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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
PROSECUTE GOAD
TO ASSIST ALIENS
Hope for Another Reprieve.
Floyd Allen Agitated. While
Claude Remains Calm.

At conference to be held In Rich
mond to-day by friends of the Allen
family, a decision will be reached as to
the contemplated prosecution of Dex-
ter Goad, clerk of the Circuit Court OF
Carroll County, on n charge OF perjury.
1nasmuch as the next term OF the
Wythe County Circuit Court. where the
alleged offense was committed, Will not
be held until next month, after the date
for the execution, II Is possible. In case
the prosecution materialiSes, that It
may be decided to have a warrant
sworn out for the arrest of Gosd, and
have him bound over to the grand jury.
OF course, the potent reason for tho
suggested proceedings is an effort to
save Floyd Alton and Claude Swanson
Allen rather than to punish Dexter
Goad. II Is felt that IL there lis pend
ing against a leading witness for the
Commonwealth q prosecution for per-
jury committed at the trial, the Gov
ernor might grant another respite to
await Its outcome Should Goad be
convicted. the hope would be that Gov
ernor Mann would then commute the
sentences.
Claude More Merry Thnu Floyd.
Miss Nellie Wisslcr. sweetheart of
Claude Allen, and Victor Allen son
and brother of the condemned men,
vited them in the State prison yestcr-
day. spending several hours there. Floyd
<hieif, VINO WIS III q nlRnly nervous and
agitated condition Saturday, realizing
his true position for the first time, WAS
In better spirits yesterday. His young
son, Claude, has. as n matter OF fact
preserved his nerve much more sue
cessfully than has "Old Man Floyd" a
fgure In scores OF ARRAYS. The older
man has also had severe cold. from
which he had almost recovered yester-
day.
1t is probable that Miss wissler and
Victor Allen will leave tonight for
their homes. Victor goes TO Green's
boro. N. c.. and then to Mt Airy, which
is ten miles from his home. Miss Wias-
Ter lives at Pulaski, Va. travelling in a
different direction She is niece of
Mrs. Victor Allen. The two attended
service at the First Baptist Church last
night. to hear Rev. George w Nc
Daniel. d. D., friend of tho Aliens
Sidna Edwards. one of the family.
who is serving n term OF fifteen years
for his part in the shooting. liz n victim
to measles. which has attacked many
of the prisoners In the penitentiary He
ie weak physically. although he looks
strong. and this attack has gone hard
with him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
WILL RECOGNIZE
CHINESE TONGS
Attempt Will Be Made to Show
Countrywide Scope
of Societies.

New York, March 9.-When Gee Doy
Yung Is placed on trial tomorrow.
charged with murder. the Chinese
tongs. or secret societies, will for the
first time BIO officially recognized in
court hero. Assistant District Attor-
ney Wasservogei announced to-day
that in presenting the States case he
Will depart from the usual procedure
In previous trials of Chinese and will
try to show the countrywide scope OF
the tongs and that the murder was
part of a tong battle. Yung is a mem
Der of the On Leong Tong.
The battle" which took place last
October, resulted In the death Of five
men, two Cinnamon and three white
men. An investigation disclosed that
on the same day, In the Chinese dis
tricts OF Philadelphia, Chicago and San
Francisco. similar battles" took place
Later, messages between the tongs in
the different cities were interchanged
Mr. Wasservogel declares, which told
exactly what had been Accomplished
in each city. Another member of the
On Leong Tong and two members OF
the Hip Sing Tong were arrested In
this city. Each demanded and was
granted n separate trial.
Counsel for the On Leong Tong men
will be assisted at their trials by Miss
Inez Milholland, the suffrage leader
She has done much of the work Of pro-
pairing the cases for trial. Unusual
precautions will be taken at Yung's
trial to prevent an outbreak between
the rival tongs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
.UNABLETO1F|ND
TRACE OF BR|EL
Retired Butcher, 70 Years Old,
Has Been Missing Since
February %.
POLICE DRAIN THE C AN AL
City Dock Also Dragged, and
Case Is Mystery Which
Nobody Can Solve.

