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DUBLIN RECEIVES ASQUITH.
FIRST VISIT OF A PREMIER.
SUFFRAGETS CREATE SCENES.
Staling Chair Thrown From Theater
Box to Orchestra—Hatchet Hurled
at Minister's Carriage.
The British prime minister received a vo
ciferous popular welcome at Dublin Thurs
day night. On his arrival he was met by
Augustin Birrell, chief secretary for Ire
land, the national leaders and the mayors
of Dublin. Cork and other cities A
torchlight procession with 40 bands and
thousands of lights escorted the carnage
to a hotel amid a sustained roar of wel
come, the premier constantly standing in
his carriage and bowing his acknowledg
ments. and Mrs Asquith scattered flow
ers among the crowd.
Suffragets chartered small boats at
Kingston, about seven miles from Dublin,
with a view to making a demonstration
on the arrival of the premier's boat, but
were prevented from doing so by the
vigilance of the authorities. A serious
affair, seemingly of suffrage! origin, oc
curred, however, at the Dublin theater,
■where Mr Asquith spoke Friday. Dur
ing an entertainment a blazing chair, up
patently oil-soaked, was thrown from a
box into the orchestra. The curtain of the
box caught fire and the audience was
thrown into a panic. Attendants ex
tinguished the flames and order was re
stored. A woman, who occupied the box,
escaped from the theater.
Another outrage occurred while the pro
cession was passing Princess street. A
woman threw a hatchet at the premier s
carriage, but nobodv was injured. On the
arrival of the carriage at the hotel. Pre
mier Asquith and Mrs Asquith, John K.
Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalists,
and the lord mayor of Dublin proceeded
to an elaborately decorated balcony,
w here Mr Redmond publicly welcomed the
prime minister. Great crowds in the
street gave the premier an ovation.
Mr Asquith in a brief speech said that
this was the first time the chief minister
of the crown had visited Ireland since the
act of union, and it was beyond his power
adequately to thank the people for their
memorable welcome. He came on a mis
sion of peace between artificially estranged
peoples. They would not forget Grattan
and Parnell now that they were entering
into the fruits of the labors of these
men.
The premier, he said, was the embassa
dor of a treaty of perpetual peace be
tween Ireland and Great Britain, and he
assured the Irish people in behalf of the
liberal partv and British democracy that
ther meant to bring their cause to a
speedy issue. The procession then re
formed and the party drove to the vice
regal lodge, where they . will be guests
during their stay in Dublin.
MOB TURN’S ON SUFFRAGETS.
Asquith Doubts Possibility of Civil
War in Ulster in Connection With
Establishment of Irish Parlia
ment.
Premier Asquth Friday night was the re
cipient of another ovation at the hands
of the citizens of Dublin. Both inside and
outside the Theater Royal, where he made
an address, Mr Asquith, who was accom
panied by his wife, was greeted by enor
mous crowds, who repeated the welcome
they gave him Thursday night. John
Redmond, the leader of the nationalists,
in introducing the premier to his auditors,
said that such a reception never hitherto
had been accorded any cabinet minister
and never again would be until Mr As
quith came to Dublin attending the king
to open an Irish Parliament.
Mr Asquith’s speech was interrupted
at times by male and female suffragets.
several of whom were violently ejected
from the theater. The speech was a
warm defense of the Irish cause. It
characterized opposition to home rule as
merely obstructive and chaotic, but pow
erless to wreck the home rule bill, wnich,
the premier said, would be sent to the
House of Lords before Christmas. Then,
he added, with patience and discipline the
end was in sight, because it was no
longer possible for the House of Lords
to override the decision of the people.
The triumph of Ireland’s cause, Mr As
quith declared, would be the first step in
an imperial reorganization, of which home
rule was the one and only solution. Ex
pressing his disbelief in the possibility of
a civil war in Ulster county, the premier
repeated his previous statement that the
government stood ready sympathetically to
consider proposals to strengthen the safe
guards in that county.
While the meeting was proceeding, ex
traordinary scenes were witnessed eutside
the theater. Suffragets who attempted to
make a demonstration were set upon by the
populace, who tried to throw tnem in the
river Liffey. The police interfered for their
protection and in holding back the crowds
frequently urged the incensed men to "be
Irishmen?’ The suffragets were thoroughly
frightened by the onslaught of the crowd
and were glad to seek refuge in street cars
and in the lobby of the general post-office.
Asquith Pleased With Dublin Recep
tion.
The prime minister returned to London
Saturday from Dublin. He said that his
reception in Dublin was unparalleled in
enthusiasm, and proved that home rule
would enormously strengthen the em
pire. The liberals, Mr Asquith declared,
were never more united than they are
now.
SUFFRAGETS CARRY EXPLOSIVES.
Three Women Charged in Dublin
Court With Thursday's Disturbances.
Mary Leigh. Gladys Evans, Lizzie Baker
and Mary Coffer appeared in the police
court at Dublin Friday on the charge
of throwing a hatchet Thursday evening
at Prime Minister Asquith, of attempting
to set fire to a theater and with having in
their possession inflammables for illegal
purposes. All the accused were commit
ted for trial. The police testified that a
canister, which apparently contained
gunpowder, had been exploded in the the
ater. They had found on Gladys Evans
a bag ot 'gunpowder, a portion of the
theater carpet saturated with petrol and
a basket full of lighters.
