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1ST YEAR VOU Jlli 71M.MIIKIl jyo RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921.

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CONFEDERATE VETERANS PICK RICHMOND FOR 1922HADLEY FOUND GUILTY; DEATH PENALTY IS FIXEDMAKE FINAL APPEAL TODAY TO PREVENT STRIKE

LABOR BOARD TO GIVEDECISION A T PARLEYCALLEDFOR 9O'CLOCK

TVE UNION CHIEFSSUMMON HEADS TOVIEET THIS MORNINGirotherhood Leaders SayStrike Certain UnlessSettlement Is Made.

>11NUTK (:ONS 11)KRATION'KOMISKD HV If. S. BODY\

)cclurc Tliey Will Have NoPower to (ianeel Order

for \\ idkoiil.

IITTKIt Allfil Ml-:.NTS IN MKKTI N<;

lonnlV InvcktlKnlloi! In ( lilrnRoIlnilK \ lirupt I j n I (lie Nig hi.

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. l u "njH l»faelor J Mr I (Inn «-n t *' rantii'tl llir llircnlriifd rnllmml atrlkr,rnilrrx of Ihv ' IiIk fltr" trnn*|i»rtfl-:»n Urmherliontli, tonight InformedIn- I nllral M«lm Itnllronil llunril.

I'hl» ul 11 mill um l>>' the rnllrnr.dlulu t lemtrr* linn tbr rrnull of the¦unriln' uttenipt In uvrrl llir threat-.h«mI tvnlkuiil hj n joint mrillnl ton.unfr rrnee otlrndi'il bj limit thrnilrottil rsmilIvt-s nnd Iht- limfher-kiimI Irnilrm.

Tlionm* llr W ill I'll) Irr, |»res»t-|rnf of llir Amerienii A»*o«-lntIon of. :-iilt\li>- «. * cell 11» r>», <1 Itl not olTrr an;oiit-r«»Iiiiih \> hi n lir prrnrnteil llir.nrrlrrs" Hide of llir illh|illl<-, lUr run.rerenet* miih adjourned »«llh no ilefl-Pillr result*. mill n Iruee f>rrinliiKl>fnrlhrr n«ny tlinn ever.

| My Associated Pro.".-.]CHICAGO. Oct. 2 "I.The frovcrn-

rnont will make its final apprtil toprevent the threatened general rail-road strike tomorrow morning at yo'clock when presidents, generalchairmen and executive committccaif the live train service unions meethero at a conference reported toinvf been arranKed at the instlga-Lion of tho L*nitcil States IiailroaaLabor HoarJ.t The board's investigation of thecauses of the ptrike threat endedabruptly at ^.30 tonight when the.Iv,. union leaders asked pertni«sionto make announcement to their men.

Tlii.' live union presidents iinme->",iatel? railed meetings of their gen¬ital ihnlrmen and executive com-...ittecf :< t the Masonic Temple herotomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.-The boar.l will take tverj thing

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|HARDING APPEALS TONORTH AND SOUTHTOSOLVE RACE PROBLEM

j President, at Birmingham. Admonishes \\ lutes andBlacks to Put Aside Old Prejudices and

Live True to Traditions of Democracy.BIItMI.V'.lllAM, ALA., Oct. 2C..

North and South, whites: and blacks,w . re admonished by I'reMdeiit H:tr<i-tx". ti here today to put aside old j-r« j-udices and pretenses and Met the fai «"f the nation courageously toward a

'.instructive and permanent solution. .t the race problem.

In a .sweeping presentation of hisviews, which iva:< received with vary¬ing manifestations of etnolion l>v sicrowd of several thousand whilesand negroes. the President declaredficlal equality between the racesmust not he considered a possibility,bill that the black man must havean Increased political, economic andeducational opportunity if the Amer¬ican nation is to live true to its tra¬ditions of ileino< racy.

*prakn With Determination.The address, one ef five delivered

hero Cy ttj* President during u day'svisit to tno rrtningham semi-cen¬tennial celebration, was driven home¦with vigorous goatiye and dlliheraluutterance cu^h as Mr. Harding sel¬dom has employed since he becamet Thief Kxecutive.

I» llenrtlljr Itecolveil.In other parts of the city, during

a daj* crowded with events of manyvarieties. Mr. Harding won receivedwith a succession of intensive Uoiu«onstraiions. I'or a mile he r ,.iothrough surging crowds in u streetparade, a roar of cheering accompany-

TWO DIE IN HONOLULUAS AIRPLANE CRASHES

Army Aviator* \tlrmpt to .loinI'llght Formation In tlnnrn-

vrrn,I lly Associated Press.]

