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RODRIGUEZ RIPPED OF
DIPLOMATIC CHARACTER
Secretary of State Knox Sends Letter of Dis
missal to Zelaya's Representative
PERMITTED TO ACT UNOFFICIALLY FOR HIS FACTIOI
With,?resident's Full Approval United States Cuts Off All
Communication With Nicaraguan Government--Insur
gents Virtually Recognized-Scathing.Words
Are Used in Epistle
Washington, Dec. 1.-Secretary of
State P. CC Knos late today returned
the passporte of Fellpe Rodrigues,
charge d'affaires of the Nicaraguan
legatfop, with a letter scathinsly de
nounclng the Zelayan administration
of the government of Nicaragua. The
letter Ia definitely declared to repre
sent the views of President Taft. and
is about as plaip spoken as anything
emanating from the state department
in many years.
The extraordinary feature of ti
letter is that it seems to evidence an
intention on the part of the United
States to hold President Zelaya per
sonally responsible for the allegedi or
tu'e. and execution of the Americans.
Cannon and Groce, and exhibits th
unique situation of one government
holding the chief executive of another
particularly as a common malefactor.
Zelaya is branded as a violator of
solemn international convenilons.,
disturber of the national and Inter
national peace, a tyratht whose admin
istration has been a blot uion the
name of good government.
Secretary Knox virtually announces
the recognition of the Nicaraguan rev
olutionists, declares it to be the con
viction of the United tSates that the
revolution represents the sentiment of
a majority of the Nicaraguan peo
people, and that there in evidently no
responsible government with whi-h
the United States can deal.
May Still Act Unofficially.
He therefore announces that' all
parties will be held accountable for
their actions as affecting the interests'
of Americans and the peace of Cen
SICRETARY P. C. KNOX.
tral America. He further Informs
Itodrigues that, while he has lost his
diplomatle quality, he agy st:ll serve
as an u'noffctlar' channel of com
munication with the faction which he
is regarded as representing.
This brings the crisis as near to the
status of war as it could be brought
by executive action *lthout a definite
declaration by congress, which will
convene next Monday. Mr. Knox's
letter in all but so many words makes
it plain that the action represents the
wish pad attitude of all the Central
American states with the single ex
cepion of Honduras, which is regarded
here as entirely dominated by Zelaya.
Mexico has its sympathy with. the
United States in this matter.
Just what status consular repreten
tatives of the United Stttes in Nic
aragua now enjoy Is not defnitely ex
plained today. It is expected, how
ever, that Vice Cansul Caldiera who
has been occupying the legation in
Managua. and other enaasls in that
country, will be give their peasports
tomorrow. This is the usual method
of procedure. Wullowng il the text
o. Secretary Kaox's letter to Senor
Itodrigues:
Kmex to Redriguee.
"Department of State, Washington.
Dec. 1. 18.-81r: Since the Wash
ington eoreantion of ImT It is notori
ous that Presdent ZStaya, has almost
coatlnuosly kept Central America in
tension or turmoil, that he has repeat
edly anrd ttrantty violated the provi
sions of the eeavenmtio. and, by a
baneful laflsneeo a Henauras whose
neutrality the conventions were to as
surei has soeght to'diierit these sa
cred international obl:gations, to the
great detriment of Costa Rica. Salva
dor and Guatemala, whose govern
ments nmeanwhile appear to have been
able patiently to strive for the loyal
support of the engagements so sol
emnly undertaken at Washington. un
der the auspices of the United States
and of Mexico.
"it is equally a matter of conmmon
kgowledge that under the regime of
President Zelaya republican institu
tions have ceased in Nicaragra to ex
ist except in name; that public opinion
and thl~ press have been throttled, and
that prison lhas been the reward of
any tendency to real patriotism. My
consideration for you personally !mpels
me to abstain from unnecessary dis
cussion of the painful details of a
regime which, unfortunately. has been
a blot upon the history of Nicaragua
and a discouragement to a group of
republics whose asp:tations need only
the opportunity of free and honest
governs ent.
Many Appeals Made.
