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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
Roosevelts Election Cost 4.
II. Hartman a Cool
Fifty Thousand
CHARGES L. r. WITH
A DELIBERATE PLOT
Missives Bear Eloquent Testi
mony OF Relations Between
White House and
Railroad Offices

WASHINGTON Sept. 3o.-Abso-
luteIy substantiating John IL. Arch.
holds statement, later specifically de-
Med by Colonel Roosevelt. that h. IA
Hartman. the railroad king. had sup
erintended the raising Of a x25o,oo0
contribution To the Republican cam
patgn fund in 1904. and had person
aJlv contributed $4,000 OF this
amount, e. C.. Tegethom. formerly
Harrimans private secretary pro-
duced letters before the senate fnves-
tigating committee today showing
that Hartman had made the CON
tribution as the result. so he declared.
of a deliberate plot by president
Roosevelt.
In letter TO sidney Webster, q
New York lawyer. who often handled
priyate business for Hartman, the
latter stated that Roosevelt had =plan-
ned 10 force him tHarrimaHD to make
q contribution TO the Republican funu
under the promise that frieno Oh
the railroad magnate's, unnamed, but
Continued on Fifth paEe.)
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COMMITTEES OUT
TO GATHER FUNDS
LOYAL DEMOCRATS ASKED To
CHIP IN ron WILSON AND
MARSHALL
-
CUT PURSE STRINGS
CHAIRMAN JOHN STEWART BRYAN
NAMES SOLICITORS AND AP-
pEALs TO THE LOYAL
DEMOCRATS.
ICUT PURSE STRINGS

District committees Of the national
Democratic committee, who are en-
eeavorins To finance the campaign TOT
Wilson and Marshall are WORKING
strenr,n,tsiy. Much ssaew of war II
being gathered through these COM
mittees. and not to be behind any OF
them the committee representing this
district hopes that by Thursday the
city OF Richmond will disclose fund
of many thousands Of dollars, which
NAV be spent i'm every legitimate way
Tor the election If the Democratic
standard bearers.
The campaign fund committee OF
this district is headed by Mr. John
stewart Bryan, who has as his aide
Mir. &. II. Cooke. The chairman pre-
sided at a meeting OF represenfativ.
and influential Democrats last night
at the jefferson hnfelz -----------
The object OF the meeting was 10
formulate some definite plan os
which funds might be raised.
There were more than iifty men
present: all enthusiastic and enerS
getic; all business or professional men,
who feel that the success OF the Dem
ocratis party will be boon to the
people Of the country; men who
themselves subscribed more than $4Vu
on the spur of the moment. and VINO
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
COL. CAMPAIGNS
EASTERN TENNESSEE
WILL WIND UP SWING ARoyNn
CIRCLE IN TOWN OF GREENS
BoRo TONIGHT.
LAMBASTSG WILSON
If CANDIDATE WAS PROGRESSIVE
HE WOULDN'T DE RUNNING
WITH MARSHALL. hull
MOOSE SAYS.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, Sept So
campaigned through eastern Tonnes
see today. winding up In this citadel
of insurgency from his invasion oil
Chattanooga. early in the day, when
he whacked at Governor Wilson for
running on a ticket with Governor
Marshall, whom the colonel charac-
ter.xed a creature Of the Taggart ma
chine In Indiana. Along through a
tireless day of stumping. the expires.
.dsnt met with thuRdeFeas acclaim.
An attempt was made by a coterie
of Wilson sympathizers to nettIe the
ex-president when he spoke to $500
people In the auditorium here, but
the riot &hex tried to create war. quick
iy handled by the third party can.
d date. and the huge throng showed
its approval of Roosevelt by cheer.
ing madly.
In no southern city has the ex.
president been heard by such "A rabid
multitude of Progressives as here
They packed the streets as he rode
along to a hotel early n the after.
noon. and made the Bull Moose can.
didate stand up In his machine and
bow. They jainmed the auditorium
in the afternoon, and again tonight
when the colonel spoke to throne
of wnrkinEmen.
Fires Straight ~ Wilson.
Roosevelt. ievelled his attacks to.
day chiefly at Governor Wilson. Gov
ernor Marshall and Governor Hoop.
err, Of Tennessee, the latter OF whom
Is doing an expert straddling stunt
by counting both the Taft and Will
son supporters. Hooper. a Itepublf-
can. declines to commit himself "a
either the Democrats or Republican
candidate. What he wants is to BE-
elected governor; He q MfIif :afsi with
Taft and Hooper club. and II Il
all the same 10 him how the tight Tor
the presidency turns out.
In Chattanooga. the ex-perstdeni
;adyerted to the governor aliKnins
himself with the TAFT and Wilson
forces to catch votes remArkluE icily
LET Governor Hooper come cut 0nt
way or the other. and ,xaS whaln hs
supports. H. essn asiry water in
both shoulders without the usual re-
suit Of its being spilled, The Cover
lcpntinasd IN Ftffh RAka.A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
VALUABLE PRIZES ARE TO
RE GIVEN AWAY THROUGH
THE RICHMOND VLRCINLAN

