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ARMY QUICKLY SCORES:
Cadets and Middies in Their
Yearly Foot Ball Contest.
1ANNAP0LIS THE FAVORITE;
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Talk of Ill-Feeling Between the
Academies.
THOUSANDS CBOWD INCLOSUBE
Philadelphians Wrought Up Over
the Event?City Full of Visitors
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From Far and Near.
J-'RASKLIX FIE1.D, Philadelphia. >?frmbrr
28.?Within a few ralnatea after
the Anny-Xavy foot ball game began !
thin afternoon Army scored a touch- i
dona and Immediately- kicked goal. ,
Score: Army. 6; Navy, O.
The Navy won the toss and derided to
defend the west goal. At 2:05 the Army
kicked off to the Navy's thirty-five-yard
Jine.
Klchartlson returned the ball on a punt
to the Army thirty-five-yard line. On a
lino plunge the Army gained thirty-live
yards. Greble then punted for the Army,
and the ball was caught by Chamberlain
on the Navy's thirty-five-yard line. At
once the runner was away for the goal,
with no one in front of him. Tt looked
like a score.
Meyer of the Navy was after him like a
hound and downed him on the Navy's
two-yard line. Deane tried a plunge
hhrougli Northcroft's position, but tailed
to gain.
On the next line-up, however, Deane
went over Meyer and slammed it over the
line for a touchdown. The first score was
made five minutes after the opening of
play. Score: Army, 5: Navy, 0.
Deane was elected to kick the goal, and
the ball sailed squarely between the Navy
goal posts. Score: Army. 6; Navy, 0.
bpeelaJ Dispatch to The Star.
PH tLADKIjPJUA, November 28.?Foot
*>all fever is on this town, which finds itself
uncomfortably crowded by visitors
who have come from far and near to see
the Army and Navy game at Franklin
Field this afternoon. This Is the one event
of the kind In which all Philadelphians
take a genuine Interest. The great college
contests cause n6 more than a barely
perceptible ripple on the surface of the |
city's life, but today everybody talked
about the game and everybody wanted to
see It. There were a good many who had
derided not to mingle with the crowd,
but who, as the hour for the game' drew
i>?ar, were conscious of a desire to see the
end of the day's fun and then found
themselves seeking madly for at least one
ticket. To their surprise and disappointment
they found that although there
were plenty ready and willing to buy tickets.
there were scarcely any to be had,
certainly not enough to supply the eleventh-hour
demand. The University of
Pennsylvania announced two days ago
that its share of tickets for the game
had all been snapped up at each.
Home of these fell into the hands of
srerulators and their value immediately
went up hand over hand, like a sailor up
a rope, until $lu, Sl."> and In a few cases
where the wouid-be purchasers were
too apparent in their eagerness, was askei\
bv the snpriilatnrs A? ?** v.~ ?
- ivi wat'5,
these were all gone a week ago. for most
of tnern went to the real big guns of the
service and 10 government officials of
the civil branch ami those that remained,
seventeen in all, were purchased by a
specula.or at one swoop. The buyer paid
tor each box and since then they
have "brought anywhere to $175 and $2^o,
without more than a little conventional
object-on on the part of the seeker for
a point of vantage.
The city showed its interest, too, in thegame
in visible signs. Where only a few
college flags flew Thursday when Penn*\1vani&
and Cornell held their annual
gridiron clash, there were scores of pennants,
blue and gold for the Navy, and
black, gray and gold for the Army, and
the shop windows, too, all showed the effect
of the ariival of Ph.ladelphta's most
Important ath.etlc event, timail figures
of foot ball players wearing bits of colored
ribbon u> indicate which side they
represented, stood In the full glare of the
window lights last night and touched
bands, as though to assure the passing
crowd that the best of feel ng prevailed
between the teams, despite the fierce
battle that was to be waged this afternoon.
Rumors of Bitter Feeling.
Hut whisper?it is rumored, and on good !
