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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26

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and held It over his face until his
! pulse was gone"
/ Waite went into detail about his
y first visit 10 District Attorney SWAN.
u His wife, he testified. told him that
I District Attorney Swami wanted ~
/ see him about her fathers death.
8 II don't know anything about IT"
The told her.
!. fis meeting with Mrs Margaret
! Horton was the next thing he testi-
#fied to In hts talk with her he tes-
siified she said she loved him and hoped
Ehe was not in any serious trouble.
d Wanted Their Money.
n In answer 10 a question as 20 his
8 purpose in administering germs to
Efhe Pecks and why he wanted them
Ito die, Waite answered:
Il 81 wanted their money"
SPEAKING Of Mrs Margaret Horton.
AWaite said;
Il ~ met Mrs. Horton this winter
syabout January !. I don't know Just
.fwhen. ] became very fond OF her.
Che reciprocated my affections.
Y 1--WE usually went TO the Plaza FOR
IAN A7ttr or two TO study and play. 7
4 never met her husband. But had
1keeen HIM aiA not tell my wife OF
Ethe friendship.
q 'FreqnenilE during the days / spent
with Asa- Horton Ia communicate
8N1th nay w-i<s by telephone. ] usually
Easked her how sire felt and told her
8that ] was very busy.
..Whsn returned from Grand
Rapids Ae-er~ Mr.. Peck was buried |
Eptock taxicab ri Grand Central sta
sSti0n discovered then for tho first
%tfme that VAS being followed Ny
%fnyi driver warned me"
Waite Tells His Story.
d II was ten minutes past four when
Eyyaite began telling hts shameful
<nknry.
waite told his story in almost mar
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day at noon. Mr.. Ellyson attended to
his business interests, and then got
into the spirit OF the Shrine session
last night He buried himself among
such mobiles as James Price, u. G.
O'Flaherty, Howell Weisiger. Thomas
r. AcAdams and others. 1T was hard
to- reach hinA.
Hut II tho situation remains the
same" and there are no indications
OF change, from Washington, so far
as the Richmond delegation is con-
cerned that delegation Will be, from
tho latest information. ffty-fve for
James and seven for Glass.
II tho Richmond delegation is tho
pivotal point In the voting strength,
Rorer 4. James will be elected.
No Maaw Meeting Would Change II.
There IS no chance of mass meeting
In Richmond The mass meeting would
have no effect, because the personnel
of the Richmond delegation is such
that no mass meeting may change 1t.
The fact that the Richmond dele
CATION was elected as uninstructed
delegates will hold. 1t Is conceded that
there is a large majority of the dele
cation for James.
1t is quite likely. as was said by a
member OF that delegation last night.
that nearly all the delegates elected in
Richmond Will be in attendance upon
the convention, and they will vote. as
they deem proper-some for James and
some for Glass. There will he very
few proxies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
POST A STARTS BIG
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN

A big membership campaign was
started by Post A. Travellers Protec-
tive Association. last night at their
regular monthly meeting. Hugh r,
Powell and p. w. Brooks have charge
of rival teams, and already great in
terest is being shown in the campaign,
which Will run until September Is.
1t was voted at the meeting to send
every member OF Post A copy of
the law recently. enacted, known as
the Travellers. Suffrage Bill. which per-
mits the men on the road to vote by
mail. This law will enable the sales
men to cast a ballot in the August
primary.
Final arrangements were made for
the delegation appointed to attend the
National Convention Of r. p. A. to be
held In Lafayette, Ind. on June T..
The delegates were named at a meet
Ing held some time ago.
The rest of the meeting last night
was taken up with routine matters,
and number OF addresses were made
by the members present. George w.
Rogers. president of Post A. presided.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
~ WHO WOULD
ElTER THE MINISTRY
MAY NOT use WEED
onm0ednGcs and Hosrzi Mcual,crs Pro-
61lneed Frusn Use Of Tofnooo In
Amy FUrTn.
s4OUTHE.RN ASSEMBLY AT
ORLANDO HAS ADJOURNED
Uufuses to Reverse Action On Pro-
vosal co Prohibit wonen From
NIpounfttng Scriptures and Leading
IN Prayer In Church Services.

