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VOTE W BATTLESHIPS
Senators Adopt Main Feature of
the House Naval Bili.
LODGE FOR DISARMAMENT
Massachusetts Leader Does Not
Believe Weak Navy Would
Tend to Promote It.
- [fYoai Th*- Trihune Bureau.]
Washington. May 23.- Another Tart-
Roosevelt poUcy was clinched to-day, when
the Senate approved that paragraph of the
naval appropriation bill which authorizes
the construction of two new first class
battleships next year. As this section was
not changed from the form in which it
passed th« House, it will not b*» subject
to modification by the conference com
mittee. Exclusive of armor and arma
ment, the ships are not to exceed in cost
SS.OC'O.OO'Keach.
Preceding:. the adoption of the paragraph
authorizing the construction of two battle
ships there was a ions, debate on the Bur
ton amendment 'authorizing a single battle
ship. The advocates of the Burton amend
ment made a hard fight and felt they had
a chance to win, but when the vote was
taken it was found there was a majority
of thirteen in favor of the two-battleship
programme . • *
When it was announced that the Burton
amendment had been defeated, 39 to 26, the
Ohio Senator did not demand a rollcall of
the adoption of the two-battleshJp pro
vision. Ten of 'he twenty-six votes for the
Burton amendment were furnished by Tie
publicans, as follows: Senators Bristow.
Burton, Clapp. Crawford, Cummins, I>ixon.
Dollivex. Hale. La Follette and Page.
Three Democrats, Senators Clarke, of Ar
kansas. McEnery and Taylor, voted against
the Burton amendment.
The two-hattleship programme was sup
ported by Senators Perkins. Lodge, Gal
linger. Denaw and ITl J liai 11. while Sena
tors Burton, Owen and Clap;, spoke in fa- j
vor of one ship. In none of the speeches \
was war predicted, and all of the orators !
v/«re conservative in their remarks, with
the exception of Senator Clapp, who made
a typical Fourth of July oration on the
greatness of the United States and our
ability to whip all the nations of the earth.
Senator Perkins's speech was an exhaust- j
ive review of the American navy and a. |
discussion of its needs.
Senator Burton took the position that to i
increase the fleet was to stimulate the war !
*.r.irit. He said there is in the navy a pro- j
fessional .class which desires every now j
Md then to see our great warships in
action. 'if international peace was t» be
promoted and the day of disarmament
hastened, it was necessary for some great j
ration bo take the initiative. A provision I
for the buildir.g at «ne battleship next ytar
would be. a notice to th« world that this
country Is willing to lead all the nations
toward the goal desired by every one.
naoriy, the settlement of international dis
putes by arbitration.
Navy's Power for Feace.
The most notable speech of the 'lay was
made by Senator LoOge. ntlfMtL iMrnt was
an interesting historical contribution, as
well a» a practical argument, to show why
this country, i" the interest of peace, can
not afford to diminish its power to speak
with authority in the general movement for
international arbitration.
In opening, Mr. Lodge commented on the
criticism of those who have argued that
the American navy is costing more than it
if. worth. He s£id that the revenue cutter
service- was not able to show in actual dol
lars and" cents a. wonderful saving to the
government, but' ■ when it was taken into
account that this service by its wry exist
ence prevented wholesale smuggling, its
protection to the revenues of the country
was I'liorinotih In like manner, the police
and fire deiflrrfanents of cities, by preventa
tive measures, 8 .saved the municipalities' of
this country from incalculacie loss. It was
on this. theory that that country hai built
its great navy, an.-] its maintenance was a
Charge against the Treasury which was
absolutely necessary for the protection of
the United Stales.
Mr. Lodge said he believed the navy bad
reached & point where it might properly be
called an adequate navy. - T> keep it ade
quate new ship.- must lie built Cram time to
time to take the place of ships no longer
pervioea^-ks. Jyt present the welfare <■.' the
nation demanded that the fleet be separated
and ships kept on the Pacific, as well as
on the Atlantic. The argument that the
Fan-American canal woull enable one fleet
to proi*>ct "both the Eastern, and Western
coasts was entitled to consideration^ but it
was. out of place to talk of adapting the
American navy be .i condition which would
not exist for five years.
-To ray .nund the abolition of the navy
would mean war," said Mr. Lodge, "and
the reduction o: the navy would be 2. long
5-tep in that direction. The peace of the
country if. more dependent on the existence
cf a strong navy than on any other one
thir.g.'-
. Lodge for Disarmament.
Mr. Lodge, said he was thoroughly in
favor of international disarmament. This
cauf* maud not be advanced. however, by
one nation offering itself up as a possible
victim. Without a fairly large navy the
United States would be able to exercise lit
tle influence in the movement for inter
national disarmament. He said the United
States had done more than any other na
tion toward worla peace and with a suit
able navy w>uld be- in a position tot promote
the adoption cf a Golden Rule by the pow
er*. Mr. Lodjre i^viewed the wars of the
Is ft century and pointed out that nations
with >.r<«' and powerful navies had been
the hading figures in the preservation of
peace. -^ _'. >
Mr. Lcdce said be was unwilling to at
tribute unworthy motives to any nation, and
he did not wan: hi.- remarks to indicate a
prediction of war Notwithstanding . this
general peaceful condition. it was the duty
of the United States to be able to maintain
its rifhts. The defence of the American
nation was in its Meet, for this nation, vul
nerable only by sea, might become a temp
tation to war should it embark on a policy ;
of disarmament. j
The peace of this country, the peace of
the world and the enforcement of the Mon
roe Doctrine, he* said, all demanded that the
American navy be maintained at its- present !
high <?Jrici*-ncy until the day should come
when a": the nations at the world are will
ing to embark on a policy of international
disarmament. Mr. Lodge , redacted that the [
time would come when International dis
putes would be settled, by arbitration and
herald the United States would and should
exercise powerful influence in hastening
this time and in making world peace effect
uai.
