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SHELL VERSUS SHOT. TESTS AT SAXDV HOOK. Japanese Secretive About Heavy Gunfire Effects in Recent War. TFram Th« Tribune Bureau 1 . " avaehlngton. Oct. Tbe effect of projectiles «,_, Is. m '>>»> opinion of General Crozier, ™<ef of ordnance, and other staff officers of the rmv one of the moat Important problems which confront both armed services to-day, and. Un ■■■ th)S supervision of the board of ordnance nd fortifications, extensive experiments are being carried on at Sandy Hook proving grounds _!.>, a view to determining the most effective type of projectile for use under the various ron (Mtior? presented in modern warfare. Tt was confidently expected by the ordnance rerts of the world that valuable Information *^Yuld be derived from the Russo-Japanese War. which was practically the first time that mod o-n projectiles discharged at the extraordinarily fcjch velocities attainable with smokeless powder fcad * > « >t ' r| used aca.inst the hardened armor which protects at least the vitals of the modern battleship. But the Japanese have never dis closed the smallest fact concerning the results of Their heavy gunfire on the Russian vessels which would be of the slightest use to the mill t&ry authorities of the world. Advance information from the front, at the time of the great battle of the Sea of Japan, the naval engagements in the harbor of Port Arthur and other points where Japanese met Russians, Indicated that when the final reports of the mili tery ar -d naval experts were received informa tion of thf utmost value would be contained therein, but such has not proved to be the case. InFtead, thfre have been received reports which a . not only conflicting but which, In some re ppects. strain the credulity of the ordnance officers For instance, one report, emanating from Russian sources, Is to the effect that when the heavier projectiles from the Japanese guns struck the armored sides of the Russian ships the concussion was so great that it broke the rivets and that the armor plates fell off and far;.-. Another has It that the vessels of Ad miral Rojestvensky's fleet were so heavily leaded, with the purpose of keeping the vitals of the ships below the surface of the water. that their armored belts were completely sub merged, "with the result that the enemy's pro jectiles pierced the unprotected Fides at the water lines and the vessels foundered from the eeas v^hich broke unhindered into the breaches thus made. Still another was that all the dam age done was due to explosive shells dropped on to and through the decks of the armored weasel! AH this information, however, comes from Russian sources, and it Is. perhaps, char acteristic of th» Japanese that they have never uttered a word In denial or affirmation of the reports received from the other side. But. although there is disappointment over the failure to obtain trustworthy information of the effects of heavy gunfire In actual warfare, the board of ordnance and fortifications is well ratisfied with the demonstrated evidence secured at Sandy Hook. "While the character and re mits of thesp experlmenta are guarded from publicity, it may be said that the chief prob lem involved in the current experiments is the comparative rita of the armor piercing shot and the armor riercing shell. The former, a modification of the almost solid shot used by t*3* Monitor and the Merrimac. is Intended, as Its name would indicate, to pierce the armor of the enemy's shir> >.• d explode its comparatively small charge behind the armored belt, in close proximity to tho vitals of the ship. To accomplish this There Is a greater weight of mrtal. which involves sacrifice of spa<ce in the cavity of the shot. The. armor piercing shell. while possessing slightly less power of penetra tion, is also calculated to pierce the armor against which it is discharged. It carries a far larger quantity of high explosive, can be timed :o explode at a given period after striking, and wh^n it does so it practically renews the energy of the missile at the point and time where it Is most needed. Frequently this type, of pro- Jertil#> goes completely through the armor and explodes in the interior with terrific effect. Where it fails, through the force of impact or accuracy of direct to pierce the armor, the explosion of its contents causes the utmost de struction t'» the side of the vessel struck. This would, according to the observations of the ord nance experts, be notably the case with a she'll hiiTing a modern turret in an oblique direction: while the armor piercing shot would glance off with little, lamage, the shell would explode with almost Inevitable destruction of life and prob ably serious injury to the deck, the machinery of the turret, etc. in the Gathmann testa conducted some years s-go at Bandy Hook the havoc wrought by the army's armor piercing shells was almost in credible, and with the Improved types now used by the army, especially if charged with "ex plosive D." it is believed even greater destruc tion would be wrought, even at ranges of 7,000 to 8,000 yards, a distance at which the naval vessel attacked could not return a fire suffi ciently accurate to menace modern fortifications seriously. TWENTY-SEVEN MEXICANS KILLED. Another Landslide in the Central Quarries, Near Victoria. El Paso. Tex.. Oct. 2.