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1 1 . A THE ARGXJ FIFTY-EIGHTH YE Alt. NO. 24. THE "A JIG US. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER U. 1908. -TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. HOCK A NOW ACTUALLY DEAD IS THE EMPEROR OF CHINA RUSH LAMPHERE CASE TO END BY THANKSGIVING Ruler Officially Stated to Have Passed Away at 5 P. M. Today. DENIALS WERE MANY Career Has Been Strange One Illness of the Dowager is Confirmed. METGALF RESIGNS Secretary of the Navy Quits Office on Account of II! Health December 1. fTRUMAN H. NEWBERRY NAMED Pekin, Nov. 14. The emperor died shortly after 5 this evening. HEI'tUtTED I) 10 AD NOV. 10. London, Nov. 14. A dispatch re ceived here from the correspondent at J Peking cf Reuter's Telegram company says: "The emperor of China died the night of Nov. 10." REPORT KMTKROR IMPROVED. London, Nov. 14. The Chinese min ister in London this morning received a cablegram from Pekin saying there was a slight improvement in the con dition of the Chinese emperor, who yesterday was reported dead. EMl'KROIt SOT YET DI'.ADf Pekin, Nov. 14. The report yester day that the dowager empress of China is mortally ill was today confirmed by the foreign board of government. It was reported at 3 this afternoon the emperor was so low his death was re garded imminent. Doubt Hmpre"' Death. Tokio, Nov. 14. In this city the re port of the death of the emperor of China Is generally accepted as true. News of his passage is accompanied by a rumor that the dowager empress is also dead. While this Is not given credeuceu.it is understood she hai been seriously lit for several weeks. The death of the emperor of China LaPorte. Ind., Nov. 14. For the pur pose of taking advantage of every op portunity so as to finish the trial of Ray Lamphere before Thanksgiving, sessions of the LaPorte circuit court were held today. Prosecutor Smith is well satisfied with the progress made yesterday. Dr. J. I Gra, who yester day testified that in his opinion the cause of death of the adult female body found in the ruins was asphyxia, re sumed the witness stand. On cross ex amination he described in detail. the symptoms present where death was occasioned by strychnine, and where it was caused by suffocation". , Coroner Mack further testified to the finding of the bodies and their condition on being exhumed. election was, gave no clew to her pur poses or determinations. Mant'hiiH to Hold Power. The dowager empress and the em peror are Manchus in other words, foreigners in China and under the ban of Chinese patriots and an increas ing anti-Manchu party which has sought the suppression of the dynasty and the restoration of a Chinese em peror to the throne. It has been free ly predicted that the demise of the em peror would be followed by an attempt at a coup d'etat, but the imperial edicts appear to have forestalled any immediate action of this kind. Kuang Hsu was a son of a brother of the husband of the dowager empress. Kuang-Hsu lived without having achieved any remarkable distinction as a ruler. Were not this due to the fact that the dowager empress permit ted him no voice in the affairs of the empire, the same probably would have resulted from his limited mental abil ity. It can beTAWbf him, however, that he rose to the height of demand ing and receiving imperial power from New Appointee Expected to Hold Of fice Also During Taft Regime Is Familiar with the Work. ...... . . , ... . the dowager empress for a period of if it Is true, brings to an end the reign . f. . ' . .. . . . . . , ., , . . . . f four months in 1S9S, and that he was of a sovereign feeble in mind and body, .. .... , ... . . j ,...,., . the first holder of ttie title of emperor who has been dominated all his life by the all-powerful influence of the dow ager empress. Kuang-Hsu's "reign" will be completely lost in the rule of the empress. The emperor was born in 1870. His succession to the throne was one of the many arbitrary and Illegal acts of the dowager empress, who adopted him into the succession from a generation the same as that of his predecessor, although the constitution of the Man chu dynasty and precedent provide that the succession shall go to the next following generation. Washington, D. C. Nov. 14 Secre tary of the Navy Victor II. Metcalf tendered his resignation U the presi dent yesterday. It will take effect on Dec. 1. The president accepted his resignation and . appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman II. Newberry as his successor. Ill health was the cause of Mr. Met calfs resignation. He has been suf fering for a year from nervous break down that has rendered it impossible for him to remain at his desk for any length of time, and the chronic nature of his trouble has caused him