Details of Naval Bill.
fi -■'•■*- .-_
Th- naval appropriation bill authorizes an |
expenditure of almost $134/509.001 It was
before the Senate for two days, the debate
being confined almost exclusively to the
battleship question.
Two important amendments were adopted
to-day. One of them, offered by Senator
Johnson, appropriates (4.>V*M for the pur
chase of torpedo boats "whose vitals are
below the normal load line": the ether, by
Senator Jones, eliminates railroad, county
end municipal bonds from the securities
which may be deposited by contractors.
The naval increase for the fiscal yf-ar end
in* June IK, ISIL provided by the bill is as
follows:,- * ■ .
Ttt-o Srst class battleships, to cost not
exceeding $fi,«W.(CX» each, and when equipped
with 'armor 'and armament about $12,500,00
each; >'■ . - ; y-x/ ;•,■/■ -" -I"-! „.'■'.,.'. .' :
Two fleet colliers, to coat not exceeding
$l.<*yy,Ooo each. ■•. ■- ' ' " „
"iy# submarine, torpedo, boats, .not ex"-
B «. LOtaJ : - ■ -
THET)AyiJ*WASHIJVGTOJV\
[From Th« Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. May 23.
RECIPROCITY DEFERRED.— The Sec
retary of State has been advised by th
British Ambassador that it will be impossi
ble to begin negotiations looking for closer
relation* with Canada before next- autumn.
Mr. Fielding, the Canadian. Minister of
Finance, Is now en rout" to Europe, and
other officials at Ottawa are away, or are
preparing to leave, so that no satisfactory
negotiations can be had for the present.
The Secretary of State requested the BrJtisa
Ambassador about ten days ago to make
inquiry at Ottawa .regarding the feasibility
of beginning such negotiations at once, and
Mr. Bryce advised Mr. Knox of the result
of his inquiry to-day. In their communi
cation to the Ambassador, the Canadian
authorities express the most cordial inten
tions in the proposed negotiations, and con
vey their extreme regret that they cannot
sooner take the matter up. They say they
have all along expected to begin such nego
tiations in the autumn, and other" plans are
now too far matured to permit of a chance
of programme. It is probable that this re
sponse was not altogether unexpected by
Secretary Knox. as it is also questionable
if the suggestion made to Mr. Bryce was
entirely in accord with the best judgment
of the Secretary of State. Both the. Presi
dent and the Secretary are anxious to bring
about closer relations with Canada, but
they fully realize that there is a proper
method of undertaking such affairs and that
expedition is often neither seemly nor ef
fective; but the attitude of certain mem
bers of the Congress in pressing a resolu
tion urging the President to begin immedi
ate steps to secure reciprocity with Canada
doubtless had its effect in hastening the
action of Mr. Knox.
: PAYNE JUSTIFIED. — Whatever may
i have been the term? of th? letter Chairman
'. Payne of the Ways and Means Committee
( sent to Representative Butler Ames, to
day's developments demonstrated the sound
common sense of Mr. Payne's position. Mr.
Ames, whose constituents are extremely
I .irxioup for reciprocity with the Dominion—
' and many of them doubtless have little
appreciation of tlie difficulties in the way—
apparently believed some advantage was
to be gained by the introduction, and even
the adoption, of a resolution urging the
President to secure reciprocity with Can
ada. Mr. Ames - enlisted the support of
Representatives Fish and Parsons, and
altogether he secured some seventy names
to a petition urging a favorable report by
the "Ways and Means Committee. Mr.
Payne then wrote to Mr. -Ames, saying, in
effect, that serious consideration of the
resolution would be a waste of time, and
on the floor of the House he declared that
he had found that of the few members
who signed the petition a number did not
realise what they were signing, and that
in any event it was the prerogative of the ;
Executive to take up such negotiations
without prompting by the House. Mr.
Payne knew, of course, that the President
was as anxious to secure reciprocity with
Canada as any one else and that there was
no occasion to spur him on, as was pro- ,
posed by the Ames resolution.
PULP AGITATORS.— It is probably a
fact that the agitation of the men who en
tertain dire apprehensions because Quebec
has prohibited the exportation of pulp wood
also had its effect in inducing the President
and the Secretary of State to make an ad- !
vance through the British Ambassador, but
there i- reason to believe that the manu
facturers and consumers of pulp are prone
to exaggerate the gravity of the action of
Quebec in this regard. Sufficient emphasis
has not been placed on the fact that this
prohibition applies only to wood cut on
the crown lands, and that these constitute
not more than IS per cent of the area pro
ducing pulp wood. It is further a fact
that importations from the Newfoundland
forests have just begun. Altogether, the
pulp wood situation is hardly as bad as it
i- assumed to be. especially as the crown
lands in Canada are passing into private
ownership as rapidly as the public donnin
in the United State?, and the provinces
have, of course, i,.. authority to prevent Uie
exportation of pulp wood from th«?se lands'
as soon as they cease to be a part of the
public, or crown, domain. :
THE TARIFF BOARD —While the Taw
r>e v provision increasing: the powers of the
Tariff Board and carrying an appropriation
of iiV"/!!.)© was stricken out in the House to
•lav on a point of order, and the second
amendment offered by Mr. Tawney.and
making the same provision seems likely to
po out on the same reasoning, it should be
borne in mind that in the estimation of th.c
Six torpedo boat destroyers, to. cost "-not
! exceeding f7sOjyvi each. -""7- * --. .'"" ...
