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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
j udg e Arch bald In
weighed Into Culm
Bank Deal.
REVENGE MOTIVE
OF TRANSACTION
w. P. Boland, Ore of Defeated
Parties in Suit Before Com
merce Court, Admits That
He Purposely Sought to In
volve Judge in Question
able Proceeding.

Washington. May l3.-Judge Robcr;
w. ArchbaIds defense. In part at lea 81.
to the charges against linn. now being
aired before the House Judiciary Com
n.itce. winch will decide If impcach-
meat proceedings snail be brought.
was indicated at to-day hearing
What appeared 10 have been DELHI
crate trap TO set to catch the jur.st
III an embarrassing transa ctiOn was
revealed by the testimony. and the
defense indicated that II would make
the most Of II. II was alleged that
". /. boiand. OF Scranton. Pa. VINO
had been one of the defeated parties
TO a case before Judge archibald IN the
Commerce Court. purposcly had Ed
ward J. Williams. the principal wit
ness against the judge, solicit Arch
bald to enter the katyiid culm bank
option transaction with the Erie Rail
road while the roads lighterage cases
We're pending in the court. This trans
action led TO the Ming Of charges
against the judge. Boiand is waiting
to testify. and probably will be heard
tomorrow.
Williams Sent to Lure Him.
Allan CockrelI. confidential secre-
tary OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission, read TO this committee
his memorandum o! w p. Boland's
against Judge Archibald Boland. ac-
cording TO the memor1hdum. told In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Meyer that he purposely sought 10
cntrap Judge Archibald in the Katydld
culm bank transaction, after de-
nurrer in a suit against mis- coal COM
pany had been decided against him
In Judge Archba!d's court. Boland
declared that he sent L. J. Williams
TO Archibald TO lure him into the
Katydid culm option deal with the
Erie Railroad. after Williams had
come TO him with Judge Archbald's
$500 note for discount Boland re-
fused 10 discount the note. and sub
sequentIy his demurrer was decided
against him In making the charges
Boland admitted. according to Cock
rell, that he had used Williams in an
effort 10 involve the Judge in dis
creditablc transaction.
W. y. May. manager of the Erie
Railroads coal properties. who gave
the option on the culm bank to Will
iiams and Judge Archibald. and Ct Z.
Brownell. vice-presideat and general
counsel OF the Erie. probably will
testify next. According TO Willlamss
testimony Judge Archibald personally
sought Mr Brownelrs influence 10 get
the katydid option after May had re-
fused 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
Taft victory I'm Tennessee.

Nashville Tenn. May l3.-Taf, men
scored II victory in the Republican
State Convention committee meeting
tonight, when John III. Early of Chat
tanooga, Il Taft man. was designated
as temporary chairman o: the State
convention tomorrow. At a late hour
the committee stu was considering
contests. but ii was generally report
ed that enough Tart delegates will be
seated to give the TAFT forces control
of the convention. Runors of pros
pective compromises between the Taft
and Roosevelt forces were current on
the street but the committee was In
executive session and no verifcat!on
could be had of any compromise re
ports. and there was every indication
that no understanding hau been reach
ed by the rival factions.
The Republican convention of the
Eighth Congressional District. held a.
Camden to-day. resulted in n com
promise. one Taft delegate and one
Roosevelt delegate to Chicago being
named. Roosevelt l2aders were noisy
tonight in their claim that they will
win l. 0-morrow's convention. and
made public the following telegram
from Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, man
ager OF the Roosevelt campaign, TO
Judge II. II. Lindsay:
II hope Tennessee Republicans 10
morrow will keep step with Minnesu
ia and North Carolina. Chairman
Continued on Eight Page.>
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
WANTS TO READ OF HIS CASE
hicheson Asks That UncIippcd puprr.
he Given Him