— New» reached here last night of another slide In the Mexican Central Quarries near Victoria, in which sixteen laborers were buried Eleven more wen fatally injured. SONS OF WAR LEADERS ENNOBLED. Tofclc. Oct. I.— The memory of General Baron Kodaxna. who was chief of staff of Field Marshal Oyaoa in the war with Russia and died at Toklo on July 22. 1306. was honored to-day by the Jap anese Emperor, who Invested his heir with the title of court. The heirs of the late lieutenant c»n*>rals aad rice-admirals were created barons. THE KAISER TO VFSIT HOLLAND. Tbe Hague. Oct. 2.— lt was announced to-day that the German Emperor and Empress expect to visit Queen Wl'belmina in the latter part of November. PARIS JEWELLERS ORDER LOCKOUT. Parts, Oct. The negotiations between the Jew elry manufacturers aad the skilled workmen in the trade having failed, it was announced to-day that 1:0 employers had decided to dismiss their employes •ad would declare a lockout on October &■ TBASSFORMATIONS <~4ulsas Bendta When Coffee Drinking Is Abmn<loz>ed. It is almost as hard for an old coffee toper to quit th«» trse of coffee as it is for a whiskey or iob*«cco fiend to break off. except that the coffee aser can miit coffee and take up Postuio without any feeling of a lose of the morning beverage for when Postum i? well boiled 1 ad served with cream, it is really better in point of flavour than most of the c.ffoe serve! now •days, and to the taste of the oonnoiF«»r.r it mb like the flavour of fine, mild Java A. great transformation takes place in tb« body within ten days or two weeks after c?ftee is \fttt off and Posttmi used, for the reason that tLa poison to the nerves— caffeine— has been discontinued and in its place is taken a liquid food that contains the most powerful elements of r.ouriaLraen:. It is easy to nuke this left an.l prove tlie=e «tAt<sn*ntß by, changing from coffee to Postum. Bead "Tho Road to WeUviJle," in pkga. *J2*81% 6 &MAOSU" THE SULTAN'S SINCERITY. Abd-cl-Aziz Willing to Aid French in Restoring Order. Paris. Oct. 2.— M. Tazi. brother of the Moroc can Finance Minister, who arrived here yester day from Marseilles to negotiate a loan on the jewels of the Sultan of Morocco, said to-day that the Sultan honestly desired to co-operate with France and put an end to annrchv in Morocco. M. Tazi added: The Sultan, his ministers and the enlightened Moors are. after the hitter experience of the last few years, convinced of the necessity for reforms. The opposition thereto comes from the ignorant people and the nomad tribes. The Sultan, as the religious chief of the Moors, alone has the power to declare a holy war. but instead of doing so lie condemned the action of the rebels. BANDITS ATTACK TRAIN. Mail Car Blown Up— Many Persons Injured in Fight. Odessa. Oct. — A train having on hoard over two hundred passengers was held up last night by a hand of robbers, who blew open the mail car with dynamite. The explosion set the car on fire, and the flames spread to a crowded pas senger car. A number of women and children were badly burned before they could escape. The mail car was destroyed. While the robbers were trying to blow open the safe in the mail car they were attacked by some gendarmes who were passengers on the train. A number of persons on both sides were wounded, but the bandits escaped. Four men suspected of being Implicated In the robbery were arrested later. COUNTING THE AEMY AT RABAT. SuJtan Holds Review and Finds Five Hun dred Men Missing. Rabat, Oct. 2— tfultan Abd-el-A7.iz to-day re viewed his army for the purpose of a?<-ertaininp. the number of desertions H.-iin.l In a chair. ■with the Grand Viiler standing b»side him, his majesty counted aloud the soldiers and beasts of burden as they trooped by. while the scribes entered the numbers. In this way it was dis covered that five hundred men. mostly foot sol diers, who receive less pay than the hors had deserted with their rifles and cartridges.. Two caidF. with five hundred horsemen, have been sent to Fez. with Instructions to bring more artillery here. The Sultan has sent peaceful proclamations to the tribes which took part in the fighting at Casablanca. The reports of the murder of Spaniards her* by Moors aTe incorrect. SPANIARDS CONTENTED. Good Conditions on Isthmus -Euro pean Labor. Paris. Oct. L*>roy Park. European immigra tion agent for the Isthmian Canal Commission. expresses surprise at the recent, charges of the Spanish government that Spanish laborers who have gone to Panama were grossly deceived and maltreated. Mr. Park says he knows of no com plaints. On the contrary, be has nn official report from the Spanish Consul at Panama showing that the consul Investigated conditions and found