Despite every effort on the part of
the police and relatives, no light has
been thrown on the mystery which
surrounds the strange disappearance of
Henry Briel, seventy nine years old,
the wealthy butcher, now retired. who
disappeared from his homo. 2501 Ken
sington Avenue. on tho afternoon of
February 80. The reward of SIS which
has been offered for information Lead
ing to his whereabouts or concerning
what has happened to him has been
increased by Il. w. Brauer his som
in-law. to 500.
Mono of us has any idea what has
happened to Mr.. Briel." MIR. Brauer said
last night I'VE have done everything
possible to get some information re-
garding him, but every clue we have
followed has led to naught. But we
will continue our search, hoping he
will be found alive"
The case Is puzzle" Chief of Police
Werner said. II have had all of the
detectives, and In fact the entire force,
doing everything possible to get some
information about Mr.. Briel but 80 far
there have been no developments. Cir
culars have been sent broadcast, but
they have not helped to solve tho mys-
terry"
Yesterday the canal was drained and
searched, with the expectation the
missing butcher may have fallen in
the water and drowned. No body was
found. The City Dock was thoroughly
dragged n week ago. The only body
recovered was that of an unidentified
negro, believed to have been sailor.
Left Home February ~.
Mr.. Briel left his home at $3.50 o'clock
on the afternoon of February %. Later
he was seen in the vicinity of Seven
teenth and Main Streets. There he
met and talked with Policemen Folkes
and Flournoy He was apparently in
n happy frame of mind, and his actions
seemed perfectly normal. AS far as
that.
When he did not return home for
tea, Mrs Briel became anxious, and
when he had not appeared at midnight,
the family became alarmed. However,
the police were not notified of his alb
sence for several days, relatives think
ing they might locate him. In this
they were unsuccessful, and n missing
report was made by Mr. Brauer to
Captain of Detectives Mcmahon.
Mr. Briel once before disappeared,
but was found several days later In
West Point, Va where he had gone
to visit relatives.
Whether Mr.. Briel has become men,
tally unbalanced and wandered to some
strange city or met with foul play
are questions which no one will at
tempt to answer. The former seems
to be the most likely. He was not
known to have any large sum of money
with him at the time last seen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
willard MAY GET
POST IN MEXICO.
virginian Being Considered by
President for Highly Impor-
tant Ambassadorship.

-
The name OF former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Joseph e. willard. who. IL has
been understood for slime time. Is pref
ty certain of receiving good diplo-
matte appointment at tho hands of
President Wilson. is now being con-
sidered In connection with the post of
ambassador to Mexico. His name and
his claims arc now before the President
and Secretary Bryan.
An early announcement in connection
with this position is expected. In fact,
1T is predicted in Washington that, 1T
will be the first diplomatic post to be
filled. Ambassador Henry Lane will
son has already forwarded his resisr.
nation, and II Is reported that Presl-
dent Wilson is not particularly pleas
cd with recent events there
Captain willard has the Endorsement
OF practically everybody in Virginia
for place as a representative of the
United States at some foreign govern
ment. He Is backed by every faction.
every political party. every shade of
political opinion, as thoroughly fitted
Tor diplomatic duty. Besides, all thoso
who surround Mr.. Wilson. with the
President himBelf. know that the Vfr-
gilman was the only Southern man who
gave OF his private means to help the
WilHon general campaign committee
in the dark days when 1t did not look
as though lie would he nominated in
baltimore. He also. with Richard Eve
lyn BYRD, gave the only money contri-
buted for organization In this State
prior to the Norfolk convention
Ills name has been most heard az a
possibio minister to Belgium. But the
Mexican ENTHUSIASTICALLY Ia not a re-
mote chance by any mcanp.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
DOZEN CONVERSIONS

Great Crowds Hear Drummer-Preach-
er-Spenks to Girls Tonight.
Quite the biggest crowd since Rev
George f. Stuart was here filled Broad
Street Methodist Church last night to
hear Rev. Billy Williams, the drum
Iner-evangelist Many chairs were
brought in, and the people could not be
accommodated
A dozen conversions. aside from many
other manifestations of interest. re-
suits from the days meetings. Mr.
Williams preached in the morning on
shall We Know Each Other In the
Future Life?" and in the evening on
"rhe Last Invitation" He spoke twice
at the Young Mems Christian Associa-
lion in the afternoon-at 2:30 to boys
and at $3.50 O'clock to men, the topic OF
The latter service being The Young
Man and His Company"
His subject at the service at Broad
Street Church might will be com
panion to that at the Y. NJ. C. A-"The
Young Woman and Her Cornpan my" His
addresses are given added interest by
scraps of his personal experiences
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
HANDCUFF'E|::D man
Jumps OVERHEARD.
Prisoner Rescued Just Before He
Drowned and Brought Here
on Larceny Charge.
GAVE oFtFl.c Err THE SLIP
Took Wild Plunge Just as Boat
Was Preparing TO Dock at
Newport News.

