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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
NO CHANCE FOR
! new BECKER TRIAL
JUDGE WEEKS PLAINLY SHOWS
MARSHALL AFFIDAVIT Is
NOT NEW EVIDENCE.

New York. Feb. 25.--CharIes
Becker will not get a new trial on
the ground that James Marshall, a
young negro who testified in the Sec
ond trial, last May. repudiated in
Philadelphia testimony that Becker
talked to Jack Rose at Seventh Ave-
nue. and 124th Street nineteen days
before Herman Rosenthai was assas-
sinated.
Supreme Court Justice Weeks, who
heard argument today on the motion
for new trial by Martin T. Manton,
Becker's counsel made 1t sufficiently
plain that Marshall's Philadelphia af-
mony and does not come within the
legal requirements for new evidence:
Justice Weeks frowned upon the
methods employed by the Becker
counsel in obtaining the so-called re-
pudiation and characterized the affi
davit as IAN ingenious evasion of di-
rect contradiction
1t was obvious that Justice Weeks
was inclined to decide summary from
the bench, that he could not grant Il
new trial on such grounds, but he
announced that he would receive affi-
davits and documents from the Dis
ltrict Attorney and give the case brief
consideration before handing down a
de .isioh. 1t is expected that he will
announce his decision tomorrow.
In support of the States contention
that Marshall has never actually con-
tradiCted The testimony he gave
against Becker. and that he did not
understand that he was repudiating
this testimony when he signed the
Philadelphia affidavit, District Attor-
ney Perkins offered three atfidavits
made by Marshall, two letters writ
ten from Chicago by Marshall last
summer and an affidavit from AS
sistant District Attorney Frederick ].
Groehl The afiidavits by Marshall
were made on April IL, 1914, Feb
ruary IS. 1914. They assert that
Becker talked with a man who was
later identified as Jack Rose on the
night OF June 81, 1912, and that Mar
shall never repudiated or intended to
repudiate this fact. The letters were
written on July 81. 1914. and August
13. 1914, to warn the District Attor-
ney's Office that attempts were being
made to bride or frighten him into
making Il statement in Becker's be-
half
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
COLONEL BURGWYM'S
FUNEYAL YESTERDAY

The impressive funeral service Of
the Episcopal Church was conducted
yesterday afternoon at 3 O'clock in
st. Pauls Church over the body of
Colonel G. p. f. Burgwyn. who died
Monday night at the residence of his
nephew, DR.. Harry b. Baker. on
Grace Street. The services were by
Rev. w. Russell Bowie, rector Of the
church. Interrpent was in Hollywood
Cemetery.
The paii-bearers were:
Hororary-~F. H.. Yonge, Charles
Selden. A, W. Patterson. II. A. Baugh-
man. Gcncrai e. j. Anderson George
NJ Wilson. Charles E. Boiling and
Dr. J. x. Gildersleeve.
Ac,ive---H. r. Noel, r. w. Brock
anbr0us,h. b. Hanfpaass Cha IA beFlaiE,
X. X. Fiorapce, r. w Scarborough.
George Gibson, II. T. Wilson and X.
A. Ca1thorns.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26

intends permanently e. occupy Con-
Atanfiuople'

