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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

GRAND ADMIRAL KOESTER,
President of the Navy League of Ger
many. The league has been called
"Germany's schOolmastero by the
kaiser's brother, Prince Henry, and
has more than q million members.
presidency of Prince Wilhelm zu Wied,
with Prince Henry of Prussia as pro-
tector. Today it numbers LOO 900 MEM
bers, has hundreds of branches and pub
fishes a journal with 10000 subscribers.
The league is locally organized in the
shape of state or provincial committees.
which usually have high officials at the
top. The top of all is Grand Admiral Won
Rooster, son of Hans Rooster, the pa
triotic dramatist and poet. who sat as
member of the first German reichstag.
koester is an indefatigable propaganda,
who follows the Tirpitz line that nothing
but an irresistible fleet will keep Germans
ION good relations with other powers.
Another educative organization almost
as important is the "All-Deutscher Yer
band'-the Pan-German League. The
Pan-German League exists for the gen.
eral purposes of policy and ornaments,
and In particular for advancing Welt
politik." Like the Navy League. 1t Is an
offshoot OF Anglo-German rivalry. for it
was founded after the 1891 Zanzibar
treaty with England to prevent further
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

years ago had a fleet six times stronger
than Germany and that she has now
feet only twice as strong, and fears that
twelve years hence she may not despite
assurances anu patriotic efforts, have
fleet equally strong. Leaving out obso-
lete or semi-obsolete warships, the rela
ton of German and British navies is
fodav 40 follows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

little German" while the conservative
classes were Prussan, Particularist and
Agrarian. They relied on the army. and
regarded fleets, colonies and world policy
as shOpkeepers' perilous inventions.
The Navy League changed that The
league was started in 1888 under the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

GRAND ADMIRAL ALFRED Won
TIRPITZ,
Kaiser Wilhelm's secretary of the navy.
He In responsible I'm q large measure
for Germany's extraordinary naval
growth Of the past decade. T.e II
more powerful than chancellOrs and
ministers, and does not hesitate to
oppose heady Wilhelm II when nec-
.easafy.
French navy and to the extirpatton or
the Russian. Her own statesmen did not
expect It In 1903, when the socialist
reichstag member Bebei complained that
German officers were preaching that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

Germany does not want South Amer
ican territory, despite the columns upon
columns that have been written about the
kaisers ambitions in that part OF the
world. But what she does want and UNI
doubtedly would demand if her navy were
strong enough to back UP her bluff, Is the
right to deal directly and freely with the
South American states with which she
may quarrel, without interference by In
Gle Sam Germany does not object to the
construction of the Monroe doctrine which
denies the right of European colonial
ton, but she bitterly resents the implied
and newly developed doctrine that no
European state can do anything anywhere
in South or Central America without
Washington's permission. And as her
commercial interests and her immigration
into that part of the world increase the
chances Of her openly challenging the
Monroe doctrine increase also.
For months past the pan-German press
has been .nagging helpless Wilhelm
strasse to exact retribution for the MUIR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN. April Is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
'OARROW GOES ON
WITNESS STAND
DENIES BERT FRANkLIS,s STORY
ABoUT CHECK FOR 81, 900
GIVEN HIM

Los ANGELES. CAL. July 10
Clarence s barrow, who Is on trial
for the alleged bribery of Jurors IN
the Mcnamara trial. went on the wit
ness stand late today and began his
attack by way of testimony upon the
case built up against him by the prose-
cution.
barrow testified emphatically that
he gave no $1,000 check to Bert Frank
lin on October sth. He stated that he
did give him $1,000 check, Just as
| gave him checks before and after
that date. IN the reEula course Of bust
ness for legitimate purposes"
Franklin testified that barrow gave
him a check October 9Th, following a
conversation October 5th about a fury
bribery and that he used the money
gotten on this check In the payment
of s4oe to Juror Robert RaIn
Darrow's testimony today disclosed
that the contention OF the defense will
be that the $1,000 check was given the
day before Franklin e.aims Darrow
that no check for $1,000 was given
October 9Th
The defense won an important VIC
tory In gaining the consent OF District
Attorney Fredericks to turn over 70
the defendant copies OF all letters and
kilograms he had In his possession pur-
porting to be written by barrow or
under his orders.
Juror Leavitt was finally discharged
this morning, and the thirteenth Juror,
A. NJ Blakesley, took his place as n
regular juror. This IL the first time
In any trial In this county in which a
thirteenth Juror has filled vacancy
In jury caused by death or Illness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
Hal Chase Expects
Cut in His Salary

