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WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 25, .1909?EIGHTEEN PAGES.
TWO- CENTS.
TflFT REVOKES ORDER
Roosevelt's Council of Fine
Arts Abolished.
CAUSED ROW IN CONRESS
President Evidently Not in Accord
With His Predecessor.
"
COUNTRY COMMISSION NEXT
Believed Mr. Taft Intends to Comply
Strictly With Provisions of the
Sundry Civil Act.
President Taft has revoked one of the
most celebrated executive orders of his
predecessor. This is the order creating
the council of fine arts, requiring all
plans for government buildings to be
submitted to the council and practically
taVing out of the hands of Congress the
power to name sites for public buildings.
It was principally this order that aroused
'"ongress to the passage of the provision
In the sundry civil act, reluctantly signed
by President Roosevelt, who appended
to his signature a memorandum declar
ing his belief that the provision was
null and void and would not be binding
upon any President.
The provision to which Mr. Roosevelt
referred was section 9 of the sundry civil
not. It declared that hereafter no part of
any public moneys, or any appropriation
made by Congress, shall be used in the
payment of compensation or expenses of
any commission, council, board or similar
body unless such body shall have been
authorized by the legislative body of the
land. The provision was a blow at half a
dozen bodies named by President Roose
velt, including the fine arts council, the
country life commission and others.
President Roosevelt In his memorandum
said that If he felt section 9 would be
operative he would veto the bill, "but I
have concluded that this section is not
operative tor the extent that Its framers
evidently hoped, and that the mischief it
will cause, though appreciable, can be
sufficiently remedied by the action of the
executive to wan-ant my permitting the
bill to become law."
Mr. Roosevelt went on to say that the
chief executive could "continue to ap
point these commissions and can make
exactly the use of them that I have in
the past, although, owing to the Congress,
s greater burden will be put upon them."
Put Out of Business.
President Taft is evidently not in ac
cord with former President Roosevelt,
and intends to comply with the provisions
of section 9, at least as to the bodies he
thinks were appointed without authority
of law. His executive order puts the
council of fine arts, composed of leading
architects of the country, out of business,
and be will doubtless take the same
action as to the country life commission.
As to tbe conservation commission, the
work of which was indorsed by the re
publican national convention, President
Taft wlU encourage its continuation, but
not at government cost. The members of
that commission never receive pay for
their services, but a number of govern
ment clerks were detailed to the work and
these were prohibited from doing more.
President Taft has also issued an ex
ecutive order as to national holidays tail
ing on Sundays. His order authorizes the
closing of government departments,
offices, bureaus and other establishments
on the Mondays succeeding the Sundays
which are national holidays. This custom
has heretofore been generally observed,
but in some Instances has not been uni
form. The order will have the effect of
making the observance general. Memo
rial day will fall on Sunday this year, but
on the day following the departments will
be closed.
Br. Bourne's Change of Mind.
Senator Bourne of Oregon was one of
the visitors In the executive offices to
day. Tie is often with the President.
Just a year ago the ardent Oregonian
was leading the attacks upon President
Taft and was proclaiming in all direc
tions the impossibility of the election of
the Ohio man, declaring that the only
thing that could save the republican
party from disaster was the nomination
of President Rooeevelt for a third term.
But. like a good republican, he did not
sulk long after the nomination, lie
found that Mr. Taft was a mighty good
man, a mighty strong one, and. after
going to Hot Springs and playing golf
with the republican candidate, ever;H|
where proclaimed his certain election.
Having predicted that much he Is now
willing to predict a great future for Mr.
Taft and to foresee his retention in office
for many years.
Senator Ix>dge, Senator Daniel and Wil
liam Ix>eb. Jr., former secretary to Presi
dent Roosevelt, were White House visit
ors. Mr. Loeb's visit was brief, hut he
talked over some New York matters with
the President, including the intention of
the Treasury to reorganize the customs
Inspection service in New York.
DEADLOCK IS UNBROKEN.