the quarters of the laborers healthy and well cared for and the laborers themselves contented. Many of the men are pending for their families, and appli cants, acting on the advice, of ncjualntances al ready there, desire to take their families with them. Of all the Europeans Mr. Park regards th* Span lard as best fitted for work < a the canal. He en dures the climate well. '. - nohfr, Industrious and frugal. Regarding the qualifications of Ktiropean Immi grants, Mr Park considers the Austrlans and, Ital ians best fitted for railroad construction anil that Southern Russia should affor.l the h^st European supply for American agricultural labor. Mr. Park finds that all Kuropean countries are waking uj> to the drain uj>on their labor supply caused by better wages and pros[>fc-ts in America, and the govern ments generally nre devising means to r< strict th«» departure .if desirable subjects. The real Rolutlnn from the point of view of the home governments, Mr. Park says, 1 .-• ■•• more work and bett< conditions at home. Emigration of laborers from Germany, Mr. Park points out, has practically ceased owing to the -wonderful development of that "■::.' ■ In recent years. Mr. I'iiik adds I :' ' ••'■ laborer* lias now t*-en brought ui> to about forty-thr«< f-ari'i. and I . Upmenta from Europe have l»«-«-n reduced t<> ab f ' indred and fifty With th< • ason In December, however, be expects t!i< :.■.:(. A" r will : to about six bundre 1 .1 - BRING FACTS TO SPAIN'S NOTICE Erroneous Reports Regarding Deaths Among Spaniards on the Isthmus of Panama. Washington, Oct 2 In the . iterest ■•( truth ;in<r to prevent the stoppage of the. further pi mfnt of European tabor for the Panama Canal project, tli» w.iv Department i>.^ requested th Department of Stat<- to bring to the attention of tne Si»ar-i«h government, through Mr. Collii American Minister nt Madrid, a statement <>f facts relative to t!ie employment of Bpanish i;ii>"r <m tin lKthmus. In transpiiniiiK t!.<- statement to the State De partment. Tt'itnn Lane, ;:?■ istant to n • rhief of the canal office In thin city, replies 10 the statement mad« )■: • ' ' Governor of Bantander that "the pro portion of those who <i:* In th<- hospitals on ac count of Hi" 1.-<r.i work riiiii the ■ mate Is f>rriij]<\" as follows: •1 would f=t;itH that Kinr.- pebruarj 3." 190b, there have been, according to the reports on Hie ii this office, pome o.v>". laborers shipped to ii Isthmus on arrount of the conmlsaion from Cuban and Spanish ports-. n'.A ri'irinjr the eighteen months f>>i lowing Fehru-irv 1. !!¥)«, but ninety-two deaths hs c ooenrred on tii» isthmus among Spaniard* ' PROFESSOR BELL'S AERODROME i Organization to Develop Tetrahedral Airship Driven by a Motor. Halifax. Oct. —The organization of tha Aerial Experiment Association, which has been formed by Professor Alexander Graham Bell, of Washington: Captain F. \V. Baldwin and other?, ha? been completed by the choice of Professor Bell as chairman. Captain Baldwin ac chief engi neer. Lieutenant Selfridc-e as secretary, J A C Mfleordy, of Baddeck c. r , as treasurer, and G. H. Curtis, of Hammondsport. N. V.. as chief executive and director of experiments. The agreement under which the association was formed sets forth that Professor Bells experi ments have peached a stage where he believes that a practical aerodrome can be built on th» tetrahedral principle, to be driven by an en gine and carrying a man. and that he has felt the advisability of obtaining assistance in pur suing his experiment* to their logical conclu sion. A SERVIAN CABINET CRISIS. ' o*m!in. Hungary. Oct. I — The "Stama" says to day that as an outcome ot the Novakovics affair King Peter has dismissed the prefect of police in charge of the prison, and that th» resignation of the Cnbtnet is expected Six respectable men held up in the house of one of them, and all made to confess that they are criminals, by a determined young man in a. dress cult! Read "Tho Criminals," by Frank Crane, la next Sunday's M&etzin* faction of Trlbuao. NrEW-YOBK DAILY TRIBUNE, TTTTRSP \Y. OCTOBER 3, 1907. MORE CHINESE EDICTS. i . Further Efforts to Prepare People for Constitution. Peking. Oct. 2.— Edicts of a parliamentary ; nature continue to be promulgated by the. ; Throne, indicating that a measure, of administra : tlve authority has actually been bestowed on the j Tzu -Cheng-Yuan, or Council of Administration, j recently created. The edicts are said to be de ; signed to overcome the activities of the anti dynastic and revolutionary parties. The Department of Education has been or ; red to issue textbooks for the instruction of i scholars, and the municipal board has been in ; structed to prepare for the experiment of local I self-government . The Throne warns the people of the conse quences of misunderstanding the precise nature , of the form of government which it is Intended to bestow on the country— namely, a monarchi cal-constitutional administration— and com mands all branches of the government to ex ! pound the.