intends permanently e. occupy Con-
~tantinople."
Close or this m6monteus declaration
came "A dispatch from Saionica with
the news that the AH&l'-french fleet,
tho medium through which Russia
may eventually accomplish the eS-
tension of her sphere Ut Influence, had
begun again bombardment OF the
Turkish forts on the Dardanelles, and
another dispatch 81 wing that the OF
tou5@D Government was so much
alarmed at tho progress Of the attack
that the crown jewels and the Gov
eTrmeut records had been removed To
the Interior. Previous adviceS have
stated that the ottoman archives had
been taken to Adrianople
VIII Turn Wheat Loose.
sun a third dispatch tending to
show the success of the Government
against the Turkish capital came from
Copenhagen. where messages had been
received from Petrograd announcing
that Russian merchants had coneen-
tratcd vast quantities of wheat and
rye in harhors along the Black Sea
waiting for the moment when the AL
lied warships open mp the straits. The
proposed loan of $50, 600 900 by Great
Britain te Russia depends In meas
Furo upon the marketing Of the crol
4of cereals in the Southern Russian
provinces.
I Athens informs London that Con.
stantuople is threatened not only
/ from the sea, but likewise by land
and that Russian transports on thu
! Black Sea are about to embark ar
army for an invasion Of Turkey. ana
the reduction of the capital Turkish
submarines in the !|osphorus are sale
To be shuwiua the greatest activity II
r,rf f1frfYts to meet his latest danger
approves Russia'S Aspirations
; Sir Edward Grey's statement Il
Commons was Called forth by ques
ton from Frederick w, Jowett, whit
wanted To hc informed II Great Brit
ain knew Of. and approved. the decla
ration made by NJ SozonoT TIL
foreign minister replied that he wa
not aware that NJ. Sazonof had mad
precisely that statement. but he add
ed, The statement | have seen VA
that NJ Sazanoff had said that tn
events on the Russo-Turkish frontie
would bring Russia near a retaliation
Of the politico-economic problem
bound up with Russias access TO tn
sea with these aspirations Englan
is in sympathy. What form thei
realization will take. no doubt Wi
he settled in the terms Of peace"
one unquestionahle result OF Csrea
ISritain's new stand will be the ute
rout Of the Fnti-war party in Russis
, which has been working for the az
arrangement OF a separate peace. Rus
STA cannot question the fact that sh
= cannot win her way to the MediteI
ranean without the aid and conser
pf England and France. and no fac
tion that opposed any more to brin
bout such a situation could continu
TO exist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
FRANK TAlkFfST
ON JAP QUESTION
NIPPON PROFESSOR SAYS 90. 600
JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA
TROUBLE-MAKERS

New York. F. eb. 25.--perfect frank
ness marked the end of today's week.
ly table talk at the Press Club, after
DR.. Toyokichi Iyenaga. OF Waseda
University. Japan, and later OF the
I-r1-ersity of Chicago, had addressed
tlly gathering on "Japan's Relations
With This Country George II. Miner,
editor of the Sunday Sun. asked DIR.
Iyenaga, IF Japan doesn't want the
Philippines what does she want?"
Several others wanted the speak
ers views on the situation In Cali
fornia.
DIR. Iyenaga replied that In Man
churia Japan has territory twice an
large as the Philippines and sufii-
GENTLY big to provide her with plenty
OF room for expansion and develop
ment for an indefinite time to come.
And he reused both laughter and ap-
plause by remarking:
80 long as we share with you the
privilege OF dwelling on the Pacific
the Pacific Is broad enough for W
both"
He went on to say that his own
people were not plain-spoken enough
in the Western way
1T liz our fault that we are not
frank enough, that we use too much
polite language which you do not un-
derstand." DR.. Iyenaga explained:
1T is another fault OF the Japanese
that they stick too much to them
selves We must learn to get out and
get acquainted with the people Of the
country we are in. learn their ways
and not huddIe together In little colo~
MES cut off from the world about us.
Therefore. am counselling our
people in Japan to nssimilate them
selves when they go abroad to live.
But they do not go abroad with the
idea of ever running any other coun-
try. At present they go abroad as
you do--to make money. Then they
go ba,.. home.
They must not go where they are
not liked. l urge them to leave Cali
fornia and go where they are more
welcome We urge them not to come
to CalIfornia In greater ] nutnhers.
After all. 1t Is those $4,000 Japanese
in >.CaIifornia who are the whole
trout 4-4-----------------s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
REV. A. l.. PHILLIPS UNDER
OPERATION IN HOSPITAL.