IION'OLL'M", Oct. "li.. I.ieuit.iialilL'lric Bouquet, of Brooklyn, X. V.,and staff Sergeant Vernon K. Vick-crs. of Montgomery, Ala., were killedtoday when their airplane crashed inflames while they were attemptingto Join a flight formation at a 2,000-foot altitude.

Vice-Chancellor"* Home Horned.SKWANEIC, TKNN'., Oct. 26..The

residence of Bishop A. W. Knight.vice-chancellor of the I'nlversity ofthe South, was completely destroyedby lire at 10 o'clock this morning, thecontents being saved by quick workof the entire student body. BishopKnight and his wife are at Savannah,(la., attending the synod of the Epis¬copal Church, and the loss could notbe ascertained.

PlVE DEAD, MILLIONS LOSS,IN FLQRIDA FROM BIG STORM\

JBay Shore Residential Section of Tampa Is Panorama ofDestruction, With Trees Down, Houses Unroofedand Foundations Weakened by Tidal Wave.

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hliirm « liipli **vp|il llio FloridaWilli Niicb liisnKlroU!* eflfePt ycn-

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uiMinrril, nml nim "iiiovIiir kIuhIjp.°Im(w <i ril." TiiJ.i would pill Hip .storm

iiiiilwny hciwppn I lip Son III At-'I: nilf t iiii^t »ml llprmudn.

'I\A.'H*\.* Opt. 1!<!,.l-'lvr per¬sons itt-«- l.i;i »i: t>> In- <|pn<l In thl*¦.it) nml *t. .'pUTKlmrjt, mruss 'I'nnt-l».t Ha v. ii< flip result of ye*<erilii}\<siiiiin, \\IiIpIi pnu«ed n Incut propertyflnni:iiip psil»nnlp«l ;il between JM.UttO,-ofln anil .55I.liOU,MMI. 'I'll? xi-irni wan«l»e ti iirsl lh:>l Ii.-im rlriifk till* wec-I ill it sliii'r I-II.

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IjAKEI^VN'D, KU., Oct. 26..SouthJ<'|ortda sp'cnl today In recapitulatingttio damns" estimated to run wellInto millions of dollars caused by thettulf hurricane whlcli toro northeast¬wardly acroM Florida'* peninsular,'!u>. 'iMBBl

yesterday. At times attaining a ve¬

locity of seventy miles an hour, thegale wrought destruction to smallerobstacles in its path, but only in afew instances, according to reports,causing a los3 of life.

I'Vnr More Death*.While there have been only three,

or four isolated cases of deaths fromtlie storm, it is feared the clearingaway of the debris in Tampa'swrecked portions mltiht add to theIfst. Of the cities and towns withina radius of forty miles of I.akelandthat could be reached by aulotnotiletoday, Tampa appears to have suf¬fered the greatest damage.Tlus Hay Shore Drive, residential

section from Franklin Street to TortTampa, is a panorama of destruction.Trees aro flown, houses with roofstorn away and foundations weakenedfrom tho Jidal wave that swept inover th« seawall from Tampa Hay,have collapsed and lops and otherdebris swept in on tho onrushingwater's crest now grace what were

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ing lil in f r ii i start to f itiltflt. litwat< c.h''ori'il nearly n minute whenhe appeared to speak at a luncheonafter tin- park nddr»-s*. anil lie ro-ce:v«.l .-pea 1.--I applause a--' at'.lredin i i )n>l:i»;l<- cap ami B<nvn, he a«l-dressed the students of I iiruiin^hfirii-Sout hern t'oilege, and then wcurlnsa Masonic apron.. he lai'l the corner¬stone 'if a new Masonic T..ini»l»...The speech on the r;u:i' problem

about which centered the Interest <>fthe many thoiusandti who are heroto felehrato the semi-centennial, was.1 carefully preimreii deliverance set¬ting forth the 1'resident'* views indirect terms. In it he appealed tothe Republican party to desist fromI "demos y" in making tiie black mani a mere adjunct of republicanism,warned the South thai blacks shouldi vote "when fit to vote," and insistedthat there inust be equal educationalopportunity. Against social equality

j ho urged both races to stand "un-compromising!}'." and suggested that'inatural segregations" might be thelocal result of a properly applied pol-| icy.

