Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 20, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE goes to the homes—is read by the women-—sells goods for advertisers. VOL. XXXVIII—-NO. 264, e THE OMAHA DAILY BEE OMAHA, TUESDAY ALDRICH TALKS ON TARIFF BILL| Rhode Island Senator Explains Meas- | ure Reported by the Committee on Finance. I It Does Not Exj Reduced AGAINST NEW FORMS OF TAXES Noatly Alt ‘Aénetoss hne Many Rep sentatives, Including Mr. Cannon Are Present to Hear the ] Speech. | WASHINGTON, April 19.<~The tariff de- bate ‘was opened in the senate today and Senator Aldrich reviewed at length the pending measure which had been reported from the committee on finance. He re- celved practically no Interruption through- out his remarks, which were lstened to not only by senators but by Speaker Can- non and members of the house of repre- sentatives, who visited the chamber for that purpose. Senator Daniel, the senior minority mem- her of the committee on finance, followed Senator Aldrich, and laid down the general line of opposition that will be made to the pending measure by thé democrats. He also recelved careful attention. In opening the debate on the pend- ing tariff Dblll today Senator Aldrich, chairman of the committee on finance, assured the senate that the bill roported from the finance committee would produce ample revenue for Objections to (he government. He suggested that if, by any possibility, these estimates should prove to be incorrect, the duty of congress would be to ‘“reduce expenditures and make them conform to actual revenue con- ditions and not to impose new and onerous taxe: While he did not refer specifically to any proposition to impose an income tax, his tatement declaring that ample revenue may be derived from other sources was ac- cepted as direct opposition to all such propositions. On the desk of each senator was a com- parison of the text of the Dingley tariff law with the Payno tariff bill as passed by the house and as amended and reported from the senate committee on finance. In addition a statement was furnished to each scnator showing the estimated revenues under the present law compared with the amended Payne bill, Mr. Aldrich called l&uau to these volumes in beginning his il over ihe existing law was estimated at $11,008,748 for the Payne bill as passed by the house and 39,9443 under the bill as reported from the senate committee. In making the estimates, the revenues pro- duced In 1908 were used in attalning the comparison with the house bill, and the revenucs for 1007, when the imports were wuch larger, in arriving at the compari- son with the possibilities under the senate bill. Mr. Aldrich believes that 107 was a normal year, while Representative Payne, chalrman of the house committee on ways and means, belleves 1906 was the last year when conditions were normal BiIl Will Raise Reve: Mr. Aldrich sald in part: “The practical question to which T ask your atlention today is, Will the bill reported from the committee on finance produce sufficient revenue when taken in connection with the internal revenue tuxes and other existing sources of revenue to meet the expen: of the government with- out the imposition of additional taxes? I answer unhesitatingly, after a thorough and careful investigation of the facts and the conditions likely to surround the prob- lem, that it will.” Mr, Aldrich submitted statements show- ing the receipts, disbursements, surpluses and deficits, actual and estimated, of the treasury for the fiscal years 1900 to 191, inclusive. His estimates for the fiscal years 199 to 1911, inclusive, were as follows Disburse- | Year. Recelpts. ments Surplus. 1 606,047,200 $674,509,680 *369, 402,430 1177685,000,000 700,000,000 *45.000,000 | 696,000,000 665,000,000 50,000,000 | “In these statements voth the receipts and disbursements for the Panama canal have been eilminated for obvious reasons,” said Mr. Aldrich. "It Is the policy of congress, which 1 think has universal approval, thai payments for the canal and its construc tion should not be made from current reve nues, but met by the sale of bonds. The figurca I submit include all rec and disbursements except those of the | office depurtinent and the Panama ca but the postal deficlencies are includcd wll cases in the disbursements. Comparison With Old Law. “Kor the purpose of ascertaining the re Tative revenue producing Gualities of th. senate bill, and the act of 187, the com- | mities on finance has bad prepared a state- | ment, which is lald before the senate this mr! (g It applies the rates of the senate bill (o the importations of 1997; in other | words, it showe the revenue that would | have been derived upon the importations