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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
WOMAN THOUGHT SLAIN
NOW LIVING IN HAVANA
Mrs. Lena Janin Not Victim of
Mysterious New
York Case.

= HAVANA, Cuba, September 12-Mrs.
Lena Janin, who was supposed to have
been murdered in New York her body
cut up and thrown into the Hudson river,
and Vincent Planells, whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
case. were today found living in house
in Havana street here. The couple said
they had lived together in New York
and had sailed for Havana ten days ago
after Planells had had dispute with
Casper Janin, the woman's husband. over
the question of the Janinse obtaining a
divorce.
Disposes of Clue.
NEW YORK, September 12.-The find
ing in Havana of Mrs. Janin disposes Of
what the local detective bureau regarded
as promising clue in the solution of
the river murder mystery. Her presence
there invalidates the indentification made
yesterday by Casper Janin, who said he
knew the torso was that Of his wife from
borth marks on the back. Other clues
have led detectives against a wall of
mystery.
ii. Bolian, the Armenian carpenter and
his daughter, sought yesterday, also
have been found and have accounted
satisfa ctorily for their movements since
leaving their apartments few days ago.
They had lived near the stores where the
pillow and tar paper wrapped around a
portion of the body were purchased and
were sought by the police because Bolian
had sent a much stained and discolored
shirt to a nearby laundry.
Were Varnish Stains.
The stains on the garment We're found
later to be those of varnish used in his
work. The clearing of these clues leaves
detectives where they were four days
ago when they located the shops where
were sold the pillow and the tar paper.
The purchasers of these articles were
sought with redoubled persistence today.
A yigilant watch was enforced along
the river front and the bay for other
members of the body. One leg, both arms
and the head are still unbound this morn
ing Two persons have seen woman s
head floating in the bay within the past
eight DAYS 1t was last seen on an out
going tide by Miss Grace Cure Of Bay
onne n. J., Tuesday. while she was row.
ing near Constable Hook, and Is believed
RI he that of the victim. The finding of
this head would make possible ldentihca-
ton, which now seems remote.
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Confess to Big Jewel Theft.

FREEHOLD, N. J., September H.
James Mcintyre and Marie Kruger
pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing dia
monds and jewels worth $4,000 from the
home of Harry L. Haas Of Long Branch
July last. They were remanded for
sentence September 25 They will be
used as witnesses against Reginald
Rhind. who was arrested with Mcintyre
at Greenwich, Conn, and who n held
here on a charge of conspiracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.

senate:
Not in session today; meets
Monday.
West Virginia strike inquiry
committee continued hearing
coal operators.
House:
Met at II am.
Continued debate on currency
bill.
Representative Anderson intro
duced resolution for commission
to Investigate legislative prac-
tices in House.
Labor committee voted to
favorably report bills regarding
convict made goods.
Former Representative James
T.. Watson denied charges made
against him by Martin M. Mulhall
before lobby investigating com
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
Straw Hat Smashers Fined

NEW YORK, September 12.-More than
fifty youths were arrested during the
night for smashing straw hats, to en-
phasize their opinion tRat the straw hat
season was over. In night court early
today most of them were fined five or
ten dollars The young rowdies for the
most part worked on trolley cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
House Committee Plans Trip.

Another inspection trip is being planned
by the House naval affairs committee,
this time the stations on the Pacific coast
and Gulf Of Mexico being outlined in the
itinerary. The committee only recently
returned from a trip along the north
Atlantic coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
To Follow Gaynor Policies.

