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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
RARE COLLECTION ARRIVES
Antique trnor Donated 10 Ncfropou-
fnn NIuNcnm OF Al.

New York. November a9-The ia
nat"d TO ~. Metropoiitan Museum Of
AT by y * RIGGS. arrived Tonight
on board the steamer La Lorraine from
iiaNre owing to the late arrival of,
the ship which was DELAYED by heavy
Weather the cases containing tho col
lection VIII not be taken from the ship
until MONDAY morning.
eolisetion and until it IS Officially
opened by the museum authorities on
Mond"r m ono Will know just what
its contents are
There are various estimates Of tho
value % the collection. hu; the ono
most generally credited places il at
S5'"PP,0rc No catalogue OF II has ever
been prepared, and few people outside
me intimate friends of Mr.. Riggs have
Tho late J. r Morgan endcavored
Tor a long time 10 purchase the collec-
tion specially for the Metropolitan Mn
scum. and only desisted when he rn
2clved personal promise from Mr.
hGgs that Il would be bcqueathcd TO
Mr RISES, who Is now seven,y-six
Years q age and lives IN Paris. has
devoted his life since he retired from
the banking business In Washinpton
20 assembling rae specimens of arms
ana nrinor OF tho fourteenth rftcanth
SlN sixteenth centuries
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
Chnric. j. Waller killed.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
stanton, Va. November 9G.-Charles
j. Walter. OF this city, was struck by
train last night at Quicksburg on
the Southern Railway. and died in less
than n half hour. while being taken
TO Harrisonburg 10 have broken leg
set.
lie and his brother Jerome, nad
been the guests since the day before
Thanksgiving OF Or y G. Biler, Of
Forestvi!le, with whom they had spent
much OF the time in hunting They
were waiting on tho platform Mt
osuickshurg TO take the train, and the
brothers had taken leave OF Or Billcr
AS the train for lIarrisonbure APP
preached. Mr.. Walter lost his balance
and stepped onto the track after the
engine had passed him. and was struck
- the tender and hurled a consider
able distance. Bystandcrs rushed 10
him. and. as they reached him. he was
sitting hE the track with his right leg
broken but apparently not otherwise
hurt. tie said he suffered 10 pain.
lie was helped into car ana placed
IL q seat. and seemed to be doing well.
when suddenly he grew faint. and In :.
few moments was dead II is said
death was due to an internal hem
orrhaGe Ills body was brough, home
to- day
walter was wenty-nine years old.
son OF T. w. Walter, Of this city. ana
IS survived 10y his parents, three
broth"rs and i've sisters. He was a
pharmacist. educated at the Medical
College in Richmond. He had travelled
'"r Muth Brothers K Company. whole
sale druggists OF Baltimore. since No
Nembcr /, having previously worked
in drug stores here
re was memhcr OF the F.lks
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
INVESTIGATION IS BEGUN
Intrigue Involves Fortune on On. Hand
and Life OF ZcInyu on Other.

Special 20 Tho Times-Diapatch
Washington, November 2.--Ths
state Department to-day took under
iinvcsu2ation story OF political in
trigue which involves a fortune on ono
hand and possibly the life Of General
Jose santos Iclaya. former dictator Of
NIcaraEu3, on the other.
IL IL claimed that the real reason,
FOR proceedings against Zelaya by Nj
caragua Is to put him TO death and
clear tho way for a proposed issue
Or sS,0dooo0 in bonds through Brown
Brothers q Co. OF New York
These bonds. IT IL said. are 10 no
occurred With the customs receipts Of
nicaragua, on which Zclaya gave .
prior Hen, amounting to 81 per cent
on bond sanctioned by him whon
President Iclaya Is alleged 10 have
come 70 this country TO dispose Of
100000 worth OF these bonds in hje
possession. payment on which has been
stopped by Nicaragua.
IN the hands Of an American. tho
claim could b" taken up by the STATE
Department. at WASHINGTON for settle
m:nt which again might render oper-
atiNc The u per cent lien and defeat
tho brown Brothers Issue
tcntiou 81 Solicitor Folk. OF tho state
b"par,inont by IeIaya's LAWYERS. who
c;%prcsS confidence In the acqulttal OF
their client.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
UNEXPECTED FIGHT ON JUROR
Delays Progress I'm Trial OF Craig for
Murder of DIR. Helene Knnbe.