to aban don hop,? of recovery while burdened with the cares of office. In accepting Mr. Metcalf's resigna tion, the president recognized the im possibility of his retaining office, and expressed his reluctance to give up the assistance which Mr. Metcalf had given him both as secretary of com merce and labor and as secretary of the navy. Choice of Scnlirrrj' Exneeted. The eppointmont of Mr. Newberry comes as no surprise, for it has been generally understood that he was the man for the navy portfolio should Mr. Metcalf find it ncTessary to retire. The appointment also is recognized as ,one which is almost certain to con tinue into the term of Mr. Taft. Mr. Newberry has been a close friend and staunch supporter of the president elect. Secretary Newberry has had naval service. He took great interest in tae Michigan state naval brigade a few years ago, serving successively as landsman, lieutenant and navigator. Ho volunteered for service in the Spanish war and was given a com mission as a lieutenant of the junior grade in May, 1S9S. He served throughout the war on the Yosemite. SnoreHU an Hiinineir Man. Mr. Newberry entered the naval de partment a& a business man, having been director in several manufactur- COURSE VINDICATED BY A. F. OF L. ' - ' t - 5 i- ' T 4 :-3 i '&ie I - V It Lr-Juijik. COVRICStM-r 4 JtW J. BV vl. -2 W' 1 t." tV7 ""Ik. Samuel Gompers Will Have No Opposition for Reelection at Denver Meet ing, Thus Indicating His Activities in the Recent Campaign Meet With the Approval of Union Labor. of China seriously to adopt and pro claim western reforms. GRAND JURY JOLTS LORIMER'S CROWD Thirty-Eight Indictments Returned in Connection With Primary Elec tion Frauds. Chicago, Nov. 14. West side politi wa -v. "-"!Eptcial grand jury probing the pri- uaue e...Pe.or, am n rui8i i a' election frauds returned 38 in n point of duration in the history of dictments before Jlldge Frecman. Among the number were several against Abram J. Harris, clerk of the criminal court, formerly alderman and MONUMENT FOR MARTYRS OF PRISON SHIPS IS DEDICATED AT BROOKLYN V President-Elect Taft Principal Speaker at Ceremonies Recog nition Follows Agitation Over Bodies of Victims of British Cruelty. FRANCIS J. HENEY, FRISCO GRAFT PROSECUTOR, SHOT ROCKEFELLER IS ANXIOUS TO BE A WITNESS New York, Nov. 14. John D. Rocke feller is expected to go on the witness stand when the hearing In the govern ment's suit to dissolve the Standard Oil company is resumed next week,"1 and tell the story of that gigantic cor poration. It is said' Rockefeller will be a willing witness and that for some time he has been desirous of clearing ii) certain matters concerning the company. At the office or the Standard Oil company it was stated the company will subpoena Rockefeller, John I). Archbold and J. A. Moffett, directors, as witnesses for the company. It is expected Archbold and Moffett will follow Rockefeller on the witness stand. Morris Haas, Ex-Convict, Tries to Kill Him in Court Room AT TRIAL OF ABE RUEF Assailant Claims He Has Been Ruined by Exposure of His Record. was hunried to the City Hall stalion, guarded by half a dozen reserves. The shooting was witnessed" bv hIK'ful ' his ultimate recovery. Felix Monahan. a gatema... and John!? ?aujrr appears to be the dynasty, K'Ang Hsi and Ch'Ien Lung each having reigned and ruled CO years. SucreaMlon Mootrd Qiionllon. The question of the succession has agitated tho imperial family since the autumn of 1907, when it was perceived that the health of the emperor was seriously undermined. In January of 1900 the dowager empress adopted Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuan, the Boxer chieftain, heir apparent, but she dis inherited him in November, 1901, at the behest of the allied powers. Since then the matter of an heir apparent has been in abeyance, and the dowager empress, in. whose hands the power of 24 BELOW ZERO AT LARAMIE, WYOMING Laramie Wyo., Nov. 14. The gov ernment thermometer at Wyoming university registered 24 degrees be low zero last night, the coldest No vember night ever recorded here. 'Snow in Michigan. Grand Rapids, Mich., I$ov. 14. A heavy snowstorm Is raging along the east shore of Lake Michigan today. Fourteen inches of snow is reported at Muskegon. , one of "Billy" Cooke's right hand men in the Ninth ward, and against Edward Smejkal.v member of the Illinois leg islature and one of the leaders in the district whose political destinies have been controlled by Congressman Billy" Lcrimer. Harris and Smejkal are charged with perjury in connection with the hand ling of affidavits and also with aiding and abetting illegal voters in violating the primary law. In addition to the indictments against these, there is another indict ment against, former Police Magistrate Q. J. Chott, charging perjury. He was one of the men against whom indict ments were returned last week. Auto Injures Clergyman. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 14. Rev G. Brinley Morgan, one of the most noted Episcopal clergyman in Con necticut, was struck by an automobile this afternoon and probably fatally hurt. Old Grain Firm Retires. Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 14. Reynolds Bros., one of the oldest grain firms of Toledo, today announced immedi ate retirement from business. 5 SILK LINGERIE OF MRS. LESLIE CARTER SOLD AT' AUCTION FOR DEBT -..7f - paV t! -5t Ofit- - TICTOB H. METCALF. Secretary of the Navy, Who Retires Pec. 1. ing concerns at Detroit. , several years ago Mr. Newberry served suc cessively as superintendent of con struction, paymaster and general freight and passenger agent of tho Detroit, Bay City and Alpena railway company. As assistant secretary ot the navy he has taken an important hand in the business work of . the department and has held extremely-close relatioks with President Roo3evelt. Having held the position of assistant secretary of the navy at one time himself, Presi dent. Roosevelt experienced satisrac tion In advancing Mr. Newberry. TVrry Made Anxlirtant Trraaurer. The president has appointed George S. Terry to be assistant treasurer of the United States t, New York, to succeed Hamilton Fish. ,: New York, Nov. 14; With military; pomp and impressive ceremony the "prison ship martyrs' ' monument was dedicated in Brooklyn lodaj . President elect Taft making' a special trip from Hot Springs. Va., to deliver the ora tion of the day. I'roKrain Hrgian "l.nto. The exercises of the day began at ; o'clock and as soon as he concluded Taft returned to the south. Secretary of War Wright, on beinf of the gov ernment, made the prp.-ntatipn ad dress and Governor Hughes, on behalf of the state, accepted 'h memorial. Preceding these ceremonies at Fort Greene park, whore th monument was erected, was a brilliant military, naval and civiepararle :" Brooklyn. 1T.,MM DIrd n Ship. New York, Nov. II. After more than a century of agiiation by indi viduals and organizations, bones rep resenting approximately lj.lintt "mar tyrs" of the revolutionary war, who died on the prison ship Jersey and other lesser vessels in Waliabdut bay, Brooklyn,. lie at last in a fittingly marked burial place, for which the government, New York state and bun dreds of individuals made contribu tions. IiiiponlnK Monimionl Krrrtrri. An imposing Doric column of gran ite, 20 feet high, surmounted by a federal urn and flagstaff, rises above the tomb at Fort Greene park, Brook lyn, and it's dedica'ioa today was marked by a remarkable military pa rade of nearly 20,000 soldiers and ma rines, and memorable rddrcsses by President elect William Ii. Taft and Governor Charles E. Hughes. The vicissitudes of th-j remains of the sailors aud soldiers nho died of fever and F.tarvalion, and rotted in the foul hulks of the Britisi prison ships long anchored in Wallabout bay, which they polluted, ha-e been many, and have caused more tiau one out burst of public indignaiion. It was in 1872, at a Brooklyn town meeting, that definite steps were first urged to properly bury the remains. Nothing was done, however, until 1S0S, when the Tammany society secured funds for a temporary wooden tomb, which was constructed on Hudocn street. To this the bodies, dug from the trenches along the Wallal.out bonks where they had been hastily interred, were removed. lilltlrrn I'liljcil vl(h flonrn. With passing years the structure fell into decay, the bones became ex posed and children played with them. Public feeling became aroused, and in 1S7." the city of Brooklyn removed all that could be collected, several loads of them, to a tomb at. Fort Greene park under the stairs cf the entrance, where they had boon ur.til work had begun on the present, handr.omc me morial which the late Standard Wmte designed, and which reprenonts about 200,000. To theso bones were added, four years ago. after a public service. at Plymouth church, nun mnr, fill ing about eight coffins, which had been unearthed in conFtruction of warehouses at the Brooklyn navy yard. All the remains arcs now en cased in metallic coffins in the spa cious tomb which P.? approached ly a stately flight of several hundred rtVps. McGowii, a baggageman, who were standing in the concourse a few feet from Mr. Amnion when he fell. They were so astonished by the assassina tion that they did not attempt to stop the murderer until he was well on his way toward the street. Then they ran after him and saw him walk into the arms of the policeman. McGrath did not lose his composure when he was taken before Captain James Larkins, chief of the detective bureau, and Chief of Police