< T»vice the Executive departed fromhis manuscript, oil' e to declare ho wasspeak inv his s< ntiments here in ti>cSouth beca'jue he never wanted tosay anything in one place he couldi.ot sav In another, and again toJ point a forefinger at the white sec-tion of the »udlence and warn that"whether you lik«* it or not, unle«s

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SENATOR TRINKLE SEES(ICTDRY FOR DEMOCRATSAmlienee «> r 1.200 HearsNominee for Governor

Spesik at Petersburg.Iti:i»I,IKS TO 11KN It V t.MIKIISO.XDeclares ChnrRrK Mode by Republi¬can* Reflect I'pon Present Ailmln-Ixtrntlnn.1h Krlend of Negro, lintManila for White Supremacy.(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]j I'KTEUSBirHC.. V.\.. Oct. CC.Korc-least ng a "land«?l:de" f.-r d-imccrncy

ii> Virginia in iiio el -Mion N'ovrtiiliofs, K. I.ee Trlnk'i*, Deinoer uio notr.i-

| ne: for liovr rr. ... address-; i v?l;»*"iresT l t>1 .-;i 1 ti'Aetlnil.S ever

1 '-..(. i*i this . !' niehl fs'.-iiat t! Ti inkle spoke in ti.r Academy ofMi.sic before -n &u<l.*r '.( P.Which taxed the si.i'.imj c.-paelty ««fllic iiuildlr". I"*t! -netting was oneof the bc.-t in th'' his».-i;- >f i'etery-nurg. Alt sections around li.-- cityvi re re;»i cMir.* .:

i'onator ".in . t« nc'ne'i upon cvuyphase of the o;;'.n'*.','U'i »"i)i'!;h! cutby Henry M*. Anderson, .»nominev for Governor. He devotedthe major portion of liis speech .otaking tip one by one of ti> changesmade by Anderson. These charge*,he said rejected upon the adminis¬tration of the affairs of Virginia sgovernment during the last thirty-live years. A general summary orthe achievements of tho Democraticparty tlurlng the thirLy-live yearst-ame during the latter part of thespeech.

lie . nded his speech by declaringthat, when elected Governor, he willserve Virginia well.The speaker declared lie was a

friend of the negro, but that if hehas anything to do with it. white su¬premacy will rule in Virginia. Hedeclared the Republicans ripped thocolored man from the body of Vir¬ginia Republicanism and . this th»-ydirt by a scheme of impudent politi¬cal lawlessness. "The Republicanparty failed in election when court¬ing and enjoying negro support,therefore the experiment waslaunched to try out its fortunes un¬der the pretense that the negro wasI expelled from its ranks. This objectwas not of lofty principals, it wascheap expediency."Tonight's meeting was presided

over by W. J. Wheary, chairman oftho City Democratic. Committee.Wheary Introduced Congressman I.II. Drcwry. who later introduced Sen-ator Trlnkle.

METHODIST CHURCHES IN RICHMOND FAREWELL IN APPOINTMENTS BY THE BISHOPThe following pastors for thu ehurviic* in Itkhmoinl w«tp ttamcl

yestcrfliiy l«y IJIshop \V. K. Mi'Murry, preHMling at. the annual VirginiaConferonco of the M. K. Church, South:Asl>ury, N. A. I'uge: liarton l1eU;lits. \V. S. Doyerlc; 1!ranch Memorial,\V. It. Iteiil; liroa<l Street, K. it. (.'hciiuult; Centenary. 'i'. A. Smoot; II. I>.

Pell. supernumerary; Central, ft. \V. l!ray; Decatur Striot. J. i.. Htay; I 'en-ny Street, 10. V. Carson; Kpworth, T. K. Johnson; Fairmont. S. I,. DumviUo,Maple drove. H. M. Chappell, supply; Fulton Hill. 1... .1. Derby. supply;Ginter Park, I-. S. Klournoy; den Kcho, li. I?. Lipscomb. supply; (iraeo.C. O. Tuttlo; Highland I'ark, I,. T. Williams; H i i;l: la ml Springs; A. '...Carson; Laurel Street. <J. II. McKa«len: J. K. McCartney, supernumerary:Monument. <». I*. Hooker; Pace Memorial, It. M. White: St. -lames, H. C.Or«*Bory; St. Paul'* .1. I'. Hosier; Trinity.It. 1> S'-ott; I'nion .StationJt. T. Waterlield; W<.st Kn<l. i*. 10. Johnson; Woodland Heights W. AlbertWright.

