Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1909, Page 1

. oo THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Business Office, 11th St. aad Pecasylvenis Avenue, The Evening Star Newspaper Company, European Office: 3 Regent St., Londos, England. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicage Office: First Mational Bank Building. The Eveving Star, with the Sum'sy morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city st 50 Cents per month. Orders may be sent 4 mail or telephone Main Collection is mai by carrier at the end of each month. By mail. postage prepaid: Daily. Sunday Inciuded, one month. 60 cents, Daily, Sunday excepted, one month, 50 centa. Saturday Star, $1 year. Susday Star, $1.50 year. Che Evening Star. > No. 17,820. WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1909—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. . Weather. Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight. BLUE OVER PROSPECT Low Tariff Men Have Small Hope of Material Reduction. VIEW OF THE THOUGHTFUL Believe That Senate Will Yield Only on Non-Essentials. HIGH PROTECTIONISTS FIRM Absolutely Determined Upon Main- taining Rates and Have No Thought of Yielding. The low tariff men in Congress were downcast today over the prospect for material reduction of rates in the bill to be prepared by the conference committee. For the life of them, they could not see very much hope of substantial reductions in schedules. The fact is indisputable that the domi- nating sentiment of the conference com- mittee, supported by a majority in each house of Congress, favors rates of pro- tection in excess of those advocated by progressive republicans and by President Taft. This situation forecasts the fram- ing of a bill along stiff protection lines. The expectation of thoughtful men in both houses is that the Senate will yield on non-essentials and will make good its insistence upon high rates in the lead- ing industries of cotton, woolen, timber, metal and miscellaneous manufacture. The Senate is also expecied to win on its corporation tax, customs court and maximum and minimum features of the bill. There is no reasonable ground for expectation that a majority in either House or Senate will be available to over- turn such an agreement. Majority Behind Aldrich. Senator Aldrich has. a hard and fast majority which nothing has been able to disintegrate thus far, while the House organization is apparently impregnable, though by a smalier proportionate mar- gin. That the House organization is still dominant was shown yesterday by the Speaker exercising his power of selection and displacing two members in line on the ways and means committee and the substitution of Messrs. Fordney and Cal- derhead for Messrs. Hill and Needham. By that action the geographical rtionment of the conferees was equal Fred. The Speaker contends that the great Mississippi valley with its teeming re- putlican population should receive recog- nition and that New England's repre- sentaton, otherwise overweening, should be Mr. Fordney of Michigan is a high pro- tectionist. He admitted in debate in the House that his protectionism was of the kind t._would je artis import Calas ath can Senator Bristow, one of the most radical but he. is a -protectionist ve all things. 4 A ‘ air Boutell of Iinojs is a subject of speculation. In the tariff hearings his questions leaned toward revision down- ward. He is supposed, also, to represent the revisionist sentiment of his section. Mr. McCall of Masachusetts is not a hide-bound ‘high-rate man by any means. Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Payne will fight for the House rates, according to pledge. High Protectionists Determined. But, to repeat, the controlling spirit of the conference committee, backed by ma- jorities in each branch of Congress, is for high protection on the leading schedules relating to articles included among the necessaries of life and will so be demon- strated as the conference progresses. The high protectionists of the Senate are ab- solutely de.ermined upon maintaining the rates as essential to industrial prosperity, and have no thought of yielding to any consideration, political or otherwise, which opposes. ‘The taatical position of the high pro- tectionists !s such that they can afford to carry things with a high hand. Sup- pose the President should be forced to the alternative of vetoing the bill? Well, what of it; there is the Dingley law on tuc statute books, which is good enough for the protected interests. They can take up with cheerfulness the gage of defiance thrown down by the House yes- terday and remain here until Decem- ber, if necessary, for all the while their industries are safeguarded by existing law. The high tariff men are therefore in the position of being able to say: ‘Take our revision or leave it; we