Monahan at police headquarters. I 'I am satisfied to take my medicine tor what I have done,"' he said. Ciuinin He nan Hounded. Questioned further, he said: have known Amnion 10 years and we had trouble over business matter. I. met him this morning and he said something to me. I don't know ex actly what it was. I said nothing to him. I had a revolver in my right hand inniy pocket. I will not say why I shot him. He put me out of the butterin business I had Conducted in our place. He ki'cw all the in- I spectois in New Jersey and New York and kept them hounding me while they let him alone." Tho morgue officials noted these facts concerning the murder: Arumnn was killed on Friday the l"th". His body was received at 1 p. m.. the ISth hour of the day and went on record as "No. 1,200," on the morgue books. BIGGEST BANK NOW OUTSIDE. CHICAGO National Bank of Commerce Takes Over Property of the Common wealth Trust Company. V St. Ixuiis, Nov. 14. It is 'semi-ofli-clally reported the National Bank of Commerce of St. Ivouis lias taken over the accounts, commercial and bank ing, of the Commonwealth Trust com pany cf St. Ijouis. The consolidation makes the former institution the larg est in point of deposits outside or New York and Chicago. WRIGHT WINS FINAL TEST San Francisco, Nov. 14. Francis J. IRney, special assistant district attor ney, who was shot yesterday in the court room by Morris Haas, an'ex-con-vict, passed a restful night, re taining consciousness throughout, re ports from the hospital early today staling that his condition was Im proved. "His friends and family are Tne from blood itoisoning, and today an effort wiil be made to locate the bullet and the exact cause of the wound. Shut in Itight Side. iieney was shot in I he right side of the head as he leaned forward over the table. The bullet enteid half an inch from the rigut ear, ranged downward, and is lodged somewhere in the mus cles of the right side of the neck. In the opinion of the doctors his constitu tion is sufficiently strong to add to hi3 chance of recovery.' Haas who did the shooting was last night c-onfined in the county jail at Ingleside, seveial miles from the cen-' ter of the city. Huef I Arretted. Abraham Ruef was ordered into cus tody by Judge Lawtor immediately af ter the shooting, and is also a tempor ary prisoner in the jail, having beeu locked up in the fear that he might be made the victim of renewed vio lence from some unexpected quarter. ItouNevelt Uxprennea Horror. Washington, Nov. 14. President Roosevelt, upon learning of the at tempt made on the life of Francis J. Heney, sent a telegram to Mrs. Heney and Adolph 'Spreckles, expressing "horror and detestation" of the deed. Wait Seated In Court. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 14. Fran cis J. Heney, special prosecutor of the accused grafters of San Francisco, was shot and seriously injured late yester day afternoon by Morris Haas, a Jew ish saloon keeper and ex-convict, while seated in court during the third trial of Abraham Ruef for bribery. Mr. Heney is expected to recover. At 6 o'clock in the evening he was con scious, and said: "I will Jive to prosecute him." Ksponed His Keeord. Heney has been the leading official in the prosecution of municipal . cor ruption in this city. In the second Ruef trial Haas had been passed as a juror when one day in court Heney dramatically produced a photograph of him taken at San Quentin penitentiary. taken in convict's garb and cropped head and with his numler across his breast. Haas collapsed in court, ad mitted ho had been a convict, and was immediately discharged from the jury. HAD HIS REVENGE Andrew McGrath, Butter Salesman, Kills Walter E. Ammon at Jersey City. ' VICTIM A BUTTERINE MAKER New York Nov. 1 1. Nightcaps of pink and blue silk and lace, with bowa and rosettes of baby ribbon to match, corset covers of lavender, blue, pink, orange and white silk and of all luce, 22 pairs of 6llk slot kings in green, blue, waite and black, besides other bits 'of- lingerie, lawn, linen and lace are to be sold at the Fifth avenue auction rooms today to satisfy the un gallant creditors of Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne. v v This Is the second sale of personal belongings for the auburn-haired act ress, wuo grew into fame under the impulsive David Belasco, but whose career has been dimmed since her marriage to a man two-thirds her age led Belasco to Bever relations with her. The first sale f household fur niture, automobiles, etc., took place some months ago. Bryans to Visit Mexico. Lincom, Neb., Nov. 14. Mr. and Mrs. William 'J. Bryan Will leave to morrow for a trip to Mexico. They will seek " rest and recreation. Mr. Bryan will deliver a commencement address lu. Philadelphia DeCy3. Rate Hearing Postponed. v