Lorimer Receives Only One Vote in
Illinois Legislature.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May ??.?When
the roll call on the ninety-fourth joint
ballot for United States senator began to
day the galleries and the space back of
tiie rails around the hall of representa
tives w?*re crowded, expectation being
that the long deadlock was about to be
broken.
The ballot resulted in no choice, the
\ ote for the leading candidates being: i
Former Senator Hopkins, HN; Speaker
Siinrtleff, 19; Stringer, 40.
Representative Ix>rimer received one
vote. The joint session arose at the con
clusion ot" tiie ballot.
VESSEL IN DISTRESS.
Telephone Message Received at Port
Townsend From Port Angeles.
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. May z',.
A telephone message from Port Angeles
reports that an unknown vessel, thought
to be a steamer, was sighted late last
night between five and eight miles off
Kdiz Hook, evidently in distress. A half
dozen rockets were llred and the report of
h cannon was heard. The only steamer
reported as having passed the government
station at Tatoosh Island was the Brit
ish steamer Wellington, which entered
the strait at 7 p.m. The tug Wanderer
is coming up the strait and it Is believed
that she will In a position to render
??<'! if it is needed.
Not a Wheel Turning on Geor
gia Railroad and Branches.
MANY TOWNS IN STRAITS
Complaints in Affected District of
Shortage of Provisions.
ICE WAGONS COVER 25 MILES
Automobiles Carry Mails and Staples.
Trains With Negro Firemen
Barred at Many Stations.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 25.?With delivery
of some necessities of life stopped In sev
eral small Georgia towns, the Georgia
railroad firemen's strike to enforce the
supremacy of white men over negToes is
in Its ninth day.
Not a wheel Is moving on the entire
main line between here and Augusta, nor
on any of the road's branch lines.
No definite hope of improvement is
held out before the arrival here of Com- j
missloner of Labor Charles P. Neill. Gen
eral Manager Scott of the railroad and
Vice President Ball of the firemen's or
ganization. leader of the strike, are both
here awaiting Mr. Neill.
Gov. Smith meanwhile has not aban
doned his efforts to bring about arbitra
tion.
The'complete tie-up of the railroad has
one unusual aspect. Several communities
through which the road passes have made
It known that trains will not be allowed
to pass carrying negro firemen or strike
breaking firemen. So positive have been
these announcements that the outcome of
attempting to force trains to run is a
matter of some anxiety.
Ice Carried Twenty-Five Miles.
Shortage of ice is one of the inconven
iences imposed by the strike. "W agons
left Atlanta today, some carrying ice
fully twenty-five miles.
Lithonla, Stone Mountain, Scottdale and
Decatur all sent to Atlanta for ice. An
automobile newspaper delivery out of At
lanta has been established for more than
forty miles along the railroad line.
. Towns most seriously affected by the
tie-up, in addition to these, are Con
yers, Ilmond, Covington, Hazlebrand, Al
covin. Social Circle, Rutledge, Dorsey,
Madison, Buckhead, Blue Springs, Carey,
Union Point, Greensboro, Washington,
Lexington and more than a score of
smaller places.
Vice President Ball of the firemen said
today that there is no immediate pros
pect of the strike spreading to other
road9 on account of the diversion of the
Georgia railroad's freight.
Mr. Ball said he had no intention of
calling such a strike on the other roads,
and that it would be entirely outside his
powers to do so. fhe general chairmen
of the firemen's organization, he said,
would have to take the first step in the
matter.
General Manager Scott, upon arrival
here today, went into conference in his
private car with officers and directors
of the road.
Race Question Up to Neill.
It is largely a race problem which will
be presented to Commissioner or Labor
Neill when he arrives tonight to attempt
to settle the strike.
The immediate cause of the strike was
the discharge of the ten white firemen
and the filling of their places with ne
groes. The demand of the firemen now is
that negroes be eliminated as far as pos
sible from employment by the Georgia
railroad.
The firemen argued that as negroes sel
dom or never become locomotive engineers
in any capacity, to employ them as fire
men means the shutting out of white
men from this indispensable apprentice
ship for engineering positions. They have
not, as yet, demanded that all the negro
firemen be supplanted by whites but they
insisted that the seniority of white fire
men over the negroes be recognized.
