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VOV OI ~ LXVITI. . . .N°- 22,506.
OBALDIA IN THE LEAD
THE ELECT IOX IX PAX AM A
yo 'Serious Disorders — Government
Officials Doicncast.
Panama, June 2S.— Balloting in the municipal
elections on the isthmus ended at 4 o'clock this
slteraoon. There were no disorders here.
A largre majority wa_s given to the ticket sup
ported toy General .Obaldia, a candidate for the
Presidency of the republic in the elections which
•Brill "be held next month in Panama City.
Returns from Arraijan. Taboga and Chame,
the or.iy points from which advices have been
received, show that the ticket of Obaldia also
•won there. Reports from several of the prov
iaccs pay that disturbances occurred, but that
they were not serious.
Though the municipal elections to-day were
uiiniportant. Obaidia's triumph in the capital is
j-egsrded as evidence of his popularity, as the
supporters of th** candidates favored by the gov
err.:ner, made strenuous efforts to win.
During the day the streets near the polling
places were crowded with persons who were
brought from various parts of the city in car
riages decorated with flags. Every train from
the Canal Zone also brought citizens to vote.
The party which won the municipal elections
j.robaMy will be victorious in the balloting for
Proideritial electors, which is to be held on
lob* 12-
.. June 2S. — General Obaidia's candidates
carried the municipal elections here to-day by
t r.ajority of !H votes. The total vote cast
.r»SI-'. r »SI-' Good order was kept. The govern
aacnC party is downcast over the result.
rbe result of the vote in neighboring districts
v.:: not be known until to-morrow. United
BiaMa marines arc aahore in the canal zone to
the property of the American govern
ut no trouble is expected to ensue. The
:vs Idaho and Xew Hampshi-e left the
: oaistead yesterday, the former for Cuba and
The latter for New York. The auxiliary cruiser
P:a:^: f is still at Pier 11. and the eum
- of the marines aboard is prepared in
-:^r,tly to land a large force if necessity should
The crc'aer Tacoma is in the harbor.
A; additional preoaationa ail the piers and
Broad tracks in this vicinity were kept
clear to-day and fire hose was distributed
thteuajbeat the city. A strict guard -also was
maintained over all buildir.es belonging to the
United States.
The balloting began at 8 o'clock this morn
ing and ended at 4 p. m Occasionally during
the day there were loud protests from the crowd
agrainst alleged illegal voting. W- A. Martin
and Paul Wuttke. two Americans, watched the
proceedings at two of the poiling places here.
DIES UXDER AUTOMOBILE.
Man Killed, Wife FaUdlji Hurt-
Machine Turns Turtle.
[By Tfjfg-ar!-. to The Tl Htlllll |
Warren. Penn.. June 2S. — Eric Anderson is
dead, his wife fatally injured and R M. Knabh
-;«■ suffering from a fixcf.:red jaw as a result of
an automobile accident this evening near th»
Outing Club, two and one-half mllea from War
ren. — *> ■ -~ ■ ' ■
The three mentioned, with two children, were
out in Mr Knabb's automobile. Near the foot
of a Ion? grade, when th - machine was going at
great speed, the party met two buggies and
turned out to pass them. One of the front
v ,l- e< =] s ran Into a' small gutter and the machine
turned turtle.
When it overturned the engine kept going, and
Knabb. altnousn dazed, leaped to his feet and
*hut off the engine, preventing an explosion of
the . usalene tank. Mr. Bpabb. who is thirty
four v€*rs eat. is one of the proprietors of the
Knabb barrel works.
AUTO RACE WITH DEATH.
John D. Crim mins' s Son Speeds
Priest to Burned Woman.
LpJ T*Jesr»pS to The Tribun* 1
Btaaafacd. Conn.. fame Cyril Crimmins,
5-on of John D Crimmins. of Xew York, drove
his red runabout to the limit of Its speed this
eventes from the Wee Eurn Gotf Club, in Noro
ton. to St. John's Catholic rectory, here, to get
the Rev. Eugene Sullivan, and then rushed back
T.ith him to the clubhouse, three mile* distant,
for [ra Daniel Murphy lay dying by the road-
Mde near the Wee Burn Clubhouse.
She rad usr-d kerosene oil to start her kitchen
ftr« and had rushed out of doors, her clothes
ablaze. Her hus-bar.d. trying to beat out the
f.ames. -was burned severely about the hands and
fac
r>r J J. Cloonan. young Mr. Crtaamins. Felix
Mulsreiv and other New rorlcers ran out of the
clubhouse to her aid. Dr. Cloonan gave her
lUUWfliimii Injections to ease the pain. Not
until Father Sullivan arrived in Mr. Crimmins's
motor car and gave her the last rit.-? of the
Church did bUb. alurphy lose consciousness. She
wa.' taken to th* Stamford Hospital, -where It
•..a? said she could not live.
EUOLT WBBIXB FKOM AUTOMOBILE.
Three Hurt When Stearing Gear Breaks on
Staten Island Eoad.