Three bottles of benzine and a tin of
gunpowder also had been discovered b.v
the police authorities, and their testimony
brought out the fact that many lives had
been endangered by the fire. The Leigh
woman admitted hurling the hatchet at Mr
Asquith’s carriage. Mrs Leigh has long
been a leader iu the violent tactics adopt
ed by the militant suffragets. As far back
as July. 1908, she was arrested for break
ing windows in a stiffraget demonstration
in London. At that time, on being sen
tenced to two-months’ imprisonment at
hard labor, she told the court that “the
next time we come out you can’expect
bombs."
MRS FAWCETT PROTESTS.
Wants Militant Body of Suffragist* to
Ceaae Their Violence.
Mrs Henry Fawcett, on behalf of the
executive of the national union of wom
an suffrage societies, which consists of
more than 200 societies in Great Britain,
whose sole object is to obtain the parlia
mentary franchise for women. Friday
at London issued a protest against the
militant tactics of the women s social and
political union, of which Mrs Pankhurst
is the founder. Mrs Fawcett appeals to
the members of the militant body to stop
their acts of violence which are bound to
be disastrous to the cause. Mrs Faw
cett points out that success seems only to
be a question of the wisdom and the
statesmanship of the suffragists and that
their best friends are convinced that mili
tancy is doing the greatest harm to the
cause. Evidently, with the recent inci
dents at Nuneham Park, when an at
tempt was made to burn the residence of
Lewis Harcourt, secretary of state for
the colonies, and at Dublin, in her mind.
Mrs Fawcett adds that when violence is
resorted to it leads to crimes undreamed
of at the beginning.
DEBATE ON THE NAVAL BILL.
Churchill Blames Germany for In
creased Expenditures—Balfour and
Asquith Also Speak on the Ques
tion.
Winston Spencer Churchill.'first lord of
the admiralty, in introducing the supple
mentary naval appropriation of $5,000.-
000 in the House of Commons at Ixmdon
Monday afternoon, said the direct cause
of the increase in expenditure on the
British navy was to be found in the new
German navy law, the main feature of
which was the increase in the striking
force of ships of all classes. The effect
of the new German navy law, would, he
said, be that nearly four-fifths of the en
tire German navy would be maintained
in full permanent commission and instant
ly ready for war. The first lord con
tinued: “Such preparation is remarkable
and as far as I am aware finds no ex
ample in the previous practice of modern
naval powers." Mr Churchill then an
nounced the British shipbuilding program
for the next five years, saying that five
battleships were to be constructed next
year and four in each of the following
years.
Under the new German law. the ad
miralty lord said, the ultimate scale of
the German fleet would be 41 battleships,
20 large armored cruisers. 40 small cruis
ers and smaller craft in proportion. "That
will be an extremely formidable fleet.” Mr
Churchill said, “and the only way to
meet it is by cool, steady and methodical
prejtarat ion prolonged over successive
years. "There is no use flinging money
about on the impulse of the moment."
the first lord continued. “The strain
which Great Britain will have to bear
will be long and slow and no relief can
be gained by impulsive or erratic action.
We should learn from our German neigh
bors the way of the policy which marches
unswervingly to its goal.
Arthur J. Balfour, former premier, fol
lowed and remarked that if the govern
ment ha l bten wise earlier it might have
been possible to avoid extra and inevitable
expenditures. Although the country might
groan under them, however, it would have
the consolation of knowing that Great
Britain was building for peace and se
curity. and not for ambition. The pros
pect before Europe was not agreeable, but
it Great Britain did its duty, peace would
be maintained.
Asquith Says it Is Necessary.
Premier Asquith declared the increased
expenditure “necessary to maintain the
security of our shores, of our dominions
and of our commerce and to insure the
peace of the world. We are most re
luctant competitors in this naval rivalry
which was not provoked by us." The
premier emphasized that the vital inter
ests of Great Britain would be guarded
in the Mediterranean and a much stron
ger force be placed there which would be
amply sufficient to safeguard British inter
ests. The House, he said, might rest as
sured that next year's naval estimates
would not fall short in providing every
thing necessary fully to safeguard British
interests everywhere. Mr Asquith then,
on behalf of the British government
gratefuly thanked Robert L. Borden, the
i Canadian premier, who was a listener,
i and his colleagues for the spirit in which
they had entered into the deliberations of
the government.
Girls Burned in London Fire.
Seven girls were killed, five were fatally
injured and several others severely hurt
in a fire Tuesday in a four-story build
ing in Moor Lane in the heart of Lon
don. occupied by celluloid Christmas card
manufacturers, who employed many wom
en. The fire started in a front room on
the top floor and spread quickly. To
reach the stairs, the girls in the back
room had to pass through the front room,
and before they realized their danger the
flames had cut off the means of escape.
Law io Settle Labor Disputes.
The chancellor of the exchequer. David
Lloyd-George, announced in the House of
Commons Tuesday the intention of the
government to introduce a bill to deal with
labor disputes, such as the present dock
strike. The chancellor did not define the
measure, but indicated that it was likely
to involve compulsory arbitration and
financial guarantees for observing agree
ments.
GERMANY NOT DISTURBED,
But Tries to Blaine England tor Naval
Madness.
