight.
 1t is understood that Senator La Toilette has received reports of ex- penditures by those opposing him in the Republican party which showed the use of sums of money so great as to stagger the imagination.
 Senator LaFollette claims that his expenditures were all that were ne- cessary for an honest campaign for the nomination. By inference his statements show that both the expen- dltures of Colonel Roosevelt and of President Taft were beyond that re- qulred in legitimate politics. The statement deals especially with Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan which states Senator LaFollette stumped in his own interests. Wis consin alone of these states stood for LaFolIette.
 Senator Clapp said today that he could not make public the informa- ton supplied by Senator LaFollette but that all of it would come out dur ing the investigation to be opened by the committee about September 30.
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COMING AFTER
 ALLEGED YEGGMAN

Little Rock, Sept. At has been reported to Sheriff Beller that J. G. Searles, secret service operative of the Kansas Bank Examiner, will ar rive in the near future for Arthur Fry one of the three alleged yeggmen ar rested here last June as suspects for the Huntsville bank robbery. That crime has not been fastened upon them. and the Huntsville bank has surrendered it's claim on the $1,4s6 which was found in their possession when they were arrested.
 The other two, George Bates and Frank Miller, have been taken to Mis- souri to answer for other robberies. It is understood that Fry has been indicted for a bank robbery in Kan sas. & sfAs
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TAFT SUFFERS FROM
 STRAINED ANKLE
Returns From Beverly and Remained Secluded Until Late in
 Afternoon.

Washington. Sept. Alfred out by his all night trip from Beverly and suffering considerable pain from the sprained ankle which he sustained o,, the golf links yesterday. Presidens Taft retired after reaching Washing ton today and remained secluded all day until late in the afternoon when he received the delegates to the Eighth International Congress of Ap- piled Chemistry.
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Mrs. w. T. Woodbridge returned yesterday from a several weeks visit to Macatawa Park, Michigan; Chicago Watseka. H., and St. Louis. Mrs. Woodbridge was met in St. Louis by MT. Woodbridge, who accompanied her home. In Watseka she was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Frank Harry and was shown many social favors. In St. Louis she visited her brother, Dr. Royston. [
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[|[Ss|VES WIN . 1 N CALIFORNIA
 .ts's Thirteen Elect E,l Votes Will Be East For Roose- \ welt. SIGNAL VICTORY
SIGNAL VICTORY
kty Congressional Candidates ! Piye Districts-FriscO \ Wholly Progressive.

Inncisco, Sept. 1.-The Pro-
 won a sweeping victory in
 Js state primary election. Of
 mninees for the state lesis-
 nore than 80 are pledged to
 pooseyelt electors in the state
 finn to be held here three
 hnce. This means that the
 au electoral ticket in Cali yIIl be made up of men who in
 floral college will cast Cali
 thirteen electoral votes for
 Roosevelt for president and
 hhnson for vice president.
 congressional fight Progress hre won five districts. Two ae still in doubt with chances blican success.
 fFe certainties are F. M. hrd of the Second; John I.
 of the Fifth; C. w. Bell, of Ith; W. D. Stevens, of the and s c. Evans, of the Elev- In the First, E. H. Hart, stand won. But at the final elec-
 will be opposed by William re of the best representatives ha has ever had in Congress. tssman Joseph R. Rowland, a Etkr, beat John w. Stetson faoe in the Sixth, the Alameda Edistrict. Congressman Julius |sas unopposed in the Fourth. (nman J. c. Needham won in the Seventh. Charles F. |reactionary, has a small lead link B. Devlin, Progressive in lhd In the Eighth, with sev- rtes to count. Congressman less than 400 ahead of Judge Clark, the Progressive candl- victory of the Progressive ' complete and overwhelming. Anclsco has gone over wholly mgressives. The reactionar- lOut three out of sixteen state He candidates and the county lon on which they centered all |fength is captured almost en- Dy the Roosevelt-Johnson
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HEART DISEASE
 CLAIMS VICTIMS Mrs. J. D. Harold and Mrs. $. k. Matthews Found
 Dead in Their
 Homes.
WITHIN SAME HOUR
Mrs. Harold Formerly a Teacher in i;,. Pine Bluff Public Schools
 Families Survive,

Between he hours of :, and 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon two Pine Bluffians were found dead Ho.h were women, well known in the city. and bolh deaths were due to heart disease. No inauests were held as the cause of the death ill each case was unmi5takeable
 Mrs. Laura II. Harold, about 50 years old. wife of J. D. Harold was fouad dead abou 5.10 D. m at her home, No, 919 West Third avenue. bv the negro cook as the woman entared lhe nome to cock the evening meal. The body was lying on the floor by the side of the bed and the face and head were slightly bruised by tine force of the fall.
 Mrs. Harold has been practically an invalid ter years and of late had suffered from heart trouble. She has made her home in Pine Bluff for tae pas 27 years atd lived in the house on West Third avenue most of that time. Coroner H. E. Williams , alter an eXaminat ion, said her death was due to heart failure and no in quest was held.
 Surviving are the husband, who is one of the best known and most high l IV fri ployed as bookkeeper for J. B. Speers Company and one son, Hop kins Nuckols, a Chicago chemist. The son has been notified and the funeral arrangements will not be made until he arrives
 Mrs. Harold was a most charitable and kind hearted woman ard posses sed many admirers. She was we'll known in this city, where she taught school for number years, being en- ployed at the Pine street public school for several years.
 Another Body Found.
 The two little daughters of a MT. Crump, who had been sent to the home of 5. R. Matthews, Twenty fourth avenue and Hazel street. were badly Frightened when they walked into the home at about 5:3O o'clock and found the body of Mrs. Matthews in hallway. They ran to the store of the husband of the dead woman, fifty feet away from the house, and informed him that his wife was i'll. A short time before she had sev- eral lady visitors and when they left she began scrubbing the floor of hall in the rear of the house She succumbed while at this work ard was found there by the two little girls She had been in fairly good health, it is said, for some time. Mrs. Matthews was 56 years cid. Coroner H. E. Williams was called and pronounced death due to heart failure.
 Besides her husband, who con- ducts a grocery near the home, Mrs. Matthews is survived by four children Mrs. Harvey Gilreath, Alex, Wal lace and Ben Greenwood, of this city The funeral will probably be held Friday afternoon. Mrs. Matthews was a most estimable woman and had manNofriends.
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MORE TROOPS SENT
 TO MEXICAN BORDER
Troop of Signal Corps Ordered
 From Fort D. X. Russell.