"In view of interests of the United
States and of its relation to the Wash
tngton convention, a"ppeal against this
situation has long since been made to
this government by a majority of the
Central American republics. There is
now added the appeal, through the rev.
olution, of a great body of the Nica
raguan people. Two Americans. who.
this government is now convinced, were
officers connected with the revolution
ary torces. and, therefore, entitled to
be dealt with according to the en
lightened practice of civilised nations.
have been killed by direct order of
President Zelaya. Their execution is
said to have been preceded by bar
barous cruelties.
"The consu!ate at Managua is now
officially reported to have been men
aced. There is thus a sinister culmi
nation of an administration, also char
acterized by a cruelty to its own citi
zens, which has, unVI the recent out
rage, found vent. in the case of this
country, in a succession of petty an
noyances and indignities, which many
months ago made it imposasible to ask
an American minister longer to realide
at Managtua. From every point of
view it has evidently becone difficult
for the United States further to dely
more active response to the appeal so
long made to its dLty, to its citiiLzens
to its dignity, to Central America and
to civilization.
"The government of the Unitd
trates Is convinced that the revolution
presents the ideals and the will of a
majority of the Nicaraguan people
more faithfully than does the govern
ment of President Zelaya. and that its
possihle control is well night as exten
sive as that hitherto so sternly at
tempted by the government at Man
agua. There is now added the fact, as
officially reported from re than. one
quarter, that there are s)ready indica
tions of a rismng in the wastern prov
inces in favor of a presidential candi
date intimately associated with the old
regime. In this it is easy to see new
elements tending towari a condition
of anarchy which leaves, at a given
time. no responsible source to which
the government of the United Statee
could look for reparation tor the kill
(Continue don Pqge Six.)
PROBABLE THEATER. OF NAVAL DEMONSTRATION
AT CO.ONX7
secs. ZLLAYA3 rooPS
LOST LEON VIOJO AND
CNANDtGOt. CGENGER
LED THE REOLUTIONIST
PREACHER BURNED
AT THE STAKE
NEGRO SLAYER OF WHITE MAN
GETS SHORT SHRIFT FROM
GEORGIANS.
Cochran. Ga.. Dec. I.-John Harvavard.
a negro preacher, who shot and fatally
wounded W. B, Booth this afternoon.
was captured tonight five miles from
here and burned at a stake.
iooth was a well-known business
man of Hawkinsviile. Ga.. and was
en route to Cochran in an automobile
when the shooting .ccurred. He drove
up behind Harvard. who was in a.
wagon. Harvard charged that Booth's
machine frightened his mules. After '
a few words he drey a pistol and t
fired at Booth, three shots taking ef
fect.
Booth returned the fire, and it was;
learned after the negro was captured
that he was slightly wounded In two
places. He was found in a barn three
miles from the place where the shoot
ing occurred.
Booth was brought here immediately. t
Physicians tonight said there was little t
hope for his recovery. He has a wife c
and several children. t
Officers from Hawklnsville in auto
mobiles went immediately to the e
scenes of the shooting, but a party
of citizens was quickly formed and "
tracked the negro to his hiding place.
He showed fight, but was suffering a
so severely from his wounds that he "
could offer little resistance. He free- I
ly admitted the shooting and it is
said justified himself by the fact that I
Booth's autonoblle frightened his
mules.I .
Harvard was given an opportunity c
to pl .y. after which he was bound b
with chains to a stake. The fuel was. e
piled high above his head and the ;
t.rch applied.I
WATER FAMINE IN EAST.
Springfield. Mass.. Dec. 1.-As a re
sult of a water famine several manu
facturing plants of this city, including
the United tSates arsenal, were forced
to suspend operations today. Five
thousand men were thrown out of em
ployment. The water supply of 45.000
persons, more than half the city's
lpopulation, was shut off.
GLYCERINE LETS LOOSE.
cmeron. W. au.. Dec. 1.-With a
roar that could be heard 25 miles away
the nitro-glycerine magazine of the
Marietta Torpedo company, near here,
exploded today. One man was blown
to pieces.
WEILKNOWN MNING
EPERIT FOUND DEAD
ailt Lake City. Dec. 1.-Threatened
with eviction because he could not
pay his bill. Captain W. A. Johnuson
one of the besteknown mining experts
in the profession, took cyanide of
potassium and died in a room at the
SBelmont hotel.
