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REPORTS CUSTOMS
COURT MEASURE
tUSO MAXIMUM AND
MINIMUM CLAUSE.
ider Senate Substitute for Pagmc
Provision President Could 'Ap
point Tariff Commission.
(Frem - ■ rrfbatM Bureau.]
•TasMagton. April SO.-The material Increase
,r the Judicial machinery for the enforcement of
Th« new tariff bill constitutes the moat striking
fSMtora of th» customs administrative act re
ported to the Senate to-day by Senator Aldrfc*
ir addition to providing for a customs court of
sve members, heretofore outlined In these d^s-
T..-rrhes. provision is made for an Assistant A*
to-ney General, who Is .to have special supervi
■ ' , of customs, a Deputy Assistant Attorney .
i~> -era! and four attorneys. j
'tf equal importance Is the authority conferrec
Jl» President in the maximum and mlnlraanr
is© to employ "such sons as may be re
-ed to rcake thorough investigations and ex
ijatlons Into the production, commerce and
Je Bf Hie United States and foreign count
all conditions affecting the same/ This ;
■rifion gives such wide latitude to th« Ex- ;
tive that he may easily resolve such persons
I a. tariff eommisricr. should he deem thst _
rse advisable. This is. of course, wholly dis-
I ct from the tariff bureau, outlined "thai dis
, ches this nomine, an.-] the provision for •
■» ich irlfl b» reported later, although it Is kh« -,
*- iectaxlon of the Flnanre Committee that th* |
n sons employed by th« President will co-pper
«t- trith the tariff bureau.
Throughout the administrative sections there
is manifest the earnest desire of th Finance
Committee to obtain, an equitable admtaistraj
tJon of the tariff law ard to prevent the under?
.■■■HIM so prevalent heretofore. Specific pro
,-iplon for the valuation ef merchanaise im
ported on wnsjgnment \* made, as foretold In '
thes- dißpat-h»: Th« measure provides that j
Puch merchandise -shall not in any case be ap
praised at less than the wholesale rice at
ifljich «"Jch or fimilar imported merchandise Is
actually sold or fr^ly offers for sale In usual
vhol«ssle quantities in the United States." dne
allowance betas; na^. of coarse, for the duties, ■
transportation, commission. Instjranre. etc - It
is the expectation of the Finance Committee i
♦hat this ar-d other provisions cf the adminis
trativ- sectiens wiH result in an honest and.
full conectlMi ef the duties lm.posed " th*
schedule sr.d that there will f"l!ow a matertal
increase In p» customs revenues.
- Tne customs court Is to consist of a presiding
1,1, and four associate Justices, who are to, be
eppcinted by th* President and confirmed byj
the Senate. Earh r-i th» justices is to recelv* •
* «a>ry of gIQ.OOO s year. The court is to or- ',
aastae i open in New Tork aty " thln
Etoity fays after a majority of t!,e judges hay«
qualified Eeesions of the court may be held \
cr cftener. at Boston. F3:iladelpWa, j
Biltimor'. S«?w Orleans, qaiwstbn; Chlngj
E^atti* PnrtiMaA and San Fran-.-FCo. The r-Hrt j
1- autlirrizeci to ex^HT-e^sive appel^« j
Ji risfiictior. to re-.-ie^ decisions of the Board of |
r; M BFsJ Appraiserr. and its dedelona ehalf M
ftisiu The court is jmrrided with a clerk at a
*S%r'- «f Si .... a :^sr. an assistan*. oW at
$2QQA y«« .r- '.t tier clerical assistants-. »
MA.vl'i"'" / <\y MINIMUM PROVISION.
The Assisuun Attorney General, who wi!l beu
*urlder the supervision and control <if the Attor
sey Genera!. t.iII receive a salary of SIO.CTOOf:
the Deputy Assistant Attorney General. $7.50(1;
eat attorney. S6/'f""'. and th* other three, $.'..^00
each This legal force will liavc charge of the j
interests of. th*» govemmenf in all matters of re- j
»pprais?m€nt and ilaspiflcatk'n and all kindred
litigation.
Th*- maximum and minimum provision, also
rrported to-day, prwldes f«-r th*- aH^-ssment
after March 31; ISIO. of an additional duty of -■"'
per c«~nt ad valorem on imports from all coun
tries whkh fail to satisfy the' President that •
imports fmm the United Htatrs suffer no undue
discrimination^ but thai when th" President has
been so satisfied ih<-- rates provided in the body
<"*f the tariff law shall, upon proclamation by the
Executive, apply. In addition to thr- 2Z> r^-r cent
sd valorc-ni the measure provides further for
specific duties of five cents a pound cm coffee
?nd ten cents a pound in toa imported from
thos^ countries to whose imports, under the pro
visions of the la-*, the maximum rates would
apply.
