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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
ARREST ANOTHER
IN KIDD AFFAIR"
HERMAN ANTHONY CALLS AT PO-
LICE STATION AND sURREN-
DERs HIMSELF.
FOUR NOW CHARGED
NO MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED IN
CASE AND HEARINGS WILL BE
GIVEN IN THE POLICE
COURT TODAY.
FOUR NOW CHARGED

What is expected to be the final
arrest In what has come to be known
in police circles as the Kidd afrair, "
occurred last evening when Herman
Anthony walked into First police
station and surrendered himself
Anthony. who is now out on bail,
charged with a capital crime against
young girl in Henrico county, is
charged in the city with q similar
crime. which owing to the age of
the girl is merely misdemeanor.
The surrender of Anthony makes
four arrests on the same charge, all
OF which offenses are alleged to have
been committed at the Pin Money
pickle factory about two weeks ago,
The First Arrest.
At that time ]. J Anthony, a
brother Of Herman Anthony. and
Herman Mescoe, foreman of the fac
tory, were arrested under dramatic
circumstances. Charles T.. Cannon,
one of the operators in the signal
service of the police department. re-
turned to hia home that evening and
discovered that his fifteen -year-old
daughter had not returned lie
waited up until 1 o'clock, after ex-
hausting all efforts at his command
to locate his daughter, and at that
hour she walked in accompanied by
j. j. Anthony and Herman Mescoe.
Holding them at the point Of re-
yolver, he tefephoned for police or
fcer and had them placed under ar
rest, after the officers had secured a
statement from the girl On the fol-
lowing day Leo Kidd. who is also out
on bonds on the same ofrense win
which Herman Anthony is charged in
Henrico. was arrested In connection
with the affair. and It was announced
that others were in the party ana
that there would be other arrests.
The surrender of Herman An
thony last night is regarded as the
final arrest in the case. Fanny Eos
ter. a fifteen year-old girl of 2ls
South Laurel street, will be used az
the witness against Anthony
In Police Court Today.
The other cases were continued In
Police court until today and the case
Of Herman Anthony IS expected to pe
taken up today with the others re
was released last night on $500 bona
which was furnished by w. ID HOT
ton. a relative -.
These eases are the ones that nave
stirred the city and caused nunoei
Ct preachers in the city to preach
st Sunday on Juvenile vice IN ken
| mond. The Juvenile protective as
sociation. the Ministerial union ahe
| q number OF women's cluns ma. t
| taken up the question ana at Tux
| rext session of the legislature pc.
tition will be presented asking ina
| the age OF consent in this state o'
raised above fourteen years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

wefe-Het- as large as those that
cheered him In his invasion of the
State during the spring primaries
In his swing through the State,
the colonel was accompanied by
Governor Aldrich, one or the seven
Roosevelt governors, who signed the
call for him to take up the nomi-
nation fight against President Taft
Devoting himself to the attack on
the national convention committee,
Roosevelt. at the auditorium hcre.
alluded to the Republican bosses as
the kind of creatures you have to
reform with a club"
I'VE used the club on them In
the spring primaries" the ex-presi-
dent declared, with q reminiscent
smile We started to clear out the
national committee by electing repu-
table men wherever We had a pri-
may. Now the national committee
is seating the men VINO wore beaten.
In New Jersey, Franklin Murphy was
beaten and we elected twenty-eighr
solid progressive delegates. The peo-
pie put him out and the national
committee has just put him back.
s,.. .Raps National Canemittcr. ~. "A
Tn Massachusetts, we beat Crane
by 1900 votes. and the people took
him out of the national committee.
Now the committee has put him back
again. They haven't got Penrose
and Rosewater back yet. but they'll
do 1t if they happen to need those
gentry.
2This national committee Is to
handle the Republican convention In
1916, and 1t Is already behaving
worse than II did before. and to be-
have worse than before shows aIr/sst
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
JOHN FOX, JR., AND FRITZ
SCHEFF AGREE TO SEPARATE
Difference in Temperament Between Virginia Author and
His Actress Wife Will Cause Them to Live Apart.
Neither Likely to Seek Divorce