manufacturers and merchants who
are cooperating. feeling that the pub
lie at large will appreciate this method
of giving back to the consumer in the
manner of these valuable prizes what
otherwise would spnoisa bly, be spent In
other methods of advertising. Among
the products that Will be listed will
be some of those which are In daily
use In nearly all of the homes and
others are necessities and are just as
good or better than those that are
now being used. I.
The opening announcement will
contain the list Of articles on which
votes are issued, showing the parts
to be turned in for votes. end In addi-
tion to this announcement the con-
test department OF the Richmond vir-
ginian has made arrangements for a
large exhibition at the Virginia State
fair. where all Of the articles Will be
placed on display. q representative
being there to thoroughly explain the
contest and 70 instruct alt who desire
10 enter how to proceed and secure
votes. A cordial welcome liz extend
ed to each and everyone to visit this
booth at the fair and make II their
headquarters while at the grounds
All Are Interested,
In order To insure absolute fairness
no Information will be given out as
to what articles will he listed in this
grand prize offer until the formal
announcement ID made on Sunday, De-
tober 9th. However. The members OF
any organization that could use this
$1,000 In cash to a good advantage
should make II 4 point to De sure
Arj get thrs tr9l announcement and
x.ad IL. Thoroughly.
Also. men. women and children in
the city pf Richmond viii find this
an opportunity TO secure valuable
prissa without anYs soaA ~ thamaelkAA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
BIG ROW AvERTED
BY DIPLOMACY OF
COMM|SS|0NERLEE
Maryland State Senator and
Virginia Oysterman Charge
Bad Faith
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
THREATEN TO LEAVE
Commission Appointed By
Governors Will Examine
Into Conditions IN
Potomac River

Especial 10 The Richmond Nirginian)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3o.--Bnt for
the diplomacy OF Fisheries Commits
siouer w. Mcdonald Lee OF Virginia
and Congressman Thomas Parran OF
Maryland, the conference or mary
lanaers. Nirginians and government
officials held here today with view
tn saving the Potomac river industry
would have broken up in a big ro~
between the representatives of the two
States and the Federal experts.
Twice the government officials. in
Guiding DIR r.. r. Dooiittle. successor
to DR.. Wiley as pure food expert. were
charged with bad faith In dealing Win
Potomac river oysters and twice thes
started 10 leave the room Mr. Lee and
Congressman Parran acted as peace
makers and smoothed over the warm
words which State Senator Lancaster
os Maryland and e. {. Lancaster, an
oyster planter Of Charles county. Mo.'
hurled at the government officiais,
After two hours or more OF discus
sion the conference reached an agree
800 -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
COMMITTEE GIVES
ITS CERTIFICATE
TO JUDGE WATSON
Attorneys forsRepresentative
Turnbull Immed ately
Note Appeal
GROUND IS BASED
ON TEGHNICALITY
Real Fight Over Nomination
in Fourth District Be
Made Before State
Committee
s Nall = =
By ROBERT GLASS.