In respect to its negro employes tlie
railroad has taken the position that many
of them have given faithful service and
that it cannot agree to lower the rank of
these negroes.
The race issue has been a growth since
the strike, rather than Its specific cause.
Automobiles Carry Mails.
AUGUSTA. Ga., May 25.?Not a wheel
is moving in the Georgia railroad yards
herfe today. There Is no indication of im
mediate efforts to start train service.
Complaints poured In from small towns
near Augusta. Automobiles were sent
out carrying mails and the most urgently
needed supplies.
Six young men who were arrested last
night for failing to move on at orders of
the police appeared in court today and
were dismissed with a warning.
Last night a crowd followed a non-union
fireman leaving his engine, and made a
demonstration against the guard, A. Todd.
He fired at random to frighten the crowd.
They pursued him, and once he fired into
them as he ran, but touched no one.
A policeman arrested Todd on a charge
of inciting riot. The road gave bond for
him.
In police court today Todd s case was
continued, owing to absence of counsel.
Injunction to Prevent
Interference With Mails
Up to the.time the cabinet met today
not a word had been received by Attorney
1 General Wickersham from District At
torney Erwin in Atlanta regarding the
Georgia railroad strike.
The Department of Justice has given
this official a free hand to deal with the
vltuation Of course, it is expected that
he wi'l report promptly what measures
he has adopted.
Following.the ordinary course. It would
be the dut? of the district attorney to
apply immediately to tne federal court
in Atlanta for an order restraining the
strikers from interfering with Lnued
States mall through the stoppage of traf
fic over the Georgia railroad.
Should there be the slightest sign of a
disposition on the part of the strikers
or of their svmpathizers In Atlanta or in
any of the towns through which the
Gvirsia ral.road runs to resist this order
the T'nited-States court will immediately
be requested to appoint a sufficient num
ber of deputy marshals?either one or a
thousand?to accompany the trains and
see that the law is enforced.
State lines will not operate in this ease,
inasmuch as the order will be issued by
a federal tribunal. In the end, if the
deputy marshals cannot carry out the
court's orders, recourse will be had to
? the services of United States troops to
open uP 'he lines.
Stewart May Oo to Georgia.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart, who left late last nl?ht for In
dianapolis. Ind., to attend a postmasters'
convention, is considering the advisabil
ity of going to Georgia to look into the
situation with respect to movement of
the mails on the Georgia railroad.
Tne railway mail clerks' convention will
IN THE POLITICAL' AGRICULTURAL GROUNDS.
be held in Atlanta beginning next Tues- i
day. Mr. Stewart has been Invited to
attend. Strong pressure is being brought
to bear upon him by officials of the
Post Office Department to go to Georgia
before returning to Washington.
It is believed here that Mi-. Stewart's
presence in Georgia would be helpful in |
clarifying the situation regarding the dis
patch of the mails.
The superintendent of the railway serv
ice at Augusta has been instructed to
spare no expense or effort in moving the
mails.
Mails Are Congested.
Bach day that the tie-up continues adds 1
greater concern to officials of the Post j
Office Department. The only Interest the
department has in the matter is the
prompt dispatch of the mails along that
line, and the inability to do so occasions'
considerable anxiety.
What is of particular concern to officials
here is the fact that owing to the failure
of the company to move its trains, the
mails are becoming much congested at
Atlanta and Augusta and other places.
Should the strike continue it is feared
that, the unusual accumulation will seri
ously interfere with the ordinary busi
ness in those offices.
Every effort is being made, however, to
promptly dispatch the mails when train
service is resumed.
Reports are coming in daily to the de
partment from business men and others
all along the Georgia railroad indicating
that the lack of mail facilities is proving
a source of great inconvenience, not to
mention business loss. Appeals axe com
ing asking that every effort be exhausted
in an endeavor to provide the citizens
with their mail.
So anxious are they to secure some kind
of service that automobiles and oti.er
means are being employed for that pur
pose.
DEU6HTED WITH THE TRIP
MB. ROOSEVELT AND KEBMIT
PLEASED WITH EZPEBIENCE.