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cainc to Philadelphia today harboring far
from brotherly or even cousinly feelings
lor each other. To put St In the words
of a plain-spoken man behind a eigar
counter. "The Army sure is sore on the
Navy ttds year. and. mark my words,
you'll see a foot ball game that will be a
game from start to finish."
As a prediction of an afternoon's ex- j
ee|ion* sport these words were not to he i
regretted, but if it is true that the cadets j
have a grievance against toe middies that '
i. a sad stab- of affairs. It is said that j
this til feeling between the tWO divisions
of I'nole Sam's nephews is deeper seated i
than the mere wish to gain foot bull !
laurels. The complaint seems to be with
the West Pointers, for they claim that x
the Navy has been discourteous to thern. i
I.leut. Commander X. P. Irwin, secretary j
of the Annapolis Athletic Association, is
alleged to have t?ecn unfair in his treat- j
rent of the soldier boys, whereas, it is !
asserted, the Array has done all in its !
power to show courtesies to the middies,
and one-sided politeness gets a bit wearing
after a time.
It is rumored further that tin* heat
in the cadets' ranks is of such a torrid
varieiv that the army people intend to
t call for official attention after today's
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IS COHTENTTO DRIFT
C. P. Taft Refuses to Announce
Senatorial Candidacy.
AWAITS TRAIL OF EVENTS
Arthur Vorys Also Maintains
Reticence.
UTTAUER SAYS ROOT'LL WIN
Intimates That Woodruff Will Withdraw
From the Albany Contest.
May Go to London.
i That buzzing sound around the White
House today -was an attempt of newspai
per men to get C. P. Taft of Cincinnati
to declare himself on the senatorship.
That light noise, almost no noise at all.
was the effort of Arthur 1. V'orvs to avoid
saying anything as to the senatorship.
All that Mr. Taft said was "What's the
use? Just let things drift." although
when some friend expressed the wish to
see him in Washington pretty often after
Mare.h 4 he remarked; "If I get votes
enough I will be here." This was considered
significant as betokening the intention
of Mr. Taft to enter the race.
Later, however, he declared that he did
oot care to make any statement or commit
himself, adding that drifting was the
best thing at this time.
Mr. Taft is among a large parly of
friends and admirers of Frank H. Hitchcock.
who have come to Washington to
attend the dinner to be given tonight to
the chairman of the republican national
committee by his associates in the New
York and Chicago headquarters. He
called on the President to pay his respects
and to have a brief chat. Arthur Vorys
is another man here on the same mission.
He, too, called on the President, but
carefully avoided anything as to the senatorship.
He had made no statement so
far, he said, and would not do so at this
time. He is in agreement with Mr. Taft
as to the wisdom of just letting things
drift.
The best informed opinion among Ohio
people is that Mr. Taft will be a candidate
for Senator, in spite of suggestions
that he inav hurt the future of his
brother if lie succeeds in his desires. All
his Intimations point to candidacy for
the senatorship, but he stops short of
actual announcement to that effect.
Mr. Vorys himself has been talked of
as a candidate for senator and lias been
slated for all sorts of offices under the
Taft administration, from cabinet officer
down.
Other Guests at the Dinner.
A number of -other men who trTTl be at
the Hitchcock dinner tonight were received
by the President during t'ne day.
Aiuuiig uiese were wiiuam 11. jtieywara.
secretary of the republican national committee;
Victor Mason, assistant secretary
of the committee; Victor Rosewaler of
Omaha, director of the speakers' bureau
at Chicago; Fred 1'. Upham. assistant
treasurer at Chicago; David Owen, postmaster
of Milwaukee, assistant sergeant at-arms
at Chicago; L. J. Behan of the
Chicago office, and Charles F. Brooker,
republican national committeeman from
Connecticut, a member of the advisory
committee of the national committee. The
President greeted them all cordially.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, a
member of the advisory committee, and
who will also attend the dinner, had a
talk with the President. He said he came
not only to attend the dinner, but to attend
the meetings' of thr Joint postal commission,
of which he is a member.
Predicts Root's Election.