METHODIST MINISTERIS FREED OF CHARGESBY TRIAL COMMITTEE

Rev. llenry W . Neville, of Urhanna. Exonerated.An¬imal Session of the Virginia Conference Comes to

Close Willi Appointment of. Pastors.Chargc-A that Ikv. Ilcnry \V. No-i

ville. puslor of the .M. k. Church.'>>>utl), at Crbanna, was not in a |.>.I»iti >n n) render effective service*!for the church because of being fin¬ancially involved, were dismissed bya committee before which he had jbeen on trial for two dajs. ll«v.'

; hrncrfst Stevens, secretary «,f the trial;committee. read the report before!the VirKinia Conference yesterday.|which .said the charges had not been

j substantiated.j In reading- tl,e report of the Boardof Education. Dr. it K. Blackwolliasked that .Mr. Neville be sent to th-,While Plains. N» c.. .s.-hool. The re.'port stated that one-third of the stu-dents in the H:'n<lc>lph-M^cot\torn .f schools were studying forthe ministry. Personal contact, tho'r'Vrt saId. wn« the greatest factor ini.e\eloping (.'hrisiian character The'

| report stressed the need .f a greaterendowment f.r development of the»>< liools. The report was approved,

.."nil, to Concur In .Memorial,rhe conference voted not to concur!

1>. the memorial to the Cenerai r0,i-ference which recommended the re¬moval of the time limit without res-'ervation .Many members .«aiij j.Aoul.j do :,wa> with the itinerant

*m:ui£tei.A" memorials having l,een read. |

TBI OF auu Oilsmy BE BELAYED TOOK

Case of Alleged Wife Mur-derer Called This Morn¬

ing on South Side.M'hile the case of Elijah Davis,

charged with killing his wife inhoutl, lUchmond early one morningabout five years ago. which was

** trsal Hustings Court. Part II«'||| be called, the chances are

he hearing will not be gone into ats t me. Davis will be represented

J I.. O. Wcndenl.tirg and Harry M.Smith. Jr.. but as Mr. Wendenburg is

j <?ngaged in a trial in Newport News

win x f kf',y "'at tho Dav'« trialwill he delayed several daysJudge Krnest H. Wells yesterday

received a telegram .from Mr Wo,,',denburg stating that he would prob-i;V \ de,ayed in reaching the cltv.

CHSC fn vf hiS *connection with tho

!».J ;N°WPOrl *««**. and even at

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conclus.on he would Jllce a few

!J55. le*1.bcfore CMlerln* i"i«-

ii . .arine- u w«s said last nightlhat, whiIf; the tri*il m-»*r »

.i #.*,.. ,»ay be Postponed

. ten days, there would be no un-,lH:,ys-:,nu ¦« *.«>»»«.

11Willi at the earliest possi-bie moment. j

Win nt :,,Ca,U,",<! court olli.-lalshavc.cve, Vthing ready for the!

mo,>edS'th 7 W,lne88es *«» he yum-

iTu-cs ,w,n bt' "¦ their

will I f '," i11,0 ('°"rt ,naL'hiner* ["HI be ready to function when the

JC,,RC is this morning. !

SECOND BOMB MYSTERY

j PUZZLES PARIS POLICE JKind Aerlnl KxPToslxr I.cnnlng

A urnlnst Tree XPnrlelne In City.

I AI.IS. Oct. 2C..Another boniiJmystery is engaging the i'arls i.0-Ic*'. With the identity of the sender

o! the Herrlck bomb last week still Iunascertained.

Tv.\. aerial torpedoes of the typet«se«l In aerial bombing expeditions.during the war wero found leaning| against a tree near the Madeleine thinmorning. The policc are examiningthe missiles In tho hope that *01110Identifying marks may be found toreveal whence they were stolen.

Tlicro was- nothing to Indicato theobjective of the persona who left thetorpedoes.

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some amended. the report 1 111.. ooiu*n.lttec was approved.