*e facts to the people. REPLIES TO BROKERS. j Nolly Surprised to Hear Telegraph Service Is Poor. The following letter was s*»nt yesterday to Will ' lam Harris Douglas, president of the Produce Ex- I change, by Vice-President Nail) of the Postal ■ Telegraph Company, in reply to the petition from j the Produe* Exchange brokers for better telegraph I service and their complaints of poor service: i Your favor of September 30, addressed to Mr. ; Mackay, received. In Mr. Mackay's absence the I matter has been referred to me Your letter and inclosures come in the nature or : a surprise, because we nave been receiving com ; pllments for our good service, especially between ' exchanges, but in order to remove any possible ; source of fair criticism 1 yesterday caused two ad ! rtitional experts from our staff to be sent from our main office to the floor of your exchange, ana they r. mained there riurinK the entire day. These two experts had less than twenty-five telegrams to handle, consequently U>ey have been withdrawn : and pent back to tl.^r regular work. While your letter and the petition which It trans mits would make it appear that the service given you was generally bad. I find upon inquiry that so far as this company is concerned there has been i complaint only a.« regards two points with which ! we have not resumed direct wir*»s from the floor of i your exchange because of the Inability of our con ■ n.-rtinK lines to man the wires, but I have taken , this up. and I hope that the full service with those. ! points will be established in a few days, and when 1 ft is there will be nr. cause for further complaint. At th« Western Union office 11 was said by : Superintendent Brooks that the complaints of the. ] Produce Exchange brokers would receive every I attention as soon as an Investigation of th« c.om plaJnts had b^en completed Th» strike leaden said yesterday that the "Wall j Street broken were going a step further and were signing a petition to President Roosevelt asking | him to try to bring about a »rttlement of the • trouble. "CHRISTIAN HERALD" AVERTS STRIKE. Proprietor Sipns Eight Hour Agreement with Pressmen. The strike of the pressmen of "The Christian Herald." which was scheduled for to-day to force the signing of an agreement for th« eight hour workday and union conditions, was avert ed yesterday In tim« to prevent this week's edi tion of the paper from ■ omrag out lntc, pending the signing of the agreement by Ix>uis Klopsch. its proprietor. This was done an.l th» strlko order was permanently called off. Mr Klopsch said la^t evening: "I always employed union men an<l patd union wages, and hud no previous trouble with the union. The officials of the union last evening, as the pressmen ware leaving, demanded of tho foreman that an agreement bo signed for tlie eight hour workday and the uni scale I signed the agreement. That ended the trouble." The. bookbinders, who are aJpo tryinK to en force tho eight hour workday, ordered a strike yesterday in the shop of the Manhattan Press. No. 476 West Broadway, a member of th« Ty pothetoe, which as a body has refused the de mand. it was reported at '!" headquarters of tho Typothetsa that the places of tho strikers were filled. A strike- of the bookbinders was also ordered against "William Knoepke, No. 419 Lafayette street and No 45 Rose street, .-in In dependent firm, for the eight hour workday. WOMEN TEACHERS' FIGHT. Will Struggle for Revision of Char ter to Grant Equal Rights. At the meeting of t:.> • •. • ■ ■ f tlu> Interborough Women Teacl atlon, to bs . . there will be a discussion ai to the nation ol salaries Hinun^ teachera ]■ . admitted that an attempt will I"- mads to have •.v charter amended so thai there will be no discrimination against sex. it was l<-<irii*-(l yesterday thai r ■ Intend lo continue t!..r Bght before the Charter Revision Commission it waa pointed "'it that the Governor vetoed their bill on the ground tti;it thHr grievance was a matter for dty correction. MR. BURNHAM WINS THE CASE Had Right to Exclude Metcalfe from Thea tre. Says Court of Appeals. Albany, 0.-t. 2.— Charles Hurnliam. manager "f Wallack'a Theatre, In New York City, wins Ms appeal to the Court of Appeals In the matter of lib) part In tbe exclusion from the New York thea tres of James S. Metcalfe, a dramatic critic. An Associated Pros? dispatch last tiißht . rroneously ■tated thai the derision was adverse to Mr. Burn ham! He was arrested on a charge r>f having taken par< in an alleged conspiracy >f tv- Theat rical Managers' Association to exclude .Mr. Met calfe from It ft theatres, on the ground Ol attjicks which he had written and caused to i- published. Justice r'itsjrerald, in special term, dismiss. .1 .i writ of habeas .-ori-iis brought to secure Mr. Burn ham's reieast and remanded him to prison The Appellate Division reversed '!