Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 22, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LIL—NO. 43, ginia Capes, on TODAY’S REVIEW AT HAMPTON ROADS Twenty First-Class Battleships in the Imposing ColumnT- Fleet will Leave Drill Grounds at Five O’clock this| Morning and will Pass —Navy Widows Keep Wireless Busy. Fort Monroe, Va., Feb. 21.~The re- turning batticship fleet reached the @outhern drill grounds, fitty miles off the Virginia capes, early today, and the Lattleship Connecticpt has been in con- stant wireless communication through- out the afternoon. The fleet will re- madn on the drill grounds until § o’clock tomorrow morning, getting underway at that hour in order —to make thé capes by 10 o'clock and begin passing the Mayflower at the tail of the horse- &hoe in Chesapeake bay one hour later. Polished and Painted Afrosh. The weather was well nigh perfect off the coast today, and the battleships during tieir breathing spell on the drill grounds will b pelished and painted afresh for the review tomorrow, which will go down In history as one of the | most notable in the aunals of the American navy. Twenty Battleships in Line. The number of vessels in the lina that will file by the Mayflower will not | be so great as at other reviews, but| never before has the president person- of the ships as he | plans 10 do tomorr The review will also be notable in that it will bring to- gether the greatast number of battle- ships ever assembled under the Amerl- can flag. There will be twenty first- oha battleships in the imposing col- umn, two more than at the review in San Francisco harbor last May. 1In anticipation of tomorrow’s pageant, the waters off hero tonight are filled with brilllantly lighted yachts and many classes of government vesse ally visited so ma: President on Way to Review. Word was received tonight that the president and his party. on board the Mayflower, are weil on their way down t Potomac. The Dolphin is en route from Washington with the members of tke housc e serate raval commitiees on board. A specially chartered steam- cr is bringing another party of more han one hundred n:embers of congress. ¥rom Baltimore, Richmond and New York veritable fieets of excursion boats a grounds, and tomorrow morning will finds the Roads filled as seldom before with a welcoming host of all manne of floating craft. Sperry Reports His Arrival. Rear \dfiiral Sperry reported the ival bf his flect, and the welcoming | squadron, under command of Rear Ad- swiral this Arnold, to the nevy department motnln, as soon the twenty-five of the joint. commaend -were ght to a standstill at the ocean arili grounds. Practically all of the messages sent to the Norfolk navy ard wireless station by the flagship Connecticut were in of code. None but officiai messnges were exchanged, Admiral Sperry having given orders to the wireiess operator neither to send mor reccive personal or commercial messages Old Point Comfort Choken With Vis- itors. iundreds of people went to Virginia Bea iry toda 10 cat of the r whipe, disapointed, how- ever, r off the P he observed even from high t Both Morfolk were fairly cb 1 visitors today being tested crowas nd Oy Point Comfort d with excursionists nd_the hotels are for the eager Fleot Messengers at Fort Monroe. The repair ship Panther, a converted cruiser, comnanded by <Commander Valentine S, Nelson, steamed in today, the third of the auxlliaries of the fleet to make home after encircling the globe. The eollier Ajax also came in today, a late messenger fram the fleet. . Col- lirrs have no home other than the rest- Jesr ocean, and so the black Ajak flew no homeward pennant today. $800,000 in the Strong Room of Yankton. The Yankton slipped in last Wednes- day with the sentimental streamer notably absent from the aftermast. This Busy despatoh boat returned from Washingtor: today a veritable treasure ship. In her strong room topight are alden eagles, doubie eagles and haif #s to the amount of $800,000, to be used in paying off the officers and men upon thelr arrival. Wives of Admirals Waiting. The naval yacht Syiph, one of vessels placed at the disposition of the president, arrived today to take out | {0 the reviewing grounds tomorrow the wives of the admirals and captains of the fleet. Mre. Sperry, Mrs. Schroeder, ‘Mrs ‘Wainwright and Mrs. Potter, wives of the flag officers of the four divisions of the fleet, are all here, and than ene-haif of the wives of the c tains also will be on board the Syiph tomorrow. Woe Ameng the Navy Widows. The decision of Admiral Spaerry not o attempt to recelve the hundreds of wireless messages addresscd to officers of the fleet, has occamioned much woe | here among the havy widows and the nost of eweethearts whe. have gather- #d to greest the hemecoming officers. The Iadies have simply been bonmbard- ing the naval wireless station at Nor- folk with messages for the past week. Spme of the intended radiograms were intensely amusing, it i said, and such e ihe ether waves which carry the wireless dots and dashes seldom have known. With little or no knowledge of the diMculties and tedious de ten accompany attempts at communication, the wives and hearts planned their x lessly. “Vil Be Waiting at the Dock. “Cheer up, ducky dariing; Il be waiting at the dock,” read one of the messages, while others were filled with | more