voted the greater part of his talk to
tho parcels post system, explaining
the plan and scope of the system and
endeavoring to secure the views of
the delegates as to its workings, the
talk finally resolving itself into an
interesting quiz-fest which was both
instructive and entertaining to the
members.
Civil Service Their Theme.
The movement inaugurated by the
league to put postmasters in the civil
service received impetus during the
day at the hands of several of the
speakers, who used as their theme
and pointed out its advantages from
many viewpoints. z. h. Duran, OF
Corinth. East Corinth, Maine, dis
cussed The Recommendation of the
Postmaster General" and Miss Nellie
a. Fits. OF Springboro. O. led in
the general debate which followed the
paper. Postmaster c. A. Mckinney.
OF Cape Charles. Va. followed along
these lines in his paper on civil Ser
vice and a Salary for all Postmasters
Based on the Amount Of Mail Hand
led and c. r. Meyers. postmaster at
Brentwood, Md. touched the mo-
mentous question in his discussion
paper on The Postmaster and the
Public" The discussion Of this pa
per was led by Postmaster William
Brown, of the Wisconsin Soldiers
home,
Postmaster p A. Vandament. of
Glencoe. Oklahoma, brought rounds
OF applause from the convention with
his address on The Postmaster in
Politics" The paper teemed with
humor and subtle sarcasm and the
filings at demagogie POLITICIANS were
received with shouts of laughter.
More Delegates Arrive.
A number OF delegates arrived yes
terday and Secretary Young states
that the list has probably now reach
ed five hundred. Between sessions
yesterday the delegates were PHOTO
graphed in Capitol square with the
Washington monument as back
ground Prior to the banquet last
night the national and State officers
held an executive session at which
matters pertient to the organization
were discussed.
Today, which will bring the con-
vention to a close. will be the most
important of the three. The princl-
pal speakers will be Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General r. V. DeGraw;
Chief Inspector X. s. Sharp and G.
A Stillings former national public
printer. now president OF the Post
masters Advocate Publishing com
pany. The question OF the next place
of meeting, with San Antonio and
/ Cincinnati already strong bidders. will
| also come up for settlement The
convention will adjourn probably late
| in the afternoon, though night SEES
sion MAY be necessary to wind mp tbs
I business
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
Turns Upon Bryan.

Turning to Bryan, the ex-president
exclaimed:
"One of the comic features of this
campaign Is Mr. Bryan's charge that
We stole the Democratic platform.
stole it?" fairly shrieked the coolnel-
why ! wouldn't have 1t as a gift
mo two platforms more unlike
were ever found than the Progressive
and Democratic. You VIII have TO go
back to 1850 before you Will find such
q platform as the Progressives have
offered"
Roosevelt got in dig at Governor
Wilson for, as he called it. "shying at
the Democratic platform.
NO greater condemnation or a
platform could be conceived than for
a candidate to admit that he cannot
stand upon It," said the colonel
! That's the predicament Mr.. Wilson
says he is in. He has confessed that
he does not expect TO see the Demo-
cratic platform adopted by the peo-
Pile. Well. i don't e.<ect 1t either.
Criticises Wilson.
The other day Mr.. Wilson under
took to criticise the Progressive
platform, saying II showed an excel
lent purpose to solve the corporation
problem, but that 1t did not point the
way to carrying tho tneoIy OUT ne
says ours is not the way, but that ne
does not know any other. Unless we
are to pay starvation wages to women,
make our wage earners work twelve
hours a day. and be utterly at the
mercy of a pitiless corporation, you
have got TO adopt the scheme that
| the Progressive offer
The ex-president gave Governor
Aldrich, who sat on the platform with
him at Lincoln, something of jolt
when he referred to Governor John
son as having done more for pro-
| gressive legislation than any other
| governor who ever lived. Aldrich has
| been campaigning on what he con-
siders strikingly progressive record.
| Roosevelt departed tonight for
| day of stumping in other parts OF Ne
! braska, and In Kansas, winding up
| tomorrow night in Topeka.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

TRENTON, n. J.. Sept 20
much fought divorce suit of VIII
Fl. Van Week, wealthy stock br,
which was decided by the courtsgi
ing the husband decree mist, &C,
IS, 1911, was reopened by Chanc
Walker today. when II was lea
that Van Week Is planning 70 m
Miss Catherin Marie HtgginbothAr
Brooklyn. It developed that Van Y
and Miss Higginbotham were
friendly during the trial Of the bro
suit against his wife. whom he acc
OF having been too friendly with {
men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