>• order of Justice Fitzgerald, and the Court of Appeals has now ;i f flrm^d the Judgment of the Appellate Division. In the opinion by Jung* Edward T. Ba'rUeti II i = declared: "We agree with th« conclusion rf-arh^l by the learned Appellate Division." The action of the managers is described In Judx* Bartletfs opinion as "an effort on the part of th# managers to protect themselves from public articles reflect- Ing on their personal integrity and a protect against unjustifiable attacks upon thMr patrons and members oi the Jewish faith." An article- by Mr Metcalfs included in the record is characterized as "an unexampled illustration of r;ice bitterness and hatred "H w,? proved.' .ius»;rp Bartleti »a: object of the ralator, Burnhnm. and th«» othei tre manap<*r« associated with him was not to 11 v k or rebuke Metcalfe in thf legitimate exerc bs of his calllnj,' as a dramatic criti' " Their actioi to have- bf-en purely voluntjrv Th« opinion further declares that a theatre man ager 'derives from the state no authority to carry <m his ness, and may conduct it precisely as any other citizen nay transact bis own affairs." "We are of the opinion," Judge Bartlett says, in closing, "that the relator (Burnham) and bis asso elates In the Theatre Managers' Association acted in the exercise of their. strict legal rights" Th* Judge.s concurring are Chief Judge Cullen and Judges O'Brien. Halght. Vann. Htseock and Chase SOUTHERN PACIFIC REBATE HEARING. San Francisco. Oct. 2 — Franklin X Lane. In terstate Commerce Commissioner, began a hear ing to-day of complaints that the Southern Pa : rifle Company had granted rebates on interstate shipment* to favored shippers Peter F Dunne of the law department of the Southern Pacific, ob jected to the introduction of the company's books in evidence. ahe objection was overruled and the books •w/'l be scrutinized by the government ex- INTEREST from Oct. Ist will be ■ paid on deposits made on or be fore Oct. sth. $1 will open an account. VAN NORDEN TRUST COMPANY. Mh Ay. & rtnh St., Special Deposit Dept. ilranrf a.- Orchard Sts., Interert Dfpt. NINETEENTH WARD BANK. •*'! Ay. and r>7th SI . Interest Dept. 2d W. ar.d 72<i St . 2d Ay. and S6th St.. SUGGEST GUARD REFORM. But Generals Henry and Pfister Think It Beady for War Now. Adjutant General Henry and Major General Frederick Printer were the principal witnesses be fore the Wainwright Commission, which began its investigation into the rational guard of the state yesterday. Both men testified that they believed the national guard was efficient and ready to take th^ field in case cf war. although General Henry admitted that the guard, as It stood at present, was not thoroughly qualified for action. The hearing was held in the 71st Regiment Ar mory. Colonel W. S. Schuyler. U. S. A., acted as military adviser to the commission, and Stephen 11. Olin was counsel. J. Mayhew Wainwright, in troducer of the bill, appeared later anil took his place with the commission. Most of the questions were put by Mr. Oiin. although the members of the commission interrupted frequently to ask for information. Adjutant General Henry and Major General Pfls ter Indignantly denied the reports of the regular army officers that the New York State troops were not efficiently lipped. General Henry said that some of the statements contained in the reports were absolutely false, and that he could account for them only by the fact that some of the guard officers ha.l not ported fully on the equipment of their troops. •'T make these remarks." the Adjutant General said. "In Justice to the state guard which Is better housed, better supported and better equipped than any Other guard, and Is ready to take, the field with any other organization. Any shorteomine of the guard Is due to a lark of available property and appropriation! General Henry recommended the three-year en listment as a means of improving- th» service. He said that to-day a man might be in the guard for thirty years and have nothing to show for it. whllo if the three-year enlistment was Introduced h« would have an honorable <lis<rharße at the end of em h three years Mr. Wainwright created a stir by asking which bripad* In the consideration of the general bad the strictest examination for commissioned officers General Henry, after some hesitation, designated the Third Brigade, comprising the Ist. 3d and 10th regiments. The general recommended that the elective system for officers be done away with, be cauye it caused -•• ■ many factional fights and that instead the officers be appointed after the organi zation had rceomme.nded two or three men. He also recommended a central board to control the examinations !ri nil brigades. revlaed mllltan.' he said, sd on the rrcular of the iViv 4r.tmTit of . ■ talf, such ai ■ ••■ "• ■ ■ •• ■• ar irmy. ■ th» lippolntnMntS should be ma«ie frum the guard SAILOR HAD DIPHTHERIA. Bellevuc Doctor Warm Crew of Georgia of Epidemic Danger. Frank Ross, a tailor on the United States ship Georgia^ walked Into Bellevua Hospital lnst night nufforirif: with diphtheria. Koss had ii letter, pur porting to liavn boon written by the commander of that vessel, stating that ho was a sailor on the Georgia and that he waa ilfertag from some uis eas«. the writer not knowing what it was. und re quested that he tw admitted to Bellevue. Ross was hurried by Dr. I^roy Smith, who received him. to the Wlllard Parker Hospital. The doctor paid th« man had the most virulent attiick of diphtheria ht« had ever seen. The sailor said that ha had cmc from Philadelphia, where tho Georgia was. on a train. a. communication was patched to the < teorgia atlvisinK them of the case und Us attendant danger to thfi crew of that vessel BOMB USE 7 ) AGAIN IN CHICAGO Eleventh Explosion Recorded as Result of Fight of Rival Gamblers. Chicago, <>>t. - !'