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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
MAY PREPARE REPORT
ON POLICE TONIGHT
Investigating Committee VIII Hold
Executive session 60 Consider
Testimony.

The long delayed meeting of the
Council committee investigating the
police depa rtment will meet tonight at
: O'Clock to discuss the evidence and
testimony adduced at the many sit
tings of the committee during April
and May. 1t is expected that one
meeting will suffice. aud that when
the Council meets next week in regu-
lar session the report Of the commit
tee will be ready,
The last hearing of the investigating
committee was held late in May, and
it was thought then stat ara executive
session to consider the evidence and
formulate a report 10 the Council
would be held almost Immediately.
However. Tor one reason aud then for
another the meeting Of the commit
tee was postponed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
BANK STOCKHOLDERS
Continued from First l>ase,l


and" Savings Company, amounting %
$40 600.
The German American Building ard
Loan Corporation viii pay IL pei
cent semi annual dividends.
Cheeks for these sums will he mail
ed shortly by the banks Of the ely,
the dividends being payable TN or
after July ! White the boards Of
directors Of most Of the banks have
met and declared dividends there ara
a few still having this duty 10 per-
form Sun others either would not
make their announcements yesterday
or could not be reached yesterday at
ternnon The dividends given ahnve
total S29n. 600. not ineluding toe N7-
ginia Carolina Chemical Company,
and with five OF six other banks - he
heard from in addition to one o. two
private banks thel agErege'a 70 ne
paid ont July VIII reach we'll above
The $4,000 mark.
In addition to declaring their usual
dividends II is understood tnat I'rac-
ticauv all of the banks viii carry sub
stantlaI amounts 10 surplus from 'heH
earnings during the past six month 3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
DESPERATE HAND-To-HaND
FIGHT WITH GRENADEs

Paris, June 25.--A hand-to-hand
fight with grenades in the eastern
part of the Labyrinth. along with a
violent cannonade north of Souchez,
are the only features OF the lighting
north of Arras mentioned in to-
nights official communiQue. French
made further progress last night De
tween Angres and Souchez, Accord
ing to this afternoon communique,
and German attack on the laby-
rinth was repnlsed. on the greater
part of the front artillery duels and
the explosion OF mines have Occur
pied the past twenty-tour hours. AT
the Calonne trench. ON the Heights
Of the Meuse the Germans made
desperate effort last night TO regain
their second line of trenches, now In
French hands. but were repulsed
twice.
The comnunique. issued tonight. is
as follows:
"In the region TO the north of Arras
only a violent cannonade north OF
Souchez has been reported, together
with hand TO hand fight with gren-
AIDES in the eastern part of the laby-
rinth.
At Laboisseile, east of Albert. the
enemy caused the explosion of two
mines but gained no advantage there
by
Between the Disc and the Aisne
artillery fghting is still going on.
particularly in the district of Quenns-
viors
West of the ArEonne We made some
progress following a light with gren-
AIDES.
In the Vosges a German attack
at HillEens first was repulsed,
In the course of the counter at
tack delivered by us on June 20 in
the region OF Ban de Sapt. we cap
tured four mitrailleuse and great
quantity Of war materials including
rifles, cartridges and grenades.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
FRANCE VOTES ANOTHER
ELEVEN HUNDRED MILLIONS

Paris. June 25.--The hill appro-
priating slice. 100000 to cover
the expenses of the French cam
paign for three months. beginning
July 4. was passed in the Cham
her OF Deputies today by vote
Of 492 To I.
The final passage of the bill
was made notable by speech by
Minister of Finance Ribot, who
said he could affirm once more
that the people will go 10 the end
in this war, no matter how long
II may last. and that i'm the midst
of her stress and strain France
had taken a VOW which size will
keep. The country would reject
Indignantly anyone showing
weakness
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
At the Theaters
x.,t Week Last of Hliou Stock 90.