lSpeC!dI 10 ne j ines III SDatCh. |
Shelbyville. Ind. November 29.-An
unexpected fight over the twelfth man
ON tho jury which is TO try Dr VII
liam Il. Craig. OF INDIANAPOLIS here
for the murder Of DR.. Helene Knabe li,
indianapolis on October ~. 1911 de-
laycd the progress OF the caso and
caused Judge Alonzo Blair to adjourn
court until Monday.
Harry Webster, tho india naDolis pri-
vate detective. who discovered the evi
dence on which Or. Craig was indicted.
after tho city. police had passed tho
case as suicide probably will be tho
first witness for the State Webster
Will be followed by Indianapolis friends
OF Or. Knabe. including Augusta
Knabc the only relative OF the muir
dered woman Ia America
The defense will attack the reputa
ton OF Webster. charging that he is
IN league with II rinH of clairvovants
and that much Of his evidence and
tips came through the seers. and that
Webster himself believes In clalryoy-
ance ~
Io-day the courtroom was crowded
from lndianapoiis: who nocked to shell
byville In tho belief that the taking OF
actual testimony would be started
The state, IT became known. will not
demand the death penalty for DR..
Craig. This IL In itself congiderad :,
big victory by tho defense lawycrs
VINO consider II a confession OF weak T..
ness By tho State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
Hurried To Death.

Sb%Gial TO Tho time -rIspatcn.1
DhnNi!le, Va, November 2g.&AIiss
i.ehiia Reeves aged twcnty-four. wa,
S'EncN ana instantly killed at School
the panviiie and Western train coming
towards the city.
she had been shopping with her
,"o'hef and together they were going
nome. At the railway crossing they
stopped TO allow a freight train 10
pass. ana as the rear car rolled away
the young woman. without looliinr IN
the other direction stopped on the
rams IN front of the passenger train
winch had drawn up without attract
ing her notice. The girl was knocked
MY rect and when picked up. a num-
per OF bones were found 10 !c broken
She is survived by her parcnts ,n,i
several brothers and sisters The coro-
ner, after hearing Mrs. Hccvcs's story.
decided not To hold an inquest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
STRIKE is SETTLED
EmnloHes OF General Electric Plant
VII Rc,nrm 20 WORK NiondnN.

T~DeCilI % INC Timee- DiSnatch.l
Tho s;rlo It Tie General enc i'''f Electric
viii return 10 work Monday rnornIrg.
The settlement of the strike was erect
ID at meeting OF Representatives, Of
the company, the unions and Mayor
l.unn The agreement WAS latcr rati-
fed by the Trades Alliance. All par
ties concerned issued a statement to-
li"ht expressing satisfaction at the
torlus OF settlement.
Tho General Electric Company
agreed to find employment within a
week TO" Miss Mabel Leslie and Frank
Irulay. Iniou leaders whose removal
caused the strike. The plant is not
respected 20 he running fun force for nj
least a week.
Tile Mayor is tho hero Of tho mo-
ment and u big celebration was held
TO might At which speeches were made
by Mayor tunn ana representatives of
the company and unions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
RECEIVED AT THE QUIRINAL
American Fleet Officers He.eiyed nv
King Of Italy

Rome. November ca Hearing that
II was the desire of the officers OF tho
American battlcship neot now visiting
italial waters, 10 pay their reSpects to
him, King Victor Emmanuel INVITED
the naval commanders To tho Ouiriuai
TO- night. Queen Helena gave a dinner
aIter tho reception 10 Mrs Thomas
Nelson Page. wife OF tho American ann
bassador. in honor Of the ncets officer,
and tho members OF the United Statcs
embassy staff.
Ambassador Page made the presen.
tattQna. Tho King received Roar Adj .
miral Cameron MGR. Ninslow. com
,nander OF the first division OF tho At
Iantic feet: Rear-Ad!nirnl Frank r.
BEATTY commander of the fourth di-
vision; Captain William T. Maxwell
commanding tho battlcship Florida
Captain Roy G. Smith, commanding tho
battieship Arkansas: Ljcutcnant-Co Com :
n2Hd.r Earl y. Jcssop. of the Arkan-
Sas: Commander Frank Lyon, Of the
oatticshnp Kansas Iieutenant-Com
inandcr Arthur Il. Heating. of the Ar
KANSAS. Lieutenant William Norris. OF
The Fiorida: Lieutenant John Downcs.
~, aide ON tho STAFF OF Rear admiral
beatty: Lieutenant William w Gail
hraith OF tho Connecticut, and Lieu
tenant Rufus :. Scgbarn, of the Ar
After Queen TIelcna's dinner tho King
ana queen bade farewell to the Amer
!cau officers and wished them good
luck
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
Disobeyed Orders Result
in Disaster on Vir-
gilman.
ENGINES SMASHED;
CA RS DER ALLIED
Freights Crash Together When
One Runs Past Meeting Point.
Staunton Man Dies on Rails,
and Danville Woman Is
Killed-Chapter of Rail
way Tragedies.
Especial to Tho Times Dis patch !