love and kisses than the wireless possibly could carry. The Fisst's Anchorag Rear Admiral Bdward R. Taussig cemmandant of the Norfolk navy yard and the Fifth naval district, arrived this afternoon to srrange the last de- tails of the fleet's anchorage. The naval tugs that will form a patrol and the and Captains the | v that of- wire! ™ | running west from the Old Point Com- making their wax to the reviewing | | Company G of the G4th regiment of the | | National BATTLESHIP FLEET AT HOME Were at Southern Drill Grounds Off the Vir- Sunday Morning in the Capes by Ten O’clock Today's Review. The plan of tomorrow’s review brief- 1y is as follows: The Mayflower, with the president and his party on board, Will arrive at the tail of the horseshoe in Chesa- peake bay, about eight miles east of the Old Point pier, and about equal distance from the gateway of the capes, at nine o'clock. The Mayflower will be in approximately the same po- sition she took up 14 months ago when the flect ventured forth on the cruise that was to make the American navy familiar and famous in the ports of the world. The Connecticut, leading the single column of battleships and es- corting cruisers, will point the way in the capes at ten o'clock and will pass the Mayflower promptly at eleven o'clock. The line of ships, it is now estimated, will be a littie more than seven miles jong, and will be one hour in passing. The Dattleships will pro- cced slowly to the apchorage grounds fort_pier, and the Mayflower, picking | up her anchors, will follow the last of the war vessels into the roads. The president's yacht will take a po- sition in the center of the fleet and at two o'clock the flag and commanding officers will be Teceived on hoard by President Roosevelt. President to Address the Men. Later the president, accompanied by the commander in chief of the fleet, will go aboard the Connecticut, Lou- isiana, Georgia and Wisconsin, the di- visional flagships, to address the men. | Returning to the Mavflower at the ccnclusion of these visits, the presi- dent will return at once to Washing- ton, arriving there early Tuesday morning. Tomorrow night Admiral Sperry and seventy-five officers of the flect will be the guests of the Navy league of the United States at its annual din- ner at the Chamberlin hotel. The Jeague will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday at noon at the Chamberlin, Wireless from Flagship at 10.45 Sunday Night. U. 8. 8. Flagship Connecticut, at Sea, via U. 8. S, Yankton, Feb. 21—(10.4 p. m.)—The battieship fleet is ninety mlies southeast of Cape Henry, in line of syuadrons. Speed ten knots. - Will arrive on schedule time, slowing down if necessary. Strong southwest winds during the night of the 19th, increastd to fresh westerly gales. All battieships pitched heavily, but made satisfactory progress. The weather moderated on the night of the 20th. The cruisers | North Carolina and Montana joined the fleet at 11 p. m. on the 30th after heavy weather, causing some delay to them, making a total of thirty ships, | he strongest fleet ever brought to- gether under the Ameriean flag. ! ANTI-NEGRO RIOT FEARED AT OTTUMWA, IOWA‘I ity Jail Confronted by Mob of Several Hundred Infuriated Men. | Ottumwa, Towa, Feb. 21.—A parallel to the anti-negro riots at Springfield, 1lL, was feared here today. For hours a mob of several hundred confronted | i iail. The excitement followed | that & brutal assault had | been made by a negro at 2 o'clock this | morning on Mrs. C. M. Johnson, wife of an Ottumwa commercial traveler. | The negro forced an entrance to the | Johnson home, in which Mrs. Johnson was alone with a baby. Bloodhounds and a posse immediately began search- ing for Mrs. Johnson’s ashailant, while angry crowds gathered mear the jail in which was confined the negro named Junkin, suspected of having murdered | a white girl, Miss Ra n, a few days 4g0. To avold the mob, Junkin was | hustled out of town, but his departure 4id not dispel fear of rioting. Serious apprehensions were feit that a bloody | outbreak might ocour at any moment. | As it grew dark tonight the mob that had been hanging around the jall all day was Increased to about a thousand men and boys. Excitement was at fever heat, and only a leader was needed to | incite the mob to rloting. While no ar- rests were made a hundred special 1ed deputies scoured the country in search of Mrs. Johnson's assailant. No as made for soldiers, but the lo- 2l company of the Natiohal Guard was told to remain within call of the cag tain. A_fecently organized vigilance com- tfoe is alding the pollee, Who declara at they have the situation in control. t Guard, under Captain | is heid in the barracks for | mergency trial of M hamp, any <. Johnson’s assailant llowed by bloodheunds to ravine near Rutledge Mining Camp, | three miles from Otumwa, but there it | was lost. Armed men searched the | country all day and far fnto the night FELT FACTORY DESTROYED. Seventy-Five Thousand Dollar Fire at Unionville, Conn. | n., brick factory Charles W s of House & Son, manufacturers of felt | supplies, was destroyed today Toss of $75,000. 