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PJSSDENT WINS
I LABOR FIGHT
r^eais proposed Exemption of
ynions from Prosecution Un
der Anti-Trust Law.
HJS pjßjVj STAND PREVAILS
c o5 st After Hot Debate. Re
cedes and Strikes Out Hughes
Amendment to Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill.
PRESIDENT TO LABOR LEADER
\V. c Csrter, President Brotherhood
' of Locomotive Firemen and En-
I -.-en, St. Paul:
Your dispatch of June 22 received
in which you say that press reports
te-day indicate that I favor using the
jeopie'* money to prosecute labor in
*~t\r efforts to better conditions, and
nil nrotest against such a policy. I
presume you refer to the proposition
Il w before Congress that money ap
'_l;- r ; a ted for fiscal year 1911 for
.- -rement o f anti -trust laws and
jks to regulate commerce shall no
«-rt cf it be expended in the prose
aitwn of conspiracies in the nature
cf -.oottste increase wages, shorten
fcssrs or better the condition of labor.
The Supreme Court has decided
flat such a boycott is a violation of
{*« Sherman anti-trust law, and this
■^-crcsa is an attempt to withhold
the mean? of prosecuting that law
•ien it is violated by a particular
etas thus to be made privileged. I |
m entirely opposed to such class
jeg«latien. If it -were proposed to
gntr.d the language of the Sherman
anti-trust law itself so as somewhat
- narrow its scope, that v/ould pre
tent a proper question for considera
tion, but cc long as the present anti
_ r . law remains upon the statute
tsek* an attempt to modify its en
etnent so as to render immune
gry particular class of citizens, rich
jr ■■or, employers or employes, is
' proper legislation and. in my judg
•rent ought to be opposed by your
i jrstherhood.
*7»e laboring man and the trade
\ unionist, if I understand him, asks
salr equality before the law. Class
egjsiaticr and unequal privileges,
thrush expressly in his favor, will in
— end work no benefit to him or to
i^ciety WILLIAM H. TAFT.
[Fro:n Th« Tribune Bar«a.n.J
VHbmgtcx^. June — President Taft.
Tiii that courage and unwavering firm
£ees which have characterized his atti
tade to""ard all labor problems, not only
ttoce his election but in the campaign
ad even before his nomination, threw
tae Ml weight of his influence against
•jf Hughes amendment to the sundry
csU bill to-day, and thus accomplished
Si elimination in conference. This
nsidraent prohibited the use of any
jetion of the fund provided for the en-
Srsneat-cf tie Sherman anti-trust law
% tip prosecation of labor organiza
tß» vhicr. violated that bar. The
President eunmoned many Repres*>nta
£ts to the White House this morning
c£ i^-red them to defeat the amend
aot. He told them it was cl?ss legisla
te cf the most pernicious character,
cl irtihout actually threatening a
ttta. sj&de it clear that he would be ex
waely nnwii] to approve a bill con
toning such a provision. He even in-
Sated that he would prefer to remain
'' TTEEhicgton all summer awaiting- the
Harare of Congress to approving a law
•JSrhslcaJly bad. He declared that if
icaKhim the support of every laboring
611 in the country he would not favor
B4 a provision. The laboring man, he
|««*fi. asked only equality before the
2r - ar.<] v.-3.s f-ntitled to no more.
3* Dtmost pressure had been brought
* bear on the President to induce him
* aewpt this provision. Early this
S3nu s? he received an earnest protest
•Bast his attitude from W. S. Carter,
fcaidtst of the Brotherhood of Loco-
Firemen and Enginemen, an or
jK&atlon for which he entertains the
***** respect. To this communication
* relied in the dispatch printed above.
President Carter's telegram read as
»tti reports of to-day indicate that
i^/f Vor Basing: the people's money to
SE~* l£br ' r in their efforts to better
tiTT 30 ? s'.5 '. "h" "58 delegates attendmsr
fc-^^yftfa bi<?rms«.i convention of l:--
l~Z eT " 0O!3 rjf Locomotive Firemen and
r.". "' of St. Paul instruct me to
*"Xi*i against this unjust policy.