German public’ opinion is neither dis
turbed nor irritated over Monday's naval
debate in the House of Commons in Lon
don. The press generally seems satisfied
with Germany's comparative position un
der the new order of things and praises
the speech of Winston Spencer Churchill,
first lord of the admiralty, as frank with
out the usual provocativeness. It crit
icizes, however, the attempt to throw the
responsibility for increased armanents on ■
Germany. The Vossische Zeitung says [
that the increase in the German fleet was I
due to the tone of British statesmen dur- 1
ing the Morocco crisis which compelled i
every German to regard an increase in ’
the German fleet as a commandment of >
self-preservation. The paper takes tip Ar- ,
thur J. Balfour’s phrase in which he re- I
ferred to senseless competition in ship- ;
building, and asks: "Who is responsible?
It was not -Germany that invented dread
noughts. superdreadnoughts and subma
mannes.” A responsible official corrob
orated the standpoint of the press, and
asserted unequivocally that the speech de
livered by David Lloyd-George, chancellor
of the exchequer, nt the Mansion house.
London, in 1911. was the direct and sole
cause of the new German naval bill.
CUBAN REBEL LEADER KILLED.
Gen Pedro Ivonet Shot by Troops
I nder Lieut Oriis.
Gen Pedro Ivonet. the negro rebel lead
er for whom the Cuban government troops
have been diligently searching since the
battle three weeks ago at Vega Pallaco,
was surrounded and killed Thursday morn
ing at Nuova Es oiia. near Caney, by
troops under Lieut Ortiz. Earlier in the
day, the report was current that the rebel
leader had been captured at the Numbre-
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• de-Dieos plantation near Santiago, but
I this report later proved to be erroneous.
Surrender ot Gen Antomarchi.
Gen Julio Antomarchi, the negro Cuban
rebel leader who threatened death to all
! foreigners and the destruction of all for
eign property, surrendered yesterday to
I the authorities of El Cobre, with two of
i his followers, the remainder of his once
• numerous band. Antomarchi was the last
1 rebel leader of any importance still at
I large.
; PERU SUPPRESSING ATROCITIES.
‘ Distance of Rubber District From
Limn Makes Work Difficult.
The immense distance b.etween the city
of Lima, Peru, and the Putumayo rubber
! district, in regard to which Sir Roger
i Casement recently reported to the British
: foreign office that wholesale horrors had
; been committed on the native workers,
and the difficulties of communications
I cause considerable delay in obtaining news
from that region. The Peruvian govern
ment. however some time ago sent a ju
dicial commission, accompanied by a pre
fect and a body of troops, to the district.
On their approach many criminals es
caped into the forests, while others fled
to various countries from which the Pe
ruvian government is asking for their ex
tradition. As a consequence of the activ
ity of the local prefects and the police,
several criminals have been arrested and
are awaiting trial. According to the lat
est official information, similar crimes to
those reported by Sir Roger Casement, as
well as ill-treatment, are now very rare.
When, however, they do occur they gen
erally are discovered and their authors
punished. The region is said now to on
joy relative tranquility. The prefect of
the district is untiring in his efforts com
pletely to blot out the atrocities and the
Peruvian government constantly recom
mends him to continue his energetic meas
ures.
Delay In Reaching: Rubber Country.
Stewart Fuller, special agent of the
state department at Washington, under or
ders to ascertain from personal observa
tion whether the Peruvian government is
redeeming its promise to stop the torture
of the Indians in the rubber country, has
not yet been able to start on his expe
dition into the Putumayo country. He
has cabled the state department from
Iquitos. about 1200 miles up the Amazon
and at the head of deep water navigation,
that he expects to start for the upper river
early in August.
Peruvian Suffragists Organise.
For the first time in the history of
Peru a number of women’s political clubs
have been formed. The new political as
sociations of women favor the candidacy
of Mayor Billinghurst of Lima for the
presidency of the republic. The women
after marching through the streets visit
ed the residence of the mayor, who in a
speech thanked the marchers and praised
the activity of the feminine element. The
movement has received an enthusiastic
and cordial reception from the entire pop
ulation of Lima.
TURKISH CABINET COMPLETE.
Peace Mission to Be Sent to Albania
Immediately.
The Turkish cabinet at Constantinople
resigned last week, in consequence of the
revolt in the army against the methods of
the committee of union and progress.
A new cabinet has been completed
by the appointment of minor officials
and at the same time has been some
what modified. Kiamil Pasha, who
Sunday was named by the new grand
vizier, Mokhutar Pasha, as minister of
foreign affairs, has been appointed presi
dent of the council of state, Noradunghian
Pasha assuming the foreign portfolio.
This change is significant, as it is sup
posed to foreshadow the succession of
Kiamil Pasha to the grand vizierate. The
cabinet Monday decided to suspend the
state of* siege in Constantinople and dis
patch a peace mission to Albania imme
diately. The decree appointing the new
ministers especially refer to the decision
to inquire into a means for the restoration
of peace in Albania. The new appoint
ments appear to be very popular.
When the cabinet comes before the
Chamber this week a bitter struggle
between the rival parties is anticipated.
The military league demands the dissolu
tion of the Chamber, which it is con
tended is packed with the nominees of
the committee of union and progress.
The new ministry is regarded as a peace
cabinet of a provisional character, being
composed of experienced statesmen fairly
balanced between the opposing parties.
It may succeed in guiding the country
through a difficult period, but it is evident
that for the moment the military league
has the upper hand and that the commit
tee of union and progress, which has con
troled the government since the revolu
tion, is fighting for its existence. The
grand vizier is regarded as a supporter of
the committee, but Kiamil Pasha is a
strong opponent, and the military league
threatens to enforce its demands, if nec
essary, by a march of the army from Mon
astir. Salonika and Uskup, supported by
the Albanian insurgents, on Constantino
ple.