Rev. DIR, A. L. Phillips, head of the
young peoples work of the Presby-
terrain Church in the South, is SER
iously i'll in st. Luke's Hospital He
underwent an operation yesterday
afternoon from which he rallied nice
ly, and he was reported last night as
doing well.
DR. Phillips had been Ill for several
days before going to the hospital
Monday. On Tuesday a slight opera =
ton, which gave temporary relief, was
performed. but the second operation
was necessary. DIR. Phillips will be
unable to resume his duties for several
weeks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
CENTRAL SLAUGHTER
CONTINUED from First rage.y

Continued from First rAge.D
supply. If The assistance OF women
organizations could be secured to
second The efforts of this department.
TO hold every distributor OF food
stuffs up t. q standard of cleanliness.
We are confident more lasting results
could be cblained than can be hoped
for through the existed egencies
working alone
We hope te secure this valuable
aid and He propose to Systematically
seek #. In the meantime. let women
decline to buy from the grocer or
marketman who does not keep his
place thoroughly clean
Dairving Profitable.
Declaring that no line of agricul-
as does dairy farming in Virginia"
showing reasons why this is so. and
making practical suggestions as to
the meth ,ds of making dairying
profitable. the report says that the
/ creamerics NJ the State have had so
! far this rear better business than
I they have experienced in the past for
! a similar period and there is no ques-
/ ton Of doub. that the total produc-
tion for The year VIII show most
substantial increase in this line of the
uaATN lNdH9ti y
( There has been an Improvement In
: the sanitary conditions Of the bakeries
OF the state. according to the report
OF the activities OF the department
for the wear the report says:
During the quarter 5.070 establish
rnents wers inspected and $40 cities
and towns were visited. The sale OF
2,499 pounds of stock and poultry
powders was stopped on account OF
the fact that the persons Offering the
same for sale had not complied witt
the law The sale of 3T3,240 pounds
of stock feed and S,S55 pounds OF
human fooaa were stopped for fail
ure to properly comply with the law
regulating the sale.
food Destroyed.
Eight Thousand nine hundred and
twenty pounds of human food were
DESTROYED as unfit for consumption
The inspectors drew and sent In FOR
analysts 492 samples of human food
and stock feeds There have been
reported on turing the quarter 224
samples. There We're 269 samples
sent to the laboratory for analysis
Eleven of these had been offered fol
sale IN violation of the law.
There were twenty-one hearings
held during 'ne quarter. Ten cases
have been reported to Common
woalths attorneys for prosecution, az
provided by statute
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
TWO AFFtBLE THUGS
TAKE EIGHT PLUNkS.

]. j. Burke and John O'Neil.
strangers In the city. were arrested
last night by Officers Sweet and Smith
as alleged thugs.
Emery Cormor, a young man. who
wished to take look over the city,
got In touch with two affa BILE strang-
ers, who willingly agreed TO show him
the town, They got him near the
dock. and the first thing he knew he
didn't know anything. Later he COM
planned to the police that he had
been. rahhed -nf S.. ,.s. ..-.----.
Smith and Sweet got busy. The
case will be heard In Police Court to-
day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
RICHMOND COLLEGE
WINS IN DEBATE

The debating team representing
Richmond College won the intercolle-
giatc debate last night over Randolph :
Macon, the theme being Resolved. That
the States in the United States should
adopt minimum wage scale for un-
skilled labor" r. N. Gardner and D. n
sutton, who represented Richmond Col
lege, defended the negative. r. w
Tritt and j. r. Saunders represented
the Methodist institution.
Immediately after the debate a re-
ception was rendered the visiting col
legians.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26