PETEkSBu ka,s VA, sept 3d.
The Fourth district Democratic COM
mittee tonight awarded the certificate
of nomination for congress ~ Judge
Walter A. Watson. who according 10
the returns certified to the committee
by the precinct Judges received a
majority Of eight votes over his OPP
ponent. Congressman Ropert Turn
bull.
The award OF the certificate fol-
lowed long argument in which w.
r. Mckennss, OF Petersburg. and K.
r. ,Buford. of Lawrencevilie, counsel
for Mr.. Turnbuii claimed that the dis
trict committee had no power under
the law to award the certificate on
the returns from the precinct Judges,
but only on certificates from the coun-
" committees which must have can
vassed the returns with reference to
the poll books. Ar. H. Mann. counsel
for Judge Watson. claimed that under
the Byrd primary law the returns
must be canvassed. by the Judges OF
election, certified .Sy them and sent
into the district chairman az was
done. The committee decided in fayot
-sf-MF MaHn.s- contention and after
the returns from fhe certa-
fed statements OF the judges de-
ciared the nominee. Congressman
Turnbulls counsel gave notice of an
appeal to the State committee.
Real Fight To Come
All of this was mere a play for
position. The real fight will come
when the election ID contested before
the State COMMITTEES.
The argument Of opposing counsel
hinged on section twenty OF the Byrd
primary Law. which reads as follows.
The vote Of aIil primaries shall
be canvassed. counted by the judges
OF election and certified to this county
or city chairman Of the respective
party holding the primary and In the
case Of the election of Representatives
to congress be certified to the chair
man of the congressional committee OF
the various congressional districts and
In case o fUuited States senators and
State officers to the chairman of the
central committee of the respective
parties
Mr.. Buford. who spoke first 70,
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l,efs.Aa.tr n%Gis to Arrive.

3 fStfANApoYls inn. Sept. 40
xnin ali points Of the compass de-
xdpAants Ia the dynamite conspiracy
~ III federal court arrived tn In
9l,RA0polta today.
M There were several con ference be-
IN of the defendants this morning.
the general meeting 81 the de-
&42AtE ard their attorneys was held
~ afternoon nj the English hotel. at
&sgloee. VIXEN the complete plans Of
aefense were arranged, and the
8K1n made known TO the indicted
AlthoEGh 1T waa withheld from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01

LONDON. Sept. so.--War between
Bulgaria and Servia- on the one side.
and Turkey on the other seems I'M
ayoidable. according to dtspatches re-
ceiyed here today from Sofia and from
Athens ProclAmatinns have been is
sued by both the Bulgarian and the
Serviau governments. calling for Ren-
eral mobilization of their armies. while
Turkey il concentrating all available
forces. one hundred thousand men. con-
stating OF eleven divisions OF the
.sRediss" or reserves. in the vicinity OF
Adria nople. and along the Bulgarian
frontier.
us~or.s from Sora Indicate that
crowds In the streets have grown to
thousands, all demanding war at once.
while Turkish troops. ordered from
Thrace into Albania have been ordered
back to their stations, 90 that no re-
Endorsements have been sent to
Salcnica. the Dardanell~s or smyrna.
for use against the italians.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
THE DEAD

Humphrey >ea,, forty-two
years cid.
George H0wIes. taenfy.f5rr
years otsi.
Nip Cooper, fafty-~ight yrnrn
cid.
Walker Langhorae, fifty years
old.
The arst three lived In CaISie-
donna. t.oorhland county, and The
f0arth lived near COiumttn III the
same coanty. All have the snMe
p"stoHtcr. All were married. and
leave, faafIless 90. 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-01
DEAD
In A Slide
OF LAND in
EXCAVATION
Warning Comes Too Late
and Men Are Caught IN
Ditch Without Chance of
Escape
REPEATED SLIDES
INTERFERE WITH
WORK OF RESCUEs

Laborers at Eighth and Grace
Streets Have Lives Snuffed
Out While Digging Trench
for Foundation T thousands
Gather at the Scene Until
Police Take Charge
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This proposition will inE i way be
N sxpSrimsnt IN tia EsIt " the
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-09
VERY INfPOL1TE.