RAID OF THE DARDANELLES.
Italian Account Says Torpedo Boats
Strack Cables.
Admiral Viale, in a wireless report to
Rome on the raid of the Dardanelles by
Italian warships, says: "On the night of
July 18-19 the torpedo boats Spica, Cen
tav.ro, Astore, Climeno and Persee crept
unseen through the opening to the Dar
danelles, but were discovered before they
had progressed far inside. Dozens of
searchlights dashed on the torpedo boats
and the Turkish forts opened a hot tire.
The flotilla, however, continued to steam
ou at the rate of 21 knots in close forma
tion, hugging the European shore.
"When they reached Kilid Bahr, the
Spica, which was leading, ran into a steel
cable. She disengaged herself, but soon
ran into another maze of cables. The
searchlights then became so dazzling that
it was impossible to steer any course, and
Commandant Millo decided to retire. This
was effected in perfect order. The torpedo
boats suffered only slight damage.”
TO FORM CHINESE CABINET.
Ynan Wants Assembly to Accept Of
fer of Premier—Constitution of
Congress Debated.
President Yuan Shi Kai Sunday in
formed the deputation at Pekin represent
ing all the parties which recently was
appointed to discuss the cabinet situation
with him that Premier Lu Cheng-Hsiang,
the only minister left in office, had con
sented to submit a new cabinet ist. The
president expressed the hope that the
National Assembly, which two days ago
vetoed all his nominees for cabinet
portfolios, would recognize that the policy
of obstruction was impolitic ami would
delay recognition of the republic abroad.
The National Assembly, which has under
consideration the bill relating to the con
stitution, yesterday adopted clauses set
tling the composition of the Senate. The
question as to whether Mongolians and
Thilretans shall sit in the House of Rep
resentatives is now being debated.
Snow in Alpine Passes.
Snow fell heavily all over the Alps
throughout Sunday night. It lies to a depth
of eight inches on the six principal passes
and a number of American motorists are
snowbound in the mountains.
MUTSUHITO HOLDS HIS OWN.
Thousands Praying nt Shrines tor the
Sick Emperor of Japan.
The extreme tension caused by the ill
ness of Mutsuhito has generally re
laxed, but the attending physicians at
Tokio say that while there is rea
son to be encouraged, the public must
wait a full week before assurances
can be given respecting the outcome. The
improvement noted Sunday was main
tained Monday, and the bulletins issued
by the court physicians, which are posted
on the police boxes and railway through
out the empire, indicated that the maladies
from which the emperor is suffering are
under control, at least temporarily.
Mutsuhito was able Monday to speak
to his two grandsons, who had been sum
moned to the summer residence, and also
to the crown princess, to whom he in
trusted a message to the crown prince.
Fora considerable period during the early
days of his sickness the emperor was in a
semiconscious condition, lapsing occasion
ally into unconsciousness. Delirium was
also one of the symptoms which caused
grave concern to the physicians. Rut the
delirium now- has disappeared, and the
emperor's mind has become comparatively
clear.
Ten thousand pilgrims daily are visiting
the imperial shrine of Ise to pray for the
recovery of the emperor. It is announced
that Prince Katsura will cut short his visit
to Russia, leaving St Petersburg for Japan
next Saturday.
Emperor Mutsuhito was born Novem
ber 3, 1852, at Kioto, and has reigned
since 1867, when he succeeded his
father, Komei. He married in 1869 a
daughter of Prince Ichijo. The heir ap
parent to the Japanese throne is Prince
Yoshihito, a son of the emperor, who was
born August 31, 1879.
Formal Denial of Alleged Treaty.
Formal denial of the published state
ment that a treaty between Japan and
Russia, looking to the definition of their
respective interests in Manchuria and
Mongolia, was about to be signed at St
Petersburg, has reached the state depart
ment at Washington from the American
embassy at Tokio. The embassy based its
denial on information furnished by the
Japanese foreign office. State department
officials have nothing to say to reconcile
the issue thus raised between St Peters
burg and Tokio.
RUSSIA ARRESTS KOREANS.
Charged With Being Implicated in
Plot to Assassinate Katsura.
More than 100 Koreans have been ar
rested by the Russian authorities at Har
bin and its vicinity in connection with
an alleged plot to assassinate Prince
Katsura when the Japanese ex-premier
passed through that Manchurian city on
his way to St Petersburg. A number of
bombs and a quantity of letters and plans
containing the names of the leaders of
the conspiracy were seized and will he
turned over by the Russian officials to
the Japanese police. It is possible that
the evidence secured will have an im
portant bearing in connection with the
conspiracy trial now being conducted at
Seoul.
A singular feature of the evidence pre
sented at the open hearing in Seoul,
Korea, of 123 converted Koreans, who
are charged with plotting against the gov
ernment and the life of the Japanese
governor-general of Korea, Count Terau
chi. is that all the prisoners have fol
lowed the lead of the first person ex
amined. All of the accused retracted
their previous statements and professed
entire ignorance of any connection with
an organization which had for its purpose
the independence of Korea, insisting that
their confession implicating others, in
cluding a number of foreign missionaries,
were extracted from them under either
"fear, threats of heating or torture.” Ont
of the 123 prisoners on trial. 115 made
similar statements at the public trial. In
the same tenor was the testimony of
Baron Yunchnho. a former member of
the Korean cabinet, who on three oc
casions had privately made statements
to the contrary.