Though Ilandcuffcd. a negro prison
er. who was being brought from Nor
folk to Richmond, attempted to escape
yesterday afternoon from Detective f..
]. Gentry by leaping over the rail OF
a steamer at Newport News into the
James River. lie barely escaped drown
ing. He was rescued by a boy in a
power-boat
The prisoner, Nathan Harris, twenty
four years old; wanted here on the
charge of petit larceny. was arrested
In Norfolk at the request Of Chief of
Police Warner. Gcntry went Tor him
and left Norfolk yesterday afternoon
at o'clock. Harris displayed no signs
of attempting to escape and gave the
officer no trouble.
Suw Him Leap Overheard.
When the steamer, which had ferried
them from Norfolk. was about to dock
at Newport News, Gentry. with Harris,
went to the stern on the second deck.
II did this to avoid the crowd which
was about to land" Gentry said. "I
turned my head for moment, and
when I turned around I saw Harris in
the act OF leaping over the rail- I was
certain he was going to n watery
grave, because, even IL he could swim,
he would have been unable to do SO
yelled to several people to throw him
rope. policeman standing on the
wharf saw what had happened and
ordered boy in n launch to go to the
aid of the drowning man. He had gone
beneath the waters surface three
times The boy threw line to Harris
and he was able to grab 1t and hold
on He was dragged into the boat and
brought ashore, more dead than alive.
but he came around all right in n short
while was happy man when got
hold of him again"
SHid He Went Crnzy.
Harris, who was furnished some dry
clothing by the Newport News police.
and who otherwise assisted the Rich
mond detective. said he lost his mind
by Jumping overheard. He declared he
had certainly gone crazy, and that he
did not remember what he had done.
lie was brought to Richmond last
night and locked up at the First Police
station. He will be given u hearing
this morning on the charge of stealing
a silver coffee pot from the Gresham
Court Apartment House Corporation.
The attempted escape was witnessed
by hundreds of people, mostly passen-
gers, and the greatest excitement pre-
vailed for a while
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
The Paragraph Pulpit
The Hight Aim.

II should be our aim in religion not
30 much to save" souls as to make
souls worth the saving: not SO much to
look for future heaven. ar to helm
establish heaven here. Tho man who.
In religion. fixes his thought wholly
on tho traditional past. or his afrec-
tons wholly in the celestial future
liz he not disloya1 to the present age In
which he lives? He must seek for God
here and now. and serve Him in the
present. For our God is a living God,
and moves step by step with the gem
Observation-Disclosures Publicity Com
mittce.--Adv ertisement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
NEED REDIsTRlCTING
Richmond Entitled to Additional Mem
Der of Legislature.

The announcement made by d. L.
Toney that he is a candidate for the
House Of Delegates from this city calls
attention again to the need of re-
districtng the State for members of
the General Assembly. The last Leg
islature disregnrded the mandate of
the Constitution III this respect, leav-
ing legislative districts in the state
out of all proportion as to population
Richmond is entitled to six members
or the House instead OF five. and with
the former members 1t would be easier
TO accord one to the Southside which
had a representative prior to annexa-
ton Mr. Toney has served three terms,
but was DICTATED two years ago.
Other avowed candidates for the
House from this city are Edwin p Cox,
captain John y. Curtis Hill Montague
and Captain j. Taylor Stratton Pros
pective aapirants include James J..
Dreamer and Charles NJ. Wallace
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
LOUIS ST. GAUDENs DEAD

He Was An Artist ana Assistant To
His Famous brother.
Cornish, n. H., March oIo,is
Saint Gaudens. "A SCULPTOR known for
his own original work and as nm AZ.
sistaDt OF his brother. the late An.
gustus Saint Gaudens. died here vcs,
terday of pneumonia lie was born
ffty-nine years ago In New York. ono
Of his last best known works was ,hc
design OF tho arch at the new rail.
road station In Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
FRANCIS COTTON DEAD
He Was Father of Governor Cotton, of
Porto Rico.

Washington. March s.-Francis Col
ton. father of George r. Cotton, Gov
ernor of Porto Rico, and at one time
prominently identified with the Union
Pacific Railroad as one of it's general
officers, died here tonight of jaundice.
Governor Cotton left Porto Rico yes
terday for his fathers bedside, but
Will not reach hero until next Friday.
Mr.. Cotton was at one time United
States consul to Venice. He was sew
enty-nine years of age, and had been a
resident of Washington for many
years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Missionary RnlIx.