Washington, Sept. 4.-Actuated by a desire to facilitate communication along the 2,000 mile Mexican border, the War Department today ordered Troops I of the Signal Corps from Fort D. A. Russell to the border.
 Communication in Southern New Mexico and Arizona is extremely diff cult at present and it is thought the addition of the 12O men of Troop i will improve this situation.
 Dispatches tonight indicate that the rebels are still raiding American ranches and stealing cattle.
 No Americans are reported to have heen molested
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WILSON 0N
 IMMIGRATION Talks to Forty Editors oi Foreign Language News
 papers in New V York.
SCHOOLS AS CENTERS
Of COmmunit, Life and Town Meet ingS the Cradle of Democracy
 Agrees With Jefferson.

New York, Sept. Ex-Governor Woodrow Wilson spoke for the first time tonight in New York City as the Democratic nominee for the presiden. dollar dinner of the Woodrow Wilson Working Mans League
 Before going to dinner, the governor met two score editors Of fCreigr language newspapers at the National Arts Club, Grammercy Park, and talk ed immigration to them He said
 There has sprung up in various parts of this country, notably. in Northern New York, a movement call- ed the social center movement. cen- tering in the school housse l sup pose everyone of you have realized that the immigrant gets his real in- troduction to the life of this country public schools.
 "The children feel that they are introduced into American life sooner than their parents are When you imagines movement which makes the school house the center of the com munity life of neighborhood the neighbors gathering there in the ev- enings and going to school to one an 1 other in the discussion of public af- i fairs and of those matters which con cern all equally, you are imagining the thing which is likely to he mord potent than any other to restore the original character of America.
 "I have always held with Jefferson, l that the breeding ground of America used to lie in the town meetings, Of which everybody was member and where all public officers, without dis tinction. had to come and give an ac- count of themselves. It is a great deal easier to do this in writing than to appear before body of your fel- tow citizens and answer questions.
 If we can hit upon standard which admits every voluntary immi- grant and excludes those who have not come of their own notion. with their own purpose of making a home and career for themselves, but have been induced by steamship compan- les to come in order that the latter may get the passage money, then we snail have what we all agree upon as Americans.
 Of course if he immigrants are 10 De allowed to come in unrestricted hosts and to stop at the ports where they enter and there to compete in an oversupplied labor market, there IS going to be unhappiness, deterior- atlon, everything that will be detri- mental to the community as we'll as to the immigrants.
 Therefore, it is to the interests of the government to supply, or at any rate encourage the instrumentaIities which will prevent that very thing. VIII multiply the ports of entry for that purpose and ease and facilitate and guide the process of distribution and above all things, supply the sym pathetic information which is the only welcome acceptable to those who come."
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Aaafman, former Pine Bluff 70 was for several years os- with A. G. Bedell in the 'aslness here, is in the city
 Flatives and friends. MT. is now living in Chicago, ae is attending the Chicago W Medicine and Surgery. He Psouate probably next year. HIS summer vacation MT. N was connected with the Drug and Chemical Company
 so' This is the firm that is
 saca big hit with Ex-Odor, Oelng advertised in this
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FIGURES THAT
 WILL STARTLE Senator LaFollette to Show How Much Roosevelt and
 Taft Spent in the
 Campaign. STATEMENTS FILED
STATEMENTS FILED
Senator Clapp Says All Will Re Mad. Public When Investigating
 Committee Meets.

Washington, Sept 4.-An itemized statement of his expenses in the pre- convention campaign for the presiden- tial nomination has been submitted by Senator LaFollette to Senator Clapp, chairman of the specia, Senate committee Investigating campaign ex- penditures.
 In addition to this personal account
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PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1912
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-05

John Poynter has returned from Sulphur Springs. TexasI where he has been student in business col- lege.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-05

The accompanying photograph has the merit of helping to maintain man S faith in man. It shows William Burke, to the right, the Philadelphia councilman, once a convict, being welcom,d back to the City of Brother ly Love by John L. Fehr, success ful business man, who once strayed from the narrow path himself. For the last ten years Burke has led an exemplary life. There have been nc charges against him, and despite the fact that he at one time was second
 story burglar and gentleman "Raf- fles" iii Boston, for which he served
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third party ticket" he said.

SenatOr Cummins remarked that ne had nothing to add to his letter of yesterday.
 ''I ain with the Colonel nationally, but I favor the regular ticket in the sJate," he declared.
 The impression is that Roosevelt and Cummins will come to an agree ment la CT on a combination of the two state ticke,s.