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V OL LXVIII. .N° 22.^00.
fIVGHES ROOMS TICKET
D EA WS CHEERS FOR TAFT.
gepuhlicnv Club Wildly Applauds
Governor and Candidates.
With Governor Hughes, whose candidacy for
tb» Presidency had been fostered by the Repub
lican Club, as the chief speaker, that organiza
tion held an enthusiastic Taft -Sherman ratifica
tion meeting at its clubhouse last' night. The
Governor. In a vigorous and eloquent speech
«hirh drew long and loud applause and cheers
from his hearers, pledged his own support to the
Republican national ticket and declared that its
fc?ad was a man of qualities to command the
respect and support of every voter.
Governor Hughes'? jn-eetlng by the club mem
bers as he walked from the elevator to the spot
where about two years ago he was notified offi
cially of his nomination for Governor was a
Sne demonstration of loyalty and esteem. Sec
retary Maynard was telling of the clubs action
In purporting the Governor for the Presidency.
••We shall never regret that we presented the
„a rr of our fearless, brave and incorruptible
Governor." he said. And just at that moment
the elevator door opened and the Governor
stepped into the assembly room. Every one saw
him: ►-•very one began to applaud.
•Three cheers for our Governor!" shouted a
Hughes man in the back of the room, and in-
Ftantly (hey were given with spirit. Then Mr.
ilsynard was permitted to continue his speech.
"We have not changed one bit our estimate
cf the high character or splendid qualities of the
Governor.** he said, and a second time the cheer
ing broke out. So, too. -when the Governor had
f.Eish«"3 his speech, which was termed a "splen-
M keynote which -will reverberate over con
tinents' by Charles H. Treat, cheering broke out
train Bwfl again, and -was prolonged while mem
bers combined the Governor's name •with that of
Mr Taft In their comments. It -was evident
that, whatever might be the temper of the or
ganization men and party bosses just now. the
Republican Club would be only too glad to see
ti* Governor renomlnated this autumn.
MEETING WELL, ATTENDED.
Despite the hot weather, there was a goodly
su-ndance when President Charles H. Young of
th« - publican Club called the gathering to or
>- Scattered through the throng were William
K. Olcott. ex-Senators? Tully and Elsber?:. James
S. Lehmaier. E. W. Bloomingdale.. Henry Glea
»nr>. Judge Otto A. Rosalskv. Alderman B. W.
Brown. E. H. Fallows. Otto T. Bannard. Justice
Lambert. Justice Joseph M. Dead. John A.
£l<?icher. George. W. Morgan, James Talcott,
William Leary. Superintendent of Elections; F.
T. KJlburn. ex-Superintendent of Banks, and
Donald McLean.
President Young declared that the Republican
Cl-Jb had no apologies or regrets to express for
having started the movement to nominate the
Governor for President.
The Republican Convention In its wisdom has
rejected another as the party candidate." said
]-* -We purpos-e to-niglit to indorse the can
didacy of Wiiliam H. Taft and our fellow mem
ber, James S. Sherman, and to pledge to them
the same cordial, loyal, heartfelt support -ac
should have given,. to. the Governor if he had
been nominated. This club has no griefs or
disappointments : it is the Republican Club of
The City of New York, and will, .as ever, be
found in the front rank in its support of the
party candidates."
Secretary Maynard then began a speech pre
paratory to presenting resolutions for a vote.
He -was interrupted by the entrance of Gov
ernor Hughes, accompanied by General Wood
ford and Colonel Treadwell. the Governor's mili
tary secretary. The great applause from his
fellow club members evidently pleased the Gov
ernor- He smiled and bowed repeatedly.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE CLUB.
The resolutions offered were as follows:
•n-v.r^a? The Republican Club of the City of
V-w*"yVrk b^Ueves that th- interests of the people
rf"th» United States can r*st he conserved by re
tectet to rractic- the basic principles of the Re-
invention of that party.
Jfr-Tvuv assembled at Chicago, adopted a platform
•s-hieh full/ and fairly sets forth those basic prin
c!r>'*£ and. * *•
V ; h«-rea«: Eaid Republican national «mv«iUoii
•■:.-, *el»cted as th« standard bearers of the
-«-*_ f r ,- t h<» campaign of I««B and placed in nomi
rftior, for that purpose William H. Taft : of Ohm.
lor F^...«. r v r ,,_ end James S. Sherman, of >.*-•* y.rk.
f V Vir»-Prepident. both tried and steadfast oharn-
Etons d the Republican party and of the principles
which it reprints: now, therefor*, be I <v r-it^
F.«>s<-.n-«i That the Republican <- lub of the Clt>
or S«ir York h*reby ratifies, and In all respects
confirms, raid art ion of the Republican National
<>nvo?iTiori. Further
R*?o!ved. Th«t this club thorough. y approves tn«
j.-Vftion of candidates made y>x said nations con
v»~ti«n and hereby pl«-d«res its hearty, vigorous
(-- ur:r*serv-d purport In th* coming campaign to
the candidacy of Taft and Sherman.