"The senatorehip from New York is
settled." said ex-Representative Ihttauer
of New York, after a conference with
President Roosevelt today. "Secretary
Root will be elected, probably without
any opposition. "Yes. I know that Timothy
Woodruff lias done a good deal for
his party in New York and deserves recognition.
but he will not be recognized
witli a seat in the senate. He will be
rewarded in some other way."'
Mr. Littauer's intimation that Mr.
Woodruff will probably withdraw from the
senatorial fight arid leave the tield to Secretary
Root is not the first to come from
New York republican leaders who have
been in Washington and Hot Springs.
From the latter place comes a report
that Mr. Woodruff will probably issue a
statement in a short time gracefully retiring
from the field.
He has been hobnobbing with Mr. Taft
and with Herbert Parsons, one of the
chief Root supporters. Mr. Taft will
not interfere in the New York senatorship
light, but nothing would please him
more than to see his former cabinet colleague
seated in the Senate. He would
be assured of one strong friend and supporter
in that body.
There is a growing impression here ihat
Timothy Woodruff win be made ambassador
to the court of St. James in
place of Whitelaw Reid, who lias no desire
to remain there longer. Woodruff",
it is declared, is young enough to wait
some years to lumn Ms political ambitions.
To Take Charge in December.
George S. Terry, recently named as assistant
treasurer of the I'tiiteil States at
New York, who will be present at the
dinner by reason of his association with
New York headquarters of the national
committee, shook hands with the President.
Mr. Terry said he would not take
charge of the New York suhtreasury until
some time in December. The complication
of making bonds and having two
counts if he went in now and qualified
after confirmation make il advisable to
wait until he ?had been continued by the
Senate before he gave bond and took the
oath.
Fowler Will Star.d Pat.
Representative Fowler of New Jersey
has nothing to add to his original announcement
tiiat lie is ii candidate for
Speaker of the House. He was with
President Roosevelt today for a* few minutes
and as he went out of the xecutivc
offices was asked what he had to say as i
to the speakership "I stated my position i
in my announcement." he remarked. !
"and have nothing in mind now to add
to that"
"What about Representative Gardner's
position as to a committee to control the
rules of the House?"
"My original statement covered that, as
you will remember. I then favored a !
committee of seven, elected by the . ?ouse j
and tesponslble to that bod.'."
Representative Fitzgerald, democrat, of j
Brooklyn, who visited the President, said !
that the talk of ousting t'annon, changing
the rules, etc.. was all noise. "It re- |
minds me of the celebrated irog story,"'
he said. "A man engaged to furnish h
hotel five hundred pairs of frog legs from
several ponds near his house. One day
he walked in with a dozen pairs. The
manager of the hotel wanted to know
about the others. 'Couldn't get any
more?' he said. 'Those Warned frogs made
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so much r.oise I thought there were thousands
of them."
"That's the way with the republicans.
There will be no reform in House rules
until the democrats control the House."
To 1 Ire Wifh "V TWT ft A Wnrlrorc
AMAna WW *V*A A "
President Roosevelt. itaJked (earnestly
today with Dr. J. E. Mooreland. international
secretary of the Colored Y. M. C.
A.; L. H. Johnston, secretary of the
Washington branch of the organization,
and Ralph Tyler, the colored auditor of
the Navy Department. The President
highly complimented his colored visitor*
on the splendid showing they have made
in connection with their Washington Y.
M. C. A. work and elsewhere. The President
declared that the moral uplift of
the negro through Y. M. C. A. and other
similar work would eventually prove the
solution of the negro problem, and he did
not know any greater factor in that work
than the Colored Y. M. C. A.
He especially recommended to Secretary
Johnston the cultivation of athletic exercises
in the Washington institution, saying
that pleasure and crime are not synonymous
things and that boys engaged in
athletic sport were not likely to be getting
into mischief or trouble.
Oulahan Not Hunting Office.
Richard V. Oulahan. the Washington!
newspaper man who was in charge of the j
literary work of the republican national \
committee in the last campaign, is not to ;
be assistant secretary of the navy or hold >
any other office now talked of, despite the
fine work he did in the campaign. Mr.