Iiev. J. I-'. I'afy aniuiunctil that.Hcv. J- T. Williams, of HighlandPark, had been selected to preachthe opening sermon at the confer¬ence nt'Xt > car. !U*v. A. I*. I* ranklinwas named us subsituto.The committee reported G. II. Lam-

heth placed on the superannuatedlist and 1"- It- McLane and \V. A.Jeffreys on the supernumerary list.The report of the committee on

chureli orsan was road by Hcv. it.I'. l,umpkln. The report recom¬mended that Uev. J. M. l'owland, ofbynchbijrK. he made editor, succeed¬ing Ijr. Graham 11. Uamheth, who be-cause of ill-health l«a<l heen placedon the t-uperannuated list. J. T. Cat-lln. Sr.. president of the AdvocatoPublishing Company, reviewed thebusiness of the paper for the pastyear anil urged support of the pub¬lication. A resolution was adoptedthat afi soon as possible one man bemade manager-editor of the RichmondChristian Advocate, with jsulllcientcilice help to get out the paper.

Support* Arms ('iinffrfpfr.The conference pledged President

Harding prayerful approval of thedisarmament eon ft rence called byPresident Harding-The following committee oti admis-

liif'iis was named f*>r the ne\t sessionof the conference: Charlottesvilledistrict. 1«. B. Karlv: Oiinvillo dis¬

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4 MILLION MAI BELOOTOF MAIL IKK THIEVES

Valuable Bonds in ShipmentFrom Firms in Wall

Street.I Ity I'nited News.)

NKW yoHK, Oct. 20..The L'nitedStates mail truck, which was held iinin what is becoming the n«osl sensa¬tional bond robbery In the. history ofNew York, contained twenty-eightsacks of mail. Of these twenty-eight,eleven were registered. Of theseeleven, four contained the bulk ofthe high-value shipment.at least? l.000.i>00 worth of negotiable seeuri-t les.The robbers, who forced the truck

driver. Prank llavranik. to drivedown a side street, where they tied a

laundry bag over his head and leis¬urely sorted out the pouches theywere interested in. took live sacksaltogether, ignoring the others. Thelive they took were all registered andall are believed to have, containedlend shipments front Wall Streetlinns.

It is not sup£rising. therefore, thatpostal Inspectors working on the r«>h-he.-y have, a suspicion that the hold¬up was an inside Job.U became known today that the

amount stolen by the hold-up is inexcess of the first estimate, whichplacid the loss at $1,000,000. Ashank after bank. Including the ChaseNational Hank, which lost nearly$500,000. reported missing mail valued.it from $100,000 to $2i>0.000, it bo¬tanic evident thai the robbers badol.tallied the cream of Wall Street'slate mail.

Post-'.thee inspectors ar« cheekinsup I hi losses, but the full amount andthe numbers of the missing securitieswill not be known f"t' two weeks ormore.

The truck driver has u>>t been ar¬rested-and has consistently stuck tohis original story except in one In¬cident. He now says that a secondautomobile, the number of which liewar. unable to read, blocked his waywhen he tried to turn oil* for the carcontaining the thieves.

Tietectivcs have a piece of tholaundry bag with which tho truckdriver was covered, and are seekingto trace Us origin.

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CONVICTEDMURDEREROFHIS WIFE SHOWS NOEMOTIONAT VERDICT

NAME GENERAL CARRAS COMMANDANT TOSUCCEED VAN ZANDT

Richmond Wins as Reunion City INrxt Year Over Savan¬nah. Nashville and Sulphur. Okla.. in Last Day

of Meeting at Chattanooga.I isy Assncialcil Press.!

CHATTANOOGA. T11NN.. Jet. 20.--Following the tricot Ion of 'ii-nerul¦Julian Carr. of Iturhnni. N. C.. :isthe now .-<.mmahder-ln-chit>f. sue-feeding General K. Al. Van /-n.t, ofTexas, anil the ..election of !li<"hnii>ud,V;>... as the nc.vt reunion i'.y, theI I sessions «>f the I .'nit eel '"t'H rtcr-site Veterans virtually came to antr. 1 tonight, wh'lc the anvua! in-ra'Je, wliic'i is tlx* hip ami centralevent in thi.se reunions. no~ordiiiij to!the views of most of the vet;rais, ison tomorrow's program, there will neno further business transacted, andfollowing the climax of tomorrow theveterans, , »em!.ers of iheir support¬ing organiz.iCof.u anil the thons »ndaof visitor:! will begin to rapt llv leavethe city.