Fr»nk Belknap. of No. 2.ISS -Richmond Torrace
Port Richmond. Stau-n Island, his wWe and
daughter. KfeM Ruth BeUcaati. were injured yes
£SS aftomoon by being thrown from an auto
roobOe Mrs. Betoi^ rigbX arm was broken and
Zr «„ cut about tse face and bead. S»J*l
iobotan^ of St. Vincent's Hospital dona:
WTdle Mr. Belknap « driving the en, ..long
Wk aVnue Port Bictano. at good Bpeed. thP
.J-rinT *£ broke and the machine ran into a
fire hydrant.
1 mtl MAN HIT 2Y AUTOMOBILE.
UraWe tc Dcdge. H* Is Kun Cv-er by Car
Operated by Brcoklynite.
r£ ■-;, " ;„.„ a bis touring car owned an.l
opkatia l.v Ainu* M l^ttcrson. of No. IFlftß
>Tr~t Biwddyn: **n* Jown Ui " jn him - . ... .„ i m
Tn. oar was ffOnz at a rapid raU-. and Ll.en ,
£roH to cocf-e *as un^cc^s,.,!. He was thr.-v.u
v, ,h* ground .-nrf the whc-r-1* ot the car ^s,d
-,,r hi, <*<■*. Suffer*;; from «verc internal in
iaifc*. be «a« taken to St. Joseph'* «^f££
iwa^n «as «n<-.-t<*. and City Judge Be*ll*d
jo.;ri*-d the rase until lu-morrow utorning. paroHUig
SHERMAN ST'LL GAINING STRENGTH.
<->v*l=nd. Jun, Jonu* B. blur
man bctrtWi x« K =i» strength Ho M*:<> "'^»
t.-Uav. Hi* condition remans normal, and there
hSi l^n nn -;.ni iK c. mad.- in «!>* plan, o, him to
K-..e il,*- bS&ud iH-t later thau next WtdiK*ua>-.
To-dny. fair,
r-'-morrnw, »how f r«; »<>uthea*t wind*.
PRESIDE XT AT CHURCH.
No Turkish Decoration for Mrs.
Roosevelt, Says Mr. Loeb. %
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Oyster Bay, June 2S.— The President. Mrs.
Roosevelt and their children attended service at
Christ Church this morning, in accordance with
their usual custom. . The entire fariVily. with the
exception of Miss athel. who drove in with a
girl friend, came from Sagamore Hill in the big
three-seated wagon. A crowd of summer board
ers and villagers gathered on the church lawn to
see the President enter and leave the church,
and several automobiles from New York were
drawn up in front of the house of worship, filled
with passengers who had come for the same
purpose.
The President spent the remainder of the day
quietly at home, his only caller being Fitzhugh
Lee. who is attached to the President's yacht
Sylph.
An eiryihatic denial is made by Secretary Loeb
that Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt have been the re
cipients of orders from the Sultan of Turkey.
If the Porte has in contemplation such honors
for the first lady of the land and her daughter
no intimation of such intention has been con
veyed to the White House. It is inconceivable
that Boca action would be taken before the
Turkish Ambassador had first ascertained dip
lomatically that the compliment would be ac
ceptable.
CAR KILLS TEACHER.
Franciscan Brother Falls Off Plat
form Under Wheels.
A Flatbush avenue trolley car filled with pas
sengers for Prospect Park ;md Bergen Beach,
ran down yesterday afternoon and killed Brother
<*asimir Moore, of the Franciscan Order, prin
cipal of St. Ann's School, one of the best
known Roman Catholic educators of Brooklyn.
Brother Casimir left the monastery, at No. 41
Butler street, to go to the park to hear the con
cert. He ooaxded the Platbuab avenue car
which later caused his death. The car was
open, and as he sat on the front seat he was
protected from falling into the street by a guard
strap about knee high from the floor.
As the car began the descent of the bill be
tween the Park Plaza and the WTllink Entrance
the motorman. Michael Kelly, of Xo. 15'j Pru?
pect street, let it run along at extra speed.
The breeze caught Brother Casimir's hat and
carried it out Into the street. The brother made
a grab for it. and fell over the guard strap to
the street. In some way he was pulled under
the car and the rear trucks passed over him,
killing him instantly.
The police took the body to the station on the
Parade Grounds, and later it was removed to an
undertaker's shop in Coney island. The motor
man and conductor were arrested on a charge
of homicide.
The identification of the brother was made
through the disc-very of his name on his gold
watch. His monastery was informed, and
Brother Vincent Mulcahy and another brother
went to the shop and identified the body. The
funeral will be held at the monastery to-mor
row or Wednesday.
Brother Casimir was born in Dublin. Ireland,
thirty-four yean ago. He received his early
education in the Richmond street schools, and
e-ttinc to America, with his family when lie was
eighteen years old. He immediately joined the
Franciscans, and prepared at St. Francis's Col
lege to devote his life to educational work. He
taught at St. Bridgids school. Jersey City; St.
