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MERsEY's TITANIC REPORT.
prsu IL In Accord with Prediction
of Lenicncy for Ismay.

sne-ta' "d,ie bespoiet TO r.s s-S
LONDON. July e-Lord Mersey sub
rnitted to-day to the Eve assessors sitting
IN adjunct With him draft Of his report
upon the loss Of the Titanic. In ten day.
the report will be made formally. J.
Bruce lsmav. managing director Of the
White Star Line. is commended in the
report for his work IN the rescue Of the
Iltanic's passengers Lord Mersey did
not pass upon the Sir Cosmo DUFF Gordon
incident. However. the report does con-
tain reference TO Symons. the seaman who
testified IN Washington and here Of is-
norins appeals from the Passengers who
were struggling in the water
The sneed al which the Titanic was 60
Ing. the report states was the direct cause
Of the accident Capt. Smith is declared
TO have been following the speed set bv
other navicators. hut the report says that
he might have slowed down his engines
and made two TO three knots less The
report contains no Judgment on Lord.
the captain Of the Californian. which vas
within five or ten miles Of the Titanic.
Lord 5 case may he submitted TO another
court
" Is the heie' OF the court that greater
number of the passengers might have
been saved If the crew Of the Titanic
had been better organized and trained
and that the conduct Of the officers OF
the Titanic is open 10 censure in that
they did not fll the lifehoats to capaci,y
Neither owners nor designers are open 10
criticism. says the report for the Titan ic
left rort a seaworthv shIp
The Board OF Trade is cen.ured for it's
old time lfeooat re equations. The repor,
goes on 10 say that lookout men should
be stationed a. the stemhead as well as
the crows nest and tina, searchligh,s are
not practicable. The report favors uni
versa adoption Of Marconi apparatus
with operators constantly on duty No
reference is made 10 the Carpath,a or 10
the selling Of stories by the wireless
operators
Lord Nersey's view. are spoken Of here
as severely unemoi ional. showing how a
properly constituted Judicial mind can
detach itself from the human side OF a
calamity that narrowed the world
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TRIES TO SELL DAUGHTER,
Liverpool Woman on Trial for Bar.
gaining With Mormon.

ssec,sI col, D>.r.i,cA 20 rHE sv~
LivERP ooL, July Mrs Emily Doughty
vas brought TO trial in the police court
here to-day for attempting to procure
for unlawful purposes her own daughter
Mabel, IL years old. for Samuel David
Lee Of Salt Lake City. Utah
The prosecuting officer made a sAn-a-
tional statement al the orening Of tn
case
He said that lee became acquainted
With the Doughty family after the death
Of Mr.. Doughty some 80 ven years 20 and
that shortly thereafter the eldest iaugh.
ter. Alice, left her home 70 90 10 America
with Lee. They did not marry. and a
few years later. not having heard directly
from her daughter. Mrs Doughty wrote
10 friend in Salt Lake City and learned
that Alice had ended her life
The Prosecutor went on 70 say that
early in the present year Lee CORE
sponded with Mrs. Doughty and wrote
Of his desire TO meet Mabel. Mrs. Doush-y
learned that Lee had married a woman
- years old He is past middle age.
Despite these revelations. the Prosecutor
said. Mrs. Doughty encouraged the at
,antions Of Lre to her daughter and for
Sl'o tired 70 GET Natel 10 go To Salt Lake
City. He said that the gill herself would
tel the court that Ire had offered her
5000 during the time he was staving
in Liverpool re Gently at hotel and where
the mother allowed the daughter 70 visit
him.
When Mabel took the stand following
the Prosecutors outlining Of his case
she said that Lee had offered check for
S 100 il she would marry him. She
said she tore it up and told him she
wouldn't marry him il it was $3.50. 900 .
She said Lee afterward offered to paw
her mother SO 90 il she could induce
Mabel TO 60 TO Salt Lake City. She said
her mother had threatened TO do her
harm il she refused to go.
Mabel's brother told her the life Of
one Of his sisters had been spoiled by
Lee. who would spoil hers too. The
brother promised TO stand by her.
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GIVE SHOWER OF JEwELRY.
rIea Tor Mtssions at Camp Meeting
Also Brings Ten Recrutts.