Accuracy of Their Marksmanship
Has Caused Astonishment?Stories
of the Hunt Denounced.
NAIROBI. British East Africa, May 25.
?A staff correspondent of the Associated
Press returned to Nairobi this morning
after a two-day visit at the Roosevelt
camp as the guest of Mr. Rooseevlt.
The camp was located on the Heat ley
ranch, on the banks of the Nairobi river.
Mr. Roosevelt and his son, Kermlt, are
in remarkably good health, and they are
delighted with the success of their ex
pedition. The accuracy of the rifle fire of
Mr. Rooseevlt and his son has astonished
not only the settlers, but the members of
the party. Kermlt killed recently at close
range a hyena that had attacked him and
he has also come very near making a rec
ord bag of female wart-hogs in a given
space of time.
Today the party Is staying at the Heat
ley ranch, but tomorrow Mr. Roosevelt,
his son, and Edmund Heller are coming
into Niarobi. Maj. Mearns and J. Alden
Loring will remain at the Ju Ja ranch
until Wednesday, collecting birds and
mammals.
Mr. Boosevelt Shows Annoyance.
Mr. Roosevelt is annoyed at certain
special dispatches, which, it is reported
here, are appearing In American or Eng
lish newspapers. He requests the Asso
ciated Press to seiffi out the following
statement:
"No newspaper has a representative
with the Roosevelt party, nor any nearer
means of gaining information of the par
ty's doings beyond what Is generally
known. Any special dispatches appearing
are in all human probability sheer inven
tions. Moreover, the details which pur
port to be thus obtained can only be due
to bribery, and it is safe to state that a
dishonorable man giving a bribe and a
dishonorable man accepting the same
would be willing to invent untruths for
money or traffic in other forms of dis
honor."
Health Station at Amoy, China.
AMOY, China, May 26.?A disinfecting
station for the passenger traffic from
Amoy to the Philippine islands has been
established here under the supervision of
A. D. Foster of the United States marine
hospital corps. The operation of this sta
tion will enable the continuance of di
rect communication with Manila, which
hitherto has had to be suspended during
the quarantine period.
MOTHERS IN PANIC AT FIRE
STORM GATES OF SCHOOL TO
GET CHILDREN.
Frantic at Being Barred From Their
Little Ones, Who Were in
No Danger.
8prrial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 2T?.? One of those
unreasoning panics which seize East Side
mothers now and then happened this
morning in Stanton street.
There was a tenement fire. Tt was next
door to a school. With great rapidity the
mothers of most of the 2,.jU0 pupils got
the news and stormed the gates of the
school yard. The janitor had locked
them.
Outside hundreds of women collected !
in a struggling crowd and beat upon the
gates crying out for their children and i
weeping. The frenzied women, the hum
ming engines, the thick black smoke and
the thousands of spectators combined to
make a striking picture.
1 he tire broke out in the uper part of
the six-story tenement at 5o Stanton
street. Next to the building is public
school No. 91, at Stanton and Forsythe
! streets. Miss Mary Maclay is the princi
pal. Miss Maclay kept cool through the
excitement and calmly surveying the fire
decided that there was no special cause
for alarm. She did not dismiss the chil
dren, wiio kept to their seats. Had she
let them go out among the frantic moth
ers they would have been in greater dan
ger than from the flames.
The upper stories of the double tenement
blazed fiercely. The tenants fled and
managed to get out without mishaps.
Somebody turned in an alarm and the
firemen were at work and had the fire
out in short time.
STONE DIFFERS WITH BRYAN
NOT DEMOCRATIC SENATORS,
BUT COMMONER MISTAKEN.
Eighteen Who Voted for Tariff on
Iron Ore Justified by Missouri
Friend of Critic.
William J. Bryan's statement in an
interview given wide publicity that the
eighteen democratic senators made at
mistake who voted a few days ago for
a duty of 25 cents a ton on iron ore was
an utterance itself declared to be a mis
take by Senator Stone of Missouri. In
a speech In the Senate this morning Mr.
Stone said so.