Governor Hughes was the first speaker. Be
ginning by explaining that he refused to with
«raw his name from the contest at Chicago be
cause he believed the delegates instructed for
iir nomination were pledged by their constitu
ents sna owed allegiance to them, the Governor
•Rent on to a plea for party loyalty and party
adh*r«-nee 7-, The ideal of public service. En
thusiastic as he was in hi? praise of Mr. Taft,
his b*?t word for him was a declaration of the
be , ' that he would carry out th« highest and
[broadest conceptions of vhat the Republican
ptrry owed to this country. His speech fol
lows :
I a- very glad of tlie opportunity to join with
you in the congratulation.* upon the nominations
that have b~n made in Chicago and to second
the appropriate resolutions that have been pre
tested. ,
At th« outset I want to express my deep ap
preciation of the pood will and the esteem
raa^if-pted by my friends In this club, V. v may
remember that in this presence some time afro I
*aid that I asked do favor and 1 made no . laltn.
I «at« 4 that I should not attempt to influence
tb» section or the vote of any delegate, and
that I G*em*d it most important that the. bum
i (ration should not be tributary to any
candidacy. I kept that faith. At the same tin
I fed deeply sensible of the good will and the
renulne regard which influenced the *&<***£*
*o rr.ar.v of my old friends In and out of this
-lub. and I should have no W'^ I *?*™**'™
if from the bottom of my •>-•"' did not •'";'
tribute to all that was done by that >:- m.il «.nd
sate knight. General Woodford. in^«PP ««
the cause that h- espoused, or if I should t .ill t<>
Meegnlw «*al was «one by all those who wen,
mm to rhtcago and who labored for what the>
i ;;^.:V;;nVi 11 ,i I . I,^i1 ,^i. ..d.,, 11 , ; ir .st
Important thai dd«C»te« are responsible to
«beir constituent*. I did not attempt tv Kha 1'
Ute nhraFiuK of resolutions, nor was I "**£?"'
Wo? Sr .ont.-nt 1 simply .-N'i. f "' d
«<!hero faithfully to certain principles of puny
W»«n>ment which I believe should hrwrtably
se recognized, and apart from any <» v< ** lo !V of
Principle I reoognlaed what was due to those
•ho we rP laboring unselfishly and -"''"• - ,
IWt that I had no right to eypoae them *"" n • m
fcwrawnwnt by interfering at the last mom nt
*n«J attempting to exercise an authority *hi<n
1 ba<J all along disclaimed.
THINKS ITS ACTION'S RIGHT.
After careful consideration I ** ****££
*« New Tork would suffer any £f2fjf^SS
&tta the attitude which was iMiufWHly taken
•Jtf I am glad that the result proved that I »as
8 KST.'m b.re tn-n.ght. rirf of ,h. ..P|.- f
hjsjty to M> with you in a brfbute torn greal
■Mder, th* nominee of the JV-pub!.. an eonven-
Continued «>■ seventh P*S<»-
— .rair^V^^:^^^, YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1908.— TWELVE PAGES,^^^i^&:
PLEADED FOR OARSMEN
President Rebuffed bji Dr. Eliot —
Will See Race.
I By Ttßleerarh to The Tribune. 1
Boston. June 21.'.— Despite the appeals of
President Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary of
State Robert Bacon, Fish and Morgan, the two
crew men suspended for violating the rule
against removing books from the Harvard ref
erence library, will not be permitted to row in
the Yale-Harvard boat race. President Roose
velt made a personal appeal to President Eliot
by telegraph as soon as he heard of the pus-
I>ension. but he met with a curt refusal from
the Harvard executive to make any change
in the ruling.
The full correspondence consists of two tele
grams, one from the President to President
Eliot, the other an answer from President Eliot.
President Roosevelt's telegram read:
To President C. W. Eliot. Cambridge.
Is it not possible and would it not be more
fitting- and just to substitute another punish
mni for Fish and Morgan if. as is stated, they
merely took away a book which they were per
mitted to use in the library. It seems to us,
and. we feel sure, to the great body of gradu
ates, that it is unfair and unnecessary to make
others suffer for an offence of this kind for
which some other punishment might surely be
found. THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
ROBERT BATON".