*. Taft'g Attitude Toward Labor.
g :h -'' lias never attempted to dis
r-»er -»c his intense opposition to the boy
_ •* 2Ed has always condemned the de-
T*~* c* certain labor leaders for class
.-jatioa. He has suggested that L.i«
tnaan anti-trust law might properly
*2bject^d to certain modifications
w™ *oukt have the effect of eliminat
f* febor organizations from its scope.
J*, 1 * h^ consistently insisted hat
p* kgislaticn must be general and not
'f~p*d primarily to affect a particular
a judge on the bench Mr. Taft
"^ against labor or
~~*s-tions to restrain them from con
gj*T* buycottE - As long ago as Sep '
J^ r r >. 19(«, in a speech at Bath,
; Jjr Taft, then Secretary of War
«r *»"f-ady being discussed as a prob-
candidate, stated his
j^* «* clearly and frankly as he
7/^ J t to-day in his letter to Presi
*k Cartf ' r - discussing the legislation
5{ Jj.v Samuel Gompers. president
*kch Alnrrican Federation of Labor,
.^ "•as designed to exempt labor
li.^ :U f £ ' tioiiS froni restraint by injunc-
Mr - Ta ft said it v.-ouid "simply
fy* a Prinicged class of laborers who
*oi* th ' iaw by ir 'J urin others i-nd
, :fcct . v> thtm an immunity from an
4^l? remfid y that lawbreakers of no
sV/^* cn Joy." In speaking of the
gS?5* tt« fedf-ration he said: "They
S»s^? to mak « th.. workingmen
ti^,;^ 1 " tbe rights of others in labor
jj" I**1 ** a privileged o!ass and secure to
!:■> U - n -*'J u aI immunity from the effec
w."
'^^ bi& nomination Mr. Taft dlß
j^^^ith - r «-at frankness the labor
*3frh h€ liad handed down from the
cp * 2d ni * unalterable .}.l,«)BJti«n to
sl^ TJa S on laboring men any more
3 "' other cUlss by l is!atlve
Jj.- jt 1?T!t immunity from that respect
« law exacted of all others. He
toctiaeed «m fourth pas
T °o^£r and to-morrow, rwserally fair and
<**>»«*; moderate north wind*.
JAPAN TO POLICE COREA
Treaty Practically Concluded by
Which Power Is Transferred.
Tokio, June 24.— A convention between
Torea and Japan has practically been
; concluded. By it Cores delegates to
Japan the entire police administration
The unified police system will be placed
I under the authority of a commander of
gendarmes.
CHARGE *'COP^_WITH GRAFT
Arrested in Front of Station for
Alleged Extortion.
Patroiman John G. Davis, attached to
the West 125 th street station, was ar
rested In front of his station house last
night by Lieutenant Kane, of the Cen
tral Office, and taken to Police Head
quarters, where he was locked up,
charged with extortion.*
According to the police. I>avis mad
an arrangement with one Domini ck
Cipolloni by which he was to receive
money for suppressing evidence when
Cipolloni was tried for assaulting an
other Italian. The police heard of the
arrangement from Cipolloni. and Kane
was ready when the policeman and the
Italian met in front of the station house
last night.
The Italian pave Davis $10, the police
said, and then Kane arrested Davis, -who
denied all knowledge of any graft ar
rangement. No money was found on
him when he was searched in the West
125 th street station house, before the
trip to Headquarters.
Davis lives with his family at No. 1619
Trafalgar avenue. The Bronx. So far
as is known, he has a good record. "
DROWNED IN HELL GATE
Man and Launch Disappear
When Help Is Near.
Hell Gate claimed its toll again yes
terday. While Captain Charles H.
Rogers, of No. 384 Hopkins avenue, As
toria, and Otto Mattis, of No. 333 East
O2d street. Manhattan, were standing on
the Broadway dock in Astoria at noon,
they saw a small white launch come
down the East River on the swirling
ebb tide. The little boat, which was of
dory pattern, was not under control, for
its stern •was half submerged and across
its bows lay a man. apparently helpless.
; He could do nothing more than wave
his hands.