made in 1807 It the senate bill had been n force during shat vear. We have selected the year 1307 for the ~omparison, this was the last year in which the finances and business of the ountry were in & normal condition. ‘The statement shows that if the senate 5l had been ih force in 197 the customs revenue produced by it would have been 13,000,000 greater than those collected under the Dingley act, the totals being $332,000,00 under the st of 187 and £40.000.000 under | the aenate bill | This increase of revenue is due to ad- | vances in rates on a few articles of luxury, such as wine, spirits, ete. It s also due 1o the substitution made in the bill in anl cases where It was possible, of specific or ad valorem duties. This will prevent under-valuation and consequently increase revenues. This Increase will be more marked in the stk edule than else- vhere ‘There are changes which will be in tluded In the bill that will affect the com Mratve revenues. Changes From House “The changes which we propose to make (Continusd on Secend Page) Woman in_Whitla Case is from a “7ealthy Faml‘y Messrs. Burkett and Brown Confer Prosecution Asserts She is Daughter of Respectable Parents, but Will Not Disclose Identity. MERCER, Pa., April 19.—That the woman charged with the abduction of little Billy’” Whitla from Sharon last month is not the wife of James H. Boyle, but is the unmarried daughter of wealthy and re- epectable parents whose character and standing are above reproach, is what the state expects to prove in the approaching tral of the kidnaping cases. Detective I. V. Kepner, who disappeared from Mercer immediately after the recent visit of Mr. and Mrs. H. Choteau Dyer of | 8t. Louls, has returned and announced that he has positively Identified the woman. Attorney T. C. Cochran, who is representing Mr. Whitla in the prosecution, has refused o allow the Identification to be made public, but will endeavor to have it introduced at the trlal. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, who partially identified the woman as a maid who left thelr employ about the same time that $10,000 disappeared, will re- turn, it is sald, as witnesses before the grand jury or at the trial Telegrams said to have veen sent by Boyle from Sharon to the woman at War ren, O., about the time of the kidnaping and from her at Warren to him'at Sharon, will be brought into evidence to connect the woman with the abduction. Attorney Cochran also expects to show the woman's connection with the abduction by proving that it was planned during her visit in Sharon with Boyle and that she wrote the letter demanding the $10,000 ransom which was malled by Boyle in Sharon, Court convened this morning with Judge A. W. Willlams on the bench. The grand jury will be busy for several daya with other matters and the abduction cases will not be presented to it beferc Thursday or Fri- day. It {s probable that if indictments are returned an immediate trial will be asked for by the state. D. A. R. Congreéss Opens Its Session Big Interest in Thursday's Meeting, When Election of Officers Will Be Held. WASHINGTON, April 19.—Continental hall was packed to the doors today when the cighteenth congtess of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened. The seasion will last throughout the week. The hall is capable of seating 1,500 persons. As Mrs. Donald McLean, the retiring president-general, was escorted to-the plat form by a number of charter members of Ahe organization, sin was sccopged.an ovas tion. On the rostrum, besides the officers of the Daugnters of the American Revolu- tion were Vice President Sherman, Ambas- sador Jusserand, Judge Henry Stockbridge, president-general of the Sons of the American Revolution; Dr. Edward Bverett Hale, chaplain of the senate, Rev. Alfred Harding, bishop of Washington and Revs. J. Nevitt Steele and Roland Cotton Smith, Maybray Trial at May Term This is Decided at Conference of Al- leged Swindler and His Attorney. DES MOINES, la, April 19.-J. C. May- bray, the alleged milllon-dollar fake pro- moter of horse racing, today held a con- ference with his attorney, George S. Wright of Council Bluffs, to determine when to ask for & trial from the govern- meént. It was decided to get the evidence together as soon as possible and bring the matter up during the May term of the United States court in Des Moines if the United States attorney will consent. Old Man Found Wandering Streets Robert Dobson, Bound for Primrose, Picked Up by the Police in Chicago. ' CHICAGO, April 19.