Boston. Mass. May l3.-"There :s
noth!ns they can print about me now
.hat Is any worse than what / hav,,
already heard and read" calmly ar
Gued Clarence T. Richeson win
Sheriff Quinn in his cell at the Charles
street Jail today. In urging the slcr-
!!f to allow him to read what the
papers were saying about his case.
week. Since he was sentenced. early
In January. for the murder OF Avs
iinneil. al newspapers given Richie
sen have had news pertaining TO the.
case cut out
The prisoners plea had It's force
with Sheriff Quinn to-day, however.
anG he viii allow Richeson the pa
pers uncut unless they contain sensn-
Uonal news
That the alicnisis named by Gov
trnOr Fcss to examine R.chcson intend
To make their investigation as COM
P!etr and exhaustive hs possible was
made apparent to-day. They visited
the Jail and FOR five and one-h half hours
probcd into the prisoners mental and
physical condition. Later. Dr. Sted-
man admitted that they might return
tomorrow. The examination to-day
makes a total of more than sixty fun
hours of tests and questions ta which
the prisoner has been subjected by
alienists and the jail officials fear
lie Will collapse when the strain H.
over Shcrif Quinn intimated tonight
that he would not wait for the meet
ing OF the Governor and Council. which
may consider RichesoS's case Wednes-
Jay or Thursday. before removing his
prisoner to Charlestown lie viii keen
the prisoner until the alienists have
completed their work. which proba bly,
wil be 10 morrow.
The most that is expected is thar
the aiienists viii find R'cheson is no,
right mentally at the present time.
upon which Information the Governors
~
or stay of sentence until he RECEIVERS
his mental faculties
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
INTRIGUING FOR THRONE
Son of Prince Turn j, Now Said tv H..
In Picking.

London. May IA son of Prince
iuan, who was n pro. 'inei.t figure
during the Boxer rising. and was at
one time heir apparent to the Chinese
throne mas arrived in Picking. accord
ing TO news agency's dispatch, re-
ceived to-day from Tientsin.
Prince Tuan. who is said to have de
clared himself Emperor of the Chinese
provinces of Shensi and Kansu, is I'M
derstood 10 be intriguing now to have
his son proclaimed Emperor He is
receiving active assistance from Prince
hung. the leader of the Monaghan
anita Observation-Disclosures, who has been very
active in his efforts to saw the Man
chus. He offered to raise 80, 1000 troops
to fight for them, and was said to
have gone to Mukdcn To proclaim the
Independence OF Manchuria
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
One While-House Term
Enough, Says Committee

Washington. Mny I3.-The SEN
nte judiciary Committee to-day de-
cidcd to report fnvornbly the Works
resolution. restricting the prcsI-
Dental tenure of Office 10 single
term of six ycnrs. a minority re-
port, fnvOring "a single term of four
!cnrs. also viii he made from the
committee. fhc reports urc c,-
pectcd in day or two.
The committee is practically
EnRnfmous In the desire to mike n
President Ineligible for a second
term, but four members OF the
committee favor making the single
:. ~ fonr years instead of six,
The House Committee on Judi
cinry Inns pending joint rcsoIu-
Ton of the same purnor. introduced
by Representative Clayton, of Ain
bnwr, chnirn1p oG Tint committee.
II Congrcs" adopts the chRnSe, an
nmrrdn,cnt TO the Constitution will
have to I've ratified by threc-fourths
Of the states.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
Begins His Ohio Cam
paign With Fling
at Bryan.
DECLARES HE IS
GROSSLY UNFAIR
Governor Defends His Admins,
tration From Recent Attacks
OF Nebraskan, and Denies
That He Is Friend of the
Trusts Or Special
Interests.

