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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

shlc or exchange. desirable farIn.
acres, ono mil. from wv ropo,
marlc Count graded school 2
[chcS' "NccIlcHt community good =
d"oll'r: "th"r buildings. good
ara Would exchange for good I'm 81
II proR"rtN " 4; TALL Iowncrp.
,ums River. Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
T.. + ROPER Il 90
~ l,.nSi Main Silccl-

n North Caroline, 200 acre, l"v,I
Fck. cui-pVer pine l,ud ~ miles
Punty scat. Spot cash Siinh .Iav
IN, Cortland, -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

- noi's. ? miles fr"m tho ,i', ON 1uc
r"1d. i-"o"W dw"lliu- .'id u"ccy~ary
"u'"utldiu.., all ',"v. Price. 4 roo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

iar ;,.rcs wop, 81 city. nno location
tool. strong soil. Small hous" .n,,
"uibuildingt \ splendid farm for So
nOn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

Hcr"s Oh or liuc. = mile from
CITY rood i-room dwelling g. uCr.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

- acres, good N-room house and "ui =
BUILDINGS West Of city. y bargain
for 5000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

sale or trade. i.2so.acrc whca,
.Fni near Seattle, wash iddrcS.
| :. Boch, toNbury, Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
FOR RENT-Rcal Estate.

SIN ROOM house, all couvcnienccs. uu-
expired lease. $40 nor month. 80.
10 South Addison street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

sale, nico small farm orc mile
nc Madison 1926.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

: SAFE, tJO-hcre tract one aud half
[iiss south OF Ia ratts. Va. on main
icadinS from .iartT,tts 30 I.npuria.
F'crcs open, balance IN small grov,th
T. timber. good stavc mill prom
ION fricc. St.jnG Further par
lars' apply I" b"A -. larrar's, Va
sale Must sell quickly 20 acres. :,
lies from charlottesville. beautiful
|uon' nuc water. timber wood
dinEs need repair Bargain TO
X buyers Terms Write Eoutc
So. charlottesville ",
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

. agrcs ON o1r line: miles from
city Groom dwelling. cheap at 81
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
arm F or Sale

= aero f-rw fronting on Midlothian
tprulihc about oigEt milcr from Rich
n"ud Tho iHud adjoining selling for
HIrn pcr aero. wili soll =" quick buyer
- $50 per ncic Sc rs at orcc
) v. RoM +. X sos. iHc..
10 North seventh street,
Richmond. Va
NICE house" " rooms. l-5 acres. a.,
station, J" luilc, FROM Richmond - q.
30" 'lcus", rooms s aCrcs /, miles
1900. J.. ;. i.oakc, Glen Allcu. V.
VIRGINIA homestead for sale 90 acres
Ideal sheep and poultry farm: fnllv
yiorkcd. stock included. Twenty miles
rom city owner must sacrifice. 4 y.
clifton Station. Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

NI'E, modern home at Chase City Tor
cent furnished. for s'm,ucr. mineral
.p'lnS water and every convenience
y nance 70 cc' a beautiful tumrue.'
home for 8 months cheap
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

~ arrc-. ~ miles from Richmond. on
S'"au and electric lines s-room
DWELLING aud necessary outbuiIdinsg
ali M good condition a nice farm
and homo at nice village only 81
700
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WtNTED-Iscai Estate

LIST your ratins with : A. Corneily
CO. Write postal 20: necessary
blanks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

house only sit 1901
Dance. Madison ig42-J
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sale. 500 acres Of land on lanes
lNtr . heta Of hNilHiMEE. . nrt.hnrh.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
NOTE SCORES
MAIL SEIZURES
u. S., Tells Britain and France
They Must Cease In
terferring.
PRACTICES ARE INTOLERABLE;
NEUTRALITY BEING VIOLATED

The reply of the United States to the
Joint memorandum OF the British and
French governments on the question of
with the mails is an en-
phatic, and the State Department be-
lieves convincing. legal argument against
the present practices OF the French and
British authorities In their treatment of
mails from and to the United States.
The note was made public yesterday.
The United States characterizes the
wrongs done to American citizens
through these practices as intolerable,
states that it expects these practices to
cease, and adds that only a radical
change restoring to the United States its
full rights as a neutral power will satisfy
this government.
The British and French practice
to an unwarranted limitation of
the use of neutrals of the worlds high
ways for the transmission Of correspond
ence," says the protest.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
81 WANT MY BABY" j." SOBS
GIRL IN MATTERS CASE
CBy the Sun News Service.)

