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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
CONNECTICUT IS
FOR CHAMP CLARK
HOWEVER, HARMON MEN CLAIM
THEIR FAyORITE WILL. CON
troll CONVENTION.

BRIDGEPORT. CONN. April So
Although hackers Of Governor Har-
mon tonight claimed to be in control
vention and to he-certain OF securing
the election Of united delegation Of
fourteen members to the Baltimore
convention. il was made clear tonight
that their choice could not be as
cured without stiff fight.
The advance squad OF the delegates
which arrived here tonight showed a
decided preference for Harmon, but a
strong undercurrent for Champ Clark
was in evidence.
Thomas L. Reilly, formerly mayor
from the Second district. has been
agreed upon as temporary chairman
OF the convention,
The administration Of Governor
Simeon Baldwin will be warmly en-
dorsed and a resolution will urge hts
name upon the national convention
as a candidate for the presidency.
Members of the State organization
claim that. aside from the compliment
tary preference for Governor Bald
win, the sentiment shown by most of
the delegates is clearly toward Gov
ernor Harmon.
Tomorrow convention session will
be devoted entirely TO the organiza-
ton proceedings. the address OF Con-
gressman Reilly and to the district
caucuses. The nominations will not
be made tn Thursday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
LEAVES FORTUNE ;.
TO SMALL FRIEND
BALTIMORE MILLIONAIRE RE-
MEMBERS CHILD HE PLAY
ED WITH IN SUMMER,

BALTIMORE. April 3o--Thirteen
years ago. a tiny girl in a blue dress
with her bright hair elistening as II
flew to the sea breeze, used to go
down TO the big Rock" on the shore
of Newport. X. L.. where, almost ev-
cry afternoon, a quiet, middle-aged
man would be perched atishing.
'Dood mornin'. pipcd the baby
voice against the roar Of the ocean.
Good morning. goldy locks" came
the cherry reply
And then. whether the luck was
good or bad. the man would haul in
his line. pick up his empty'or laden
ereel and follow the wee enchantress
in a jolly stroll along the beach.
The man was Ross X. Winans,
known throughout two continents as
master of enc of the greatest Amer
lean fortunes. leading citizen of
Baltimore and owner of BLEAK
House" the great summer mansion
that was then the wonder of New
port.
The child was the little daughter of
Sidney Bateman- keeper of Bateman's
Inn at Bateman's Point.
The friendship continued through
many happy summers. even until
Dorothy was big girl and long at
ter the man had become stricken by
tragedy and I'll of health.
AS the world knows. Mr.. winans
died two weeks ago. And yesterday
when they read his will. the found
that his friendship for "Goldy Locks"
was the deepest OF all his affections.
Ross Winans had cut off his son with
an annuity. had left requests to many
relatives. hut had given by his dying
declaration a half million dollars to
the baby (now beautiful young wo-
man Of 49,. who had charmed him
On the beach ut Newport
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tary song which the program said vas
from an opera called lie Gaid." by
Ambrose Thomas No matter who
wrote II the song made hit and Mr..
Scott. after three recalls. obliged with
an encore. He chose, Mozart's great
lass sole from THE Magic Flute
which bears the English title Of Who
Treads the Path of Duty"
The chorus did not respond to the
encores accorded 1t although il was
forced to arise and bow to the plaud-
it's. Fly Singing Bird" by Edgar
was given with SPLENDID spirit and "A
volume OF sound that must have de-
/ lighted director Weitzel, who welded
the baton last night. The chorus
was more at home under Mr.. Welt
| zels direction. Perhaps the members
stood less In awe Of him than they
did OF Mr. Pasternack
FOLLOWING the number by the cha
rus came Mr.. Martin and his recep-
! ton must have delighted him RE
ng the aria The Gelida Mamma"
from La Boheme" and after he 3 d
! been recalled four times he TO ed
| Conductor Pasternack to accompany
| him on the piano while he sang a
verse of La Donna Mobile" He was
allowed TO go after that. Next Nine.
Gluck and Mime. Homer appeared and
sang the duet of the flowers from
! Madame Butterfly and when they
were recalled they stood at the piano
md sung like two sisters in the VII
laEe choir, for their selection was
/ Whispering Hope" no less.
Intermission Save. Singers.
The intermission came at this point
! or Mines. Chuck and Homer mign:
never have Seen allowed to leave the
| stage. so great was the applause.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN
BODIES BURIED IN OCEAN
GRAVES THROUGH MISTAKE
Mackye Bennett Operator Mread Wireless Messages and all
Would Have Been Consigned to Sea Had Not Error
Been Dscovered-Cable Ship Reaches Halifax