Acquaintances say that Captain
Johnson was formerly manager of the
mining properties of the Guggenheims
In Nicaragua and South America.1
served Cecil Rhodes in South Africap
and made a brilliant record In the
.Boer war under the British flag.
SThe only message left by the dead
man was a sealed letter to his wife.
He was 55 years old.
COHEN SIOPS OUT
AND(ITS MARWED!
Butte. Dec. .--(Speieal.)-David
Cohen and Pannie Windberg. both;
residents of Missoula. were married
this afternoon by Justice Michael
Egan. They are planning a bridal
trip through the south before they re
turn to Missoula.
David Cohen is at liberty under
$SL00 bonds on a charge of grand lar
ceny. he having been bound over to
the district court Tuesday by Jus
tice of the Pqa.e Dyson. Fannie
Windberg was until a short time ago
a resldent of the restricted district
here, her alias being Mable Brown.
Cohen is accused by Millie Smith. also
of the tenderlolq, of appropelating
Jewerty belonging to her. The police
think that the southern trip will be
proonlged that Cohen and his bond
will never see each other again.
Csea
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The ,situation in Niea a at a gl once. The star indicates place where
two Americans, Cannon, a ,c, ware killed.
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two ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r Amrcaa Canna9eewr ild
HOW SUOR gWE
WAS WORKED
NEARLY THREE TONS PASSED
DUTY FREE EVERY HOUR
AT WILLIAMSBURG.
New York, l)ec. 1.-The fruitful
opportunity for fruad in the bustle of
the enormous business done dally on
the Willlamsburg docks of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company was what
the government sought to bring tut
today in the trial of the six for.ger
employes of the company charged with
defrauding the government by under
weights.
David Pragner, a customs inspector
and once an assistant gnvernment
weigher, testified that at a busy time
two trucks a minute pysed over a
single set of scales, or bht to the
minute on the four sets is use.
Each truck weighed half a tons and
each half-ton, the government will
contend, was weighed 15 pounds short
by the secret manipulations of gov
ernmbnt employes. who, it is charged.
were paid cash by the sugar company
for the evausion of customs duties. If
the game ran properly the government
stood to lose its. duties on 5,800
pounds, or nearly three tons, of sugar
every hour.
John W. Ianghran, a checker. was
asked if all the entries to which he
certified represented weights he had
seen the weigher find.
"Not all." he admitted. "Some.
times I had to be away."
Three cores-examiners were unable
to shake the testimony of Andrew J.
Mallen. the clerk who swore that
James F. Bendernagle. formerly cash
ier for the sugar company, paid cash
at his office to customs employes in
uniformn.
TO FORTIFY CANAL.
Washington, Dec. 1.-Estimating the
total cost of the lsthmian canal when
finally opened ftr traffic at $500.000.
000 Representative Shirley of Ken
tuky, chairman of the sub-committee
on fortifications of the house commit
tee on appropriations, today declared
his purpose of urging upon congress
the necessity for building fortifications
on both sides of the waterway while
other work was progressing on the
canal.
AMMUNIMON LOADED -
ON IlSER PBMIl
Philadelphia. Dec. 1.-Detachments
of marines, aggregating 400 men from
Brooklyn. Washington and Annapolis
arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard
today to augment the complement if
400 from the -local yard. who already
were prepared to sall on the auxillary
cruiser Prairie. Two three-inch field
pieces. N.000 rounds of ammunition.
tents to accommodate .00 men and 50
camp stoves were added to the cargo
of the cruiser today. There has been
a revival of the rumors that the real'
destination of the Prairie is Nica
ragua. despite the reiterated state
meat from Wanhington that she will
go to Pamana.
ASHCROFT MUST BEAR
CHARMED
UFE
1 Hammon. Ind.. Dec. 1.-W-hile In
somnambulistic sleep on a fast Lake
Shore train today J. N. Ashcroft,
aged 70. of Red Key, Iadi walked
off the train while it was ruanlag
as miles an hour near Chesterton
and was practically uniajred. He
fell on a parallel track aad while
gettinag up was struck by another
trais. He suffered only a slight
acalp wound and was able to con
tinue his Journey.