works, notably AT the narrows near
Niagara where a row ~ -four lor'T
protect the northern bank and two
the southern part.
The British and French naval
authorities do not fear the mined
/. area AS much as tney do the forts
I. which they Will now set about re-
drcing and over which they will have
II The ADVANTAGE of preponderahee Oh
heavy guns Hitherto the defenses
of the straits have been almost I'M -
pregnable, history recording only
s. sslree instances in which WarshlPS
have passed through without permls-
don Of the Turkish authorities. The
arst occasion was i'm 1900, when inc
Omit d states frigate George WASH
mgton. Captain cambridge command
ing. which had been taking part IN
the war against Nae TripoliIan pirates
!. out wltted he Turks and while theY
were returning her salutes silPpea
past and was soon fiauntm g Inc nag
under the very eyes of ConstAnuhoWt'
Seven wears later Sir ]. !. uuckWur'h
took a British feet through. ana }"
1878 the British feet went past ''
the reliee Of Constantinople, threaten
: I'd by Russia
Submarines. Too.
X ooee into tho sea Of Marmora the
S3f1t AtttS 49,"
Meet will still have hard nbht t'
q get 10 Constahtinople for Turkey mas
some modern submarines liat az
E likely 10 prove very ehcleht uuu'
their German commanders. II ~ ~
iieved that If the Angio-f rehch S'i ~
once get as far as Niagara f'o'NS t"'
Turkish is&s viii nee /" Inc Pt"'eU
u sfon OF the Bosphorus, ana VIII pr II" W
prefer TO take their chances WIN eve
r....Sou tt4arA Sos Ea1aAr0u to Wa1ting
for the foe from the West
Among the important towns along
the straits which the allied ships WI
have to capture before they can pro
coed, the largest is Gsllipoh ana OPP
e posfte IL as the city OF l'al"d h'iitS
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MAY CALL SPECIAL
CONTINUED from First Page.)

of the House of representatives also,
and amend its rules, so that filibusters
against bills could be prevented TINS
petition could not have been called
a success at late hour tonight. and
ii was regarded ais certain that ma
jority could not be obtained for any
form Of clo.ure. too many Democrats,
as well as Republicans, being OPP
posed to it, especially such Senators
as Overman, chairman of the Rules
Committee. and Hoke Smith, also of
that committee.
Among the Senators most deter
minedly opposed to the two treaties
are Smith, of Michigan; Borah, of
Idaho, and Poindexter, of Washing
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
ENGLAND ANNOUNCES
CHANGE OF POLICY

London, Feb. 25.--One of the most
y important changes I'm British foreign
policy in the past one hundred Years
was announced this afternoon In the
House OF Commons by Sir Edward
Grey. the minister of foreign affairs.
when he stated, In reply To a question
from the ffoor. uat England is will
Ing to abandon her traditional OPP
position towards Russian acquisition
eDf swarm water port. and will sup
pOrt the intentions recently expressed
~ NJ. saxonoff. the Russian foreign
Z secretary, In the words that Russia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
FIREMAN Markell
DIES FROM INJURIES

Engineer r. F. Markell. of the
Southern Railway, aged thirty-five,
vino was injured in the wreck late
Tuesday afternoon. near Bristow.
Prince William County, in which a
Southern passenger train and Chesa :
peake and Ohio freight coll!ded. died
in the hospital at Alexandria, We'd
nesday. Others injured in the wreck
were: G. X. Heflin. hagman. of Alex
anaria.. Mrs. Jerry Sullivan. Of Casa
nova. Va. and Miss Octayia Proctore,
of Warrenton. Va. Their injuries
are slight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
Alleged Assault,

John Fioslsoe was arrested and de-
tanned at the First Police station last
night for an alleged assault upon
Helen Hinton, colored. The hearing
viii be had in Police Court this morn
ing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-26
The " Gather

$780, ysrYinfa--.fs arTfy~ cloudy and some
what colder Friday: Saturday fair.
GreaA west and northwest winds
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BIG GUNS OPENING

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GOSSIP OF THE STAGE AND PLAYERS

