Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1909, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MOANING EDITION. ‘Business Office, 1ita St. and Peansyivanie Averun ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company, ‘The Evening Star, with the dunday morning | edition, is delivered’ by carriers within the city by at 50 cents per month. Orders mail or telephone Main 2440. Collection is by carrier at the end of each month. may be sent by e £Zyening Star. No. 17,754. le WED NESDAY, M. 1999 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. Weather. Local showers tonight or Thursday ; warmer tonight. Senator Dolliver Returns to | Getaway Day Probably Not | Assault on the Tariff Bill. DISCUSSES COTTON RATES| Quotes Interview With Lodge, Who Denies Its Correctness. BRINGS TILLMAN TO HIS FEET Latter Declares That He Never Ad- vocated a Duty on Cotton—Large Gathering Hears Iowa Senator. Primed for the fray, Senator Dolliver of Iowa returned this morning to his sensa- tional attack on the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. In hurling a mass cf data and wealth of sarcasm for three hours yester- day afternoon at the head of Senator Al- drich, chairman of the finance committee, he apparently did not impoverish his store. He proceeded today as aggressive- ly as ever. 4 It was seven minutes past 11 o'clock when the tariff bill was laid before the Senate. Only a few senators had reached the chamber. “I was speaking yesterday,” began’ Mr. Dolliver, as soon as he was recognized. “Mr. President!” sang out Senator Knute Nelson, “I suggest the absence of a quorum.” Mr. Nelson did the same thing yesterday, He is thoroughiy enjoy- ing Mr. Dolliver's speech and the dis- composure of the republican leader. The Iowan had not gone far today when he had the flattering audience that lis- tened so attentively to his every word yesterday. Mr. Aldrich came in and answered to his name on the roll cail. appeared. Again Mr. Dolliver had a small table at his elbow covered with samples of cot- ton and woolen cloth, as well as books and reports galore. His secretary pre- sided over this table and kept the sen- ator supplied with the evidence he needed. Replies to Aldrich. After declaring that he objected to the tariff bill because it was not made in the committee rooms of Senate and House, but by representatives of big business concerns in the east, who submitted the exact language of many of the para- graphs to the custom house officials in New York before the committees of Con- ‘SS ever met, and after securing the “O K” of those officials submitted them to the committee. Upbraiding Mr. Aldrich for trying to disparage his address by accusing him of consulting importers, he asserted that the great merchants whom he had talked with were no worse than the government experts who write statements for Mr. Aldrich to read to the Senate. He told the Senate he should not be criticised for securing facts where he could, when Mr. Aldrich had, ensconsed in a room in the Senate office building, “‘where senators spend their leisure hours,” an army officer named Maj. Lord, who has a re- markable memory regarding the Dingley tariff, but who has not considered the question for twelve years. The cotton schedule attracted Mr. Dol- liver’s attention chiefly today. He re- called Mr. Aldrich's remark that no changes in rates on cotton were made. Unless figures cannot be retied upon at all that was untrue, he held. Taking up a table of figur he endeavored to demonstrate that the change from an ad valorem to specific duties had in every case raised the duty. He challenged any senator to prove that his calculations were wrong. It didn't take experts to figure it out, he said. Quotes Interview With Lodge. He demanded that Mr. Aldrich tell how it happened that Senator Lodge had given an interview to a Boston paper, speaking to the citizens of Massachusetts, before the “bill was dry on senators’ desks,” in which Mr. Lodge said the ad valorem duties on the textiles had been incre: Then he dis- “I prefer to read the same interview from a New York paper,” said Mr. Dolli- . “for it appeared there simultaneous- and that paper has for years had charge of the spiritual side of the career of the sehator from Massachusetts.” Denied by Lodge. This brought a storm of laughter, which was just dying out as Mr. Lodge en- tered the chamber. When Mr. Dolliver had finished the reading Mr. Lodge asked if he was represented as saying that the ad valorems