Oulahan is not a candidate for office, does
not want an office and would not have
one. He is?contented with his position as
head of the New York Sun bureau, is fond
of ids work, is not dissatisfied with his
salary and has no hankering for the po- ;
litical field.
REPEATS HIS' DECLARATION;
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GOMPERS SAYS HE WILL NOT
PAY FINE IF CONVICTED.
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Returning to Washington to Await j
the Decision in the Bucks
Injunction Case.
Special I>ispat<-li to The Star.
CHICAGO. November 2*.?Samuel Gompers.
president of the American federation
of Labor, reiterated n it it additional
emphasis today his Denver declaration
tliat he will not pay a fine or allow any
union organization to pay the tine for
hiin if he is found guilty ol violating the
Injunction restraining him from publishing
in the federation's "unfair" list the
name of the Bucks Stove and Range Company.
Mr. Gompers arrived in Chicago from
Denver, where he attended tiie twentyninth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor and was unanimously
re-elected.
"I am gTeatiy hi need of a rest, but I
shall go to Washington to await the decision
in the injunction case." said President
Gompers. "In the event of an adverse
decision I will not pay a tine and
I will not permit any union to pay the
tine for nie."
"That's tantamount to saying you will
play the martyr role and go to Jail?" it.
was suggested.
"Von may put that construction on it.
However. 1 repeat I shall oav no fine."
President (jumpers was asked if lie had
anything further l?? say regarding President
Roosevelt's failure to invite him to
th? labor dinner at the White House.
"I do not care to discuss the subject of
whom the President shall invite to dinner,"
answered lie. "If Mr. Roosevelt
does not think I represent labor?well,
that is Iks affair and it becomes purely a
difference of conception, that's all. Evidently
the men of labor think 1 do represent
tlteni. There has been no change of
attitude on my part."
GUILTY ON ALL SIX COUNTS.
Negro Who Stole $50,000 From Mail
Pouch Is Convicted.
KANSAS CITY, November 27.--Charles
Stevens, the negro who stole $aO,?lU0 from
a registered mail pouch her*' several
months ago, was found guilty in the federal
court today on all six counts. The
maximum penalty is tlilrty-Hve years in
the penitentiary. He will be sentenced
later.
The stolen pouch contained money going
to New York city front a I?s Ang< 1 -s
bank. The pouch was recovered, out
none of the money was ever found. Siever.s
is thought to have buried the treasure.
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PRESIDENT S ?SPECIAL ORDER *
AFFECTS NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Touches All Clerks and Officials and \
Postmasters Except Fourth-Class,
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Piesidem Roosevelt has issued a special f
order affecting all the notaries public in A
the employ of the government. It touches
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all clerks and officials who are notaries j.
and all postmasters except fourth-class c
postmasters and rural free delivery car- 1
rlers who happen to be notaries. It will n
cut these officials off from notarial fees }
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that have heretofore been earned In office
hours. The order is as follows: d
"It is hereby ordered that hereafter no ?
officer, clerk or employe in the executive j
service of the government 'except post- d
masters at offices of the fourth class and h
rural carriers*, who is also a notary pub- 1
lie. shall charge or receive any compen- *
sation whatever for performing any notarial
act for an officer, clerk or employe a
of the government in his official capacity.
or for any person when in the case of
such person the act is performed during n
tlie hours of such notary's service to the
government. Disobedience of this order .
shall be ground for immediate dismissal |
from the service. I
"This order shall not apply to oaths of
disinterestedness or other oaths required
to be made by law, provided that the
work in connection therewith is not per- ^
formed during office hours.
"For the purposes of this order the expression
"office hours' shall be construed
to include, the half hour allowed each
working day lor luncheon." I
DOWNPOUR SPOILS RECEPTION.
Elaborate Program for Fleet at
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manna upset oy xvam.