The two men. who own the launch
' Edith, jumped into their boat to go to
; his rescue. Passengers on ferryboats
I from 92d street, and on the Astoria
! shore saw the launch going swiftly down
| the river and saw the Edith put out.
j Just as Captain Rogers was about 1O)
i feet from the helpless boat a transport
j came up the river and the Edith had
ito turn aside. When she passed Captain
j Rogers put on full power, but the launch
sank off Black-well's Island, carrying the
man with it. No trace of either was
seen again.
It is thought the man was injured by
an explosion or had succumbed to the
heat. An attempt was made to grapple
for the body, but with poor success, as
the water is some ten fathoms deep at
that point.
HOKE SMITH TO RUN AGAIN
After Political Scalp of Gov
ernor Brown of Georgia.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune]
Atlanta. June 23.— Hoke Smith an
nounced to-day that he would enter the
race against Governor Joseph Brown,
who has announced his candidacy for
H iln Him Upon hearing of Smiths in
tention. H. H. Perry, former state Sen
ator, quit the race and threw his sup
port to Smith.
The race between Smith and Brown
will cause more than usual interest.
Brown two years ago. upon being dis
missed from the Railroad Commission
by Governor Smith, opposed him for re
election, and won by some nine thousand
votes.
BLUE STOCKINGS. ABES DECREE
His Guests at Picnic Must Wear
Aesthetic Apparel.
[8- Tete^raph to Th«» Tribune]
Brook. Ind.. June 23.— Invitations issued
'or a picnic at Hazeldene. George Ade's
farm, insist that all the guests, male and
-emaie alike, shall war blue stockings.
The invitations state that no one will be
admitted to the grounds who has not con
formed to the decree. Many would-be gate
keepers have volunteered. Baby blue, sky
blue Alice blue, navy blue, indigo blue or
any oH blue will do, but it must be blue.
A number of Hammond women have al
ready rebelled against a bachelor's dicta
tion "of the color of their stockings. Ade.
however, is furnishing the farm, the chick
ens and the rest of the feed and maintains
his ri'ht to dictate something or other.
MARK 00 FOR FIRECRACKER
First Victim to Patriotism Recorded in
Hospital.
A oenny firecracker exploded in the hands
,X" ear-old Walter Clanetsky. in front
o SfcS^ home at No. IS^ Park ave
nue yesterday afternoon, and he
Merely burned about the face neck and
angers. Patrolman Murphy, of the Kast
SS street station, saw the boy as he ran
about screaming from pain. He called an
ambulance from the Harlem Hospital, and
r> r Richardson took the boy there
* An effort is being made to find the shop
at A which the firecracker was P-"*"^
the new law prohibits their sale. The bo,
had lifted the fuse of the firecracker, and
ft failS to explode when thrown into the
street. As he picked It up It went off.
CIGARETTE KILLED BABY
Father Left It on Table and Child
Swallowed It.
rp.y Telegraph to Th.- Tribune]
Philadelphia. June 23 -A fatal ea« of
,/otin* poisoning, with the **m «
Sfr» month* old baby. M rejmrted to
-Vis of North Hth street.
•!! r this morning the mother placed
JSS in a chair near a table. While she
n-t of the room the baby picked up
r^rtiaH '*L** ctearette hi, father had
fpft or. the table and .wallowed it. An
r r " r ater he wa. taken violently 111. A
doctor appUed a stornaoh pump, but despite
* effort* the baby died two hoar, Utter.
<r.u t SUMMER SCHEDULE.
Advt-
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1910.-FOI RTEEX PAGES.
HEAT GROWS WORSE;
EISHI IRE DEATHS
Thermometer Passes Highest
Mark of Year and Goes
to 91 Degrees.
RUSH OUTDOORS FOR RELIEF
Hospitals Overworked with
Prostration Cases — Coney
Island Beaches Crowded
Through the Night.
As though in an effort to test to the limit
the powers of New Yorkers to withstand
oppressive heat and humidity, the ther
mometer yesterday climbed up the buib
until 91 degrees of heat were recorded,
marking the hottest day of the present
year. The heat was only one of the in
conveniences which people living in the
city had to contend with, for they found
a more cruel and pernicious enemy In the
great humidity, which leaped to the high
point of 71 degrees, at 9 o'clock in the
morning. This increase in humidity
caused the city to resemble a huge Turk
ish bath, and the dense clinging damp
ness hung over everybody like a pall.