Next week Last of Hijon stock CO.
"Rafflcs." the "crook" play that has
given the playsocrs such deNEhtful
treat ali week viii he seen this az
ternoan AT 228 O'Clock, and again this
evening nj $40. "Raffles" has drawn
big crowds all the week, and from
present indications and performances
both matinee and night look like ca
pacity business
Next week Manager BertheIet viii
close the summer stock season with
the presentation of Henry + DiXey's
laughing success. Facing the Music a
comedy of wit and speed Edward
Arnold wifi ne seen In TIE part" made
famous by Mir. DiNey, the other merit-
hers of the clever company Will be
cast 40 advantage +-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
ION To PARTS." rs NOW
CRY HEARD IN BERLIN

berlin. via Amsterdam, June "a
Popular sentiment in Berlin is
Crystallized in the cry heard every
where, "On to Parist'
Amidst the rejoiclngs over the re-
capture Of Lemberg and the Austro-
German successes in the east. this cry
is heard growing louder every min
ute Everyone seems to believe that
Russias Capac tN for offensive has
.ecu destroyed for some time to come,
and that before that time the power
ful German forces in Galicia can be
returned 10 the western front FOR the
drive upon tn capital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
HAzIAG STILL RULES


Continued from First Page)
Information Reagie's testimony also
had its strong points. He had had
numerous keys. he said and still had
Two 81 them In has box. with pair OF
pinchcrS with which he opened win
dows. lie admitted that he had taken
slips with coming Rotations on them
worked out problems blue prints and
models Rough sheets Of the cNRmi-
nation In English which afterwards
proved largely correct were part or
his spoil In fact several of the de-
partments yielded matter which
proved helpful 70. some rGidshipmen.
Mdshiprnen Naddill Peck and Whit
tsker were among the midshipmen
named bv Eearle a. companions on
more than one OF his trips. He said
THAI Nelson, the honor man Of the
iast graduating class who - one OF
the defendants had gone with him TO
thc marine engineering department
TN several occasions, but that he had
never seen him take any matter
Saw Paper In Harrison'S Room.
Moss another of the defendants,
he said had been with him once Ia try
III see his m;Hk Iieagle knew no1h-
ing about the leak of the eXamiua-
toms III modern language hut said
hat ne had seen "A copy in I. w. flar-
rjsun's room, which he thought they
all regarded as the coming e<lminG-
rfDU
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
OFFICIAL TURKISH REPORT
TELLS Or CAUCASIAN FTGH L

London, June e5.--The following
Turkish official statement was re-
ceived here today from Constantinople
by way Of Berlin and Amsterdam:
ION the Caucasian front near Kole-
bogha2. one of our divisions repulsed
on Wednesday evening an enemy at
tack which endangered our rear
guards and t'le enemy was compelled
10 retire on Koleboghaz.
"Ou the Dardanelles front there
have been Intermittent weak artillery
ducls AT AW Burnu and Sedd-Al- Bahr.
The situation on other fronts is
unaltered"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
RESTORE ANCIENT SEAL
OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Governor Stuart Sends in Rush Order for New Flag Bearing
the First Desgn-Will Take 1t the
Trip to San Francisco.

terial: upon the circle shall be painted
or embroidered, to show on both sides
alike, the coat OF arms of the State
as described in this order: and there
shall be white silk or gold fringe IN
the outer edge. This shall be known
and respected as the flag of Virgins.
w. J.. Mathews Is the artist who
will draw the new seal and flag.
The Governors flag, which will be ct
silk and will bear the words GOV.
ernor of Virginia" instead Of Sic
Semper Tyrannis,r will be ready in
time for the trip of the Governor and
the Blues to San Francisco.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26

Mrs. q D. Valentine Miss Frances
II OVERLY and Mrs r. l.. Jobson visit
ed Chase city on June ~ in interest (
equal suffrage. Mrs. Valentine address
ed the Chase city summer school and
the citizens Of the town on the subs
ject, Monday, June ~, accompanied by
Mrs. Johson, she will 20 to PALMYRA,
where she is scheduled to make an
address from the Courthouse steps.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
AUsTRIANs TAKE OFFENSIVE
IN MONTE CRoCE DISTRICT

Rome June 2f.--Heavy Austrian in
fantry attacks during the night at
several points in the Monte Croce dis
trict were repulsed by the Italians.
according to the report received today
from General Cadorna, the chief of
staff. On the rest of the front there
was quiet for artillery duels which II
several places was very violent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26