MINNEAroLIs. July "a shower Of
gold rings and earrings fell on the stage
Of the Red Rock camp meeting ground
near here to-day because Of the stirring
plea Of Bishop W. F. Oldham Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. recently made
head Of the Foreign Mission Board.
Hundreds Of dollars Of valuab bles were
contributed by women who had with them
no cash Ia respond 10 Bishop oldham $
call for aid in mission work among the
Flipinos.
In addition az a result Of the meeting
ten young women and men offered them
selves for service in foreign lands and
twenty more responded with an offer to
become ministers. deaconcesses and home
mission workers
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FIREBUG OF 10 rs HELD.
boston Roy. II 10 said. Touched
Match 10 Bis Hayshed.

BosroN. July "a ten-veaf-old boy
was arrested late to-day following an
investigation into the cause Of a fire which
destroyed havshed ?' Of the Boston and
Maine Railroad and with il the carriage
factory Of Z A Gillette i Sons
To-dav's fire.. which caused three alarms
TO te turned in. is the fourth in a series
that have caused a loss Of $3.50 .rcc since
June 20
IN. boy said his name was John E
Welch. and the police say he admitted hav-
ing thrown a lighted match into the she'd
in the mids, Of hundreds Of bales Of hay.
He denies havin & set any Of the others
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SPoIIS OF EGYPT.
Eighty-eiEht Cases Of Aati0aities
Received h. Turtn MaseaU.

Received by Tarin Masesa.
TrRIN. June ce.-The museum here
is rejoicing in the arrival from EgypE
Of eighty -eiSht huge Cases of Egyptian
antiquities. which have been collected
during the las, season by the Italian
archaeological mission under the direc-
,ion Of Prof Ernest Schispparelli.
They were found in the reighborhood
Of Assiut. and special interest attaches
to them because they relate chiefly to
the period between the fourth and twelfth
dynas,es; that is. generally speaking.
from the ,hirty-ffth to the twenty -secoad
centuries r. C.. period from which very
little archaeological material has hitherto
been secured.
Many tomhs Of this epoch were found
intact by the explorers and more than i7o
coffns were eNhumed in a splendd state
of preservation. Besides the skeletons
they contained all kinds Of Art obtects,
pieces Of furniture and fragments of
wooden statues. Some of the newly
found sarcophagi arc very elaborstsly
painted.
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ACTOR USES CANE ON BOY.
Lambs C1ub Member rinds the
Nosngster strtkins Girl.

Leslie Kenyon. IS years old. Of 81, West
iosth street an actor and member Of the
Lambs Club. was walking along iS3d
street yesterday afternoon when he
eaw t~elve-year-old Jerome Moeer strike
girl. kenyon had . cane With him
and thrashed young Moeer 20 severely
that he was taken 70 the Washington
Heights Hospital and treated by Dr.
Scoler
Policeman Delmatter arrested Kenyon
al i%Sth street and Broadway last night
on a charge Of felonious assault made
by Jerome's father. Henry Moser Of
s:2 West iSist street. Kenyon commu.
nicated with the Lambs Club and eev.
eral members went 70 his assistance.
He told them he would strike ANY young
upstart whom he saw striking a girl.
The case was scheduled for the night court
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PANAMA LIMITED WRECKED.
Cara Hang over Embankmeat Nea,
Jackson. Mise.

JACKSON, Miss July e-The eouth-
bound Illinois Central fas. mail No. 3, the
Panama Limited. due here at $50 p. NJ.
to-day. jumped the track three miles
south Of jackson on a ten foot embank
ment. Six coaches and the tender ca
reened sideways
The train was behind time and running
forty-hve miles an hour. II was filed
with passengers all Of whom were shaken
UP and hurled across the coaches. bu,
nobody was killed and few we're injured
beyond scratches and bruises.
The track for more than hundred wards
ia torn up and 80 strewn with wrecked car
trucks, displaced steel rails and other
imisdiments as to completely, bar all
twenty-four hours.
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AIR WAVE UPsETs MoNoPLANE.
Aeroplsnes In Passing Cause violent
Atmospheric Back wash.

