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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
SETTLE WITH CONTESTANTS.


New York. April 2l.--Less than
$1,000, 900 may remain for the cause
woman surage when all the litigation
over the will of Mrs. Frank Leslie IL
ended. Settlements have been made
with some of her relatives who were
mentioned as iegatees for sman
amounts in her will and contested.
Negotiations are pending with others.
In every case thus far settled the
contestants received generous sums.
Il Ia understood. She left $500, ZOO.
To Mrs Carrie II. wrenn. OF Brook
Ign, a niece, Mrs Leslie bequeathed
all her household effects and $4,000
In trust, as we'll as $4,000 apiece to
her four children. 1t In understood
that the executors of the will have
settled with these l-satees for a sum
approximating 100000. but both
sides are keeping the terms OF the
settlement secret.
Maynard d. Follin, OF Detroit, n
nephew was cut off by the will with
little or nothing. 1t Is understood he
received more than $4,000 in settle
ment. He had begun a contest.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait the
residuary legatee to whom Mrs. Les
lie left the bulk of her estate, has
maintained a policy of silence ever
since the will was fled. She admitted
at the outset she would not be sur
prised If contests We're made
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22

any cause for overriding the verdict of the
Georgia courts in the granting OF writ of
habeas corpus in the Frank case. Should the
facts justify lighter penalty or a pardon the
power resides in the Governor of Georgia to
grant an appeal in the regular course of such
cases Had the Supreme Court interfered in
this case it would have struck a great blow at
the stability of and respect for State courts
That the Frank advocates should have taken the
course of attempting to override the courts of a
sovereign State through the methods they EN-
poyed has done great damage to the country.
1t is to be presumed that the courts of Georgia
are competent to decide criminal cases If there
was palpable perversion of justice. the Governor
OF the State where the trial took place was and
is the proper official to free the prisoner
This verdict and that in the Thaw case, which
seems to assure that the New York criminal
will be sent back to the insane asylum where he
asked TO be sent to escape the punishment of the
law for murder should reassure the country that
courts still administering justice ably and
impartially.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22

On this page is presented a letter from Senator
r. X. Brock, Of Farmylle with reference to a
special dispatch in TIA Tirgtntan Of Sunday from
Victoria relating to the senatorial campaign In
Mr. Brooks district. The portion OF that dis
patch referring 10 Senator Brock read:
tChs nces for the nomination Of Mr. Allen
appear very bright he has not only the
united support Of Luneuburg County, but
many strong elements in all three Of the
other counties The twenty eighth Dig
trct went Overwhelmingly dry. almost two
to one. In the prohibition election. The
present senator r. x. Brock. Of Farm
VILE voted against and opposed the
abing act, and Is supposed 10 represent the
wet interests Of the district in the pre-
sent canvass on the other hand. Mr.. Allen
il dry candidate, supported by the lead
ing dry men Of the district. and his election
in freely predicted by overwhelming ma
jority
The Firgintdn has q course, no personal fight
make Oh Senator Brock. nor has It's cor
respondent. II IS not our desire to 90 out into
Or advocacy in local elections. Mr. Brock him
self. however. invites attention so that we feel
1t liberty TO discuss the situation especially as
there statements IN Senator Brooks letter
which cannot 20 without some further treat
nent.
Speaking for It's correspondent The Virginian
does not believe the report referred to in
tentionaily misleading" nor does Il believe it
Was Intentionally unfair
Senator Brock expresses surprise that the wet
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
PEOPLES FORUM
Letter from senator Brock.