MANILA, November 28. ? A heavy down- r
pour of l-aln continued here all day, sen- ^
ously interfering with "the program of
the reception to the men of the Atlantic ^
lleet. A brave attempt was made to carry
out the elaborate program of the military ! (.
hippodrome which was the feature of , .,
the day's entertainment, but tue partleipunts
in tlie various events were drench- n
ed and the grounds converted into a veri- t,
table morass, rendering it impossible to v
continue.
The sailors are evidently glad of the op- c
portunity to stretch their legs ashore r
after the long confinement aboard ship,
ami despite the storm hundreds of blue- r
jackets plodded through the sodden and e
rain-swept streets of tlve city all after- r
noon bent on seeing the sights or' the ?
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town. ~ y
SCHOONER ON THE SHOALS. tj
Crew of Maine Vessel Rescued by
Life Savers Off Chatham. i t!
CHATHAM, Mass.. November 28.?in
attempting to round Monomoy point to- ^
day the two-masted schooner ?'3oreuce fj
A. of Rockland, lumber laden from ^
Uaitanr ' a V '?\i' RpH frtrf! Wflc ilrlfon nru-tn
the west side of the Handkerchief shoal ! tl
by ths wind and tide, wnere she pounded
until her seams opened and she tilled with ^
water. Her crew of tivo men were *y
brought ashore by life savers from Mono- v
moy point. . (]
The Florence A. was built in Cherry- p
tieid. Me., in lb'.H). and was 120 tons net. c
TO GET EVEN WITH TEACHER, e
School Boy Fires a Number of Buildings
at Baker City, Ore.
BAKKR CITY, Ore., November 2b.? t
A series of disastrous fires during the X
past few months which resulted in $4u,- tl
uoo loss has been traced to a fifteen-year- v
old boy?tJolden Ormond-who has been ^
arrested and has. It is alleged, confessed ft
his crimes to Plnkerton detectives. Ap- li
parently the boy could not stand being ^
disciplined by his school teacher and tj
swore to "get even." One night the it
school building was burned and later other tl
fire.-* followed. p;
During this period of fires citizens be- si
came so infuriated that posses were or- n
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tlv Granted tu llis People.
a.nized to patrol the streets: Mayor Johns
;sued an official statement advising them
i kill on sight any one caught in the act
f Incendiarism. The greatest single 103s
as the destruction of the North Baker
ligh School, recently built and equipped
t a cost of $25.WO.
rt rrnftd anrrmtair am a ttwtt-d *at
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William S. Brasch Fays Penalty for
Murder of His Wife.
AUBURN, X. Y? November 28.?Wilain
Robert Brasch, the Rochester wffe
lurderer. !n whose case Gov. Hughes reused
to interfere, was electrocuted ih
luburn prison early today.
The crime for which Brasch was exeuted
was for the murder of his wire,
Inxanna, whom he pushed Into the Erie
anal at Rochester on tlie night of June
5, 1006. He killed her that he might
tarry May Gilmore of Defiance, Ohio,
le was arrested in Cleveland five days
iter and taken to Roehester.
December 26. 1906. he was sentenced to
ic in the electric chair during the week
f February 10, 1907. On appeal the coniction
was affirmed October 8. 19?>S. and
he week of November 2-i fixed for the
eatli sentence. Warden Benham issued
avitations for Monday, but the execuion
was postponed to hear from a special
ommission named by the governor to inulra
into Brasen s mental condition.
The commission saw Brasch Saturday
nd Sunday and then reported to the govrnor
that the man was sane. Tuesday
he governor denied the application for
stay and the execution was set for this
no ruing.
IAITI WANTS WAR MATERIAL
IBDEBS SENT HEBE FOB 5,000
SPBINGFIELD BIFLES.
Inited States Befuses to Becognile
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x-aper xuocitaae 01 mitien
Ports.
President Nord Alexis of the Haitian
epublic is evidently determined to crush
ien. Simon and his insurgent forces in
outhern Haiti as speedily as possible.