SPECIAL cable DssDdfch 70 The SrS.
PARIS. July 8.-While Lieut.. Br!ey was
monoplaning from Versailles 70 Belfou
to-day he met a monoplane which was
speeding along toward Paris, Each
machine was at an altitude Of 800 yards
and about 100 yards apart.
The displacement Of the air, i, is
aimed. caused violent air wash and
Lieut.. Briey's machine dropped like a
stone. The aviator was grevo usly in
jured. The other machine proceeded on
its way.
People who Witnessed the accident
compare il to the action ~ the back wash
4 a big liner on fral boat II is the
first instance OF this kind known in aerial
navigation and presents an entirely new
problem
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FIRE IN LAKE STEAMER.
The Columbia damaged 10 the Ex.
tent Of About R2S,OOO.

OGpESssrRG, July s-The steamer Co
lumh!a Of Niagara Falls WAS badly dam
aged by Are. which started In her forward
quarters at 3 o'clock this morning as she
lay al the shipyard
The origin VI the fire is mystery.
When the fremen reached the scene they
found a stubborn hre raging In the
forward part ~ the boat and II was not
until ; o'clock that u Was overcome. The
loss will be about s25, 900
The Columbia Is a wooden boat and
was built In Cleveland IN 1899.
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NOT LOOKING FOR LUHNoW.
Magazine Publisher's Lawyer says
He's in Berlin On Basiness.

4 report Of the alleged myterious
disa ppearance Of Christian \. Luhnow.
publisher Of Trust Companies. maya
zine devoted TO banking interests.
brought from Frank c. Mckinney yes
terday the statement that NJ. Luh-
now's decision IL leave the city was
known. as are his prese NJ Whereabouts.
Mr.. Mckinney is OF the Law arm ot
Coulter. Rond & Mckinney and is the
legal editor Of the magazine published
by Mr.. Luhnow.
"Mr Luhnow ief, town on June IL"
said Mr. Mckinney. The day before
he had luncheon with me and informed
me that he was leaving on business
trip. He requested me to take charge
Of the July number of the magazine.
A few days ago he sent a letter to his
Office AT Is William street. II was
postmarked Berlin and ] know he Is
now travelling in Germany.
Mrs. Luhnow is in Denver or Boul-
der, Col. with her son. who is not
we'll and for whom the climate Of the
West was advised BY his physician
a short time before he left for Europ.
Ny Luhnow went to Colorado and
visited them.
There is no mystery In the alb
sence Of Mr Luhnow He IL in touch
leaving sent IN the editorial matter for
the July number Of Trust Compdnies."
The report Of the editors disappear
ance had II that Mr. Luhnow told a
maid at his home IN Montclair to dis
charge all the servants and to deliver
the keys Of the house TO him. and that
he left his once without giving any
intiration Of an intention TO go on a
business trip. II was also reported that
Mrs, Luhnow Rad sent to her husbands
lawyers In this city a request that a
search for Mr.. Luhnow be Instituted
and that no effort be spared to locate
him. The publisher is reported TO be
wealthy and Mr.. Mckinney described
him yesterday as an exceptionally able
business man.
The sun., 1912-07-07
slashed Wife and Boarder.

WHITE PLAINS, July 6. Sergeant
Donovan and nifty men Of the Board OF
Water supply police are having a man
hunt through the hills of North White
noon to-day attacked his wife and
boardel, Natal DE Belli, with a razor
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TYPEWRITER SECRECY.

secured Not by q Reticent Young
Woman, but by = Machine.
LoNpoH. June ,o.-Now comes the
secret typewriter-not a young woman
who knows how to hold her tongue. but
a machine whose keys write sort Of
cryptokram instead Of the commonplace O.
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8ANIsHES HORSE BLINKERs.
President Of France joins In Hu-
name Campaign.

fptcl1' Table Despdfch 10 THs StN.
PARIS. July s-Ihe press campaign
against the use OF binkers on horses is
progressing rapidly. This afternoon the
horses on the President gala coach had
none of the useless. barbarous eye shut
ter,
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Charles Bi~cLmeyrr killed by Auto.