- The provision authorizing the President to
■•'rrsploy ?>2ch persons as he may require to con
duct investigations un^or th<* maximum and
Tninim-jm provision is so broad ss to leave en
tirely to the discretion of the Executive the
number of such persons to be ed and the
compensation th«"y are i<> receive. Senator
Beverid^c and other advocates of a tariff com
rrission express themselves as entirely satisfied
i»-ith this provision Th«y say that, from Inter
\ie-»S -with the President on the subject, they
■re confident he will exercise the authority con
ierw upon him to employ experts ad organize
them into such a commission as they have long
advocated. The only criticism advanced by the
jTiOSt ardent supporters of the tariff . immis-
Btaa plan hi that the law fails to confer upon the
proposed experts the right to summon witnesses
and examine the books of manufacturers and
other producers.
The Senate's maximum and minimum provi
finn is practical!?, a reversal of that originally
placed in the Payne bill. Instead of the maxi
■mura rates applying- automatically against a
country which discriminates In Its tariff laws
against the products of the United States, the
Finance Committee's substitute makes the maxi
mum rates applicable to all countries after
March 31. 1916. and then gives the President the
paver to apply the minimum rates to those
countries which give the United States equal
concessions with other countries. But the Presi
dent must in his proclamation declare that the
country which is favored with the minimum
rates does not impose any terms or restrictions,
either In the way of tariff rates or trade or other
regulations, directly or indirectly, upon the sale
or importation hate that country of any product
of the United States. This, in effect, is the re
quirement wnich was in the House bill.
NOT LIKELY TO AFFECT BRAZIL..
In addition the Senate provision requires that
a country fee receive the minimum rates of th*?
American tariff cannot Impose, any expoiit
•bounty or prohibition upon the exportation of
any article to the United States -which unduly
«3l6crlminates against the products of this
country. The latter proviflon was not made '/.
the Kou*«« bill. It ■ not thought that It «%t|
affect Brazil, because of the export tax placed
by that country on coffee, but it Is expected
that it will affect those countries which Impose
Continued on third p*»«-
To-da'". shower*.
To-morrow, fair and cooler; bri*k winds.
SOUND BOAT DISABLED.
The New Hampshire Toned Back
After Accident.
The engines of the Norwich Line steamboat
New Hampshire, with 150 passengers aboard,
became disabled in the East River, off 13Sth
street, shortly after 7 o'clock last night. An at
tempt was made to make repairs, but when this
was found impossible the captain managed to
Inform the Ifott Haven terminal of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and two
tugs were sent to the disabled steamer. At 2
o'clock this morning she was rounding the Bat
tery- one tug towing: her and the other acting
as a convoy. She will be tied up at her pier, at
Clarkson street. North River.
After the accident the New Hampshire an
chored for two hours off Hunt's Point and await
ed the arrival of assistance. An official of the
company said that at no time was there any un
easiness among the passengers.
The steamboat left Pier 40. North River, yes
fr-rdn> afternoon at 5:30 o'clock on her regular
trip She plies between Xew York and Bton
tngton. Conn., and is owned by the New England
Navigation Company. The New Hampshire is
seventeen years old. having been built in Wil
mington, Del. in 1892
»
TWENTY-FIRST ES( APE.
Lieutenant Halleck Returned to
Federal Insane Asylum.
[By T"irpraph to Tn* Trlriun" j
Baltimore, April ;•" — First lieutenant Wln
■eM Halleck. Philippine Scouts, retired, who
has for two years been confined in th» federal
asylum for the insane at Anaeostla, D. C.,
made his twenty-first escape tbre»» nights ago.
He was captured here this evening and re
turned to the asylum. He said he made his
latest escape by making a key out of the wires
of a eohili player's mask which he had worn
In a game he played with the asylum team He
CtOtecked his door with the wire key and on Mb
.vay out says he passed three attendants and
on doctor t.rrecosrnir.ed. He intended p»lng to
Atlantic City to s^e his motlier.
About a year r>*ro Halleck escaped find came
to Baltimon He th«n announ ■ In the news
papers that h<^ would keep on •: until
thejaer\luin ■■•'*' lals grew th»ed of hunting him.
IV EX-PREMIER DUCKED.
sir Robert Bond Pushed Into Sea
hi/ Morris's Supporters.
St. John's. N. F.. April .TO.— Sir Robert Rnnd.
M,- former Premier, was thrown Into the sea
to-day wnen he attempted to land from 8
steamer at Western Hay, the centre of the. Bay
tie Verde district, to address a political meeting.