The House hill provided for only four
submarines and no torpedo boat destroyers.
The Senate also added a provision; that /not
more than one of the battleships should be
built by the same company. The provision
Inserted in the House, requiring that the
battleships and fleet colliers should be built
under the "eight-hour law" ■was retained
by the Senate.
The closing hour of the debate served' to
elicit two historical revelations by Senator
D*epew. which were Riven from his own
store of information. One of them bore
on th* war with Spain and the other on
1 the Venezuelan imbroglio with Great Brit
1 am in the second administration of Presi
1 dent Cleveland.
War Forced on McKinley.
I
I The statement regarding th«» Spanish War
I was elicited by an assertion by Senator
I Heyburn that the people themselves did
! not want wars, but generally were com
> palled by their rulers to submit to them.
■ Takinz issue with the Idaho Senator. Mr.
; Depew said that popular demand had forced
the war with Spain on the country, and
that President McKinley had been opposed
to it. He said also that as favorable terms
could have been obtained from Spain with-
I out war as were obtained with war.
"Does not the Senator believe that but
for the pressure of that time the President
! would have negotiated Spain off the Ameri
can continent?" asked' Mr. Hale.
"I do. • responded the New York Senator.
"I know of my own knowledge that Spain
wnf~ prepared to abandon Cuba and Porto
Rico to prt-vent humiliation if she could be
assured in advance of the acceptance of
the proposition." He *aid President Mc-
Kinley had not been a strong enough per
sonality to res Ift the popular will.
Mr. Depew also related pome history con
cerning the Venezuelan episode of the sec
ond Cleveland administration.
"An intimate friend of mine, who also
was an intimate friend of Lord Salisbury,
then the British Prime Minister." he said,
"told me that when the President's mes
sage was promulgated Lord Salisbury said
to him: 'I believe that, on account of the
rancor coming down from the Revolution
ary War and accentuated by certain occur
lencps in the Civil War. America means to
' '-.(■ a war with Great Britain nt *some
time, and I believe now la the. best time,
when, America has no navy.' The Views of
the prime Minister were overruled by
Que^n Victoria, but if Iv>rd Salisbury had
l:;- ; the powers possessed by come of the
English Prime Ministers the issue certainly
would have been tried out."- ; VTr
Mr. Paper used the last incident to en
force an argument in favor of a strong"
nary and for the present authorization of
tyro new battleships of the Dreadnought
type.
NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT.
Washington. May 23. — Nominations sent
to tho Senate to-day included the following;
To be Collector of Internal Revenue for
the 3d District of New York, Dr. Frederick
L Marshall, New York City.
To be United States Attorney for the
stern District" of . Kentucky. James*' N.* 1
Sharp. . -■ " " . *• — ••• '-- ' ' *
To ho- ,• United State* Marshal % for -the
Western . District of Kentucky, George' W.
Long. -•...• ••„-;:... •__.. i
NEW-YORK DATLY TRTBUN'E. TUESDAY, MAY 24. 1010.
President and the Attorney General there
It no n^essity whatever for the legislation
Mr. Tawney proposes ani that all that is
nfOfiH jp ihe appropriation, the language
of the Payne law carrying, according to
Messrs. Taft and Wickersham, all the au
thority needed to warrant the investigation
rf costs r.f production which the President
desires. Of course, if Congress cares to
grant this authority by more specific legis
lation the President will be duly gratified,
but he will not hold it a virtue to jeopar
dize the appropriation by a need'e?s effort
to amend tne law. A simple appropriation
would not be subject to a point of order as
it would not constitute new legislation, but
would be merely making the approriatlon
necessary to carry out the executive law.
The standpatters refuse to admit that the
President now has the power to employ the
member? of the Tariff Board to conduct
the investigation he deejres, but they will
be opposed to the provision in- any event,
so that their attitude" doer, not cut much
figure.
BRAZIL.. REPRESENTED.— The report
i that Brazil is not to be represented at the
j Pan-American conference* at Buenos Ayres
appears to be without foundation, and
probably arises- from ignorance of the fact
that Senor Demisio da Cams, the Brazilian
I Minister to Argentina, has been designate i
as the special envoy of his country at the
conference. Sefior de Gama has already
arrived at Buenos Avres, according to ad
vices received at the Brazilian Embassy in
Washington," although the conference will
not meet for several days. This is the
came Senor de Gama who is b-?in^ consid
ered for the post of ambassador to the
United States, vice th? late ESeftOT Xabuco.
and he is regarded as a fitting successor to
3enor Nabuco. as he has served his country
with distinction at most of the embassies
anfi locations of Brazil in European capi
, talf. Senor N'abuco was extremely r-opulnr
in Washington and established . for his
government a place in the diplomatic corps
.-•:iich could be filled only by a diplomat of
more than ordinary attainments. It is for
that reason that Senor tie Gama is regard
ed as likely to come, here in the autumn.
In the mean time his appointment as Bra
zilian envoy to the conference at Buenos
Aires is at once a compliment to Argentina
and a tribute to the high estimation in
which Brazil holds the conference.