President Eliot's reply was as follows:
To President Roosevelt, White House, Wash
ington.
Each man did a dishonorable thing One
violated In his private interest and In a crooked
way a rule made in the common interest, while
the other gave a false name and did not take
subsequent opportunity to give his own. The
least possible punishment was putting them on
probation, but that drops them from the crews.
A keen and sure sense of honor being the finest
result of college, life, I think the college and
graduates should condemn effectively dishon
orable conduct. The college should also teach
that one must never do scurvy things 'n the
supposed interest or for the pleasure of others.
CHARLES W. ELIOT.
New Haven. June 22. — Both President Roose
velt and Secretary Taft will witness the Yale-
Harvard boat race on the Thames at Xew Ix>n
c!on next Thursday. This fact, which developed
to-night, makes necessary a change In Secre
tary Taft's plans for the latter part of the pres
ent week.
The Secretary had arranged tentatively with
th^> President to confer with him at Oyster Bay
on Friday. He was to be accompanied to
< 'yster Bay by General Luke E. Wright, who is
to succeed him as Secretary of W*ar. A tele
gram received by Mr. Taft from the President
late this afternoon requested that a change be
made, as he hud decided himself to witness the
boat race on Thursday. He will arrive at New
London o-n the Sylph directly from Oyster Bay,
and probably would not be able to get back to
his home at Sagamore Hill in time for a con
ference on Friday.
WORK FOR THEODORE, JR.
President's Son To Be Employed by
United States Steel Corporation.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., it is understood, will
have his first experience of actual work this
summer as distinguished from th© labor in
volved in study, and will grrt that experience as
an employe of the United States Steel Corpora
tion.
Young Mr. Roosevelt, who is a member of the
junior class at Harvard, in the academic de
partment, visited the ore holdings of the steel
corporation last year.
John C Greenway. who was in the Rough
Rider regiment In the Spanish war. and for
whom the President holds a hearty friendship,
la the superintendent erf the Western Mesaba de
partment of the steel corporation's ore proper
lies, and it is under his direction, it is said, that
the younger Roosevelt will be employed.
DAMAGE BY STORMS.
Minnesota Towns Lose $250,000—
Central Ohio Swept.
Owatonna. Minn.. June 22.— Clark's Grove and
Kllendale. which were in the path of Saturday s
storm received a second visitation to-day. At
Clark's Grove an elevator was blown to pieces
snd twenty-seven barns were levelled. Many
cattle and bones were killed. The crops were
riled down by the hail, and the property loss in
and about the town is estimated at $100,000. At
Kllendale scarcely a frame building escaped. The
crop loss in Steele County is $150,000.
Columbus. Ohio. June 22.— of the worst
electrical storms in years passed over Central
Ohio early to-day. Much Mock is reported to
have been killed by lightning and many farm
houses and outbuildings were burned. A large
tank of refined oil was hit by a bolt at Flnleyand
destroyed. Mrs. Alice Boyd was severely in
lured at Drbsna by lightning striking the, gas
pipe In her home. The gas exploded and the
flames burst into her room from the pipe.
Springfield. Dayton. Delaware. Coshocton. -New
ark and other towns report severe damage.
WILT DEPORT NEW ORLEANS ITALIANS
Federal Authorities Take Two Alleged
Black Hand Men from State Officers.
(By Telegraph to Th« Tribune. 1
New Organs, June 22-^Charged with beta*; ene
mies of the government and undesirable residents
of America. Sta*illo Clopolla and Vincenzo Chi-
P etM Italian,, who «re alleged to have wrecked
th« store of Joseph Berlo with a dynamite bomb
recently after Berlo had ignored a Black Hand
"tter demanding 55.000. -re taken «™ «*«£
authorities by Captain Peter Stretton, i rated States
immigration inspector, to-day, and after a formal
hearing to-morrow will be deported to Italy.
„ 1" ssio that evidence, was obtained by the fed
eral authorities connecting the Italians with a
Black Hand organization that recently flourished in
Sew York and with branches throughout the
United States.
POISON IN IMPROVISED DIPPER.
Boy Dies After Drinking Water from Broken
Bottle He Finds.
Vincenzo Sacconanni, son «if Masseaio Bscco
nahul of Croton. and another boy. about the same
mmm went to pick cherries yesterday at Harmon.