Sir Robert i." stumping the t«wns and vil
:ages along Concej>t! r >n Fay In the interest of
Ms party. When lie started to go ashore, from
m steamer this afternoon he was m*< by «
crowd In sympathy with Sir Edward Morris's
party, and was warned that the electors of
Western Hay did not rtesiro to hear him. Sir
Hob*rt charged that the objector* were *-n
racr'l by thU Morris p-rty to prevent him from
dpenkSng. and announced his intention of land
-njt and making an address.
The crowd made a rush for the landtag place,
and In the confusion Sir Robert v.as pushed
overboard. H«» was not Injured and succeeded
la climbing into a boat He went back to the
steamer and made no further attempt to land.
Th« incident is attributed to the Intense po
litical filing which prevails throughout the
«*4r>uy Poilinp will he geid one vwk from to
:normw. Th- Bond and Morris adherents have
nominated straight tickets in every district, and
no Independents are running.
CUTS WIFE'S THROAT.
Brooklyn Man Then Ends His Chen
Life with a Razor.
Edward Devine an employ* in a shoe factory
in 'DeKalh avenue. Brooklyn, returned to his
horn* No R State street, for the first time In
three days late yesterday afternoon, and. after
cutting his Wife'u throat with a razor com
mitted Biiielde with the same weapon. He died
at 7 o'clock In the Long Island College Hos
pital where It was said last night that Mrs.
bevine. whose wound was dosed with thirteen
stitches, would live.
It w«f apparent that the shoemaker had been
drinking when he came home. He advanced
toward the table, about which his .-It children
and wife were seated at supper. Mrs. Devin*
arose and passed the baby in her arms to her
daughter-Helen who Is nine years old and the
oldest of the children^ Beaching liis wife's side.
Devine drew th« razor ncross lier throat She
fell in the corner where th» children were
huddloo". Then the husband went into the hall
•..•-!■ and cut his own throat.
Daniel Devlne. who Is not related to the fam
ily, and Patrolman Philip'Guthrie, of the Amity
street station, attracted from the street by the
noise, entered the house and immediately sent
word to the hospital and Police Headquarters.
Dr. Cochran. who cams with the ambulance,
of the Long Island College Hospital, treated
Mrs. Devine.
Mr^. Devtoe caiwl her husband's arrest a
week ago on an assault .-harsf. and it if sup
posed the deeds of last night were committed
In retaliation.
JOHN W, GATES GETS TERMINAL.
Buys Oklahoma City Site for Railroad in
Which H. C. Frick Ib Interested.
[By T»l«»i S|l1l to The Tribune. 1
Oklahoma City. Okla.. April 30.-John W. Gates,
who arrived In Oklahoma City last night. a rpom J
baftled by a party of Eastern capitalists. bought
terminal site to-day for the proposed Fort Sinl
8 Western Railroad. Both Mr. Gates and H. <-.
Pridi ar» Interested In this enterprise.
HORSE FALLS ON ROUGH RIDER.
Buffalo Bill's Nephew Breaks His Leg in
Strenuous Football Game.
Harry Goodman. Coloney Cody's nephew and one
of hi* crack rough riders, had a fall and broke his
lee during th. mounted football pame at Uaditou
Square Garden yesterday afternoon His wife, who
one of the show's bronco busting ranch _girU^
helped carry him out of the arena, watched the
doctor set and bandage the broken bone, saw the
ambulance off to the New York Hospital and then
"ZZ^uTJJSZZ cowboy team which
a came of football on horseback with a team
I Indian During this ekdtta, m«e* y-terdav
afternoon «v«al of the mounted opponents crashed
tnUther and three of the cowboy players and their
h^e. w«nt down. Goodman's pony Ml «n his lee.
snipping the bone below the knee. The others were
not hurt '
.. k -Mr grocer for aWe trial packet of -Sa!ada
Tea. Delicious and fragrant.— Advt.
NEW-YORK. SATURDAY, MAY
AMERICAN ICE CO. ACTS
ANNOUNCES INCREASE OF
66 2-8 PER (EXT.
Price to Fa mill
than 40 Cents a Hundred — Other
Companies Follow.
The American Ice Company, which controls
one-half of the ice trade of this city, has raised
the wholesale price from $3 to $5 a ton. The
first nev ? of this advance of 66 2-3 per cent
came yesterday, when th«» company posted
notices at it? docks that after to-day tr.^ price
would b° ?f' a ton Notices of -in increase in
price to retail customers were sent out on the
regular monthly bills yesterday and to-day.
Wesley M. (Her. president of the American
Ice «''>mpany. said yesterday in his office, at
Broadway and 2Sth street:
"The conditions this year are similar to those
of 19f>6. and our prices ■will he no higher than
they were then. The retail price to families in
Manhattan wiU not reach 4° cnt? a hundred,
anil th<* wholesale price in Manhattan will not
tro al->n\c jTi a ton."
