Evening star., 1912-07-21
BULL MOOSE SCARCE
Roosevelt Followers Not Over
crowded in Virginia.
CONVENTION AT ROANOKE
Trouble May Be Experienced in Hav-
ing All Districts Represented.
TWO OFFICIALS RESIGN
District Attorney. and Assistant Ex-
pected to Join the Third Party
Movement

RICHMOND. Va. july 2s-That the
RooseveHers will no. have vns; amount
OF trouble. that the com .-,ution will not
he seetbing mass of j manly. that
there will be ample room lar the assem-
bling OF the delegates, and tiSat some trou-
hle viii be experienced in having all the
districts in Virginia represented at Roa-
noke when the 'buH moose element
opens its convention there within 1he next
ten days are manifest at this time.
Thomas Lee Moore. former district at
torney for the western district of N1f-
ginia. anan of considerable ability and
reputation seems to be the general or
ganizer and the promoter Of the conven-'
ton. Sporadic reports OF the activity ol
the Roosevelt people come i'll from various
parts of the state, but the movement IS
not organized and attracting the atten-
tion which IL was believed at one time II
would There has been considerable talk
here of what Richmond will do. but so
far there haxs been no meetings. there
have been no conferences SO lar as
known and all appear to be waiting for
some one else TO take the initiative.
Within the last few days Judge l.. l..
Lewis and Robert H. .Taliey, district and
assistant district attorney, respectively,
have stepped down and ont. and d. Law
renee Groner of Norfolk has been named
10 succeed Judge Lewis 1t is generally
understood that the two first named are
admirers of the former President, and it
is being limited that they did not hesitate
TO let their preference be made known,
and when it came TO a question of stand
ing pat for the President or getting out
they preferred to stand aside and to let
others who were in accord with the Id
ministration have some of the honors.
1t is accepted true down this way
that before very long Royal l.. Gabell.
commissioner of internal revenue. will
be numbered among the class who for
meriy held Office. and for the same rea-
sons that actuated Judge Lewis and Mr..
Talley in their course. 1t remains to be
seen if they identify themselves with the
movement for the nomination of Roose-
welt by the third party.
DR.. Barringer to Stay.
Dr.. Paul p. Barringer. president of'the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, who re-
signed al the last meeting of the board of
visitors. has accepted the request of the
members of that body to hold on to his
position for another year. and he will re-
TIRE July l. 1913. The board requested
DIR. Barringer to hold over until the Sc
lection of successor could be considered
and choice made. He had made some
business arrangements for this year, but
he finally agreed to the demand of the
board. The matter of successor is one
that is attracting the attention of the
board and of the officials of the state.
Sentiment is general that Joseph D.
Eggieston. now superintendent of public
Instruction will be the choice, and it is
!. predicted that r. L. Stearnes.. secretary,
3 will be chosen to succeed him. The
choice of the board is expected to be
- made early in the coming year. SO that
in case Mr. Eggleston is not elected he
will have opportunity for going before
the people and making the race for his
present position.
The Vie inia Military Institute at Lex
ington will this year have many more
applications than there are accommoda-
tons Gen. f.. W. Nichols. the superin-
tendent, on the first of this month sent
letter TO the parents and guardians OF
all the men who have not completed the
course, asking to know If it was their
intention TO send the students back. He
said that applications for adnlittance had
come so fast and from SO many states
that 1t was imperative that he have this
information in order that he could make
reply to the applicants The capacity of
the institute is $50, and if the old men
all return and the applicants now pending
are received the institute would have
more than 400 men when the session
begins
Battled and beaten about describes the
position OF the officers of the county
OF Chesterfield in the solution of the
murder which that county now has. on it's
hands. The murder was committed near
" three weeks ago. and so FAR the iden-
tity of the body-that of a woman-has S
not been established. 1t may be that
she Is a foreigner. with dark skin and
short hair. 1t was at first stated that
the womans throat had been cut. and
day or two ago the body was exhumed
and examined by a physician and the
discovery was made that she had been
beaten with a club and her features de-
'stroyed before her throat was cut No
clothing was found when the body was
first discovered. and within few DAYS
the detectives put on the case have found
in the woods ard bushes many articles
OF wearing apparel which evidently be-
longed to the woman. A reward of S3t)
is now pending for the arrest of the per-
sons who committed the crime.
Opposed for Nomination.