sAAant;c City n. J., May 26,--The
$General Presbyterian Assembly to-
bN1ght voted unaniIn ously 20 prohibit
fine use Of tobacco by minister Al cam
s61dAtes and members Of the boards
e1'he resolution. which was adopted,
ksays that II IS 6 glsring Inconsistency
Ito teach the young people OF the
y nurch about the evils OF tobacco and
allow ministers TO smoke.
3 The use OF tobacco says the reso-
Hutton, rs inexcusaoily condemn -i,
Rand is an evil 20 be avoided"
Only one man spoke against the
He was minister, Rev.
Oswald l.. Helsl IEg. OF Dexter, Mo. He
said he opposed It. not because he
smoked. but because he believes IN
personal liberty.
Congress viii be petiuoned by the
Assembly to put through the national
unconstitutional amendment for prohi-
hilton.
The General Assembly will not con-
slider invitations from committees de-
sxrfng for their cities conventions, ur-
less assurances Of strictly temperance
hotels can he given.
The attempt to again divide the field
1 OF the board Of freedmen. separting
the work among the coiored people
/ Of the North and South. was voted
down.
Tables Suffrage Temporarily.
=. The assembly laid the resolution
i to endorse woman suffrage on the
table until tomorrow morning.
4 Whether Presbyterian seminaries
! shall be permitted to teach that
Christs birth was not miracle or
that there was no resurrection WAS
/ laid over for another year by the
General Assembly at an earlier SEES
sion
The controversy over the Union
sfheutoEtcai Seminary'S stand on these
questions was given added impetus
this afternoon, when Auburn Seminary
declared a like Independence.
The whole matter ccnters in the
! -rumpact or TS7U, which was dc.
ciared uncomfortable by the Genera
Assembly Of 1918.
This compact gives the assembly
supervision Of the teachings and Of the
/ faculty OF all seminaries.
4 The resolution passed by Auburn
Seminary accepted the interpretation
7 81 last years assembly. II had beer
proposed to rcassert the compact a
sfe and bring The matter To an issu,
. this year This would have deter
mined finally whetAet- the u assembly
4 can control tho tea hincS of the semi.
d IFaries. The resolution adopted today
However. places the whole matter Ir
the hands Of "a committee which viii
4 report hack An 1911,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
IN CONGRESS

sENATE-The rivers and harbors
bill. carrying $4,000. 900 was practical
ly doomed today, when on test vote.
the filibusters won 80 to 20, The vote
was taken on Senator Kenyon's motion
to hold up the expenditure of the Bra
EOS River in Texas pending further in
vestigation by army engineers The
opposition expressed Willingness to
accept bill appropriating s2o.o0o.ooo
to be sent at the discretion of the sec
rotary of war. The ~hlibuster gained
such strength today II was declared
that unless supporters of the bill were
willing to compromise. a vote on the
measure might be delayed until after
the national conventions.
The Senate Commerce Committee ap-
pointed a subcommittee with Senator
Simmons as chairman, to hold hearings
on the s5G.00o000 ship purchase bill
passed by the House. Mr.. Simmons
announced there was no intention to
summon witnesses.
| HOUSE-The House passed the Ore
gon- California land grant bill. de-
signed to revest in the government
title to the unsold portion of half
century old grant to tho Old Oregon
and California Railroad Company, pay
ing the present holder of the land,
the Southern Pacific Railroad, Mt the
rate OF $3.50 an acre, The vote was
1856 TO 6, no roll call being demanded
Just before passing the bill, the House
defeated an amendment proposed by
| Representative Foster. of Illinois, de-
signed to cut the share of the Oregon
and washington Counties In the sub
sequent sale OF the land from 80 to 20
per cent.
The House then spent the balance OF
/ the day in consideration of the District
OF Columbia appropriation bill II is
planned to hold a session until late
tonight, 10 hurry the bill and make
way for the naval appropriation bill.
Representative Tague. of Boston, In
| treduced a resolution attacking the
British government for ces.soring mail
between the United States and neutral
countries and authorizing the Presi-
/ dent to use naval vessels for this ser
| vice and to use the fuu power of tho
United States Navy TO resist to attempt
to interfere further with the service.
| A petition was filed signed by TWEEN
ty-eight members of the House urg-
| ing the Foreign Affairs Committee to
take early action on the resolution in
PRODUCED some time ago by Represen-
tative Dyer. OF Missouri expressing the
horror Of the American congress at
the execution of Irish revolutionists
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26