Larere consumers who have had contracts with
the company for Ice at 2'> cents a hundred have
been unable to renew the contracts, which ex
pire to-day One man said yesterday th?t he
tried during the winter to obtain a renewal of
hi? contract, but "a. 1 - "unable to do so owing to
the uncertain crop conditions. Two weeks ago
lie tried again. and was t'>M that th<» company
was not signing any contracts. He expects that
he will have to pay ."■?> cents a hundred.
Th« Foster- Scott Company and the National
Ice Company, representing one-fourth of the
independent trade, were the first to raise the
wholesale price to $h a ton and the retail price
to 35 and 41"4 1 " rents a hundred. The, change goes
into effect tr>-day. The Arctic Hygeia Ice Com
pany, the largest manufacturer of artificial ice.
lias raised the wholesale price to H a ton, which
goes into effect on Tuesday.
Other companies that have- bppn waiting for
the American Lee Company to art sent out
notices to their pair<~>ns yesterday of an intended
Increase. In prices. ,
One Independent producer said yesterday:
"Prices are bound to pn higher before the f°^
•on is over. It is plainly a question of supply
end demand. Plenty of companies are paying
12 50 for their Ice in houaea up the river, and it
cannot b* brought down here, hoisted and sold
on the dock for less than {5 a ton Trans]
tion costs $1 or> a ton. and shrinkage Increases
the original <"M $1 25, making a total of $4 80.
As Ice becomes scarcer the Ice will Increase,
lienlrrs will )>*> willing to pay anything for it
i:;> to |15 a ton, n« they have repeatedly during
famine years.
■Although the American Ice Company may s?.y
that its wholesale price-will not go above $:■ a
ton and the price to families will not reach 40
rents a hundred, that does not mean that other
companies will not get higher prices, for the
American cannot possibly meet the entire <:•
mand. After all. it must hr remembered that
th<> total crop throughout the Eaat has been .•! |y
one-half *>f U» uvua] >is».
' they <'ann"t produce more than <<v
flftli of the (i.-.iK ' X ton* r "' '
in Manhattan. Thej cannot anticipate ths de
ise of the coat irf («toraK«». an ;
though they could tlietr Ice would noi keep
ninr«» than I reeks befon <
In r<-«rar'l to an artiri* published yesterday In
an evening paper to the effect thai the Foster-
Scott Ice Company -was an a.«set of the Ameri
can Ice Company, and that Mr .Scott was the
president and "furnlsl es the brains of th" busi
ness." Richard J. Foster eaid:
•'The Foster-Scott Ire Company, of wht«'h i
nm president and Robert A. Scott is treasurer, is
in no way, cither directly or Indirectly, con
nected with the American Ice Company."
WIFE WITH CHAUFFEUR.
Agents Sci:.e Son of MoMachusetts
State Senator.
Santa Barbara. <"»' . April 30.— Detectives em
ployed by State Senator James F. Shaw, of Mas
sachusetts, made a raid on the house occupied by
Mr?. Shaw hji<l H. Keno Marble, formerly the Shaw
chauffeur, to-day and seised the ten-year-old son
of the Shaws. The boy was taken to the polios
station, where he is now held.
Mrs. Shan says «h« will tight to prevent the boy
Tiding taken Bast. The. raid was directed by Lewis
Field, the Shaw family butler.
According to the story told here Mrs. Shaw left
her husband In Brooklyn In June. 1907. and came to
California In the company of Marble, bringing her
son with her. The couple went Brat to Pasadena,
where a home was establish . but over a year
ago came, to Santa Barbara and went into the
moving picture business. The detectives employed
by Shaw trailed the couple. first to Pasadena and
then here.
•Mr Shaw \r not * fit person to have the boy.
He squandered JI6O.CWO of my father's money, and
everything he. ever had was obtained from my la
ther." This statement was made by Mrs. Shaw to-
Mrs Shaw signed an agreement to give up the
to, to bis father this morning, but to-night she
.ieclared that she would contest for possession of
him and did not care whether the fight were made
here or in Boston. She received a telegram to-day
from her father, saying he. would start to-morrow
tor California and that they would contest the case.
-I should like to sro back to see papa," said El
<lrf-dKP the boy. "He always treated me well and I
like him 1 'ike Santa Barbara better than Boston.
I do not have to go to school here."
Boston, April so. -State Senator James F. Shaw,
of Manchester, president of the Worcester Con
solidated Street Railway, whose son was taken
from bis other In Banta Barbara. Cat., to-day, re
fused to make any statement regarding the affair
until he had consulted his lawyers.
Senator Shaw parted from his wife about two
.... ago Before her marriage she was Miss
Grace Eldridge. daughter of H. Fisher Eldrldge. a
wealthy brewer of Portsmouth. N. H. The son
1.-nt w-ith his mother to Portsmouth, and la. . sum
mer an attempt was made by the father to obtain
session of the eh.'d. who was then In Worcester,
r fore legal proceedings oould be brought the
mother and child left tie state, and it is under
stood went to New York.