don’t care which.” One Remote Contingency. here is one contingency which could et the equanimity of the high protec- tionists, Intrenched as they are in their stronghold of confidence and tactical se- curity. If President Taft should turn insurgent and issue a ringing appeal to the House, it ts conceded that he could swing the delicate balance of power in that bedy and line up a sufficient num- ber of insurgents from the Mississippi val- and middle west to hold the House : deadlock against the Senate. But it is contended that such action would tir@aten the disruption of the republican party and shake the confidence of the people in the whole protective system. he cautious leaders in both branches not believe he is prepared to grasp such a desperate recourse. The best judgment at the Capitel is that no break will. be precipitated he- tween Congress and the President, to be svoided by a numerically large number { concessions on the part of the Sen- te-without hurting materially, mind ou—and the new tariff law signed at an early day, probably within this month, 2 stiff protectionist measure The men who forecast this outcome are already looking forward to the effect on the country and discounting it. That there will be # roar of protest at first they admit. But they count on its being short-lived. Already there are evidences of returning indus activity. Every day's press reports tell of mills starting increasing their force of hands. and iron industry is practically three-fourths rehabilitated from the re- cent depression in many sections of the country. Last Wednesday's crop report was of the most favorable character and had immediate effect upon speculative values. —— Fatal Quarrel Over a Woman. MONROE, La., July 10.—In a pistol fight in a street here W. J. Webb shot and killed S. L. Bracey. Webb sustained several slight wounds. The men quarreled over a woman. —_-____ Boy Made Desperate by Grief. TCLEDO, July 10.—Wild with grief be- cause his mother, Mrs. Robert Geyer, way struck and instantly killed by an automo- bile last night, Russell Geyer, fourteen, the oldest of five children, lay down on a railroad ttack near his home, but was discovered and rescued before the arrival of a train. The autoist, Chris Hofman of Perrysburg. reported ‘the ident to the police, but was held not (CASTRO STIRS UP PROVIDED CASH, IT IS SAID Means to Reinstate Himself in | Power in Venezuela. |Peace Commissioners Barranquilla—Holguin Wires Paris It Is Nothing. | That ex-President Castro of Venezuela is behind the revolutionary movement in Colombia is the ational Tumor to‘be received in Washington tn | regard to the uprising the South American republic. Vague rumors reported to the State Department allege that Castro wishes to make use, of the revolutionary forces of Colombia as a means of reinstating himself in Venezuela. It mored that he is furnishing the funds for the revolution. Information has been received at the department that Colombian troops have been dispatched to Honda, a town on the Magdalena river, ostensibly to in- tercept any revolutionary forces as- latest si in is even ru- cending the river toward Bogota, the capital. Peace May Prevail. BOGOTA, Colombia, July .—Gen. Ortiz, who is in command of the steam- ers in the hands of the revolutionists. has telegraphed to the governor of Cartagena that he wishes to avoid the shedding of blood. | Peace commissioners are now on tie | way from Bogota to Barranquilla, which is in the hands of the revoiu- tionists. They will endeavor to bring about a settlement of the movement against the government. Gen. Gonzales Vaiencia, whom the in- surgents have proclaimed president, but Fs BLOODSHED MAY BE AVERTED | { | on Way to | Blamed for Present Revolu-| tion in Colombia. es wn TA NAH GLI, 1, AU, Yh WY Ya YT CONFEIRENCE \ RIFF We ~ sD THE ANXIOUS ONES. ZT i ~ SHOTS SOUND. ALARM Tenants From Fire. WY \ N WS \ ‘\ Police and Firemen Quickly on Scene of Burning Tenements. WSS MANY SAVED FROM FLAMES \ WY \\ AN N' \ AN Women and Children Overcome by Smoke Carried to Safety—Fire- men in Great Danger. wi WN SN $ yn é & Ww XS ~\ \ \ ANS WN \ Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, July 10.