In addition to being severe, the heat
clung to its victims with a tenacious
hold, as though loath to let go. Those
who could slipped out of the baked
streets and houses and made their way
to the parks, the beaches and any spot
which held forth a hope of cooler con
ditions. The outpouring from the city
continued until well into the night and
the streets resounded with the tramp of
the oppressed.
Eight more deaths were marked up to
the heat yesterday, some of the victims
being overcome while walking on the
streets and others while at their homes
The dead:
; BELLOW, Patrick J.. fifty years old. of M«?r1
den. Conn., foreman Westnn Electric Works.
Newark, died in St. Bamabas's Hospital.
! ECK. John H., of Indianapolis, visiting at No.
1118 Broad street. Newark; died at his home.
HARTMANN. Dorothy E-, one year old, of No.
61 Kidgewood avenue, Newark; died at her
home.
JKKOWITZ. Mrs. . sixty-five years old. at
No. 132 East 109 th street, reported by Dr.
Sobel, of Ko. 20 East 112 th street.
JPSCHITZ. Herbert, six weeks old. of No. 40
Essex street, reported by father, Samftel.
KRUPINSKI. Helen, two months old. of No. 14
Van Beuren street, Newark; died at her
home.
RTAN, Roger, forty years old. of Tassalc
ptr-eet. Passaic; fsll In path of Erie train at
Monroe street crossing while overcome by
heat, and was killed.
SERGEANT. George W., sixty-three years old,
of No. JOOfi Flathush avenue. Brooklyn;
overcome at the top of the stairs at hi»
home and fell to the bottom, when* he died.
Every hospital In the city was kept
busy answering calls; for people over
come by the heat, and no reliable esti
mate of tho^e treated by the ambulance
surgeons could be gathered. It is known,
however, that the number registered at
the different hospitals far exceeded fifty.
while many more were treated by their
family physicians and remained at home.
Rush to Coney Island.
The oppressive heat of yesterday
v.hich invaded the dingy tenement homes
of the East Side drove about fifteen
thousand dwellers In that section to the
Coney Island beaches for relief last night.
From early evening until late at night
every arriving trolley car and ele
vated train had its parties of overheated
fathers. mothers and children, who
passed by the glittering street and park
shows and made straight for the beaches,
where they found ample accommoda
tions.
Once on th*> beaches the family parties
settled down for the night to seek Bleep
near the coolness of the ocean. Remem
bering nights in the past when the beach
sleepers have been disturbed by roving
gangs of rowdies, Captain Galvin, ii»
command of the Coney Island police, last
night sent twenty-five patrolmen to
watch over the sleepers.
As an eastbound car of the Sea Gate
line was running past 26th street and
Surf avenue last night Mrs. Fannie
Francis, twenty-eight, of Weft 22d
street and Surf avenue, was prostrated
by the. heat and fell from the moving
oar to the roadway. Dr. Noble, called
from the Coney Island Hospital, found
that Mrs. Francis had suffered a severe
head injury and took her to the hospital.
The following table gives an Idea of
the manner in which the heat and hu
midity varied between 1" a. m. and 6
p. m. yesterday:
, Temperature. ,
Yesterday. Wednesday. Humidity.
JO., m «* « g
"o" o a r ra |? M 41
n - ::::::::: rs m 4 8
i-—::::::::. % (18 41
It £::::::::::::::: « « »
:::::::::: :::: 5? «
Flocking Outdoors to Sleep,
Many persons whose sma> and dingy
rooms in the poorer districts rendered
the heat unbearable flocked to the parks
to sleep last night. The roofs of some
of the crowded fiathouses on the East
Side afforded an alluring and more com
fortable place for many to spend the
night.
A request which came from the De
partment of Water Supply to Park Com
missioner Stover yesterday afternoon to
shut off all the fountains and hydrants
in the parks at midnight added to the
discomfort of those seeking a cool place
out of doors.