Afterward they went to a spring they knew of in
tbe woods for a drink. There was no cup. so they
made use of a portion of a broken bottle which they
found.
Saooonannl drank first. Last night lie was taken
violently 11l and stter hours of agony died. The
other boy was slightly sick. It is thought the bottle
must have contained poison, and had been thrown
away by seme one.
LOUISIANA RACE BILL UP TO-DA '
Baton Rouge IM-. June 2-' The Louisiana ?..«e
I egistature adjourned at • o'clock to-night without
taking a vote on the Locke anti-racing bill. The
measure v.ill come up again when the, body recon
venes at noon to-morrow.
V.R. TAFT'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN NEW YORK SINCE HIS NOJHNAT* N.
QUEBEC TOWN BURNED
LOSS OVER r A MILLION.
Almost Entire Business Section of
Three Fivers Destroyed.
Three Rivers, Quebec, June 22.— A fire which
broke out shortly before noon to-day In a stable
did not pause In its work of destruction until
the greater part of the lower town, containing
the business section of the city, had been con
sumed. With the assistance of firemen sum
moned by special trains from Montreal, Quebec,
Sherbrooke and Grand Mere it was held in
check. Almost every building of any conse
quence in that section of the city was de
stroyed, including the postoffice, the City Hall,
all except one of the leading hotels, the fine
building of the Hoohelaga Bank and almost
all the principal stores. Over three hundred
buildings were burned.
The narrow streets of the town and the in
flammable nature of many of the buildings in
the path of the fire rendered the task of the
firemen an almost impossible one. Outside the
town is located the camp of the Gth Military
District, and soon after the flre started a thou
sand men were sent in to help fight the flames.
The local brigade was entirely ineffective when
it came to coping with the conflagration. The
soldiers rendered the best assistance they could,
but their bucket brigade was not equal to the
task. It was not until nearly four hours after
the fire had assumed threatening dimensions
that organized effort by the fire fighters from
the other cities was available.
Among the buildings burned are Si. James s
Anglican Church, the oldest Anglican church
building in Canada: the Roman Catholic Palish
Church. Drolet. Lalonde & Co.'s department
store, the Dufresne, Windsor, Dominion and
Richelieu hotels, the telegraph offices and the
Bell Telephone Company's exchange.
The loss will be considerably over 51.000.000.
and it is said that the insurance companies will
be haxd hit. though none of them will lose a
great amount, as owing to the character of
the buildings and the inefficiency of the fire
protection, they kept their risks well scattered.
So far no loss of life has been reported, but a
■woman and two children are said to have been
badly burned.
AN AEROPLANE RECORD.
M. Delagrange Covers 11 Miles in
16 1-2 Minutes — A Medal.
Milan. June 22.— Leon Delagrange, the French
aeronaut, this evening surpassed all previous
records by flying for sixteen minutes and thirty
seconds.' During that time his aeroplane was
from ten to eighteen feet above the ground. M.
Delagrange made nine rounds of a measured
course in a military field at a speed of about
thirty-eight miles an hour, covering Jn all about
eighteen kilometres, or a little more than eleven
miles. A special gold medal will be struck in
honor of M. Delagrange'p performance.
DR. MEYER TO HEAD PSYCHIATRIC.
New Yorker Appointed to Johns Hopkins
Clinic and Chair Founded by Henry Phipps.
(By Telegraph to Th« Tribun*.]
Baltimore. June 22.— The trustees of Johns Hop
kins University and Hospital announced to-day the
election of Dr. Adolph Meyer, of New York, to the
directorship of the recently founded psychiatric
Clinic and to the professorship of psychiatry. Dr.
Meyer has accepted. Mr. Phipps recently gave
$750,000 to Johns Hopkins for the establishment of
the chair and a hospital building.
Since 1902 Dr. Meyer has been director of the
pathological institute of the State Hospital of New
York on Ward's Island. New York City, and sine*
ISM professor of psyschiatry in the medical depart
ment of Cornell University. He is president of
the New York Psychiatrical Society.
JESSE GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY.
Son of the General Announces His Receptive
Candidacy in Denver.
[By Telegraph to Th* Tribune ]
Denver. June 22. -Jesse Grant, of Los Angeles, a
•son Of the late President Grant, may be a dark
horse to oppose William Jennings Bryan for the
Democratic nomination for President. He arrived
In Denver to-day to look after his interests. Mr.
Crant who was a caller on Sergeant-at-Arms Mar
tin to-day said to a reporter that he is a receptive
candidate and toped to find many friends among
the delegates.