EullOr NirElnlan.
Sir,--My attention has been ~ to news
dispatch from Victoria Va appearing on the
front page Of your issue Of the stn instant, re-
gardlng the candidacy of Mr. George e. Allen
for the State Senate. In this article this state
Inent Is made with reference to myself; THE
present senator. r. *. Brock, of Farmville, voted
against and opposed the enabling act and Is sup
posed to represent the wet interests In the
present canvass"
do not see how any right thinking man can
raise the wet issue in this campaign. The
people OF Virginia have Enthusiastically decided
that the State shall be dry and they are en-
Titled to and should have prohibition put into
effect under the most favorable circumstances
and adequate laws and penalties for the proper
enforcement thereof.
In the announcement Of my candidacy Decem-
her last (Which printed in each of the five
newspapers published in my district) plainly
announced this my position. and l can com
prehend for the raising of this issue
in this campaign except In an attempt to punish
one who did not in all matters vote some OF
the most active supporters of the enabling act
Thought he should
| The statement that I am supposed to rep
resent the wet interests In the present can
vass' is unfair and Intentionally misleading.
am not at this time, nor have ] ever been, n
candidate OF the wet" interests am not at
this time, have I ever been. connected with
these interests In the remotest degree. 1t is
true that 1 voted against the enabling act when
It came up three years ago, and against the
conferees' report thereof in 1914, but my failure
70 support this measure was not because Of OPP
position on my part to the cause CT temperance.
which have always favored. but because I was
not convinced that majority OF the peopie OF
my district favored the passage OF the act. SO
far from representing the wet interests in
this campaign. no reason for not prohibiting the
manufacture OF wine and beer. we'll as their
sale. is apparent to me. and would be willing
to support measure putting them in the same
class with whiskey. and prohibiting their manu-
facture.
! Since you have given such prominence to the
article referred to- i trust that In the spirit
OF fairness you will give equal prominence to
this communication.
Respectfully,
ROBT. X. BROCK.
Farmvile. Va, April 49, 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
OUR POLICE AND THE LAW.

WITH the approaching end Of the Council IN
vestisa;ion Of police administration In this city
public interest In its outcome increases. The
city is greatly interested in knowing whether tho
yery grea; work that has been done towards bet
sering moral conditions in this ty Sll be ad
vanced by the committee or whether its labors
will bring forth report that may check the
coming OF better things in Richmond. That we
need thoroughgoing abandonment Of former
methods We see denied In very tew quarters OF
The city. In view OF the facts that have been
brought to light 1t would be unthiukable Of Rich
uaond that any other view should prevail.
TIE report o. this committee will largely In
auence the future living conditions OF PEG
pie. II will determine in a measure whether the
sins OF the past are TO be condoned or condemned
whether the open refusal to enforce the law Of
the State shall be palliated or piroried by the
Official body OF the city.
As The Tirq;niGn stated In the beginning
would be the case. there have been many side
Issues introduced in the investigation which
have been interesting, but not important. Tho
outstanding feature Of the investigation so far
has been that every advantage has been given
the members OF the police board TO clear them
selves Of suspicion. They have not been pros.
ecuted BY any one They have been defended
BY able counsel who have utilized every resource
OF the legal profession 70 make out good case
for their clients.
The City Attorney has not acted as a pros
ecutor. he has guided the work Of the committee
so as IN bring out the facts but he has prosecuted
nobody
The committee should not allow itself to b5
blinded by side issues from seeing the ..funda
mental ones. Has the law OF the state Of Vtr
ginia been enforced in this city, and If not, why
not? Have members Of the police board taken
an active aggressive stand against the evil OF
commercalzed vice? If they have not why
have they not? What. influence has been pu'
forth able TO prevent officials from performing
their duties? What attitude has the governint
board OF the Police Department or have its in
dividual members, taken towards the enforce
ment Of the law? Have they been jealous IN
suppressing vice, in encouraging, melting
directing the force in the suppression of evil.
II not, why have they not and which OF them
have not?
Have members Of the board discouraged the
enforcement of the law? Have The privates on
the force felt that not only the influence but
the personal and individual practice OF their
superiors were cast both negatively against the
enforcement of the law and positively for Its
violation?
Issues such as these, not the extent. to which
the testimony Of an individual witness has beer
corroborated or contradicted. should govern the
committees decision. In behalf of cleaner
and better Richmond The VfrgtniGn expresses
the profound hope tina. the committee win give
It's impetus to the cause of purifying our city
from evil influences.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
TAR HEEL SURGEONS IN NEW
YORK.
Leading Carolina Medical Men Goth
ANS Guests This Week.