Mr. Stone has long been one of Mr.
Bryan's closest personal and political
friends.
Mr. Stone first lead what Mr. Bryan
was quoted as saying in regard to the
vote on iron ore. Then he said he had
enjoyed rather close relations with Mr.
Bryan for a good many years and could
therefore speak with feelings of respect
and kindness of him.
He criticised republican senators for
speaking in a disparaging manner of the
Nebraskan and for sometimes "sneering"
at him.
Refutation of a Friend.
"I don't hesitate to say," continued Mr.
Stone, "that I entertain for Mr. Bryan
not only high respect, but an affectionate
regard. I believe he is one of the most
masterful and commanding personalities
that has ever appeared in the public life
of this country.
?There can be no question of the entire
integrity of his opinions, his honesty and
sincerity. But all men are not infallible
and Mr. Bryan makes mistakes like the
rest. I think he is mistaken in the state
ment which I have just read-honestlv
mistaken.
"I am one of those democrats who
voted for the-'duty of 23 cents a ton on
iron ore imported into this countrv
Eighteen democrats voted that way and
ten democrats voted against the duty and
to put the ore on the free list
"Up to this time there have been but
two questions?regarding the duty on iron
ore and the duty on lumber-upon which
democrats have divided to any extent in
this chamber." ,
Mr. Stone read the narties of the demo
crats who had voted each way. Then he
explained he had voted for the iron ore
duty because ne regarded It as a good
revenue duty, and also because he believ
ed that free ore would benefit the steel
trust rather than the consumers of the
country.
Stone Declares Policy.
He held to the general policy, he said,
of a revenue tariff and of no duty on
trust products. He declared against the
rule of putting raw material on the free
list as a principle.
Twenty-five cents a ton was the low
est duty ever placed on iron ore, said
he, either by emoerats or republicans,
since the country began. It was lower
than the Walker tariff rate.
He voiced the opinion that the newly
discovered 'iron ore fields in Cuba would
turn out millions of tons of ore in a few
years, which would be shipped to this
country. If there was no duty this would
benefit the steel trust as well as tne
Pennsylvania and Bethlehem steel com
panies, which, he said, were doubtless as
sociated with the trust, if not openly,
then secretly.
"I do not believe we made a mistake,"
concluded Mr. Stone, "although I do not
wish to criticise any other democratic
senator who voted for free iron ore. I do
not believe that we ignored the obliga
tions imposed upon those who hold com
i missions from democratic constituencies
by the democratic platform."
Effort to End Her Life Will Fail.
NEW YORK, May 25.?The condition of
Miss Flora Eugenia Schaefer. formerly
of Cincinnati, the teacher in the Teach
ers' College of Columbia University, v. ho
was taken to a hospital last night in a
critical condition as the result of in
haling Illuminating gas, was very much
improved today, and it was said at the
hospital that she would recover. She was
found unconscious yesterday in her room,
with the end of a gas tube in her mouth.
DEFENSE OF PANAMA CANAL
TENTATIVE PLANS FOR FORTI
FICATION PREPARED.
Estimated That the Cost of Estab
lishing Necessary Batteries
Will Be $7,000,000.
Tentative plans have been prepared
by the general staff of the army for
the fortification of the Panama canal.
They contemplate the installation of a
main battery of 12-inch disappearing
guns on all the fortifications, and the
possible use of 16-inch guns at points
of vantage. Sixty great guns will be
mounted, with the main strength guard
ing the Pacific entrance to the canal.
The Pacific fortifications are said to
include heavy batteries on the four small
Islands lying off the mouth of the canal.
jThese are Culebra, Naos, P lamenco and
Tabago. As an additional protection to the
Pacific enerance, strong batteries will be
installed at Ancon and San Juan, on
each side of the canal.
Proposed Inland Batteries.
Batteries will be installed at Pedro Mi
guel, six miles inland, for the protection
of the locks at that point. Other import
ant points along the line of the canal
and at El Boco, at the Atlantic entrance,
will be similarly fortified. It is calcu
lated that it will require at least 4.500
artillerymen to man the proposed fortifi
cations.