It-. Leger. the Haitian minister, has reeled
telegraphic instructions to purhase
at once .">,000 Springfield rifles and
,000,000 rounds of ammunition, and has
pcned negotiations -with several domestic
lanur'acturers. There is no legal objecion
to such transaction, as it does not inolve
a breacli of neutrality laws.
The Haitian government agrees to re- |
elve and protect the arms upon their nrival
in Haitian waters. In case the
orces of Gen. Simon should capture the
ifles and cartridges, the Haitian govrninent
wou'd have no redress, as in
evolutionary movements, as in warfare,
rms shipped to one of the forces are always
subject to seizure by the other side.
So far no report has been received at
he Navy Department from t'apt. Hood,
urnmanding the T.S.S. Tacoma. which
fas ordered to Aux Oaves to investigate
he situation. j
Mr. Furniss. L'nited States minister at j
'ort au Prince, lias been Instructed that
he Tinted States does not recognize the
paper" blockade of the Haitian ports of
iquin and Jeremie. The minister had
leviuue y Miiormeu me uopariment mat
ho Haitian authorities had notified the
jcal steamship agents that merchandise i
or them must be landed at the capital,
icquiesence in that, the minister said,
rould seriously affect American firms j
rhich have sold to houses shipping ;
lirough Aquiu and Jeremie, the greater i
art of the merchandise for those ports ;
oming from the I'tilted States. At nei.u- '
r place. Mr. Furniss says, has the gov- j
rnment force to maintain a blockade.
Our Ships Sent to Chinese River.
Directions have been cabled Admiral
larber, commanding the Pacific fleet at
fanlla. to send two of his vessels to
lie Yangste river country. China, the
essels previously there having gone to
lanila with the remainder of the Pacific
eet for target practice. This step is
iken as a matter of precaution. It being
eemed wise to have adequate naval reppsentation
in the event of any seriousi
-ouble in which' T'nlted States interests
fight be jeopardized or the safety of
ie missionaries imperiled. The Navy Deartment
always maintains one or more
mall vessels In the Yangste. wiiich ?s
aviguble for a great distance.
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AUSTRIAN TROOPS RUN
Panic Reported Over Enemy's
Supposed Advance.
WHOLE GARRISON FLEES
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Routed by Rumor.
OFFICERS LOSE THEIR HEADS
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Two Generals Commanding at Avtovac
and Gazko Reported Summariiy
Dismissed.
BELGRADE, November 28?The Servian
official news agency lias circulated
! an extraordinary story from Cettinje.
J Montenegro, setting forth the alleged
panic and flight of a body of Austrian
troops that was stationed near the Montenegrin
frontier. According to this rc,
cital, which perhaps accounts for the condition
of panic, observed yesterday on the
! bourses of Vienna and Budapest, the re:
port was suddenly spread among the Ausj
trian forces at Avtovae and Gazko, in
Herzegovina, to the effort that, the Aus'
trian posts on the Montenegrin frontier
1 had been attacked and routed. The Aus!
trian garrisons a# Avtovae and Gazko. totaling
some 22.000 men, were at once
thrown into a state of panic. The officers
and men lost their heads and fled in
terror in the direction of Nevesing. abandoning
their artillery, ammunition and
provisions.
The following day, according to the
news agency, the falsity of the reported
, attack and rout on the frontier was
shown, the panic was allayed, and the
troops returned to their posts. It is auded
that the two generals in command of
uie iroops at AViovao ana tiazso nave
been summarily retired.
Says England Will Help Turkey.
BUDAPEST, November 28.?Xazim B y,
the representative In Paris of the Young
Turk committee, lias given an interview
to the Pester Lloyd in wiiieh he says:
"We are not afraid that Austria-Hungary
will declare war on Turkey. We
are prepared for war, and moreover we
have obtained from Great Britain an
official guarantee against any external
danger."