In a letter from Deputy Commissioner
Bemis Commissioner Stover was asked
if it would not be possible to turn off all
the fountains", both ornamental and
drinking, after midnight. The request
was made on the ground that there was
a needless waste of water during the
night.
At first Commissioner Stover thought
it would be possible without causing
suffering, but later said in regard to the
', matter:
"Only the ornamental fountains will
be turned off. It would be cruel to turn
off the drinking water during such
weather as we are having. What the
Park Department must do is to get
faucets or have appliances attached to
the drinking fountains which will shut
o"* the water after each cup has been
drawn."
Fire Commissioner Waldo yesterday
C«f>tHiu<d en fifth J««e. _
PORTER CHARLTON, THE WOMAN HE KILLED AND HER BROTHER.
PORTER CHARLTON. MRS- PORTER
The wlf-confeesed slayer. Who was slain in Italy.
STOPPED AS SMUGGLERS
Mrs. Saunders and Miss Baugh.
of Philadelphia. Held on Pier.
DIDN'T DECLARE JEWELS
Deny Intention to Evade Law,
and Say Other Women Did
the Same Thing,
Mrs. Walter B. Saunders and her
niece. Miss Katherine Livingstone
Baugh. of Overbrook. a suburb of Phila
delphia, arrived on the Adriatic yester
day morning and spent more than an
hour in the Custom House before Special
Deputy Surveyor Smyth in the after
noon in an effort to explain thy omission
from their declaration* of abi>ut £1. '"'■■■
worth of jewelry arid -ith--"- s:"o<1s. Mrs.
Saunders is a member of the Colonial
Dames and the Daughters of the Revo
lution. She has two children. Miss
Emily B. and William L-. the latter a
member of the Merion Cricket Club.
Deputy Surveyor Harris had his at
tention called to the two women pas
sengers by the inspector who was try
ing to make their papers coincide with
the contents of their trunks. He had
found in Miss Baugh's baggage about
£300 worth of dutiable merchandise anil
in Mrs. Saunders's trunks $208 worth,
none in the declaration. Was Baugh
wore a chain and locket and earrings,
which were valued at $200. She ad
mitted to Mr. Smyth that they had been
bought in Paris.
In Mrs. Saunders's reticule a gold
mesh bag was found. She was not sure
of jts value at first. Later she told Mr.
Smyth that it cost 1.500 fr.rics In Paris.
Then Mrs. Saurfders disavowed any in
tention of smuggling. Miss Baugh also
said there was no plan to smuggle. Her
aunt declared that other women did not
put down all they had bought, that she
had been in Europe twelve times, but
had never had trouble before. When
Mr. Smyth wanted to know the names
of the women who were careless about
declaring dutiable possessions, Mrs.
Saunders was mute.
Solicitor Andrews, of Collector Loeb'a
department, was sent for to interpret
the law for the benefit of the two
women, and after he had explained that
they might be prosecuted and fined
thrice the value of the goods, which
could then be seized, Mrs. Saunders and
Miss Baugh were informed that they
would be required to pay the foreign
value, plus the duty, of the goods not
declared. They have twenty-four hours
to decide whether they will do this or
run the risk of prosecution. If they de
cide to pay the seized goods will be re
turned to them.
SCORE OF TROOPS KILLED
Four Cars Break Loose and
Dash Down Steep Grade.
Mexico City, June 23. — Twenty federal
soldiers are reported to have been killed
and many more than that number in
jured to-day when four cars of a train
in which the troops were travelling on
th<- Manzanillo line of the National
Railways in the state of Colima broke
loose from the lm-omotive and dashed
down a steep grade.
When the cars reached a curve, after
tobogganing for six miles and attain
ing a terrific speed, they Jumped the
truck and wore dashed to pieces. The
cars formed the rear portion of a troop
train of thirteen cars. The number at
men they contained w-as not known, but
railway officers estimate there were not
fewer than a hundred and fifty. Many
are said to have jumped from the cars
wlvn they started down the grade and
saved their lives.
KINGDON SAVES THE DAY
Son of George Gould Repairs Locomo
tive Himself.