The tentative plans involve an expendi
ture of about $4,000,000 for the Pacific
portion of the canal and $2,300,000 for the
Atlantic portion. This disparity is at
tributed to the greater vulnerability of
the Pacific side and the easier protection
of the Atlantic entrance. The total esti
mates for the fortifications and auxil
iaries are said to amount to about
$7,000,000.
Gen. Bell's Inspection.
Maj. Gen. Bell, chief of staff, during his
recent visit to the isthmus with Secretary
Dickinson, gave his personal attention to
the matter. He admits that suggestions
for the fortification of the canal have
been considered and that tentative plans
have been prepared. Nothing definite has
been settled, however, he says,' and may
not be for some time. He intimated that
the entire question might be given to a
board of military experts for report be
fore the matter is submitted to Congress
for the necessary authorization.
Cincinnatian Buried in England.
LONDON, May 25.?The remains of
David L. Einstein of Cincinnati, Ohio,
who died In this city May 8 of heart
disease, were interred today in Golder's
Oreen cemetery. The funeral was at
tended by relatives of Mr. Einstein from
America and in England.
JURY IS COMPLETED
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Trial of Calvin Johnson Begins
in Alexandria.
OPENING ADDRESSES MADE
Murder of Walter F. Schultz of
Chicago the Charge.
SISTER OF DECEASED CALLED
Defense Expected to Attack Veracity
of the Man Who Turned
State's Evidence.
Special Dispatch to Tlie Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 25.?The Jury
was completed this morning for the trial
of -Calvin Johnson, one of the four ne
groes charged with the murder of Walter
P. Schultz. the Chicago artist, near this
city March 6 last. The final Juryman
was selected at 11:45 o'clock, whereupon
court adjourned until 1:30 o'clock this
afternoon.
At the afternoon session the striking off
of four men from the total of sixteen in
order to make the required twelve, under
the state law, was done by Attorney
Lewis H. Machen. Next the opening
statements were made by Commonwealth
Attorney Brent, wha is conducting the
prosecution, and Mr. Machen, for the de
fense. It was nearly 3 o'clock before
they completed their respective state
ments.
The examination of witnesses for the
prosecution will be next in order, and It
is expected that the first witness to be
called will be Mrs. A. H. Gillette of Sioux
City, Iowa, sister of the deceased. She
will testify that the body sent to Chicago
was that of her brother, Walter P. Schultz.
Before court adjourned Judge Barley
warned the Jurors not to discuss the case
with any one or have anything to say
concerning It. ?
Selection Made Quickly.
The sixteen men were selected after
fifty-two talesmen had examined. The
rapidity with which the jury was selected
was a surprise to attorneys for both sides,
as It was generally believed that the en
tire day would be consumed In that man
ner.
Those composing the' jury are Samuel
W. Pitts, Harry D. Kirk, Joseph M.
Armstrong, John W. Riley, Maury W.
Gaines, Elmer L. Spittle, Moxley T.
Brvln, J. S. Douglas, jr.; Charles H.
Pletcher, Frank M. Adams, Alexander
Bowie, Charles P. Waller, jr.; H. H. New
ton, George H. Harlow, Frederick Kaus
and Rudolph Norris.
Many or the talesmen said that they
had a fixed opinion which would be hard
to change. It was based on the news
piper accounts which they had read of
the case. Four of the talesmen were op
posed to capital punishment, while one
was excused owing to ill health and
another owing to the age limit.
Want to Be Excused.
Court was called to order by City Ser
geant R. H. Cox at 10:15 o'clock. Imme
diately thereafter a number of the tales
men made application to Judge Barley to
be excused. They were told to remain
until they had been examined. # Five min
utes thereafter Johnson was conducted
into th? courtroom, and placed in the
prisoner's dock by Policemen Ferguson
and Rawlett. The first tiling to be done
was the calling of ii?e names of the wit
nesses who will testify at the trial. They
numbered about fifty.