MEXICAN REBELS BURN TRAIN
Passengers Shot Down and Burned to
Death by Zapatistas.
A number of passengers in the second
class coach of the passenger train which
was attacked by Zapatistas between
Mexico City and Cuernavaeo Saturday
were burned to death when the rebels set
fire to the train, according to late reports.
More than 60 people were killed and many
were wounded in the assault, and it had
been reported that the 30 passengers in
the second-class coach were shot down;
but it is now said that nine were slain out
right and that the rest perished in the
flames. A strict guard has been placed
over all survivors since their arrival at
the capital.
Rebels Said to Be Disintegrated.
Rebel forces along the Mexican border
line are being disintegrated, according to
war department reports at Washington.
However, shipments of several thousand
rifles and approximately 100,000 rounds of
ammunition recently have gone into EI
Paso and that has caused a belief that fur
ther trouble may be brewing.
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO.
Guadalajara Street* Filled With De
bris of Damaged Houses.
Earthquakes in Guadalajara, Mex., Fri
day filled one street with debris from
shattered houses, damaged to some extent
almost every building in the city, and
drove hundreds of citizens panic-stricken
into the open places. Twenty-three shocks
were felt between sunrise and sunset. No
loss qf life has been reported. The hos
pital, orphan asylum and telegraph build
ings were badly damaged and will prob
abh be uninhabitable.
Earthquakes still continue at intervals,
making any attempt to repair dam
aged buildings impossible. The in
habitants are leaving on every train.
One which left Sunday carried 15
coaches, with every seat taken. Hundreds
of the poor are departing on foot or on
horseback, and if the disturbances con
tinue the city will soon he depopulated.
CALM IN PORTUGAL.
A Number of the Royalists Appear to
Be Leaving the Country.
Calm reigns throughout Portugal, but
the republican troops continue to patrol
those districts in which royalist outbreaks
have occurred. The temper of the people
is shown by the fact that the peasants
fraternize openly with the soldiers every
where.
Hundreds of refugees from Portugal
are arriving in Madrid. Among them are
several army officers and journalists who
issued a statement this week in which
they said: “We will go to America, Ger
many or Japan, if necessary, but we will
ne’er rctniu to Portugal so long as the
monrehy is not restored.”
GOVERNOR FOSS IS OPTIMISTIC,
CONCERNING THE BOSTON STRIKE.
District Attorney Continues Case Con
cerning Alleged Discharge of Em
ployes tor Joining a Union.
After a conference with the Boston ele
vated railroad company, Gov Foss issued a
statement Tuesday to the effect that a
speedy settlement of the strike' of motormeu
and conductors of the system was expect
ed. The statement said: “A conference
was held in the governor's office at 3 p. tn.
to-day and lasted about an hour, at which
were present Gov Foss. Mayor Fitzgerald,
Presidept William A. Bancroft of the Bos
ton elevated railway. Directors James M.
Prendergast aud James L. Richards and
■ F. E. Snow, the attorney for the company.
A general discussion of the entire situation
was had. The governor and mayor are to
meet a committee of four of the striking
employes to-day at 10 a. m. at the
governor's office, at which time the situa
tion will be discussed from the standpoint
of the employes. The interview to-day with
the elevated officials was satisfactory and
a speedy and satisfactory adjustment of
the differences is looked for by both the
governor and the mayor."
While the conference at the state-house
was in progress the grand jury heard the
evidence of a score or more strikers re
garding discharges following their joining
the union. District Attorney Pelletier said
the grand jury investigation was being
held under a provision of the state law
designed to restrain an employer from pre
venting any employe from joining a labor
organization. The district attorney said he
expected to have several of the officials of
the company before the grand jury later
in the week.
In its report issued Monday night the
state board of conciliation and arbitration
held that the strikers were justified in be
lieving that the discharge of more than
200 of their fellows was due to the ac
tivity of the men in connection with the
forming of a union. The division superin
tendents, in their testimony before the
board, denied that the discharges were be
cause of union activity.
REPORT ON BOSTON STRIKE.
State Board Finds Men Were Justified
in Thinking; That They Were Dis
charged for Joining Union.
Reporting at Boston Monday on its
investigation of the Boston elevated strike
the state board of conciliation and arbitra
tion found the employes justified in be
lieving many men were discharged because
of forming a union. It recommended that
the two parties confer with a view to
reaching an amicable agreement. *
The report reviews the evidence pre
sented before it as showing that the em
ployes had formed a union and that im
mediately thereafter some 262 men were
discharged for various offenses. 149 of
the number without explanation other than
"unsatisfactory service." The evidence
showed also, according to the report, that
tfie company refused to receive a com
mittee from the union which came to
present demands, for the reason that the
men on the committee were no longer em
ployes.
The situation "obviously aroused the
temper of the men to a point beyond con
tlol,” the report said, and some 1600 em
ployes voted to stroke. Notwithstanding
the company contends no strike exists, as
all the strikers' places have been filled
and the cars are now running on schedule,
the board declared: "A strike exists so
long as those who strike maintain an or
ganization or by concerted action con
tinue in the endeavor to secure the object
which they seek to attain."