had been increased. The Iowan read it to him. “That is an error,” said Mr. Lodge, didn’t say that.” “Well, it is printed the same way in two papers.” Mr. said he couldn’t have said that, for it wasn’t so. Mr. Dolliver re- plied that he had just demonstrated that it was so. “And,” continued Mr. Dolliver, “if the senator didn’t tell his people that, it cer- tainly was his duty to do so.” A few minutes later Mr. Lodge left the chamber as Mr. Aldrich had done. Prac- tically every other senator was present. By this time the Senate was thoroughly enjoying the Iowan’s attack upon the high protectionists. The closest attention was given him on both sides of the cham- ber, and lines of spectators stood up around the rear of the room. Senator Dolliver next took up the schedule relating to mercerized cotton. He described the process, bathing the cot- ton goods in a solution of caustic soda, which had the effect of giving luster to the goods and making a closer texture. He charged that the finance committee bad added a duty of one cent a yard on mercerized cloth, without finding out what it cost to mercerize the cotton. No later than yesterday the board of appraisers were telegraphing frantically around the country to ascertain the cost of the pro- ess, something which they should have known last fall. Senator he had been informed by dealer that the cost was less one vent a yard, but the committee had hoist- ed the duty notwithstanding. Senator Smoot said that only Egyptian and sea island cotton could be mercerized and those grades cost more. Senator Dolliver retorted that if only Egypiian cotton he would gladly join the brave efforts of Senator Tillman to get a duty on raw cotton. Tillman Brought to His Feet. This sally brought Senator Tillman to nis feet and everybody leaned fofward ex- pectantly, while’ a laugh of anticipation ran around the chamber. “I have been enjoying the senator's keen thrusts his own colleagues,” said Senator Tillman, “and his rock throwing so much that I hoped he wquld not throw any at me. I never have advocated a duty on cotton, and will not, because it is not worth that to us,” and the South Carolinian emphasized “that with a con- temptuous snap of the fingers. Senator Dolliver said he had aimed a bouquet and not a brickbat at the Souta Carolina senator. A moment la‘er Senator (Continued on Eleventh Page.) “E N Smoot sug- LINGER ' CONGRESS MAN Before July 1, Taft Learns. DELAY DUE TO OPPOSITION Westerners Will Contest Every Foot in Tariff Battle. LA FOLLETTE FULLY PRIMED Miss Lois Swann Is Given Sitting for Portrait by the President. Smallest Man at White House. Prospect of early adjournment of Con- gress, as President Taft is advised, is not as encouraging as it was less than a week ago, when Senator Aldrich and others told him they expected to get away from Washington on or «bout June 1, The President now understands that the earliest possible date of adjournment is in the neighborhood of June 15, with every probability that July 1 will see it Congress just winding up the wor. was called here to perform. Reasons for this change in the situ: tion are many. Strongest is the fact that westerners, like Senators Dolliver, Cum- mins, La Follette and Nelson, are de- termined to make the stiffest sort of a fight to change the tariff bill along lines demanded in their states. These western senators will fight tne bill in the Senate. In the House they will have the backing of representatives from their states. Senator La Follefte was atythe White House today with a big, black portfolio, fat. with argument and data—ammuni- tion he will fire off in the Senate in op- position to the Senate bill. He didn't have a chance to unfold this cartioad of manuscript upon the President because of the presence in the executive offices of a crowd of visitors. He let the Pres- ident know, however, that he had suffi- cient material to hold forth for several days. Hard Battle Assured. The attack upon the schedules of the new tariff bill promises to be vicious all along the line, with debate warming up with the spring atmosphere. Having sided with no ‘particular faction in the Senate as to the bill, the President can afford to hold off until the right min- ute and then try to bring the elements together in party harmony and favorable to.a bill that will commend itself to the mass of the people. i Regarding propositions for raising reve- nue by means supplementing the tariff. the President still holds to the position that if the