IARIY RALLY ISSUED
FOR ELECTIONS
ENGLISH LIBERAL FEDERATION
WARNS PEOPLE AGAINST
LOSS OF RIGHTS.
London. Dei. 1.-The national lib
eral federation tonlght issued a man
Ifesto to the country, which may be
regarded as a party rally for the elec
tkio,. It concentrates attention en
tirely on the constitutional struggle
between the house of ords rand the
house of commons. It says:
"If the present action of the peers
is not repudiated swiftly by the pso
pie. rights and privileges won so dear
ly by our forefathers In the great
struggles for freedom are all sgr
rendered."
The manifesto declares the peers'
power to vet , must be restricted so
that the last word on legislation and
fIlance will rest with the house of
commons. Otherwise no liberal mIn
I;trv can again assume the responsi
bility of office.
"In the fight forced upon us." the
manifesto continues. "the electors have
to decide whether they wish to gov
ern themselves or be governed at sec
ond hand by a few hundred heredl
tary peers who have thrown the con
stitution into the melting pot in order
to shift the burden of taxation from
wealthy land liquor interests to food
and the necessities of life."
Lord Rosebery in a letter to the
peers tonight repudiates the charge
made by Lord Curson that he led an
army to the walls of a fortress and
then abandoned it. Lord Rosehery re
iterates that throughout he has op
posed and warned against the course
the lords have taken as one calculat
ed injuriously to affect the house of
lords itself and to retract what pop
ularity the budget may possess.
ST. CROIX CAPTAIN
MAY AVEIBEEN.D 1NK
San Franclaco. Dec. I.--Conflicting
accounts of the burning of the steamer
St. Croix off the coast of Southern
California marked the investigation
into the disaster today. P. J. Cor
rigan, an able seaman of the crew,
stated that he saw Captain Warner
standing on the deck of the burning
vessel with a bottle in one hand and
a revolver in the other, acting "like
a crazy man. cursing everyone between
drinks." and that he threatened to
shoot the third mate if he went ashore
first. "
Quartermaster Peters, whose ab
sence from the investigation caused
some stir on Monday, was brought in
by a deputy marshal. He declared
that he was near the captain during
the fire and ashore and did not see
him drinking at any time.
IO INDIAN SUSPEC[S
AWISTED FOR MURDER
Helena, Dec. 1--'nited States Mar-1
shil A. W. Merrifield and Deputy
United States Distict Attoney C. S.
Ford returned this evening with Lazy
Boy and Chief Con ard, two Blackfeet
Indians. accused of the murder of the
wife of Lazy It,.y In a Thanksgiving'
carousal on the Blackfeet reserva
tion.
At the preliminary hearing, held in
Browning yesterday. each lndl..n pro
fessed Ignorance a.. to how the woman,
came to her death. She wi,- found
in the rear of a cabin the morning
aft-r the celebration,. with a bullet
through her heart. The- Indians had
notified the agent that the 'woman4n
had died and were, prelaring her f..r'
burial when the agent interv-nt url an
ordre-r an inv,-stigatioa.
-RAILROAD STRIKE
DEMORALIZES
BUSINESS
WESTERN SYSTEMS ARE CO.M
PLETELY TIED UP AND THE
END NOT IN SIGHT.
N.at a f:right tar meinwd., in the Mis
wiuia yairds. .-t. rda and nt a
switch engin , turned a wih', I a;ll dIay
;tnd. with ,,. ry switchmi;an on tla'
Rito'ky .Mountain ldivision out. th'
strike s..mlls tba have gotten w. I un
tier way. Eatly In IIth- morning a bul
Ihtin wa. I ti,.'d ill thin divi.iln of
fires, signed by the. general ,officialh
of the, road. .ffering a rat-e ..f twot
c.ento an Ilbor withl nln, alternative rave
a figlht t,. the end.