superior telegram: II would seem
as if nothing could be less delicate
than requests tnat a president appoint
this or that mar to his cabinet. There
Is no more intimate political relation
than that of a chief of state to his
official advisers. for they are recog-
nized as such and they confer at fire.
quent intervals with respect to the
business of all the departments Of the
government. for all those departments
On the executive side are headed by
members Of the cabinet.
1t seems contrary to every canon of
good taste that petitions should be
circulated in different parts Of the
country asking a president to appoint
this or that man. It indicates that
partisans think hat they have an
ownership in the president and that
he is to be a sort of figurehead while
they tell him who shall constitute the
working members of his official fam
lily and he shall have what glory may
attach from sailing with the stream.
Governor Wilson will be besieged,
as other presidents have been. by pc
titions, private letters. kilograms, ev-
cry sort Of means Of pleading that the
great statesmen of this common
wealth or that be taken into his cab
met. The president has finally to
answer for the conduct Of the mem.
bers Of the cabinet. and to press upon
him such men as he may O want is
anything but .~considerate. In plain
English, it seems to be the worst pos
sible manners, and yet nothing is more
common.
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though he was thought to be in finan-
cial difficulties. Representatives of
the companies, however, said the pol
icies were incontestible and would be
paid to the estate.
Auerbach or Arebach. as he was al
so known. was in the employ Of a rail-
road here until he left to become
manager Of Fishers farm. He is a
son Of NJ. Auerbach Of Washington.
d. c.. former director of the Great
Northern railroad. Auerbach former
ly lived with his parents in St. Paul.
He is &c years old and a graduate
Of Princeton university, 'O9.
Mrs. Fisher of Superior.
Mrs. Fisher Is a daughter of Mar
tin G. Pattison of Superior, Wis.,, for
mer sheriff of the county and former
mayor Of Superior. He is reputed to
be a millionaire and has extensive
interests in copper and lumber in the
northwest. Mrs. Fisher has q son and
daughter, aged 8 and s a respec-
lively.
Fisher lived here IN a handsome
apartment in a fashionable neighbor-
hood, where Mrs. Fisher continued to
reside after his death. Mr.. Pattison
then came to live with Mrs. Fisher and
took charge Of her affairs.
. Several years ago Fisher lost his
left arm in the accidental discharge
| of a shotgun when he was on a shoot
ing trip in the northwest. He was
paid $500 for this on a $4,000 pol
icy carried in an accidental insurance
| company.
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for thirty years and became an inter-
national figure az head Of the miners

national figure as head Of the miners
union.
II believe general strikes are justi-
fed, but only as a last resort to gain
decent conditions for the workers."
says Smile. Our union wanted the
government to pass a minimum wage
for mine workers. The government
touch. We struck. A million mine
workers laid down their tools and
two million members of other trades
followed. Then the government learn
ed that minimum wages Is distinctly
a question hat it can touch-for 1t
took the government only about four
days to pass q, minimum wage bill
through parliament. Previous to the
strike We could only muster seventy
votes out of go for q minimum wage
bill.
THE governments bill was not all
we wanted, but 1t did give from six
cents to thirty cents a day more wages
to 10000 mine workers. Now our un-
ion is fighting to have the mines ma
tionalized, owned and operated by the
government for the general good in
stead Of for the benefit Of q favored
few. And at the same time the rail-
way workers union has gone on rec
ord as favoring government owner
ship of the railroads, and when these
two things are achieved We propose
to sell coal in all parts Of England al
the same price. just as the postoffice
carries mail one mile or a thousand
for the same charge.
1.-THE American labor movement
has done we'll, considering the diff
culties Of mixed nationalities and va.
rious languages. The newer Ameri-
a movement toward organization OF
unions by industries instead of crafts
is in the right direction and you must
come to that"
Seddbn il general organizer OF the
Retail Clerks union Of England, with
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-09
BLUE LAWS
(Kansas CITY .Journal.)

\ANS Aili'y
The city authorities at Sabetha
passed a stringent Sunday closing or
dinance lately. Among other things
forbidden vas the sale of anything
restaurant folks said: If we cannot
sell cigars and drinks We'll shut ur
shop" and they did. The city mar
shall said to the garage man: Under
powers invested in me as town mar
shall l hereby order that YOU refrain
from catering. selling or giving away
gasoline tomorrow. commonly called
Sunday a stubborn Du.chman this
garage mar happened to be. and he
promptly told the marshal to take his
tin star and get out. And he got. On
Sunday morning one of the public
drinking fountains was placarded,
CLOSED for Sunday" On the door Of
the engine house was a placard which
read: In case Of fire do not ring the
bell, as YOU may be arrested for work
ing on Sunday"
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CASTOR OIL \ LUBRICANT.
Cuba Opportunities.)

SSupd opportunities
The remunerative prices which cas-
for oil is bringing in foreign markets
have awakened renewed nterest. in
the castor plant. The industry is ap-
parently n that does not require
much skill in planting. and once es-
iablished the seeds propagate them
selves. fertilizing the soil not being
necessary. The plant has been raised
by the Jamaican peasantry for years,
and a considerable acreage is now
under cultivation. In the East Indies,
where the castor bean is extensively
cultivated. it yields as much as five
tons of seed to the acre. In Jamaica
there r several species. and recent
experiments show that the nut grown
here gives a larger yield of Oil than
the East Indian product. Experience
seems to indicate that the castor plant
is practically immune from insect
pests. The Oil of late has become very
popular as a lubricant.
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oldest and most honorable nc