new tariff will furnish suffi- cient revenue ‘there is no -need to regort to untried laws. When the tariff-bill has finally passed, however, it will be subject- ed to expert examination on behalf of the President. If he finds that it does not meet the requirements of government as a@ revenue raiser he will then or at a later time propose means for bringing in money trom other sources. First among the different propositions in favor with the President is an inheritance tax. Next is ap excise tax upon the div- idends of corporations. Third is an in- come tax. They would be proposed in the order named, the President valuing them in that order. The President intends to give much study to the bill in its last stages, so as to be fully informed as to the revenue probabilities under the measure, as well as to its effect upon the people through the country. There will be little use fn spend- ing time upon it now, no one being able to predict the outcome. More Protection for Fruit Asked. Senator Flint and Representative Smith of California introduced to the President a delegation of California citrus fruit growers, who are clamoring for higher duties on their products. They ask for more duty than is now charged under the Dingley bill. They claim that they must have this protection to continue their business. The wholesale fruit dealers. on the other hand, claim that the duty desired by the fruit growers will give them an absolute mo- nopoly on lemons and similar fruits and cause sharp advances in the prices to consumers. Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Maj. Campbell and Public Printer Donnelly called on the President today to ask him to be present Sunday night in the National Theater to listen to the lecture of Admiral Sigsbee on the blowing up of the Maine. This lec- ture ts for the benefit of a fund to be raised for the building of a monument to those who lost their lives in the disaster. M. Parker and C. J. Bell were among Washington visitors who saw the President today. Senator McLaurin and Representative Collier of Mississippi introduced to the President Miss Edna Maxine Laurens of Livingston, Mont. Representative Kin- kead of Nebraska introduced S. Hart- man and Mrs. Hartman of North Platte, Neb. Representative S. W. Smith intro- duced friends. Smallest Man in World. The smallest man physically in the world today shook hands with one of the largest, physically and mentally. The little fellow was Nicholl. the Russian prince who is at the Eagles’ carnival this! week. Nicholi is thirty-two years old, | weighs sixteen pounds and is twenty-two and a half inches high. The President asked him many questions. The President gave another sitting to- day to Miss Lois Swann, who is painting a life-size portrait of Mr. Taft for the Yale societies. The portrait. a_ three- quarter-length full-face picture, is near- ly finished and is declared to be one of the best Mr. Taft ever had taken. Miss Swann is the second artist to whom the President has granted sittings since his inauguration. The first was Sorolla, the Italian portrait painter, who is now putting the finishing touches to a picture ordered by Charles P. Taft, the President's half brother, who will add it to his million-dollar art collection in Cin- cinnati. The Situation in Panama. Representative Campbell of Kansas has returned from Panama, where he went with a party of congressional friends to watch the work upon the great canal. Mr. Campbeli told the President of his obser- vations today. “One cannot understand the extent of the work that is being done on the isthmus between Panama and Colon,” said Mr. Campbell, “by reading accounts of it in reports, newspapers and magazines. It is a great work from any point of view. A combination of ditches and dams is working out the problem of the isthmian canal. More than 30.000 men, working with drills, compressed air, dy- namite, wheeibarrows, picks, steam shov- els, dirt trains and implements for un- loading trains, all working in perfect har- mony without excitement, combined, are bringing about the final results. Ships will go there in five years. “The ships are to be elevated from the sea level to a height of eighty-five feet by a system of three locks at Gatun, at | the Atlantic end. Each of these locks is to be 1,000 feet long and 110 feet wide. There will be three. other locks ! i | ' | i “hae att AAQ pv? iy 7M A LITTLE FLIRTATION? lane { weed I" ‘| ! 