—(Special Telegram.) —Robert Dobson, aged 7, of New York was found wandering the streets last night and taken in by the police. a ticket to Primrose, Neb., was found on him, as well as some money. He was put on a Chicago & Northwestern train for Ne- braska. the Right | On being searched | TWO SENATORS CALL ON TAFT Over Tariff Problems and Real Revision, 1 WILLING TO FIGHT FOR WEST| Tell Executive They Will Stay All Summer to Get What Is Right. PROSPECT OF HARD BATTLE SOON Canvass on to Develop Strength from Mississippi Valley. WILL STICK BP THEIR PROGRAM | Yonnger K House Counted on to Stand by in Blg that Ts Surely Coming. Contes (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 19.—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—Senators Burkett and Brown had an extended conference with President Taft today, thelr subject being the pend- ing tariff bill. As representatives of the so-called insurgents of the Senate, the Nebraska senators, it is understood, pre- sented to the president their views as to tariff revision, which they insisted upon must be downward and not upyard. While the senators refused absolutely to speak for publication, it is learned from reliable sources that they told the presi- dent substantially that if he would say the word congress would stay here all sum- mer untll a real revision of the tariff downward was accomplished. Senator Burkett is convinced that unless concerted action is taken by the senators represent- ing the central Mississippi valley who, hav- Ing the courmge of. their convictions, will proclaim them, the west will be holding the sack while New England and the east | will be getting the bulk of the benefits from the Aldrich-Payne bill. It would not be at all surprising to see pulled off ghortly one of the biggest fights the sen- ate has seen in years over the tariff bill unless concessions are made by the pro- ducers and manufacturers of the east to the farmers and manufacturers who live midway of the continent Senators who owe thelr election to the progressive element of the republican party are open In their criticism of certgn schedules In the Aldrich bill and as these progressive western men sepresent ,great farming communities of the United States, while the senators from the east and New England represent great manufacturing in- terests of the country, the point of view 18 bound to play a most interesting part in this drama of “the tariff builders Something More Than Talk. Senator Burkett is on the war path and says that he is not going to let New BEng- Tand carry Off everything th ils advantage if he can help it. He proposes that the west shall get something out of the tariff and [speaking as one of the leading in- surgents, he hopes those interested in the schodules which effect farmers of the west will be able to get together and do something instead of taking it out in talk It is known that President Taft is greatly worrled over the tariff situation. He be- lieves in an honest, conscientious revision of the tariff downward, and yet there are revenues to be derived from the tariff bill to meet expenditures of the government. | which are still a source of much specula- | tion as to the amount the present bill will provide, notwithstanding the statement of | Senator Aldrich today, that the bill pro- vides ample revenues providing economy is used in appropriations. Senator Brown, like his colleague, has been holding quiet conferences with the younger element in the senate who largely come from the west and northwest, and is determined to fight for the things which his country wants, and he stands ready to enter into an alliance with western republi- cans, whose program shall be a duty on | hides, free lumber, free crude oil and its products, reduction on wire fencing and and lower duties pn hosiery and { | gloves. i Poll Taken of Semate. As @ result of the conference held Bat- urday f which The Bee told in dispatches of Sunday, Senator Curtis today started a canvass of the senate With a view of as- certaining how many men stood for duty Ministers May Bury I?@ad on Sunday The Omaha Ministerial union is consider- ing the matter of closing cemeteries on the Babbath and holding no funerals then. The proposition was put up to the union at its Monday meeting in fered by Rev. R. T. Bell Church of the Coveaant. It provides the one exception that burials may be made where sanitary reasons demand them Rev. Mr. Bell said that his met with the approval of many of the un- Qertakers and cemetery officials The general sentiment of the ministers was favorable to the resolution, but it was thought that the proposition should receive further consideration before the union went on record as opposing Sunday funerals or advocating the closing of the cemeteries on a resolution of- pastor of the proposition Sunday. The resolution was finally re- ferred to the civil service committee to report