Senator Shaw is the son of ex-State Treasurer E.
t* Shaw of Newburyport. He is serving his third
term In 'the upper branch of the Legislature and
"as defeated for the presidency of that body this
year- ,
DUKE OF NORFOLK SELLS A HOLBEIN.
National Gallery Asks $330,000 to Keep Pict
ure from America.
London. April 30.— famous Holbein portrait of
Christina, of Denmark, which as a loan from the
Duke of Norfolk has hung In the National Gallery
for twenty-eight years, has Just been Bold by the
rf.-ke to an art dealer with an option that tire
nation may purchase it within a month for «*•»»
t>.* National Gallery ha* no resources, and an ap-
Skl SS5n made to the public to prevent the
£fct'ufe from going to America.
SAID POOLROOM CENTRE
TWO DETECTIVES TURK
WISE TAPPERS.
Crouds Sec Police Smash Their
•s Not To lie More
The police of the West 30th street station,
under the lead of Inspector McClusky and Cap
tain O'Brien, raided what is believed to be the
headquarters of all the poolrooms in the greater
city last evening, in full view of thousands of
persons on their way home from business. The
building i aided was the brownstone front house
at No. 112 West ."Ist street, supposed to have
been vacant for many month?, although, the
police say. the poolroom headquarters occupied
the entire third floor rear.
The invading forces carried away with them
as trophies of the raid twelve telephones, two
Horse telegraph instruments, one switchboard
and four prisoners, who, according to Inspector
Mcdusky. were receiving and distributing the
results of the races at Pimlico. In addition to
supplying all the poolrooms In Manhattan.
Brooklyn and The Bronx, the police say that
from this supposedly vacant building informa
tion as to all races was sent to distant towns
in New Jersey.
For th* last three or four weeks the men who
control the poolrooms in this .city, and espe
cially those In Inspector McCluskV's district,
have been at their wits' end, the police say. to
discover how it was that, as soon as a new- dis
tributing bureau was opened in. the Tenderloin
the police would get wind of the location and
character of the place.
Suspicion was finally fastened on some of
those in the poolroom men's own ranks, and It
was suspected that there was more than one
traitor among them. Sharp lookout v. as kept
for the "squealers." whoever they might prove
to be. and every man in the gambling clique
was viewed with suspicion by his neighbor.
Th» Information which led to last night's raid
did not come from insiders, however, but re
sulted from the cleverness of Detectives Ber
nard .1. Devanney and Thomas J. < 'onion, both
Of whom are expert wire operators. They had
.*., selected to find the headquarters of the
poolroom interests on that account.
For many days these two men have been sys
tematically tapping telegraph and telephone
wires, yet their methods were as simple as they
proved effective. They would go to the roofs of
buildings H> th» Tenderloin armed with nothing
more formidable than an ordinary penknife and
a pocket telephone. Every wire thai came
within their reach would be scraped with the
knife until the Insulation was cut off, and then
the telephone would be applied. This is noth
ing more than common "wiretapping." and is
illegal under ordinary circumstances, but De
vanney and Conlon did no! hesitate at that.
Aftrr several day* of fruitless search they
Bucceeded in finding the wire which led into the
third flo.>r of the nous* In West 31st street FW
several day* thereafter they "tapped" this wire.
atl , \)..*ri{. iii-->v. ..-,;■ tne res-ilts a.n«l entries in
th- PinJHco races being transmitted' vver the
lin*.
They did not lake immediate H.tion. .leeirirg
to discover as many more places as they could
befor.- they descended on the 31st street house.
Testerday. however, they were forced to adopt
urgent measures, for as they were listening on
the wire from the roof of the adjoining house
they heard a voice in the. house complaining
thai an operator was In on the connection, and
the voice at the other end replied that it was
probably the "bulls," meaning the police.
This was sufficient warning for the two de
tectives. They lost no time in Informing the
raiding party, which descended on the place
within ten minutes.
After the raiders had climbed to the third floor
they were forced to batter down with sledge
hammers a steel bound oaken door. Then they
found themselves In a hallway, at the end of
which was ■ similar door. This, too, yielded to
the blows of the police, and with McClusky at
their head the men rushed Into the room.
Pour men were huddled about a roaring fire,
supplied by the charts, according to the police.
Th« hack windows were heavily barred. The
men said they were running a "correspondence
school of wireless telegraphy." One was held
for keeping and maintaining a gambling house
and the others were charged with aiding and
abetting.
ART GALLERY ROBBED.
Eight of Least Valuable Paintings
Taken from A. $ L. Pimcus.