54) PP WW en AMM 77 MUNK. {// + Gj ie W iy > 4 Hf ——s i A 4 \ ly a) i a L es 7) hyn all ——E to let the ships down to sea level near the Pacific end. A great lake, made by the Gatun dam, will have an average depth of about forty-five feet of water. “The thing that especially strikes one on the Canal Zone is the perfect organi- zation. There is nothing said in the exe- cution of the work. But every man knows when he starts in in the morning exactly what is expegted of him. If he does not do his work, a man takes his piace who will, and there is nothing said. very individual is held responsible for the best results that have been fizured out for the particular,.work. to. which~ke is assigned. is said that when the French were at work on the canal the noise made by the men in directing each other in the performance of their work rose above the noise of the engines. In six days in the ditch and on the dam I did not hear an order given, and yet there was not a moment's time lost. “An ginbiased inspection by a prac«i- cal mfin leaves the conviction that the lock canal is more practical than a sea-level, to say nothing of the saving in cost. To Deliver Medals June 10. President Taft bas arranged to deliver to Wilbur and Orville Wright, the famous American aeroplanists, the medals’ voted to them by Congress. The céremomy will take place in the east room of the White House June 10. It will be wittiessed by a large delegation from the Aero Club of New York. The delegation will come to Washington in a special train. Representative “Foulkrod of Pennsylva- nia introduced to the President the dele- gation of women representing the hosiery industry of the United States, who are here seeking to have the duty on hosiery increased. The President received the delegation cordially, but did not express his views. ——_—_-+—__—__. ARREST IN SUGAR SCALE FRAUD CHECKER KEHOE DENIES MA- NIPULATING SPRING. Witnesses Testify to Having Caught Him Tampering With Weighing Machine to Cheat Government. NEW YORK, May 5.—Criminal proceed- ings as an outgrowth of the govern- ment’s sult against the American Sugar Refining Company, which resuited in dis- closures of’ wholesale underweighing of sugar imports, were begun by the fed- eral authorities here today. Thomas Kehoe, for many years a checker on the docks of the company in Brooklyn, was placed under arrest charg- ed with being one of the men who toek part in fraudulent manipulation of scales, as a result of which.the American Sugar Refining Company recently paid to the government $2,134,000 in back duties. The arrest of Kehoe followed the find- ing of an indictment charging him with entering and weighing at less than their true weight September 27, 1107, five thou- sand bags of molasses sugar. Through his counsel, Kehoe pleaded not guilty when arraigned before United States Commissioner Morle, waived ex; amination and gave $2,500 bail for his ap- pearance, May 12, before the United States court in Manhattan. Kehoe is the man who, according to government witnesses in the sugar suit, was caught in November, 1907, actually using a fraudulent spring on the scales of the sugar company in Brooklyn. Other witnesses testified to having caught him tampering with the scales at varicus periods between 1906 and the time he was finally detected by Government Agent Parr in 1907. + LONG LEAVE FOR SMITH. Governor General of Philippines Sails for Home on Saturday. MANILA, May 5,—Gov. Gen. James Smith, who has secured a long leave of absence, will leave here next Saturday. 'ARRESTED AS ALIENS Four Chinamen Held Under the Exclusion Act. FAILED~“TO" SHOW” PAPERS — Rounded Up by Inspector in Ninth Street Restaurant. CLAIM TO BE AMERICAN-BORN —__ Released on $500 Bail—Each Ar- ranged by Their Employer for Hearing on May 22. . Charged with being Chinese and de- scendants of Chinese and being in the United States in violation of section 13 of the Chinese exclusion act, Wong Lung, Chung Shun, Lou Hen and Ah Youn, alias Wah Shue, employed as cooks and waiters in the restaurant of Charlie Bing, 518 9th street, were arraigned before United ‘States Commissioner Anson S. ‘Taylor this morning. Attorney Creed M. Fulton appeared as counsel for the quar- tet and entered a plea of not guilty, re- serving the right to ehange the plea when the case is heard. Counsel for the Chi- nese was not ready for trial today and the hearing was set for 9:30 o’clock Sat- urday, May 22. Maj. S. H. Walker qualified as surety for the men in the sum of $500 each, and they returned to their place of employ- ment. George