He declared positively th.it he would not accept
the second place on the ticket He is said to be the
only Democrat in the Grant family.
BARNETT FOUND GUILTY.
Ban Francisco. June 8.-Walter J. Barnett. the
hanker charged with embezzling securities from
the Cotton estate, was convicted this afternoon,
the jury being out leas than an hour.
Barrett was charged in connection with the fail
are of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany.
STARVED TO DEATH AS CANCER CURE.
Chicago. June 22.-Mrs. Louisa Thompson, forty
years old of /.ion City, died to-day from starva
tion after a forty-day fast She is said to have
undertaken the ordeal in the belief that It would
cure her of cancer, with which (he »a.i afflicted,
pi,,, km a member of one of the num«r)j> cults
that exiet In Son City.
WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH '
AJvl.
PORT CHESTER AFLAME
TEN BUILDINGS IN ASHES.
Fire Threatened to Wipe Out Whole
Business Section.
The business section of Port Chester was in
danger of being wiped out for several hours
yesterday by a fire which, before it was under
rontroU had destroyed ten buildings, partly
burned half a dozen others, eaten through the
roof of the First Baptist Church and rendered
forty families homeless. The entire Fire De
partment of Port Chester, aided by apparatus
from six nearby towns, fought the flames, and at
5:30 o'clock in the afternoon Chief Baker de
cided they were under control. He estimated
thfl damage at about $350,000, partly covered
by insurance
The fire started, presumably by spontaneous
combustion, in the haymow on the, third floor
of Burnss liven' stable and storage warehouse,
a brick structure on the westerly side of the
block which faces Railroad Square, and almost
opposite the. station of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad. Within an hour
the entire block bounded by Railroad Square,
(or Broad street). Westchester avenue. Factory
Place and Irving avenue was in flames and
pparks were flying: across Irving avenue to a
row of six little two story cottages. The spec
tacle was witnessed by hundreds on passing
train?.
FIRE DRILL EMPTIES FACTORY.
The Burns building extended through the
block from the square to Factory Plarw, which
separated it from the shops of the Simons Man
ufacturing Company, shirt makers. At 2:30
o'clock the fire broke out with the abruptness
of a skyrocket, through the windows opposite
the shirt factory, where seven hundred girls and
about one hundred and fifty men were working.
About as soon as an alarm, was turned in for
the department the girls had responded to their
fire drill and were marching in an orderly man
ner out of the factory into the street, where
they turned in two directions to avoid blocking
the highway, and kept their steady pace until
they were well out of danger. Meanwhile the
men employes of the shirt, factory were getting
busy with their own flre drill, which consisted
in applying the new standpipes and hose con
nections to wet down the side of the buildings
toward the fire. Aided by some of the regular
firemen later, they saved the factory.
In attempting to get at the haymow the first
accidents of the. day occurred. Hazelton Well
stood. William J. CVBrien and Howard Higney,
all local firemen, got a line of hose up the stairs
of the Borden company's storage rooms, in the
rear of the Burns Building, but were overcome
by the smudge of the hay and were carried out
unconscious. While this was going on a score
of citizens volunteered to help Burns and his
hostlers get out seventy-five horses from his
main stable and also from the stable he had be
side his building in Factory ay iue. From the
garage of Raben & Johnson, In Railroad Square,
seven automobiles and many cans of gasolene
were taken to safety.
MANY BUSY RESCTTERS.
John Czermak, who ran a saloon and hotel on
the corner facing the station, tried to get out his
stock- Alfred Penovl, who had a plumbing "hop
next door, was also busy. The greatest excite
ment, though, was along the Irving avenue side
of the block, where three candy and notion
stores were situated, besides the Pixley Flats, a
long frame tenement house, occupied by thirty
families. Everybody got out in safety, and most
of the rescued stuff was carted down to the
square. All these places were completely de
stroyed within three hours.
Chief Baker realized the danger at thfl outset
when he found the water pressure low. lie tele
phoned to oearby towns. Chief Merritt, of
Greenwich, responded with an engine and a hose
cart. To make the three miles in record time
he got a high powered automobile to pull the
hose cart. Then they began tr> arrive from Rye,
White rialns, Harrison. Milton Point. East Port
Chester and Greenwich. To add a touch of
quaintness. Port Chester veteran volunteers dug
lip tllP Harry Howard Hook and Ladder and the
Old Reliance, hand drawn relics that were
pressed into service.
CHURCH ROOF BURNED THROUGH.