TEACHERS' PENSlONS.— Representative
Olcott reported to the House to-day, for
the Committee on the District of Columbia,
a teachers' pension bill which, if enacted,
will provide pensions for all teachers who
have taught not less than thirty years, one
half of that time in the District; for all
who have taught twenty-five years in the
District and for teachers who have taught
between, five and twenty years in the Dis
trict, and who have become mentally or
physically incapacitated. The scale of the
proposed pensions is to be six-tenths of
the average annual salary paid the retir
ing teacher for the five years immediately j
preceding the time of retirement. Mr. Ol
cott in his report says that teachers have
been and are so poorly paid that it is im
possible for them to lay aside sufficient to
care for themselves in their old age, and
adds that the pay of teachers in the United
States averages less than that of laborers,
He cites the Bureau of Education as his
authority for the statement that in forty- 1
four out of the forty-eight cities the pay of
teachers averages less tha.n that of la
borers.
ST'CH IS FAME.— Miss Jane Addams, the
founder of Hull House, and the pioneer in
settlement work in Chicago, recently was
:in St. Louis, and, according to a veracious
chronicler, was visited by an enterprising
young reporter, whose first question was:
"Miss Addams. have you ever had any ex
perience in settlement work?" When this
Story was repeated to-day in the presence
i of Senator Frye lie remarked that it ns
i minded him of an experience of his own
I a year or two ago. ■ He was returning to
> Washington for the session of Congress
and stayed over a day or two.- in Boston.
Soon after he had registered at the Tou
laine a youthful reporter called on him. and
j his first question was: •'Senator, have yon
ever taken any interest in the ship subsidy
! action?"' "Not much," replied the Senator,
dry!;/.. 'Tan you tell me just what it is?"
1 Wiiereupon the young man proceeded to
give a little elementary instruction on the
subject to the Senator, who had been the
author of most of the ship subsidy hills in
troduced in Congress. And the venerable
Senator never enlightened the young man.
, He says he vas afraid it might have cm
i barra'sed him. G. G. H.
TARIFF BOARD HALTED
Appropriation Defeated, but a
Substitute Offered.
[From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington, May 23.— After a day of
technical debate on the Tariff Board pro
vision of the sundry civil bill. Represent
ative Mann, of Illinois, chairman of the
committee of .the whole, sustained the
Fitzgerald point of order and the provision,
carrying an appropriation of $250,00"), was
stricken temporarily from the bill. Repre
sentative Tawney, of Minnesota, immedi
ately offered an amended provision, which
he hopes will be in order under the rules.
Representative Mann sustained the Fitz
gerald point of order on the ground that
the provision was unauthorized by existing
law and constituted new legislation, which
is not permitted in an appropriation bill.
He declared that the tariff law gave the
President authority to employ persons to
assist him in applying the maximum and
minimum provisions of the law. but that it
did not confer authority to appoint a board
for broader work.
Representative Tawney's modified amend
ment simpVy re-enacts the Tariff Board pro
vision of the Payne law, except that the
words "for other purposes" are added. The
amendment gives the President authority
to appoint persons to assist him in the ap
plication of the maximum and minimum
provisions and "for other purposes.'" which
means, of course, to ascertain the differ
ence in costs of production at home and
abroad. Representatives Fitzgerald, of
New York: Dalz*ll. of Pennsylvania, and
Underwood, of Alabama, spoke against tho
provision, while Representatives Tawney,
Keifer and Douglass, of Ohio, spoke in
favor of it. The Tawn*y amendment will
be ruled upon to-morrow.
TAPEWORM CLUB DINNER.
Washington. May 23. -Members of the
Tapeworm Quo, an old organization of
New York Republican Congressmen, gave
a. dinner here to-night at 'the Chevy Chase
Club
Among those present were former Gov
ernors Odeli and Black, former Congress
man Llttauer, Vice-President Sherman,
Wallace Foote. 1 Representative South wick".
Charles G. Bennett, secretary of the Ben
at*, and former Senator Hemenway, of In
diana. m . , " i-\ -■
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ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Assistant Surgeon Robnett ' Ap
plies for Old Place.
•;•'; [From The Tribune Bur- ■ I
.'•*'» .'V7 £ '>- Washington/ May 23.
■ ECHO OF BOSTON COURT-MARTIAL.
—Fashed Assistant Surgeon A. H. Bobnett,
I one of two officers tried some weeks ago
at th? Boston' Navy Yard for handling
| richly and using strong language over the
\ telephone to a Boston physician whose
! presence at a public function' at the navy
i yard .was not desired by some of the offi-
I cers there, has applied' for restoration to
his former position ohtheliPt of officers
of the medical corps. The other officer who
was tried. Paymaster George P. Auld. was
acquitted, but Surgeon Robrett suffered the
less of four number?. He has now placed
j the Navy Department in poF<e?lon of some '
; additional ' facts considered by him and
I his friend 3to constitute mitigating circum-
I stances.' The original claim in behalf of
I these officers was that they had been pun
ished once and could not be subjected to
further punishment, which claim was based
on the fact that they had been "publicly"
reprimanded. The court held that the rep
rimand was a private reprimand and did
not constitute aS punishment to an extent
which relieved them from trial by court
martial. Th? Navy Department has' refused
to consider the aditional information, but
the naval authorities are Inclined to take
notice of the fact that the public repri
mand was really administered, in the case
of R*obnett.
It appears that the Secretary of the Navy
pent to Robnett a letter in terms which left
no doubt that it was a reprimand. This
letter passed through all the official chan
nels and was made a part of the officer's
record in the Bureau of Navigation. It
stands against him whenever he comes up
for promotion or whenever there is any
occasion to consult his record. More than,
this, the reprimand was given out by some
one to the Boston newspapers and was
quoted in all the newspapers of the country.