:" long as 1t confines Itself to its W
sphere.
AT the present time phutopl,y vor-
sions ~ the great operas. plays and
stories with well known stars In the
leading roles supply a general demand
throughout the world for popular and
splendid entertainment. Through the
medium ~ the p%hotopay thousands
and hundreds Of thousands from whom
heretofore these masterpieces ~ lit
erature and the drama In acted form
have been withheld are now seeing
them. But to say that this means the
death knell of the drama is ridiculous.
On the contrary, / should say that the
photoplay IL n Of the greatest
agencies in stimulating an interest," in
the drama. Having seen great actors
on the screen and beautifully produced
pieces. the public IL raising its stand
ard OF taste for these things. No
longer is VI satisfied with the inferior
production and with bad acting.
"The public that has learned through
experience to choose between good
plays and bad plays. also has learned
to distinguish between good photo
plays and inferior p~hotoplays. With
out becoming personal | believe with
modesty I might refer to the throngs
which crowded the Strand Theatre
during the engagements there Of the
film productions Of Geraldine Farrar
in Carmen and Mary pickford in
Madame Butterfly, and the long run
OF Birth of a Nation at the Liberty.
These are instances of the public's
support Of especially worthy photo
dramatic Efforts.
1T must not he inferred. however.
hat ] am OF the opinion, as execu-
tive head OF n of the big producing
companies. that the future Of motion
pictures Is not to he a brilliant one
quite the contrary. ] do believe that
The day is not far distant however,
When the overeNpansion. h over
imitation and the unsound conditions
will right themselves. II will mean
a cleaning u process. one of elimi'
nation of the unfit and unworthy and
a survival of the H.. II will be a
grca; benefit to the industry. For one
thing unreasonably big salaries to ar
fists will stop. The present madden
ing competition among motion picture
producers FOR the services OF stars
cannot long endure.
There is a belief hat money and
money alone will bring success &c
motion pictures. This belief also viii
he dispelled. on The contrary, wha,
will bring success in the future will
be brains, artistic ideals and organi.
zation. And all these things cannot
be had for so much money"
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h"hd oi the i"Sky f"atuf" f1hN ON
iHhN 'the hrn when brought out
Geraldine farrar ~ u screen starr.
declares that the m"ti"i picture IN
duStrN Is on IN" eve OF its greatest
trials. Mi foldhSh declares there ~
u big lcmcn ~ IN" photoplny INDUS
Try thst IL opposed 10 the expectation
OF me pubi'''
~ - about time Tn" public knew,
SAID he yesterday. what many per-
som WITHIN the pnotopiay industry
khp" 'hat 'hefe ~ more money peihs
lost right now in the motion picture
business II there Is money being
ii"uc'
MI. toldnsh declared that the photo-
play industry was not only SUFFERING
AT the present time from OV~erproduc-
tion hut that II was being unJustly
and undeserNedly attacked by unin-
FORMED writers Tor some OF the maga-
zines VINO nave entirely misplaced the
motion picture as an amusement n
AZ an art.
Perhaps my statement that there
is more money being lost In motion
pictures than there Is being made will
be a surprise to a great many per-
sons" continued Mr.. Goldfish. But
it is true. n the time Is not far dis
tant when the public will learn It's
lesson in financial loss. n when the
motion picture industry will learn the
effects Of its folly by a severe and
thorough REIMBURSEMENT OF conditions.
AT the present time in the United
States there is more motion picture
film manufactured than there Is film
exhibited. No Industry can long
withstand without upheaval such an
unhealthy condition.
As regards the attacks against the
pho,o,lav mr., from writer's who are
misuuntuu and misrepresenting the
aim. of the men engaged in the in.
Irs,ry think I am rejecting the
],ripin, az o,h.r manufacturer when
J.,v 49,. AFRO concerned only with tho
.rer, nf th,so attacks one Of the
.uro,,,., factor. Z, tho yr,,yth and dc.
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VARIETY IN
BUSHWICK THEATRE-Mrs