E. Baldwin. immigration inspector, appeared as complainant in the cases, the four Chinese having been ar- rested by him last night while at their place of employment. Charlie Bing, their employer, appeared in court this morning and arranged the bond for them.. He is satisfied that when the case comes. to trial the. defendants will. be discharged, their claim being that they are natives of this’ country. Three of them, he says, were born in San rancisco, while the fourth one first saw the light of day in Seattle. * Inspector Baldwin had been working several days to locate and arrest the Chinaman he knew as Ah Youn, but who gave his name as Wan Shue when arrest- ed, and last evening about 7:30 o'clock he called at the Chinese restaurant of Charlie Bing and found him. Youn, or Shue, expressed surprise when questioned by the inspector and the interest taken in his visit by the other Chinamen aroused the suspicions of the inspector. Each was questioned by him and asked to pro- duce his papers, but not one of them was able to do so, and so the inspector turned them over to the police and had them locked up over night at the first precinct station. Chop Suey Customers Neglected. When the four Chinamen and their em- ployer realized just. what the inspector was doing they begged that they be per- mitted to remain on duty in the restau- rant until midnight.. They expected busi- ness would be brisk later in the evening trouble getting other cooks and walters at short notice, but the inspector said he had his duty to perform and soon had the quartet behind the bars. They were es- corted to the office of United States Com- missioner Taylor this morning by repre- sentatives of the United States marshal, several of their friends, including Charlie Bing, being on hand to greet them. It was soon determined that a postponement and Charlie Bing declared he would have; and chow min,” added Inspector Bald- win, “‘and the other boys will get together the yin wa guy hong (bird nest soup) and foo yung don.” Charlie Bing’s Treat. Charlie Bing smiled and said he would be Gelighted to entertain his friends whe nthe boys are acquitted. The four defendants are members of the Chinese Empire Reform Association, and officers of the organization will assist them, jn their defense, ie Bing being one of them. Speaking to a Star reporter, Charlie Bing said he felt certain the four defendants would be acquitted. He under- stood that they were born in this coun- try, he said, and he knew two of them had been in this city several years. Ah Youn, alias Wan Shue, he said, he had known only a few weeks, and he knew but little about him. After their return to the Chinese res- taurant the four defendants, who had spent a sleepless night in a police cell, en- joyed a Chinese spread, discussed their trouble and returned to work making preparations to serve their patrons to- night. ————_-—____ CONCEALED IN A MINE. Unique Resort of Negro Wanted for Murder in Alabama. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 5.—An un- identified negro, wanted for murder is concealed in an abandoned mine twenty miles west of Birmingham, and with a rifle and plenty of food and ammunition is defying the authorities. He has been concealed for four days, and it is be- lieved that friends carried him large sup- plies before the officers located him. Officers are unable to see down the slope, but the negro in the darkness below can watch their movements at the open- ing. The deputies believe it will be neces- sary to starve him out. - MORE DELAY IN BOYLE POSTPONEMENT PLEASES KID- NAPER’S PRETTY COMPANION. —, Bench Subscribes to Her Charm. Defendant Himself Is Depressed and pee: MERCER, : Pa.,.May 5.—With a larceny trial dragging wearily along in court to- day there is little prospect of reaching the case of James H. Boyle, charged with kidnaping ‘‘Billy” Whitla, before. tomor- although the “witnesses here, the lawyers are ready and the e will be taken up as soon,as the one n w pend- ing-is out-of the.way., . \° Forty or fifty witnesses will called by the prosecution. Many of. them are from Cleveland and other distant points. All are chafing under the. delay. Boyle apparently dreads the trial. He has become weak, his appetite has left him again and he is much depressed. Mrs. Boyle, the enigma to the prosecu- tion, seems pleased with the postpone- ment, saying today that every delay is in her favor. Her charms do not di- minish, and she is said to be as pretty and as vivacious