The new mayor. republican, who will
serve until successor, to be chosen at
the coming November election. is inau-
gUTated January /, intends. he has an
nounced, to carry out the policies of the
Gaynor administration insofar as
know them, and to make no changes in
appointive officials. None OF these Of
fciais, it was believed today will hand
IN his resignation.
Messages of coincidence from all parts
% the country continued TO pour in to-
day at the Office of Robert Adamson. the
mayors secretary, and at the Gaynor
country home. s.: James. Long Island
where Mrs Gaynor and her children are
reported TO be bearing their loss with
fortltude.
The dead mayors friends recalled to-
day a paragraph he wrote in a letter to
his sister soon after the attempt his
life three years ago. 1t was this: Il
was not bit afraid to die If that was
Gods will of me. / said to myself, just
as well now a few years from now.
No one who contemplates the immensity
OF Almighty God and His universe and
His works. and realizes what an atom
he is in il all. can fear TO die in this
flesh, yea. even though it were true
that he is To lose his identity and be
dissolved forever into the infinity OF
matter and mind from which he came"
Discuss Effect on Campaign.
Shock from the news of Mayor Gay
nors sudden death still weighed heav-
lily upon New York city today. From
beneath this weight developments in
the complicated mayoral situation
emerged but slowly, and assumed no
more tangible form than opinions
] voiced by various political leaders as
ito the effect which the mayors sudden
removal would have upon the election
|Df November 4.
In some quarters II was held that the
situation was very much simpliied; in
others that the political outlook was
. stIll more muddled. In either case 1t
Was entirely different situation which
the leaders confronted today with
Tammany and autiTamany forces as
CONTINUED on Third Page)
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Plan Once Approved.

"The Chicago conference unanimously
condemned the requirement that banks
entering the proposed system shall
subscribe to the capital stock oSthe re-
serve banks an amount equal to 20 per
cent Of their own capital stock half Of
1Confjnned IN Fourth PaRel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
WEATHER.

Unsettled, with showers to-
night or Saturday slightly warm
or tonight: moderate south winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE THIRTEEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
New York Mourning City.

New York was city Of mourning to-
day for its dead mayor Flags flew at
halfmast and public buildings-the city
hall. police headquarters, the municipal
buildins-were draped in black. The board
of estimate, called together by Adolph l..
Kline. the mayors successor, met this
forenoon to arrange for public flu
neral TO be held shortly after the ar
rival here OF the mayors body aboard
the steamer Lusitania. which sailed
today from Liverpool and is due here
d week from today.
Monday, September % has been sug-
gested as tentative date There We're
also to be meetings of the dead ex
ecutive's cabinet-commission oJ
various city departments-and of thJ
board of aldermen to pass appropriate
resolutions on the death of the chiea
executive and TO take in hand the reins
Of the city government, confused by
TN. mayors sudden taking off.
The recent resignation of John Purroy
Mitchell now candidate for mayor, from
the presidency of the board of aldermen,
a-d the sudden elevation of Mr.. Kline.
vice chairman of the board, to the
MAY or S chair. has left that body with
out head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12

NEW YORK, September 12.-George
McAneny. president of the borough OF
Manhattan and fusion candidate for
president of the board of aldermen,
was designated today by the Gaynor
campaign managers as their candidate
for mayor. to take the place made
vacant by Mayor Gaynors death.
Mr. McAneny was quick to decline the
designation as head Of the old Gaynor
ticket.
II sincerely appreciate the honor he
said in formal statement. but under
no circumstances could / accept may
orally nomination in opposition to Mr.
Mitchell the fusion candidate
Work to Be Continued.
His designation as head of the In
dependent ticket was embodied in a
resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Gaynor Independent League, one of the
organizations which was supporting
the late mayor. There seemed little
doubt that other Gaynor organizations
would indorse this choice, should Mr..
McAneny accept
The resolution further recommended
that the Gaynor headquarters be kept
In operation and that the work in
progress before the death of the mayor
be continued. Thus far the head of the
ticket was the only place filled.
Among the leaders formerly fore
most in support of the Gaynor candi-
dacy who attended today's meeting
were Herman Ridder. Henry Clews and
Jacob III. SchifT.
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Discuss Effect on Campaign.

Continued on Third Page.
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HE psalnist
asks of Je-
h o v a h =,
"W h a t 1 8
m a n. t h q t
T h o u a T t
mindful OF
him, and the
son of man.
t h a t Thou
v | 9 j t e 8 t
him?" In an
swering his
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
STICK 10 THE SHIP.