Quoting the state law, which says that
no person shall coerce or compel another
not to join or become a member of a labor
organization, the board in summing up said ;
"Upon the evidence presented the board
finds that the men were justified in the
belief that many had been discharged be
cause of their membership in the union,
or their activity in its formation, and that
the company was responsible therefor.
“It appears by the evidence that many
of the company’s cars are being operated
by men whose conduct does not merit the
approval of the traveling public; that there
is neglect, discourtesy and insolence on the
part of some of the employes; that con
ductors have been seen to collect fares
without recording them by the device fur
nished for that purpose. This latter abuse
of the public and the company has a de
cided tendency to weaken the high stand
ard of honesty which is so essential to our
social and industrial structure."
Dynamite Explodes on Ralls.
Dynamite placed on the rails exploded
under a street car in Boston Tuesday night,
wrecking the car, seriously injuring two
passengers and badly frightening 30
others. The car had reached an overhead
railroad bridge when suddenly two ex
plosions were heard and the bottom of
the ear was lifted and shattered, scat
tering debris over the passengers.
THE general delivery.
What Has Been Done nt the Post-Of
flee to Correct Abases.
The often heard criticism of the general
delivery system does not give due credit
to the post-office department for wise re
strictions which it places on its use. Of
course there are abuses of the privileges
offered by the general delivery which the
post-office cannot overcome, but its regu
lations cut this down to the minimum and
the system is not at all the corrupting in
fluence which some consider it. Ilie gen
eral delivery has very definite and im
portant uses. It is designed for those who
come to the city without being sure where
they will stay, and therefore unable to
give a definite address to their friends.
Such a system is absolutely necessary for
the accommodation of traveling salesmen,
who could not in any other way easily re
ceive communications from the firms who
employ them. The general delivery, too,
is a great convenience in these days when
automobile tours through the country are
common, as the tourists may not know at
what hotel they will stay but can receive
mail at the post-office in the city where
they know they will stop. The post-office
department in its regulations and their
carrying out takes good care that people
who have a legitimate right to use the gen
eral delivery shall be courteously waited
upon. but they are very efficient in pre
venting abuses of the privilege.
The worst feature of the general deliv
ery is the chance which it offers for girls
and young women to receive letters which
they would not dare to have sent to their
homes. It is the delivery of these "mash
notes’’ that the post-office tries to check.
The enforcement of regulations is not
made more unpleasant than necessary and
the delivery of mail to those whose ap
pearance indicates that no precautions
are necessary is not interfered with. The
clerks at the general delivery windows
have all had from 12 to 15 years’ expe
rience in this work and are well able to
judge the character of those who apply
for mail, and know those who call more
than once at the office. When one consid
ers that the average number of applicants
at the general delivery window on a week
day is about 1200. of whom, however. 70
prr cent are men, it is to be seen that a
general delivery clerk has no small talk
before him.
It is apparent that something is wrong
when people call often for mail at the
general delivery window, and to these
people the clerks pay strict attention. One
of the wisest and rhost important restric
tions in the protection of yottng women
' nnd girls is that which forbids the deliv
ery of mail to girls whom the clerks
think or know to be unde;' age. The ad
dress of the girl is looked up and the mail
sent to the house, nnd if the street and
number cannot be found, the girl is asked
where she Ilves when sh" inquires for the
letter Another rule which has been in
force for about n year and which has been
very effective in preventing abuse of the
privileges, i«. the closing of the women s
general delivery nt 8 o'clock in the even
ing. The men's window is open until 10.30
o'clock, for the .accommodation of travel
ing men who arrive in town late and plan
on receiving letters from their employers
with instructions for the following day.
Of course nlso n woman traveling in the
same way or one in whose appearance
there is nothing questionable is always
given letters that are awaiting her.
A restriction which applies to both men
and women forbids the delivery of mail
to the same person under two different
names There used to be many who called
for mail under different names, but most
of them have learned that the restriction
will be enforced, and the practice is not
now a common one. The most general
excuse for tris was given by women, who
said they were married and wished to re
ceive mail under both their married and
their maiden name. The department,
however, does not recognize such an ex
cuse. but insists that their mail should
be addressed with their married names.
One difficulty which the post-office of
ficials have hard work to overcome is the
practice which some girls and women
have of waiting in the corridors to keep
appointments with men. This practice has
been greatly reduced by the fegulation
forbidding people to stay in the corridors
more than 20 minutes. The corridors used
to be filled with girls who were standing
around for that purpose, but now, al
though care is taken not to cause any
unpleasantness, the watchman will quiet
ly walk up to any one who has over
stayed the limit and tell them that rhe
20 minutes is up. This does hot work
any hardship on people who have a legiti
mate right to stand in the corridors, for
in 20 minutes cars hare passed the office
going in every direction, so that this rule
does not interfere with those who have
sought srelter in the post-office while
waiting for a car.
NATIONAL PACKING COMPANY.
Government Officials Believe Its Dis
solution Is Genuine.
An examination at Washington last
week of the general scope of the beef
packers’ plan for the dissolution of the
National packing company led officials of
the department of justice to believe that
the meat interests had made a real at
tempt to disintegrate the corporation
which the government has maintained ex
isted in violation of the Sherman anti
trust law. The question cannot be defi
riitely determined until the packers sub
mit details, however. Attorney-General
Wickersham will insist, it was declared,
that the dissolution shall he actual, with
a distinct unconnected division of the
assets of the company in harmony with
the law. The attorney-general expects
to settle the question expeditiously.