Charles Bieckmeyer. 3? years old. OF
90 Benjamin street. Corona. was struck
last evening at the Benjamin street and
Jackson avenue crossing by the automobile
of Joseph Goet2 Of Rockville Centre and
died two hours later at the Flushing Hos
pital
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Michael Doush.rty of Newark Il ki,,-d

Michael Dougherty, a produce dealer of
sea Twelfth avenue. Newark, was killed
near his house last night when horse
ne was driving ran away. II. is survived
By his wife and seven children.
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AT THE GRAND GUIGNOL.

story by Dostoiefsky and One ny he
PARIs, June ?5.-The Grand Guignol
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FLIES n l.2 NILES AN HOUR.
French Aviator Makes New Record
Carrying Passenger.

Special Gable DespoieA 70 TIE Srx.
PARIS. July e.-M. Legagneux. the
French aviator. few seventy seven ami
a half miles ar hour to-day.
This establishes a new record. as he
carried passenger
The sun., 1912-07-07

Stern Brothers
making
Women's and Misses Summer Apparel
n
Of
Of nmmedvh
Taioe
Of 1880.
WASH
oIC ncrdury, sl.7s, 27s $50
Evening
Wool Silk Fabrics, Dress
Very Exceptional Offerings for Monday in their
Silk Departments
,shhesvide 46c
ohm 7Sc
'3SU oOO
To-mr desirable and popular
Dress and Suitirg Linens
At Greatly Reduced Prices
Ramie Linen Sutngs, n
Linen Sutng Crashes white and s 90 Yard
yarn dyed large range % sand ~
Monday,
Won,en's Summer Hosiery
@ % ss s @ ssss M ys 2se % @ s ta:: s % % tops and % sos
s 's asass Mst e .a M :1 1s'' Sc Six s sa s % s. 72s
RghrP Price $ilo to is Pair
West rusntv.third and Twenty.second Streets
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
STIMSOM WELL PLEASED
lie Approves Army Appropriation Bill
Just Signed hy Tnft.

Washington August z5-secretary
Stlmson. OF the War Department, left
Washington early to-day for tour
of inspection of western military posts.
going by way Of Sew York he was
accompanied bs Mrs stimson. Briga-
dier-General crozier and Major Lassi-
ter of the general STAFF The party
Viii stop hrst at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son near Indiana polls then at Chicago.
Fort D =. Russell in Wyoming. and
finally the Preside % San Francisco.
The trip will consume month
Before leaving the secretary e&-
pressed himself as moro than pleased
with the army appropriation bill just
signed oy President Taft. The most
important feature OF tho bin. ne said.
ia his opinion was the step toward
creating regular army reserve. This
section of the bill was agreed upon as
compromise for a long term OF en-
-At present. while the r.~rments OF
the regular army are kept at half
strength IN time Of peace said The
secretary. there IS no provision made
BIS law Tor Milling their ranks In case
OF war During the spanish American
war we had 10 MI them with raw re-
crults The reserve IS aimed 10 meet
this necessity
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
NOT "GIB THE BLOOD"
Man Taken Prisoner by Sheriff Cudde-
beck Ia Rclcnnrd.

New York. August 25.-Thc belief
or Sheriff Cuddebeck Of Pic County.
Pennsylvania. that he had won the
sz.5O0 reward offered for the capture
Of Clip the Blood" and tho hope OF
the authorities here that the fugitive
really had been caught, were sinful
taneously blasted by detectives Of the
district attorney who visited Milford.
Pa. to-day and failed to identity
Sheriff Cuddebeck's prisoner as the MAJ
wanted The man was released and the
whereabouts OF Clip" and Lefty
Louie indicted as gunner IN the
Rosenthal murder. are as much of "A
mystery as ever
The large reward offered for tho
rugitives is expected 10 lead to a num-
her Of similar mistaken arrests In va
r'ous sections. but eventually the au-
thoritnes hope TO got their men.
In the absence of District Attorney
Whitman on his weekend visit to
Manchester VI. the principal activity
at lis office to-day was that Of his
assistant w liam =. De,ord. who ia
been assigned 20 present the so-cailed
police graft cases TO Justice Golf IN
the extraordinary session OF the Grim
inal branch of the supreme Court be
ginning September
Mr. Deford spent practically all Of
the day In his Office preparing the in
formation TO lay before Justice Goif.
who Will act as committing ma sis-
f-afa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
HEARST PROMISES
TO REVEAL TRUTH
He Will Give Facts II Roosevelt,
Arohbold and Penrose
Refuse.
HAS NECESSARY PR ooF S
Points to Downfall OF Foraker
and Tells Them to Take
Warning.