The Young Peoples missionary So
ciety OF Park Place Methodist Church
will have a missionary rally wednes-
day night at o'clock in the lecture
room of the church. There will be
addresses in the interest of home mis-,
sions by Misses Rogers and Sellers. OF
the Methodist Institute: also foreign
missionary addresses by Miss Ruth
Blanks, OF Petersburg. and Miss Edith
Denny. Special music will be rendered
by the church choirH ~ "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Discusk JuyenlIe VIC.

Juvenile vice In Richmond will be
considered at meeting Of the Mems
Association of St Paurs Church,, to
be held at the parish house on Thurs
day night. at S:1b O'Clock. The prin-
,ctpal speaker on this subject will be
Rev. Father Charles Hannigan, o mem
Dor of the steering committee"l OF the
Juvonile Court In addition the am
,nual election OF officers OF the. associn.
ton will be held. q sg ss e q.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
GAYLoR IN AGAIN
"'Fhe Judge" Will Face Justice Crutch-
field This Morning.

"The Judge" Will Face Justice Crutch-
field This Morning.
Judge" Samuel Gaylor Is in again He
spent last night at the First Police Sta
ton, and for the 'steenth time will face
Justice Crutchneld this morning. He
Will answer a charge OF being drunk
and disorderly. preferred by Patrol
man Williams.
"The Judge" is a familiar figure at
Eighth and Broad Streets, and when he
is not selling newspapers. he amuses
politicians who congregate there by
eating 10-cent pie in two minutes. He
was seen yesterday afternoon by Will
liams behaving in disorderly manner
on Church Hill.
Say She Stole s32.
Maude Clark, colored, was arrested
yesterday by Policeman Grafton on a
warrant charging her with stealing s32
from George Jones. also colored.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-16
CROPS ARE SADLY
IN NEED Of RAIN
UNLESS 1T FALLS SOON TRUCK
AND FORAGE IN VIRGINIA
WILL BE BADLY DAMAGED.

Unless rain falls very soon, Com
missioner of Agriculture koiner, said
Yesterday, there will be woeful short
age in both the trucking and forage
crops. which means. of course. higher
prices to the consumer and more or
less loss to the farmer.
The potato crop and the grasses,
Commissioner Koiner says. are
especially in a bad way for lack of
moisture. and the drought has SO af
fected these crops that 1t is doubtful
If an average harvest will be gather
ed even should rain come today, un-
less Mother Nature outdoes herself.
The weather man predicts rain for to-
day and farmers all over the State are
praying for q realization of the pre-
diCtion.
The potato crop along with alfalfa
Is one of Commissioner Koiner's
special pets largely because of its
great value to the farmers from
monetary standpoint. Every time the
commissioner thinks of the potato
crop he Is reminded of the school
boy, who got balled up in his punctua-
ton, and wrote the sentence on the
blackboard given him by the teacher;
I'm the year 1S4s. forty-nine potatoes
formed the sole food of the Irish
peasantry."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-16

CAPTAIN j. II. Waters.

STANTON, VA, May 15.-Frieuds
heard with deep sorrow of the death
of Captain James Fl. Waters which
occurred in the Odd Fellows Home
in Lynchburg yesterday afternoon at
2o'clock at the age of eighty-five,
Though born in the North, Captain
Waters was a Southerner and a Nir-
ginian in his sympathies. Native OF
New Jersey he came to Stanton in
about 1850. He was one OF the
original members of the West Augusta
Guard. enlisting as first lieutenant
and serving through the struggle I'M
til the surrender. In 1880 he was
made chief of the police department,
and he served as such until about
1900 when he was retired because of
advancing age.
This afternoon at o'clock funeral
Services were held in the Odd Eel
lows Home at Lynchburg. Tomor-
row the body will be brought to
Stanton, and will be taken directly
to Thornrose cemetery for interment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-16
FILES FLAT DENIAL
OF EVERY CHARGE
BELIEVED EDWIN s, DENNIS, OF
GILES, WILL GET THE
POSTOFFTCE.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
WASHINGTON, VA, May 10
Judge Martin Williams returned to
Washington today and as attorney
for Edwin S. Dennis, candidate for
postmaster at Pearisburg. presented
to the postoffice department the an
swer of Dennis to the series of
charges preferred against him by
Judge p. w. Strother. of Giles coun-
ty. In his reply Dennis denies every
charge made by Judge Strother
against him, and forwarded 'aftidavits
from other citizens bearing out his
denials.
Accompanying the reply were a
large number of letters of endorse
ment of Dennis signed by many of
the most prominent citizens of Pearls
burg and throughout Giles county.
: Late this evening it was said by
some of Dennis closest friends that
the postoffice department had accept
ed the reply of Dennis and the ac-
companying endorsements as finally
disposing of the charges preferred by
Judge Strother, and would at once
prepare the necessary papers for his
appointment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-16
NINE. RAPPOLD,GETS
COLORADO DIVORCE