Norfolk. Va, May 25.--James Pool
Grandy. aged sixty-eight years. died
last night at 2 o'clock at the home
OF his daughter. Mrs. J. II Graves,
Newport News, after a short Illness.
He was we'll known and greatly es-
teemed. Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by one son. J. W. Grandy, Jr.,
OF Norfolk; three daughters. Mrs, J.
H. Graves. Mrs. A. A. Appiewhite. and
Miss Ruth Grandy. all OF Newport
News; a brother, J. w. Grandy, of
Norfolk; two sisters. Mrs. Alice Fear
ing. of Elizabeth City. N. c.. and Mrs.
Elite Fearing, of Washington. D. c.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
DEMONSTRATION TO
Be At HIGH SCHOOL

Members of the sewing classes of
John Marshall High School will hold
their annual style show and demonstra-
ton tonight in the auditorium of the
school. There are more than $50 mem
bers Of the department. under the d.
reotion of Miss Hazel M. Gallagher.
The work In the department has been
regarded this year as the most sue
cessful in the Department. history. The
demonstration 10 open to the public,
The doors open at o'clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
DEATHS,

WILLIAMS-Dfed. at her residence, sos
East Leigh Street, MRS. LETTIEe J.
WILLIAMS. in the fifty-seventh year
OF her age. She Is survived by three
sons. w. r. Atkinson, Simeon N. At
kinson and Joseph III. Atkinson, and
ono daughter. Mildred NJ. Atkinson.
Funeral from residence this (Fri-
day. afternoon. at O'Clock. Inter-
ment at Riverview Cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
George w. Stroup.

Word has been received in Rich
mond of the death near Broadway,
Va, of George w. Stroup, an aged
resident of that place. who was the
father OF twenty-three children. He
was married twice, four children be-
ing the result of the first marriage.
and nineteen OF the second. A ma
jority of the children survive.
Stroup was a brave Confederate
soldier, serving throughout the War
Between the Statos. He was also
loyal member OF the Church OF the
Brethren. His death was due to in
firmities OF age.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26

Mrs. Lettie j. Williams died last
night in her home, sos East Leigh St.
In the ffty-seventh year OF her age.
She 10 survived by three sons, w r.
Atkinson, Simeon NJ. Atkinson and Jos
eph Fl. Atkinson. and one daughter.
Miss Milred NJ Atkinson. The funeral.
which win be conducted by the Rev.
J. w. Ture, will be held this afternoon
at 8 o'clock. Interment will be made
in Rivervfew Cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26

Tuskssss. Ala, AkAy as---MA.os Rob
srt n. Motor Z negro of unmixsd
blood. wa~ installed here this afternoon
~ prinoipal : Of Tusksgss Institute.
liz. washington, for the uriift Of the
negro race.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26

While working on the building at
,215 West Broad Street yesterday. Hen
ry Smith. colored, fell from the second
story to the concrete floor below. frac-
turing his skull. DR.. Chf1dress took
the man to the Virginia Hospital.
where n was stated his condition is
serious
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
OBITUARY

The body of Mrs. J. T. Penrose.
who died in Los Angeles. Cal, on
May Is, reached the city yesterday
morning. The funeral services were
held in tho homo of her brother-in-
law. e. c. Clarke. of 316 North Thir-
ty-second Street, at o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Interment was made
in lakewood Cemetery. Mrs. Penrose,
who was the daughter of the late
William A. and Molly Fortune Chalk
ley, OF this city, leaves her husband,
DR.. j. T. Penrose, Of Los Angeles:
sister, Mrs. e. c. Clarke, and a
brother, william s. ChaIkley, both of
Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
Mrs. L. N. Thomas.