Chicago. May 26.-'I want my baby"
Margaret Ryan. unwed girl-mother from
the Canadian north, made this plea with
outstretched arms in the United States
District Court before Judge K. NJ Landis
today. Sobbing, she became hysterical
and was about to collapse when caught
in the arms OF several women who sat
near her.
Miss Ryan wds assisted into Judge
Lands chambers and revived
Mrs Anna Dollie Ledgerwood Matter.
fresh from her victory last night, when
a jury found her not guilty of SERIOUS
conspiracy charges Of having foistered a
spurious heir to possess herself of the
900 estate of her late husband, Fred
Matters, Arcola Gll0 banker. also claim
ing to be the mother of the same child,
was not unmoved by the sight. Tears
welled to her eyes.
Il am sorry for the girl" she sighed
but am the real mother Of the baby"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
UPDIKE AND CABARET
SINGER NOT MARRIED
CBy the Sun News SeryIcel

Chicago. May 26--Judge Kersten today
decided that Herbert Updike and Nellye
De onsonne are not man and wife, and
stated that he would grant the decree
OF annulment for the supposed marriage
of the son of Furman D. Updike and
the cabaret singer, whose name figured
SO prominently in the astonishing ex-
posure few months ago Of an alleged
plot by young Updike and his brother.
Irving, to murder their parents.
Louis Kinks, Nellye De Onsonne's hus-
band. testified that he and Miss De On
some were married September Il, 1914
and that he had never been served with
divorce papers.
Updike was served yesterday with pa
pers in a S25.O 900 suit for alienation Of af-
eections by Kinks.
Irving and Herbert Updike were in
dicted on conspiracy charges when the
plot to do away with their parents was
revealed. At first the well-to-do Oak
Parker showed a disposition to push the
prosecution Of his sons vigorously, but
later the charges were dropped.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
I. r. OUTLINES
AMERICANISM
Colonel Tells Authors League
Big Issues Are Defense
and World Duty.
WARNS AGAINST USING BAR
SINISTER OF THE HYPHEN"
CBy the sun News Service


Oyster Bay.sN. Y, May 26.-Col. Roose-
Velts reply to the Authors League de-
msnd sent today for his leadership in
the national crisis, was as follows:
The one over-mastering issue ar this
moment is the issue OF AmericanIsm
for preparedness and international dutv
are both of them included in Ameri.
canism.
The world is now passing through a
cataclysm OF anguish, terror and horror,
such as has not been surpassed in all
recorded history 1t is a time of de-
struction and also a time of birth. If
under such conditions we permit our own
sense OF national feeling to dwindle if
we permit our people to split into lar
ring fragments along the lines of creed
or national origin, if instead of being all
of us Americans we become a tangIe of
mutually hostile German-Americans. Eng
lish = Americans, Irish Americans. or
French-Americans, If across the national
coat Of arms We draw the bar sinister
of the hyphen, this republic will have
before it only an ignoble life and will be
even in peril Of seeing that ignoble life
ended by ignoble death"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
TOLD HER TO TIE UP
HOSE WITH A STRING
(By the Sun News Service.)

Chicago, MAY 26-Hearing on the
alienation of affections suit being brought
by Mrs. Anna Paul against her parents
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Paul. was
begun today. Mrs. Paul is suing for
$4,000, charging that her husbands pa
rents alienated his affections. Her hus-
band is Robert Paul.
Il lived at their home for three years."
she testified. and they never would let
me be alone with my husband. They
would not give me sufficient money to
buy decent clothing. I only had one pair
of stockings all the time 1 was there
"one time I asked my husband for
some money to buy a corset and Mrs
Paul interrupted, saying, You don't need
a corset, you are slender enough and you
can tie up your stockings with a piece
of string"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27

several minutes in delightfully."- informal
fashion. 1t was the same elm under
which Mr.. and Mrs. Taft greeted their
guests on the occasion of the celebration
of their silver wedding anniversary. and
there were those in the company yester-
day who wondered IL the former Presi.
dent were given to reminiscence.
When Mr. Taft at length moved on,
there was a concerted rush in his direction.
and he was seized upon by a score of
folk eager to welcome him to the circle
with which he formerly was so promi-
nently Identified. When he strolled, the
surrounding circle strolled with him. and
tete-a-tete groups broke up suddenly at
his approach, diplomat and Cabinet off,
Ger. matron and maid OF Official and resi-
dental society fastening to greet and be
greeted by the popular former President.
Mr.. Taft remained nearly half an hou.
chatting with old friends
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
SULTAN WARS
UPON BRITISH
Ruler Of Darfur Defeated Fol-
lowing Clash With Govern
ment of Sudan.
PROVINCES CAPITAL TAKEN;
SULTAN LOSES 1000 TROOPS
(By the International News Service.