Leonard's school and the school of Our Lady
of Good Counsel, Brooklyn. He then became
principal of the school of the Assumption, in
Jay street, remaining there two years, and then
became principal of St. Ann's school, in Gold
street, eight years ago.
FIRECRACKER BLIXDS BOY
Thought Fuse Spark Had Gone Out
and Picked Up E\r plosive.
The explosion of a firecracker almost killed
Guernsey iackson. fourteen years old. of No.
!<•:■. Eiton street. East Xew York, yesterday,
and two other little boys were injured. It was
said last night at the Bradford Street Hospital,
where the lad was taken that some of the
powder had blinded him. at 1-ast temporarily.
A firecracker was lighted and thrown into the
roadway. It did not explode promptly, and three
boys ran to it. thinking that it would not ex
} lode. As Jackson picked it up it exploded.
His hands and face were burned and his com
panions were injured.
GOVERNOR CUMMINS MAY RESIGN.
Despair of Gaining Entrance to Senate Said
To Be Moving Cause.
;Pv rplepr.-ir.il to The Tribune]
Des Moines, lowa. June Governor Cummins,
leader of the "progressive" Republicans in lowa,
and tne political opponent of Senator Dollfver. Is
contemplating resigning, but s. id to-night that be
had not finally decided. His party friends urge
him to remain in office, but his personal friends
urge him to resign
The movinc cause of the Governor's wish to quit
public office, It is said, Is hia despair of being able :
to serve iiia state in the ITnited States Senate. |
He has been Informed, It la said, that Mr. Carroll,
the Bepubliean nomine- for Governor, who. beyond
doubt, will be elected, would not appoint him to
any vacancy created by the death or ill health of j
Mr. Allison.
MAY ORGANIZE AGAINST REPORTERS.
Dr. G. Stanley Hall Suggests Boycott Against
Offending Newspapers.
t R-.- Tclcarrapti to The Tribune. |
Worcester. Mas?.. June 25.-Presidein G. Stanley
Hall of Clark* rnivprMty haa a plan whereby |
college professors will be itle to protect themaelvea I
from newspapeY reporters.
•I am heartily in favor of an«l wi?!i other collee«
profeaaora l am now working on a plan for an aaao- i
ciation, the sole object of which will be to protect j
ua, by •-• boycott- if neceaaary. against offendinc j
uewajiatirra <ii-l newspaper men. 1 Iw .- -ii-i in his j
addr< hto the coU< to-day.
'"College profeasora must do Boawthhij to kee|i j
thetiiFelves from being made ridiculous. Tli- ttm«
t,;,. come when a college profeaaoi cannot rpen hla ;
mouth rithout being made to look, spe.ik <u-d act •
like a. fool. I have no doubt bul that the r«marlu ■
I anv making "■■■•■■ wIM '■" dlatorted In the preai <>'■ j
the country."
TWO DIE IN AUTOMOBILE SMASH-UP. |
Five Others Injured, One Seriously— Trolley j
Car Runs Into Machine.
luctanapolfe June *• A big touring car cortsn j
ire four roung men and four foung women v.n I
rtruck by a Terre Haute & Baa*ern Traction ctr \
Bt South Belmont avenue early to-day. Tw< rr:.-ri I
In th« Kutotnobile were killed an.! five otUera were ,
.nju.e. ; V;.« ■•••: oVI1( r ol the automoW**- met la- i
.sta.it death, and Eari.Oardiner. bia chaflfeur .li.-.l
v.i !h« way to ■ boeoital Miat Ibrgarat Blmiw
u'iS a«UI liuri. may iMu.
NEW-YORK. .MONDAY, JUNE 29, l!M>s. TEX PAGES.
BANK OFFICIAL IN JAIL
THEFT OF $i
VjSOO CHARGED.
Assistant Treasurer of Jersey Insti
tution Confesses, It Is Said.
I By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Atlantic City, June 28. — Robert Ohnmeiss. as
sistant treasurer of the Marine Trust Company,
is in jail to-night on a ehaarge of embezzling
$20,500 from that institution. His father, who is
president of the Egg- Harbor National Bank,
will, it is expected, make good all alleged losses.
The son's young wife collapsed utterly after a
visit to her husband in the city jail. .
Young Ohnmeiss identified himself with the
trust company when it started in 1902, and has
remained with it since, with the exception of a
year spent in the employ of the Smokers' Para
dise Company. As assistant treasurer of the
•Marine Trust Company he had entire charge of
the funds of the institution.
He began his stealing last February, accord
ing to his alleged confession to-night, to r.up
port an operation in the stock market, and con
tinued it to cover his margins. David O. Wat
kins, bank examiner, was called in on Satur
day and is said to have found a shortage of
$20,500. With his personal signature, Ohnmeiss,
it is charged, obtained $10,000 on a draft drawn on
the Bank of North America, Philadelphia, which
■was cashed by the Guarantee Trust Company, this
city. It is also charged that he got $r>,ooo from
the Atlantic City National Bank, and a like
amount from another bank here. This money,
it is said, was borrowed to prepare for the bank
examination and had been replaced from time
to time without causing the least -suspicion.