Roanoke. Va, November can en-
tire train crew of four was instantly
killed In head-on collision OF east
bound freight No. 4ss and local freight
No. SO, westbound, on the Virsinian
Railway at Keever. s!xty-seven miles
east Of Roanoke. this morning at 1855
o'clock, and n brakeman on the west-
bound was seriously injured
According 70 reports received from
tho Nirginian officials. tho wreck was
due 20 the fact that the engineer on
tho eastbound freight, after receiving
orders at Alta Vista TO meet No 81
at keeVer, ran by his meeting point by
nearly 2,0oo feet 1t was on the east
bound train that all Of the crew was
killed. The men on the other train
were saved by jumping
The dead are:
.Jumes iiDisouS. engineer. OF Victoria
H. VI. Wcnth~rford, fireman, Roannkc
Henry =. Cooper. conductor, Victoria.
-. u. NcFnrInud. hrnkcmmr, Ron
noitc.
The injured. &. J. Damascus. brake
mum. Uoanokc.
The two engines were demolished
ana ten cars were dcrailed Three Of
the bodies We're badly burned All OF
them had been taken from the wreck
late this Afternoon.
The eastbound train was goinE at
the rate OF twenty miles an hour. ana
the westbound train at ten miles an
hour
WrockinE trains went from Roanoke
shortly after noon to-day, and brought
the bodies OF the two Roanoke men
here tonight.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
GET AWAY WITH $1,000
Expert fc2Gmcn Flow Open Snfe In
Bank Of IIIcnborO.

Charlotte, y. C., November 29-Rob-
hcrs, believed by officers TO ne expert
ycggmcn. blow the safe in the Bank
of Elienboro, a small town fifty miles
west OF here at IN early hour this
morning and got away 81 fely with So
900 in cash, leaving $40 In money in
the vault.
citizens OF The town say nine ex-
piosionS were heard. one man an
preached the bank upon hearing the
explosions and was driven back at the
point of guns. Robbers constructed a
defense Of heavy wire fencing in front
OF the bank. The vault was entirely
demolished.
BloodhOunds traced the men to Hen
rlctta, Il small station several miles
away, where. IT is believed they es-
capped by automobile. From the tracks
officers say there were five men in the
party. The institution worked under
"A state charter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
WANTS TO GET BACK TO WORK
Jones Expected 10 RETURN In Time for
Opening of Congress.
Especial 10 IT," Times Dispntch.

special to III" Times Dspatch.1
Washington. November @?-,ludeing
from letters received to-day. it is tho
purpocs Of representative William s,
Jones who has been i'll for some time.
to return to Washington tomorrow in
time for his duties on Monday. when
the regular session OF Congress opens.
fecausc of Mir. Joness long sickness
some OF his friends have advised him
mat IL might he better In the end for
MN TO remain at home until he Is en-
tir"iy recovered. but realizing the many
important matters that the lnsular At
fairs Committee. Of which he is chair
man, viii have TO consider in the near
future. Mr.. Janes desires TO Get back
TO Washington as soon as possible. 1t
Is quite probable, therefore. that Mr.
Jones VIII be In Washington Monday.
i. II. MEG
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
CIVIL WAR THREATENED
NntionHii>tS Opposed to Home Rule
'hnfc al I.!hcrnl Lcndcrs

Especial Cable 10 Tho Tines Dispatch. I
London November Nationalist
IN Ulster ana other counties bitterly
opposed ia the principles Of home rule
are chaiing under The thinly yelled
threats OF civil war that arc being
made By Liberal leadcra J-lst.i.
oranEem"n are drilling In many places.
although the Irish party has disap-
proved OF such action. as. giving too
mNch Importance to Sir Edward Car
sons campaign
Honar Law. has charged Premier AS
qultn With s!amning the door against
4 settlement OF the question. and made
heiE appeal I" sword and rebellion
as a means OF gaining home rule As
qulths uctcrmincd speech at Leeds
WIS received with great enthusiasm
however and leads to the Conclusion
thai the majority OF Unionists are not
behind Law.
Meanwhile. negotiations are sim
h"Ing carried on between the Liberia is
ana the opposition. not through the
leaders. but through third party inilu-
rDco "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