NEW YORK. Sept. 2o.--A man
the police say, confessed that he
the burglar who robbed the hon
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.. In Jar
last was arrested today. Most O
articles stolen from the Morgan
were found in his possession.
The prisoner said he was
Bernauer. twenty-eight years ol
baker OF Munich. Bavaria
When confronted with the
found in his room. Bernauer adm
according to Dougherty, that he
the man wanted.
II got into the Morgan house
rear door which / found unfaste
he said II entered Mr.. Morgan's
and saw him lying asleep I went
close to the bed. but he didn't st
went into room after room v
servants were asleep. but not OF
them awoke. left the house the
way I entered
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

civil service commission ?" d
Buekner. of Waldo.
Because / did not have the 81
| replied Waldo. Il would have
to leave the investigation to a .,
| dinate. and / could not trust ar
my subordinaAes. ! preferred
word of the civil service board.
Lieutenant John f Stanton
of Cropsey's secret service inves
tion bureau. testified that =
pent OF the civil service commiss
| recommendations for appointn
to the police force were of men X,
| to be criminals. Stanton added
he had reported this condition
James Creelman, head Of the b
but that the names Of the unfit
plicants always were returned IL
police commissioner Office for
pointment, and that they gene
headed the lists.
Never Examined Files. |
Waldo astonished the committs
admitting that he had never exa m
the hles in his Office to see why I
men had not been appointed By
vious chiefs. He added that he "
begin an inquiry to see II the CHI;
against the men he had appo
were true, and would then take
action as the facts warrant. :"
claimed that he was compelled &c
| low the dictates OF the civil Sc
commission In making his app
| ments.
| With the taking of commiss
Waldo's testimony. the inves;igi
committee adjourned for the dav.
this afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

NEW YORK. Sept 2O.--A final de.
cree of divorce was granted Mrs; Ethel
May Hendee percival today by Supreme
Court Justice Bischoff
The decree frees this noted horse
woman and automobile driver from
Lewis A. Dalrymple Percival, president
of the Amalgamated Paint company. 1t
is probable that she will take advant-
age of the courts action by immedia-
tely marrying Charles Allaire of this
city.
In 1910 the couple separated and
Perciyal went to Reno to get a divorce.
He cele brated the event by getting
married immed 'ately.
Percivais second wife was Miss
FLORENCE casey duusfIter OF Patrick j.
Casey, of Long Branch. n j. As soon
as the Perciyals came east Mrs Per-
cival. number one, sued her husband
for absolute divorce. She named the
second wife in this suit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
WOULD ELEVATE
MORAL STANDARD
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formation, series of resolutions
were adopted. Another meeting Will
be called later to form an orgapza-
ton and to decide upon date Tor
mass meeting of the mothers or the
city. 1t is the intention of those in
augurating the movement to keep
agitating the question so as to stir up
a sentiment for reform that will force
tie general assembly of 1914 TO take
action toward raising the age Of con-
sent and throwing other safeguards
around the young girls and boys Oh
the city
Those Present.
Those present Were;
Mrs Norman Randolph. CT the
Associated Charities; Mrs, b, Il. val
entlne Of the Equal Suffrage league ,
Mrs C. v. Meredith, Of the GIFTS
Training association; Miss Minor Oh
the Nurses Settlement; MISS tnrhCSs
ana Miss Michaels, of the Visiting
Nurses association, Mrs r. h.
Michaels, of the board of managers OF
the Methodist Institute. Miss kath-
er,na Young. of Che Women's CHRIS
tian association: Mrs w. A Bur
rows. Of the Mothers club; Mrs'
George f. King. of the King $ Daush-
80. nriss MAYS. of the Spring Street
Homa- MRS w. r, Burrell. Mrs S. t.
Lehman and Mrs. Georgia May JOB
son NJ the Woman's Temperance
apqla of America.
The Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted were DIS
follows: ,ra
Resolved, first, That each rsprI
sentative go back to her own ofsani-
action az the mayor and police com
y,,issionars in their effort to get the
naxt legislature to pass law RAISING
tho ara of consent from fourteen 10
eighteen years.
resolved. second, That we strongly
condemn the double standard of morals
for men and women, and urge ina,
'fathers and mothers train their SONS
aa well ss their daughters In the ne
cessity for purity Of life.
Resolved. third. That we recomnleho
that the public schoolhouses snail pe
-use1-as- social eentera for healthtdl
secrea lions for the boys and girls OF
resolved. fourth, That we ask the
council to appoint chaperons for each
moving picture show and that the
vaudeville portion OF the show snaii
pass the board of censorship.
Resolved, fifth, That every effort De
made to have clean an attractive ooard
ing houses for working women at
rates that they can afrord to pay.
supervised by a capable woman, ana
so located that they would not nave
to Iva In such congested conditions
that are now found In most boarding
places where they can afford to go.
Resolved, sixth. That the proper au-
thoritles be urged to originate and en-
force the curfew bell throughout our
city.
Resolved, seventh, That We further
call upon the pulpit to aid us in our
efforts to raise the standard OF morals
OF our men to that required of our
women; also that we urge the min
listers TO bring these questions OF moral
reform before their congregations at
an early data. . ,,.4,,s, .as.. ",
The meeting adjourned to Friday,
November LIST, at p. NJ.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
nulMfh In 0uket