'The fire staried in the =hipping room of the plant and had se- cured such headway that the efforts of | the fire department to save the build- | ing were unavailing. J. C. KI 65 years old, who was in & rc top story of the buildine. was unable to make his escape through the bufld- | ing to the ground and jumped from the roof into the canal néar by. He was teken from the water uncenscious, but | soon revived, apparently having suf fered no injury from his jump. man m in th Justice of Maryland Supreme Court a Guest at Bridgeport. | Eridgeport, Conn., Feb. 21.—The Hon Henry Stockbridge of Baltimore, a ustics of the supreme court of Mary- iand and president general of the Sons of the American Revolution, was the guest of honor at a dinner at the Stratfleld this evening given by Judge Morris B, Beardsley to a few chosen friends. Judge Stockbridge is in the city to address the meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution to- morrow. Amoug those at the dinner tonight were Judge George W. Wheel- (keep the pathway of the fleet clear of ftrespass began to arrive this after- er, Julgs Howard J. Curtis, State's At- torney Stiles Judton, Allan W, Paige and David F, Rea i | days | Late toni | extort $7,000 from him, was sentenced Washington, Feb. 21.—In the house, Saturday, the Indian appropriation bill, carrying over $9,000,000, was passed. In the house the diplomati | military academy, public bjulldings atnd rivers and harbors bills were passed. Cabled Paragraphs. Rome, ¥eb. 21.—The pope received today in private audience the Right Rey. Thomas N, Beaven, bishop of Springfield, Mass. Lisbon, Feb. 21L.—It is that the condition of the dowager queen, Maria Pia, is alarming. Her majesty, who Is the mother of the late King Carlos, has been {ll for several weeks with an intestinal disorder. announced Seoul, Korea, Feb. 21.—The asser- tion of the Korean home minister, giv- en in an interview to the press in To- kio that the native Christians sup- ported by the missionaries were as- sisting the revolution is indignantly denied 'by, the forelgn missionaries here. They maintain that, on the con- trary, they have made every effort to suppress the uprisings HALF STARVED CHINAMEN FOUND IN SEALED CAR. Organized Plan to Smuggle Asiatics Into the United States, San Luis Obispo, Cal., Feb. 21.—What is believed to be an organized plan to smuggle Asiatics into this country has been unearthed as a result of the dis- covery of 22 Chines ein a box car in this city today. Mhe most peculiar feature of the discovery was that the Chinese were in a bonded car sealed with the government stamp. The car was billed from Alglers, La., for Sun Francisco. While passing the car in the yards today, Conductor Page heard voces in 1t. In response to a question who was in the car he received an offer of §2 for a bucket of water. The sher- iff's office was notified, the seals hrok- en and 22 half starveq Chinese taken out. They are being held awaiting the arrival of immigration inspectors from San Francisco. LIVES OF ONE HUNDRED PASSENGERS ENDANGERED. Switching Engine Sideswiped a Pas- senger Train at Greenfield. Greenfield, Mass., Feb. 21.—Stde- swiping & regular local passenger train running on the Copnecticut River di- vision of the Boston and Maine road between Greenfield and railroad yard here endangered the lives of nearly 100 passengers. All escaped injury, however, -except one, John Saunders, of Fast Hampton. At the Franklin county nospital, where Saun- ders was taken, it was said that his injuries were not serious, STRIKING HATTERS NEED AID. Sixteen Thousand Men Require Finan- cial Assistance. New York, Feb. 21—Martin Lawlor, national secretary of the United Hat- ters’ unfon of America, explained to- day at a meeting of the Centra! Fed- erated union that the 18,000 striking hatters are in need of financial as- sistance. He said: “It is the intention of employers to starve us into submission, and it is up to the organized labor to say if they will win. We had a &ig fund when the strike began, but it is fast dimin- ishing. “The benefits and other amount to over $70,000 a week. It was decided to render every pos- sible aid and a committee of the un- ion was appointed to collect funds. ONLY NINE MORE DAYS For Legislation by the Present Con- gress—Night Sessions Probable. xpenses ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—Both houses of congress will begin this week to crowd on steam for the last spurt _of the present congre After the Close of business next Saturday there will re- main only three days for legislation and it is realized that it will be neces- sary to get practically all of the ap- propriation Dbills through both houses by that time, as most of the remaining would be necessary for the ad- justment of the differences betwe®™ the two fouses. In consequence no attention “will be paid in either house to any other measures when appro- priation bills are in shape for consid- sration. Both houses will probably cpmmence holding night sessions early next week. FATHER D. C. CUNNION INJURED. | Skull Fractured While Attempting to Board New York Troley Car. New York, Feb. 21.—An unconscious man in Bellevue hospital, about whose identity there has been some doubt since early today, when he was brought | there, was declared this afternoon by the hospital authorities to be Father Daniel C. Cunnion of Corona, L. I That clergyman was at one time the spirit- | ual adviser of Knights of Columbus, and as such widely known through- out the eastern states. The man is suffering probably from a fracture of the skull, having fallen while attemp ing to be rd‘a street car, the police sa t he was still unconscious, but the doctors say there was & slight chance of his recovery. ANTI-JAP BILL HELD UP. Hawaiian Senate Tables Measure Stopping Foreign Fishing. Honolulu, Feb. 21.