LCOntinued IFUiu T iTsI 1ldBt'T
secret gathering was held near Hope
Vile.
Another bill was introduced in the
Legislature today by Senator Fakes
amending the Constitution so that the
Governor will not have the right 10
pardon or commute in capital cases
unless the ma jority OF the prison
committee recommends. IT was I'M
derstood that bill would be intro
duced asking the Governor to resign,
but it did not come up in the House
today.
One company of State militia Is stiii
keeping guard at the Governors home
and martial law still continues there
Two regiments of the Georgia Ma
tional Guard will take part in the
inauguration.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
in a friendly and a eourteou


self in friendly and courteou|
manner
Easy on Perpendicuiar Pronsun.
Mrs. Sargent.s husband said thai
Thaw was especially easy on the proI
noun in his conversation. He said
| in fact that Thaw had not used II
more than q half dozen times whill
talking with him.
| Merrill Shurtleff, who was counsel
for Thaw In New Hampshire and Wild
carried the case to the United STATED
Supreme Court. said that during onl
OF their frequent conferences he told
Thaw that william T. Jerome, thel
special deputy attorney-generai for th(
state Of New York. had said that II AMI
attempt were made to get bail fol
Thaw while the cases was pending hi
would take Thaw back to New Yorl
| II he had to do II by force
No Animossty Against Jereme.
Irving w. Drew, law partner Of Nh
ShurtiefY. said that Thaw never showed
any animosity toward Jerome and thai
his only comment on Jerome's activil
ties was that he was doing IL ~ ef|
fectively as he knew how.
william H. Topping. of the Manches|
ter Daily Mirror said that he realized
Thaw had put his town on the maj
and that as newspaper man a
worked the incident for all IL ~a1
worth. He swore that he had har9
time getting Thaw To make stats
| ments TO him for publication. ~
testified also 10 Thaw's interest In tn
children of the town and said that ~
Ter a Christmas eve party which ThaS
gave, the children presented a iovfn1
cup TO him.
Mr.. Stanchfield announced that wheel
the hearing In resumed Monday Al
will call several alienists az witnessed
and that he will close his case 81
noon These who will testify ~ ex|
perts on Thaw's mental condition ar1
DIR. Perry Hickiinw. of the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane. At Wash|
ington. ID. c.: DIR. Charles r. Bancrcft
superintendent of the New Hampshir1
Hospital for the Insane, and DIR. G. q
Allies. professor of psychology, VIII,
examined Thaw while the matter OF his
extradition was pending In the courts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
THE WEATHER

Washington u,
c., June 25.--The
weather forecast
for Saturday and
Sunday is:
For Virginia
Fair Saturday and
Sunday; Ii q h I
southerIy winds.
For North Car
olina: Proba bic
showers Saturda y,
Sunday. fair and
warmer: Zig h I
variable winds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26

Continued from First Page.
for five years According TO the iaWa
OF France he is divorced from his Tor
mer wife, who married the Duke a
Taileyrand prince De Sasanf. In 1914
but the Catholic Church does not recoE'
niEe divorce. II permite the annuimen'
of marriages under some ctrcuustanc'
es. however. and Count Boni has beef
seeking for favorable decision sinc1
1919.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
PRESIDENT BEGINS
Continued from First Page.)