Pueblo. Col.. June 23.— experience
gained by Kingdon Gould, son of George
Gould, in the shops of his father's roads
stood him in good stead to-day when the
locomotive attached to a Missouri Pacific
train in which he was travelling, broke
down "east of Pueblo. Gould pulled off his
coat and had the damage repaired before
a relief locomotive arrived.
DELIGHTFULLY COOL. . ;^
HUDSON RIVER TUBES are cool and
>i? ,ea 3 anL Try them to-day. —
CAPTAIN HENRY HARRISON SCOTT.
Brother of the murdered woman, who
ldJltified Charlton. '
KOHLER__REmSTATED
Cleveland's "Best Chief" Acquit
ted Unreservedly.
Cleveland. June 23.— Chief of Police
Frederick Kohler. known throughout the
country as the "golden rule" chief and
lauded by ex-President Roosevelt as the
nation's best police executive, was ac
quitted unreservedly to-day of charges
of gross immorality and habitual drun
kenness by the Civil Service commission
before whom he has been on trial.
An hour after his acquittal he was
reinstated as Chief by Mayor Baehr, who
had suspended him when the charges
were filed.
It was charged on the one hand that
Chief Kohler. as a firm ally of ex-
Mayor Tom Johnson, who built up the
Police Department into a formidable
machine, and on the other hand, that
the charges wen the outcome of a secret
political cabal which had for its aim the
ousting from public life of all of John
■bn's supporters.
The trial lasted nearly two weeks and
about two hundred witnesses were ex
amined. Early in the proceedings the
prosecution was compelled to drop thir
teen of the original twenty-three
charges on account cf lack of evidence.
DEAD UNDER TONS OF SAND
One Man Killed and Many In
jured When Bin Collapses.
Mineola. Long Island. June 23. (Spe
cial). — One man is dead, buried be
neath thqusands of tons of snnd. and a
number of others are at the Nassau
Hospital with fatal injuries through the
collapse of a bin to-night at the dock
of the Phoenix Towing and Transporta
tion Company.
The men were about to quit work,
when, without a sign of danger, the
large bin. w-hich, with its machinery,
cost $100,000, t>ol!apsed under tons of
sand. Under the debris was a locomo
tive and train of flat cars, and they
were buried completely.
A rollc:ill showed that Jerry Spinela
was the man who had been burled,
every other rrnn being accounted for.
ZIMMERMAN'S THREAT
Would Become Briton if Roose
velt Were Again President.
[By Telegraph to Th-- Tribune 1
Cincinnati, June 23. — Hugene Zimmer
man, the railroad man. and father of the
Duchess of Manchester, announced at the
BSattm Ifotol to-day that he Intended to
Jberome a subject of Kinp (leorge of Great
Britain if Theodora Roosevelt was eltrted
President a>ra!n.
"If Roosevelt is elected," he said. "I arr.
golns over to England, to become a citizen
and stay there. If Roosevelt is elected our
next President this country will have taken
the first step toward a dictatorship, and
wli«'n that happens I will prefer a country
that's a liberal constitutional .monarchy.
Roosevelt to-day is our tig national
menace.
"I am a good American citizen," con
tinued Mr. Zimmerman, "an.l I hope the
election of Roosevelt will not come to pas*.
Things art. bttd'enough now. In fact, times
are worse than they wore. There is too
much legislation in Washington. I am for
Governor Harmon tor our next president
and I believe if he runs he will be elected."
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
lus tmrit\ liiia made it fanioua.— Advt.
PRICE ONE CENT
ITALY MAY NOT SEEK Hi
Has Refused Extradition of Sub
jects Committing Crimes Here.
LOOPHOLE FOR CHARLTON
If Italian Government Doesn't
Claim Him, No American o—l*
Could Punish Him.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. June 23. — The fate of
Porter Charlton. who confessed to-day
the killing of his wife, rests between
tbe governments* of the United States
and Italy. Italy has steadfastly refused
to surrender her own citizens, when
under indictment, to any other coun
try, on the ground that Hwy are not
referred to in the extradition treaty with
Italy, signed in 18W> which makes no
reference to the citizens of either coun
try, but only to persons committing
crimes.