—The senate of the territorial legislature Saturday tabled the bill prohibiting aliens from | fishing in Hawalian waters. The | measure apparently was aimed against | the Japanese, i | | [ Well Known Stratford Resident Dead Stratford, Conn.,'Feb. 71.—Rufus W Bunrell, aged 74, one of the best Sy o e torn, eat oo | many years a member of ths architect fArm of Lambert & Bunnell, died at his | home here this evening. His health | had been fafling for some time. He is | by his wife, two sons and a | caughter. Admitted to Bail $10,000 Each. | Chicago, Fen, 21.—Martin D. (Skin- | ny) Madden, president of the Associat- | ed Bu ‘rades union, and M. Doyle, business agent, of the Electr Workers' union, who were indicted on | Friday on charges of extorting moriey ffom contractors, were admitted to bail Saturday in sums of $10,000 each. Thirty Years in Penitentiary. | Kansas City, Feb. 21.—Robert B, Bledose of Dalias, Tex., who on Tue day last entered the home of Law rence M, Jones, a millionaire me: chant of this city, and attempted to thirty years in the penitentia Saturday. Congress Saturday. Mystic Schooner Abandoned. New London, Feb. 2L.—The tug T: co left here today to pick up the abandoned schooner Elvira Ball, which is reportad as being about 250 iniles southeast of\Nantucket. The schooner Is owned In Mystic. | the drydock than thoe Starin was really to steer his vesgel to the wr sionists out for a closer view of the ! stranded steamer. Hand to Hand Pistol Duel Between Steamer Starin Fell From Lies High and Dry| 6-Story Window ON EASTERN BREAKWATER OF BRIDGEPORT HARBOR. JAGGED HJLE IN PORT BOW Through Which Part of Her - Cargo Floated—Is Probably a;Total Loss— ‘Captain Remains on Wreck. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 21.—The steamer John H. Starin of Starin’s New Haven line, wrecked shortlv be- fore midnight Friday, while seeking shelter in this harbor in a sinking con- dition, now lies high and dry on -the eastern breakwater at the entrance of the harbor, upon which she was driven before the 'storm abated, and she prob- ably never will be floated again. Lies Broadside On Br: The big 200-foot steamer, battered by the high waves, was driven over the flats and upon the rocks of the break- water, upon which she now lies hroad- side on, wrenched from stem to stern, ana with a jagged hole in her port bow hrough +which a considerable portion of her. cargo floated yesterd: morn- ing. At the flood of an ordindry high GEORGE WASHINGTON OF HAMPDEN HALL DORMITORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE. STEWART DOUGHAS ROBINSON, 18, Nephew of President Roosevelt, Killed —Body Found on Sidewalk Early Sunday Morning, by Peliceman, Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 21—Stew- art Dougias Robinson, 19 years old, a nephew of President Roosevelt, and a sophomore of Harvard college, fell from a six-story window of Hampden hall, a dormitory on Plympton street, today, and was killed. He was a son of Douglas Robinson of 442 Madison avenue, New York. Complained of Not Feeling Waell. Robinson was with a party of fellow students Saturday night. Late in the evening he complained of not feeling well and went to the apartments of his brother, Monorooe Douglas Robin- son, in Hampceu hall, instead of going to his own rooms on Mount Auburn street, Monrooe Robinson, who is a senfor at Harvard, was not in his apartment, but Stewart Robinson had tide her stern is high out of water, and at ebb tide a small harbor tug cannot get' within a hundred yards of Ther. Scott Company Examine Wreck. After an examination of the wreck | today a representative of ' the Scou‘ Wrecking company of New London re- ported to President B. H. Weaver of the Starin Transportation company that, considering the position the boat was in, nis company would want more to get hor off the breakwater and into worth. It is net known what course the owners: of the Starin will take 1 view of this opinion, but it is believed that when the Starin leaves the rocks it will be in the form of’ junk. Lighters Taking Off Freight. The lignter Guinea 1I went alongside the wreck this morning and began tak- ing off the freight. This work will be | continued all night and it is believed that by daylight tomorrow about ail the freight will have been remeved. The policq rounded up about all of the floating) freight that had been gathered yesterday by men in small boats and on the beaches and two big van loads of essorted merchandise is now in a warehouse here awaiting the settlement of salvage claims. Breakwater Light Was Burning. Harbor Master Morris made an in- vestigation today of the reports of va- rious subordinate officers of the Starin that the light on the end of the east breakwater was not burning Friday night. Captain Schultheiss of the tug which went out in respense to the Starin’s gistress signale, and Cap- tain Van Feldt of the Starin both as- su im that the light was burning as usual, Captain Van Feldt declaring that he saw the light but was unable hannel Captain Van Feldt Remains Aboard. tain_ Van Feldt remains on the ck ana ‘will stay there, protecting the company under the salvage laws, until the boat s either drawn into the # r or it is decided to break her u Food is brought to him from the city and. his sleeping quarters. are high above the highest water of the sound. Crowds View the Wreck. The very unusual sight of a big boat wrecked in Long Island sound brought droves of people from this city and v places to the waterfront today, wreck being 50 Incated that an ex- ellent view of it can be obtained from almost any part of the lower harbor and from Reaside park. Power boats overloaded all day taking excur- ne Burgiar and Police Captain. N. Y., Feb. 21.