Especial TO The Times dispatch
Manassas. Va. November 29-Bcn
Lewis. Il respected colored citizen of
this vicinity, was killed between Ma
nassas and Wellington, Va. on the
Manassas branch of'the Southern Rail
way. this morning. when he was struck
by n freight train.
Lewis WAS employed as n section
hand. and was using n lever car
when he saw the freight approaching.
lie Jumped from the hand-ca and
while making an attempt to remove it
from the track. his clothes were caught
continued on Fourth Pasc)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
DR.. WILEY Is PRESIDENT
Mems League for Womnns Suffrage
Organized In District.
LspeciHl to DUO Tiines- Dlspatch.

TSpeciHl 90 Inc Times DIspAtch.
Washington. November 29.-Dr. lIar-
vcy w. Wiley. the pure food expert
was elected president OF the District
OF Columbia Mems League for Womaus
Suffrage. which was organized here to-
day. General Arson Mills was elected
first vice president: ellison Gardner,
second vice president, and w l.. Stod-
dard, secretary.
Or. Wiley was an advocate OF wo-
mans suffrage over twenty years ago,
and during the last ten or twelve years
has worked most enthusiastically in
In" cause. lie first met his wife who
is high in the councils OF the suffrage
organization. at a suffrage meeting
Harvey Wiley. Jr. barely Il year old. Is
TN. youngest enrolled member of the
suffrage organization in Washington
and was the youngest suffragist in the
parade which took place in Washing
tom on March .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

Especial cable to The Times Dispatch
Mexico CITY. November pa con-
ference held here today between the
Japanese minister to Mexico and Charge
d Afaircs O'ShauEhnessy and the send
Ing of Foreign Minister Mohcno to
Vera Cruz. presumably to reopen me-
Eotiations with Envoy Lind. led to o.
report that the Huerta administration
had been compelled to back down and
that settlement with the United
states might be looked for within
forty eight hours
In regard to Mohenos trip to Vera
cruz it was also reported he had bro
Ken with liucrta and decided TO leave
The Cabinet, ana that he might be ar
ranging 10 sail for Havana or some
other foreign port.
The inronds OF the rebels in the
North ana West arc SAID 10 be respon
sihlc for the concentration OF Federal
forces near the capital The fall OF
Mazatlan, which the government denied
today, viii give tho rebels command
OF the greater portion OF the west
coast.
The situation at Tampico is becom,
ing more critical General Zaragoza.
the Federal commandment at that port.
fears an immediate attack as the
rebels are reported to bo nassing nesA
Conception. on the National Railway.
northwest or Tampico, where the rail-
'''' iA't' ibt'S fttH cut a largo IOrC1
of rebels is reported advancing on Tam
pico. along the Central Railroad from
the west under Generals Carranza and
Aguilar
Fear American Nnrships
Fear OF American battleships is be-
lcNed 10 be the reason for the hest.
taton OF the rebels in attacking the
city. Notice has been served by Al
miral Fletcher that marines will DO
landed II necessary 10 protect the per-
sons and property of Foreigners. This
might be the beginning OF interven.
ton. Which is rs much dreaded by the
rebels as by the Fcdcrals
Reliable private adviccs report hard
lighting all day Yesterday and this
m'rning between 500 Carran2istas, un-
der General Cabberallos. and 900 Fed
erals. under colonel Castillo west OF
Conception. Tho Federals were said to
have lost 90 klled ana many wounded
after eight hours OF hghting Tho
rebel losses were not so severe. as they
arc well iutrcnched ard have machine
guns. All efforts TO flank them failed.
Castillo has asked FOR reinforccments
ana ammunition from Tairpico but the =
commaudant there is unable 70 spare
either, because OF tho threatened rebel
attack.
Reports from southern Coahuiia say
StItulo Is practically surrounded by
rebels. All communications being cue
or The garrison is expecting an at4#
tack at any moment, aud has no hopa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
BLEASE ATTACKS WILSON
south tn-oiinn Go.crncr Higgins Cam
pniEn for Scnnic.