at the next meeting of the union ‘The Scriptural Doctrine servance of the Lord's Day Ject of & Rev. J chureh and Proper Ob- ' was the sub- paper read before the union by W. Kersey of the First Christian The paper went at length into the early history of Sabbath observance and the origin of the day In the pre-Mosaic period. He held that it was not untl 2,50 Refuse to years after the creation that Sabbath ob- servance became a law under the Jewish ‘ispensation. “The law. in which the first command relative to Sabbath observance was given to Moses as embodied in the fourth com mandment, was given for lsrael and Israel alone, and not to the Gentiles,” he said Svery command in the decalogue is em- bodied in the New Testament, except the tourth commandment. The Mosaic law is binding on the Christians of today, not of the old covenant, but of the new." The paper was discussed with much ani- mation, those leading in the discussion be- ing Rev. J. W. Conley, Rev. L. O. Baird, Rev. F. T. Rouse, Rev. H. J. Kirschstein All endorsed the spirit of the paper and the general trend of the discussion that the observance of the Lord's day should be made & moral observance as well as a spiritual observa Rev. B. F. Fellman, president of Omaha Anti-Saloon league, took & rap at Sunday MORNING, APRIL 20, 1909—TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY WEATHER FORECAST. r Nebraska For lowa--Fair. For weather report see Page 3. Unsettled TWO S —— CENTS. NOT LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO RENT, WE'RR - i were SERER mon ) Ehoven ro ownia HOME Line THISI? . THE GREAT SPRING PROBLEM From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A s NEW PRECEDENT ON RATES Judge Trieber es Important Rul- ing in Arkansas Case. . - FIXES BASIS H FOR SCHEDULE He Holds that Determine Wha$ May Be Charged While Hearing on Injunction Is Pending. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April dered a der rate, line ra held the oads of the state. injunction was granted excessive. tually settles the permanent injunction. Judge Trieber set & Pracedent in this ruling rt Has Power to 19.~Judge Trieber in the federal court here today ren- sion in the rate cases ordering the railroads to put into effect interstate freight rates one-third in excess of the old rates of the Arkansas Railroad commission which was enjointed by the trunk Judge Trieber old commission rates were non- compensatory and the rates later put into effect by the rallroads after the Smpteisy states that unless the commission and the rallroads get together and agree upon rates which will produce ome-third more revenue than the old commission rate he will ap- point & master to do this work. This vir- Ministers Roast Patten Wheat Deal Patten Says They Are Trying to Make Him Scapegoat for High Prices. CINCINNATI, April 19.—Despite the fact that Patten, tlie new wheat king, is build- ing a gymnasium costing $150,000 for the Northwetsern university, a Methodist in- stitution, Cincinnati Methodist ministers passed a resolution today condemning the “action which cornered wheat in Chicago." CHICAGO, April 19.—Mr. Patten ex- pressed a feeling of weariness when in- formed that Methodist ministers of Cin- cinnati had condemned the “action which cornered wheat in Chicag: “What is the use of talking? Everybody who knows anything about conditions knows that I haven't cornered wheat. No- body has cornered it. Prices are high and they want a scapegoat. I'm the man chosen. 1f T sold every grain of wheat I have prices would not drop. If these ministers who want to preach with their eyes open would turn to the wober market page of thelr paper instead of sensational front page articies and hon- estly endeavor to find the truth the silly by holding thate< hil \no court has the|puipit utterances would mot be made.” O g A T awer o 1o iaksr v s koA rates which shall be charged while ing. The passenger rates were not changed. Methodist Pastor Slashes His Throat Also Cuts Off End of Tongue and Writes Note Saying He Feared Poverty. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 19.—A special to the News Press from Bolckow, Mo., says that Rev. J. H. McCampbell, aged 60 years, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal churci there, while preparing to conduct morning services Sunday, slashed throat with the razor with which he was shaving and cut off the end of his tongue When found by his wife he could not talk but wrote a note, saying he feared he would have to quite the ministry on account of ill health, and his family would be left in want. He died three hours later. — TEN MILLIONS FOR CENSUS Tawney Appropriation Bill Provides for Funds for the Next Enumeration. WASHINGTON, April 19.