It is entirely probable that Italy, fol
lowing out consistently the course it has
previously adopted, will not make a de
mand for Charlton. The Italian govern
ment, in th^ case of Tlni f llln Villela and
Giuseppe Bevivino. who took refuge in
Italy in 1869 after committing atrocious
murders in Pennsylvania, refused to sur
render the criminals, but tried them in
the courts of, their own country and sen
tenced one to twenty years and the other
to fifteen years' imprisonment.
It is difficult to see how the Italian
government, having- asserted in principle
and in practice the rieht of dealing with
its own citizens in these cases, can
ignore the precedent so established by
asking: of the United States the surren
der of Cliarlton. In view of the fact
also that the victim of the Lake Corao
crime was also an American, it is not
likely that the. Italian authorities will
be disposed to resort to extraordinary
measures to secure the perpetrator in
order that he may be punished. Charlton
may. therefore, go entirely free, as it
is doubtful if any court in this country
cculd establish jurisdiction for his trial
for a crime committed in Italy.
State Department Might Refuse.
In the two cases mentioned and in the
case of Salvatore Paladino the Italian
government has refused the extradition
of its own citizens. Even if the demand
is made for Charlton therr- is stHl Ques
tion whether the State Department
would be willing to accede to it.
A refusal would not be strictly con
sistent with the constructions placed
upon the treaty of extradition by previ
ous Secretaries of State, perhaps, but
extradition could be denied on the
ground that Italy has invalidated any
claim under the existing convention by
its refusal to acknowledge such a right
on the part of the United State*
Of the previous attitude Of the United
States with regard to the extradition of
citizens thtre can be no question. It
was clearly denned by James G. Blame,
when Secretary of State, in his note to
Baron Fava, the Italian Minister, in
1890. "I am forced to conclude,'" he
said, "not only that international law
does not *-x>-ept citizens from surrender.
but also thr.t it has been well under
stood, especially in dealing with the
United States, that the term 'persons'
includes citizens and requires their ex
tr.iditit.n. unless they are expressly ex
empted.
"Nor am I abie to find sufficient
ground for the refusal to surrender citi
zens in th^ general principles on which
extradition is conducted. It does not
satisfy the ends of justice to say that,
although a nation does not extradite its
citizens, it undertakes to try and punish
them. The chief object of extradition is
to secure the punishment of crime at the
place where it was committed, in ac
eordanre with the law whirh was then
and there of paramount obligation."
This note had th*? effect of eliciting
from the Italian government the draft
of a supplementary treaty, in which the
declaration whs mad^ that neither coun
nould be oi igtnl to surrender Its
o v\n i itizens or subjects. This was re
jected by Secretary Gresham. who re
plied: "No good reason is perceived
why the citizens of the United Bfemtai
\vh>> commit crimed in Italy, or Italian
subj»ct3 who commit crimes in the
Contiuuetl on ■><■■ oatl pace.
la City of »w Y«rk. 4rr*ry City »nd Hr>bok««.
FI>FWTIF.KE TWO CE>T3.
PORTER CHARLTON
CONFESSES CRIME
As Detectives Watch for the
Deutschland Dead Wife's
Brother Identifies Him en
Another Ship.
SEEKS TO CONCEAL IDENTITY
But Tells Calmly, at Last. How
He Slew Woman with Mallet,
Put Body in Trunk and
Cast It Into Lake
Como.
CHARLTON'S CONFESSION.
My name is Porter Charlton. I
five at No. 204 West 55th »trset,
New York. I am twenty-one years
old. I was born in Omaha. 1 «m
married. My occupation is bank
clerk. In reference to the charge
made against me:
My wife and I lived very happny
tog-ther. She was the best woman
in the world to me. But she had an
ungovernable temper, and «o have I.
We f-eauent'v quarrelled over the
most trivial matters, and hep lan
guage to me was very foul; lan
guage that I knew she did not
know the meaning of, I am sure.
The night I struck her she had
been quarrelling with me. It was
the worst ttmper I ever saw her in.