Delivers Valrdlclitr)',About tnUlnftcrnoon, after having jpresided ilorlnp the business of *boul

two hours. Commander Van Ziiiidt"!delivered a brief valedictory t«> theveterans assembled before liint, an-

; nounccd his final determination notto let his name no before the conven¬tion as h candidate for another termas commander-in-chief, and k*ft thehall to attend receptions given ::i hishonor.Richmond won as the next teunio-ii

city ovtr .Savannah, Xashvitlo anil'Sulphur, Oklahoma.The association went on r > H>rd

with a declaration that these re¬unions would continued from y.:trito year so long there are .t.i ininyas rotir vet-.-nil* left alive arid a hieto travel ;!i" reunion cltv r:td ro'

ONE BUD, TWO SEfllOUSLYINJURED, III AUTO CRUSHOscar Alley Dies Instantly;!

Brother, Grover, HasFractured Skull. -

ciiasii t>\ I'A'rrKitsov ,t vuxue

Warrants Are Issued for \V. FrankI'owrr* and Frank IIiinIi. Driver* ofIll-I'oteil Cnr*, uml Joe llutler.Wreckage Strewn Fifty Feet.

«'ne man was hilled, another .scri-ouslv injured, and several others Imore ot less severely hurt in a crashbetween two automobiles at l'atnr-1son and Westhampton Avenues aboutt> o'coek yesterday evening.Oscar Alley. 2;., farmer, P.road

Street I load, was killed.Grover Alley. .10. Beverly Street.!

fractured skull and scalp wound;likely to die.The less seriously injured:Frank Hush, 25. railroad man. Ash-

land, injuries about head.Joe Butler, 21. 2»;oi West Cary

Street, slightly hurt about foreheadW. Frank Powers, president PowersAnderson, surgical instruments,

Westhampton. hurt about the leg.Magistrate T. J. l'uryear, of Hen¬

rico County, la.st night issued war-rants for the arrest of Bush. But'erand Powers, charging them withcausing the death of Oscar Alley by"recklessly operating an automobile."They were put into the hands of!County Ollicer W. II. IXniiis tor ser- .vice last night.Grover Alley was taken t<> the ile-

treat for the Sick last night, where,it was said, lie had "'a fair chance

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DFLAY RECONVFNINGOF IRISH CONFFRFiNCK!

Illlirr I'rrnolns Mntlrrs Keep llrlllshDelrlfntcn from

I'nrlr >.I.uNlJON. Oct. 2C. -,\i the Irish'

headquarters here tonight it was suidthe delay itt the reassembling of theIrish conference was caused by thoBritish delegates who had not teenable to meet today on account of.jlher pressing matters.Tho Irish officials expressed the be¬

lief, however, that arrangements werebeing made for a meeting of oitherthe special commlttoo of the twodelegations or of the full delegationtomorrow.

long aa M-<> p< «. i?Iof Southern c!:>Rsee (i> 10 inv.te them t" wti1".

It was» also it solved that the b'J.*l-,jiH-ss of the association should for-i-vrr rtimiin i"tt;luslvi]l> that '.if th.*jConfederate vcli'raiis, .. t*<1 that allpreparations ;i:i<1 advance arrarge-tnents should In- loft iti the Ii'uim o.tin- executive otlicers of th<: associa-tion warkins conjunction with thecitizens' committee placed in charso'hy the reunion titles.

Adopt 'IVniiesMrr Style.The burial service of the Tennessee

veterans, said to he a vast improve¬ment in sentiment and style of thatover the other divisions, was adoptedas the standard burial service for theentire association.The day's activities* were closed hy

an immensely spectacular illuminatedparade through the business sectiontonight, in which members oC theAmerican I,eglon and -other formerservtmr mev*an'«i"nie!'r children of thepublic schools took part, and the an¬nual hall in honor of the veternns.One of the outstanding qventa in

the annual reunion of the United Con¬federate Veterans here today was thereport of an invitation to send repre¬sentatives to the memorial exercisesthat will take place next year at1'oint I'lousant. Ohio, in cominemora-1tloii of the hundredth anniversary ofthe birth of General L'lyssos S. Grant.The invitation was read by Adjutant-General Hootli from Ilugh I,. Nicholschairman, United State Grant Memo¬rial Centenary. Association.The convention immediately voted(Continue don Page 51 Col. ST)

U. S. WOMAN AWARDEDNOTRE DAME INJF.DAL

I'arU Cnthollc Institution ('(ten MhaKlliubrlh \uurne of t'ln-

rlnnatl for Honors.( My Associated Press. J

CINCINNATI. OHIO, Oct. 26..Mis*ICIizaheth Nourse, an artist, formerlyof Cincinnati, but now resilient ofParis, has been awarded the I.aetaromedal which is given annually by theNotre Dame University of NotreDante, lnd., to some American Cath¬olic distinguished for service to hu¬manity.The presentation was made in

Paris by Mgr. Ceretti, the papal nun¬cio in Paris, relatives here said to¬day. Miss Nourse was active dur¬ing the war in her devotion to thewounded soldiers of the allies andto refugee** who thronged Paris.