as before she was placed in her cell. Judge Williams, who will try the Boyle cases, seems to appreciate her fascina- tion for men. When a*telegram arrived for Mr. Cochran, of counsel for the prose- cution, and the court took a few minutes’ recess to allow him to answer ii, Mes. Boyle's lawyer, Judge Miller, remarked, facetiously, that it was probably a tele- gram from some other man who claimed at some time or other to have married his client. Mr. Cochran denied the assertion. There- = Judge Williams, from the bench, said: wou'd be granted, and the question of ‘bond was suggested by Assistant United States Attorney Proctor, ho thought $500 for each defendant would be suf- ficient. He will go first to Japan, where he will embark on board the Minnesota for Se- attle. From Seattle he will go to San Francisco and then to Washington for a with President Taft. Gen. busy for the last «fort- night attending a series of farewell en- tertainments whicb is being-tendered him. Tonight the Army and Navy Club will give him a farewell ion; and to- morrow night all of the political parties will lay aside their differences and unite in giving a banquet at which he will be the guest of honor. Vice Gov. W. eron Forbes will be the host at the last dinner which will be given to the de- parting governor general. This affair will take place Friday night. ~ - : During the course of the discussion Inspector Baldwin said he had recently had five Chinamen in custody in - Phila- spe and they had been released on each. ‘When the time set for the hearing came,” he stated, “‘the $2,500 was these, ‘but not the defendants.” At the suggestion of At May 22 was the date ing amd he confident his 5 “We might set the case for 9:30 o'clock,” said Mr. Fulton, “Saturday be- ing a half holiday, and at 1:30 o'clock we will be ready to celebrate the defeat of the government with a dinner.” “Charlie Bing will furnish the chop suey ttorney Fulton, fixed for the hear- “That may be so, but I am of the opin- ion that not a few here also wish they had been married to her.” ee Weston Headed for Kansas City. HIGGINSVILLE, Mo., May 5.—Edward Payson Weston left here this morning at 7:30 after having rested but five hours. He arrived here from Slater, Mo., forty- one miles east, at 2 o'clock this morning. He is in excellent condition and hopes to reach Kansas City, fifty-four miles‘ as- tant, tonight. —————— To Journey to Berlin in Airship. BERLIN, May 5.—A dispatch received here from Stuttgart says that Count Zep- pelir about the middle of this month will undertake to come from Friedrichshafen to Berlin in his airship Zeppelin H. & PRISON FOR GRAFTERS Sentence Passed on Seven Pittsburg Conspirators. TO PAY FINES AND COSTS Terms Range From Year and a Half to Three Years, APPLICATION MADE FOR WRITS Defendants to Be Admitted to Bail Pending Decision—Banker Vil- sack’s Case Not Called. Special Disnatch to The Star. PITTSBURG, May 5.—In the presence of one of the greatest crowds that ever assembled in criminal court, a former banker, three councilmen and a hotel keeper, all convicted in connection with the councilmanic graft exposure, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment in the western ‘penitentiary and two convict- ed ‘‘jury fixers” were given the maximum sentence for the crime of embracery this morning. Writs of supersedas were immediately applied for before superior court, and the men are in temporary custody await- ing action of the superior court at 1 o’clock. August A. Vilsack, the former cashier of the German National Bank, who pleaded noto contendere, was not called for sen- tence, and he will not be sentenced until the appeals of those who stood trial are finally disposed of. Those Who Were Sentenced. Those sentenced were: William W. Ramsay, former bank presi- dent, sentenced to pay $1,000 fine, the cost of prosecution and undergo an im- prisonment of one year and six months in the western penitentiary, for bribery. John F. Klein, councilman, sentenced to pay $1,500 fine, costs and undergo the maximum of two years’ imprisonment on the bribery conviction and to pay a fine of $500, costs and undergo an imprison- ment of one year and six months for conspiracy. William Brand, councilman, sentenced to pay $500 fine, costs and undergo an im- prisonment of one year and six months for conspiracy. Joseph C. Wasson, councilman, sen- tenced to pay $500 fine, costs and under- go an imprisonment of one year and six months for conspiracy. H. M. Bolger, hotel