New oYrk.. April 21.---A party a.
fifteen prominent North Carolina sur
geons arrived In New oYrk City or
Sunday, and will stop at the Hotes
McAlpin for several days. Then n,ers
are attending surgical clinics Ut the
leading hospitals. Monday being spent
at the Roosevelt and Mount Sails
where the surgeons Of those insti.
tutions arranged that many surgtca
cases Of great interest to the visitors
were shown. Other New York hes
pitfalls will entertain the North Care.
linans during the week. On the 74th
the doctors will leave for Boston, then
visiting Philadelphia and Baltimore.
prior to going to Rochester,, MINI.
where they will take a special course
in surgery under the Mayo Brothers
The surgeons are the Drs. J. W.
Long, r. L. Gibson, c. W. PrcssI:,.
Nj. III. Fletcher. d. r. Taylor, L. 8
Booker. e. T. Diekenson, H. Mckee
Tucker. X. S. Primrose. ]. F. High
smith. j. p. Munroe. J. A. Williams
@. w. Banner. p r. McFaddsa ~
ID. A. Garrison.
DR.. ], w. Long, when Interviews
at the Hotel McAlpin stated that the
men had enjoyed their trip exceeding
ly, and that they had received a sreat
many invitations from the leading SUR
eeons Of the hospitals in New DIRK
Boston. Philadelphia and Baltimore
t, attend specially arranged surgica3
clinics during their visit to these
cues.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
PRESBYTERY ISSUES SUMMONS
Charges DIR. Guthrie With .COnfiuc
CnbeComing Minister

Especial to The Richmond virginian. \
Baltimore. Md. April 2l.--Rev. DIR
Donald Guthrie. former pastor of tn.
First Presbyterian Church here, Ane
of the Second Presbyterian Church
Richmond was today summoned t.
appear before "a judicial committee O.
the Baltimore Presbytery on Tuesday
May II. to answer charge OF con
duct unbecoming a minister" DIR
Guthrie is accused OF having LEFT
Baltimore without making satisfAe
tory efforts to satisfy his local credit
ors. Recently he has been preaching
In Ottawa. Canada, and he applied
for a letter of dismissal from the Bal
timore Presbytery in order that he
might accept charge there. but hi
was refused.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
NJ. d. HART ENTERS SUIT.
Alleges Libel Against w. r. Mitchell,
and Asks Is 900 banners

Suit was brought in the Law and
Equity Court yesterday by NJ. ID. Hart
against w. T. Mitchell. alleging libel.
and seeking redress in the sum Of
$1,000. No declaration was filed. Mr..
Hart Is active in sporting matters. Is
we'll known in gun club circles. and
is an authority on laws pertaining to
birds and other game. Mr.. Mitchell Ia
also considered an authority on such
matters. and Is writer on game
laws. 1t is said that he has written
articles which may be considered As
reflection upon Mr.. Harris know1-
edge of the laws
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
CAN YOU VOTE?

Are you a white nalo citizen, over twentyo1e
years OF age? II you vote? II you can
not vote what is the reason? There may be q
few instances in which other causes prevail,
but In the vast majority of cases II Is because
you have not paid your poll taxes. The pay
ment OF those taxes by the frst Of May Will en-
able you TO vote in the fall elections at which
time some of the officials who will have TO settle
some of the most important questions before the
State OF Virginia viii be elected. 1t means
much to the future OF your city and State that
you be eligible to vote in these elections 1t
means for you whether you are a good or a oad
citizen. In certain respects you are almost the
worst sort Of citizen the State could have for
while you are able to vote you will not vote
There many not whit so competent to
decide the questions you should decide who have
the right OF voting and by the exercise of that
right have in the past decided not only matters
affecting themselves, but you also Are you
satisfied with what they have dore'
We trust there will be many out tonight at
the meeting to be held In the interest of better
government Let us that those who have
not paid their taxes and do not intend to pay.
come ont and hear reasons WHY. they should pay
And then let US personally persuade them to go
10 the treasurer and settle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22
SOLD CIGARETTES TO MINORS.
Much Abused Law May BE Vindicat-
ed In One Case

s. Mogaiano, proprietor of fruit
stand in front OF house at Eleventh
and Broad Streets. next door to po-
lice Headquarters. was arrested yes
terday upon complaint made by
Probation Officer Kicks. of the
Juvenile Court. on the charge of SELL
ing cigarettes to minors. Mogaiano
was bailed for his appearance in Po-
lice Court this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22