DULUTH. MINI. Sept 2o-~This city
Is quiet tonight and at Superior, Wis,
preparations have been made to pre-
vent a recurrence OF last nights riot
Ing due ia the street car strike. Sheriff
McKsnnon to-day swrore I'm fifty new de-
puties.l and II Is believed hs IL In con-
troll OF the situation in Superior. More
cars are running In Duluth tonight
than nj any time since the strike began.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
M.nrn La pismissad.

Richard Jackson negro, charged
with stealing several diamond rings
from his employer. ID. Buchanan &
Sons, 225 East Broad street. was dis
missed from custody yesterday in Po~
lice court by Justice Crutchfield. His
employers said that they did not wish
to prosecute the case against the Me-
gro.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
COMMISSIONER WALDO
blAMES CIVIL SERVICE
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civil service commission will be sub
poenaed to tell why they vouohed for
applicants for the police service mon
who had been turned down by pre-
vious police chiefs. and whose records
were notoriously bad.
why did you not investigate these
men who were certified to you by the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

eenius These national committee
men are continuing their black
careers, They stole the nomination
and now they are stealing the Few
rational committeeman they can put
their hands on.
The makeup of the leadership In
the Republican party today is mix
ture of big bosses and small tools. MT
Rosewater can choose for himseif
which designation he thinks applies
tn him"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
POSIMAsIERS SAY
FIGHT Is HALF WON
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breast, he referred feelingly to the
establishment of peace and prosperity
and the cementing of all sections an
der the folds of Old Glory.
Commenting on the fight between
San Antonio and Cincinnati for the
next convention, Mr.. Allan declared
that the easiest way to settle the vex-
ed problem and prevent hard feelings
was. for the convention to come back
to Richmond next year. and ne forth
with issued the invitation.
The cup is twelve inches high
mounted on an ebony pedestal, and
bears this inscription: 'PreseSeed to
Hon Edgar Allan, Jr.. with the fra
ternai regard and affection of the Ma
tional League OF Postmaster OF the
United States, Richmond, Va, 1917
Delegates Have Fine Time
Polk Miller's famous quartette de-
lighted the visitors with a selection OF
old plantation songs and an orches-
ira furnished music for the dancing,
The buffet banquet arranged on a
huge table decorated with cut flowers
and cadelbra was most tempting.
Charles x Stillings sentiments
were echoed and re~echoed by the
visitors last night. He declared that
not before in its nine years of exist
ence had the league encountered such
s. delightful brand of hospitality as
that found in Virginia, and that were
1t not for imposing on good nature
the delegates would vote to a man
and a woman-to return to Rich
moud next year. "Virginians can't be
beat for genuine hospitality" he de-
clared enthusiastically Their fame
along this line is widespread and now
that | have experienced II | can APP
preciate the fact that It is not only
not overrated, but enough has not
been said about it
Election OF Officers.
At the morning session the leaguers
reelected President Charles O, Barry,
of Iowa. Secretary Charles c. Young,
Of Illinois, secretary, and b. H Luc-
cock, Of Texas, treasurer These Of
f1cers have served the association
long and faithfully and their re-elec-
ton was a testimonial to their merit
other officers elected wereI f. f.
Cummings, New York, first vice presi
dent; Nell. Webb. Kentucky. second
vice presidents: Miss Nellie A. Fits.
Ohio, third vice president Members
Of the executive committee were cho-
sen as follows: Charles o, Barry,
Iowa; T.. f, Cummings, New York;
Charles G. Young. Illinois; Frank w.
Kritz, Indiana. and j. s. Mckinley.
Ohio.
State Branch Formed,
While the regular convention wac
in session Virginia postmasters pres
-ent-FHet I'm thu, corridor and organized
a State branch OF the national league
with the following officers: II. @.
Fore. Fort Mitchell, president: r. 3.
Twist Egerton, vice president: w. l..
English, Isle Of Wight, secretary and
treasurer. Executive committee, a.
l.. voolfolk, Cucko. and s. II. Smith.
Gum Spring.
The following were chosen dele
gates to the next national conven-
ton of the league: Miss Sadie A.
Eouthali. OF Amelia Courthouse, and
s. H. Smith. Gum Spring.
The chief address Of the day was
that delivered by G. G.. Thomson,
chief clerk TO Postmaster General
Hitchcock, who brought greetings
from his superior. Mr.. Thomson do
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
1. Cauoht In Bait.

