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THE EVENING STAR WITH SUHDAT MORNING EDITION. iOflW,Ullltu4 The firming Star Nnrqnpn Compuj, 0?m: > ?n?t it. New York Ofloi> Tribaao Buildia*. Chicago OSo?: First National Bask iuildia*. The Brenln* Star, with the Sunday morning edition. In delivered by carriers within th?> city at .10 <*ntw per month. Orders may hT i ?ail or telephone Main 2440. Collection is unto , by carrier at the end o1 each month. By mail, postage prepaid: DailT. Son flay IkMmI, one month. 60 cent* Dally. Sunday excepted, one month. 50 rents. Satardaj Star. |1 yaar. Sunday Star, $1.30 yeafe Showers tonight and Wed nesday. with moderate temper ature. No. 17,774. 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 w _________ 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