that he supposed he Was 70 bury all
recovered until a tariy message made
the situation clear and all were saved
after that
We sailed on the Maekey Bennett
from this port "Wednesday, April 18th,
two days after the Titanic went down
with, her .feadr--Ie4r E43fes bad weather
and lots of ice. We did not come in
sight of any bodies until a week ago
Sunday night but il WAS too late to
lower small boats that night. There
we're several big se@bsrgs sbout us
/ The ice Hoe was fh.cn. e.
Bright and early Sunday morn
ing the harvest began. One OF the
first bodies picked up was that of a
little baby of two years. She had
iiaxen hair and round face like a
doll and she was floating right at our
portside The boys. who picked her
up. said size seemed to tbs looking Ut
Continued on Second page,
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WEDNESDAY CLUB ENDS
TRIUMPHAL FESTIVAL
Closing Concert Attended by Tremendous Crowd of Enthu
sasts Who Fairly Shower Plaudits Singers
John Powell Receives Unprecedent Ovation
Zimbaist Delights Audience at Matinee

II IS quite certain that the We'd
nesdar Club eciipsed all records in it's
last series OF concerts. The audience
last night placed this matter beyond
all doubt. Never has there been such
crowd as that which filed the big
auditorium at the conciudins, concert
nf-the nineteenth annual festival,
Never WAS II eit such enthusiasm. The
ahcience seL;1t; insat liable. And never
WAS there sucl, singh 1c,. scott. Mar
tin Homer ard Gluck not only We're
IN ,na@ni~ 4 voice. but they fairly
outdsd themselves.
Ricardo Martin may have been here
last season. but he was not heard sing
until last night and then he stan1peded
the house. even as Jorn did the night
before. only more SO. for Martin Is an
established favorite here
And the orchestra
Conductor Pasternacks musicians
were In fine fettle and by way OF
starting the fireworks played the
Merry Wives of Windsor overtures
In q manner that would have charmed
the heart OF Nicolai. the composer.
The audience Numbered Its applause.
and Conductor Pasternack bowed in
return several times. He even called
upon the musicians to get up and bow
which they did. but even this did not
So tisfv the Unsuitable ones. They want.
ed more. Oliver Twist was never SO
/ ln.portunate. Conductor Pasternack
had TO re-Iuest his men to try the last
, few oars over. which they did and
the audience purred in contentment
Thus 1t was all through the evening
Henri Scott Appears.
Henri Scott. smooth shaver end
! magnificent in physique came before
his hearers and sang lie Tanhour
Major" which uav be INTERPRETED as
The Drum a4ior" a stirring mill
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
WOODROW WILSON
WINS DELAWARE
NOT FORMALLY IN.
STRUGGLED DELEGATES WILL
SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR.

DOVER. DEL, April 30-Wood-
raw Wilson captured the State Dem
ocratic convention here when six del
egates were elected who will support
him. They are: WILLARD Salisbury
Wilmington: T. Bayard Heisel, Della
ware City: Reynolds Clough, Dover.
ALFRED RauE ffiay. Darlington, Autirew
]. Lynch, Georgetown: Gen. VIM II.
Stevens, Seaford.
The delegates were not formally in
structed. A unit rule was adopted.
however. whereby they ARE instruct
ed to vote together on all matters
before the convention In accordance
with the wish Of majority of the
Gaieg CATION"
This was forced through by Will
lard salisbury national committee
ran III Wilson's interest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
Not Until Ballots are Official
ly Counted Today Will
1t be Known Who
Gets Delegation
COLONEL AND TAFT
ARE RUNNING NECK
AND NECK IN STATE
Champ Clark Wins Over
Whelming Victory Over
Woodrow Wilson-New
Jersey Mans Friends
Lose Hope