r. c. Trimmer, 35I5 o street
severely bruised yesterday when
WAS caught in a belt when worl
yesterday at 1899 Moore street.
was taken to the Retreat for, the, {
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
DEATH

SMITH Died. MRS. SUSIE NORWOOD
SMITH, wife OF c. NJ. Smith, at
Grace hospital Thursday afternoon,
September 10, 1919.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
Still Loves Author.

1t was stated by friends that Miss
sScheff still loves MIR. Fox
Mr.. Fox is a quiet man, happy in
his home and loving only the peace
and quiet of the Virginia hills" said
one friend He is essentially a stu
dent. whereas FRITZ is a bubbling child
OF Joy The theater is her life and
her inspiration.
After their marriage four years ago,
Mr. Fox took his bride to his home
in the mountains Of Virginia The
quiet gentieness and love of her hus-
band in their home. far from noisy
Broadway. was something new to her
Then came the call of the stage. She
wanted to go back but slx wanted Mr..
Fox TO go with her. For a time he
Yielded, because he was as much in
love with her as she was with him
But the constant travelling, attendant
upon her customary life, was irksome
to him. He pinned for the freedom and
quiet of his hills.
There is no bitterness betw cen
them--not a BIT They are perfectly
/ loyal to one another. Mr.. Fox Will
not attempt to oppose anything his
wife wishes to do, If She files an ac-
! ton he will not oppose, They are
two sensible people and their separa-
ton to them is the most practical way
Of avoiding the differences caused by
their Compartments"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21

NEW YORK. Sept. 20,-"The Way
that Is White" heard .oday Wlfhoat
surprise that Fritsi Schef-volatile,
froilicking FRITZ Of the distraught
drum and Hitting iarynx-has parted
from her husband, John Fox. Jr,, au-
thor of The Little Shepherd OF King
dom, Come"
TT is a story that has grown old IN
the telling" said those who know. ION
and water cannot mix. Neither can
the Cumberland and the Rialto, the
student and the spotlight,
Rumors for weeks have been circu-
lating that the fascinating Fritzi and
her novelist husband had agreed TO
separate. There was to be no fuss ana
no florid discussions of sentimental
differences. Both agreed, it is said,
upon a quiet dissolving Of their mat
rimontal partnership.
This was two months ago at the
Plaza hotel. in this city. Mr.. Fox went
to his home at Big Stone Gap, Va,
while his young wife-mora than nf-
teen years his tunior--tOok up rehear-
sails for the season she has Just begun
In a new opera, The Love Wager.
At her hotel in Baltimore today.
Miss Schefr expressed regret hat any
rumors OF matrimonial Giseord had
reached the public. Wal}e having
nothing to say about the separation,
or the possibility of an acticn beng
INSTITUTED by her the sprigat'y primma
donna denied with some Asperity re-
ports that Mr. Fox intends suing fo~
divorce
Friends Not Communicative.
Mr. Fox's friends and relatives in
this city were hardly more communi-
cative.
Il have heard nothing of any suit,
and have no information on the sub
ject to make public" said the novel
lists brother. Rector K. Fox. who Is
a broker.
A paucity of accurate information
was discovered al@p at the office Of
Miss Schen's man~~er. and from Ma
than Burkan, who acted for Miss
Schef four years ago when she Sc
cured q divorce from her first husband,
Baron Friedrich Won Bardeleben.
Neither had Mr.. Fox taken into his
confidence any of his friends at the
University club, From other sources
it was learned that Mr. Fox has re-
tanned Robert Evans as his attorney--
for what purpose remains to be seen.