—Three four-story brick tenements in 58th street, Brooklyn. were gutted by a fire early this morn- ing. The occupants had a hard battle with the smoke, several were overcome and only the timely rescues by the po- lice prevented the loss of many lives. The fire started in the basement of 324, the middle of the three tenements gutted, and spread yery rapidly. Pa- trolman Culkins came by the house just as the flames had gained great head- way. Seeing the peril to be imminent, he fired his revolver in the air, discharg- ing all the chambers. The effect of this alarm was instan- taneous. On account of the recent shooting at Ditmas Park, Flatbush, ev- ery one who heard the reports was afoot at once. Patrolmen Syrlington, Gross, Cunningham and Connolly came on the run from different directions. While only one of the policemen made for the neagest fire box, the others dove into houses 322, 324 apd 326 to rescue the inmates. : Women and Children Saved. Culkins went into 322. The house was filled with smoke and the tenants were already groping their way out. On the second floor he found a little girl over- come by smoke, She was aftetward found to belong to a family named Wii Schlauer, in which there were nine other TOINSIST ON THE “OPEN OOOR” who has issued a public manifesto dis- approving of their act, will arive here to- morrow. The Colombian government, ac- cording to an official statement issued to- day, has stopped military preparations. i] Holguin Minimizes Revolt. PARIS, July 10. — Gen. Jorge Hol- guin acting president of the Colombia republic during the absence in Europe of Gen. Rafael Reyes, has telegraphed the following dispatch to the Figaro under date of July 9, concerning the revolution which broke gut at Barranquilla, July... “The revolution was confined to. ‘Rare Tanquilte:-—The teaderr of all parties Ue- plore the outbreak and gre urging the] revolutionists to lay dow® choir arms, “The government troops are sufficient for the maintenance of peace. The gov- ernment has telegraphed to Europe for funds .to assure the regular payment on the Colombian debt.” —_-—__—_. DIVIDING BURNES ESTATE. Allotment of Shares in Valuable Western Property. 8T. JOSEPH, Mo., July 10.—The deeds to the property of the Burnes estate of St. Joseph, ordered dissolved by the fed- eral court, were filed today. All the real estate in St. Joseph and Atchison, Kan. consisting largely of improved busin Property and town lots, goes to James N and L. C. Burnes of St. Joseph and Miss Virginia D. Burnes of Kansas City. Much farm land in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas and business prop- erty in St. Louis and Cincinnati goes to Mrs. Frances B. Burnes of Chicago and her daughter, Mrs. Sidney C. Love, and Kennet Burnes and Mrs. E. S. Gotch, St. Lous. Three-fifths interest in the Granby Min- ing and Smelting Company is divided among all the beneficiaries. James N., L. C. and Virginia Burnes receive 156 shares of the estate, which is valued at $6,000,000. Frances B. ‘Burnes, Mrs. Love, Kennet Burnes and Mrs. Gotch receive 436 shares. ——__-—__— PREDICTS RUIN OF GOMEZ. Castro Says American Treaty Is Hu- miliating to Venezuelans. SANTANDER. Spain, July 10—Gen. Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, today issued a‘ statement predicting the down- fall of the Gomez government. He says: “The diplomatic arrangements made by the Venezuelans with the United States, France and other nations are onerous and humiliating to Venezuelans. ‘The sov- ereignty and independence of Venezuela is weakened by the tr with the United States, which now is in a post- tion to take possession of the Venezuelan republic in the name of the Monroe doc- trine.” aly —_—_.—____. “JUST LIKE WILLIAM TELL.” John Clark Shoots at Cousin’s Hat, But Hits Her in the Head. NEW YORK, July 10.—“If you put that peach basket hat on I'll shoot it off just Uke William Tell,” said John Clark to his cousin, Mrs. Mary Foreman, thirty-three years old, after she returned last night from a shopping expedition and proudly exhibited a new headpiece. Mrs. Foreman took the dare, thinking the revolver in Clark’s hand was unloaded. Perching the hat on her head, she shouted: “Now shoot ft off.” Clark leveled the revolver and pulled the trigger. There was a report and Mrs. Foreman fell to the floor with a probably fatal wound in the head. Clark, who is twenty-seven years old, was grief-stricken and said that he did not know the revolver was loaded. —————_-—__—_. Harriman to Take Baths. VIENNA, July 10.—Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Harriman, who arrived here yesterday from Semmering, left today on a special train for Gastein, in Salzberg, where Mr. Harriman will take the baths. —_—_>—_ _ Nashville Judge Dies. NASHVILLE, Ga., July 10.—Judge H. | B. Peeples of the city court died here aged sixty-two years. —_——_-__—_ | Ten Hurt in, Trolley Derailment. i BARRINGTON, R. I, July 10.