(By the International News Servlce.)
London, May 26-Trouble between Ali
dinir, Sultan of Darfur. and the govern
ment of the Sudan. has led to a clash
between a mixed force under a British
commander and the Sultan's soldiers.
Ell flasher, capital of Darfur, has fall
len. The Sultans losses are estimated to
have been 1000 men.
Ell flasher is about 800 miles southwest
of Khartoum. Egyptian Sudan.
A war office statement regarding the
action. issued tonight, says:
The attitude of Alidinir, Sultan Of
Darfur. towards the government Of the
Sudan, for some time has been unsatis-
factory and truclent. In February he be-
gan concentrating a force of men on the
Kordoval frontier at Jebel-el-Hella.
"A mixed force, of all arms under Col.
end of March occupied Umshsnga and
Jebel-el-Hella Subsequently our force
moved forward to Abiad, where prepara-
tions were made to advance upon Rlfasher.
Alidinir's capital.
The enemy's attacks were met by our
withering fire. Our troops counter-at-
tackled, totally defeating the Sultan's
forces. Their minimum losses are esti-
mated at 1000 men.
Sultan Alidinir is reported to have
fled with a small following early on the
morning Of the 23rd.''
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
Baker Denounces Warlords
And Conditions of Nations;
Taft Aims Shafts at Bryan

TT has become intolerable to the hui
man race that unprovoked and aggressive
warfare can be brought about by an in
dlvidual or nation, and when this war
in Europe is over. the people are going
to demand preventative craftsmanship" i"
This pointed reference to the beginning
of the European struggle was the feature
of frank and fearless treatment OF the
war by Secretary of War Newton Baker
before the meeting last night at the Be
lasco Theater of the League to Enforce
Peace. Germany nor any of the bellig-
erent powers was mentioned specifically.
but the speakers pointed inference that
the war was due to the unprovoked ag-
gression of one of the powers was in
striking contrast to the guarded state
ments OF other speakers.
Mr.. Baker declared that the people
would not tolerate a repetition of this
nightmare and advocated that the United
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
Notorious Bandit Leader
Launches New Campaign of
Terrorism, Embassy Says.
AIMED AT AMERICANS
Mexican Officials Here Learn
That Outlaw Intends to War
on Travelling Foreigners.
TO ATTACK RAILWAY TRAINS
State Department Receives Ohcial
Account of Battle Between Amen-
cans and Villistas.

Gen. EmiIisno zspata, leader Of th,
notorious bandits who have been oper-
sting in the vicinity Of Mexico City and
in the territory lying between the Mex.
can capital and Vera Cruz. has launched
a new campaign Of terrorism against all
foreigners and particularly Americans,
according TO a warning issued last night
by the Mexican Embassy.
The announcement states that zapata
has declared his intention no longer to
fight the Carrsnzistas, but to confne all
future operations to attacks on railway
trains with view 10 slauEhtering trsv-
cling foreigners.
1nasmuch as zapata has several times
OF late succeeded in cutting OF railroad
communication between Mexico City and
Vera Cruz the situation has oCcasies-s
considerable alarm here. At the present
time American consuLs IN Mexico, acting
under instructions from the State De-
psrtment. are endeavoring 10 persusGs
all Americans who will listen 10 leave
Mexico. There are now more than a
thousand Americans in Mexico CITY. most
Of whom, in leaving for the United States.
would have TO use the railroad between
the capital and Vera Cruz.
Has Threatened Massacre.
Zspata, who was at one time an ally
Of Carranza, has frequently bossted that
II =" ~~~- succeeded IN getting control
- ne would drive out. or massa-
ere, all foreigners, and, by completely
destroying all telegraph and other sys-
tens Of communication. would Isolate
Mexico from the rest OF the world
Confirmation Of the battle on Thurs
day at Cruces. Mex, between d detach-
ment Of Pershings forces and Vnnstas,
in which one American soldier was killed.
and two wounded, and in which Ger
vantos and Bencomo. two vnlIsta lead
ers, were killed. was received at the War
Department yesterday afternoon in the
following official report:
Field Headquarters, Nsmiquipa, May
25.-Csndelario Cervantes. notorious Vii
Iista outlaw. second only to Villa. and
the principal leader in the attack on
Columbus, y. Mex. was killed this morn
ing in a fight with detachment from
Cruces. six miles southeast Of that
camp. Detachment OF soldiers consisted
OF seven men OF the machine gun COM
pauy Of the Seventh Infantry. two engi-
neers and one man Of the Qusrtermsster
Corps. out hunting cattle for beef and
sketching road. Alta cked by twenty men
under Cervsntes. Fight lasted forty-hve
minutes"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
Carranza Will Be at War
With U.S.. Within a Month,
Predict American Probers