LONDON. November 28.?Official circles
here are at a loss to understand on
what Xazim Bey, the Paris representative
of.the Young Turks, could base such
a statement as he is alleged to have made
In a Budapest newspaper. No such
guarantee has been given, and it is surmised
that this is merely the expression
of the optimistic impression created on an
eastern imagination by the presence of
the British fleet in the Aegean sea. It
is suggested also that It may be a perversion
of what Nazim Bey really said,
published to support the anti-British
campaign in Austria, which seeks to
show that Great Britain is trying to influence
Turkey to resist a settlement
with Austria-Hungary.
Ambassador's Recall Doubted.
BERLIN, November 28.?The dispatches
declaring that Count Palavioinl. the
Austro-Hungariun ambassador at Constantinople,
was about to be recalled, do
not find credence in authoritative quarters
here. It is considered possible, however,
that the count will proceed shortly to
Vienna to report verbally to his government
on the situation in Turkey and to
discuss the boycott on Austrian goods.
Some- of the reports on the matter of
this boycott are considered greatly exaggerated.
and, in spite of statements to the
contrary, the movement has not iieen ex
tended to German articles, except in an
insignificant instance, which was a result
of confusing the nationality of local
dealers.
FLOOD RAVAGES IN COSTA RICA
Enormous Damages Follow Steady
.Downpour for Thirty Days.
SAN FRANCISCO. November 3h.?According
to C. C. Smith, a mining engineer,
who returned yesterday from Soutn
i America, floods of a terrific nature have
' done great damage in the interior ot
Costa Rica, compelling many mines to
suspend operations. Smith tells of a
storm, during which tdie rain poured
down continuously for thirty days, washing
out railroads and completely altering
the appearance of the country. Thousands
of native houses were destroyed
and many natives killed.
The house, in which Smith was living
with several other men. was washed into
the river before t>hey could escape, and
they were close to drowning. Finally
I they landed on an island, where thev
were held by the stream for many days,
living on corn.
Smith is a graduate of the Nevada L'niversity,
a giant in stature and was a
| noted foot ball player while in college.
BANK OFFICIALS CONVICTED.
Long Terms in Prospect for Three
Farmers and Merchants' Defendants.
PITTSBl'RG, November IS.?A verdict
of guilty as indicted was returned by the
jury' in the T'nited States court today in
the case of C. E. Muliin, cashier; R. K.
Hissen, president, of toe defunct Farmers
and Merchants* Nati .nal Hank of Mount
Pleasant, Pa., and E. H. Steinman, former
president of the Acme Lumber Company.
The jury retired late yesterday afternoon
and reached an agreement at !>
o'clock last night. The verdie? was sealed
and read when court opened today. The
Indictment charged Cashier Muliin with
misapplying funds of th bank arid President
Steinman with aiding and abetting
him.
The shortage, it is said, amounted to
$14o,000. There were nineteen counts in
the indictm?rit. and on ach count the
three defendants are liabie to form nve
to ten years in the penitentiary. A motion
for a new trial will be made.
Cause of Riots at Hongkong.
VICTORIA. B. C.? November 38.?Advices
were received by tlie steamer Eni
press or Japan last nignt tnat tne recent
anti-boycott riots at Hongkong; were incited
because of insulting cartoons on
Japanese lanterns before Japanese stores
announcing the end of the boycott. Steamers
were returning to Japan bringing
Japanese goods, which were refused by
the consignees on account of the rioting
at Hongkong.
BUILDING METHODS
UNDER SHARP FIRE
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Ashford's Ignorance of Details
of Office Develops.
CRITICISM BY JURYMEN
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JSomerville Repudiates Signature to
Report on Structure.
! CURTIS ALSO IS WITNESS
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Suggests That Papers Were Tarnpered
With After Accident?Ashford
Explains Isham's Dismissal.
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Three separate versions of what "All
light, go ahead." means in regard to put*
ting up a building.
The charge that some one forged "O. K..
Sotnerville," to an Inspector's report on
a building on which no permit had been
granted.
Admitted snirpri.se by a juryman at what
seemed evident looseness in the building
inspector's office.
, Test of the tensile strength of the
wrecked material is going on today, and
there was 110 such test before the accident.