Wooster. Ohio. Nav l3.-Governor
Judson Harmon, of Ohio. tonight be
gan mis- campaign In Ohio for the presi-
Dental nomination with a reply to the
attacks made on him by W j. Bryan,
" no recently made tour of the State.
MI Harmon declared that he mad been
unanimously selected by the last State
convention OhiOs candidate for
tresident, and that il was not self
seeking which had put him before the
country and subjected MIN to the
classification and abuse which are dis
grac!ng American politics this year
Now, my opponents have brought
Nil Bryan ana carried MIN around the
state" continued Governor Harmon.
lie was reliably informed Of the
character and motives OF the moving
spirits IN this rule or ruin movement,
Dut seems not TO care.
NOV. as to MIR. Bryan. Wha, has
caused the change III his attitude to-
ward nae? what have l done whicn
leads him now to say / am not lit to
be even "a justice OF lii. peace? lie has
not stated a single fact from my Of
ncial record or elsewhere to Justify
his conduct. except that l repudiated
the platform on the initiative and re-
ierendum. This is not true. l advo-
Gated before the joint caucus and
signed when passed the bill author!z-
Ing resort to IT in municipalities
which was all our Constitution would
permit.
Merely Calling Names.
He says l am not q progressive,
but 'reactionary.' This is merely
calling names. the last resort in d poor
case.
II progressiveness means sincere
and successful efforts to secure prac-
teal reforms In government. Instead
OF mere tSlk. where mas these much
been accomplished as in Ohio during
my administration
After mentioning many reform laws
passed during his administration. Mr.
Harmon continued:
IF Mr.. Bryan knows of the many
reforms accomplished in Ohio he is
grossly unfair to me and my COM
rades in the administration. If he
does not know of them then it Is sheer
wantonness for him TO come into the
state OF my birth and home. and try
TO discredit me with the people with
out specification or proof. though
even an accused criminal is entitled
TO both
He would have the people believe
that would serve special interests
instead OF the public if l were elect
cd President. II he really thinks so
himself he ought TO have GU; my ac-
quatntancc long ago. as would
surely do with anybody thought
capable Of such an infamous betrayal
of public trust.
But / served for years as Judge
and also as attorney general. l have
been for more than three years Gov
ernor. In all OF these positions there
have been ample opportunities to
favor special interests or shirk my
duty. II Mr.. Bryan will point out n
single instance where ever did
either l will get out of the way of
his desires. whatever they are"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
Aviator and Passenger
Are dashed to Death
Victor Louis MnsOn. One-TiInc Pri-
Natc Secretary 10 Secretary of
War, Ii Killed In London.

NatC ofCTetufy StcFetuTS Oh
Wnr. Is Killed In London.
London, May I3.-Nictur Louis
mason. an American identified with
extensive mining interests, md Mt
one time private becrctnry to the
American Secretary of War, Cen
ernl IL. A. AlXer. and to his sue
censor. Elihu Root, was killed to-
day while mnklng nIght at
Brooklands with the English nvln-
tor. u. v. Fisher. Fisher also was
Killed by beinE pitched out of the
mnchine when mt II height of about
100 feet. Fisher Wus about 10 give
IN exhibition. md picked Mr. Mason
hs passenger from among the
spectators. They circIed the truck
once, when, eyewitncsses say. the
machine, which WIS monopIane,
nude nm abrupt turn. II wHvcrcd n
moment. and then fell strnight to
the carth. The sudden stoppnEe In
the nir threw Fisher heudIOnE from
his seat. MaSon was pinned be-
ncnth the wrccknEe, which caught
IRE. and he WAN bndly burned be-
fore being cxtricnted. Physician.
hay both men died almost imme-
dintcly.
1t IL surmIscd TINT some fnult
developed In the engine of the
ncroplnne. which cnusrd the ncci-
dent, ms weather conditions were
PNfAe'- ne DouicH were removed
10 mortunry TO await nm inquest,
which probably Will he held We'd
ncsduy.
Fisher was regarded n. n dnring
aviator.
Victor Louis Mason resided In
Parsaic, y. y. He vn. born in
Washington in 1870. TIis wife was
Miss Dnisy Comstock Simnns. of
Washington. he was nssisfnn. seq
r~tEry Of the Rcnubifcrn National
Committee In charge OF the Enst-
crn division. rrmunign 81 nos.
widow md three children sur
ytvc him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
In Bitter Spe ech He
Holds Roosevelt Up
to Ridicule.
HATES FLATTERER
AN D DEMAGOGUE
Calls Former Friend Dangerous
Egotist," With Whom All the
Time 1t Is 81, 1, I"-Trying
to Honey-Fugle People by
Telling Them Something
He Doesn't Believe.