The young man married Miss Nan Scull,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Scull, and the
young couple occupied a high place^in "local
society. Ohnmeiss, it is said, had been a bull
in the stock market and was caught in one of
the recent slumps. He was bonded by a surety
company for .?10.(MM». The rest or" the los*. it is
announced, will not cripple the hank in any way,
which will open for business at the usual hour
in the morning. The losfos were confined to
ready cash.
BOY RESCUES FIVE.
Parents Among Those Taken from
Capsized Boat.
1 By Telegraph to The Tribune]
Lorain. Ohio. June Risking hLs life in a
small rowboat, Leroy Lebarron. twelve years
old, saved five persons, including his mother and
father, from drowningr this afternoon. The hoy
rowed a mile from shore to where a sailboat had
turned turtle in a squall and rescued Mr. and
Mr?. W. J. Lebarron. Thomas Forbes and Coun
cilman and Mrs. George W. Roth.
The boy was on the beach when the squall
came up. He saw the sailboat capsized and im
mediately started to the rescue. The gale rolled
the waves high and hard, but with his hands
blistered and bleeding from the heavy oar.s, he
pursued a zigzag course to the overturned sail
boat. Mrs. Lebarron and Mrs. Roth were almost
exhausted, and could hardly cling to the boat
when help arrived. They fainted when lifted
into the rnwboat by the mete
GRISWOLD. STROKE. ILL.
Yale Oarsman at Home of Friend at
Thousand Islands.
Thousand Iflanos. X Y.. June 28 — Dwight T.
Gfiswold, the Yale stroke, whose collapse last
Thursday was followed by an easy victory for
the Harvard crew, is ill at the home of G. B.
Xoyes. on Deer Island. Alexandria Bay. There
was a report here to-night that Griswold was in
a serious condition, but the report could not be
confirmed nor the cottage at which he is stop
ping be rommunicate'l with to-night.
Gris\void"s collapse during the race was said
to be due ;is much to nervousness as to physical
exhaustion, and he is reported now to be suffer
ing: from nervousness rather than from any
physical ill effects sustained in the race.
A brother of Griswold, whose home is in
Pennsylvania, has been summoned.
TILE OUT WITH CHUECH TS FLAMES
Worshippers Listen to Benediction First —
Bad Fire in Michigan Town.
[By Tel^craph to The Trihune 1
lonia. Mi^h.. .Tune 2S.— A fire which broke out at
10 a. m. to-day destroyed tbc Grand Trunk De
pnr and rreight house, the Koppitz-Meleher cold
storag. plant, tiirpe freight and passenger cars
and the First Presbyterian Church In thla city.
Twenty small flres were blazing at once in various
parts of the city.
i The congregation In the Prop.iiyrerian church filni
' out of the rear doors as the pastor pronounced
I the benediction, while the roof and belfry were
' a solid mass of flames Two fir^mtn were injured.
] Help was called from Grand Rapids and Lansin.s:.
i The fire started from a cigar stub and wa.s fanned
| by a heavy jr.'ile from the south, burning all day
i and into the night.
MOTORCYCLE RUNS OFF TRACK.
Rider of Swift Machine Hurled Forty Feet
— May Die.
Paterson. N. .1.. June 28.— Arthur Gill, whose father
Hvea in West 59th street, Manhattan, was seriously
hurt yesterday at the new bicycle racing track at
<'ltfton. between this city and Passaic. He was
practising on the new board track with a flouble
cylinder machine, and [flying arriuii.l at tremendous
speed, when he raised a band to signal a friend
beside the track. The machine swung up the em
bankment and landed forty feet from the track;
Gill was attended by Dr. MuUoy, of Passaic. and
a physician who was called from New York. It
was raid h<* was Injured internally and had little
chance of living.
m »
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH AT CAMP.
Wnkefleld, Mass.. Junf- 2*.— Her skirts catching
fire from flaming grass, Mrs. Thomas Staples, of
this Town, was burned to death to-day at her hus
band's summer camp in North Rending. Mr. Sta
ples was severely burned and otherwise Injured in
bis efforts to rescue bis Wife. He was brought to
his home In sn ambulance to-night, and will prob
ably be s«:nt t. the Meln.se Hospital. Mr. Staples
is the owner at a furniture store in Mechanics
street. His wife was forty years of age.
■
FOREST FIRE ON LONG ISLAND.
(By To!, praph U> The Tribune.)
Eastport. J»ng Island. J"n. 2s. —The worst
forest rtr. of the season In this Motion of
I orig Island is lIOW rß ln s In the wild land to
the northw.st of this vit!ag«-. Hundreds of acres
have been devastated by th« dames, which started
on Thursday, and the natives have been desper
jt.ly trying to check the Bates. It Is feared that
hundre of rabbits and partridges have perished,
and oonsiderabk game ian.i lias been seriously
dama:<
DAY LINE lull SuinnH-r Service In effect June
Situ.-— i/ AVL.