mately 5000 troops from the south to
the north.
-Four trains Of cavalry have accom-
panied the rush Of Csrranzista troops to
the frontier.
One of the arriving Americans said he
counted hfty-six pieces Of artillery on
incoming trains. He estimated the equip
ment OF artillery in Treyino's command
at close to 100 pieces.
II had never dreamed before" he
ssh that there was all that artillery in
Mexico. But saw enough Of it to be
convinced"
Chihuahua City was greatly excited
over the situation. said the Americans.
The government-owned press Of the state
capital had lately broken loose with one
anti-gringos creed after another and the
populsce were doing their part TO make
life disagreeable for the few lingering
Americans there.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
Taft Creates Mild Furore
At White House Tea Party
By MILDRED MARSHALL kooNCE.

BY MILDRED MARSHALL KoONCE.
Former President William Howard Taft
re Isited the scene OF his executive career
yesterday afternoon when he was num-
bered among tine guests at the White
House garden party at which President
and Mrs. Wilson entertained. The al
fresco fete was at its height, with the
Marine Band playing under the fine old
trees and the distinguished company
grouped around the tea tables, when a
sudden whisper arose: There's Taft"
and another quickly following. Really
How much thinner he is"
Mr. Taft was never more genial. The
line OF arriving guests
which wound from the east entrance OF
the White House to the great elm tree
under which the hosts stood. paused
while the former President shook hands
heartily with the present Chief Executive
and his wife and remained to chat for
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27

States, because it had less to gain and
more to give way, pave the way for a
remedy to any future similar occurrence
He suggested the remedy might be the
treatment of any one aggressive, unruly
nation as society now treats an unruly
Individual.
Two, thousand prominent bankers.
scientists and thinkers gathered in Wash
ington yesterday to attend the sessions
of the congress. Former President Taft
is president OF the 3league and is presid-
ing over the sessions. Following a
morning and afternoon session today, the
congress will be brought to a close to-
night with banquet at the New Willard
at which President Wilson will be the
principal speaker
Former President Taft. in his most
striking address. ridiculed the "peace-at-
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
MAY ADD TO
DISTRICT BILL
Senate Expected to Insert
Several Projects Killed
by Horse
LOWER CHAMBER REFUSES
BY l73 TO Ill TO RECOMMIT

BY a vote of 173 to Ill. a motion to re-
commit the District appropriation bill and
strike out the rider eliminating the half
and-half provision was lost in the House
Yesterday The bill was approved and
sent to the Senate. The motion TO re-
commit was made by Minority Leader
James r. Mann.
As the bill goes to the Senate it in
wolves all the essential features carried
in the measure reported by the Appro-
priations Committee. Some additions
have been made in the matter OF street
improvements, and an Increase in the
lump sum appropriation for wages to
street cleaners are carried. but none OF
the projects such as the municipal hos
pital the Dean and Patterson park
tracts, the Calvert street bridge or the
garbage disposal plant are carried. Ef-
forts OF Representative Mondell, Of
Wyoming, to include the park tracts and
the municipal hospital were knocked out
on points of order yesterday.
As the bill goes to the Senate. the reve-
nues OF the District are made to bear
nearly two-thirds Of the expense Of up
keep for the National Capital However.
certain projects were left out Of the House
bill in expectation that they would be in
serted in the Senate anil would offer the
House Conference Committee so much
trading latitude in determining the final
form of the measure. This applies TO the
municipal hospital. the garbage disposal
plant and the Patterson park tract, all
Of which will be accepted by the House
conferees If the Senate puts them in.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
tBy the sun News service-)