Burglar? broke into the building at X"o.
1139 Broadway early yesterday morning and
"jimmied" their way into the art gallery and
salesrooms of A. & L. Pincus, on the second
floor. They got off with eight paintings, accord
ing to ■ report made to ths police of the Ten
derloin station last night by Louis Pincus. one
Of the proprietors.
At his home. No. 96 St Nicholas avenue,
Louis Pincus said later that the stolen pictures
were not valued at more than $150 He said he
considered himself lucky in that the thieves
didn't select more valuable ones.
George H Button, the billiard player, has a
restaurant on the street floor and a billiard par
lor upstairs. The art galleries are over the
billiard parlor
The police say they don't understand how
eight pit tures could be carted out of a building
and through the streets, even in a wagon, with
out being noticed by some one.
SERENO E. PAYNE'S TARIFF JOKE.
He Hadn't Been Consulted About the Wash
ington Baseball Schedule.
[From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. April 30.— Representative Sereno E."*
Payne, from the deep hole his huge frame had
dented in a leather lounge of the Ways and Means
Committee, bethought himself of a joke to-day. It
was en several newspaper men who. from force of
habit rather than from any startling: successes, ap
peal to him each day for information regarding de
velopments, in the tariff situation. Now that tha
bill Is In the^Serlbte. Mr. Payne contents himself
with reading the news Instead of making it. To
day, however, he seemed Indignant when the corre
spondents approached.
1 There is a certain schedule upon which 1 have
not been consulted." he announced, "and I don't
mind confessing that I am angry about it.
"What Is It?" asked a mighty chorus.
■The American League baseball schedule." an
swered Sir. Payne, and when he had recovered
from his laugh he explained that the Washington
team has gone away on a long trip just at the
time hen he is idle and can find time to go to the
came« The newspaper men west sadly away, for
Instead of the expected good story" they bad only
this dubious quip.
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1, 1909.-1 OLRTEE\ PAGES.
Way to Supposed Headquarters
in West 3 1st Street.
XEW TURKISH CABIXET.
Tercfik Pacha 'Announces Members
of His Ministrji.
Constantinople. April 30. — Tewflk Pacha f.naiiy
has succeeded in forming a new ministry to pre
side over the destinies of the Turkish Empire, a
task which he undertook reluctantly when sorti"
of the influential members of the committee of
Union and Progress displayed opj>osition to
Hilmi Pachas resuming his old post of Premier.
The new- ministry follow^.
Grand VIiI»r— TEWFIK PACHA.
Minister of the Interior— Ex-Grar.d Vtzier FERID
PACHA.
Minister if War— SALAH PACHA.
Minister of Finance— RlFAAT BET.
Minister of Marine— General RIZA PACHA
Minister of Foreign Affairs — RIFAAT PACHA.
Minister of Justice— HASSAN" FEHMI PACHA.
Sheik-til-Islam — 2IA SJDDOg E7FENDI.
Minister of Public 'Works and Commerce — GABRIEL.
EFFE.VDI.
Minister of Agriculture— Prince MAVROGORDATO.
Minister of Pious Foundations— MAHMOUD EKREM
BEY.
Minister of Public Instruction— HAKKA BET.
A rumor, emanating from Salonica to the af
fect that Abdul Hamid would be court mar
tialed was in circulation here to-day, but was
denied.
It is reported that the police have made many
seizures of arms, ammunition and bomb?, which
were to have been used in a fanatical outbreak
prevented by General Schefkefs timely occupa
tion.
Search parties are. engaged in the grounds of
the Yildiz Kiosk, digging for treasure supposed
to have been buried by Abdul Hamid.
ABDUL'S HEAD SOUGHT.
Ex-Sultan May Be Sent to Monastir
— Murder of Favorite.
Paris. May 1. — Telegraphing from Constanti
nople, the "Matin's" correspondent says that
Abdul Hamid probably will be transferred from
Saloniea to Monastir. as mobs seethe around the
villa where he Is lodged, clamoring for bis h^ad.
and the troops have difficulty in keeping them
back.
"The former Sultan,** the correspondent add?,
"committed an abominable crime on the day of
the entry of the troops into Constantinople. Mad
wi/h despair and jealousy, he shot dead his fa
vorlte, a beautiful Circassian girl, eighteen yean
eld. Certain that the end of his reign had come,
the Suit had been induced to prepare for .1
genera! massacre on Saturday, the signal for
which was to have been given by the firing of
bombs. General Schefket. however, learned of
the danger that threat*>n*»<l. and hast<=>n«»<i the
entry' of the troop* "
MARTIAL LAW IX FEZ.
Mequiriez Sacked Fears of Revolu
tion in Morocco.
[From Th* Trlt"-in» Bureau.]