It had all the elements of publicity. For
this reason it is considered that there is
a chance that Surgeon Robnett will be re
stored to his former position, and in this
connection the Navy Department is con
templating a revision of the naval regula
tions so as to define ;in an. accurate way
the distinction between a public and a pri
vate reprimand, that there may be no fur
ther confusion and trouble on this score. .
NEW PAYMASTER GENERAL..— It was
announced at the Navy Department to-day
that Captain T. J. Cowie, of the pay corps,
will be appointed Paymaster General in
place of Rear Admiral E. B. Rogers upon
the retirement of that official, which imme
diately will follow the passage of the pend
ing naval appropriation bill. The passage
of that bill in Its present form will enable
the Paymaster General to retire with the
rank and pay of a rear admiral.
ORDERS ISSUED.— The following orders
have been issued:
ARMY.
i Captain DANIEL W. ARNOLD, quartermaster,
from San Francisco to St. Paul, for duty in
charge of the office of chief quartermaster.
Department of Dakota, relieving Colonel J.
COURT SAWYER, as?istant quartermaster
general.
Captain WILLIS G. PEACE, coast artillery, de
. tailed professor of military science. North
Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic
.Arts. West Raleigh, to take effect August 6.
vice First Lieutenant JOHN S. K. YOUNG,
. 9th Cavalary, who will then proceed to his
regiment.
The following officers have been ■ detailed for
, duty with the organized militia of Wisconsin
at the annual encampment. Fort' Douglas,
July 0 to 2ft: Major JOHN" •F. MORRISON.
General Staff; Captains JAMES JUSTICE.
ls>th Infantry; ROBERT H. WESTCOTT,
11th Infantry, and LAURANCE ANGEL.
Porto Rico Regiment of infantry. Upon the
conclusion of the encampment Major MOR
RISON, will return to proper station, '• and
Captains JUSTICE.- WESTCOTT an« ANGEL
wijl proceed. to Leon .Springs, -.Tex.. July 31,
for temporary duty; 'thf-nc? to proper sta
tions. ... ■ ■ ,•■ -.-■■.- .— ■*■•".-••-_
The following officers ha\-e.±ipen detailed for
- duty at the Officers' School of Organized
. Militia of Kansas, Fort L«avenworth. July '
10 to IT: Captains HARRY A. -SMITH. 7th
Infantry; HENRY A. HANIGAN 22d In
. fantry. and CHARLES N. Mi"I»PHY, ' l?fh '
Infantry. •• - - ;
. First Lieutenant JOHN S. LAMBTE. Jr.. rhedi;
cal corps, from the Philippine Division to'
San Francisco on transport Shfrman,, -arid
report to medical superintendent army trans
port service for reassignment as transport
surgeon of the Sherman, w.lth station at San
Francisco.
Leaves of absence: Colonel STANHOPE E.
BLUNT, ordnance department, two months
frTn July 13: Captain RICHARD- H. M'MAS
TER, Ist Field Artillery, two months from
September 1 : Captain CHARLES L. LAN
HAM, co.-st artillery, and First Lieutenant
- HERBERT L. EVANS, 9th Infantry, re- i
cruitinc officer, two months.
NAVY.
Rear Admiral W. W. KIMBALL, "detached. irQui
the Navy Department: to home:-" r •■---••"•-'■
Midshipman H. E. WELTE, from the naval Sob—
• pita!. New York: to the Prairie.
Pay Director M. C. M 'DONALD, to the' navy
pay office. Philadelphia, vice Pay Director
R. T. . M. Rail; await orders.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.— The fol
lowing movements of vessels have been re
ported to the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
May 20— Rocket, at Norfolk.
May 21— The Indiana, at Delaware Breakwater
the Reid, at Boston.
May 22- The Dixie, the Lamson and the Pres
ton, at Pro'-incetown. .
May 2.3—Tha Wilmington, at Callao.
- .. SAILED.
May 21— The Indiana, from * Philadelphia, for
Annapolis; the Ycrktown, from Mare Island
for Pan Francisco.
May 22— The Saturn, from Pen Francisco for
Bremertcn; the lowa, from Norfolk for An
napolis; th» Flusper. from Rockland for
Boston; the Michigan, the Vestal, the Lam
son and the . Preston, fron: Rockland for
Provincetown; the Smith, from Rockland. fcr
final trial.
May 23— New .Ycrk. from Toulon for Ppe
zia; the Potomac, from th» navy yard. Bos
ton, to the ' naval station, Guantanamo'Bay:
PIRB ON THE COLORADO
Revenue Cutter Pnmps Water Into
Mallory Line Freighter.
WsshtttSton. May 23.— A dispatch received
at the Treasury 'Department to-day from
Key West paid that the revenue cutter
Forward was alongside the Mallory steamer
Colorado n'lrnptni? water on a fire in the
forward hold of the vessel. There were no
other particulars.
| The Mallory Line officials received a mes
sage yesterday from Key West stating that
the company's steamship Colorado was oft
that port with a small fire in her forward
hold. The message said that the fire was
under control and that a revenue cutter
was Ftanding; by. The Colorado, which .is
a freighter, left New York on Wednesday
at 1 p. m. for Gnlveston. She stopped at
Key West, and left there late bn 'Sunday
nipht. The fr«?iph» in the. hold that caught
fire consists chiefly of canned goods and
paper and Is of small value. She is equipped
with ample apparatus for fighting flre with
steam and water. The Colorado is com
manded by Captain "W. T. Davidson and
has a crew of thirty-seven men. She car
ried no passengers.