This ultimatum was off,-red in the
morning and tbhe strikers werbe given
until 1:30 to de-ide. No. abtion was.
taken Iocally and last night both side.
seemed t-1 have st tled down for a
long ftight. The ae itcl.hIn.n havei ..s
tahilished heaidqgailrt'ers in the. Evans
block near th.e ,lephit and the.r, the
lokal union will ha\~. its officet..
The trainmen ha ve refused to. d
switching and freight traffi, is at a
standstill. although the officials if the
road declare that Ilcal traffic will he
started tomnorrow.
Yesterday the relprt was issued
from the strikers" headqluarters to the
effect that all mien on the divlston.
with the exception of a single cra.w
at Wallace had struck. It was ru
mored late last night, however, that
this crew had gone out and that ev
ery switchman on the division had
joined the strikers.
Passenger traips ran on time all
day. Every train ran over the dl
vision without a hitch and there has
been no trouble as yet with the mail
or passenger business.
The Puget Sound has not been af
fected by the strike in the least so
far. General Agent Hillman said yes
terday that he was receiving freight
for shipment and that the trains were
running regularly-.
Fowler's Statement.
Acting Superintendent M. M. Fowler
of the Rocky Mountain division on
the Northern Pacific made the fol
lowing statement last night:
"As yet we have felt no serious ef
fepts from the strike. So far as I
have been able to learn every switch
mea on the division is out. ip atn
.il tonight a crew remained on duty
at Wallace but I understand h that
themse men went out at i o'ckwck this
evening. Our freight traffle has been
demorallzed for the last two days, but
we will assemble cats and equipment
tomorrow and by Friday we expect to
be running our local freights as usual.
This will break the hie and should be
the beginning of the end. Local freight
will run over the Montana and Yel
lowstone divisions tonight. I have been
told. and we will not be far behind.
'The ultimatum which the company
offered the strikers this morning will
be its last attempt at compromise. Wec
will fight the matter out to the end
The company cannot afford to comply
with the wishes of the strikers and
there will be no giving in. StericeI,
should be satisfactory in a short'
while."i
$witchmen's Attitude.
President Loffness of Jumbo Lodge
No. 122 of the Switchmen's Union of
North America gave out the following
statement last night: *
"We are acting absolptely under In
structions from the union's headquar
ters in St. Paul and we will take no
action which is not first ordered there.
We refused to treat on the Northern
Pacific's offer of a raise of 2 cents
an hour today for this reason. We
do not want the public to think that
the local switchmen are trying to tie,
up business or to prolong the fight
Our action this morning was all that
was possible without instructions from
St. Paul. There are 34 men employed
as switchmen in the Missoula yards
and every one of them has gone out.
It is the same all over the division.
With the exception of a crew at Wal
idce not a switchman is working on
the Rocky Mountain division. Butte.
Helena and Paradise are tied up. The
members of the other railroad orders
have refused to do our work in the
yards and there will be no freight
movement until the strike is settled.,
The members of the Brotherhood of,
Railway Trainmen and the Order of
Railway Conductors who are working
as switchmen are out with us. as the
contract for work on the Northern Pa
cific is held by. the Switchmen's:
union. Regarding our future action.'
I can say nothing except that we will
stay ,out until the strike is settled and
ordered stopped from St. Paul."
Will Meet Today.
It was announced yesterday that the'
switchmen w*ould hold a meeting at
which to discuss the situation in the.
Evans block this afternoon. This will
not be in the lnature of an indigna
tion meeting nor will an effort be
made to secure pulbbe aid. The strike
will merely be discussed and plans
laid for the conducting of the iocal
campaign.
About 370 are thrown out of em
pP-yment here um account of the walk-'
out of the switchmnen. This number
includes train and engine cretws and
freight hi.use ellmploycs.
Industry Crippled.
St. Paul. Dee, I.-Every line of in
dustry in the northwest dependent oun
the mov.ement of supplies is seriously
affected by the strike of the rail-;
road switchmen. It is estimated that'
upstard of 12.000 men are idle tonight:
on tl'count of the strike.
The railroad yards in all terminal,
cities are filled with stalled freight
trains and an attempt to move a few
to.'ntinued on PaIge Seven.) l
TO REQACAJUE
FIGHTING
FORCES
SECRETARY DICKINSON URG1O
RADICAL CHANGES IN ARMY
ESTABLISHMENT.