Washington, April ?A— Advices frum Tangier
to the State Department report thai there is an
uprising in favor of the former Sultan of MOr
rocc> in Mobutu*-? fifteen miles eolith of F<*?:
that th*» city linr, L^a<ax'W »nd that F»s- ts
In a state of siege. C?rave fears are entertainol
that a revolution will follow. TbejdepMiment
is advised that there are few Americans In
either of these cities, and that moat of them
are travellers, who can easily leave the country
at the first hint of serious troubl*.
PARIS WELL WARDED.
Government Ready to Cope uith
May Day Demonstrations.
Pari«. April 30. — Although th» impression pre
vails that May Oar will not witness any out
break of violence In the French capital, great
precautions are being taken for the maintenance
of order. The troops drafted into the city from
Versailles will be- held in readiness In barracks,
and an automobile service baa been organized
which will permit the police to concentrate
quickly. Possible trouble is expected at Mam
and Mazamet, -where there have been serious
strikes in the last few -weeks.
ARREST 11. G. ROBIXSOX
Detective Enters House by Ladder
When Told He Was Not There.
Mora." Greeley Robinson, (riving his address
as No. «nj» West 115 th street, was arrested last
night on a warrant from San Jos*. Cal.. upon
the compa'.nt of H. S. Bock, of San Jos*, who
alleges that Robinson sold him $860 worth of
"Marconi Wireless stock which was paid for
but never delivered. A charge of grand larceny
Is made.
The arrest -was made, by means of a ladder
placed against a second story window of the
115 th street apartment house, -which Is near
Riverside Drive, after a woman had told the
detectives that Robinson was not there.
Robinson was locked up in a cell at Police
Headquarters, and after his arraignment in po
lice court to-day, will be held a week to await
extradition papers from California.
Since his arrest and discharge a month ago
for intoxication and disorderly conduct In the
Hotel Martinique, the police have kept Robin
son under surveillance.
Robinson, who is a member of the firm of
Robinson & Robinson, which succeeded the firm
of Munroe & Munroe, with offices at No. M
Wall street, came inio prominence about a year
ago. when Louis Robinson, said to have been
one of the members of the firm, was arrested,
charged with "aiding and abetting In grand
larceny." At that time Detective McConville
testified that Robinson was in California, selling
stock iii the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany. Limited, and that Inspector McCafferty
had been advised that he was doing so without
authority. In December. 1907. the members of
Munroe & Munroe disappeared, and the firm
went out of existence. The eclipse was fol
lowed by complaints that the certificates of the
stock that Robinson was selling were not de
livered. The police say Robinson is wanted in
London. Paris. Melbourne and Montreal.
A DRAMA TO LAST FIVE EVENINGS.
Count Tolstoy's "War and Peace" Will Con
tain Fifty Scenes.
St. Petersburg. April SO.-Count Tolstoy's novel.
•War and Peace." i« now being dramatised here.
and win be staged by permission of the court offi
cials at the Imperial Opera. The novel will form
one of. the longest plays ever presented on a Euro
pean stage, the adapters having ■worked it Into
fifty scenes, the performance of which will cover
five successive evenings.
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HUNDREDS DIE IH
SOUTHERN TORNADOES
TWn T HOI SAX D PERSOXS
IXJURED.
Property Lou Placed at Millions-*
Remarkable Scries of S tor MB
Toxns Wipe 1 1 ( I
Atlanta. April 30. — A series of tornadoes. th»
like of which have not been known for years.
swept through the South last night and to-day,
leaving in their wake hundreds of dead and th*
dismantled wrecks of property worth many mill
ions of dollars. Probably at least two thousand
persons were injured.
An exact list of the dead and an accurate esti
mate of the monetary 1033 may not be complied
for many days, but from all along the path of
the. storm come tales of large loss of life anl
whole towns and villages wiped out.
The storm wave seems to have had its ori?tr»
in the North and la have swept from the \a\f.
region south in irregular fashion, now moderat
ing its force as if spent, now growing more tur
bulent and angry.
The State of Tennessee -was an espectallf
heavy sufferer. At 10 o'clock to-night careful
estimates Indicate that at least sixty perstmsi
were killed i- this state mm, while fie loss in
dollars will not fall short of a million. At
Franklin and in Hills: > there wa* loss of life.
The latter town is said to be practically de
stroyed, while at Centrerine and adjolnin? vil
lages the damage Is reported heavy, both in
live? and property. Near Pulaski. in C-iI?»
County, the death list reached twelve an-J man;
were. Injured." ■
DAMAGE AT CHATTANOOGA.