—In a hand to duel with Nelson Dessler of Berlin, Ont., whom he caught in the act of burglarizing the office of the Droney Lumber company in the Ma- sonic temple today, Police Captain Timothy Hassett was killed by a shot through the head. Dessler was shot four times and will probably die be- fore morning. Traffic on Highland Division Tied Up by Derailed Cars. Bristol, Conn. Feb, 2L—Trafic on the Highlaud division of the New Ha- ven road was tied up today by the wrecking of four cars of an eastbound freight train, half & mile west of here, ar today. ' A broken rail caused four cars to leave the track, smashing them to ghlinters. None of the crew of the traln” was * injured. came dizzy._and, the freedom of the'room and the party of friends accompanied him there. Sustained Accident Saturday Evening. It is understood 'that, shortly after their artival youLg Robinson stumbled and fell in crossing the room, and struck heavily on his forehead, receiv- ing a painful injury. His friends say that they then put him in his brother's bed and after raising the window of the bedroom a few inches in' response to his request for more air, went away a short time later, leaving him appar- ently asleep. That was the last they heard of young Robinson until they were told that his body had been found on the sidewalk this morning. Opened Window to Get More A It is believed that after his friends left him Stewart, feeling ill, got out of bed and walked toward the window to open it whler. It is thought that as he leaned out over the sill he be- losing his balance, fell out of the window, which is about four -feet from the floor, to the pave- ment, six stories below. It s not known how long the dody lay there. It was discayered by Officer Jerome D, Ireland of the Cambridge pelice, who, after notlfying Medical ~Examiner Swan, had it removed to the Cam- bridge morgue. The body was then warm, but life was extinct. His Parents Notified. The young man's parents were at once notified and it was expected that they would come here tonight to take charge of the body. His brother, Mon- roe Robinson, is said to have been in ‘Washington last night. President Roosevelt's Sister the Young Man's Mother. Stewart Robinson was a member of the sophomore class at Harvard and rcomed at 46 Mount Auburn street. He was a substitute goal on the varsity izokey team. His brother was a sub stitute tackle on the varsity football téam last fall. The young man's mother is President Rooseveit's sis- ter, Stewart was well known among his classmates and was promiment in the social life of the university. He was a member of the Sphinx, Alpha Deita, Hasty Pudding, Institute of 1 the Delta Kappa Epsilon Death Was Accidental. An examination of the body showed that the skull was badly fractured and both hips were broken. The body Ww: removed to the Cambridge morgue. Medical Examiner W. D.” Swan said that death was accidental. Had Attended “A.D.” Club Banquet. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 21.—Stewart Robinson had attended a banquet of the “A.D." club, and it was after mid- night when he went to Hampden ball, which is one of the finest private do: mitorjes in Cambridge, located on Plympton street, and almost directly opposite the club house. His hody was found at 5.30 o'clock this morning, as the patrolman was making his rounds. It is believed that the accident had happened not long before, as the body was still warm, Body Will Be Taken to New York. The body remained at the under- taker's rooms until the arrival of the young man’s father, Douglas Robinson, from New York, when prevarations were made to remove it to that city late tonight. President Will Be Notified Today. ‘Washington, Feb. 21—Secretary Lo- eb stated tonight that the news of the tragic death of Stewart Robinson, the president’s nephew, reached the White house too late to be communicated ‘to the president before his departure for and ! | i of the committee to have access to the Condensed Tele, A Landslide in Java Buried a Village and 609 natives perished, More Than 31,000 People will be in li?e at the inaugural parade. The Senate Passed the Indlan ap- propriation bill after adding $1,500,000 to it The Pope, it is understood, will not appoint any cardinals until the end of this year. French Exporters Are Alarmed at the possibility of a tariff war with the United States. . The Latest Estimate of Work the Panama canal shows that it over one-third finished. on is Carroll D. Wright, president of Clark college. and former commissloner of labor, died at Worcester, Mass. { The Naval Militia Association of the United State was addressed by As- sistant Secretary of the Navy Satter- lee, Austria-Hungary Would Like to crush Servia with one warlike blow, hut fears the interference of the other big powers, ! The Thirty-fifth Annual Convention of the American Bankers' association will be_held at Chicago in the week of September 13, William Gallagher, who is said to be wanted in Teurs N. . for murder and_bank robbery, has been arrested at Greensburs, Pa. Railroad Companies will in the fu- ture be required to submit their mall pouch records for the examination of postoffice inspectors. President Rocsevelt Announced his willingness to serve as president of the orgapization to be formed in the interest of dependent children. Ten Persons Were Trapped in the | basement of a burning tenement on | Henry street, New York, and tiree of | them were overcome by smoke. : ‘The Testimony of Colone! Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, vefore the appropriation mmittee last week, was made public Saturday. Miss Grace Davis, 23 years old, a trained nurse, was dragged into a Chicago alley, where she was krgpcked down and threatened with a revolver. John G. Ward, an official of the Sab- bath Observance soclety of Union- town, Pa., was found gullty of work- ing on Sunday and fined $4 and costs. President Roosevelts Commission to consider the needs of the navy, of which Justice Moody is chairman, held another meeting and agreed on a re- port. Proprietors of Saloons in Kenosha, Wis., have started a prohibition law of their own, refusing to sell liquor to nine habitually thirsty men of the town. Lieut.-Commander Belknap, U, S. N., is going to Naples to locate in the earthquake stricken district the 3.000 wooden houses sent by the govern- ment. Assemblyman Travis, as referee, at Poughkeepsie, awarded an absolute di- vorce to Anna Boyde Coyne, an act- ress, against her husbamd, Joseph Coyne. Fallowin? a Light Blow on the Mouth with a goif stick, Hugh Butler, a mem- ber of the New York banking firm of | Post & Flags, died at Hempstead, | Long Island. | Members of the Committee on for- eign relations of the senate have de- termined to press the treatles with Panama and Colombia for ratification at the present session. The German Authorities Believe that Servia will submit to the inevita. tle, realizing the impossibility of se- curing, any territorial indemnification from Austria-Hungary. A King Alfonso Witnessed the Flights of the Wright brothers, the American aeroplanists, at Pau, France, The Spanish ruler said he would like to | be the first sovereign to fly. The Czar and the Grand Dukes at- tended the funeral of Grand Duke Viadimir, in St, Petersburg. Of éourse all the streets through which the czar passed were lined with troops. Mrs. Henry Kaufman is in the coun- ty jafl at Rockford, Ill, pending the result of an inquest on the body of her husband, who died under condi- tions causing a suspicion that he was polzoned. The High Federal Court of Venesu- ela, having found suficient evidence against former President Castro of at. tempting to bring about the asgassi- nation of Acting President Gome%, has declared him constitutionally suspend- ed from the presidenc THE REVISION OF THE TARIFF.i Senator Aldrich Will See That Heavy Reductions Are Not Made. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washingtcn, Feb. 20.—There remains but about four weeks i1 which t majoritly members of the ways and means committee must perfect a tar- #ff bil] if they are to have one ready to report at the extra session of n- gress now positively set for the 15th of March, ‘The republican members have sur- rounded their actions on the schedules with much secrecy and give several | reasons therefor. One, that they do not want to be bothered by the rep- resentatives of the Interests effected, and another reason is that they waat the business of the country agitated as A third, and quite is little as possibl likely the ma do not want the that they ic members reason democrs schedules any sooner than it 1s nec- essary The indications are that the repub leans have gone over the propose schedules and have settied how me of them shall etand, but many are stil] unsettled The democratic members of the com- mittes are also hard at work drafting a bill of their own which they will offer as a substitute to the majorit bill. It is thought by some that the house will send the tariff bills to the sen- ate before the middle of April, and it is likely that when it comes out of the senate committee on finance it will not be recognized by its origina- tors. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, chairman of that committee, will have much to say as to what the bill sha be, and, it Is stated, wil! do his ut- most to prevent heavy reductions in the present schedules. Hampton Roads aboard the Mayflower, He stated that the president would not receive. the news“until his arrival to- morrow at Hampton Roads. * |THE SECRET SERVICE CONTROVERSY Vigourous Reply by the President to Attack Made on that Branch of the Government MEN HAVE RENDERED GREAT SERVICE In Securing Conviction of M any Criminals of Desperate Character and Other Offenders of Great Wealth and of Political and General Prominence—Chief Wilkie One of the Main Standbys of the Government. Washington, Feb. 21.