tBy the sun News service-)
New York, May 26.-There is l6-year-
old boy in this city that is going TO get
the grandest spanking a boy ever got.
The name Of the I6-year-old boy is Will
lie McManus, and he lived with his moth
er in Brooklyn. He wasn't with her to-
night. He was very much az large with
exactly SlO5l6.32 belonging to the bank
ing house OF J. P Morgan & Co.
Mr.. Morgan and his associates have no
present intention OF trying to send to
Jail the lad who proved faithless TO a
trust They regard him simply as a
foolish boy, grown wild-eyed and erratic
from too much dime-novel reading, and
from too much movie melodrama.
For months he had been floor boy
in the banking house at Broad and Wall
streets. One Of his duties was TO obtain
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
DEFENSE RESTS ITS CASE
Alienists Declare Dentist Is
Moral IDIOT and Not Re-
sponsible for Acts.
SLAYER SAID HE NEVER LOVED
Told Experts He Intended to Murder
His Wife Within Six Months.
Planned Hudson Estate.
BY r. B. HANLf.
lsun NeNx SerNtceA

New York, May 26.-That DR.. Arthur
Warren Waite is a moral idiot" and,
therefore, not legally responsible for the
murder Of John E. Peck, or Mrs. Peck,
was the testimony today of DR.. Morris
J. Karpas and Allen Ross Diefendorf,
salienists retained in behalf OF the man
on trial before Justice Shearn in the
criminal branch Of the Supreme Court.
Upon their testimony the defendant
electric chair, for with them and Miss
Catherine Peck. as a witness on a col
lateral matter. his counsel, Walter R.
Deuel., rested his defense tonight.
The rebuttal, which will take a part Of
tomorrow mornings session, will be in
tended to show that the man is sham
ming. Three alienists, Drs. Mabon.
Gregory, and JeIire, will state that as the
result of their observations, and a fourth
witness Is expected to make the conten-
tion convincing. His name is not an
nounced, but he Is said TO be an inmate
OF the Tombs, who supplied Waite with
books on mental diseases and endeavored
to aid the man in preparing to display
his calIousness and indifference which
made his murder confessions in court in
credible to many auditors.
without Moral Balance.
Above all. both aIienists declared, the
defendant is = tran absolutely without
feeling and without a moral balance
nj q
and executing any crime he thought
might aid him in his desires.
He freely confessed to them that he
figured on numbering his wife in about
six months in order to obtain full pos
session OF her property. Then, when he
had acquired a million dollars, he would
buy an estate up the Hudson and marry
a beautiful woman, his intellectual equal.
He had never loved his wife, his father,
mother. or brothers.
His love for Mrs Horton was only a
temporary affair. He did not regard his
wife as his equal either in intellect. at
tractiveness. or charm. He had always
throughout his life attained that which
he wanted II he wanted money, he
took II. II he fancied a woman, he got
her: II a life stood in the way of his
ambition for power, that life would end
and he would think nothing more of it.
Denies He Is Crazy.
Are you crazy?' the prosecution sud-
denly asked.
The defendant paused, pursed his lips,
appeared in deep thought and then re-
piled doubtfully: Il think not"
''What?"
Just as have said all the time-no )"
And when you wrote and signed that
confession in the Tombs you were pre-
pared to pay the full penalty?"
Without a tremor, almost with smile,
came the unhesitating answer: u am
prepared"
And you do not care what becomes of
your"
I wish done what is right"
Now you knew the law forbade you to
kill John E. Peck?'' asked the prosecu-
tor.
Il did
The Washington herald., 1916-05-27
Austrians Hammer Away.

London. May 26-The Austrians con-
tinue their heavy hammering at the Ital-
ian front in the southern Trentino and
Italians have again fallen back on the
Astico as a result OF terrific artillery
fire concentrated on the line between
the Astico and the Posina Valley to the
west
On the rest of the Trentino front the
Italians are making a determined stand,
and last night and today were holding
the Austrian forces back in spite O,
the continuSl artillery bombardment and
repeated blows by masses Of infantry.
The Austrians suffered their most severe
check in the Lagarina Valley, where
they threw dense masses of troops against
the Italians entrenched on the Conf Zu-
CANA and the heights of the Buole Pass,
between the Adige and the Vallarsa. The
Austrian masses suffered heavily under
the Italian fire and the attacks failed
A violent battle which already has con-
tinued for over day was still in progress
this evening east Of the ASA Valley.
Neither side has yet gained any definite
success.
Dispatches from Rome announce that
King Victor Emmanuel has gone to the
Trentino front