London. August 25.-I have read in
the foreign papers accounts of the
explanation tina, senator penrose has
given of his receipt of certificate OF
post was intended ana the use TO
oil Company have also read sena-
tor Penrose's statement of the purpose
Tor which this secret certificate of de-
positw as intended and the use to
which this sum OF money and other
sums OF money from the standard OIL
Company were put
Senator Penroses explanation is not
quite accurate. His statement is not
altogether truthful. He is IN part saw
Ing what is true and in part saying
"hat is false. have the documents
to prove my assertion.
Warming From Foraker
senator Penroses hould take warn
ing OF the fate OF Senator Foraker and
the predicament of that gentleman
when he attempted to explain falsely
the reason FOR which his certificates
OF deposit from AR. Archbold were re-
ceIved ! was able to produce promptly
the documents which showed tina, sen,
ator Foraker was not speaking the
truth and that the certificates were
received for other purposes than the
ones stated by him.
Senator Penrose should also remem-
Der the diifculty into which Mir. Arch
bold got himself ny making false state
nents In regard to some Of tho letters
published inculpating certain Pennsyl-
vania judges Mr.. Archbold said that
he had Interested himself in the Sc
lection OF these judges without their
knowledge theroupon produced
more letters Of Mr.. Archbold's. in which
the judges were shown to nave re-
quested him to interest himself In
their behalf
advise Senator Penrosc therefore.
10 adhere to the exact facts and to
speak the whole truth. FOR the whole
truth Will surely be brought out I'm the
presen; series of articles now appear
inS in my magazines
The September issue is already on
the press, and I cannot alter that to
Include a reply to Senator Pcnrose:
but in tho October issue shall deal
with senator Perrose's use Of tho
Standard Oil funds and also with Ms
Kooscvclts relations with the STANDARD
OIL Company and their agents shall.
moreover. not mako any statements
Continued on seventh Paec)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
Weather Will Be Warm
for Next Several DAYS

Washington. tuSnst o5.-Thc dis
tribnti"n of haromctric pressure
over the North American Continent
aud the adjacent oceans IL such ns
{" Indicate that warm weather will
he the rule che next several dn,s
over the greater pnrt of the conn
try east Of the NisSlssippt Rivcr
and during che hrst pnrt Of the
week In the Niidhic ytfs.is.ipri Val
ley and the Southern Plain STATES.
change to considerably cooler
weather viii nycrsprcad the North
western states during the next TWO
days. the Middle West nv Wednes-
day. and the Eastern and Southern
Stntcs the Inter part of the week.
The first half az the week will
he generally fair In the Eastern ana
southern states. md unsettled. with
locni rains. In Che Northwestern
diatrictS nnd the Rocky NIounfnin
rcGi"n; the latter half Of the week
VIII be showcry over much of thu
country from the Grcnt Central
valley. eastward and In the West
Gulf states. There Hrc no irdica-
tionS Mt the present time of u dis
turbnncc In the West indies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
CONDEMNED MAN BITTER
Curses His wife 80 Tint She Fiees
From His Cell.