! told her that if she did not cease
I would put a stop to it. She quit
for a while, and after a short time
renewed her abuse of me. I was
dazed, and struck Her with a sort of
a mallet that I had been using to
straighten out the leg of the couch
we had been using. I. struck her
two or three times and thought she
was dead. :,*■-':
I then placed her body in a trunk
and threw the mallet in also.
About 12 o'clock that night I re
moved the trunk from the house
and dragged it to a small pier "««'
the house and threw it overboard.
I remained at Moltrasio the next
day and Isft there the following
night. I went to Como, and from
there to Genoa, where I took the
steamer Prinzsss Irene about four
days later. -*i-. *
The room where I killed her was
a sort of outdoor sleeping apart
■rent. _
I have been informed that Mr. C.
N Ispolatorf has been implicated
in this matter, but I wish to say
that this gentleman is absolutely
guiltless. I have no defence to
"•^^p^SVer 'charlton.
(Signed) PORTER CHARLTON
Porter Charlton. the young husband of
Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton. whos*
body was found in a trunk in Lake
Como. Italy, on June 10. arrived her«
yesterday on the North German liner
Prints Irene, from the Mediterranean
and confessed that he 'had killed his
< wife.
His "arrest on the Irene was unex
pected. The detectives who were look
ins- for him believed h« was on th»
Deutschland. which docked a few piers
south of the Prinzess Irene later in the
day.
Charlton could not have escaped un
less he had jumped overboard ' in the
Atlantic. At the gangplank was Captain
Henry Harrison Scott, of the coast ar
tillery corps, a brother of the murdered
woman, who. though he had never seen
Charlton, was armed with a description
of him and other means of identify •
the husband of hi 3 dead sister.
Charlton. who is twenty-one years old,
is pale and slender. He had been em
ployed In the National City Bank. of *
this city, and had a reputation there for
being always cool. This faculty of self
possession stood by htm yesterday when
he was intercepted on. the North German
Lloyd pier by his brother-in-law and th«
detectives, but when questions he could
not well answer were put to him his
nerve fled and he became confused.
Although it was reported that he had
drunk champagne on "Wednesday nighit
and made merry with four Americans
in the second cabin of the steamer.
Charlton 'was nervous when he walked
ashore yesterday with his hand baggage.
It was his nervousness and his pallor
and general resemblance to the descrip- •
tion his captors had of •him that led to
his arrest.
In a Hurry at the Pier.
Charlton was in a hurry to get a,wa>
from the pier. He had only hand bag
gage, and took it promptly to the sco
tion marked "C." Adhering to the gen
eral custom of criminals to keep some
remnant of their identity in their alias.
Charlton travelled under the name of
"Jack" Coleman.
As the file of passengers came down th*
gangplank Captain Scott saw a youn*
man who fitted Charlton's description.
He watched him several minutes and '
then approached him while a custom*
inspector was examining his baggage.
Looking the youth squarely in the eye.
he said: "Are not you Porter charl
ton?"
With no apparent concern Charlton
said he was not, volunteering the in
formation that he was "Jack" Coleman.
of Omaha. Here again Charlton clunjr
to a remnant of his identity by giving
Omaha as his address, for he was bom
there twenty-one years ago. That bit
of information gave assurance to Cap
tain Scott, and he asked Charlton if ha
had any cards or other moans of prov
ing he was "Jack" Coleman, of Omaha.
V.'tth an air of assumed Indifference
Charlton said he had no cards and then
gave his attention again to hla baggage.
Not once, though, did Charlton have tho
presence of mind to ask Captain Scott
the occasion for his questions.
By this time the four detectives^ —
rick. Weinthal and.Fallon. of Hobokea.
and Ross, of New York Headquarters
went up to the young man. and their
presence annoyed him. Captain Scott
thought there might be something in
Charlton's baggage that would clinch an
identification and a search was made-
Some laundry was found there bearing
a tag on which was written "P. Char'
ton," but this did not disturb the youth.
He simply repeated his statement. "Sly
name is -Mack" Colt-man, of Omaha."
SUMMER SCHEDULE TO LONG BRANCH
AND ASBURY PARK.
Pennsylvania . Railroad, effective Sunday.
June 26.— Frequent .fast* express trains.— •
AUvt.