NEW YORK, May 15.--Marie Rap
pold, q Metropolitan Opera House So
prano. and formerly resident OF
brooklyn. who has Just gotten di-
vorce from her husband in Colorado.
DR.. Julius c. Rappold. Jr.. of $50
Flushing avenue, Williamsburg. taxa
the Sun Of the divorce today, but
refused to discuss 1t.
Nine Rappold and her husband
separated about six years ago, when
she moved to New York and took
an apartment in Riverside Drive. As
she had no ground for an action in
this State, Mime. Rappold went TO a
small town near Denver. last year,
and established a residence. The di-
vorce was granted Tuesday.
Nine. Rappold had been singing in
concert in Texas and stopped in Col
orado on the way home. She has the
custody of her daughter, who is al
most of age.
+ Nine. Rappold made her operate
debut under Heinrich Conrad, In THE
Queen of Sheba," although she had
sung In concert for some years. She
Is q native of Brooklyn. Mr.. Conrad
first heard her at q concert in Brook
lyn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-16

seauently changed"
where did you get this ,stock?"
asked Mr.. DeFord.
Through relative was the
answer. Later. on cross-examina-
ton. Thaw said the relative was Mrs.
George Lauder Carnegie, his sister.
There was one hundred share certi-
ficate and forty share certificate or
consolidated gas and Ave $1,000 bills.
Anhut, witness further testified, ex-
pressed the hope that he would ne
engaged to do Thaw's law business IN
New York city after he. Thaw, was re-
leased.
Mr.. Palmer here arose and started
in on the cross -examination-
"You are the Harry X. Thaw. who
shot Stanford White to death
II am not; my name is Henry H.
Thaw," was the reply.
Well, you shot Stanford White?"
Yes" was the prompt reply.
You shot him when you knew he
self?''
II did not" Thaw replied.
Here came objections and the de-
cision that Thaw need not answer the
question. on the ground that it might
tend 10 incriminate and degrade him.
Advantages of Insanity,
"oh, | decline to answer, on the
~
ton" added Thaw. The court holds
me legally insane. ] will not answer.
therefore. There are advantages as
well as disadvantages in my position
he added. with a grin.
During the course OF Mr.. Palmer's
cross examination Thaw said that he
had been given to understand that Dr.
Russell was to pronounce him sane.
even If he lost his job"
Mr.. Palmer again got the admis-
sion from Thaaw that he had spent
5000 in his efforts 10 get out. not
counting the lawyers fees of the late
Colonel Bartlett and Mr. Peabody.
Mr. Palmer towards the last pro-
t'uced little blue book. and asked
Tnaw Il he had given this to Anhut.
Thaw nodded.
Il did it with positive instructions"
he added.
Mr. Palmer switched to another
question;
Did DR. Russell say he would do
clare you sane for money
No. certainly not; he did say
something by which | imagined he
was soliciting money"
That ended the days work Thaw
went back to Matteawan at 1910
o clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-16
NAVAL OFFICIALS

rent declined to show TO newspaper
correspondents duplicates Of the
plans stolen.
Department officials maintain that
the thief finding that the plans he
took first, on the night of March
4th, were OF no value, came again on
March 22nd. In the hope of getting
something worth while. That he stole
on his second visit duplicates of the
plans h etook first, they argue, indi-
Gates that he was not familiar with
ship construction. ana knew moth
ing beyond the fact that they were
labeled as pertaining to the battle-
ship Pennsylvania.
On the other hand, II ts persistentiy
reported that the plans stolen disclosed
details Of the system Of IRE control on
the Pennsylvania, and consequently
would be OF considerable value TO ex-
perts OF foreign navies.
One Theory of Theft.
II is maintained that having sue
these plans, the thief returned, hoping
10 get another set 10 sell eisewher, with
the same success. 1t lis generally con-
coded that the only persons who would
be willing to pay for such plans
would be the representatives or other
governments interested in naval con-
struction.
Though the navy department Is much
aistur he'd over the fact that a thief
has succeeded twice In abstracting con-
fdential papers from its Offices. no
changes in the rules and regulations
obtaining in the department draughting
rooms have been made
Department of justice agents are
still at work on the case. but have thus
far achieved no results,