HOFFSTOT CASE DOCKETED.
Washington, May 23. --The extradition
case of Frank H. Hoffptot, of Ptttsburg,
was docketed in the Supreme Court Of the
T'nlted States to-day, and a week from to-
BOOKS AMD PUBLICATIONS.
morrow the state authorities will move 111
dismissal -on the ground that the appeal
has been taken only for the purposes of
delay. If the motion to dismiss is granted
the extradition may take effect ?oon.;'-.;
BALLINGER-PINCHOT CHARGES
Thirty-six Alleged Grievances in Last
: „, Day's Report.
Washington. May 23.— A number of al
leged grievances j against the Forest Ser
vice and the Interior Department, thirty
four out" of thirty-six 'being- against the
former, were made t public- .to-day In . the
published report of the last day's session
of the Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating com
mittee.
One of the complaints against the In
terior Department alleges an unjust de
cision by the* Land Office in a homestead
claim, "while the other charges that the
contract let. by Secretary Ballinger for the
survey of the Id.iho-Montana boundary
was without competition arid therefore ille
gal. "' • l"_V\i'.
Against the Forest Service the co'mplanta
run all the way from general charges of
incompetency or ruffianism by rangers to
complaints of the inclusion of agricultural
•lands in reserves, the latter being the most
general complaint.
COMMUTERS SEE LOOPHOLE
Think State Law Can Prevent Rise in
Erie and Snsquehanna Rates.
Patereon, X. J.. May 23 (Special).—Com
muters in New Jersey along the lines of
the Erie and Susquehanna railroads be
lieve they can successfully resist any at
tempt to increase the commutation rates.
Their hopes are based on a law passed by
the Legislature in I*9B under which the
Erie-Susquehanna merger was permftted.
Phrist!nn Braun at that tim«» represented
Passaic founty in the state Senate. The
Susoiiehanna v:a?, the only competing road
against the. Erie for passenger traffic be
tween Paterson and New York. Senator
Braun's aitention was called to this, and
he had inserted in the merger bill this
clause:
"But neither of the said railroad com
panies shall increase the present rate or
rates of the freight or passenger traffic ot
the said companies in this state, subject to
a penalty of the forfeiture of the said lease
in case of a violation hereof."'
The bill as amended by Senator Braun
passed after a stubborn fight. If the Erie
files a new schedule of rates it is believed
an effort will be made to invoke this law.
TONIC KILLS TWO CHILDREN
Boy and Girl Dranfc It Freely While
Their Mother Was Absent.
Elizabeth. X. J.. May 23.— John Touch,
three years old, and his sister Louise, six
years old,, died early this morning, after a
brief attack of fever and convulsions, and
after having partaken freely of a tonic
compound some hours before.
They were left on Saturday afternoon by
their mother with their sister Rosa, eleven
ye-ars old. who had other work besides the
care of the children. Playing, the children
went to the ice box and drank freely of
the contents of the bottle of tonic. They
were stopped by their sister as soon as she
discovered what they were doing, and
shewed no ill effects until early the follow
ing morning.
A doctor was called. He found the boy
beyond hope and the girl almost as badly
off. Both died after about two hours. Dr.
T. E. Dolan. the acting county physician,
.gave certificates showing the cause of deatn
as overdoses of the medicine. Not long
aeo Mr. and Mrs. rvwch lost another child
by burning.
TO DISSOLVE PACKERS
Jersey Prosecutor to Base Fight on
Ref-asal to Produce Eooks.
* A fight to dissolve the four packing com
panies incorporated in New Jersey will be
started when the Supreme Court convenes
on. June 7, by Prosecutor Garven of Hud
son County. The refusal of the companies
to comply with the order of the, court, to
produce their books will he the basis of the
! application. The companies have appealed
to the Court of Errors, but the prosecutor
contends this appeal does not act as . a
stay, as the court fired the time for the
production of -the books from April. 2fi to
July 1. The interested companies are the
National. Packing Company, Swift & Co..
Armour & Co. and the Nelson Morris Com
pany.
Schomacker Pianos
At the Great National Piano Exhibition
At Richmond, Virginia
IX the city of Richmond, Va.. last week, was held the Annual Convention of th<
National Piano Dealers and Piano Manufacturers' Association, which was
tended by nearly all the members of these allied trades in the United States.
In connection with this convention there was a piano exhibition, in the Horse
Show Building, which eclipsed in point of numbers and importance any simik
hibition for years.
At this exhibition one of the largest- -and by odds the most interesting— di:
was made by the SCHOM ACKER PIANOFORTE MFG. CO., of PHILA
DELPHIA, whose pianos excited general comment because of tfadl conceded t
superiority, which attracted such attention as to make the SCHOMACKER exhib
easily the center of interest.
The ultra-artistic character of workmanship and the commanding superiority of tone
as exemplified in the concert, parlor and baby grands, were a revelation to manufacturers
and visitors alike, most of whom knew only by reputation a piano which is in such high
at home that almost the entire output has been absorbed by the most critical musical element
of Philadelphia and Washington for seventy- two years.
For the SCHOMACKER is one of the four oldest pianos in America, having
been established in 183S and incorporated by the State of Pennsylvania in
1864, and having won almost aery competitive honor since 1845 that was
worth winning.
Musical Richmond, intelligently appreciative of piano quality, or the raw ■.:■:■•' "
work, conceded on "Society Night." that the Schomacker concert grand had raised the stand
ard of pianistic appreciation and achieverm nt.