Steubcnv!ile, O.. May 13-President
Tafts FIRST day of his final campaign
ewing through Ohio, which came to an
end with q speech here tonight. was
marked by the most pronounced verbal
assaults upon Colonel Theodore Roose-
Welt to which Mr. TAFT SO far has
given public utterancc. In speeches.
that were filled with indignant attack,
that bubbled over with uncompiimsnt-
tary adlectives. Mr.. Taft discharged
his oretory at his predecessor in the
White House.
Ia started out upon his last cam
paign to urge the people OF Ohio 10
support him IN the primaries Of May
FL at Marietta in q cold. hard rain.
which kept up for several hours, but
which finally fled before the sun.
Late to-day. when he spoke at Den
nison. Uhrichville. st. CIairsv!l!e, Bel
iaira and Bridgeport. the weather was
fair and the crowds came out IN sum
mer attire.
ed the steel manufacturing district OF
Ohio which his political advisers open
u said was opposed 10 his renom!na
iIon. The crowds. however, we're
large enough and frequently demon
strative enough TO make his Ohio
friends feel bit optimistic.
Although in substance all OF the
dozen speeches ths President made
to-day We're ,nuch like those he de-
l!vered in Massachusetts and Mary
land. they dlner.d widely at times in
the words used 10 score Mr.. Roosevelt.
These were unusua! and p!quant. aud
gave hts hearers opportunity FOR APP
p!ause and laughter. which seldom
tailed to come
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
GIANT ICEBERG SIGHTED
Seen $50 Niles South of Scene of I'll.
trnic Disaster.

New York. May ia giant Iceberg.
1000 feet long and $50 feet high, ne
tacn miles away. but cleaning and
flashing brilliantly in the sunlight, was
sighted by passengers and crew of the
steamer George Washington. which
reached New York to-day.
The bsrg, which. was one of tho lars-
est ever recorded, was many miles
south of the beaten track of floating
ice. 1t was sighted last Friday morn
ing in latitude 5000 north. and 47.16
west. which is farther south than New
York. and was estimated to he $50
miles south of the spot where the IL
tanic went down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
PLEAD THAT LIFE
OF FLOYD ALLEN
Be FORT |TED
FOR HIS CRIME
States Attorneys Argue
That 1t Is Required for
Protectionof Organ
lied Society.
PRISONER SITS
IN COURT WITH
AVERTED HEAD

Two of Lawyers for Common
wealth Begin Summing Up
Their Side of Case, Both In
sisting on Verdict of Murder
in First Degree-O p ening
Speech for Defense by w. w.
Coke, Who Does Not Ask for
Acquittal, but Insists That
Evidence Is Insufficient to
Justify Extreme Penalty.
When He Returns to Jail Floyd
Allen for First Time Has Moth
ing to Say to His Guards, but
Remains Gritnly Silent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
GET SHARE IN MILLIONS
Cherokee Indian Children Win by SUI
prcmc Court Decision.

Washington, May iS.--The right OF
about 5000 Cherokee babies born after
September /. 1902. and living March (.
1906. to participate on an equal foot
ing with other Cherokccs in the gov
ernmental distribution of scv erul mil
lion dollars OF the Cherokee funds in
the Treasury was upheld to-day by the
supreme Court of the United States
The court refused to cnjoin the Sec
rotary OF the Interior and the Secr.-
tary of the Treasury from admitting
the children to the rolls and from pay
ing the money TO the babies. Justice
Van Devanter announced the courts
opinion
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
MILLIoNAIRE'S SON HELD
iounE Mexican Accused of Stnbbirc
Porto Ricnn Student.

New York. May lS.-Jose Balboa.
twenty years old. son of Mexican
-, ,'iiilonaire merchant, was locked up
IN the One Hundred and Twenty f,fth
Street Police Station early to.dov
cnar etw with felonious assault on Fred
eiich oausront, young Porto Rican
student who is In Il serious condi-
non IN the Harlem Hospital. suffering
rom ii staub wound in the left lung
According to the police Balboa and
"ausront became involved in a heated
FSunent regarding the present insur-
Eection in Mexico. Sausront made n
si's ht'nS remark about President Ma
aero and was attacked by Balboa.
Sausront says. that Balboa drew a
nhiie ana after several lunges stab
bed MIN under the shoulder.
Balboa is student In private
pieparatory school here. His legal
guardian until n short time AGO W.
Francisco de la Barra. former Next
can ambassador to the United States
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
AIMED AT AMERICANS
House of Lords Prevents Removal of
HitoricaI Monuments.