keeper, sentenced to pay $500, costs and undergo an im- prisonment of two years for aiding in the soliciting of bribe money. John Colbert, porter, sentenced to pay $500 and serve two years’ imprisonment for embracery. Charles Colbert, glassWorker, sentenced to pay $500 and undergo an imprisonment of two years for embracery. Judge Robert Fraser sent for all the prisoners except Bolger, who was sen- tenced by Judge John M. Kennedy. The Colberts were sentenced by Judge John A. Evans. Application for Writs. , Attorney Clarence Burleigh immediately went before the superior court, now in session in the county courthouse, and asked for writs of supersedeas in ail the cases except that of the Colbert brothers, for whom similar action will be taken later by their attorney. Pending the decision of the superior court on the application for writs the men will be admitted to bail, and it is for this reason that District Attorney Blakely did not call A. A. Vilsack, the tormer banker, for sentence, as he considers that such action would be an injustice to the only man who saved the county money by admitting his guilt, as if Vilgack were sentenced today he would be sent to jail immediately and could not have recourse to the action that will secure the others treedom. ——_.___ ELECTROCUTION IN VIRGINIA. Two More Negroes Pay Penalty for Powhatan Tragedy. RICHMOND, Va. May 5.—Joe and Isham Taylor, two more of the negroes who figured in the recent terribie Pow- batan county tragedy, in which Mrs. Skipwith and Walter Johnson were mur- dered, were electrocuted in the peniten- tiary here today. ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Contractor Ferrata Arrested on a Roanoke Man’s Charge. NEW ORLEANS, May 5.—Ettore Fer- rata, ah Italian contractor and inventor, and said to be a nephew of Cardinal Fer- rata, prefect of the congregation at Rome, was arrested here late last night at his home on Tulane avenue on telegraphic advices from the chief of police at Roa- noke, Va. He is charged with being an embezzler to the extent of $10,000, and it is alleged he has been wanted by the authorities of Rcanoke for more than a year. The allegation of Ferrata’s mis- dealing is made by Frank Moto of Roa- noke, who claims that Ferrata misapplied money which the former advanced to carry out a contract with the Norfolk and Western raiiroad. Ferrata declares his willingness to return to Roanoke and face the charges, which, he says, are without foundation. <_< Russ Aero Club Orders Wright Plane ST. PETERSBURG, May 5.—The All- Russian Aero Club has placed an order for a Wright aeroplane in Paris. M. Lebe- deff, a member of the club, will go to Paris for instructions in manipulating the machine. _———_—_ Weds Daughter of Late Gen. Tor- rence, LONDON, May 5.—Mrs. J. T. Magoun. daughter of the late Gen. Torrence of Chicago, was married today to W. G. Blakiston in St‘ Andrew’s Church, Ken- sington. —— Fishing Schooner Run Down. ROCKLAND, Me., May 5.—The tishing schooner Dorothy of Salem was run cown and sunk early today by the steamer City of Bangor while the latter was com- ing into port on her trip from Boston. ‘The twelve fishermen on the Dorothy were saved. The steamer, which belongs to the Eastern Steamship Company, was not dagnaged. The Dorothy was a seventy- ton vessel and was owned in Salem. | (CALL TO ALL NATIONS TO MAKE PEACE PACT Congress Demands World Treaty Covering All Disputes Not Involving Autonomy. LA 4 UNITED STATES URGED TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE Agreement to Suspend Armament First Step Proposed. COMMISSION TO POINT WAY Resolutions Adopted at Closing Ses- sion—Count von Bernstorff, Wu Ting-fang and Secretary Bal- linger Make Addresses. CHICAGO, May 5.—The peaceful de- liberations of the peace congress were rudely disturbed today when A. M. Si- mons, editor” of a socialist paper, at- tempted to secure formal recognition of socialism as the ‘‘greatest peace force in the world.” It happened after the congress had offi- clally adopted a platform in strict keep- ing with its well known principles along broad lines, carefully avoiding matters of sectional or political controversy. Mr. Simons arose with four hundred words of “whereases” and “be it re- solved,” outlining socialistic beliefs and accomplishments, and attributing the causes of war to the “exploitation of la- bor and the impoverishment of those who toil.” Great confusion followed. The regular platform had been read. Amid the tur- moil aroused by the