LOCAL CRAFT HAILED
BOATS LIVE UP TO LAW.
Season's First Inspection Cruise
Shows Conditions Good.
James S. Clarkson, Surveyor of Customs, who j
is in charge of the enforcement of the steamboat
regulations of this port, made the first cruise of
the season yesterday in the new tug John J.
Timmins, which has been chartered by the Treas
ury Department for the work. Matthew M.
Coneys, the Deputy .Surveyor of Customs, who
was in command of the government's tug Dal
zelline last year, was in charge of the boarding
of craft yesterday.
The excursion traffic on small power boats
and barges was light yesterday, as the season
has not actually begun. The Dalzelline did not j
start out last season until July 21, when the
picnic and excursion parties were at their zenith.
Surveyor Clarkson was anxious to begin the
enforcement of the steamboat regulations earlier
this season, so that the situation would be well
in hand when the excursion period was at its
height.
The tug John J. Timmins, of the Mutual Tow
ing Company, one of the fastest boats in the
harbor, which had her trial trip a week ago. left
the Battery at I<> a. m. and went up the North
River to With street, where she took on the sur
veyor and Deputy Surveyor Bishop.
Deputy Surveyor Coneys had his marine glass
ready when the tug left the Battery, but there
were few power boats in sight. Shortly before
entering the Harlem River he saw a small boat
that seemed to be overcrowded, and the Tim
mins was ordered to overhaul her. When the
tug came abeam of the small boat there was a
waving of hands and shouts of welcome trom
those on board. It was the Tabasco, that Coneys
had inspected last season, and the skipper and
his friends recognized the deputy surveyor, who
had called their attention to the refiuirements or
the law last year. . .
"You needn't come aboard." yelled the skip
per "This is a private party, all my friends,
and we have everything the law requires.
They showed their life preservers and license,
blew their whistle to show that they had one
and pulled away from the Timmins.
THE TABASCO GETS OFF.
As the Tabasco was slipping aft one of the
partly shouted. "Were hot stuff. Mr. Coneys,
but there are hotter ones than us afloat. The
remark amused Surveyor Clarkson, and he re
plied that there was hardly anything hotter than
tabasco. The words were hardly uttered when
the 25-foot power boat Ginger came puffing by.
| She was within the law and was not boarded.
The Timmins steamed into the Harlem River,
i and Captain Robert Deakin. the skipper, began
• tooting his whistle in answer to salutes from
! passing craft that continued throughout the
! day After going through a school of canoes
! and eight-oared barges the Timmins slowed
i down for a .small boat called the George Pepper,
i which had been boarded list year. She had re
cently complied with the law, and was not
molested by the inspectors.
After an Inspection of the inlets around Hell
Gate, whence the Tabasco, the Ginger and the
Pepper had come, the Treasury boat went down
the East River, and came to a sudden stop
near the excursion boat Glen, black with peo
ple, wiUi^the v l)af ges Curry on one'" side and
Starina on the other. The merrymakers on the
three big craft- were members of the Novelty
Rangers, who had embarked from Jersey City
for an outing at Locust Grove.
The Glen and the barges slowed down when
the ■ Timmins blasted three times, and three
men in jerseys crept quickiy to the lifeboats
trailing behind.
Surveyor Clarkson ordered that the passengers
be counted, and after a delay of about twenty
minutes Coneys, with Inspectors Peterson and
Smyth, reported that she had 3. T00 passengers,
which was within the number allowed the three
boats. The only violation recorded against the
Ulen and her barges was the absence of the men
in the lifeboats when the Timmins overhauled
them.
The barge Andrew M. church, with a medium
sized crowd on board, was stopped under the
Blackwell's Island Bridge She had the British
ensign flying from per bow and was in tow of
the tug Virginia Jackson, from Jersey City. Shf
also violated the law by the absence of a man
in the small beat trailing behind.
The Timmins rushed at about twelve knots
down the East River and headed for the Nar
rows, where she signalled a power boat with a
goodly crowd to come alongside. It was the
Myrtle, a 25-foot schooner, with auxiliary power.
She had been in the clutches of the law last
year, and none knew it better than Raphael
Sambousky. her skipper.
"Ach! You don't want me. Captain Coneys!"
shouted Sambousky, as the inspectors hopped
aboard "I have everything all right If you
don't believe me, look her over. You soaked me
$10 fine last year, and I have got wise by the
government, eh?" The Myrtle was in good con
dition
LET OFF WITH REPRIMAND.
The power boat Mary C had a license issued
on Saturday, but she had neither bell nor
whistle. It was her first offen. e, and she was
dismissed with a reprimand.