PROF BUM SERIOUSLY HURT.
Dr Hans Blum, professor of political
economy* in the Berlin university and a
personal friend of the German emperor, is
lying in Bellevue hospital in New York
with a fractured skull and other injuries
received just before midnight Wednes
day. last week, as he was running to
catch a Fourteenth-street car. He was
unconscious when taken to the hos
pital. and his recovery is doubtful.
Prof Blum arrived in New York last week
Tuesday from a vacation trip to Pan
ama and was to have sailed yesterday for
Germany. He was on his way to the pier
to board the steamship when the accident
happened.
THE WORLD-WIDE MOVEMENT
And Large Considerations Which En
ter Into It.
[From the New York Evening Post.J
It is a movement as wide as the world,
in which the United States is sharing, and
we have our duties in connection with it.
But the duty of keeping our heads is one
of the first of these. We are bound to
make sure of our facts before allowing
the facts to fill us -with gloom. Apprehen
sion may be justified, but there is no class
of citizens more futile than the “too-quick
despairers.’’ On this point, our cheerful
and sagacious philosopher, Mr Dooley,
takes up the parable with the average
man’s common sense, and saps:—
It ain't a bad government, mind ye. I ain’t
f;ot money enough to despair Iv th' republic
vry time Bill Bryan makes a speech. Pre
nlver despaired iv th' republic. Th' republic
may despair Iv me. but not me Iv it. Whin I
think iv th’, things I have done to th’ re
public with me vote, an' th' things th' re-
Tubllc has done f'r me. I can't honestly say
've got anny right to go ar-round despairing
iv it. Annyhow, it won’t do any good.
To turn from one counselor in a troubled
time to another, we may refer to the ad
dress which John Morley recently made to
the students of Manchester university. It
was a cool and philosophic survey of the
manifestations of democracy in our own
day. It dealt chiefly with the course of
things political in England. If we have
our troubles, most*Englishmen would say
that ours are but flea-bites compared with
theirs. The impending "last days of the
Roman republic” and the speedy coming
of a French revolution, September mas
sacres and all, are much more a staple of
British political prediction than with us.
But Lord Morley, bringing old experience
and the widest outlook upon the modern
world to his task, while minimizing no evil
force and pooh-poohing no real danger,
made a notable plea for calmness and pa
tience. He is for a careful verifying of
our premises. "Before losing heart, let us
be sure that our political arithmetic and
algebrj are right." It is easy to ignore or
mistake a crisis, but it is still easier to
paint it blacker than it really is. Lord
Morley’s chief advice was to be cautious.
We are to apply the scientific method even
to whirling political excitements; not to
lift hands in amaze or horror at the ardent
spirits of a stirring age. but to endeavor to
find out exactly what they signify; not to
be too severe on illusions which, however
generous, are illusions still, but to study
and profit by them: and, in general, to see
the situation steadily, and see it whole, as
men who are not without sympathies and
even strong preferences, yet who, as stu
dents of what is going on, insist upon
making a cool induction.
It is reassuring to note that Americans
are, as a whole, taking a much saner view
of their affairs than they seemed to be do
ing a month ago. Then there was a pretty
common feeling that we might be on the
edge of a smash. Politics seemed to be
wholly out of hand and running wild. But
little by little the people have come to see
that the disasters befalling a political party
do not necessarily affect the peace and
safety of the nation. They have begun to
take more calmly the excited outcries of
an angry and baffled politician, to the
effect that the country is facing a more
perilous crisis than any which it has con
fronted _since the civil war. The crisis
exists, t’o be sure, but we can see that it
is largely one in this man's political for
tunes. There is an undoubted danger, but
it is mainly that he will be thwarted ami
discredited. The nation has had time to
look around, and it is visibly growing more
composed in its mind. If one party is di
vided and distracted, it sees that the other
is united and marching forward under an
inspiring leadership. Government by party
will not break down simply because one
party has temporarily broken down. And
our ancient humor is also coming to the
rescue. The country simply cannot take
the colonel so seriously as he takes him
self. Ability to laugh at a man who makes
himself ridiculous is one sign of recovered
coolness, and it is now to be seen on every
hand. This will go on. The country is not
so mad as some of those who seem to have
been striving to infect it with their own
mania, and is daily giving new evidence
Hint it proposes to keep its head and go
about its business.
BOY SCOUTS TO CLEAN STREETS.
Beginning on Monday 1500 uniformed
boy scouts, with the co-operation of the
street-cleaning department and the de
partment ol health, will undertake the
work of clearing bits of paper, garbage
and retuse from the streets of the East
side <>f New York, and other congested
neighborhoods of the city. The work was
suggested by the tenement house com
imttee. It is expected that the under
taking will be repeated at Intervals
throughout the hot season, promoting
good health in the sections which suf- '
fee most from the heat. The boy scouts
wiII work under command of Spencer
Lorina rd. Jr., director of the organization
for New York city.
Y. M. C. A. STATISTICS.
There are now 1744 organized bodies of
the Young Men's Christian association,
with a total membership of 563,479 in
North America, according to the year book
of the association to be issued at New
York August 1. There has been a gain of
2i,500 members in the past year. The
value of the new buildings opened is an
proximately $5,500,0(H), making u total
valee of about $73,000,000. Further funds
are uow on hand and buildings which are
to cost $6,500,000 are being erected. The
association expended $10,000,000 last year
in. the conduct of the work.
OUR SUMMER RESORTS.