And both dealers and manufacturers, by consensus of opinion, admitted that the musical
world had to deal with a new tone-standard— with a quality that could not be accounted fo
except upon the hypothesis that this qurihty was cither the result of the Schomacker equi
system of construction, or of the electro-plating of the strings with pure gold, which is charac
teristic of the SCHOMACKER pianos alone, or of both.
The superb pianos that compriM><! the UdrnKMld exhibit, incased in weather
oak, Italian walnut and mahogany, have been shipped to our Sfm York and Pr
delphia Stores, wUstt they will be given a special exhibition and demonstrate
which will be announced upon their arrival, and which should command the at tent
of everybody interested in piaiKM of such exceptional finish and tone-quality as to
have aroused the enthuaastic commendation cgf the entire piano trade of America.
The exhibition will bclude uprighti of three size>, grands of three sizes and the
SCIIOM AC X KR - ANGELOPTAX player-piano.
The pianos will be for sale, fell all lovers of pianos and piano music will be invited
regardless of wish « intent to purchase.
JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth avenue. Eighth to Tenth street
FOWLER CHARGES PLOI
Sa*s Cannon Enlisted to Aid His
Political Defeat.
NAMES VOORHEE3 AND KEAN
Jersey Representative Makes a
Sensational Attack in Public
Statement.
Charging that -i plot had been entered
Into by United States Senator John K*an,
Speaker Cannon and '-.-'.! S. - Voor
heep. State Treasurfr.of'New Jersey, to pre
vent his renOmlnntlon and- re-election this
fall. Representative Charl-s. N. Fowler,- of
the sth New Jersey District, made public
a sensational statement yesterday. Mr.
Fowler says- that on a recent visit to
Washington Mr. Voorhees was taken to s=e<?
Speaker Cannon by Senator Kean. and
that at that time the . alleged plot was
hatched.
■ Mr. Fo/xler refers .to Senator Kea"n in
the following terms: „•
Of all the subservient, truculent, literal
"fhe-too's" and perfect, cuckoos, of all^thq
political poodle dogs that Senator Aldricn
prized most highly, undoubtedly Senator
Rpan wears th»» blue ribbon.. H» never
gets off the Aldrich reservation, right or
wrong, and on the tariff Mil gave 123 out
of 129 to Mr. Aldrich. if my recollection
is correct, rebelling only to insist That polo
; ponies should go on the free list.
' Criticism. of the selection of United States
Senators in New Jersey is also voiced with
j much freedom by Mr. Fowler. In one part
] of his statement he says: '
If Senator Kean should lock up his po
litical checkbook until after election in
November lock it up even now and nl3
brother. Hamilton F. Kean. should lock uP
his political checkbook, too, -even now, and
Senator K«»an should content himself with
going about the state and trying to tell
the people why he should be returned to
the Senate, is there one single person in ,
the whole state who honestly believes that
Senator Kean would be re-elected?
Mr Voorh«">!= Is 'the Republican leader in
Morris County, and Mr. Fowler asserts
1 that in return for the delivery of th« four
j Union County' votes in the Legislature to
Mr Voorhees. ' when ■■ he' was a : candidate
for' re-election last February, the. latter
| agreed to help Senator Kean cut short
! the Representative's political care-r. In
; talking of this alleged understanding Mr.
i Fowler says:
John Kean and Panlef S. Voorhees are,
feffiS&B SZSSS S£SE££Sgg
Advancement and elevation of the people
which aTe the very soul of our national
Hf^rn^t -depend upon such leadership as
theirs, God help this Republic!
Frank Smith, chairman of the Union
! county Republican Committee. I, also made j
to feel the Congressman s wrath. Mr. ■
Vow" ,ay the reason Speaker Cannon)
i refund to reappolnt him as chairman of
, £ Banking and Currency Committee was
because he. opposed legislation- favored by \
' the Speaker and had announced himself ;
' as a candidate for Mr. Cannons place.
The statement, which really marks the
opening of Mr. Fowfer's campaign, con
i tains a platform, already printed In The
.Tribune, upon which he hopes to be re
nominated. He closes his ' statement •by
: saying: j
"Concretely put, will you work for 'Aid- ,
lichism' and John Kean, 'Cannonism' and
Daniel S. \oorhees. or will you work and
vote for yourselves?"
A copy of the statement Is to be sent to
ever voter in his district. Neither Hamilton
K>an, brother of the Senator, nor Frank
Smith would discuss Mr. Fowler's letter
"yesterday, both saying they had not had.
time to read if. •• ; »:v .- ■ - • • „ •
■ ■■>> . • . '
■ PENNSYLVANIA FISH STORY
Trout. Thirty Inchps Long. Weighing
Nine Pounds, Escapes.
FRy T«>T«>eraph to The Trlhun».l
Allento-an. Perm.. May 23.— Lehigh Coun
ty trout fishermen a- c greatly excited over
a discovery made, by "Doc Meade that a
30-inch trout, estimated to weigh at least
nine rounds, has its home in the Little Le
high near Bogerfs Bride*.
Mr. Meade. who is the most enthusiastic
all the season- trout fisherman in this city,
was casting into the stream, when the big
dsi) took.^ small black f\y. After a strug
gle of nearly an hour he got the fish to the
eiiße of the "Water, but when he reached for
him thp trout ' succeeded in breaking the
hcok and e'Scaping.
\ number- -ot* other fishermen saw the
contest and believe that this is the higgest
trom in Pennsylvania. A campaign is be
ing planned to get 4t. if possible.