100 MANY ABSENMIEES
increase in Number of Officers Sug-
geasted, and Enlarged Power for
Head of Department-Goee Resee
velt Several Better in Matter of
Physical Tests.
Washington. Dec. 1.-A comprehen
ilve reorganization of the army estab
itshment of the United States is the
principal recommendation montained in
the annual report of lecretary of War
Dickinson for the fcaral year ending
Jine 30. 1909. made public today. More
officers, closer co-operation with the
militia of the various states. and a
general readjustment of the location
of the various army posts, are sotme
iof the crying reforms urged upon
the attention of congress. The pres
ent distribution of the troope of the
regular army. in the opinion of the
secretary of war. is not only illogical
but offers a serious menace.
At the time of the last reports from
the military departmeats, which were
received in October. it was found that
the regular army numbered 71.840 met
with 4.209 officers, makingl a total of
7.l04i. a net increase during the year
of 3.421. The figures do not include
the 3.45 men of the hospital corpe.
Of the active officers of the army
the report calls attention to the fact
that 709 are detailed to special duty,
nearly half of these, or 345, being dis
tributed among the various schools of
Instruction of the regular establlsh.
ment or acting as Instructors la atate
educatl~nal institutioas where a tea
ture is made of military tralallg.
While there were no serious breaches
of military discipline during the year.
Secretary Dickinson d
`!lee'r-can bome lib an
cipline and elffciency of troops weot
lowered by the coatinued absence ot
so many company offler and h oLe
sulting frequent changes of company
commanders."
Remedy bSea.ested.
The remedy for this condltlon, the
report declares, may be tound in in
creasing the number of offeers and
in the passage of legislation empow
ering the secretary of war, whenever
the occasion demanded to appoint re
tired officers to active duty tempor
arlly. U'nder existing law a retired
officer cannot be made subject to
orders, but his return to active serv
ice is entirely voluntary. In putting
forward the need for some such an
thorisatlon Secretary Dickinson says:
"While it is true that the duties
performed by these officers ale, in the
main. of great importance to the
army. or of material benefit to the
country, the number of officers so
separated from their regular duties
with troops has now reached a polat
where it is beyond qsestion that the
efficiency and discipline of the army
are suffering therefrom. On Jane i,
19W, more than a third of the cap.
tains of the mobile army were absent
from their proper command. on de
tached service of such a nature as b
cause them to be absent for some
time. Including those captains who
were temporarity absent from their
proper commands, on detached service
or. otherwise. it is Uelieved that less
than one-half of the coipanies of the
mobile army were commanded by
captains."
Physical Tests.
The report also advocates more
strenuous physical tests, Preemdett
Roosevelt inaugurated an annual test
to determine the physical fitnaes of
officers, compelling them to ride N
miles in three days or to walk 5
miles within the same time. Thlis, in
the opinion of Secretary Dicknson,.
should be changed so as to compel
officers to undertake a certain amount
of prescribed exercises each week, the
amount to be certified by the com
manding officers in their monthly re
ports.
Co-operation of the regular army
with the militia of the states is
strongly urged. The secretary out
lines a plan to accomplish this. He
would have the country divided into
a number of territorial and tactical
districts. so that the militia may be
conv-niently combined with the reg
ular troops stationed in those districts
into permanent brigades. divisions
and corps for instruction and techni
cal oranization.
In conjunction with the headquar
ters of these combination divisions
the report advocates the establish
ment of supply depots, ',hich can be
drawn upon for the equipment of an
army in time of need. At such de
pots supplies woubl be carried suffi
cient to outfit any additional volun
teer force up to a moderate number,
that might he hastily recfuited to
complete the organization of an army
corps.
Instruction for Voltatneer
Attached to the headquarters also,
the rep..rt dt~cares. there should be
stationed a young anzi active ofgaeO
of the regular army, whos duty it
w.uld be to instruct and direct the
militia organizations ifr the corpe dis
trict. Such an offk'lr. it is pointe,
out. coul tissue no orders to the m l'
(Continued o! Page 've.)