NEW YORK, July 29.--Attorneys for
Hal Chase. the baliplayer, and for his
wife, Mrs. Nellie II. Chase, appeared
before Supreme Court Justice Lehman
today. and asked that certain allega-
lions made by Chase in his suit tor
divorce, with respect to his wlfe's re
lations with other men, te stricken
out of the complaint Mrs, Chase's
attorney asked that the claim tor 5000
per month alimony be eliminated from
the womans reply TO her husbands
complaint The justice allowed the
motions and II appears that the case
has been settled out of court.
Mrs. Chase. in her answer. declared
that her husband earns $4,000 q year,
but the great first haseman replied that
he expects next year to suffer a sal
airy cut to $4,000, and that his wife s
extravagant habits force him to spend
almost ali of his income in caring for
her. He adds that his wife In Of a
Jealous disposition, and that she abuses
him because he receives letters from
women. who. seeing him at ball games.
consider him sort of hero.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
Lauds Cole Blease;
Is Declared Insane

ATLANTA. July ga unique In
sanity test was applied by Recorder
Nash r. Broyles I'm his court this morn
Ing when Eugene Gordon Young. of
Columbia, S. C., was presented for ex-
animation. The young man had been
arrested for creating a disturbance III
meeting OF the Gideons.
You are from South Carolina" in
quired Judge Broyles.
Il am" responded the prisoner.
what, sir, do you think OF Governor
Cole L. Blease?" was the recorder s.
next question.
"He is the nohiest and most hono,.
aAia =Earaltniaa- Hho has =graeea
public office In that state since the
days OF Wade Hampton" responded
Young
Then the recorder leaned over his
desk and wrote, and this is what he
wrote:
Eugene Gordon Young Insane.
Hold at police station and telegraph
his family"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
BALLOON LANDS
NEAR MANASSAS
"uNCLE SAM is SUPPOSED re. BE
WINNER IN ELIMINATION
CONTEST.
81
ONE STILL MIS- SIN G.
STORM PUTS END TO FLIGHT OF
ONE or GAS Rags SENT UP AT
ST. LOUIS LAST SATUR-
DAY.
ONE STILL MIS- SIN

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
MANASSAS, VA, July 2a.-From
advices so far received II appears that
the balloon contest to select teams to
represent America In the contest to be
held in Germany In October was won
by the ST. Louis Aero clubs Uncle
Sam, when II landed one mile west OF
Manassas at o'clock this morning,
having covered an air line distance OF
approximately ST. miles. and an ac-
tuai distance Of about 1900 miles.
The balloon, with II. +. Honeywell
as pilot and Roy F. Donaldson aide,
left Kansas City at s o'clock Saturday
afternoon, and was in the air thirty
six hours. The maximum altitude
reached according to the Paragraph,
was $4,000 feet, and the minimum zoe
feet
The route taken was from Kansas
city. via waterloo. Iowa. crossing the
Mississippi river at O'Clock Sunday
morning. thence to Chicago, passing
over that city at noon. From Chicago
the eastern and southeastern portions
Of Indiana and Ohio were traversed,
reaching Pittsburg at 8 O'Clock last
night
Then they crossed the Allegheny, Blue
Ridge and Bull Run mountains to their
landing at Manassas.
Everything was fine said Mr. Honey
well. until midnight Saturday, when
storms were encountered. compelling
them to hold their balloon back to
allow the storm to pass. At O'Clock
yesterday morning they picked up theiy
trail rope and followed the storm. pass
ing over the mountains at an alti-
tude OF about 5000 feet
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
MRS, GRACE FA|NTS
ENHER HUSBAND
APPEARS IN COURT
Wounded Man Is Borne in on
Stretcher by Large Party
of Friends
WOMEN ARE PRESENT
IN LARGE NUMBERS
Victim of Shooting Asks for
Guard of Detectives, De-
claring He Fears AS
sassination