[POSTAL SAVINGS IN DANGER
i Feared House Insurgents Will
Imped? Progress of Bill.
\{ [From The Tri*o«« Earmu.J .
Washington. Hay 3.— Dtlllculties have J (
begun to <.-,- up , n the Hou?«.- in th» Cl
pathway of th» postal savings bank b'Ji. v ;
Where last week the leaders saw not
but a successful conclustsn, of their ean
cu?. they now begin to f?ar that the liixur- }j\(a
gents will upset all plans and Impede the
progress of the m«a*ur*.
'Ten Insurgents nave decTderl that thexj**^
will not attend. -the caucus and .ssv»n\L,L
more are expected to Join them in this de? 3
termination. Among the ten are the La-
Folletteltes— Representatives CMpsV, Car--.
Lenroot and Nelson Representatives Day \ ,
and T,indbers;, of Minnesota; Hau;hen and -**-!
■rA of Iowa; Po)nde*t«r. of .Wash- •■*« ''
IngtM. and Xorris and Hlnshaw. of :;©. ' f^j
brask.-». also have informed 'Pepre«entativ& ."/■
Currier, chairman of the caucus, t^iat they .'*
'• will not attend. Representative L;-.<lrerf; ."*
gave the foi'oTinn reason:
"I am certain that a rnajortry of the Ra- ';
publicans in the House are not nincerel;- in j
favor. of postal savings legislation. "They .'^/ :
are accepting It merely .because t resident * r "
Taft insists upon it. I thtnk.it is absoiu^ v*;
folly that these men should fee permitted to*^'
frame the bill and then rush It throu-j^ £ TJ H *;
&r> not believe In. having legislation drafcaj.,
by its enemies. I will not vote for a rz]&'?* % *
to rush, the meas'ire through, even, if the-" ? '
action of the caucus is acceptable to ac ■ *"
I am confident that enough votes ran b® J: -
I secured against the rule to defeat it. The "*,*
I measure should be open to amendment "on *'*
the floor just as the railroad bill was. m> " : ' !
that every man may have an opportunity *•*
to perfect it. .If this w»re done Jt mi? " vr
jbe possible to have every Republican vote < a >
i for the measure, just as they did for the' *- :
railroad bill." . . *?
The regulars admit that they are some- '■■''
what perturbed at the insurgent attitude. ■"»
They resent the Insinuations that they ar^-**
entering the caucus to bind m-mber? t<%'^** ?
vote for a measure which does not carry""?* «
out the President's idea. They say that to" ""-'
the face of united Democratic opposition '~£~
it is necessary for the party to decide upon- •'
a measure in caucus, and that if a bill "
were brought in without a nss) and was •--.
subject to amendment it would b» sa -~
radically. changed that -the Senate coufd =-•"
never be brought to agree to it.
The caucus will be held on WMn»sday - -
night, despite the attitude' of the insur- -^
gents. Represents ti\-e Victor* Murdock, of ■". -
Kansas, one of the insurgent leaders. 1i ? ..- ;
: much in favor of the caucus, and is work-^j
ing hard to conciliate some of his more .:- -=t
reconcilable colleagues. Thus far his ef
forts have met with little success, a3 eac-i. .-,.*
insurgent consistently, maintains that Mat -
individual judgment is not only superior to .-!-.-
that of the majority of his party, hut that ~
under no circumstances would it be proper j
for him to' subordinate hi? individual '"*
: view to the success of the administration I
| measure. ..everthele!»3. Mr. Murdoch still " :
hopes to check the insurgent defection.
RUNAWAY FASTED FOUR DAYS ..
We Springfield (Mass.) Youth '.;
Picked Up By Mount Vernon Police. .-.- %
In a bedraggled condition Richard Col*-^?'
burn, fifteen years old, of West Springfield.- .■->"?
Mass., who ran away from home a weeS?^-^
ago, was found last night by Patrolman.*-.
Simpkins. asleep in a doorway at Fourth .-I
avenue and Ist street. Mount Veraon. j.- I
When taken to the police station he told *.. j
Sergeant Rielly that he had been .without „*,!
food four days. He was M emaciated and. '**;;
weak that be could hardly stand. He told
the sergeant he had run away from hi.* ' ;'
home to see* the sights in New York.
Colburn said that he had walked froci
Port Chester to Mount Vernon. a distance ri
of twelve" miles, anfl that he had to lie • :
down because he was exhausted. He said VJi I
his father was Elmer F. CWbura^a book* "' I
keeper, of "West Springfield. " ■ .- j
DYNAMITE EXCITED THEJUDGS >' 5
••Take It Out!" He Said, When 16 , - :
.../ Was Produced in Court. t*,'* T^
|,"_\.. : [By T*l??raph to The Trs>sssi] .. . „,
Pittsburg. May "When a can of dysa- ---
mite was produced in court at a trial hem
to-day there was a lively scattering nt at *~i»
torneys and spectators. One of the wit
nesses offered to open the can to show that
the explosive was genuine. . » .• -■-
"Do not open that in front of me nor
in the courtroom. Take it out:" said Ju<i« v »
Marshall Brown. The judge. who had riser,.. ,.
to his feet, remained standing until the. can .. #
of explosive had been carried from t.fi.9-,...
courthouse. Paul Bizak. a miner. was'p.T,,^
trial for having carried explosives carefe?*!'
1v through the city. Afr^r the c-mrtrooin »■
episode -he pleaded guilty and wasr •«■" •
tenced to one day in prison.