London. May 13.-The House Of
Lords has taken effective measures TO
prevent the removal OF further his
torical monuments to America.
Aroused by the many recent pur-
chascs by Americans interior dec
orations OF old castles and homes the
government has introduced a bill en-
titled Ancient Monuments Protection
Bill" which gives the government the
right of prescription for the purchase
from Il private owner Of monuments
of interest which otherwise must be
sold and sent out of the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
Nyrnth hollis Oyer

Cambridge, o.. May I3.-In one OF
the most bitter speeches he mas made
since he began his active campa gn
for a denomination. President TAFT
ridicuIe. called him an intense and
dangerous egotist. natterer and
dcnagoguc. and suggested that there
would be but little hope for the fu-
ture OF this nation IL Mr. Roosevelt
ware waited to the skies in a chariot
like the prophet Of old, and there was
no one left to do the Job Mr.. Roose-
vel, said the country needs him TO
The Presidents speech boiled over
with attacks and criticisms Colonel
Roosevelt.
You'd suppose there was not any
body in the country to do this JOB
that Mr. Roosevelt talks about bat
himself shouted the President at on
point It's !. l. l. all the time with
him"
suppose you feed that egot.sm and
vanity and put him in office with "a
sense Of power and a disr sgard Of con
st!tutiona! restrictions. 1t would BE-
dangerous for this country.
Il hold that that man IS deIna-
goguc and q flattcrer who comes out
and tells the people they know 1t all.
hate Il natterer. like a man to
tSiI the truth straight out, and ! hate
to SEQ a man try to honey-fugle tho
people By telling them something he
doesn't believe.
do you think" he asked. that Alb.
raham Lincoln 70 whom Roosevelt so
often refers. and TO whom he likes 10
compare himself and to whom he
bears less resemblance than any one
/ know in the history OF this country,
would have acted IS he has and mis-
represented me as he has?
''Mr. Roosevelt promises the mil
Ienn!um. free from bosses. We'll then,
why wasn't there a millennium during
the seven years lie was in tn, White
House?
one Indictment" he said, "is the
character OF the campaign Mir. Roose-
Welt is carrying OF. and personally L
f eel that more deeply than any other,
because ] think he is to he indicted
for making the kind OF accusatory and
libelous campaign which requires M,
the President or the United States. In
order TO save the cause L represent, to
come out on the platform and gO about
making political speeches in my belief.
and doing something that Il modest
man dislikes."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
URGES COMMON SENSE


Kansas City. Mo. May Is In SER
mon on 'The Mutability OF God" he
fore the African Methodist Episcopal
Church Conference, which resumed
here to-day. Dr. a. J. carey. of the
institutional Church. Chicago. recon-
memded the common sense methods
'oi thinking as a solution for all din
cuitits in tile way OF church prog
ress."
Preparations were made for what
is expected 10 be the biggest meeting
of the conference tomorrow night.
when Booker 4. Washington will
speak
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
AEGEAN SEA is CLOSED
Itniinn Papers Stnte Turkey Is Block.
AIDED From MctlIterrauenn

Rome. May lat is announced in
the newspapers to-day that the oc-
cupation by Italy of the Islands of
karpathos, kaso. Picopi. Tilopsy and
Nisyro, in the Grecian archipelago. and
belonging TO Turkey, together with
the capture of the Turkish islands OF
Stampalia and Rhodes. completely
closes the Aegean Sea
Turkey is thus blocked and isolated
from the Mediterranean. and she is
consequently una bic TO dispatch war
ships or troops to Tripoli.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
FATAL FEUD FIGHT
| Two Killed md One Fatally Injured
ut All-Day Singing,

pouglasvllle, Ga May i3.-Wiliam
AlcCard, aged thirty-five. and Grover
Cooper. aged twenty four are dead.
and Grady Cooper. aged twenty-five,
is PROBABLY fatally wounded. as the
result OF feud fig.tt al an au-day
Reports from the scene OF the trouble
state that bad blood has existed be-
tween thu two families for several
years. and that McCard shot the Cooper
brothers after he had bean fatally cut
across the neck.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-14
ECHO OF FAMOUS CASE
Decisions Against Mrs. Leary Re
NcEscd hN sMprcmc Cnnrt

vctscd by supreme Court
Washington, May l3.-An echo Of
the Greene Gaynor-Carter scandal.
growing out OF the Improvement OF
the Savannah harhor, was heard to-
day. when the Supreme Court reversed
the Federal court OF Virginia, which
refused to allow Mrs. Mary Lcary to
Intervene in a suit of the govern
ment to attach certain stock alleged
to have been bought by BENJAMIN u.
Greene with money improperly obtain
Oh from the governments
Mrs. Lcary claimed that the stocks
belonged to her because they had been
gwen as security when her husbaui
went on Greene's bail bond.