—President Roosevelt added another stirring chap- ter today to the secret service con- troversy, in a vigorous and ply to the attacks made on this b of the government in a report anch nade > thus assigned on different ocoas , for instance to the state and departments; but above all to interior department and the de- tment of justice. During the sev- years of my administration they recently by Scnator Hemenway of the inetrumental in bringing to jus- senate” committee on appropriations. | tiee great numbers of criminals. Senator Hemenway port up- imi f Field the Timttation, of he scorie ot tha | Many Desperate Criminals Convicted. SHRSE. Dirvion; aabatsd T it was| T append herewith the occasions on never the intention of congress to | Which they were furpished by the re- build up a “spy” system and with ev- | quest of the attorney general to the ident reference to this part of the re- | department of justice during the year port, the president declared that it | 1907 and the first six months of 1908, the lmitation of the use of t cret | They rendered invaluable assistance ervice had been in force when the|in securing the conviction of man; usptional lajid frauds were unearthed | Criminuls of desperate character ani a few years ago, a senator, & repre. many other offenders of greal sentative, and yrfous men of wealth | Wealth and of social and politic and high political influence. who at | brominence. In not one single ine that time were convicted, would all | Stance during these soven years has have -escaped punishment. en shown that thelf mctiom Jeaps : g ed any man who was not con. Hemenway's Report Is Misleading. | 7 C0i00" with fllegal tranmnctions. Ts The president’s letter is addressed | single instance has it beef to Actin- Chairman Hale | shown that they took any but prepet ate appropriat committee. It is | steps against a eriminal. No pretens¢ dated February 19 and in part s as been made that they did not a¢ follow thelr work against criminals eMclent- 1_have geen the report presented | ly. Vhur comanemenway of behalf of | Chief Wilkie the Right Man in the eret service matter. The report is iy Right Place. accurate and misleading In various | “I desire to put on record my eme fmportant respects and 1 desire to|pha { that the secret servica make certain corrections in reference | und et Wilkie has been eomposs to statements which anpear therein, | e an exceptionally hi and in subsequent debate ter and capacity, whe Secret Service Has Rendered Invalua- [ Fave the publie, and rendered exceptional service te that Chief Wilkie him- ble Assistanc in a very trying and responsible last year, the secret service, | position, has shown qualities of the of 60 or 70 men in the hest kind, and has been one of the ent, under Chief Wil- | main standbys of the government. was practicuily the only bod | “No other man in the government public servants engaged almost purely | employ is #o dreaded and hated by law in criminal Investigation. The secrct |‘breakers and they especially desire service men were assigned at different | to see his activities and thoss of the times to different departments to in- | men under him restricted in every vestigate crime and criminals, They way." TAFT CABINET COMPLETE WITH ONE EXCEPTION Selection of a Secretary of the Treas ury Not Yet Filled. Philadelphia, Feb. .—President- | eleet Taft arrived here this morning from Ciaciiuati, and with Mrs, Taft who came over from New York to join | him, is the guest of Dr. S. Welr Mitci- | €ll in his Wainul street home. A con- | ference took place MBtween the pres- ident-elect and Frank H. Hitchcock, | 0 came here at the request of Mr. | Taft, Frank B. Kellogg was also a/ visitor. > Mr. Taft admits he is making head- way In the selection of a Segretary of the treasury, but maintuins’ that the | place s not vet filled. Franklin Mc- | Veagh and Myron T. Herrick are two of the men under consideration. With this exception the Taft cabinet s complete, and when officially promul- gated shortly before his inauguration, will be found as Secretary of & follows: at: —Philander €. Knox of New Yorl Attorney General—George W. Wick- ersham of New York. Secretary of War—J. M, Dickinson of Tennessee, Secretary of the Navy—George von L. Meyer of Massachusetts. | Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel of Missouri, Secretary of the Interior—R. A. Bal- linger of Washington. Postmaster ~Gener Frank H Hitchcock of Massachusetts Secretary of Agriculture — James Wilson of Towa It will be observed that in this list are five lawyers, of whom Mr belleves there are none better in the country. The latest acquisition—J. M, Dick- inson of Tennessee—accepted the war tfolio at the hands of Mr. Taft in sterday. Mr. Dickinson will give up the po sition of general solicitor for the Illi- nols Centraj railway system, and a salary of $35,000 a year, to become a cabinet ministe; EARTH SHOCKS IN SPAIN, CHURCHGOERS IN PANIC. Women and Children Trampled Under Foot—Camping in Open Fields. cante, Spain, Feb. 31 —Seve earth shocks were experiense through- out the whole district f Elche this morning. The shocks began early, the | first occurring at a m. The | moet serious shock, which came while the people were assembied at mass in the village chureh, caused panic among the congregation, who rushea to the doors, throwing down ar am pling under foot a sc or more of women and childre The turniture in the houses was overturned and crock- ery and window panes hroken At Crevillente, a town of 10,000 in- habitants, situated about eighteen miles from Alicante, there were two | severo shocks between 8 and 8.30 a. m. Houses rogked and swayed an | alarming angle and the people ran to | the countryside in dire terror. They are now camping out in_the open field Madrid, Feb, 21.