Several explosions seni sparks up into the ln
cr. asing vsind. and an alarm came that the First
Baptist Church was on fire. Before the engines
could get to It— a distance of half a mile— the
r u,»f was burned through and the streams went
down into the church, !l"'><liiig the pews.
It was hardly saved when word came that the
house of First Assistant Chief Lounsbury had
r » i i k 1 1 1 tire from sparks. "I guess that's rubbin" it
in " said Chi^f Lounsbury as he adjusted his
hi Ittvt Later he learned bis men had saved the
place with sttghi damage. About ten simitar
embryo biases started at a ili.-tance.
Although Chief Baker rut the loss at about
$.'{r>O.<KK>. there were many elements that could
not be taken into account last night. One was
the value of the furniture stored in the Burns
building. Among others. James H. Hunt, ex
president of the American Felt Company, had
placed- there all the furniture of his summer
home on Byrara Sln«re, which he sold about a
month ago.
KING TO OPEN OLYMPIC GAMES.
London. .lane 22.— King Edward has promised to
..pen the Olympic games on July 'A.
NINE NEGROES LYNCHED
Five Hanged to One Limb After
'Killing of Two White Texans. .
[By Telegraph to Th« TH*!:-* ]
Houston, Tex., June 22.— Nine negroes are
dead as a result of the recent killing: of two
white men In East Texas. They are Jerry
Evans. "Will Johnson. Mope Spellman, Cleveland
Williams. William Manuel. Frank "Williams.
"Rabbit Bill" McCoy and two unknown men. all
under thirty years.
Two weeks ago Hugh Dftan and several other
white men attended a dance at a negro church
in Sabine County, during the course of which
there was a fight and -Dean was killed. The.
negroes made up a purse to enable the. guilty
one to leave the county. Officers investigated
the affair, and six negroes were arrested and
jailed at Hemphill.
There was much mutteririi?. but no further
violence until Saturday night, when Aaron M.
Johnson, a well known "white farmer of Sabina
County, was shot through the window of his
home and killed while he was lying on a cot.
playing with his child. State rangers made an
investigation and arrested Perry Price, a negro.
who had worked on Johnson's place. Price con
fessed that he had committed the crime and Im
plicated "Bob" Wright, a brother-in-law of
Johnson.
Wh«n this became known Sunday night a
mob went to the Hemphill Jail and took the
six negroes out, five of them being hungr to the
came limb of one tree. Frank Williams ran
and was shot. There were one hundred and
fifty men In the mob. The Jailer was over
powered and his keys were taken from him.
"Rabbit Bill" McCoy was shot and killed the
same night -while standing at the gate of Aaron
Johnsons house. A loaded pistol was found by
his side. The bodies of two unknown negroes
were found In the creek bottom this morning.
Wright, the brother-in-law of Johnson, and
Prlco, who confessed to Johnson's killing, vere
taken to Beaumont under guard of the San
Augustine Rifles of the National Guard.
ABD-EL-AZIZ KILLED?
Rumor of Assassination of the Mo
roccan Sultan.
Paris. June 22— It is persistently rumored in
the parliamentary lobbies that Abd-el-Aziz. the
Sultan of Morocco, has been assassinated at
Rabat.
There Is no confirmation of this rumor at the
Foreign Office, and the Ministry of the Interior
believes the report to be false. Inquiries which
have been made by government officials have
failed to elicit anything to Justify the rumor.
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ALFONSO'S SECOND SON.
'Another Child Born to the Spanish
Sovereigns.
Madrid, June 22.— A son -was born to King
Alfonso of Spain to-night.
King Alfonso was radiant with joy -when he
announced the birth of another son to th« few
persons waiting in the adjoining room. Several
members of the royal family arrived half an
hour after the birth, and they hastened to con
gratulate the King.
King Alfonso, on learning that a criminal was
to be executed in the morning, immediately
signed a pardon to mark the birth of the prince
and telegraphed to the warden of the prison,
ordering him to stop the execution.
Queen Victoria, formerly Princess Ena of Bat
tenberg, and King Alfonso were married at
Madrid on May 31. 1906. Their first son was
born on May 10. 1907.
BURIED UNDER AUTOS.
Four Hurt, One Seriously, in Crash
Between Cars.
Two speeding automobiles cam* together at
the junction of Alberton and Roslyn roads yes
terday and overturned, pinning their occupants
underneath. When they were finally released
it was found that one chauffeur was seriously
hurt, while the other three were suffering frr.ni
minor injuries.
Welcome Prossen. of Glen Cove, the worst
Injured, is in the Nassau Hospital with several
broken ribs, cuts and bruises and possible In
ternal injuries.