nashville. Tenn. Angus, .os-Airs
George NoSe was bitterly denounced
by h.r husband to-day when she en-
tered ,no death cell at the state prison
10 bid him good bye
Rose is to be hanged at sunrise TO-
morrow for the murder OF James
Miller. in McMinn County and Mrs.
Rose is also held Is an accessory. He
feels that his wites testimony was re-
sponslble for his conviction and he
cGrsed tAe woman with such venenence
that She He'd from the death cell With
out formal cave taking.
Rose was also bitter in denunciation
OF sheriff Hart, OF McMinn County. and
called vengeance down upon the head
OF Governor Hooper Tor refusal 10 re-
prieve MIN DICK Rose son of the
condemned man. who Is under a M
teen-yesr sentence al the state PRISON
for murder. ;lso visited his father in
tne 70 ath cell The condemned man
eXacted promise from him that he
you'd even up scores with Sheriff Hart
a. soon a. he is released.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
Enemies in War
Now Lie Side by Side

Washington. August .5.-iying
side by side. one covered by the
Stars md stripes OF the United
states. the other with the stars ana
Bars of the Southern Confedcrncy,
are the bodies OF Thomas +. Stan
ford and MarccIlus ". Hnrris. The
two veterans of the civil War. cnch
wrapped I'm the colOrs he Ind fol-
lowed for four years md cherished
nifty years nfterwnrd to-day lie I'm
peace In Lees undertaking chapel,
BE- Pennsylvania Avenue.
Whether the two veterans ever
met before. no one knows. Both
served through the whole Civil
Wnr. stanford ms serGcnnt-maJoF.
Harris nv prIvnte. but as they
lie side by side In the undcrtnl<er's
chapel. their bntfic-scnrrcd aEe-
vrinl<Icd faces inspire the feeling
thnt cnch Ind come out victorious
In the last hours of life.
stanford was born sc,cnfy-two
ycnrs ago In Brookly1.
Iinrris. the Southern veteran. wan
born eighty years. nGo I'm virginia
and served In the army Of his state.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
That Is Way Roosevelt
Interprets Action of
Committee.
DOESN'T WAIT TO
HEA r HIS STORY
Now He Is Writing Letter to
Senator Clapp, Telling Him
That Penrose, Archbold and
Others Are Malicious Fal-
sihers and Undesirable
Citizens.

Washington. August 25.-colonel
Roosevelt will not have an oppor-
tuni;y to answer John D. Archbold's
statements before the Senate commit
tee Investigating campaign cxpendi-
lures until late in September
Senator clapp, chairman OF tho sub
committee before which Mr.. Archbold
told his story OF having contributed
sio',0oo To the Roosevelt fund IN 1908.
telegraphed Colonel Roosevelt at 1
% clock TINS morning that the commit
tee would not be able TO hear MIN
Monday, - tho Colonel desired Late
today Senator Clapp received = tele-
gram from Senator Dillingham;. Of
Vermont, chairman Of the Committee
on privileges and Elections. announc-
ING that Senator pomerene. OF ohio.
would be appointed to take the place
OF senator Luke Lea. OF Tennessee,
who has assigned Senator Pomerene
IS no" IN ONO, however. and Sonat tor
Clapp said II appeared Impossible TO
bring the subcommittee OF five to-
gether before the end of September.
Following the rece Ht of Colonel
Rooscvelt's telegram last night. soma
tor Clapp made efforts TO arrange for
committee meeting Monday Sena-
tor Lea insisted upon resigning at
once. however, the Illness of his wife
and child making it imperative that
he should leave Washington.
Senators oliver and Pomercne al
ready had left Washington.
Senator Jones left to-day for the
Pacific coast. The committee undoubt-
edly will proceed late in September
with Its investigation. even If the PEN
rose resolution for additional author
ity should not be passed by the Senate
tomorrow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
CONGRESS FACES
CONDITION THAT
IS MOST UNUSUAL
Filibus ters in Senate
Have Body at Their
Mercy.
CANNOT ADJOURN
WITHOUT QUORUMi

La Toilette Insists on Record,
Vote on Campaign Contribution
Bill, and His Determination
Threatens to Hold Congress I'M
Session Indefinitely = Weary
and Disguised, Members Will
Meet Again To-Day and Try to,
Bring Order From Legislative
Chaos-Many Leave Capital,
and Only Handful of Lawrnak-
ers Remains.