Crewe. Va, May 25.--Mrs. L. n.
Thomas died at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. w. J. Shuster. of Ports
mouth. on Monday. The body was
brought here and inferred in the
Crewe Cemetery on Wednesday after
MON
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
Robert L. Brooks,

Bowling Green. Va. May 25.-Rob-
ert L. Brooks aged seventy-two years.
who died on Tuesday at his home
the family section at Liberty Baptist
Church, funeral services being con-
Quoted by Rev. s. B: overton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26

Death of Witt Roife Jones.
Especial TO The Richmond Nirginian.)
Boydton, Va, May 25.--On Monday
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GENERAL GAV|RA ASKS

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CONGRESSMAN CARL|N

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-20


West Virginia, or which inherently
or rightly belongs to his Office. and
III advocate the retention OF his au-
Bthority to fill these Offices by appoint
ment In case of vacancies caused by
the expiration of terms, or otherwise.
] do not favor the legislature doing
anything revolutionary to deprive the
governor of his authority However,
earnestly feel that no elective or
appointive officer OF the state should
be removed aummarI1y or arbitrarily
because OF his politics, nor do I 4be-
flieye that the power should be left
in any one man to name the con-
Etrolling vote OF tribunal OF three
Ito try election contests involving the
elective officers OF the state, when
there exists no appeal to the courts.
Mr.. John y. CornWell the Demo
cratic candidate for governor, has
stated in speeches and other public
Iuttcrances before and since the cleo
ition that it is his intention II de-
Eclared elected, to remove certain ap-
pofntiye officers or the state who
have been appointed for terms or Of
flee as provided by the laws Of West
Virginia and whose terms or Office
are definite and fixed by law. for
neglect or duty in that they partict-
patcd in behalf Of the Republican
I5party in the recent campaign
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SCOTT S ,,, . EEEE
Null SI(DN

: an agreement. The corrections, there
fore, can he made now, but they can
not be made next year. Why not
make them now?
4 The extra session is justified in
the intention to do away with an
old act OF 1892 which does not pro-
test men fairly elected to Office from
being deprived or the same through
political manipulation, such as Is be-
ing plotted against the minor state
oiIicers-elect. The people Or the state
by substantial majority have said
that these are the men they want
to serve them the next four years.
and the legislature certainly would
be lax In It's duty II it stood Idly by,
after the discovery Of a plot on the
para or the Democratic bosses to
thwart the public will. and did not
take such steps as would guarantee
them the Offices. 10 which they have
been elected
The extra session is justified on
the ground that ii is called to do
away with certain statutes enacted as
far back as 1872 under which. ac-
cording to repeated assertions or
John j. Cornwell, appointive officers
whose terms are fixed by law and
made definite. are to be removed by
MN eflS EOFEIHoE SIMPLY sDEGtLuSta ILIlGy
dared exercise their political rights.
Those statutes also give him the
power to remove elective officers.
which to be consistent he would also
most likely do. and thus again would
the will OF the people be cast To the
winds The legislature Will under
take to prevent this contemplated
fragrant abuse or the trust the pco-
pie by a slight margin seem TO have
reposed in Cornwell.
The governor in Ills call FOR the
extra session sets out clearly and
conyincingly why the legislature
should net now In these matters. He
is fully advised of the contemplated
Democratic steal. and even III lie were
not. Cornwell'S own public utterunCes
before and after tie election are suf-
ticient to JUSTIFY the extra session.
This plot and CornwelI's utterances
are referred to in the governors call
iii the following manner wherein 1t
is most clearly pointed out what
would he the result. as threatened
by the Democratic leaders including
Cornwell himself. il the legislature
should not act. and.if that body pre-
vents that result, it will be fully
justified:
III am strongly opposed to the gov
ernor being denied any power or
authority over appointments, which
he has under the constitution of
t 4
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-Gninn 100 Fast

The man who has accumulated a
few hundred or a few thousand dol
lars should bear in mind at this time,
especially, that, il he does not look
out for his own8interests when offered
chance to invest. it is not reasona-
bile to suppose that the seller will
look after them for him. When. such
man buys securities without first
Investigating their position, he is a
blind Spectator, and as such should
be prepared TO accept cheerfully the
gamblers chance.
Tales Of quick profits made in the
market have worked great deal of
evil by influencing people to throw
their money blindly into the market
with the expectation thatit Will inn
medfately earn a handsome premium.
The success of recent new hotations
7 has been SO well advertised by those
who have gained through them that
Investors are apparently beginning
to throw caution to the winds in the
belief that everything brouEht cut
will at once appreciate in value
"a day Of reckoning Is ahead for the
investor who does not avail himself
Of his opportunities for making an
Investigate ion before buying securities.
He should first make sure of the re
sponstbility and good character OF
the house with which he deals, and
he should then temper his bankers
recommendation by the exercise of
his own ind gment
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. a Foreigner in tie wrong Pew.