—Ten | persons were injured, two probably tally, when a trolley car on the Wary and Bristol line of the Rhode Island Suburban Railroad Con pany lect t if at a curve in West Barring AMERICA’S ATTITUDE REGARD- ING CHINESE RAILWAY LOAN. Position Is Also Based Upon the Promise Made to Minister Conger in 1904. ‘Whatever may be the attitude of this government: regarding any right~of par- Warned’ Cs ticihatio; in the Hankuw-Canton rail- way loan, the fact is that it has from the first claimed the right to a full quar- ter portion of that on the Hupeh sec- tion of the Hankow-Sze-Chuen line. This Observation: ig called forth by the dis- patches printed this morning from Pe- king indicating the disposition of the English bankers to permit American participation in the Hankow-Canton loan if it did not come in on the Sze-Chuen line. The privilege of participating on the ter road is claimed to -be inher- ent, in view of the promise to Mr. Con- ger in 1904, and this country is simply standing out for what it asserts is an undeniable right. It wants also original participation in the Sze-Chuen loan, or- dinately with the other powers, both for political prestige and for the material benefit that would accrue. After all, it is pointed out, the question reverts to the old one of an “open door” for China, a chance for all nations to pur- ticipate in the opportunities for trade and commerce offered by the vast fields in the orient. Battling for the establishment of the principle of the open door has cest life and money, and the United States‘is de- termined that, so far as it lies in its power, this principle shall have full sway, alike for the benefit of the Chini- men as well as for the nations seeking an opening in taeir country. ELKS HELD UP BY WRECK. Thirteen Trains Detained by a Col- lision in Utah. SALT LAKE, Utah, July 10.—A col- lision between a switch engine and pas- senger train on the Denver and Rio Grande oad occurred near Helper, Utah, today. A number of excursion- ists on their way to the Elks’ conven- tion at Los Angeles were among the passengers. Thirteen trains, carrying members of the order from New Haven, Conn.; Pittsburg, Allegheny, Detroit and Marquette, Mich., und other cities are} detained at Grand Junction, Col. as a consequence of the wreck. Three men are missing and are pre- sumed to have been killed. —S HEAVY RAINS CAUSE FLOODS. = Perry Creek Overflows and Threatens Sioux City Homes. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 10—At 2 o'clock this morning Berry creek, a stream which separates the east side from the | west side of the city, suddenly overflowed | its banks. Inhabitants in the neighbor- hood were awakened by a policeman and are being taken to places of safety. Many homes are surrounded with six feet of water and much damage has resulted. East of the town the Great Northern and Miinois Central tracks have been washed out in stretches as long as 500 yards and trains cannot get into the city. The Floyd river in the eastern part of the city is rising rapidly and the people along its banks have been warned. ‘she overflows are due to heavy rains which fell north and east of the city yesterday and last night. Merrill, fifteen miles east of here, reports almost a cloudburst and heavy damage to property and crops. —_—_—_.—____ Dartmouth Men’s Trial Postponed. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., July 10.— The trial of J. A. Vlark and George Ship- ley, two Dartmouth graduates, charged with ussaulting Caretaker H. H. Robin- son of the Summit House of Pike’s Peak, has again been postponed, this time to Monday afternoon. a First Death From Tetanus. BELVIDERE, N.J., July 10.—The first s section from tetanus, the ceived in celebrating curred here. ‘The Cecil Waller, twelve years old, wounded on the hand by a blan » last: Monday. Independ: victim v who wa cari WEY VON BUELOW QUIT Impossible to Rule With Cleri- cals in Ascendant. CONSERVATIVES KNEW IT er et Course if Inheritance Tax Was Defeated. ~~ FINANCIAL BILL IS ACCEPTED Vice Chancellor Says Necessity Alone Induces Administration to Approve Measure. MUNICH, Bavaria, July 10.-The Sued- deutsche Reichscorrespondez today prints an inspired Berlin dispatch giving -Prince von Buelow’s reasons for resigning as imperial chancellor. It was not only the rejection of the inheritance tax by the conservatives, the dispatch says, which caused the chancellor's resignation, but the new grouping of parties in the reich- stag which made it impossible for him to remain in office. It was impossible for the prince to rule with a majority in which the clericals predominated. His political convictions and personal honor prevented him from yielding to such compulsions. * The conservatives knew that their votes against the inheritance tax would cause his resignation because he positively in- formed them to this effect, the dispatch concludes. Financial Bill Accepted. BERLIN, July 10.