ATLANTA, GA, July 29.--The first
day OF the trial Of Mrs Daisy Ulrich
Opie Grace, formerly Mrs. Daisy Opie
of drugging and shooting her husband
last March, was featured by the eef-
lapse Of the defendant when Eugene
Grace. paralyzed from the wound, was
borne into the court room ON stretch
err
1t was one dramatic feature of an
otherwise rather duh day in court.
Grace was brought here from his
mothers home at Newman, by a lodge
OF Eiks, and was bornao on the stretch
err into the court room just after the
Jury had been completed.
As he was brought through the
door a deathllke stiffness settled upon
the court. Nobody spoke. or even
breathed loudly.
AS the eyes OF Mrs. Grace fell on
the figure of her husband, helpless
upon his cot, she paied. drew a sharp
breath. and looked quickly around the
court room: then she gasped and her
face became flushed. Then she went
deathly pale and fell over against a
trained nurse, who attended her The
nurse Immediately gave her hyPe-
dernic. and in a few minutes Mrs.
Grace recovered. Grace watched the
nurse and the treatment Of his wife
with cynical smile.
Stares at Wife.
All during the day Grace stared
steadily at his wife. as though he
Continued on Second Page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
BODY FOUND NEAR CATSKILL
IS THAT OF MISS SNODCRASS
Fance of Wealthy Young Nurse Positively Identifies Cloth
ing and Jewelry-Theory That Girl Eloped With Sur
peon Is Refuted by Developments

to wed the young electrician, was
murdered. That is tho Arm belief OF
Sheriff Post, Coroner Van Wander
buYgh and District Attorney Wilbur
Of 'Catskill They could nnd no sigr
OF physical violence. They believed
she was poisoned. and that her body
was carried in a row boat to the dis
NAL retreat among the PUSHES.
This theory would dispose Of the
report that the girl had been drugged
on one OF the Hudson liners and
thrown overheard.
Lieutenant Silverstein, of Mount
Vernon. who has been investigating
the case ever since the report OF the
girls disappearance was made TO the
police. says however. the matter IL still
possibility that she took her own
life by lsaping into the water from
one Of the Catskill evening boats.
Tho theory that Miss Snodgrass
might have eloped with DR.. Norman
Smith. house surgeon OF tho Mount
Vernon hospital, II now utterly re-
futed. -. 49,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
GREAT GATHERING
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
JUDGE S. B. WITT
Solemn Services Are Held,
While An Entire City
Mourns
DIR. HATCHER PAYS
TRIBUTE TO JURIST
Officials of City Hall and
Bar Association Meet and
Adopt Suitable Re-
solutions

Distinguished no less In death than
he had been in life, and mourned ny
city and a State. Judge Samuel
Brown Witt, late of the bench of the
Hastings court, was laid in his last
mortal couch In Hollywood cemetery
Yesterday afternoon with religious ser
vices and the solemn Masonic rites
uttered above his bier In the moment
OF the last parting
The services of the Baptist faith were
conducted by the Rev. William E..
Hatcher, d. D.. in Grace-street Baptist
church, assisted by the Rev. Ryland
Knight, u. D.. Of Calvary Baptist
church, and the Rev. j. b. Hutson,
pastor Pine-street Baptist church. The
church was filled 10 overlooking with
"A vast gathering OF State and city Of
fcials, members of the Richmond Bar
association, members OF Temple Lodge,
No. 9. A. r. and A. NJ, and con-
course Of the private citiZenry come
to pay their last respects to the dead
The church filed rapidly. and hun
dreds OF people Were forced to re-
main outside. where they stood with
uncovered heads and in a solemn hush
until the cortege moved beyond the
circle. In the gallery of the church sat
the colored servant members OF the
Witt household and many other colored
people who knew and loved Judge
Witt
The altar of the church and the
rail We're buried deep in masses of
flowers. Beautiful ~-reaths, crosses of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
ARCHIBALD FILES
FORMAL ANSWER
ADMITTING CHARGES, HE DE-
CI.AREsS EVERY ACT WAS IN
NOCE.NT IN INTENT.

WASHINGTON. July 2s.--Before
the senate sitting as a court of i'm
parchment. Judge Robert w. Arch
bald, of the Commerce court. today
made formal answer to the thirteen
articles OF impeachment preferred by
the house.
Judge Archbald's answer was sub
mitted in the presence of almost the
entire senate and of the house man
ayers He was present. looking calm
and unconcerned. and was accom-
panied by his counsel A. s. Worth
ington. and his son. Robert w. Arch
bald, Jr
Attorney Worthington then pre-
scented the reply of Judge Archibald
in which the Judge admits being In
volved in numerous coal deals while
on the bench. He admits soliciting
high railroad official to further such
deals. He admits that promissory
notes bearing his Endorsement were
presented to attorneys and litigants In
his court He comedies he wrote let
ters to and visited railroad officers
to further private business negotia-
tons for himself. associates and
friends.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
THAT OLD SMILE
IS COMING BACK
T. r.. SLABS HIMSELF UPON THE
BACK OVER REPORTS FROM
LIEUTESANTs.
GREAT HEADWAY MADE
NEWS FROM MASSACHUSETTS is
THAT THERE WILL BE NO
TROUBLE CARRYING THAT
STATE.