BOSTON. April 3o.--The Republi-
can contest Ia Massachusetts was so
close that the result will not be
known until tomorrow. No general
election ever held in the State has
been as close as the Republican pref
erential primaries today. With all
the visible vote tabulated the two
candidates have see sawed back and
forth. First one Iii the lead by few
votes and then the other.
When practically one-third of the
vote had been canvassed from all
sections Of the State Roosevelt was
credited with 23.733 votes and Taft
with 23.773. a difference of 80 votes
in a total vote Of $3.50.
with the Vote SO close nothing but
the official returns will settle the the
question. That the delegation to the
national convention Will he- divided
is certain.
Colonel Gets Small Towns.
President Taft carried Boston by
rnore than 500 Hyde Park excluded.
II was in the small towns where he
ran behind North Adams. LINN
bv Roosevelt. offsetting the Taft
slight lead In Boston.
When all but one ward had been
heard from in Boston. Jos out of t.0s0
precincts In the state gave Roosevelt
zts.ST5. and Taft l6.349 when thou
--.sa.a more Iatns- kaa haea- tahulated
the two candidates were only forty
votes apart.
Roosevelt carried the MANUFACTURING
towns. Lynn's vote probably has
Continued on Second pagel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
ADMITS MARKING
ELECTION BALLOT
THEoPHELrs FoLKEs SAYS HE DI-
RECTED VOTER AT SEC
oxD PRECINCT.
COMMITTEE IS MUM
| REGISTRAR THINKS MAN WHO
SECURED PRINTED SLIT GOT
1T VA ANOTHER POLL
ING PLACE.

Tamperiug with ballot at the
Second precinct of Jefferson ward fur
nished the only sensation in the pri-
y.ars> et ,sasstsysaisv wi asss tssS ssar
didates for the Common Council and
one for the Board Of Aldermen under
the new redistricting plan were nomi-
mated
Theophelus ". Folkes. custodian OF
the First regimentai army. residing
at 1912 Dickerson avenue. was re-
sponsible for the sensation. accord
ing to a statement ne made last night
at Murphy's while ti~c City Demo
cratic Committee was attempting TO
get some light on the subject after
receiving the retarnssfrosn tire various
precincts throughout the four wards
of the city.
Directs Voter.
Mr.. Fokes admits that he used the
section of a ballot to direct q voter,
though he declines 10 give the name
of the voter He says he was stand
ing In the vicinity Of the Second pre-
cinct at Twenty-thfFd and Leigh
streets when a man came along with
an unused ballot. He asked the man
for the ballot and the man gave it
to him. He then proceeded to tear
Oft the upper section OF 1t. leaving
only the names of the councilmanic
candidates In jefferson ward.
Throwing the upper part In the gut
ter, he proceeded to scratch all but
i've names on the list. This done, he
handed the marked paper to the
voter who came up about this time.
1t Is presumed that this voter used
the mutiIated ballot for directions as
IL was intended
What happened after this. Mr.,
Felkes' memory was not altogether
cleIr last night. He recalls. however.
that Walter Bowry, brother in law of
Charles ii. Wiltshire. one of the JEFF
ferson ward candidates, picked up the
piece OF ballot in the gutter and rush
ed into the precinct with it, About
the same time. the voter involved in
the affair produced the other part
from his pocket and readily passed
1t over to X. P. Brophy. registrar Of
the precinct. :
Thinks Came From Somewhere Else.
Mr.. Brophy says he IL Inclined to
think that the party from whom he
secured the printed ballot got It at
one of the other precincts in the
ward At any rate. it was establish
ed to the satisfaction Of the CITY COM
mittee that 1t did not come from the
Second precinct. all the 1000 slips
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
MADISON WARD