—Dr. von Bethmann- Hollweg, secretary of the imperial home office and vice chancellor, speaking in the reichstag today in behalf of the federal council, said that the federated gove ment had accepted the financial bill as amended, but the majority of the modifi- cations were accepted only because of the immediate necessity of putting the finances of the empire in order, so that national business could be carried on out of the revenue rather than by promises on the future. The vice chancellor's declaration w applauded by the majority in the reic! stag, which is composed of clericais, co servatives and Poles. Dr. yon Heydebrand, leader of the German conservatives, followed Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. He denied that his party intended to overthrow Prince von Buelow. On the contrary, he said, it deeply regretted the withdrawal of the chancellor, who did so much for the conservatives. Retirement Not Anticipated. “Could we assume that the chancel- lor, who owed his office only to his im- perial master and to his own conscience, would retire before any party, even our own?” he asked Referring to the inheritance tax, Dr. von Heydebrand said that the conserva- tives voted against it because they were unwilling to commit the property in- terests of the country to a reichstag elected by universal suffrage. He de- clared that Prince von Buelow's policy in excluding the clericals was a political mistake which the conservatives regret- ted in the interests of denominational peace. : ee Murders Wife for Leaving Him. LANSING, Mich., July 10.—Charles Thayer, a farmer living south of this city, came here today and killed his wife at the house where she, was working. Thayer then fatally shot himself. He was énraged because the woman would not live with him. ——_—_— Bodies of Drowned Couple Found. SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 10.—The bod- ies of William Bates, son of W. S. Bates, editor of the San Diego Union, and his young bride, were found in the bay. While Bates, his wife and two male com- panions were returning from a midnight ride on the bay they struck a pile and their boat overturned. The two puntons swam ashore. children for the parents to rescue. On the upper floors lived a number of motor- men and conductors, who escaped without help. When this house was all clear of occu- pants Culkins went in next door, where the fire was raging, to help the other policemen. On the second floor John Rogers, his wife and six children were belated and never would have gotten out without help. Two of the children—Anas- tatia, five and one-half years old, and Mary, four years old—were overcome by smoke. By this time the houses on both sides were on fire. £2, 326, Frank. Hattling, with his: wife and five children; William Peter- gon, on the third floor, and Anna Vil- lears, on the top, floor, were all the next house to that, 328, THAW'S SANITY MADE AN ISSUE OBJECTION TO HIS DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY FILED. Claimed That He Was Not Men-. tally Sound When Petition Was Submitted and Is Not Now. ee ee PITTSBURG, July-4Qc-Obiection: to the Ici thaw Swen ica in the: United. States te w i ; States * district court today by J. G. Graham off petped ee Panes ae ele oui Newburg, N. Y., who claims to be ajh.s wife and several children; creditor of the bankrupt. For the first] O'Toole, with a wife and au time during the bankruptcy proceedings, |#d Thomas Thornton and wife. the objection raises the question of the Fled in Night Clothes. sanity of Thaw, it being alleged that he] From 328 Patrolman Cunningham car- was insane at the time of the filing of| ried out Mary Latch, over fifty years old, the petition and that he is insane now.|who was bedridden and had not been in For this reason, it is averred, the petition|the open air for three years. Mary Kelly, should never have been considered by the|,wenty-two years old, who lived at 330, court. was ill and had to be carried out. All Hitherto the United States courts had|the residents had little time to catch up not had the question of the validity of the}any apparel, and appeared in the street bankruptcy proceedings under considera-|in fete night clothes or very scantily ion. i lad. The question of sanity will probably| Several firemen had a narrow escape. now come up before Judge Charles P. Orr|Some of the men of engine company No- for his decision. * 42 were on the roof of 324 when it was John dren, The time in which to object to Thaw's|seized with a violent tremor. ‘They had discharge expires today and the objection| barely time to leap to the next roof filed came as a surprise. when it went crasning down into the By a recent order of court, Thaw was] fiery furnace. granted leave to file his petition of dis- —_>—_—_ charge without having personally ap- THEMSELVES. peared inerarelaiadesine or muereditars nino) Soa Had not the objection been filed Thaw would, in all probability, have been re-| Youngsters, Aged 5 and 8, ca Take leased from bankruptcy today. In the 300. back Ride. event that the objection is sustained the| _ 1900-Mile nore Trait aeeaaealas entire matter will again go back’ to the] GUTHRIE, Okl«., July 10.— referee in bankruptcy, W. R. Blair. emulate the strenuous life and carry out Sao oerre pe eee oe their father’s instructions to “toughen WOULD REINSTATE ASHFORD. |up,” Temple and Louis Van Abernathy, aged five and eight, respectively, sons of Finding of Arbitrators in Pittsburg} United States Marshal John Abernathy, Strike Controversy. 