The recent burning OF the steamship Volturno
in mid-ocsan, IN which more than hundred
lievs were lost because they deserved the ship
liz a mighty good lesson TO us all, and at this
time IL would be well for the few Democratic
senators who crowding into little politicai
Iifeboats and leaving the old Democratic ship
as she starts on her voyage. to stop and ponder
While the parallel is somewhat strained.
suits viii come pretty running side by side.
In case Of the Volturno there was an excuse for
taking to the ufeboats-Hith the storm raging,
the pillows crashing on the decks. the forward
part Of the ship in flames and explosions rending
the air II was almost more than human nerves
could stand. and IN such panicky time It was
natural fer panic to ensue But when come
10 the old Democratic ship Of state. just EN-.
barking on voyage showing every indication
OF successful termination, properly loaded
with the destines Of over ninety million souls.
with sails spread 10 catch the oncoming breeze
OF public appreciation. differed and manned by
a trustworthy crew. there is neither sense nor
necessity to jump in the lfeboats and desert
the ship. Especially is this so when We take
into consideration that the desertion is simply
caused by a dissatisfaction with certain items
that the cargo is composed Of the most notable
being sugar and currcncy and when their posi-
iions were secured as members Of the crew on
the terms Iaid down by the Democratic platform.
There is mighty ugly name given To men who
that is "nuuneers" Those gentlemen obstruo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
why We Should Vote.

Editor Of The Virginlan:
Sir.-There is no reason why man should not
vote and every reason why he should. The fact
that he is citizen of America, and that as
such it is his solemn and bound duty to vote
should be potent incentive.
II this is 10 be a government of the people
and by the people, then each individual who
is entitled to vote must do so in order to make
1t such.
We are all ready to admit that we are patri-
otto; that we love country and desire to
It always rank foremost among the mighty
nations of the world II this Is so, why do
not all vote? There are various ad-
vanced Some say they would rather do any
thing in the world than vote, owing to the
ruption which they state exists in politics.
wonder If these same people ever stopped to con-
slider that the only way to exterminate the al
legged corruption Is through the ballot--by elect
ing honest men. such men as Will serve their
country with the interest OF all The people at
heart. and not that of few mere personal
ambition or greed. Surely we are not so blind
good as to believe that such do not exist
That they do exist, and that put them In
power through the ballot, to do the viii Of the
people and root out the last vestige Of
ruption Is not the mere vague thet%ry of dream
or. but an actual and undlsputabe fact! Some
people state that they have time for politics
and add, What has my country ever done for
mc?" I would like to ask them this question.
What have you done for your country" In
other words, they are content to shirl1 their
DUTY ana snare the REWARDS OF other mems
labor. They wish their country well and would
like to It prosper but do not wish to par
ttcipate in bringing about this result.
We need to vote to root out all corruption
and to destroy the deadly Influence Of the liquor
traffic. and thousands Of other reasons. All
this and more. we do IL each Will pay
up his poll taxes and vote. and vote right. We
are prone to think that little vote would
not count. but # will. Not only win it count
but 1t viii lead others to do likewise, for
know one example is worth q thousand argu-
ments Then, men, let us awake from our
apathy. let us no longer he Indifferent to what
is going on in the world Let us look beyond
our narrow horizon into the farstretchng fu-
.ture Respondent with golden opportunities, and
each vote. and vote right, to eradicate
the existing evils and then America will stand
forth a peerless to all the world, and each
and every VIII receive personal benefits of
which they never dreamed.
A. H. CORDES.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
STATES AFFAIRS
CLEANLY CONDUCTED
AUDITING COMMITTEE FINDS
THAT FINANCES ARE IN EN-
CEILENT SHAPE.

The State auditing committee has
completed Its labors for the past year
after a two-day session at the capitol
and yesterday submitted its report to
Governor Mann, who will in turn
transmit ii to the legislature
1t is the duty of the committee to
audit and examine the expenditures
of every department Of the State gov
eminent and this Is doLe twice an
nually with the assistance Of the State
accountant,
I'VE found the various departments
OF the state government in good
shape" declared Representative Jor-
dan yesterday The people of v!r-
ginia are to be congratulated upon
the honest and clean conduct OF af-
fairs which the present administra-
ton has given them"
The auditing committee Is composed
of Representatives c. y. Lunsford, Of
Botetourt who is its chairman;
Berkeley d. y. Adams and j. r.
Jordan. and Senators Lessner and
Harmon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
RESPOND TO THIS APPEAL.