—An appropria- were probably fatally injured today when an automobile in which they were speed ing on Grant boulevard ran into a pile of dirt. Second-hand autos —motor cycles— auto repairs— spring overhauling —do any of these things interest you? You will find the right place by looking on the want-ad page under the head of “Automobiles.” The live dealers use the want ads because people can find what they want easily and al- ways in the same place. Have base ball and was supported by the other ministers. He said: We don't want to compel anybody to observe the Lord's day, mor be religious, but we do want & moral observance of the Sabbath,"” you read the want ads yet— today 1 Raia the hearing of a perma.ent injunction is pend- this his Patten Sells, Wheat Drops - July is Lowered More Than Two Cents Under Saturday's Close. CHICAGO, April 19.—S8elling attributed to the “Patten crowd" and allies, although on a moderate scale, today sent the' price of July wheat off, the close on that option being 2i4c under Saturday's tinal figures. At one time July sold at SLISi. Ths tempted profit-taking and the consequent decline brought out stop-loss orders, under which the price dropped to $1.15%. Six-cent bread seems assured in Chicago. One prominent baker has announced he will advance the price 1 cent to that figure |on May 1, and his example will be followed, | if not preceded, by others. No meeting of bakers will be held here, as any concerted action looking to an advance of prices could be prosecuted under the anti-trust |law. {(Jury Upholds Unwritten Law METCALFE NOW FOR SENATOR Democrats Casting About for New Timber in Race. BERNARD M. NENY GIVES BOOST Eight 0'Clock Closing Act and Tem- perance Agitation Causes More Division in Demoecratic Ranks, LINCOLN, April 19.—(Special.)—Colonci Bryan need not worry about having to sacrifice himself as the democratic candl- date for United States senator and if Goverr:or Shallenberger wants the job he will have to work for it. Richard L. Metcalfe is being touted as the man. This comes from no less an authority than Bernard McNeny, one of the best prophets in the democratic party. He told the day after the Denver conven- tion what would happen to Bryan and he now prediots Metcalfe will be the demo- cratic candidate for the senate. In the opinion of McNeny since the enactment of the 8 o'clock closing law Metcalfe is the logical candidate. In his opinion he is the only man who has a claim on the new democracy. It was Met- calfe's prohibition speech at Fremont more than a year ago? his speech to the editors and his influence enat saved the 8 o'ciock closing law to the democratic leglslature. “Bryan cannot be elected,” sald McNeny, “and neither can Shallen- berger be elected senator. The only man in the democratic party who has any show in my opinfon is Richard L. Metcalfe, came out for temperance legislation before any other democrat and the tem- perance element of the party owes it to him to stand by him." { McNeny is making no secret of his be- lief that Metcalfe is the strongest man the democrats can put up, but on the other hand he belleves from what he has heard other democrats say that if Metcalfe will stand for the office, he will receive a big- ger vote than any otehr democrat in the state. Heretofore Metcalfe has refused to be a candidate for any office. A year agb a lot of democrats tried to get Berge, Dahlman and Shallenberger to withdraw from the race for governor and give the nomination to Metcalfe on a silver platter, but the candidates refused to withdraw and Met- calfo refused to enter the race unless they did withdraw. Metcalfe's books have put him In sight of easy street and he is financially abie now to paddle his own canoe without a helping oar from any one, Should Metcalfe consent to the use of his name, the Hitchcocks, the Bryans and the Shallenbergers will be up against a proposition they never dreamed of. Bernard McNeny, who proposed Met- calfe as the democratic ADA, Okl | morning a mob of 20 men county “Jail here and after the sheriff lynched four lynched men are: J. B. Miller of Fort Worth, Tex., charged with the murder of A. A, Bobbitt, a wealthy cattleman of this section, and B. B. Burrell, Duncan, Okl, April 19.