Physician Tells His Coun¬sel Defense Was Conduct¬

ed Without a Flaw.

GRAY 11ADDON MAKESMOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

Judge Scott Will Set DataLater for Hearing This

Argument.AGtJII MOTIIKR TAK'KS STAMt

lli*r 1'lra for nn Opportunity to Art-drt-NM the Jury In

Denied.

The Jury vyhich heard the cast; o:Or. Wilmor .\mos Hartley* lomrrarmy surgeon, accused of wife-mur¬der. In Henrico County Circuit Court,about o'clock last, evening returneda verdict of guilty of murder in thefirst decree, which carries with' itthe sentence of death in the electricchair. Dr. Hartley, who stood upwhile the foreman of the Jury ren¬dered the verdict, received it withouta tremor, displaying the same exhi¬bition of "nerve" which has markedhis conduct since the day lie arrivedin Richmond, following his arrest inNew Mexico on a charge of havingkilled his wife in the James River,near Westhampton ttridge, near!;three years ago.

Mrs. C. J. ltadloy, the aged motherof the now convicted physician, whohad come from her home in Friendu-wood, Texas, to be with him while hewas on trial, and who occupied :iseat just behind him the first dayof his trial, was not in the Courtroomwhen the Jury rendered its verdict.It was reported that she was in anadjoining ante-room awaiting newsof her only son's fate. Accordingly,the manner in which ahc receivedthe news, or the way in which itwas broken to her, was not known.The jury retired about 4:20 o'clock.1and returned in a little less thanforty minutes with ite verdict.

Makes Motion for .New Trial,Attorney T. Gray Haddori. associa¬

ted with State Senator Julien Gunitas counsel for the defense, at once,made a motion for a new trial, bas¬ing his claim to it on the groundthat the verdict was contrary to thelaw and the evidence. Judge Scottasked Attorney liaddon if he caredto argue the motion and liaddon ro-

(Continued on Pago i. Col. 1.)

GOVERNOR UA VIS ACTS TO CURBBIG FOREST FIRES IN VIRGINIA

Issues Proclamation Calling Upon People to LendEvery Assistance in Checking lJeril.Droughtand Dry Leaves Are Given as Causes.Acting upon the advice of the State-

Korester that forest lircs in manyscoliotic of Virginia are imperilinglife and threatening heavy damage to

property. Governor Davis yesterdayissued a proclamation requesting thepeople to lend every assistance toforest wardens and local authoritiesin the prevention of destructiveblazes and in extinguishing those al-Iready started. The long drought InVirginia and the accumulation of;masses of dry leaves, together withthe fact that woods arc at this seasonof (lie year are more frequently vis¬ited than ever, are given by the StateForester as causes of the tires.The proclamation follows:Whereas, grave danger to Ufa and

property front forest tires threatensmany communities throughout Vir¬ginia as the result of the prolongeddrought; ar.ilWhereas, destructive forest tires,

started In the last few days now areraging in a number of counties inspito of all the precautions takenagainst them; nowThorefore, I, Westmoreland DavidGovernor of Vlqplnta. do urgently

cull upon all th<! people ot Virginia,to co-nporeate with the forost war-thus and other local authoritiesthroughout Virginia to prevent forosttires. and ti> render every assistancepossible in extinguishing those whichhave been started; and 1 further re¬quest all who hunt, camp, tour, orotherwise pass through the woods ofVirginia, tu use every means poKsiblAto avoid starting forest tires. More¬over, I ask all operators ot sawmill*and other industrial plants and therailroads of the State also to takeextraordinary precautions to preventstarting forest tires at this time, whenthe fallen dry leaves mako the dangerextremely great.

(liven under my hand, and underthe lesser seal of the Commonwealth,at Richmond, this twenty-sixth dayof October, in the year of ofir l^ordone thousand nine hundred andtwenty-one, and In the one hundredand forty-sixth year of the Common-weulth.

WESTMORELAND DAVIS.Qoveraor,

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