OYSTER BAY. N. Y, July Cop
tilnism filed the air today at Saga
more Hill. Colonel Roosevelt was the
recipient OF nightly encouraging news.
so he said, from his managers all over
the country as TO the growth of the
third party movement.
"Our fight is getting along tremen-
dously." remarked the ex-president. ra-
dainty. Were going to make 1t live
ly for them"
81 have word from Massa chusetts
that we are going to carry the State
in November. Perhaps 1t seems rather
early to say that. but the third party
leaders are sure of what they tell me.
The Taft forces are getting afraid.
In Connecticut we're making the
same Roadway. Senator Alsop. the
leader there. writes me that we are GER
tain to win the state s7ss -'-sa
when we started out to organize
the third party in Connecticut. the
progressives In forlorn tone told me
they could not hope to do much. All
they expected was to organize. so rs
| to keep the progressive voters in line
for the party later on. Now the pro-
gressive movement has grown so fast
| In Connecticut that the managers are
utterly amazed.
I'm Missouri they report that 80 per
cent of the Democratic vote viii be
| thrown to out ticket in November.
Wen get so per cent of the Republican
| vote. That looks as though we ought
to carry Missouri.
All News Favorable.
| "Ali along the news that comes IN
| is distinctly favorable. 1t appears that
a real demand for our party exists"
| The colonel paused. and observed
with a twinkling smile:
"You see, am in a melancholy mood.
| The news l am getting makes me that
| way"
Adviees that Governor Osborne. OF
Michigan. who two weeks ago Topped
| from the Roosevelt camp. saying
| woodrow Wilson was good enough for
| him, have come back to fight for the
colonel. caused Roosevelt to remark
IT understood that Governor Osborne
/ would be with u.s. I'm told he has
changed his mind about Wilson"
| Replies to Hiiiss.
! The ex-president earlier in the day
dictated brisk repry to the defense
Of President Taft's denomination by the
! Chicago convention, as put out by
| Hilles, the presidents campaign man
ager. In II the colonel reiterates his
| accuse tons OF fraud, comparing the
defenders OF Taft's steam rolled nomi-
nations with those who fought to keep
| Lorimer In the Senate.
I Colonel Roosevelt plans to hold po-
iiticai conference in his New York Of
| hce tomorrow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30

NEW YORK. July ga tragic
mystery that promises to engage the
attention of police on two continents
lies in the untold story OF the death
of Miss Dorcas Snodgrass, whose body
badly decomposed, was found late
Sunday afternoon among the reeds
on Catskill Creek. near Catskill. N.
Y. The body was positively identified
today by r. Edgar Schmidt, of Mount
Vernon. the fiance OF Miss Snodgrass.
who has been searching for her ever
since her disappearance from the
home of her sister ON July 7th
Schmidt positively identified the
clothing and some articles OF jewelry
as bclonging to the girl he was to have
married. He said he could not look
at the body. He seemed daxed
througout the day, and was in that
condition when he returned to Mount
Vernon tonight.
Miss Snodgrass. the pretty young
nurse who had left the Mount YER
non hospital because shs was 20 soon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
Lieutenant of Police Is In
dicted by Grand Jury and
Sent to Tombs on Charge
of Having Planned Assas-
sination
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
BEFORE NIGHT COURT
Rose Admits He Has Acted
AS Tool for Accused Man,
Collecting Money From
Dens and Passing it Over
When Ordered