Sixteen talesmen were placed in the
jury box, and Judge Barley asked if any
had formed or expressed an opinion In the
case. Immediately there was a chorus of
voices answering "yes."' The first juror
selected was Samuel W. Pitts; Randulpn
Norris was the last.
The original panel was exhausted after
thirteen jurors had been secured. The re
mainder of the panel was made up from
f pectators in the courtroom, who were
summoned by Judge Barley from the
bench.
The trial will probably occupy four or
five days. It is expected that Richard,
also charged with the murder, will be
called to the stand late this afternoon.
That the prosecution does not regard
the conviction of Johnson as a foregone
conclusion was evidenced this morning
when Commonwealth Attorney Brent, on
being asked whether or not he expeetd to
scure a conviction In the case of John
son; replied: "I cannot realty say."
Attorney Machen, representing Johnson,
said he felt coufident that Johnson will be
acquitted.
FELLED BY A BURGLAR.
Latter Then Sets Fire to House to
Burn Insensible Boy.
CHICAGO, May 25.?Insensible from a
blow delivered by a burglar. John Adams,
eighteen years old. lay helpless while
flames crackled about him last night, the
burglar, according to the police, having
set fire to the house before he fled.
The boy was alone In his brother's
home, having been left to guard the
house. Hearing a noise in the kitchen,
he found there a negro at the table, the
carving knife with which he had sliced a
loaf of bread lying on the table. Adams
snatched the knife, but was felled the
next moment.
The flames from the kitchen were seen
by a passerby, who sounded an alarm.
Firemen found the boy. still insensible,
on the floor and dragged him out. About
$SO damage resulted from the fire.
The police reason that the burglar, be
lieving that he had killed his victim, set
fire to the house, hoping the body would
be cremated.
PITTSBURG GRAFT SCANDAL.
One Arrest Today and It is Reported
More Will Follow.
PITTSBURG, May 25.?One arrest was
made here tod?(Nftn connection with the
recent municipal graft scandal. It is
said more will follow during the day.
The grand jury continued the Investiga
tion into alleged corruption of the affairs
in this city today. Practically the entire
membership roll of the old select council
of the city, about thirty-five members,
have been subpoenaed for appearance be
fore the grand Jury today and tomorrow.
Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning an
alderman's constable arrested Thomas
Donovan, one of the detectives employed
by the Voters' League, which brought
the graft informations against seven
councilmen and two bankers some time
ago. > Donovan, who was charged with
conspiring to falsely indict and suborn a
witness, was lodged in the county jail.
The information against him and four
others was made last Saturday in behalf
of Councilman John Klein, who was re
cently convicted and sentenced to serve
several years in the penitentiary. Hia
wife preferred the charges.
DIFFER IB 10 m
Danish Expert Says He Is Un
doubtedly a Leper.
NOT SO, SAYS DR. BULKLEY
"Is Not, and Never Was/' Asserts
New York Specialist.
QUARANTINE TO BE STBICTEB
Disregard of Sanitary Precaution!
to Bring Hardships Upon
Sequestered Man. A
"Early la a Leper."?Edward Ehler*,
MD, director t>f the Royal Fred
erick Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
"Early has not and sever bad Iff
ro?y."?L. D. Bulkley, M. D.. New
York, specialist In skin diseases.
Early's Hopes Dashed.
Deprived of almost the last hope of re
lease from confinement as a leper during
the remainder of his life. John R. Early
is today in a mood strongly contrasting
with the hopeful attitude he had yes
terday.
Twenty-four hours has made a groat
difference in the Early home on the East
ern branch.
Yesterday man and wife and their kin
were animated by highest confidence that
the stigma of leper and outcast would be
removed from the head of the family.
This hope was bolstered up by the opinion
of a skin specialist of New York city that
he had made careful examinations of
blood and skin from the alleged leper and
found no trace of the dread scourge.
Today the stigma rests heavier than
ever upon Early, for a renowned special
ist In the disease, a man who comes from
a country where the disease is not in
frequent and who has made a wide repu
tation for his knowledge of leprosy symp
toms, lias without reservations pronounc
ed Early a leper.