Last night appeal made to the civic
pride OF Richmond, and was made to those who
were believed to be proud Of Richmond and anx-
ious for its betterment An appeal was made
TO the conscences Of the people, to their desire
for the right thing and to their hopes for and
belief in good government, The response was
not what 1t should have been. The members of
the Young Mems Registration committee worked
hard, and this morning have results to show
for their work, but those results are not enough
Many who are not qualified voters of Richmond
promised to become SO, but there were some who
would not commit themselves. or who even re-
fused to give a promise to do their plain duty
Tonight there should be no such response to
the renewed appeal, When the canvassers arrive
they should be met with the pledge. that at the
earliest possible date the financial debt owed
the State and the moral debt owed city, State
and nation will be paid
Richmond should have 10000 registered voters.
1t has half that number Are the people of Rich
mond but fifty per cent patriotic? Is there not
more than half willing to do their duty toward
the community?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
INdrsr1cr TO \ COOP WAY.

Whether II Parker Willis, financial expert of
Washington. and professor of finance in George
Washington university, wrote the currency bill
or he merely did the technical work or had moth
ing to do with it at all. the charge that he Is
Wall Street tool would be two absurd for notice,
were the man widely known.
The Ttrgtnian knows Dr. Wills and 1T knows
OF no man whom It would prefer 10 see consulted
about a currency measure. 1t knows Of no
financial expert who has fewer personal interests
at stake who cares less for the special interests
of wall street. who is more intellectually honest
who is more patriotic and who is more com.
petent than DR.. II. Parker Willis Hundreds Of
others in Virginia know DR. Willis. Many of
them studied under him at Washington and
Lee university. and remember him with mix
ture of respect admiration and love rarely given
any man by college men, than whom no others
have fewer decisions about those over them. Men
who have come in contact with Dr. Willis in
class rooms for years know him for able,
honorable. straight thinking, Woodworking, pain
stalking and patriotic American citizen. Big Of
intellect ard big of character. he would scorn
TO serve the interests of any man save the one
whom he was sworn TO serve, and when he was
engaged 10 aid IN the construction of a currency
bill he was sworn TO aid the American people,
Moreover. had not DR. Wills felt free to serve
them intellectually and with all his power he
would never have accepted the work.
The Vrgtnian would trust the honesty and
intellect of DR. Willis as far that Of Prest
dent Wilson and it has the greatest confidence
in his ability and knowledge of the subject of
banking and currency. When Senator Reed init
mated that H. p. Willis is the servant Of Wall
Street and other financial Interests or Of any
interests save those of the country he guilty
az a gross injustice, which never would have
been committed by possessing any knowl-
edge Of the facts. unless that one wished to be
unjust
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13

less of a burden. The growth of the new con-
eepton Of taxable property, which we have al
ready referred to, to some extent, doubtless
served to lessen the importance of slaves as tax
able property. SO that when the final conflict
between the east and the west came in the con-
stitutional convention of 1850-1S51, personal
property taxation, we'll all taxation, was
regarded more as a method of carrying out
whatever policy decided upon than as a
cause of contention in itself.
This constitutional convention concerned itself
with the old question of suffrage and repre-
sentaton, but chiefly with internal improve
ments, slavery institution and other mat
ters growing out of the now widely divergent
population of the eastern and western parts of
the State. But the new provision as to taxation
0f all personal property Immediately afterwards
became a new and specific cause Of sectional
ism between the slave-owning east and the
non -slave-owning west. 1t apparent
that while the small farmer west of the Blue
Ridge paid taxes on his colts and calves the
eastern Shareholder paid no taxes at all on his
young calves and comparatively nothing on his
field hands. Slaves, moreover, were gaining in
value tremendously, due to the demands for
labor in the South. In 1850 the average price
Of a good field hand $500 In 1855 it was
$500; in 1860 1t was $1,000. Manifestly the
small farmer of the western section felt ag-
grieved when he forced to pay the ad va
loren rate on all of his property while he
watched his richer eastern neighbor of the large
plantation pay only the tax on $500 of property
for a negro slave worth four times as much.
But this question, well as the entire aues-
ton of taxation, became incidental to the issues
of the period Immediately preceding the Civil
war and 1t was submerged before the point OF
definite action reached The new issues
arose out of the location and nature OF certain
internal improvements within the State, and the
national issues of Southern independence which
hopeessly split the State into east and west,
and in which the methods of taxation played
an insignificant part, If any part at all.
Thus there was the evil of inequality in tax
alton more or less of problem all through the
history Of property taxation in Virginia Some
Of the inequalities deliberate impositions
by one section class upon another: some
of them were inevitable results of an homogeneous
attempt to enforce State-system of uniformity
by means Of local decentralized machinery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
THURSDAY
Harry THAM.