—Four prolonged earth shocks were felt during the night at Bl Che, in Alicante province, but ROLLED AND PITCHED LIKE A LOG Nantuckst Shoals Lightshin in Severest | Gale Ever Encountered. i Newport, R. I, Feb. 21.—For twenty | hours yesterday the crew of the Nan- tucket " Shoals lightship, No. $5, were housed below decks with hes bat- tened down and the lightship rolling and pitching like a log in the severest gale and roughest sea the craft has ever encountered. In spite of the gale it was necessary for the operators to | man the wireless tower and by means of lifelines this duty was performed. Oney man, however, was compelled to renfain on watch eighteen hours, un- ablb on account of the pitching of the vessel to leave the tower. The ship's decks were continually awash with leavy seas. Congregational Church Burned Wakefleld, Mass. Feb. 21.—A spec- tacular fire today destroyed the First Congregational church, one of the finest structures in the town, causing a loss estimated at $125,000, partially fnsured. The blaze started in the base. ment from defective wiring. v | and other mi no damage was done. |7 | Stre SOUTH OMAHA MOB WRECK HOMES OF GREEKS. Ten Buildings, Were Attacked—-For- cigners Fired Into the Mob. Omaha, Neb, Feb. 21-A moh of more than Ave hundred persons gath- ered In the streets of South Omaha this afternoon and began em assault n the homes of Greeks, smashing them with icks, stones 1 and otherwise at- tempting to run the Greeks from the town. The foreigners fired into the rowd, two boys being shot, but not buildings were attacked by the rioters and store fronts and residence windows were smashed. The inmates of one of the buildings fired on the mob and Michael Sweency, a bo~ was shot in the stomach, arms and hands, and another boy was injured In the leg. Only birdshot was used and the boys are not thought to be seriously hurt. A second riot call was sent In at six oclock and additional police were hurried to the scene. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 21.—At § ¢'clock tonight the mob again began depre- dations gnd riot calls came In from scveral places. At Thirty-second street and Q street the mob set fire | to the house of a Greek, Three men were taken from the place, After bes ing severely beaten, two of them were put on a passing street car and while the other was taken away by a por- tion of the mob who Intended to put him on board an outgoing train. It is not known what was done with him, The fire department extinguished th blaze. Charles Nestroyl a member of the mob which was trying to break into a bullding at 28th and Q streets, suffered a gunshot wound in the fore head. He was taken to & hespital. mob smashed the -front of a store at 30th and Q streots, and one of the Greek emplo, of the place was se- verely injured. The police rescued him nd sent him to a hospital in an au- tomobile At 28th and I wtre the mob set firc to a double frame building ocous pied a& u hoarding house. Twenty- five or thirty Greeks made. it thele home, The building was destroyed, but all the occupants escaped, Omaha b, Feb, 21.—After an aft- ernoon and evening of rioting by 3,000 nen and boys bent on driving Greeks from South Omaha, the police late to- ght quelled the disturbances after the mob had wrecked or hurned more than thirty buildings and jnjured more than a score of persons, mostly Greeks, Trere wag no loss of life and all the in‘vred will probably recover. Governor Shallenger tonight ex, pressed o willingness to call out ti troops 1° necesss but no such ¢ {mand was made tonight, as Sherift Brailey believes he hag the situation under control. Fifteen arrests were made tonlght In connection with the When the rioters reached 30th and Q streets thev smashed in the plate glass front of a Greek grocery. The proprietor, Dionsios Catapodis, and his family were in the rear of the store, and as the husband came out he was shot in the leg, Officers reached the ice In a few minutes and took the d man to the police station ia mobile by stealth, The fire des irtment was called to 32d and Q *t» where the mob had set fire to « Greek grocery and residence. The ricters beat two of the Greeks Into un- corsciousness and gtarted cown town with a third, beating him as they went. ihe police took the man away from the crowd and took all taree of the injured men to the police station. Chief of Police Briggs urged the crowd to disperse, but his words wers recclved with silent contempt. In an cutomobile with several ceputies he patrglied the streets ready to rush to achy point of new trouble. Late in the evening Willlam Chan- ler and Edward Porter were arrested and sent to the police sation charged with disturbing the peace. Chanler was haranguing a crowd to violence and Porter was hoodums. At 11 o'clock a riot call was turned in from 26th and N streets, where a crowd had gathered, The mob quickly fled to 24th street, where they demol- ished a Greek candy stor leading a crowd of Stonington,—N. A. Pendleton, James Stivers, I\ H, Sheffleld, trustees of the Walden fund, have completed the tribution to the poor of the \ by