"A hyphenated gentleman in the
state OF Montana, viewing sadly the
election returns, has sent back his
naturalization papers. He resigns
from the United States. FIe doesn't
want citizenship in such country.
a good deal OF fault is found from
time to time with our ridiculous lax
naturalization laws. Some say it il
altogether too easy TO acquire citi-
zenship here. But there is q pur-
pose in having a system that
smoothes the way for citizenship.
notes the Binghamton Press Tie
United States does not want to hnr-
Dor large alien population. If peo-
PIE come here to live among us we
want them to do as our own fathers
did, put away foreign allegiance and
adopt this as their country And the
gentlema nfrom Montana should re-
feet that the reverse or this propo-
sftion though seldom emphasized, is
equally true. If they don't like our
form of government. and don't want
to become loyal Americans. we do
not want them. And the man who
resigns" from the United States had
better consult the steamship tables,
and take the first available boat back
where he came from. short stay
IN almost any country OF Europe just
now will make even Montana look
like an earthly paradise.
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Export Trade Caused Shipping
to Be Unusually Heavy
TO All Seaports.

The nineteenth annual report of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is be-
ing Distributed today to its 1880
Shareholders covering the operations
for the fiscal year ended June 81 and
EN- braciug 1880 miles ofmain tracks.
and total Of 9,O42 miles Of all
tracks.
The. total revenues We're Sill, 668,-
#6SO.34. an increase or twenty-one
per cent. ana exceeding by S10,112,-
Sis the next largest earnings OF 1913.
Operating expenses We're Isl 79,2I9.-
I#SG4.1G. All increase OF 24.0S percent.
Net revenue was $50. 34S.ST6.lS,,
an increase of u 500 per cent.
Results Summed Up.
The report sums up the results Of
the year as follows:
The gross income from the years
Operations was sufficient to enable
THE company TO meet its fixed and
/ Other. charges to pay the established
-four per cent dividend upon the pre-
ferred stock; five per cent upon the
common stock and 10 leave a surplus
lsof S3,664. 563.35.
The year was one of unprecedented
business activity The crops were
/ unusually abundant and mining and
manufacturing industries We're eS-
FCeeu4uSlS dSLIEes lLIOu 6lLOul 5SIlGl5s SzStI {.
Fl The export demand. especially heavy
y because Of the continuation of the
/ great war abroad taxed the terminal
A facilities #at5all Of the Atlantic ports
/ and. with the absence OF sufficient
/ vessels TO move the tonnage offering,
n caused a congest ton Of traffic on the
eastern railroads, which was parttcu-
i larry severe during the winter
\ months
Because of this congestion it was
necessary at times 10 hold for consid-
4 cradle. periods fol. delivery to connec-
4 tfons and for export. a large amount
\ OF traffic. which not only retarded
\ the movement OF cars, but added
4 greatly to the transportation costs
n and hire of equipment.
1 Larger. Tonnage.
The company, however. handled q
y largely increased tonnage and the
freight earnings and the total rev
N #enues We're the greatest in its his
tory.
The passenger traffic approached
1.-THE maximum D { former years not
withstanding the entire suspension OF
immigrant travel. which formerly
Icontributed approximately sl.000.OO0
per annum to the company's revenue
II There has been a steady increase in
!! through passenger traffic over the
Il lines, which was augmented during
III the last year by the general business
4 activity and the special travel in con
U nection with the Panama-Pacifc ex.
VI positions at San Francisco and Sar
II Diego.
IL With the Increased revenue avail
II able liberal maintenance program
/ was followed. The total expenditure:
III for maintenance exceeded those O
the previous year by something owe
twelve million dollars. While there
maintenance accounts. the more i'm
portant Increases contributed to tht
NJ Improvement Of track conditions ant
the repair and rebuilding of Iocomo
-.iitiyes and freight cars, thereby in
J. .creaaing the efficiency Of the com