In the vicinity of Chattanooara the storm •*»»
felt at it? worst. As in other parts of the 3tat°,
th? telephone and telegraph wire* -nere bJo^»n
down and the movement of trains was great?]
hampered. The hurricane followed th- Cumber
land Valley. wrecking small towns and destroy
ing farmhouses. At Ebenezer eighteen Iraxsefl
were blown down. At Knoxville th» greatest
damage was from interference with coir.raercr
At Charlestown th« storm swept up th« Hia
wasse River from the! Tennessee Valley, destroy
ing much property. At FayctteviU-i fifteen ar*
known to have perished.
At Cuba many houses were Mown down, and
at Guestown not even a shed was left standing.
No fatalities were reported from either plac?,
but information is meagre.
Memphis reports heavy loss from towns within
a radius of one hundred miles In three states.
At Horn Lake. Miss., half a dozen ■■as. v* l *
lost and th*» property damage •*■ heavy. From
n» : ?hboring towns come tales of men, women
and children killed and home? wrecked.
The tornado swept over into Arkansas arj'l
killed eight persons near Mammoth Springs. b»
sides wrecking a score of buildings. Other
points In Arkansas report heavy loss.
i?i->nta and mosl of fjeo-rs;!* eScasj.i.->e S c as j.i.-> tuT>
property- i-w-.-Bu* tw-> wins Ef*?
p!e. a brother and sister. lost their hyr3.b*r»
this afternoon by th» capsizing of s nrwboa?
during a sudden squall.
STORM an RAGING.
Striking Alabama and heading in a south
easterly direction. th«» burrican" ro-t;nu<*d Uf ,.,rt
its course of destruction to-night. Hunt?vin»
ends word of heavy loss of property, with
probably several lives sacrificed. At Danville.
in Morgan County. Ala., th? storm struc*
with terrific force. At HartzeH at least onfl i
dead and many hurt The storm is still rastr.s
and seems to be travelling almost directly
southeast.
Soon after .lark to-night the strong wrtoda
began shooting across the rail, telegraph arvl
telephone lines connecting At!ant3 with Cbatr
tanooga and Knoxville. and wire eoxnmunica
tion ceased entirely. The Western and Atlanta
railroad offices here reported that south of
Chattanooga, near Emerson. Ga, several bt*
trees were blown across the railroad right of
way. tearing down wires and holding «? & v *
trains.
Scores of telegraph wires were lost in th*
vicinity of Rome. Ga.. about «iark, indicates
that the storm was sweeping over that section.
The death totals were swelled to-night by
three lightning victims at Monroe. Ga. I.ar
to-day a rushing windstorm. a._-compani<»i o"
blinding lightning, broke over Monroe, and one
of the bolts struck the house «>f M. B. Barrett,
running down the chimney. Barret*, his wlfs
and his seventeen-year-oM daughter mm*
killed, and a ten-year-old son and a younger
child were seriously shocked.
Louisville, April »-V* received to
night state that whila to-day's storm left its
scar on Mississippi. Arkansas. Kentucky. Ala
bama. Missouri and more remote states. Ten
nessee suffered the most. The dead ars distrib-
I uted among the following towns: Young*
Crossing. 5: Fayetteville, 13: Nobleav. 1;
Hardeman County. 1; Medina. 4: Clarksville. 1.
Centrevllle. 1. Franklin. 1; Hillaboro. 4 Som
ervtll-.. 3. Laconia. 2; Bells, 2; Quito. 8; Giles
County. 12.
Mississippi's most disastrous point was Horn
Lake, where IS met death.
Arkansas issusta a total of 12 lead and 90
injured. .
Alabama has 4 dead near Hartzell.
Kentucky escaped with much property dam
age, but no deaths.
Missouri has 7 killed at Somervtlle and 11 at
Golden.
MIDDLE WEST SUFFERS.
Death and Destruction Reported
from Many State*.
Chicago. April 30— Belated reports show- that th*
death and destruction caused by the terrific storm
that swept over the Middle West last night were
more extensive than at first indicated by th«
meagre dispatches carried over . damaged wires
Three men were killed in Chicago by th*> collaps*
of a factory. Homeless men. women, and children
spent to-day in strange houses in many suburb*
where the storm had upset unsubstantial houses.
In tha path of the storm, before it reached to*
Great Lake region, great destruction of property U
reported. At least twenty-five persons were ktlle'!.
At Golden, Mo., the business part of the town was
destroyed and many homes were wrecked. Elsrer
persons Ust their lives and thirty were hart.
At Summervine. Ha, the wind created havoc. an-*
two persons were killed. Many were injured.
At Alton, Mo.. six persons were killed and flfteer
lnjured. Most of the town was destroyer!.
The storm was farlons In Southern Illinois. aa«
at Texas City, near Carnal, four persons *■«■«•
killed and many seriously wounded. Th* town wsj
wrecked.
Two more deaths reported to-day briny th» total
death list In Pittsburg up to four.
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