•■• the second time within v few bomb wai exploded last ulK'lit under the platforn of the Wisconsin Central Ktati..n ;it Forest I'ark. formerly Harlem. The explosion is the eleventh In a series Beamingly aimed at tt-.<- leaden "? th> local gambling rln^. None of the explosions hai J"ii«- physical in jury to ntiy person, and littlo damage to iirc>v> ertj has resulted The motive is supposed I • be enmity between rival factions of the gamblers, one of which is seeking to extort fr tha other .' share of receipts from gambling operation* HAS SPENT LIFE IN PRISON. P. H. Lynch. Confined for Twenty-nine Years, in Court Again. Patrick Henry Lynch, alias Henry Harhn, who. it Is Said, spent twenty-nine of the last thirty years either In at prison or an insane asylum! appeared yesterday i;i <:<-nor:il Sessions In connection with •' burglary which \v;«* .-..m mitted at No •"•'- West 44th street on January 1. IS.is Abraham Levy appeared for the de fe'nduni nnd aske<l »hal n commission b" :•;• p.j.,',.,! ; ., •!• ; • rniin- 1 whethor he was ■■"1 If cane. the lawyvir asked that an order be granted Hiviui; tin' man from the Matte asylum. l.vn ■•■! vvaa convicted of the burglarj". hut be fore he could serve his sentence became Insane and was transferred to Matteawan. He Is fifty one years old Lynch was convicted of murder In the second degree in ISS2. an.l. becoming in pane. as sent to Matteawan Cured of his men tal trouble, lie went back to Sing Sins and was afterward pardoned by Governor Flower. Two weeks after his release be was arreste.l again. MORE CAPITOL INDICTMENTS True Bills Returned Now Against All Named in Prosecutions. rlarrisburg, Perm . Oct. 2.— Seven more indict ments In the Capitol prosecutions were returned by the Dauphin County grand jury this afternoon Every man named in the prosecutions has now been 1 indicted, and there «re Still twelve cases to 1 ,-. considered V.'hen thr grand jury disposes of these President .Indue Kunkei will fix the date of the trials .. • . ' The seven bills returned to-day make fifteen in dictments for con?piracy against John H. Sander son. of Philadelphia, chief contractor for furnish ings Fifteen charges have also been brought against Congressman H. Burd Caaael. of Marietta, executive officer of the Pennsylvania Construction Company, which supplied the metallic furniture. Three Indictments have been returned against Mr. Cassel. and he la a defendant in all of the remain ing twelve cases. Six of the seven bills returned to-day are, against Mr Sanderson. Joseph If, Huston, architect: James M. Shumaker, former superintendent of grounds and buildings; William P. Snyder former Auditor General, and William L. Mathues, former State Treasurer, for conspiracy to defraud tha common wealth. Telephone Directory For Fall and Winter Months Goes to Press Friday, October 11th New listings must be arranged for on or before above date, if desired for this book. For Manhattan. The Bronx and For Brooklyn. Queens, Richmond Westchester County apply to and New Jersey apply to NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY THE N. Y. A N. J. TELEPHONE CO. Contract Offices . Telephone Not. : Contract Offices : Telephone Sos. . 15 Dry Street 9010 Cortl»ndt «i Willouchbj St.. Brooklyn mo Main IIS West Street ?0«0-:*m isn Knlton >'.. Hroonlyn » 32 Bedford 12»West Street MHO Momtn;.«i<l» *4A Kitih Atmiiif. Brooklyn -fA -onth M East ISOth Street *«>Melrose j MS r.r •••iw.it. Brooklyn fOSOWinsbrz 5 KiT»rd»li* At»., Yonk«» SnsoYonlter* , » Hsr.tenhn>ok A»e., Jamaica Jama.ra «•! s. sth Are.. Ml. Veruon 9f*oMt \>rnon J 31 Tntnpkin* At .TompkiTle.S.l. soaoTompksTlo «2Hn(m*nnt> ; t..S*w Ro*"!l*ll» wisON>wKo<-fcfl> 160 M&rk't St.. Newark. SJ. soioSrwark HK«T<t(>Dtr4l AT.,Tarryt'wn9osO Tarrytown or an; local office tn New Jersey. Full as it is, our stock is not fat — carries no useless weight. Every suit has a definite place in our plans for patterns to meet every taste at each price. Every suit has the definite value of all wool and fast color fabrics. $18 to $45. The lighter colors make a variety of Fall overcoats unheard of a few years ago. $18 to $40. Rogers, Peet & Company. Three Broadway Stores. 253 842 1260 at at at Warren st. 1 3tb st. 32nd st. ARMY AND NAVY NEWS. Brig. Gen. Duvall and Lieut. Col. W others poon Advanced. [rrr:n The Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington. October 2. NEW GEN*ERAI^ OFFICKRS.