Prossen was driving a car owned by John
N. Steams, of John N. Steams & Ct. silk deal
ers at No. 6S Greene street, and living at Glen
Cove. Beside the chauffeur was Mrs. Steams.
The other car is owned by Edward Kemp, who
was in the car.
MRS. BURT SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Wife of Local Theatrical Manager Thrown
from Automobile in Denver.
[By T»»RTaph to Th* Tribunal
Denver. June 22.— Mrs. Candace Burt. wife of
Frank Burt. a New York theatrical manager, was
seriously injured to-day, a trolley oar running .it
high speed smashing her electric automobile and
hurling her to the sidewalk. Mr. Burt was in the
rear seat with a child. They were not badly hurt.
THIEF MAY HAVE STOLEN DISEASES.
Two Garments Which He Took Full of Scar
let Fever and Diphtheria Germs.
South Orange. N. J.. June 22 (Special).— Unless
great medical precautions are taken by the person
who stole two cloaks from the porch of Charles
Heynlgers house. In Academy street, yesterday
morning, there Is danger that he may be stricken
with scarlet fever and diphtheria in Its most viru
lent form, for the two garments were worn by
the physician and nurse while in the sickroom of
Mr. Heynlger's son. who has both of these dis
eases, but is now In much less danger than the
thief.
As the period of incubation in scarlet fr\*r is
about equal to a prison term, the thi^f will not
be prosecute^ if lie returns the. property.
MAKES PEACE WITH OIL TRUST.
| By Telegraph to The Tribune. |
Independence. Kan., June 22.— 1t was announced
here to-day that the Standard Oil Company hail
reached an agreement with Governor Haskell. by
virtue of which the Standard will complete Imme
diately its pipe lines In Oklahoma and begin th«
construction of a line to New Orleans through
Arkansas.
MLLE. FALLIERES ENGAGED.
Paris, June -Th« '"Figaro" announces the en
gagement of Mile. Anne Fallleres. daughter of the
President! to Jean Joseph Edmond Lanes, secretary
general to the president.
$2.50 TO ATLANTIC CITY AND RETURN
Sunday. June 28. via Pennsylvania Railroad Special
train lt-aves New York 6:45 a. m.. stopping at New
ark. Elizabeth and New Brunswick. Returning at
•iOO p. m.— Advt
PRICK TIIRKK CENTS.
YALE GREETS TAFT
HE'S liKr RILL' THERE.
Ex-Senator toner Glad Next
President Will Be Lawyer.
fF.y TW.-a:n»ph tn Ti\* Tribune. 1
New Haven. June 22.- "William Howard Taft.
Republican nominee for the Presidency, reached
X«w Haven to take part in the thirtieth anni- ;
versary exercises of his class at Yale. "7S. at
12:55 o'clock this afternoon, smiling and happy
e-ven after a trip from New York in the swelter
ing heat.
Few Yale men knew Just when h« would ar
rive, so he did not get as noisy and enthusiastic
a reception as would have been the case other
wise. Several of his classmates were on th«
platform to greet him. however, and a small
group of *02 men raised a lusty cheer as they
caught sight of the big man.
Mr. Taft wanted nothing better on his arrival
than to go to the Edwards House, where hi*
class has established headquarters, but he found
plenty of other things to do. An automoWle)
was waiting for him. and he was rushed to the*
'7S headquarters without regard to the speed
ordinance*. There he found forty of his class
mates eager to shake hands with htm. and that
was about all there was time for.
A meeting of the Yale corporation had been
delayed for some time in the hope that Mr. Ta**.
who 13 a member, would be able to attend, and!
he went over to Woodbridge Hall after a few
minutes with his old friends.
GREETING BY LAW MEN.
Then, when the corporation had ended ft»
meeting. Mr. Taft was escorted to Memorial
Hall, where the luncheon of the law school
alumni and graduates was going on. His ar
rival was not altogether expected, and there
was a tremendous outburst of cheers a.=» the
candidate made his way to the speakers' table.
Ex-Senator Spooner. of Wisconsin, had Just
finished speaking, having ended a short speech,
by expressing his pleasure that the next Presi
dent would be a lawyer who understood the con
stitutional limitations of the executive and other,
branches of government. Before that he had
urged the young lawyers to remember that the
essentials In government were the three- co-ordi
nate branches, adding that when the other
branches had become subordinate to the execu
tive popular government had ceased to exist. "I
speak of this in an impersonal way," added the
former Senator, however.
