The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-27
CHAL0NER SEES
VICTORY IN SIGHT
Says New Court Order Will Give
Him Control Of His
Property.
TO WRITE IAMBIC HISTORY
Will Publish Original Version OF
Napolcon's Defeat in Shakes
pearean Meter.
TO WRITE IAMBIC HISTORY

An order entered on October 10 by
Judge Holt, of the United States Dis
trict Court, for the Southern District
strong Chaloner. who lectured to 300
people at the Rex Theatre last night.
paves the way for the establishment OF
his right to manage his property. and
will put him in control Of his New York
holdings within two years.
Mr. Chaioner was tubilant over
what he regarded as n decisive victory
over his enemies. The order. grants
Chaloners application for rchearing
on his competency to manage his prop
erty. The United States Circuit Court
of Appeals OF New York. said Mr..
Chaloner, held in 1905 that the lower
Federal court could not ignore tho
opinion of the Circuit Court Of Abe
marie County, Va, that he was mental
" sound and competent.
The speaker spent considerable time
in unravelins the mass of technicali-
ties which shroud the relations of the
lower and upper Federal courts as re-
CARDS the disposition of his case. and
explained that the new grant Will en-
able the Court of Appeals To repeat its
former Sictun as TO his competence
an opinion which the lower court Will
not dare ignore. The establishment of
his claims. said Mr.. Chaloner, will
mean that the cause tE education In
Virginia and North Carolina will be
assured between 100000 and 81
100000 NJ his death.
To Write InmbIc History.
To a discussion of the new court or
der, Mr.. Chaloncr added rapid fire
commentary on the news of the day,
touching upon the Mexican situation.
the Thaw case slit skirts. Christian
Science the Womcn's Christian Tenn
perancc Union. and Mormonism. lie
announced among his new literary acti-
vities an original research into the
causes that brought about THE defeat
of Napoleon at Waterloo He has en-
bodied his version OF tho great battle,
he said in a poem: of ten connected
sonnets of fourteen lines each. written
In Shakespearcan iambic pentametcr.
Il propose to treat other historical
subjects in the same medium, said
MIR. Chaloner. Hitherto all serious
history has been written In prose
have found time between defending my
suit and writing lawhooks, To inves-
tiEate historical subjects along orig
inal lines, and / propose to handle nil
these subjects in iambic pentameter.
shall before long begin a history or
the War Between the States In the same
meter. My iambic version OF Waterloo
Will appear In the next number OF
Scorpio-my quarterly publication"
The Mayor and police Of Richmo nd
he said. are to be commended for their
uncompromsing attitude toward wear
ers OF slit skirts. He wanted personal
liberty preserved from license. said he
was no Sissy but approved thorough
~ of stamping out fashionable In
decency.
No Use for Huerta.
Mr.. Chaloncr expressed the hone that
the administration will soon SEQ its
way clear 10 raise the embargo on the
shipment of arms to the Constitution
alists In Mexico, and thus make II pos
sible for the leaders OF that party TO
stamp out Huerta and his crew or
hired assassns.
lie was opposed. no said. to foreign
! interference Henry Watterson's rec
concentration that the United states
abandon the Monroe Doctrine as no
longer useful. said Mr.. Chaloncr, may
be Ignored. since the kentucky editor
has grown too ripe TO be taken seri-
ousiy.
The Thaw case. he thought, has set
tied down into waiting game and
VIII probably not be finished for more
than year. but he believed Thaw
would get his freedom