Denial that Isham, the discharged inspector.
had any right to inspect the steel,
and subsequent evidence that his inspection
was expected.
The statement that Inspector Somervllle
ha*d expected to inspect all the steel members
in batches and afterward insjiected
just one piece.
The charge that Building Inspector
Asltford knew the collapsed building was
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; going up.
The charge thai Computer Somerville
asked Isham to stand in with him.
These points might be called the chief
evidence brought out by Coroner Nevitt
and his jury in the inquest over the body
I of Raymond Hibbs. who met his death
in the wreck of the iron structure at
North Capitol and M streets Monday.
Methods Under Scrutiny.
! All of today the examination has ap>
pea red more to be an examination into
i the methods of the office of the building
inspector. And, yesterday afternoon,
startling charges were made against both
- Ashford. the building inspector, and C.
W. Somerville, the computer of the office.
That Ashford was well aware of th?
erection of the steel work was charged
by a former field inspector, W. S. Isham.
, who was discharged after the accident.
Isham's testimony bristled with condemnation
of the department. He declared a
man had to become a liar to stay in It.
He declared that he made reports to his
superiors concerning the weakness of the
building. Reports' bearing his signature
were introduced to the jury.
One of tiiese lias indorsed on it that the
structure "leaned to the north." Another
one was marked "No permit. O. K. Somerville."
Altogether the discussion of
tiiese reports has brought into the record
a mass of contradictory testimony.
Ashford Denies Knowledge.
Ashford never saw any of the reports
before yesterday. Only a moment previous
to his saying so he said he knew
nothing of any building or any inspection
going on in the premises in question.
It was shown that if his statement is
correct, reports of a building were Iteiug
sent in and reaching high officials in ids
office and lie knew nothing about tne
building.
Maj. Curtis, one of Mr. Ashford's lieu
I tenants, testified today that the reports
had been tampered with, and that some
of the indorsements were placed thereon
after the accident. He was positive on
tiiis point.
Today Mr. Somerville stated thai he expected
to inspect all the steel to be used
in the fated building. He said that while
it was being taken down from the Penn(
sylvania train sheds he determined to
have the girders inspected in batches of
six.
I Inspected One Piece Onjy.
Later on he told the Jury that it was
not up to him to inspect it, but he had
inspected one piece. Then he was asked
why he let the work go on when he had
; not inspected the steel. He saTd lie
thought Isham was to Inspect it.
Yesterday it was stated that Isham
had no right to ins{>eet the steej, ami
it I.as been understood that Isliam was
discharged because lie exceeded his authority.
All he did was to inspect the
steel and. according to his own statement.
report 011 it.
The building regulations of the District
require that steel with a certain tensile
strength be used. Mr. Somerville Is having
a piece iioin the wreckage tested at
the bureau of standards. There was no
lest of tiiat particular kind liefore the
accident.
Mr. Somerville stated that no test to
determine whetlier or not the steel had
that tensile strength was ever made before
building.
Curtis Is First Witness.
The first witness called today was M*J.
Curtis, to whom Ishani made written reports
on the progress of the wrecked
building.
! lie testified Phut Isham's duties; were
i cottoned to inspecting the concrete on the
j building. He had to admit that in the
j reports made by Isham was evidence that
J steel was being put up. Maj. Curtis said
I he did not know at the time that Isham
iwas deta:!ed only to the concrete work.
He read one report, of November lk.
the gi^t of which was that concrete work
| was going on and ten columns had been
. put up. The report was marked "O. Iv..
j Somerville." added after the catastrophe,
; according to the major.
"I do not think he exceeded his author,
ity when he reported things were not a'l
right. It was his duty," he said, in regard
to Iahain.
Evidence showed that the routine of the
| building inspector's office had been folj
lowed by Maj. Curtis. He said it was not
Ids duty to inquire further after Inspector
Isham's reports.
Witness and Jury Tilt.
There ensued a lively little tilt between
Maj. Curtis and Juryman Sandford over
the report on which was indorsed the lh1
formation that the structure was leaning
to tihe north. The date of the report
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