Several surprises were furnished by
the result of yesterdays councilmanio
primary.
Chief of the surprises was the de-
feat OF George McD. Blake in Clay
ward by crdway Fuller for the Board
OF Aldermen, Mr.. Fuller polling s2s
votes compared with 40 mustered by
his opponent.
In the councilmanie contest the old
guard won, hands down., Clarence
A. Seaton leading the ticket with
1855 votes. The other successful
candidates were listed as follows:
Jacob Umlauf, 1855; T. Grey Had
don, Lass. r. Lee Peters, 1.21s; Har-
ry Huber 1887. Messrs Peters and
Huber were newcomers from Henry
ward. though veterans in the citys
service.
Out in Lee ward, Claude l.. Bat
kins went down to defeat. greatly to
the surprise of his friends Sixth
place was the best that he could ger.
with IT'S votes, He has been 4 menu
Der of Common Council for the past
ten years and for several years chair
man of the Grounds and Buildings
Committee. Fred II. Powell and A.
l.. Fonderlehr, newcomers from Hem
ry Ward. ran faurth and a{th.s re-.
I specttvly, capturing seats in The new
/ Council which has only twenty
members, instead of forty, as at pres
eRt. james !. Pollard ran an easy
third. with votes 10 snare. Clyde H.
Ratcliffe captured first honors with
Il total of 1,12e. W. d, Butler filled
second PLACE.
South Richmond Gets Two.
South Richmond captured two seats
In AZ I'd "a
resentatives being Garter C. Jones,
third. plslssa. and John W. Msorex fifth
/ Edward II. Fuller. who resides on
this side of the river, captured first
place with a total of l.04S. He Was
followed closely by Gilbert X. Pol
lock with 102e Harvey r. Atkin-
son, who was Iegisiated out OF tho
Board of Aldermen by the council
manic reduction plan. ran fourth in
The Common Council race In this
ward
Those who Went down TO defeat in
Madison ward were James j. Burke.
George III. Cease, Julius ffobsost.
r, l.. Patram and DIR, Frank NJ.
Reade. all members Of the present
body Mr.. Hobson retires to private
life after service OF eighteen Years.
In point of service he is the oldest
man In Council After September
LIST, this honor viii descend upon the.
shoulders of Mr.. Pollock who has
seen more than dozen years OF
! service.
One New Face in Jefferson.
The only new face in the list Of
/ nominees In Jefferson is Joseph Il.
Welsh, former member of the Police
Board and at present an employee OF
the city treasurers office. Mr.. Welsh
ran in firth place. defeating Charles
II. WILTSHIRE bv 'rs votes. He re-
ceived total OF 916. 9
The other successful eandates ram
in the following order: George w.
Rogers, t,l32: William +, sullivan.
1857: Morgan Il Mills, 1857; George
II. LuuIstien, 9se.
Councilmen retired TO private ltfs
In this ward are Frank T.. Hutier..
Jefferson c. Powers. Charles II Wilt
shire and John A. Selph.
Il. c. Dawson. regarded ~ the labor
candidate received the lowest number
OF votes. 3s7 being the best that ~
could muster. He was slated "a tAka
the place OF John fIsr~chberE. xao)
decided net to rim again In yteN 4G3
Y the fact that tho Admintstfal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
LEADER OF CLAN
WILL BE FIRST
PLACED ON TRIAL
Commonwealth Elects to Call
Case Against Floyd Allen,
Charged With Shoot
ing Foster
WOMENFOLkS VISIT
OUTLAWS CONFINED
IN COUNTY PRISON
Only Four Additional Men
Needle to Complete Jury
Second Special Venire
Drawn by Judge
Staples

WYTHEViLLE, VA, April 30
Sidrs Allen, one of the two uncsp-
tured outlaws. was reported 20
have been seen yesterday in the
mountains near Fancy Gap, by Or.
Thomas q. Axhby. of Mount Airy.
". c. Or. Ashby At the time was
at the home of Charles Webb. and
both of them say there Is no doubt
but that they ss" Allen, He
emerged from the woods near
Webh's horne, but when he saw
the two men he disappeared. A
posse of detectives has taken up
this new clue. and is reported
close on the trail. Governor Mann
announced some tf-.s ago tina. he
would keen the States posses in
tho field until ne had captured all
of tho outlaws.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
Venezuelan c.biner a..ion..

CARACACAS, VENEZUELA, April
30.---The Venezuelan Cabinet handed
their RESERVATIONS to the President to-
day. The cause OF the designations i~
not definitely known. The control OF
the departments has been taken charge
Of temporarily nv the directors OF the
various ministries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01
viii Prohibit Dueling

BERLIN, April 30,---As, a direct
answer TO the ernperor's approval OF
dueling In the army. the Centre Party
VIII back a bill In the Reichstag max
ing such encounters a penal ofYense
punishable brs dismissal from the
army.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01

HALIFAX. X. 5. April Slowing
to conflict OF wireless messages. some
Of which contradicted Others and were
misunderstood by Captain Lardner,
oae hundred and sixteen bodies Of
Titanic victims were buried at sea by
mistake. With very few exceptions,
perhaps icss tran re11. ri1e totiies cef,
signed TO ocean graves were as we'll
preserved as the 1870 brought here
when the cableship locked al the
navy yard at s.sS this morning after
DAYS Of suspeuse and disappointing
deIsys.
Although every ersor, lis being made
or the part Of the White Star people
/ here 10 SUPPRESS the biunder in ahan
dontng So many bodies at sea the facts
sh:ave been obtained on indisputahie
authority.
Tire discovery that 11s had been
t.stffalltttea TIE deep ard aa hrensht
ashore shows for the first time that
the Macksy- Bennett read 3o6 instead
Of 2o6 as had been reported in desuI-
tory telegraris.
According to- Undertaken John r.
Snow. son of the proprietor Of the firm
( in charge OF the nortuary arrange
rrents all but a very few OF the bodies
buried were fit to keep Young Snow,
who Was the only undertaken on board
tI4t MaCkaF-teil!lett SalN Some Sk uifs
Were crushed and arms and legs brok-
en-. and that & very few had faces so
j bruised as to he unrecogni1ah But
there was not single body that had
/ to be abandoned because OF putrifica-
t tion.
identification Difficult.
1T was wounds or bruises that made
| identification difficult" added Mr..
! Snow. THE cold water and ice acted
| as personalities.
! II e'abalmed 100 bodies on the trip
| single handed. | would be emhalming
| bodies ut the outset when I would re-
ceive order to quit and then other
orders would be to proceed. 1t Is true
| that the bodies buried were as sound
as those aboard. but ! think the cap
/ tain did not understand just what he
! was expected to do. so many conflict
/ ing wireless messages came aboard. II
I is NV opinion from what transpired
I
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Several surprises were furnished by
the result of yesterdays councilmanlo
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-10
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