NEW YORK, July 2e.-Police Lieu
| tenant Charles A. Becker was indlct-
ed by the grand jury tonight, arrested,
acraigned and sent to the Tombs on
the charge OF having ordered and
planned the assassination Of the gam
bier, Herman Rosenthal, who was shot
down by assassns in front OF the
new MetropoIe hotel fourteen days
ago. The indictment charges murder
in the first degree. and comes as a
result of confessions made late today
by Jack Rose, BrIdgey Weber and
Harry WALTON.
Each witness swore separately and
without qualification that Becker
bounded them for weeks to get Ros-
enthal." Rose declared that he would
have told the truth days ago, but
he didn't trust Deputy Police Com
missioner Dougherty, who seemed to
be haying a great deal to do with the
case at that time.
1t was even brought out that Beck
er expected Rose to bring about the
| killing OF Rosenthal many days be-
fore the crime was committed. When
Rose failed to meet with expectations
conference was called between Web
Der. WALTON, Rose and Becker at a
| Harlem resort, at which Becker said
This man Rosenthal has lived too
long You fellows must get him.
Rose has failed to pull the job off
! as I expected"
| Turing to Weber, Becker is
quoted as exclaiming: Now Whbber,
you men have got to do away with
| Roseutssal Since Rose has failed, I,
! is up to you to give the sign. You
have got the money"
L Becker Graft Collector.
The witnesses admitted that Becker
| had been collecting graft from gam
blers for a long time. Rose said he
had been the collector. Weber and
WALTON bore out this statement by tell
ing how they had paid Rose each for
| police protection. The total amour,
| collected each month was admitted
| to be large
| Rose. in confessing his guilt and
| the tales of how the murder was
| planned. made a pitifui plea for
| mercy. He said:
''It was necessary for me to obey
the orders Of Becker. 1t was the only
| way in which I could make a living
| We {referring to the gambiers) con-
| sidered him the biggest man In the
| police department.
Becker told me In the presence
| Of others at the last conference, when
the killing Of Essential was discussed
| that IL we did not do away with this
enemy he would place pistols on us
and send rs to prison for seven years"
All Were Threatened.
| The confessions were the result OF
a most exciting series Of events that
has taken place In New York county
for many years.
Max B. Steur. who came into the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
Her Death Caused
By Grief for Son

ADRIAN. GA, July 29.--Grief over
the untimely death OF her son, Jasques
rutrelle. the we'll known writer. who
went down In the Titanic disaster.
Is believed to be the direct cause of
the death or his mother, Mrs. Linnie
FutreIIe. who died here yesterday.
Futrelle visited his mother just be-
fore leaving for Europe. Mrs. Fu-
trelle had grieved necessarily since
the death of her son. She kept up
bravely as long as there was hope that
no might have been rescued. For the
last several weeks her decline has
been steady. and her thoughts had
reverted constantly to the tragic tate
of her boy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30

WASHINGTON. July 29.--Anoth-
er investigation Of the cost OF hard
coal and into the wages paid miners
in the anthracite coal region Is pro-
vided under resolution presented by
Representative Diffenderfer. of Penn
sylvania, which passed tho house to-
day by unanimous consent.
In support OF the new investiga-
ton, It is charged that the miners
when they agreed with the mine opera
tors to settlement Of their recent
strike. received an ostensible increase
Of 10 per cent In their wages When
the new wage scale was adjusted the
miners found that they had sur
rendered per cent special bonus
wage scale and that actual increase
in wage secured amounted to. but 9
Der cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
Musn t Drink or
Play oker When
On Duty or Off
LACKAWANNA PASSES sTRIN-
GENT RULES FOLLOWING
FOURTH OF JULY
WRECK,

NEW YORK. July 2s.--Em-
ployes of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad
must not drink. either on or or
duty. Neither are they allowed
to play poker during hours OF
idieness. All of this appears in
the new order amending Rule @.
OF the transportation department
of the line. A part of this
amendment reads: THE use of
intoxicants while on or Off duty.
or the visiting of saloons or
places where liquor Is sold In
capacitates men for railroad
service. and 10 absolutely pro-
hlbited. Any violations of this
rule by employees VIII be suf-
ficient cause for dismissal"
investigation of the recent dis
astrous wreck at Corning, N Y.
led to the issuance of. the order.
George A. Cullen. traffic manager
of the road, said today:
THE company realizes that in
this departure II may be criti-
cised for pursuing an extreme
course, but IL rests assured that
public sentiment will support Its
position In view OF the great
risks involved. Spending time
playing poker Is Just az bad as
dissipation by drink fer loss of
sleep surely tends TO make men
stupid while at work"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
Unfavorablc Report Coming.

WASHINGTON. July 2s.--Acting
under instructions frenn the ways and
means committee. Chairman Under
wood will report unfavorably TO the
house the excise income tax bill. and
the wool schedule revision bill as they
passed the senate. The house will
disagree with the senate amendments.
and the bills will be sent to confer
ence.
The senate added to the excise In
come tax bill provisions for the con-
tinuance Of the tariff board. and for
the repeal Of the Canadian reciprocity
pact. -