s4o lean from windows and cheer
3 South Windsor and every other stop
esthe President shook hands with men,
Asnen and children and babies hoist
ed up to him. when a gritny- handed
e!agtyee al south Vernon hung back
u, est4~n has hands We're covered with
.set-.a9e. the President said that's all
right and gave the mau a hearty
handshake.
ana glad your going 60 have a
vacation" said BrattlehoFo woman.
$50 am H." and there Was not any
doubt in hts voice
Al Belle Fails visitor climbed up
the steps 10 the private car and said;
We'll. hop's everything, Mr.. Pres
dent? You've had quite a lot OF
trouble lately
In High Good Humor
The President responded only With
a smile tts-~rsassiR high good hume
during the entire trip, beamng at the
.crowas and Rowing nareheaded 10 the
cheering.
-s You're All right" and keep up
The good work. we're some saIhes
the President enjoyed.
There was no formal reception a.
the station here. a crowd ut sew
eraf hundred cheered Justify as he
rolled away ia his automobile.
The President found inns some
what somnolent mountain village IN
= the tftroes of war boom" Since
his last trip here the village mas
grown out of short pants Even the
Villagers are amazed.
The machine works the town 8
one big indti$ss ry--is grinding out mas
terial for the Allies. automatic lathes,
which are shipped 10 England and
France 10 turn QUIZ thousands OF
shrapnel castings an hour. The fac
i tory is working day and night ITS
employees having grown from 90 10
over Loo in a few weeks
The workers are sleeping in i'm
proyised hotels. Railways and new
siornitories, half constructed. Even
some of the accompanying the l'resi-
dent are suffering makeshift quarters
false front - the stationery store
was another sign 0f metropolitanisin
grerrfng he President. A traffic of-
Is Saeer at the State prison entrance was
another. tie ~ ''Tony" half-witted
trusty. famous for having in a play
4ful mood. driven nails into the body
OF cow.
This afternoon and evening the
President was at home. with one
hours automobiiiue before dinner,
The rest cure IS prescribed also for
!. tomorrow by DR. Grayson, with COLT
ing tahooed until next week, and brief
urgent correspondence in public ques-
lions the orly work permitted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26

Rainfall last twelve hours
Rainfall last twenty -four hours. I
Deficiency in rainfall since Mar. /, 42i
Deficiency In rainfall since Ian l. los
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26
JUDGE NAT HARRIS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-26

Practical. cool, hand.tailored, made
to keep their shape. Nothing more
stylish than Burk Mohair
SHIT. You'll look well and feel 1E
we'll .......... 49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
Justice Page Denies De-
mand to Return Him
to Hampshire
ABDUCTION PLANNED?
Sheriff Has Armed Deputies to
Prevent Another Break
Back to the T0mbS.

New York, March 16.-Harry x.
Thaw VIII not be sent back to New
Hampshire by the state of New York.
as his counsel demanded, but must be-
returned to Matteawan, unless legal
papers calling for his detention in
New York county are served upon the
warden of the Tombs prison" Such
was Supreme Court Justice Pages de-
cision today.
Meantime counsel for Thaw. as II
anticipating such a decision, had OBJ
tanned from Supreme Court Justice
BLUR a writ of habeas corpus which
viii keep Thaw in the Tomhs until
Friday, when he must be produced in
court. II was a close call for Thaw,
as Matteawan attendants were in
court ready to rush him there in an
automobile the moment the motion for
his return to New Hampshire was de-
MED. But the writ of habeas corpus,
served half hour before on Warden
Hanley of the Tombs, prevented this.
Sheriff Grifenenhagen of New York
county had heard whisperings OF
plot to abduet Thaw during the brief
tnLSryai NQen ne EnOutQ De out Oh
/ s4st..ss-ssEsrfeyis custody going to and
from the prison TO the court room
across the Bridge of Sighs. Accord
ingIy the sheriff armed 20 deputies
with revolvers and scattered them
throughout the crowd that packed the
court room Many more armed depu-
ties were in the corridors.
Il am taking no chances" the sher-
iff said 4 was well healed for an
abduction"
Thaw came to the court smiling and
confident. When the decision was an
nounced his smile changed to frow-n-
Plainly he was disappointed and mo-
ment later was taken 10 the Tombs
1t is expected an effort will be made
Friday to have the question of sanity
decided by jury. Failing to obtain
Thaw's release, there is a strong prob
ability the case will be thrown into
the federal courts and eventually find
its way to the United States supreme
court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
MOTHER AND 2 CHILDREN
KILLED; OTHERS MAY DIE

Tc-rc Haute. Ind. March 16--At-
tackled while asleep in their home.
three members Of the family OF vii
liam G. Baiding are dead and two 30
badly injured they are not expected TO
live The tragedy was discovered az
10 o'clock yesterday when neighbors
went 90 the house 10 inquire for the
children who had not appeared at
school When the police arrived two
of the children we're dead. The moth
or died a few hours later The baby.
one year old. was unharmed and was
asleep In the arms OF its unconscious
mother. The police are holding one
suspect. BaldinE was called from Cen
iraiia. Ill. where he has been en-
pioyed.
The dead are: Mrs. Mary V. Bald
iuE. Thomas. 10 years Of age. and Ce-
lesia. :. Two children. l. years OF
axe. and Irene. 2 are stiil unconsci-
Gus The murderer crushed their
skulls with a fatiron.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
THE WEATHER
2 oTclaat VI ? NJ. IoToTToVFl Io'
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity

Forecast Till p. NJ. Tomorrow. for
Rock Island. Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Wednesday, slight
" colder tonight with ths lowest tenn
pertature about % degrees.
Temperature At Z a N. 81. Highest
yesterday Il. lowest last night. 80.
Velocity OF wind at a. N. s miles
per hour.
Precipitation 90 inch.
Relative humidity az p. m. 9S; at
: a. m. 81.
stage Of water %, a rise of i in
last "A hours
J. II. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening stars: Mars. Saturn. Morn
ing stars; Jupiter. Mercury. Venus.
Bright star Alpherat. low in the north
west about 5 p. IN. Planet Mercury
BRIGHT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
BRIT0N MOVE
MERELY ADDS
T0PR0BLEMS

Washington. d. C.. March l6-Pres-
idcnt Wilson declined 10 discuss the
British order in council shutting OF
trading with Germany with callers to-
day because he had not had oppor-
tunity 20 go over the official text but
indicated broadly that the unofficial
outline OF the contents was very dis
pleasing 20 the United States.
Discussion among other officials
vas taken 10 Indicate that a protest
would be made To- Great Britain and
her allies. OmcIals OF the state de-
partmcnt who have studied the British
order say u raises new and embar-
rasslnE complications for neutral COM
msrce 70 which they never before
have been subjected to in maritime
var
With the president devotinE his
entire time 10 foreign affairs. an eN-
haustiye study OF the new situation
will be made. one general protest
from the United States embodying its
position on the general principles in
volved may be based on previous dip
iomntlc exchanges on the subject. and
tn some official quarters Il Is thought
that Il might take the form OF firm
ins!stsncc OF compliance with the
principles OF international law more
vigorous than any OF the notes hither-
TO sen. by the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
HALFMILLION
PRIZE TAKEN
FROM MEXICO

New York. March Is. - \ kings
ransom in jewels. blazoned in the
royal eagles of Spain at the time of
Charles Y. the most powerful monarch
of the Sixteenth century. lies under
guard at the customs house here.
awaiting appraisal The gems, set in
gold on white and purple robes of ap-
parently great antiquity and mounted
on two golden crowns. were brought
20 New York by 4 Catholic priest
clad in shabby clothes, who fed from
Mexico City. made his way to Vera
Cruz and sailed on the steamer Monte
video. Rough estimates place their
value al from three hundred thousand
to five hundred thousand. The rich
prize. it is said, lay in the cathedral at
Mexico City, presumably for centuries,
til it slipped through Carranza's fin
gers in the flight from Mexico of the
priest who brought it to America.
Washington, D. c.. March 16.-Ofi-
cial assurances that Carranza has
abandoned his proposed blockade of
Progreso. have been received from
American Consul Silliman. at Vera
Cruz. and by the Carranza agency
here. Conditions in Mexico generally
are regarded by President Wilson as
much less in a ferment than they were
a few days ago. The president said
he had no doubt that those guilty of
killing John 3. McManus, American,
viii be punished. With punishment of
the offenders and payment of indem-
nifty TO the family the incident prob
a hIv will he closed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
MAN ENDS HIS OWN LIFE;
FEARS RETURN TO CRIME

Philadelphia. March 1e-Rather
than return to a life of crime Fred
Cassman. so years old. committed sui
eide yesterday II a hotel here. Let
ters found in his room said Cassman
had reformed after 90 years Of petty
crimes as the result of 20 lashes given
him at the whipping-post in Newcastle,
Del. in 1895. OF the crime for which
he Was whipped he said he was inno-
cent.
From that time until a few months
ago. the letter went on, Cassman had
been in business in the west. His
wife and son died and he returned TO
this city.
a few days ago he met some old
and fearing their infu-
ence would lead him back to his old
Life, be decided 70 Kill himself.