4 expect to leave late today for a 1,300- PITTSBURG, Pa., July 10.—“Our finding|mile horseback trip. They will travel is that James Ashford be reinstated in |a@lone through Oklahoma, Texas and New his job in the company employment and | Mexico to Beh N. M. ibe e allow s° Sam, the now famous cow y iuecthe tae swasorlade ty days’ pay for} MRoosevelt during his Oklahoma wolf he time he juty. hunting trip, will carry Louis. Temple This decision was reached yesterday by] Wi] ride Geronimo. Both ponies are arbitrators appointed to adjust the single |trained in “‘catching-wolves-alive” —ex- difference between the Pittsburg Rail-|pedition. The boys have been limited by Ways Company and the company’s em-|their father to thirty-tive miles a day. ployes following the recent street car are Ee strike. Settlement ef the Ashford dis- MANY WIVES IN TEARS. pute dispels the last cloud of the two days’ strike of traction employes June Marriage Ceremony Performed by Chicago Justices of Peace Illegal. CHICAGO, July 10.—Weeping wives and frightened husbands besieged the office Remarkable Escape From Injury of|of Marriaze License Clerk Salmonson, in Railway Magnate’s Daughter. the county building, yesterday in a vain RAVENNA, Neb., July 10.—While walk-| effort to learn whether or not they were ing in her sleep, Miss Lois Campbell, the| !esally married, or wpe nes mea sixteen-year-old daughter of Vice Presi-]@ Tecent decision of Municipal J\ dent Campbell of the Frisco system, | Beitler, they had been united by Justices leaped fromi the rear of her father’s| of the peace who had no ey it private car attached to.a Chicago, Bur-| Many of the women carrie = = lington and Quincy flyer, as the train was| While others led small children. Ay speeding over the prairies west of Ra-|them had read of Judge Beltler’s ruling venna early yesterday. that marriage ceremonies performed by Rendered unconscious by the fall, the | Justices of the peace in cp ake ue irl finally recovered and succeeded in| the inauguration of the municipal flagging a freight, on which she rode| Were contrary to law and therefore null to the next station, where she was found | and vold. | é F t by a special which had been sent out to| Judee Foster itive court while. Judge : oe mBhieaw ‘actically un-| tice of the aes tor her. She was practically un: Uce of the iis vacation, declared the law —_—-—___ was plain, and that ‘undoubtedly every LIBERAL WINS ELECTION. See LEAPS FROM CAR ASLEEP. marriage performed by justices of the peace since the municipal court law went into effect was illegal. If the decision is affirmed a special act of the [linois legislature may be sought that will legalize all the marriages. Outcome. Regarded as Condemnation of Government’s Policy. LONDON, July 10.—The bye election held today in the Cleveland division of | Mrs. North Riding, Yorkshire, in consequence of the promotion of Herbert Louis Sam- uel to the chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, in succession to Lord Fitz- maurice, resulted in the re-election of Mr. Samuel, who obtained a majority of 971 votes. The last election contested in the Cleveland division was in 1902, when Mr. Samuel, who is a liberal,. re- ceived a majority of 2,086. The present campaign centered on the budget, and the unionists regard the out- come of the contest as a condemnation of the.government’s financial policy. Georgian Drowns While Bathing. CHARLESTON, 8. C., July 10.—Fulton ee Roosevelt and Children at Naples. NAPLES, July 10.—Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her three children, Miss Ethel, Archie and Quentin, arrived here today on board the White Star steamer Cretic, which left New York June 26. The Roosevelt party will go to the villa of Miss Carow, Mrs. Roosevelt's sister, near Rome. + To Fly Across English Channel. DOVER, England, July 10. — Herbert Latham, the aeronaut, who is awaiting a favorable opportinity to fly with his monoplane from Cala!s, France, across the English channel, today notified the Dover authorities that on account of the Inclement weather he will not attempt the flight until tomorrow. Kelsey, an employe of the National Bank of Augusta, Ga.. was drowned yesterday > urf oft while Isiand. rescued a t the bathing in |Policeman’s Quick Wit saves| |HELP BROUGHT IN A HURRY | NOONE TO BLAME FOR LONG'S DEATH “Due Entirely to Accident,” Members of Coroner’s Jury Decide. [WITNESSES GIVE FACTS AT THE INQUEST TODA Six Citizens Pass on Automobile Fatality Friday. CAR WAS RUNNING VERY SLOW Opinion Expressed That Victim Was Alarmed by Sound of the Horn. Stepped Back in Front of Machine. “That James W. Long came to his death July 9, 1908, at the Emergency Hospital, from