-The army ap pointments to the grades of major general and brigadier lanaral will be a great surprise to the military personnel, members of which have been waiting Wit* keen Interest the filling of the vacan cies caused by the retirement of Major General W. S. McCaakcy on October . and of Brigadier General E. S. Godfrey on October .'. The most In teresting circumstances connected with the appoint ments Is that Brigadier General Frederick Funston. who Is tho senior of lis grade, has been jumped, as are Brigadier Generals Carter. i;;i3<. Barry. Mills and Igerly, by tha appointment of Brigadier Gen eral W. P. Dwrall, assistant chief of stair, to be a major general, vice MeCaskey. General Dv is one of the ablest officers of the army. He retires for age on January 13, 1911. before which date there will bo two vacancies In the list of major generals for retirement— those of Greyly in March of 1903 and "Western In November, 1900— affording an opportunity of incemeni to the grade of major general of these brigadiers, who are comparatively old men. In other words, the appointment of General Duvall doSS not lOCB the promotion of the officers who are .1 year or two younger. The rapidity with which General Duvstfl has ad vanceU in the army since ISSS— from first lieuten ant to major general presents .1 strong contrast to the slowness of his Dromotion during- his first twenty-nine years of service, which he passed as a subaltern. He Is a native of Maryland, and was appointed to the United Stat.-s Military Academy from that state In IS6S. when he was eighteen mil old. Ha was graduated in ist» and commissioned a second lieu tenant in the nth Artillery. He was Dromoted to in st lieutenant in 1577, and remained twenty-one years In that grado. He had Just bees made a cap tain in March. ISitS. when the war with Spain broke out. and in May he was appointrd major and In spector ganeral of volunteers. Two months later he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and chief ordnance otticer <>f volunteers, and In n few days less than a year thereafter was .-i-m mlssloned as lieutenant colonel of th«* '.Nth Volun teer Infantry. then stationed at Plattsburc, N. Y. There he attracted the notice of President McKte ley. who selected him for the colonelcy of the 4Sth Volunteer Infantry (negro) in September. In two months Colonel Duvall had •!; Uteri his regiment Into a fine state of discipline at Fort Th is, Kentucky, And by January. I9M it was dolni; active duty in the Philippines. Colonel Duvall was promoted to major in tlv regular army in UOl. and was one of the first off • ■•■rs selected to nerve on th General Staff. < >n. i week after reaching th< grade of lieutenant colonel. I in Frtruary. Of test j ear, ho ivas appointed a brig adier general by President Woo— veil and advanced ; t.i the v>ost of assistant Chief of staff. General Duvall la a man of viKorous persoi\alit>. , ••( proved executive ability anil Is knnvo for his ' upright character and studious habits, having cora mand .if three foreign lanjr'ia^os. He lass not reach the retiring age until 1911. The appointment of Lieutenant Colonel "William ' W. Woth»>rspoon. 19th Infantry, to be brigadier : general will meet with some criticism, as that of ftoer jumps HT colonels and 98 lieutenant colonels, lie retires on November IS. UM Colonel Wother 1 ■pooi is chief Of the Third Division of the General ' Staff, and bead of the Army War College. Us was : chief of staff in Cuba, and his work there and later ; in Washington in connection with the military oc i cupation of Cuba attracted the attention of the i President, with whom General Wetherapaos) has I been intimately associated > General Wotherspoon" s Brfi service was in the I navy, where he was a master's mate from IS7O to i 1573. He was then appointed a second lieutenant in the 12th United States Infantry, and was promoted • to first lieutenant in 1 - v " captain In 1*93. major 30th . Infantry in 19*1. and lieutenant colonel 14th In- I fantry In 1904. He was transferred la the 19th in ; fantry in 1905. j When Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry was ! placed in command of United States Army of Paci fication in Cuba last spring Lieutenant Colonel Wotherspoon was relieved from duty in the Island and appointed to succeed General Barry as (acting* president of the Army War College. He Is a native of ths District of Columbia and is flfty-iseven ■ years old. I The ether appointment to the grade of brigadier general, that of Colonel Charles S. Smith, of the i ordnance department, in command of the army proving grounds at Sandy Hook. Is a recognition of that officer's valuable^contribution to the science of gun making, upon which subject he was the.recog nized authority in the army ordnance department. I He retires in December next and as be is one of i 4&a old coloa*ls of th* staff there -will be no fault Fall as it is, you need thicker underwear, though we've so very many good sorts that we hesitate to say what sort you need. (Cloves too. for walking and even ing. Xeglige shirts — all fresh and new, for our Summer stock went away in a bargain whirl. Business shirts, the fancy stiff bosom sort, — all new too, including the E. & W. shirts. Fall scarfs. Rogehs, Peet & Company, Three Broadway Stores. 