—At 3 o'clock this stormed the overpowering white men. Th ranch owner; A. C. West, Canadian, Tex., ranch owner, and L. C. Allen, Canadian, Tex., ranch owner, alleged accomplices. The mob worked rapidly and qlietly, nothing being known of the lynching until daylight. The victims of the mob were taken to a parn within a short distance of the jail. “Bring a rope,” the leader shouted and one by one the men were hanged. The mob effected an entrance to the jall by tearing down a high fence which enclosed it. As soon as all of the members of the vigilance party inside the enclosure the leader pounded on the jall door “Bheriff, mean business he 1o the officer insid “You might as w sheriff answered were we called 1l go home Ly boys,” the will never open this door. Duty is duty. I'm here to observe the law and protect these men. For reply three or four sturdy members of the mob fell against the on hides, free lumber, etc.. and he hopes | yion bill providing funds for the taking of ’ 38 senate, is a member of the bar commis to complete the poll by the last of the |(}. census and other purposes was intro- (Decides Man Who Shot Wife's Para- |sion of the supreme court ana 1s one of | week. In the meantime, conferences be-|quced today by Representative ‘Tawney mour Acted in Defense of |the active and leading members of the tween insurgents will be held daily, With iThe item for the taking of the census His H democratic party of the state in so far as « view of agreeing upon some plan of ac- |gmounts to $10,000,000 and is available un- | s Honor, | the hewing of wood and drawing of water tlon which will bring concessions to the {¢jj July 1, 1612 The bill authorizes ap-| |18 concerned. farmers of the Mississippi central valley. |pointment of three persons to vepresent e B Shae : | . | v ALTOONA, Pa., April 18.~The coroner's | e Bos. st s oeshently. svinne 10 oot o atutee, Inehe. International | ALTOONA, Pu. Aprll B—Tue coroners | WONOR “FOR MRS, CUMMINS its work In Nebraska,” said Senator Bur-|commission for revision of the classifica- |o 0 oo "0 s M —— city, charged with killing Edward R [ kett today, holding in bis hand a dosen |tion of diseascs and causes of death, to 1 today tenderad 5 yerdict death wes | T e RS ke, Tava ‘Senstes . Hdady or more telegrams which he had just re- |meet in Paris in Jul R Cal e & Ruskbas wreera et O ‘";:fl"' fette | ceived from leading shoe dealers in the revolver in the hands of John E. Cralg in J bt TWO sAUTOMOBICIETS MAY :DIE |57 /Rpin i e Stiounl Dealpu || v st om0l 1“1 nave received more than twenty tele- : o * pile of |OPOT of his own home." 7; G mintewils. of Sonator Cutatatne oo grams,” sald Mr. Burkett, “practically all [ Speeding ‘-: “.:"' ".""'0' ® %! Craig, who Is a locomotive fireman, came | Towa,, was elected today president of the | e TR i Dirt, Spil --“ e eon: |home unexpectedly Saturday night and | National Soclety of the Children of the Socond Page.) pants, found his wife and Russell together, American Revolution, PITTSBURG, April 19.—Charles ¥. Mc- | Clinton and H. B. Imhoff, business men. Four White Men Lynched for Mur(lej of Cattle Man it. Once Inside one of the party dealt the his revolver, felling The mob then completed its work killed February 27, 1908. Near driving in his wagon a few miles out of Ada. The fatal shot was fired from ambush. The assa ' mounted his horse and rode away. Bobbitt's dead body was found the next day. There was no evidence © the horseshoes on the mur- derer's animal, which had been removed a few miles from the crime. Miller and his companions were suspected of knowing who committed the murder. WHEAT RISE_STOPS BAKERY Columbus Biscuit Company W Down Bread Department Un. 1l Price Drops. COLUMBUS, O., April 19.~The Columbus Biscult company today announced that it had determined to close down its bread de- partment indefinitely because of the high price of flour due to the “corner” in wheat in Chicago. The company employs forty men in its plant and has a large trade with bakeries and in towns adjacent to Columbus. The company will remain closed until the price of flour comes down, sheriff a blow with him Close He | long | candidate for tie | HEAD OF SULTAN IS IN PERIL Rumor that Head of Mohammedan Church Is Preparing Written Declaration of His Fall. ABDUL HAMED IS MISSING Unconfirmed Report that Sultan Has Fled from the Palace. TO Another Rumor Says He Will Make Peace at Any Price, |18 WILLING ABDICATE YOUNG TURKS MASSING TROOPS Army 1Is Concentrating March on Yildis Kiosk Concessions Are Made. and wWin nloss CONSTANTINOPLE. Arfl 10.—~The Shetk- Ul-Islam, the head of the church, is pre- paring a written declaration to the country pronouncing the fall of the sultan. It is rumored here this afternoon the sultan has fled, but the report cannot be confirmed. BERLIN, April 18.~The Constantinople corrospondent of the Murgen Post says in a dispatch that he has been Informed from an excellent source in the Yildiz Kiosk that the sultan has sent his chamberlain, Rifaat Pasha, and his secretary to the grand visier with orders that the government make peace with the young Turis on any terms in order to prevent general bloodshed. Ac- cording to the correspondent *he sultan de- clared that if his person was any hindrance to peace he was willing to offer himself in order to save the fatherland from cau trophe. Trops Are Concentrat! CONSTANTINOPLE, April 19.