Kansas City, Nov. 14- A delay of two weeks in. the Missouri rate case was announced this morning by Judge Smith Mcpherson. The judge declar ed he was compelled to return tonight to his home district in southern Iowa, owing to the crowded court docket there. At the end of that time he said he would return to Kansas City and finish the rate hearing without further delay. " ; . Assailant Claims Crime Was Result of Persecution Which Drove Him Out of Business. Five Hurt in Explosion. Crawfordsville, Ind., Nov. 14. Five men were severely injured, three pos sibly fatally, today by an explosion in the epgine room of the American Millipg company s stock food factory New York, Nov. 14. Walter E. A in mon, one of the largest butterlne man ufacturers -in the couutry, who was well known in Jersey City as a finan cier and clubman, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon at the railroad station there by' Andrew McGrath, 50 years old, a butter salesman out of a job, who. lived with his wife and six J children at 244 Second street. The motive for the killing is- thought to have been a belief on McGrath's part that Ammon had persecuted him In business. Mr. Ammon was a member of - the firm of Ammon & Person at Fourth Qf T.tnion Irt mfloa frnm Vi or a TTio I building burned. The loss is ?200,000. ,and Henderson streetsj Jersey City, and he was a brother of Colonel Thomas Amnion of the Miller syndi cate fame. He had lived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farmer at 314 Pavonia avenue 17 years, and was in the habit of dining at the noon hour at the Keystone restaurant in the railroad station. .Met on Staira. , As he reached the head of the stairs of the southern Jersey City en trance to the concourse on his way to the restaurant, McGrath stepped out of a lavatory. Mr. Ammon said something and a moment later raised his hand to salute Major. WiMard C. Fisk, a Jersey City lawyer who is connected with the New York national guard. While Ammon's hand was de scending McGrath drew a revolver from his right hand coat pocket and fired. The bullet struck Mr. Ammon in the left cheek below ' the temple and the wounded man .fell. McGrath advanced a couple of steps and fired two more shots both of which pinged against the concrete floor. The assailant then calmly started down the stairway to the .street and was met by Patrolman Amann, on duty at the ferry entrance who ran up to see what the shooting was about. - ; ; .' Snbmlta to Arreat. McGrath pullsd his revolver from Aeroplane Starts Without Derrick and Prize lJ Awarded American, Le Mans, France, Nov. 11. Wilbur Wright,ihe American aeroplanist, suc ceeded yesterday afternoon for. the first time in making a start with his flying machine without the use of the derrick previously en-ployed for this purpose. He circled the field twice on his flight and then came to the ground. It was in order to comply with th-j conditions imposed by thi Sarthe Aero club for trials for the club's prize of $200 for a flight for height that W'right abandoned the tier rick. When Wright descended the commissioners appointed to witness the trial ' announced that the prize would be awarded him. (Continued on Page Four.) GRAND DUKE ALEXIS OF RUSSIA IS DEAD Uncle of Emperor Nicholas Victim of Pneumcnia Lived in Paris ' Since Retirement. Paris. Nov. 14. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, uncle of Emperor Nicholas, died here today of pneumonia. Th6 duke has lived in Paris almost contin uously since his retirement' from the position of supreme - director of the navy, which he bad held for 24 years. MINNESOTA BANKS IN LEAGUE TO i GUARANTEE THEIR OWN DEPOSITS Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 14. With in two mouths there will be in opera tion among the country banks of Min nesota a new plan for the protection of bank deposits. The plan is devised by the bankers themselves. V. D. Willard, cashier of the First National bank of Mankato, is chair man ot the committee appointed . by the bankers of the Second congres sional district of Minnesota to organ ize the banks , for the operation of an his pocket, handed it to the policeman independent system of examination and meekly submitted to arrest. He J The purpose of the organization will be to improve and strengthen the banking system of the state, to pre vent improper or unsafe conduct upon the part of any bank within the state . and to provide a system of thorough, and complete; examinations into : the affairs of every banking corporation or individual banker belonging to the as sociation. . . . The projected system of examina tions will be so thorough, that.it will be. Impossible for a bajtk to dissipate its assets sufficiently to Injure the de positors lefore it Is checked up by examiners. " -