Nearly all of the sixteen boats boarded yes
terday convinced Surveyor Clarkson that the
owners Of private ami public power boats were
making an effort to live up to the steamboat
regulations. While he was lenient with the
offenders found yesterday, lie announced thai
be would enforce the law t.» the letter tor vio
lations. He has a record of all offenders who
were instructed in the requirements of the law
last year, and it will g" bard with those caught
again this year with similar violations
A frail whale boat called the Minnie H. with
a small gasolene motor, was caught bobbing
up ami down in a fairly heavy sea In the Xar
l-uu s. She carried twenty-four passengers, made
up of men and women. It was a private party,
willing to risk their lives in treacherous waters,
and the owner was warned of the danger. She
had several violations, and when asked to show
his power wliistle the skipper blew feebly upon
a conch shell.
The signal of the Timmins f< >r her to slow up
and come alongside was like throwing a bomb
shell into the power boat Gene Ft. Her captain
knew Coneys from last Mason, ami asked if
Surveyor Clarkson was aboard. But not even
the omnipresent smile of the « l •- j uty surveyor
nor the cheerful greeting of the Inspectors could
stop the crying of a seventeen-year-old girl "f
th>- party, who felt that all on board would l»e
arrested. The girl and a baby who sat in her
lap «obbed all the while the small boat was
alongside the Timmins".
After leaving the Narrows the Treasury tug
circled Btaten Island, returning to the city \>y
way <>f the Kill v.m KulL The entire cruise <-.>\
ered about nta ty-six miles.
Th. land force of fifty Inspectors, umler the
supervision of Surveyor Clarkson and Deputy
Surveyor Coneys, waj assigned "to duty at Koek
away, Sheepshead Way, Canarsi' . Clasoa'a
Point, Bath Beach. the North Kiwr. Ku.st Itiver
and Hell Gate. A man was sent with every ex
cursion bout that left tut city yesterday.
* QWJibflit. 1908. by
— The Tribune Association.
T. WANDELL KILLED,
Death of Nezc York Larcj/cr a't
Italian Railway Station.
Bologna, June Townsend Wandell. a law
yer of New York City, was accidentally killed
at a railway station here to-day.
Townsend Wandell was one of the best known
lawyers in New York City and a member >>f one
of its oldest families. He was born in this city, the
son of Judge Benjamin C. and Caroline Sophia
Wandell. He was graduated fn m the College of
the City of N. vv York with the degrees of Bachelor
of Arts and Master of Arts, and afterward at
tended the Law School at Columbia. He began the
practice of law In 1860. He became a partner of
William A. TV'liitbeck. and remained a member o
the firm until the death of Mr. Whltbeck. In 1572.
From that time he practised alone, and maintained
offices at No. 51 Chambers street. HH home in
this city was at No. 157 East 83d street, and tie
had a country place at Saddle River. N. J.
Mr. Wandell was a member of the Union League
Club, the Sons of the Revolution, the St. Nicholas
Society, the Holland Society, the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art. the New York Historical Society, the
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
the American Institute, Phi Beta Kappa. Delta
Kappa Epsilon Association, the Dwight Alumni
Association and tlie Columbia Law Association.
He was a director of the Kerber Mining ami De
velopment Company and the Realty League. He
owned much valuable real estate In Manhattan an.l
Brooklyn.
./ WRECK OX THE C. P.
Seventeen Hurt. Two Fatally, in
Accident to Express.
Tottenham. Ont.. June 2S.— The Winnipeg ex
press on the Canadian Pacific Railway, west
bound, with two hundred passengers on board,
was ditched two miles east of here at midnight
on Saturday. Five coaches were thrown down
an embankment, turning over. No persons were
killed, but two women were fatally injured.
About fifteen other passengers had broken arms
or legs. Five «.-f the injured persons were taken
to Toronto and the others sent to Parry Sound
Hospital.
PLOT IX MOXTEXEGRO.
Sir Men Condemned to Death —
Many Imprisoned.
Cettir.je. June 28.— The trial of thirty-six pris
oners, charged with revolutionary activity in
connection with the discovery of a score of
bombs here last year, at which sensational testi
mony was adduced involving Crown Prince
George of Servia in a conspiracy against Monte
negro, resulted to-day ln six of the accused per
sons being condemned to death, three to life
Imprisonment and twenty-seven, including five
former Cabinet Ministers, to terms of imprison
ment ranging from six to twenty years.
THIEF USES CHLOROFORM.
Robs Widow at Ossining After Gii
img Her Drug.
Bin Charles F. Lewis, a widow, fifty-eight
years old. daughter* of the late General Charles
W Sandford. was chloroformed by burglars on
Saturday night at her home of Opining. She
occupies apartments in the house .-,f Mrs. Sam
uel E. Tompkins at Ellis Place and South High
land avenue.
The two women were the only persons in the
boose on Saturday night. Mrs. Lewis lay down
on a couch during the evening and fell asleep.
She was awakened shortly after midnight and
found a man pointing a bull's-eye lantern at
her He grabbed her by the throat and pressed
a cloth wet with chloroform to her nostrils She
became unconscious. When she revived the.
man tied her hands behind her and also a nap
kin about her ankles. When she revived a sec
ond time she found the burglar had gone and
taken with him two gold watches, a seal ring
and seme money.