—Turkish troope, loyal to the Young Turks, and de- termined to enforce the political aspirations of the reformers, are rapidly conoentrating upon Constantinople and threatening to March in to the oity and force the sultan to abdicate, unless constitutional govern- ment is given full recognition. Yidis Kiosk, the residence of the sultan, is their object No resistance Is expected and steps are being taken by the Young Turks to protect the lives and property of for- elgners and Christlans. The nearness of the expected victory of the Young Turks is evidenced by the fact that they and not the authorities at Constantinople are giving assurances of pmtection and the main- tenance of order. . Two advance guards precede the main body of the soldiers. One is composed of 300 men, half of whom are officers, while the other numbers 1000 men. These two columns' are expected to occupy Pera and Galata, the forelgn and official quartera of Constantinople as soon as possible, in order to protect forelgners in the event /of rio favor the young Turks and resistance iw hardly expected. The sultan is described as ready te sac- | rifice himself to save the fatherland from cetastrophe. The Turkish warships stationed | Smyrna are loyal to the Young Turks. | Orders have been fssued for both French and German warships to proceed at once to Turkish waters. Troops Nearing Caplt: LONDON, April 19.-“The Macedonian troops Intend to enter Constantinople today and enforce their demand for the abdica- tion of the sultan. The new ministry is tottering. It is believed adequate steps have been taken to guarantes public order " The foregoing statement was received in London today In & codw message from Con- stantipople. It was sent by the local agent of a well known banking firm. General Massacre Feare BBRLIN, April 19.—A German squadron, composed of the crulsers Gnelsenau, Lue- bec, Stettin and Berlin, has been ordered to Constantinople. The vessels salled this afternoon. They will be joined in the Mediterranean by the crulser Hamburg, {which accompanied the imperfal yacht Hohenzollern to Corfu when Emperor Willlam went to Corfu for his vacation. In a dispatch from Constantinople the cor- respondent of the Lokal Anzelger says: “The situation is extremely serious. A general massacre can be prevented only by the speediost success of the Salonikin troops. The liberal unionists at last under- stand to what purpose the Yildlz Kiosk used them, and as a result they are partly downcast and partly Incensed against the at | paldce. The sentiment of the troops in the city is turning strongly against the palace. 'he movement of the troops leyal to the young Turks to Tshatalja appears to be proceeding with the greatest order. { Everything was planned beforehand in ex- act detail. Tehatalja Is the key to the | irdle of fortifications around the capital. Four military trains arrived there Sunday morning. Mukhtar Bey is in command of the advance guard of the Salonikins. When & deputation of pacification from Conatan- tinople greeted him he asked gruffly: ‘Have you brought the head of the old man? We cannot negotiate so long as you come without that head.’ Peace Deputation Threaten 'his deputation, consisting of thirty men. wanted to proceed to Saloniki, but it was compelled to return here. Mukhtar Bey threatencd to give orders to have | them shot immediately If they attempted to get iInto touck with the soldiers. ““The troops which arrived at Spartakule Saturday afternoon, under the command of Niazl Pasha, proceeded last night to | Kutchuk and Tchekmedje, where it {s be- {lleved they will await the coming of rein- forcements. They will then embark on vessels and, avolding Constantinople, march to Yildiz Klosk. Many officers have deserted their commands and jolned the Balonikins. “fzzet Pasha, chief of the general staff, went with ten officers yesterday afternoon to Kutchuk and Tchekmedje. They went ostensibly to pacily the sol- dlers, but persons well Informed say ‘the real purpose was to transfer the entire general staff to the Balonikins. he foregoing dispatch to the Lokal An- zelger came out of Constantinopue by way | of Bmyma. The Turkish warships stationed al Bmyrna are loyal 1o the Young Turks The volunteers in the vilayet of Kossovo number 8,000, Albania has furnished 72,00 more and Salonlk! 6,00, The commitiee of union and progress has accepted an offer from Bulgaria o organize & militla for emoigency purposes. A military writer in the Lokal Anzeiger ing. Many of the troops fn Constantifiople )