sympathy with Harry Thaw is something
Virginia could never feel. profligate from
youth; frequenter Of the cafes and roof gar
dens OF New York and worse: a spendthrift
and parasite on society: a man who never
did a days work in his life one who never
thought of others and cared nothing for laws.
either of God man, he finally reached to
murder over woman OF not even questionable
reputation, whom he had fatuously sought 10
keep his by insulting the sacred rites
CT matrimony He deserved death. Adjudged
insane-as well he might be after leading the
life Of the roue for years--he was committed to
an asylum. He was never punished for his
crimes, he was merely placed in durance for the
safety Of others One night he escaped and
though captured a great effort is being made
to set him free. thus endangering the lives of
all who may incur his insane dspleasure, or
If sane, his sane hate. II insane he should
be confined; If sane he deserves death
That is the position Of Harry Thaw today.
But while all this Is true, it is far more im-
portant that the law should not be bent for his
enemies than 1t is that it should be invoked
to punish him or TO protect others many of
whom are as vile as he For that reason The
rirginian believes and hopes that the federal
courts win refuse to return him to New York.
An insane man is irresponsible. He can not be
held accountable for crime. He can only be
kept in confinement so that he can not commit
crime Thaw. therefore. is not extraditable in
our opinion, and In the opinion of many lawyers.
including District Attorney Whitman, Of New
York city. He is legally insane and, therefore,
not commit crime and. So can not be
indicted for a crime.
Governor Felker has signed the papers extra
diting Thaw, who has applied for writ of
habeas corpus The case will probably be car
ried to the Supreme court Of the United States
for final adjudication and the case will drag
on for months. Had the State of New Hampshire
seen fit to refuse to honor extradition papers
from New York and to clap Thaw into an asylum
for the crimtnally insane, the case might soon
be ended,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
A WRONG IMPRESSION.

what the South needs more than anything
else is practical. hard-headed business men in
congress to look after it's interests 1T has too
long been represented by men whose sole claim
to political preferment has been a glib tongue
Ike the hero of the Merrimac" and many
others who might be mentioned, who have but
little hard headed common sense and less I'M
Outstanding of the vital principles of the science
of government.-TazeweuR Republican.
The idea that Congressman Hobson has little
understanding OF the vital principles of the
science OF government is one which dies hard
among those who do not know Mr. Hobson and
who are themselves not especially versed in those
vital principles. In the minds Of the men who
do know Mr. Hobson and are students Of govern
ment the idea has never found Judgment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-13
APPEALS ARGUED IN
THE SUPREME COURT

The following appeals were heard
in the State Supreme court yester-
day,
Commonwealth VS.. Lynchburg Y.
NJ. c. A. Argued by r. B. Davis and
attorney general for Commonwealth,
and by Caskie & Caskie and s. A.
Anderson for appellee, and submitted.
Commonwealth. at relation of
Dowden, VS.. Richmond and Kappa
hammock River Railway company.
Argued by T. A. Wickham for appel
liant. and by Thos. p. Bryan for APP
pellees, and continued until tomorrow.
The next cases to be called:
The Buchanan company VS.. The
Heirs of Smyth & Banks, etc.
Bowles' admr. VS.. Virginia Soap
stone company.
Belmont VS.. McAlister.
Lanston Monotype Machine COM
pany vs.. The Times-Dispatch COM
pany.