FOR BEST RESULTS ADvEunl
TISE IN THE RICHMOND YIlaI
GINllAN-Fl'E1A FAIR CLEAN All
ACCURATE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-22

\ CAUSE FOR CONGRATULATIONS
The country is to be congratulated that the
Supreme Court Of the United States did not aee
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At the Department of State

Although there are no civil war rel
are many relics of the earlier days of
the republic that undoubtedly will in
terest the thousands of visitors now in
1.-THE city. Foremost of these are the
original of Thomas JeffersOn's first
draft of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the desk on which that i'm
mortal document was written. The orig
nal of the Constitution and George
Washington's commission as command
chief are there also, but they are
in a safe and not on exhibition. Other
sword of Washington and some vol
umes of Washington's diaries; the staff
of Benjamin Franklin and buttons from
his dress coat: the great seal of the
United States, shown in wax replica;
the silver set presented by the citi-
Gems of Philadelphia in 1912 to Capt.
Isaac Hull, commander of the U. S.
frigate Constitution. in commemora-
ton Of his victory of August 10. 1872.
when he destroyed the British man-of-
war Guerrero. medals awarded by acts
of Congress to officers of the army and
navy for distinguished services; gold
medal presented to the President by the
Sultan of Turkey in commemoration of
the 400th anniversary of the discov-
cry of America: an address of thanks
of the St. Petersburg nobility for as
sistance from the United States to Rus
STA during the famine of 1882; swords
presented to the United States by Japan
with treaties; a whales tooth sent to
the United States as a treaty by the
king of the Fiji Islands; an obus lex
plosive shelly presented by Minister
Washburn as q relic OF the Paris COM
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SENATE EMPLOYEES FORMED
TO DEFEND THE CAPITOL
Organization of 1852 Described in
Letters Found Among Papers of
Late Capt. Rassett.

The organization in 1862 of "A mill
tary company composed Of cmplove:
of the Senate. whose particular dut.
it was to defend the Capitol. is, de-
scribed in letters recently discovered
among the papers of the late Capt
isaac Bassett, for siXty-f five years an
employe of the Senate. Capt Bassett
was appointed captain of this COMPANY
and retained the title of captain there
after until his death. The late Arthur
+. German, at one time United States
senator from Maryland, but in 1862 an
employe of the Senate, WAS appointed
first lieutenant of the company and
John NJ. Jennings second lieutenant.
The company was known as the
Hamlin Guards, and a letter written by,
Senator German to Capt. Bassett sets
forth the action taken by the employees
of the Senate at Il meeting in the
Senate chamber September g. 1862. as
follows:
Il have the honor to inform yol that
at meeting of the employees .of the
united States Senate, held YESTERDAY
Tor the organization of the military
company for the defense of the Caai-
toi, you were unanimously elected cap
tain thereof, Arthur L. German. first
lieutenant and John NJ. Jennings sec
ond lieutenant
Il am also directed to call your at
tention to the following resolution
passed by the meeting:
We, the undersig ned EMPLOYEES of
the senate agree to unite ourselves
as members OF an Independent COM
pany to be denominated as The Ham
I'm Guards" and tender our services
10 the government for the defense of
the United States CAPITOL
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COUNTLESS HISTORIC RELICS
ARE LOCATED IN CAPITAL
Momentos of the Civil War and Those
Tracing Growth Of Nation May
Be Seen by Veterans.