fracture of the skull and cerebral hemorrhage. Said injuries were caused by being run down by an auto- mobile at or near, lith and I streets northwest, July 9, 1909, operated by A. N. Laurence. “We, the jury, believe that the death of said James W. Long was due entirely to accident.” . The foregoing verdict was reached to- day, a few minutes a(ter the six mem- bers of the coroner's jury had’ heard all the testimony given at the inquest in the case of Maj. James Webb Long, cierk in the War Department, who was fatally injured yesterday morning by an automo- bile while at the intersection of 17th and 1 streets northwest, and on his way to office, his death occurring three hours later. A number of friends of the de- ceased and the occupants of the auto- mobile attended the inquest, which was begun at 11:30 o'clock and finished short- ly before 1 o'clock. Frederick ‘ W. Pilling, Ernest @. Thompson, Charles F. Crane, Samuel M. Darragh, E. P. Armentrout and. Charles Kattleman composed the jury. Assist- ant United States Attorney’ Perry was in att as the veppusentateve of H. the government, while . hospital with Maj. e. stated, gave him the names of witmess- es, also giving his own name and ad- dress. Witness was advised that Maj. Long had not been seriously injured and he made no arresi.. Later Mr. Bradley telephoned witness where Mr. Laurence and Mr. Green could be found, and they. were located at the Ouray building. Witness was told that Mr. Green was instructing Mr. Laurence how to oper- Be Som machine. ir. Green gave his address as 6630 Georgia avenue.and said he is an auto- mobile agent. He described the accident, Srplainag that -Mr. Laurence was oper- ating the machine, witness seated alongside him, while on the rear seat was A. Y. Bradley. The automobile was mov- ing south on lith street and was on the right side of the street. At I street a broad turn was made, the, horn being blown. Maj. Long was walking near the northeast corner of 17th and I streets, going south in the direction of the south- east corner. : “Frightened by the noise of the horn of the machine,” Mr. Green stated, “Maj. Long attempted to get out of the way, but did not succeed.” Witness said he jumped from the ma- chine before it was stopped, rushed to No. 1 fire engine house and had a m sage sent to the hospital for an ambu- lance. Then he went to the Russian ein- bassy where Maj. Long had been carried. Mr. Lawrence Not Licensed. “Who was.running the machine,” wite ness was asked. “Mr. Lawrence,” “Is he licensed?” “No, “Are “Ye: Witness explgined that Mr. Lawrence had operated machines before yesterday. when he was being given his third in- struction as to that particular machine. Mr. Lawrence, declared witness, operated the machine at the time of the accident as well as the witness could have handled it, The automobile was running at a speed of about five miles an hour at the time the accident happened. When the ac- cident occurred and it was seen that Maj. Long was beneath the machine, Lawrence moved !t ahead. Witness did not see Maj. Long until he had left the sidewalk. “Was there anything the matter with the — Mr. Perry asked. “No, sir.” Witness explained that Maj. Long had started to return to the north when he was struck. “Had he gone ahead,” said witness, “he would not have been struck.” he answered. fied that he was operating the autome- bile yesterday morning, having left the Cook & Stoddard garage shortly after he had breakfast. He was going to the Raleigh Hotel to see the manager of an automobile company. Witness ex; Yie bellef that the automobile was going at a rate of speed not in excess of eight miles an hour. At 17th and L[ streets he blew his horn and made a wide turn into I street. Witness swung his machine to the left to pass behind Maj. Long,- blowing his horn in order to warn persons who were on the side- walk. He thought the sound of the horn alarmed Maj. Long, and caused him to step back’ toward the north. Witness ran his machine a short distance ahead and alighted. He gave his name, house and office addresses to a policeman and then went to the hospital to inquire about the condition of the injured man. Lost His Nerve. Mr. Lawrence said he walked toward Maj. Long when he got out of the vehicle, but lost his nerve and had to hold to the machine to brace himself. Witness said he had had considerable experience witn automobiles, driving a car four years age for the first time. He explained that he is an electrical engineer and has made a study of gasoline cars. From time to time, he seid, until- about eighteen months ago, he frequently operated ma- chines. Mr. Green was explaining to him the practical running of the machine. Going at the rate of about five miles an hour, he stated, the machine ought to be stopped in its own length. He was satis- fied that he could not possibly have pro-