TROUBLE OX STEAMBOAT.
Passengers Bound for West Point
Landed at Hastings.
The steamboat Wyandotte put in at Hastings
ve<;terday afternoon with a big party bound for
West Point There was considerable excite
ment on board, and also on the pier after the
gangplank was run out. About three hundred
left the boat and made things lively by de
manding their money. At first this was refused,
but later th- purser began paying out money.
One report was that the boat carried more
passenger's than the law allowed and that a fed
eral inspector ordered .the captain to land two
hundred passengers. The other story was that
about one-third of those on the boat became
disgusted when they learned that she would l not
be able to make West Point and demanded their
money baok received money rushed to the rail-
Those who received money rushed to the rail
road station and to the trolley cars. Those who
left the Wvandntte said she was chartered to
take a party of New Yorkers up to West Point
and Newburg. They said she was loaded to the
limit The Wyandotte had spent all day getting
up to Hastings. Those who remained on board
were landed at the Battery about 8 o'clock last
night. . .
TWO ATLANTIC FLEET SEAMEN SHOT.
One of Them May Boatswain's Mate on
the Illinois Accused.
San Francisco. June -As a result of a shooting
affray in a Market street saloon early to-day
aaMMC sailors of the Atlantic battleship fleet, two
men we» wounded, one of them so seriously that
he may die. H. A. Harris, hospital steward on the
Georgia, Is the man dangerously Injured, while B.
I Harvey, chief gunner's mate on the Connecticut.
is Um other victim. Philip A. Becker, boatswain's
mate on the Illinois, is under arrest, accused of the
shooting.
In company with J. Francis GunninK. a 1 ntne
t.-.n-year-.'ld member of the crew of the cruiser
Brooklyn, Becker entered the saloon and ordered
whiskey for both. Harris and Harvey, who were
Standing at the bar. objected to Becker allowinß
the boy to drink whiskey. A quarrel foltowe.l an.l
Becker opened nre. Two bullets struck Harris.
on* penetrating the left breast. Becker then flred
two shots at Harvey. one bullet piercing the ja»
CUT 80 LBS. FROM LOGAN'S SON-IN-LAW.
Mount Clemens. Mich.. June 3&— Colonel William
K. Tucker, aaslalaul paymaster In the I'nltecl
St.it. s At my. Department of the Lukes, underwent
a seriOtH purKical operation here t'-«lay. <',>!i>t;«-l
Tiu-ker. who is u vry heavy man. «a« rflieviM of
al.ina eiKlity pounds of weisht by the operation,
whirl) t!ie doctors say was "to equalize the portal
circulation through lbs llv»r." Hi* condition N.-
DiarM is reported h« favorable. Culotvl Tu«-k«r i»
ix son-in-law vt Uk late Ueaeral John A. Logan.
PRICK THREE. CENTS.
TAFT HAS (jriET DAY
VISITED BY. HIS BROTHER.
National Chairman Discussed, but
No Decision Reached. \
\ 8y Tel»*T»ph to Th» Tribunal
Washington. June 28.— William Howard Tafl
aaaaai the second Sunday after his nomination
'' for the Presidency quietly at his K street bom*.
He was much refreshed after a comfortable and
restful night's sleep, practically the first pro
longed and adequate rest he has had sine* nto
nomination. His brother. Charles P. Taft. of
Cincinnati, arrived in Washington early to-day
and Joined the War Secretary at his home. They
j spent the day and evening together.
The comins at this time of Charles P. Taf*
j wa.s said to be devoid of special significance, but
I it Is known that he is here to confer with tha
Secretary respecting his personal and political
! plans.
Neither Secretary Taft nor his brother cared
1 to discuss for publication the question of tha
• selection of a national chairman, except in the.
most general terms. No decision has yet been
' reached, and It is said definitely by the Secre
; tary that none wiil be announced until after ho
has conferred further with .the subcommittee oC
| the Republican National Committee on July H.
It is very probable— indeed, it is almost a cer
tainty—that the subcommittee's meeting with
Secretary Taft and Representative Jame- S.
Sherman. candidate for the Vice-Pre?idency.
which was fixed for July S in Washington, will
be held at Hot Spring?, Va.. where the Presiden
tial candidate expects to spend the greater part
of the summer. m
"I have not determined the matter definitely. 1 *
said Secretary Taft this evening, "but my incli
nation now is to have the conference at Hot
Springs. Mrs. Taft and I hope t-> leave Wash
! ington for Hot Springs on Friday. In that event
I shall send notice to the members of the sub
committee to meet me there. That location ill
be just as convenient for them as is Washington,
and it will be more convenient for me."
It was said here to-night that the Secretary
had telegraphed Frank H. Hitchcock, askinj
him to come to Washington, and he is expected
here to-morrow, or Tuesday at the latest.
ELMER DOVER'S VIEWS.