Gathered in the capital of the
nation responsible for their max
ing and where those responsible
for their making can seek the
link in the chain that takes them
back to the memories of youth
and where posterity may have
them for an inspiration of greater
deeds, are hundreds of relics and
trophies, sentimentally preserved
by an appreciative nation to mark
the vicissitudes which have placed
it as the greatest republic of the
world.
From the revolution to the war with
Spain. the unpleasantries through which
the nation has passed are adequately
displayed by the relic and the trophy
of its heroes. and there is no better
collection thank that of the period
when the very nation itself was threat
ened with -dissension within its own
borders. In the National Museum. the
navy yard. at the War Department and
the Soldiers Home, where reposes the
saddle used by Sherman in his march
to the sea, veterans now attending this
forty-ninth encampment will find relics
to carry them back to the days of
their youth, when they fought for the
preservation of the Union. Some OF
them. in their twilight days. will see
which some of them present here have
been responsible for making famous.
Some Memory Of War Days.
For every veteran. who marcvhed along
the Avenue, link in the chain which
connects his twilight years with the
immortal army of his youth. there will
be soma predominating memory of war
days to keep step with him to the call
of fife and drum.
For the first time in the nations his
tory Uncle Sam has consented to tenn
porarily relinquish control Of one Of his
greatest treasures. the Washington col
lection OF historic flags of the republic.
Many attempts have been made to bor-
row the army and navy collection for
exhibition at patriotic gatherings, but II
remained for the veterans in charge OF
the forty-ninth annual encampment and
fiftieth anniversary of the grand review
of the G. A. r. to be the first to receive
this privilege.
Several of the more famous Of the
battle flags. threadbare and torn by
the conflicts of 1916. 1912 and 1861, are
estimated to be worth $1,000 each.
The citizens committee in charge OF
the encampment has placed the flags
on exhibition under military and police
guard at Camp Emery.
All the relics of the army, formerly
exhibited in the old ordnance museum
in the Winder building on 18th street
between + and G streets. now are on
exhibition in the National Museum The
list includes old-time rifles. carbines
revolvers. pistols. bayonets, knives
bolos. spears. etc. They were install
ed in the National Museum in June
1908.
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In the Navy Department.

Owing to the fact that nearly all the
models of warships and historical pic
lures of naval engagements usually on
public exhibition at the Navy Depart
ment now form part of the naval ex-
hibit at the Panama Pacific exposition
at San Francisco. there are not many
at the Navy Department building just
now. What are there, however, well
repay a visit.
Navy are the portraits of the Secreta-
ries under whom our naval establish
ment has been developed At the south
end of the room occupied by Secretary
Daniels, in an alright, glasS-covered
bronze case, reposes the sword of John
Paul Jones, carried by him throughout
the period of the American revolution.
1t is a tradition that this sword was
given by our first great sailor to The
odosia Burr, the precocious child of
Col. Aston of South Carolina and
was lost at sea while coming north to
visit her father in New York. Col. Ais
ton returned the sword to Philadelphia
and it is now the property of Rear
Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson. u. S. n.
The mode of the old frigate Vermont,
on the first floor of the depa rtment. is
one of the relics of sailing days. The
library of the Navy Department is a
beautifully decorated room. In the
center, on table, is model of the old
Ship of the line Pennsylvania. In the
manuscript cases are the records of
persons and material, both Union and
Confederate. and records of the revo-
lutionary, Tripolitan and Mexican wars.
Among the relics in the private Office
of the Secretary of the Navy are the
original log of the Monitor of civil war
fame, the log of the Confederate ram
Tennessee, the ice journal of the steamer
Jeanette, lost in the Arctic in 1881; an
original list of British prisoners in the
war of 1872. and the log book of the his
torc frigate Constitution.
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In the War Department.

Secretary Garrison has placed on ex-
hibition in the reception room of the
Secretary of Wars office, during the
period of the G. A. r. encampment.
such articles as the War Department
may have available belonging to the
civil war period that are of particular
interest to the members Of the G. A. r.
organizations.
At the approach to the reception
room there are two oil paintings hang
ing on the wall beside the door. These
paintings are the work of Thomas
Mast, caricaturist and artist and were
painted in 1865. The larger of them.
five feet by seven feet in size, is en-
titled Saving the Flag" and bears a
quotation from the Song of the Vol
Father Abraham, three hundred thous-
and more" The smaller painting en-
titled Peace Again" has the follow
ing quotation from Gen. U. 8. Grant:
Let them take their horses witt them;
they will need them for the spring
blowing" These two paintings were
recently presented to the department by
Mrs. Mast. who desired to have them
preserved in the War Department as
most appropriate place.
Fort Sumter Flags There.
The reception room has for many
years been a place of interest to visi-
tors. There. in a large glass case fas-
tened high up on the wall facing the en-
trance to the room are the historic
Fort Sumter flags. A bronze tablet
below bears the following inscription
THE garrison flag. the one to the
left in this case, fioated over Fort
Suu,tAr SOuth Carolina during the