They Are Calculated to Sult Al*
Tastes.
[From the Boston Globe.)
New England attracts summer visitors
from all parts of the United States. Bos
ton aud environs are particularly favored
in this respect. There are many good
reasons for these visitations.
Massachusetts has more diversified
scenery than most states. Strangers can
find enjoyment either in the country
or at the seashore and many indulge
in trips to both before leaving for home.
The North and South shores abound in
resorts to suit all tastes. The middle
and western parts of the commonwealth
are dotted with picturesque towns located
on hills of mountainous proportions. The
air is of the purest and invalids can take
their choice of the kind they desire. If
it is too bracing on the coast they can
go inland and find an agreeable tempera
ture.
All the pleasures that tourists crave
can be found not only in Massachusetts,
but in all New England states. They
ban be accommodated iu first-class hotel's
anywhere. They can enjoy all kinds of
outdoor sports aud the possible pleasant
drives are numberless. Thousands of
New England people have become so weU
acquainted with the attractions of their
section of the country that they are not
astonished at the remarkable incoming
tide of visitors here every summer. Many
visitors are right in considering that the
historical spots they can see here are
alone worthy of a summer trip.
WISER TO STAY AT HOME.
[From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.]
President Taft has declined an invita
tion to visit Minnesota and deliver an ad
dress promotive of his candidacy for re
election. His decision will meet the. ap
probation of a very large majority of
those who desire his success in the ap
proaching election. Gov Wilson of New
Jersey also has come to the conclusion
that he will not undertake a “swing
around the circle” in the conduct of his
presidential campaign.
The weight of precedent is all against
the resort to the stump by candidates for
the high office of president of the United
States. In 1884 two of the candidates.
James G. Blaine and Benjamin F. Butler,
ignored the precedents. Grover Cleveland
was elected. In 189(5 William Jennings
Bryan toured the country, while William
McKinley sat on the front porch of his
residence at Canton. 0., and received vis
itors. Bryan had huge audiences wher
ever he went; but when the vote was
polled. McKinley was overwhelmingly the
choice of the people.
In the preconvention campaign of the
present year several of the candidates
nave been active on the stump. President
Taft went into Ohio and New Jersey. Ex-
President Roosevelt made a strenuous
speaking canvass in several states, Gov
Wilson, leaving New Jersey to her fate,
was here, and there and everywhere,
showing himself and making addresses.
That this personal appealing for sup
port accomplished much in favor of any
who resorted to it is a matter in doubt.
Candidates easily make themselves too
common. If Gen Scott had kept off the
stump in the campaign of 1852. he would
have been stronger before the people.
It is well that President Taft and Gov
Wilson have chosen the dignified role of
staying jt home between now and No
vember.
FROM THE LAKES TO THE GULF.
[From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.]
Feeling around for an issue, ex-President
Roosevelt at last thinks he has secured one
in the advocacy of the assumption by the
national government of the full cost of the
undertaking to build a deep waterway
from the lakes to the gulf. This is a
doubtful enterprise which the Milwaukee
chamber of commerce and numerous other
bodies composed of business men have
roundly condemned as certain to cost more
than it could possibly be worth to com
merce. It would make a large opening for
federal expenditures in addition to the load
at present not uncomplainingly borne by
the people. Undoubtedly Chicago, which
expects to use the deep waterway to get
rid of her sewage, will give glad recogni
tion to the ex-president's plan. There are
people along the banks of the stream who
will welcome any scheme of comprehensive
improvement from which they are likely to
derive benefit without cost to themselves.
But how will this Roosevelt plan take in
New York and the New England states?
Can it be expected to arouse enthusiasm ia
California?
A BIG FEE. \
[From the Boston Advertiser. 1
The advent of the Grand Trunk sys
tem to Massachusetts came partly in the
course of events resulting from a direct
invitation to the system to become estab
lished in this commonwealth. It was un
derstood from the outset that the mem
bers of the Legislature would be well
pleased to have the Grand Trunk make
any fair and reasonable offer which would
assure the state of the acquisition of the
new line to Canada. Yet it now appears
that the fees, etc., paid by the Southern
New England for work during the legis
lative session amounted to more than
$30,000. Was it at all necessary to the
success of the railroad's petition for the
Southern New England, which practically
represents the Grand Trunk, to pay out
all that money; and why?
THE BASEBALL LEAGUES.
Standing of the Connecticut Clubs.
CLUBS. W. L. P.C. I CLUBS. W. L. P.«.
N. Haven. 47 23 .671 Hartford. 33 37 .471
Bridgeport, A 3 20 .597 Springfield, 31 40 . 437
Holyoke, 36 34 .514 Waterbury, 21 48 .304
Standing of the National Clubs.
clubs. w. l. r.e. I clubs. w. l. p.c.
New York, 64 21 .753 Cincinnati, 44 44 .500
Chicago, 52 33 .612 St Louis. 38 52 .422
Pittsburg. 46 34 .560 Brooklyn. 32 55 .368
Phlla.. 4140 nOolßoston. 23 64 . 264
Standing: of the American Clubs.
CLUBS. W. L. r.C. CLUBS. w. u p.e.
Boston. 63 27 .700 Detroit. 44 47 .484
Washin n, 55 35 .611 Cleveland. 43 48 .473
Philo.. 52 38 .578 New York, 26 57 .321
Olieaga, 46 41 .520 St Louis, 25 61 .291