THEATRE-Mrs:
Langtry in her sketch. Ashes.
comes 10 the Bushwick Theatre
this week in a continuance OF
her vaudeville travels. Others
on the bill will be Lillian
k~ingsbury in The Coward
Donahue and Stewart. Marie
Fitzgibbon, William Pruette.
the Amoros Sisters. Fields and
Holiday. Kiet and De Mont
and the Kurtis BOOSTERS.
ORPHEUM THEATRE--Grace
La Rue. Dave Kramer and
George Merton, Deiro. pianist;
Harry Cooper in THE Mail
Carrier" Bankof and Grille.
Robbie Fordone. Harry Girard
and company in "The Luck of a
Totem" Werner Amoras COM
pany. Perry and Heath, Anna
Laughlin and William Saxton
and the Gladiators.
PROSPECT THEATRE-Frank
Mcintyre, Emma Carus, Hunt
ing and Frances, Harry Gilfoil.
Adelaide Hermann, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Wilde, Howard.
Kibbel and Herbert, Foley and
O'Neil. Sunday concerts to-
day as usual.
STAR THEATRE-"The Worth
Of a Nation" a ~burlesque on
The Birth Of a Nation will
be seen this week at the Star
Theatre. presented by the
Americans company. The sec.
ond half of the show is called
Girls and Jingles."
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NOTES OF THE TAG

The bill Of comparative comedy now
being given by the Washington Square
at the Bandbox Theatre will be
the subject for the discussions con-
Quoted this month by tho Drama
League at the public libraries. Last
year these meetings proved very popu-
lar and this season a number Of II.
braries have been added 20 the list of
discussion centres. Only plays bulle-
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The Majestic Theatre will this
week bring William Hodge to
Brooklyn in THE Road to Hap
piness," Whether or not this lies
over the Brooklyn Bridge the
actor will be able to tell at the
end OF the week, 1t is true, how
ever. that there ought to be hap
piness in the Majestic Theatre
TOR all who enjoy the true by
heck drama.
The Montauk Theatre is tenn
porarily in the line of the movies.
The Birth of a Nation" is in its
second week there.
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tined by the Drama League are dis
cussed. The meetings are open to the
public. The leaders of the discussions
in Deccmber are Hiram X. Modcrwell.
Barrett Clark, Mrs. Josephine Wehu,
Mrs. Clara Ruge, Mrs. e. H.. strauss.
Curt Hansen. E,wood j. Harlan and
Edward Friedman.
Tonight NJ the Neichborhood Play
house the olive Mead Quartet Uolivc
Mead. first violin; Vera Forarof. SEC
ond violin: Gladys North. viola; Lillian
Littlcshales, ~vloloncello) will give a
con.ert which will include the Tschai-
kowski quartet In Il fiat minor. the
Beethoven cavatina in u fiat major
and the Schumann quartet n \ minor.
The MacDowell Club and other
friends and associates OF Mrs. Sarah
Cowell IaMoyne are arranging "a pub
lie meeting to he hold in her memory
at the LyCcum Theatre on sunday
afternoon. December l2, at $3.50
o'clock. Daniel Frohman will IN
troduce the speakers and artists and
the programme Will be as follows:
Violin solo. David Names; sd iress.
AN Appreciation" the Rev. Percy
Stickney Grant. u. D.. song. Emma
Roberts: reading, Mrs. Ftske; address,
Mrs. LeMoyne's Place on the Amer.-
can Stage" Arthur Byron, and song.
THE Years at the Spring Emma
Roberts, n address. AN AppreC!a-
ton" Miss Harriet Ford.
No cards OK admission will he re-
quired.
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EllzabethNA Valentine
,nLORD DCNDNEARN'

was last seen in "Prunelh," and his
two sisters, Nesta and Marie, VINO like
| wise have been in American rroduc-
| tions. since then he has appeared
in The Servant In the House with
| Henry Miller: THE Toast of tnv
Town" with Viola Allen; The Ty-
phoon." with Walker Whitcside. and
last season with Pauline Fredericks In
Innocence"