SparLAnburg S. @. November 90 :
GoVrrfnr cole l.. I5lcase. speaking at
Anderson to-day in behalf OF his can
didacy for the United States Senate
against Senator T. -. Smith. attacked
President Wilson declaring he had
never been Wilson man. and said
that but for Il slip in tho Republican
party Wilson would never have been
elected He declared thnt President
Wilson would not be reelected unless
he changed the policy of his admins
tratiou, which allows negroes 10 "boss'
white men ana white women in the
government service in Washington
The attack on the President was en-
Enthusiastically chccred.
tho race between Governor Blease
and Senator Smith will be run next
summer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
BLAMEES AMERICAN WOMEN
Max Noriau Says True PnrisIenne Is
strictly Conventional.

Especial Cablc 10 The Times Dispatch
Paris, November 29.-Vhat American
women, who como 10 Paris smoke
cigarettes In public. attend the night
restaurants. wear lavish gems and dar-
inG gowns. are largely responsible Tor
the reputation ParisienncS have ac-
puiTed Tor unconNcntionality Is tho con-
tcntion Of AlaX Nordau in the December
number Of La Revue.
when YOU see a woman wearing
stunning hats. luuching at Pre- Catalan
teainS at the Ritz dining at lie Doyon.
supping at the Abhayc and De Thclcmc
ulrtihS az DcauNi!Ie, gambling nj Monte
Carlo, drinking champagne or smoking
cigarettes. YOU can be sure she is a
New Yorker and not palisicnnc." hc
says. "fhc true Parisicnuo is strict
Is conventional woman, who shriuhS
from such follics"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
SMART PAYS $500 FINE
travels on steamer Not Mcnnt for Pas
"cHE"r* in Race 10 Rcnch III Father.

san Francisco. Cal. November 2J--
u. q. smart Of Virginia, whose mar
rigge to Miss Thclma Parker Hawaiian
hc!ress, was a biz social event y year
ago, paid a fine OF $500 here yesterday
because he travelled from Honolulu to
THIS city on n liritish steamer not au-
tno:;.cd 20 carry passengers.
Smarts father. u retired clergyman
cd Charlottesville. Va, is seriously i'll
and the son Is racing across the coun-
Try 10 reach his bedside
Thc liritish ship Nile WIS the q! ~ TO
lcaV" Honolulu after Smart heard OF
hiS iotherS Illness. 50 he took pas
sAge. Tho inc NAV be remittcd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
Falls Under Frcixh, rr.;n.

Especial to The Times DISPATCH
Pulaski Va, November 2e.-Oscar
Bowman was decapitatcd this after
noon at Clarks Mill. on the North
Carolina branch OF the Norf, TX and
western. by falling under Il freight
train on which he attempted TO steal
n ride y foot was partially cut or
The body was left in the middle OF
the track while the head rolled to the
side
Bowman was twelve years old ana
Il son of Lem Bowman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
CARNEGIE LAUDS BRYCE
Regarded as Hint lie should TIC Chosen
University Hcud.

SpcciHI CabIc 10 The TImcs- Disp0tch.
Edinburgh. November 29.-Andrew
Carnegie contributes an article on
james Bryce to the nrst number of the
Aberdeen University review. He calls
Bryce One OF the foremost men OF our
DAY: n model for all OF US to follow"
Carnegie rctircS next year Hs lord
rector OF Aberdeen University. and his
article is taken AS q broad hint To the
students that they should elect Brycc
in his place
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
HclICS Wins Prize.

lSpecinl Gable TO Tho Times Dis patch.
Paris, November 2o.--By dying $4,000
miles in thirty nine successive DAYS
ilclies, the young French aviator. to-
day won the $4,000 Micheiin prize for
Tho r,norisai,Ic rncn,S1 go, ,>
over cross country circuit. Holes
covered moro than the direct distance
in the air between the North and South
roles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
CONTRACTOR MURDERED
Head of Is. ~. Carter Chopped to Pieces
Al.

Charlotte. " G.. November 29-Con-
tractor l.. r.. Carter was found in his
room at sos West Sixth street at
o'clock Tonight, his skull chopped to
pieces with n carpenters adzc. Rushed
to a hospital dying. he whispered Il
name to n physician, who reported to
the police. John McQuary. Nick John
son. James Griggs and Brady McNcilis
arc held without bail