Early, his faithful wife and the other
members of his family had high hopes
of what the visit of Dr. Edward Ehlers.
director of the Royal Frederick Hospital
in Copenhagen, held out for them. Now
these hopes are all shattered. Early's
banishment from communion with his
fellows seems surer than ever.
Verdict of Dr. Ehlers.
Dr. Ehlers made a careful examina
tion of Early's body. Eater he made
laboratory tests of blood taken from his
veins.
At the conclusion of his examinations
he said:
"Early is a leper, suffering from the
lepra maculosa, a form we consider aa
the beginning form of anesthetic leprosy.
L'uless his disease Is arrested by good
treatment and good sanitary conditions
it will later turn out to be the so-called
dry form of leprosy known as the benig
nant form of the disease.
"The symptoms of Early's maculous or
spotted form of leprosy are most pro
nounced. His face and lower extremities
are covered with the well known dirty -
I brown leprides, and his right uluar ner\ e
i is very swollen.
"1 have seen the two microscopical
tests of Early's blood made by Dr. Kin
youn, who has acted in this case for the
health department, and can state that
both preparations contain numerous Han
sen-bacilli, the presence of which estab
lishes leprosy.
"1 have also examined Mrs. Early at
a superficial examination, who does nut
offer any symptoms of leprosy."
Dr. Bulkley*s Bill of Health.
In contrast with the statement of the
noted Danish leprosy expert is the report
of Dr. L. D. Bulkley of New York, who
examined Early at the request of the pa
tient himself.
His report, in part, as given out by at
torneys lor Early, is as follows:
"In examining and studyiug the case of
Mr. Early I can find absolutely no evi
dence whatever of leprosy, past or pres
ent, and am certain that he has no signs
of the disease now.
"Some months ago there was an acute
inflammatory condition of the skin on
various parts of tlie body, due to the
cause mentioned, which are present in
other persons of the same occupation, and
this has slowly disappeared, the cause be
ing removed.
".Leprosy would not develop In the man
ner in which this did; it would not subside
as this lias done during these months of
confinement.
"Leprosy is a slowly developing dis
ease and could hardly affect as large an
area in many months. Mr. Early has had
no treatment except perhaps for a month,
when he took chaulmougra oil In mod
erate doses, none of which has been taken
since November.
"In conclusion. I declare that Mr. Early
has not and never had leprosy; that h?>
had an acute inflammatory condition oi
the skin, and that he has never had any
trouble which would warrant hia isola
tion."
Desiring to leave the visiting expert
.free to make his examination without In
terference and to let Early feel that he
was free to tell the examining physician
his view of his case without fear of being
overheard by officials of the health de
partment, who. he believes, are persecut
ing him. Health Officer Woodward with
drew from the Early home during most
of the examination.
Health Office Reviews Case.
Dr. Woodward today gave out a state
ment reviewing the now celebrated case
and declared that he is at loss to under
stand the reDort of Dr. Bulkley. The
statement follows:
"Early himself was the first i>erson to
recognize that tlie disease from which he
was suffering resembled leprosy. He had
seen leprosy during his army service in
the tropics, and, therefore, knew some
thing of thfi disease.
"The physician. Dr. J. W. Stewart,
whom Early called to attend him in
Washington, and who was In no wise, con
nected with the health department, veri
fied Earlv's suspicions and brought the
case to the attention of the health office.
This was on the afternoon of August iil.
J 908
"On receiving the report from Early's
physician I>r. Fowler promptly visited the
patient with him. Dr. Fowler found that
the patient presented typical clinical
symptoms of leprosy. As lie had seen
only one previous case of leprosy, how
ever, he called in Dr. J. J. Klnyoun. bac
teriologist of the health department, who
had had an extended experience with the
disease and who had carefully studied It
clinically and bacteriologically.
"So far as a mere physical examination
could show Dr. Klnyoun found Early's
suspicions well grounded and confirmed
the findings of Early's physician and Dr.
Fowler. He advised, however, that no
public statement be made concerning the
case until after the diagnosis based on
physical examination had been confirmed
or disproved by laboratory teste.
"Early was. however, immediately re
moved from the cheap lodging house, la