the Oldest and most honorable, as II
is n of the most useful which can
engage the attention of nan Some
of the greatest minds known to the
world have devoted themselves to the
study and the practice of law. and
today there are numbered among its
followers some of the clearest think
ers. some of the broadcast and mos
sympathetic natures. some of the
most patriotic and unselish men in
our nation. And yet today the legal
profession in this country is on the
defensive. and rests under a cloud.
Practically speaking. the whole
structure of law as We have it today.
whether of practice and procedure,
of professional ethics or of Legislative
enactment is the work of lawyers.
Others have shared in the work of
passing laws but in reality, nearly
all of our laws. either by construc-
ton of the courts. by the action Of leg
i~slative committees composed of law
yers, or through the action of codifi-
cation commissions composed wholly
OF lawyers have been shaped and
moulded by the lawyers hand. And
II system has become so full of
things which tend to impede the prop
er administration of u criminal laws.
n which interfere with the dealing
out of simple and substantial Justice
in civil cases thai the law has come
to he regarded as something apart
from the people. and hostile to them.
while the lawyer is today regarded
/ 1)nrn rs "a ;,,ro1,. yy;<h 1okS;,o1 ;tf1c
than as a servant OF the people. en-
gagged in making smooth the way OF
right and justice.
Not all lawyers. whether on or off
the bench. have hcen actively engaged
in the work of building up the wall
of Formally mo technicality which
burdens our system. There are many
who deplore it. and who are working
earnestly for reform. But because Of
the prevalence Of these things the pro-
fession as a whole has suffered in pub
lie estimation. M every member Of
it has suffered in some measure.
If there is to be a reform which
is not so sweeping and revolutionary
as TO be utterly destructive. that re-
form must come from the work of the
lawyers themselves. They have the
situation in their own hands. More
than that. the better lawyers. and not
the shysters are in control of the Sit
uation, for they far outnumber the
less desirable members Of the profess
sion. The trouble is that az a group
the better class lawyers have been
negligence. They have permitted
things to exist. and 10 grow in strength
and in numbers. which are injurious
to their profession and to the public
interest. Sometimes they have re-
sented the evils which were commit
ted by others. and they have deplored
the trend Of events. But they have
not exercised their Power and put
a stop to these things. This is the
task which c%onfronts them now, and
the young men who are just about to
enter the ranks of this great profess
sion cannot understand too clearly
that they have an important duty to
perform in bringing to bear all their
influence for the reform of the evils
which have grown up within their
profession.
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a CASE OF SELF DEFENSE.

Those readers who are at all inter-
csted in matters pertaining to the
courts. the administration Of justice,
and other matters of a legal nature
must have followed with a great deal
of interest the published summaries
of the lectures delivered by Judge
Bruce To the students III the law
schoOi. Ihcr" We're Presented in
those ectures thoughts which will
be OF the highest value to the II
men now engaged in the study Of law,
and too great weight cannot he given
to the inspiring words, of those adj
dresses and the high ideals which
characterized them.
The profession Of the law is one of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-09

Scoopesl.
First Suffragette-So those horrid
college students broke uD your par-
|ade?
Second Suffragettc-Yes. In a par
ID they had the night before ours
was scheduled they broke every plate
glass window in town.
A Mystery.
Mrs. Knicker-Did your husband
take you to the ball game?
Mrs. Bocker-Yes, and / wonder
why can't ever make him talk to the
COOK like he does to the umpire.
Injustice.
Young man. how much do you
5000 a week.
In that case you should be able "a
support my daughter comfortable
after Your marriage. I have no oh.
But. sir. I am only getting $40 a
week." :.
"Playin' Crokay."
Ther is a story that James X,
Keene tells Of a boastful young "spor,'
at the race track who told q Wonder
full tale of how ne bet s. or the first
horse race of the day. and built it IN
until he had thousands on the race
following-until the pile grew ,c
mountain height. Then he was beat.
en- by an eyelash" in the last race and
lost it all.
why don't you tell the rest of the
story. young MANI" a crusty old race.
goer asked him.
VIVA d'y' mean?"
why. after the last race. you wen,
down I tn village an won eighty.
seven thousan' dollars playin' crokay.'
Doubtless Americans arc funny IL
many of those "furrincrs' whom VIC
say have no sense of humor. Also
women. marked low on tho $. of II
scale, may regard the men us some.
thing Of IL joke.