Elmer Dover, secretary of the national com
mittee, when shown to-day the printed state
! ment that he would resign his present posit i.
1 if Mr Hitchcock were appointed chairman S«
I. the* national committee, said: "I have never said
for publication that I would resign if Frank
: Hitchcock were appointed chairman.
"Would you resign were that appointment
made?" he was asked.
He replied. "I am not saying what I wom-1
' do. lam uncertain in my mind as to just what
! 1 would do."
Some of the dispatches describing the con
ference at Oyster Bay construed the fact that
Frank J. Kellogg, national committeeman from
Minnesota, remained with the President after
Secretary Taft left as indicating that Mr. Kel
logg urged the appointment of Mr. Hitchcock
as national chairman. Mr. Dover declared to
night that this inference was erroneous, as it
was Mr. Kellogg who suggested the advisability
of appointing ex-Governor Herrick.
-It Is' probable, however, rhat Mr. Dover fe»*
not kept fully In touch with the development
of the sentiment in the sub-committee. vi hi!*
it is true that Mr. Kellogg did suggest the ap
pointment of Myron T. Herri, Mis equally
true that the suggestion was made with the
idea that Mr. Hitchcock's services could be se
i cured as vice-chairman, while it would also be
possible to retain the services of Arthur I.
Vorys. who would cheerfully work under the
direction of Mr Herri.k. although loath to ac
cept a position subordinate to Mr. Hitchcock.
When this suggestion reached Mr. Hitchcock, he
declared that he would not accept a position ln
which he was made subordinate to Mr. Herrick.
not as a matter of pride, but because he be
liever such divided responsibility would jeop
ardize the»suecess el the campaign. Sine? learn
ing Mr Hitchcock's attitude Mr Kellogg haa
been an advocate of Mr. Hitchcock's appoint
ment as chairman.
When asked for his own opinion regarding the
national chairmanship. Mr Dover said:
"The tampaign must be fought out in the
Middle West and Far West this yeir. ami a Bsaai
should be chosen for chairman -v ho not only
knows these sections, but who has had experi
ence in campaign work, as distinguished from
convention work. • The convention is over no\r.
and the work which remains to bs done is to win
the election in the actual campaign."
"The national committee should have at it»
head a man who knows Um doubtful stares.
With Mr. Bryan at the head of the opposition
ticket there will be practically nothing to do aaj
the East. New England will be safely Republi
can, and there is nothing in the E.i.*r H Isaal
after but New York. New Jersey an.l West Vir
ginia. As goes New York so will go New Jer
sey, for the controlling vote in New Jersey ts
made'up of men who do business in New Yoik
and live in the suburban towns over in Jersey.
Pennsylvania is perfectly safe, and with ■ Sevr
Yorker on the ticket there need be no fear abcut
either New York or New J*r>ey Therefore. I
say that a man should be chosen who is stron?
in the Middle and Far W*>st. for it is in thes«
sections that Bryan enjoys such strength as he
may possess."*
The members of the sub-committee of th<?
national committee, who. wt«ll retary Taft.
will choose the national chairman on July >. are
aligned as follows: For Hitchcock. Kellogg >f
Minnesota; Borah, at Ohio: Clayton, of Ala
bama; Nagel. of Missouri, and Duncan, of North
Carolina. Opposed t.-> Hitchcock. Herrick. of
Ohio, who hold* Vorys's proxy; Hart, of lowa,
who holds the pr«xy of Ward, of New York.
and Louden, of Illinois, although Mr. Louden
has thus far shown himself to be opposed rather
i through sympathy wi»h Herrick and Hart than
through conviction that a betier aillLlloa could
be made.
BREAKING UP HOUSEKEEPING.
Mrs. Taft already has made arrangements for
brenkin* up ha«as«.eep!ng in Washington, and.
while the work incident tu such a change hi con
siderable, atM has little doubt that she will be
able t>» eaaaplHe it in time to leave Washington
next Friday for IM Spring?.
The resort selected by Secretary ami Mra.
Taft for th«?ii ■.mnnicr outing It in the very
heart of the Virginia mountains, on a .-pur of
the ClaaaapaalM & Ohio Railroad. Accommoda
tions hav. boen reserve-! at'the Homestead Ho-
I tel There Mr. and Mrs. Taft and th«-ir son
Charles will he quartered and surrounded with
all possible comforts and conveniences Their
daughter. sasltav will Join them after a visit aa
aaaaa fHaakla in the South Their son Robert
will .spend most >>f the- summer in the North. At
I the Hom«'Meat! th*- Presidential suite, once <c
.-upU-d by Pwsldaajl .m.l Mrs. McKlnley Is be
ins placed in readiness for th«* Republican
standard bearer and his family It include*
, several spacious rooms, beautifully decorated
an.l handsomely furni^ht-d Th# apartment* *r«
; c n th* ftr«it floor and cvjirnand a tine view vC
' Ihe fi>tf Uoks tad of. t&t vVacm Scries* \ attaj