any party affiliations; but that no one
who is not recognized upon the reg
istry as affiliated with a particular
political party will be qualified to vote
at subsequent primary elections of
said political party Whenever a voter
declines to state his party affiliations,
the word Declined" shall be written
opposite his name in such column so
that there shall be written in such
column opposite the name of every
registered voter, either his party attlll-
alton or the word Declined" Each
and every voter as he appears at the
first primary election at which he
votes subsequent to the passage OF this
Act shall, before he is permitted to
vote at said primary, state to which
party he is inclined and to which
party he desires to have himself re
corded as affiliated, and the Board OF
Registers, then sitting as judges OF
election, shall thereupon and at once
enter in the column provided for party
affiliations the name of the political
party to which the voter is inclined
and with which he desires to affiliate,
and in said primary and all primary
elections thereafter held, any person
SO registered as affiliated with given
political party shall have the right
to vote the official ballot of that party
and of no other.
There shall be annually a sitting
of the registration officers in and
throughout Baltimore City, and all
the several counties of the State on
the day which shall be the fifth day
before the day of the primary cleo
tion Excluding the day of the primary
election in the computation of said
fifth day prior thereto), on which day
all of said registration officers shall
sit from eight o'clock A. NJ. until eight
o'clock P. NJ. in the counties, and
from II o'clock noon until ten o'clock
P. M. in Baltimore City, for the pur-
pose of revising the registration lists
by adding new voters, making trans
fers, etc, so that fair and full oppor-
tunity may be afforded to all voters,
duly qualified, to take part in the pri-
mary elections.
No person or voter after having had
his utilization registered shall be per-
mitted to make any change in his
party aff1liation unless the same shall
be made at least six months prior
to the day of the primary election.
Section 2. And be it further en-
acted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 10, 1912.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH,
Governor.
JESSE D. PRICE,
President of Senate.
JAMES Nee Triple,
Speaker OF House of Delegates.
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ICHAPTER 1927

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section II of Article SO
of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland of 1904, title "Elec-
tons, subtitle Count of the Bal
lots, as amended by Chapter, SIS Of
the Acts of the General Assembly of
1908, and to add a new Section to
said Article 33 of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws of 1904 to be
known as Section TIA.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That sec
ton II of Article 33 of the Code Of
Public General Laws of Maryland of
1904, title Elections, subtitle
Count of the Ballots, as amended by
Chapter SIG of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1908, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:
And that an additional Section be
added to Article 33 Of the Code of
Public General Laws of 1904, title
elections, subtitle Count of the
Ballots, as amended by Chapter SIC
of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1908, said new Section to be known
anu uSSISIdlCO as oSSlANh '1<a'
II. The judges shall open the ballot
box and count and announce the whole
number of ballots in the box. They
shall reject any ballots which are de-
ceitfully folded together, and any bal
lots which do rot have Endorsed there
on the name or initial of the judge
who held the ballots, or if there shall
be any mark on the ballot other than
the cross-mark in Square opposite
the name of a candidate or other than
the name or names of any candidates
written by the voter on the ballot as
provided in section SO, such ballot
shall not be counted. Ballots not
counted for such defects shall be
marked Defective" on the back there
of and shall be wrapped in separate
package and returned to the ballot-box
as hereinafter directed. No vote shall
be counted for any candidate opposite
whose name no cross-mark shall be
placed, and no ballot shall be rejected
solely because any part or portion of
the cross-mark extends beyond the
square, if the point of intersection OF
the cross-mark is within. the square,
or because the voter has marked more
names than there are persons to be
elected to an office, but such ballots
shall not be counted for any candidate