The significance of Mr. Spooner's remark as
to the next President, even though he re
fused to say who that lawyer would be. wad
driven home with double impresslvenesa by Mr.
Taft's opportune entrance.
The Yale cheer made the walla of the hall
ring in a moment, and nine sharp **Tafts" were
barked out at the end. The demonstration con
tinued for a few moments, and the Secretary
seemed more than pleased by the first welcome)
he received from a Tale assemblage on his an
niversary visit to his alma mater.
After the cheering had subsided Justice John
Proctor Clarke, of the Appellate Division of thm
Supreme Court of New York, delivered the an
nual address to the younger alumni and th»
graduates, and was followed by Wllilanr T>.
McNulty, 'OS.
MR. TAFT'S SPEECH.
Dean Rogers then introduced Mr. Taft, who
, spoke as one giving advice to th© graduating;
class. He said that the administration of
criminal law in this .country was defective, and
urged on the young lawyers the necessity for
a moral awakening in the legal profession.
Mr. Taft spoke briefly, as follows:
Thirty years ago a band of good fellows la.
Tale took a pledge that they would stand by
, each other. Two or three weeks ago I received
a letter saying that two or three of those men,
were under a load and It was th* business of
every "7 man to come In and help. Had- I
known that John Proctor Clarke was going t»
he here to help "Ed" Whitney I shouldn't havt*
come in. I expect to have speaking enoug.il
without hunting for it.
Judge Clarke has spoken eloquently and given
you young men substantial instruction in prac
tising law. Possibly I could add something to>
it. He suggested that when you have a woman
as a witness to lead her along easily. I would
add. let the woman alone. And the more ig
norant the woman the more certainly tills ad
vice should be taken, lor I have seen a woman
who could not spell her name put a pretty
brainy lawyer to flight.
There is something about the intuition of a
female, especially on cross-examination, that
leads her always to. give you information that
you do not want, with the result that she is in
vited off the stand as soon as possible
Judge Clarke told you to go out into the world
and get at facts: when you have a case, to get
right down to the actual conditions surrounding
those facts. I father think it depends upon
the person. I don't think a lawyer needs to
be advised. An office without clients is not
likely to be conducive to keep him there; he's
likely to get our on his own initiative and get
in touch with people and things'.
I began with a slight legal education and I
was made aware of my failings early. If ther*
are defects in one's early training It Is difficult
to overcome them. You young men are learn
insr the ■dene* of the law which many of th ■■>.-<»
who have preceded you found it hard to ac
quire.
I urge you not to give up study of that science
of law. Follow the discussion of cases In law
reviews, read the decisions of the courts and
the decrees of the United States courts and a i
to your knowledge in a thorough way Th*
days you pass in contemplation of the walls of
your office waiting for client.* to come are da *
which should be made el value. In these dayn
you ought to lay the foundations of the years of
success to come.
Another thing In the practice of the Taw to
pursue is the principle of — well, what I shaft
call the "get-there maxim." The administra
tion of criminal law of the country is defective.
Members of the bar do not recognize that their
duty is not only to the court, but to their client*
at large. A lawyer hi not Justified in resorting
to the trick* of a pettifogger just to Indicate
that the man sitting beside him is his client.
NEED OF MORAL AWAKENING.
We are having a general moral awakenings
and the members of the bar need that awaken
ing Just as certainly as men in other walks off
life. We cannot afford to sacrifice everything
for success, nor permit loyalty to a client to
carry one beyond the line marked by duty to the
court. If you have opportunity to take criminal
cases, to become a prosecutor, take them, for
criminal law develops recognition of the im
portance of facts. I venture to say that when
presentation of facts are needed the men who
have had experience in criminal cases show
greater skill.
I am glad to have this opportunity to speak"
to you Because we have been out thirty years,
we must not forget that we have a great deal to
learn. Take the advice of Judge Clarke in pre
paring your cases: sit up nights and prepare
your statement of facts, put it in plain language
and I know you will reach the heart of the
court. I know that I must have reached th«
heart of Justice Blatchford when as Solicitor
General 1 rt> **- and a.-ike,! to have dismissed
forty Chinese appeal cases. The Judge wrote
me a letter praising my prompt disposal of the
canes and assuring me that a future was open
ing for me.
I thank you heartily for this opportunity of
speaking to you.
The first speaker at the luncheon had been
ex-Senator Spooner. Mr. Spooner paid a hinjs
tribute to Secretary Taft. calling him abun
dantly equipped to hold the very highest of*
flee In the gift of the people. He spoke of tha
part played by lawyers in both branches of
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