Simons’ resolutions there were repeated calls for the origi- nal question. Resolutions Are Adopted. On a viva voce vote the report of the resolutions committee carried unanimous- ly. The question then recurred to the adoption of the socialist resolutions, Secretary Melendy ‘said he thought in- dustrial causes.of war should be rec- ognized, and, likewise, the efforts of those organizations which make for peace. But he could not vote for the resolutions as presented. He suggested @ substitute resolution, lass radically worded. “If there is any way by which this recognition of which Mr. Melendy speaks can be secured I am sure that the so- clalists and trade unions will be glad to make an amendment that would rec- ognize this fact,” said Mr. Simons. Judge E. O. Brown of the resolutions committee declared that the regular plat- form already adopted seemed best to em- body the varying opinions of the dele- gates as a whole, without unduly empha- sizing those of any one faction, Partisan Indorsement Voted Down. J. E. Iglehart opposed thé Simons reso- lutions, saying: “My opinion is that this convention will lose more or less of its moral force, es- pecially with the countries of Europe, if we interject a partisan view of any ques- tion like this into the record.” This declaration was received with ap- plause. A motion to lay on the table was promptly seconded. The chair called for a viva voce vote. The result in the ensuing confusion seem- ed to be against tabling the matter. |, A second vote seemed to have the same result. A standing vote was then demand- ed. This showed a vote of two to one in favor of tabling. It was so ordered. J. J. Sultaire of Milwaukee presented a resolution deprecating the alluring post- ers used by the army and navy recruiting departments in seeking new material. Mr. Sultaire declared that while armies and navies existed there could be no ob- jection to legitimate advertising. He branded the flaming posters used at pres- ent, however, as unwarranted lures which overpersuaded the youths of the land to leave their families often, he sald, when their families were the sufferers thereby. This motion, however, was voted down. Text of Resolutions, The resolutions as reported by the con- mittee as the platform of the congress and adopted read: “Resolved, That public war {s now out of date, a relic of barbarism un- worthy of our time, and that the na- tions of the world, by joint agreement, by a league of among them- selves, ought to make its recurrence hereafter impossible. Resolved, That no dispute between nations, except such as may involve the national life and independence, should be reserved from arbitration, and that a general treaty of obliga- tory arbitration should be included at the earliest possible date. Pending such a general treaty, we urge upon our government and the other leading powers such broaden g of the scope of their arbitration treaties as shall pfovide, after the example of the Danish-Netherlands treaty, for the ref- erence to The Hague court of all dif- ferences whatever not settled other- wise by peaceful means. “Resolved, That the prevailing ri- valry in armaments, both on land and sea, which imposes such exhausting burdens of taxation on the people and is the fruitful source of suspicion, bit- ter feeling and war alarms, is wholly unworthy of enlightened modern na- tions, is a lamentable failure as a basis of enduring peace and ought to be arrested by the powers without delay. “Resolved, That this peace cam- paign expresses its high appreciation of the action of our government in the recent conclusion of twenty-three al bitration treaties and in the promotiot of friendly relations between the vari- ous American republics. It respect: fully and urgently requests the Presi- dent and the Congress of the United States to take the initiative, so far as practicable, in an endeavor to complete the work of the second Hague confer- ence, and especially to secure an agree- ment among the military and naval powers for a speedy arrest of the ruin- ous competition in armaments now prevailing. As an immediate step to this end we ‘urge our government, in obedience to the charge of the second Hague conference, as well as the first—that all nations should address themselves to this problem—to create a special commission of the highest character for its consideration, whose report shall serve as a basis for the action of our delegates at the third Hague conference. “Resolved, That this congress ear a