258 842 1260 opposite near opposite City Hall. Union Square. Greeley Square. found by his associates in the service with the se» lection. ORDERS TSSI-ED.-Th« following orders hay» been issued: ARMY Changes in the ordnance department ordered: Lieutenant Colonel KIN B. MTTCHAM. from WatervU«t arsenal to New York arsenal. m Major JOHN T THOMPSON", from Rock Island ars*aal to orfice of tlia chief of ordnance. •Washington Captain WIUJAXT I. WESTERVELT. from Philadelphia to Sandy Hook proving pround. Colonel ANDREW H. RUSSEILX, placed on retired list CVlonel GEORGE LE R. BROWN. 36th Infantry. pi'ace.J on ret. list v Captata ARTHIR M EDWARDS, cor:a-.«s»ary. as Chi cago for examination for promotion Captain CHARLES A BBTT3 assistant surjteon. Cd In fantrj'. National Guard of Washington, to Army Med lca! School, Wa»WnKtcn. Captain WIUJA9I I. \VESTESt\-ELT. ordnanc* depart ment, from Sandy Hook proving ground to Rock lal and arsx-r.al. Ck^talß EDWARD AMiKKSfiX. TtH raT^'-ry. • -. Army onJ Navy General Hospital. Hot SprlnKs.*Arte. Major JC>eiEPH T. CRABBS. quartermaster, from Wash ington Barracks, to tho PtiHpptnes. December 3, re> li-vinir Majcr RinrMOND Ma. SCIIOFIELD. quar termaster, who will pr-^c<;e<X to !?»n Francisco. Majt>r ROBERT W. DOWDY, retired, detailed with f,i>- Kanlzed n-.i'ltta of Arkansas- Second Lieutenant AL.BIN L. CLARK. 30th Infill-- he fora retiring board at San Francisco for examination. Second Lieutenant .'-ALTER H. NEILL. 13th CSlTalry. to mllltar> prison. Fort Leavenwortli. Xovatnber 1. Contract Sure, n HIRAM A. PHIT.rjPa. to Army Medical School. Washlcjrton^ Contract Surgenn JOSEPH H. WHITEST, from Zalaisr to Fort Sheridan. XAVT Rear Admiral SEBREE, d»:a.-h<^l frr»m th» Navy Impart ment to duty as commander of the special aervlca squadron, hotmßam his flat on board the Tsnnesse«. Captain T. S. FHELPS. detached from the CalKorni& to, duty as commandant of tha navy yard and station at ' Mare lajand. U*u tenant J. O. RtCHARDSOX. 6«tached from tlu T*B>» Lieutenant F- RORSCHACH. dataelied from Ci* Tss=e«»*»i to r.ax-y yard. Norfolk. , Midshipman I* H. At'sTlN'. additional duty wld uarr; rtK-rutttriir party So 1. ' Assistant Surgeon A. B. CTJFTORI^ to Naral Uaaical| s<:hfvl Hospital. Wasfcirurtvi. Assistant Suoreon O. D. HALS, to Naral ilwlical Sciaol. , Wash! B. KRAWSOX professor of matnetnatloa, omaensa Crsaßt the Naval Academy to report to th« Secretary of th», Navy for «pecial duty la connectloa with na.ra< w«y records. MOVEMENTS OF VESSEIjS.— I*B foßowtaS! movements of wsr vessels ha,v» bed reported b» the Navy Department: ARRX\*SD. Oct. 1 - The Prairie, at Boston; fh* T*rx «•■»•, at Xv»*. port: th* CMssam at Aoajat^i Vi» X2>e=7. Ac L* lUln SAILED. CM 1 The Rocket, from Norfolk tor WaaMaxtso* tt* Pratrie from >-.ii*> Ond Bar for Boston: tS« IVu* instun' from navy yard. New Tar*, for Hainptoa Fwoads: -- Strlnshain. from navy yard. N'»w Tone. The Mf"nter«y commissioned In reserve 6e?t«mb«r 23m naval station. .A special •arrtot »qaa,!ron. o>ns(stlne of th« Tenne«»e« as th« Wss»»J »ad ••! Washington, will b« fi^antied October £. wtth lUa»' \,lmiral V'rlel S«bre« as commAtnter. COAL IN ONE AMERICAN SHIP. Other American Companies Fail to Accept President's 50 Per Cent Offer. Washington. Oct. 2.— Only one American ecat« pany. the American-Hawaiian Steamship Com pany, ha? accepted the Navy Department's offer to transport coal for the Atlantic battleship fleet at M per rent Increase over the rate offered by firms shipping it in foreign bottoms. This company has the steamer Virginian, of 12,000 tons capacity, and will receive $8 a ton for transporting coal to Magdalena Bay. San Fran cisco or Mare Island. The Virginian will be used in the Pacific ser vice, which makes it possible to accept the tarns of the department The Virginian's cargo is less than 10 per cent of the entire amount of coal needed by the navy, so if there is no chance in the attitude of the other American bidden over 90 per cent of the fuel ■■*•< be shipped in foreign bottoms. WIST SIDE COURT SCENE OF FIGHT. ; » Devery Man Strikes Goodwin Follower — Both Fined by Magistrate Butts. In the West Side <:curt yesterday Richard J. Butler, ex- alderman from the >th. and Mlk* McCourt. a saloonkeeper at 31st street and Xinth avenue, engaged in fisticuffs Trie men are old political enemies. Butler being a Dev ery man and McCourt a follower ai Goodjvin. They were in court as bondsmen As Butler as leaving the place. McCourt called the Devery man several inelegant names. Butler is long and lean and McCourt la short and fat. Devery's follower dealt McCourt a blorv that stretched him on the floor Magistrate But's. who was deeply hn mat saw in another case, suspended all other proceedtogSj and ordered a court officer to make complaints against the belligerents They vtere fined Sid each for disorderly conduct 3.