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No. 272-No. 18,163. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1910.* FIVE CENTS.
ROOSEVELT HOME
WITH NEIGHBORS
AT OT BAT
Address to Town Folks Fina
Wind-Up of an Eventful
and Strenuous Day.
DECLARES HE WANTS
PRIVACY FROM NOW ON
Han's First Duty to His Family Before
He Can Beform Nation.
DELIGHTED WITH BECEPTION
Accompanied From New York by
Members of His Family, Senator
Lodge and Others?Looks
Over Town Improvements.
OYSTER BAY. X. Y.. June IS-TUeo
f?re Roosevelt is back once more among
iii* neighbors. He arrived in Oys-.e* Bay
from N>w York at ?> o'clock tonight on n
special train over the T?ng Tst&?id ra I?>>ad.
engaged by the Roosevelt Neighbors'
Association of Nassau county, four
hundred members of which made the trip
with him.
The run from Long Island City was
made without a stop, most of the time
through a pelting rain. Th's. however,
did not, keep the residents of the towns
along the line from turning out to greet
him As soon as the train was under
way Col. Roosevelt emerged from his
private car and walked throu-ju all of
the eight other cars shaking hands with
his neighbors and chatting with them.
The rain had stopped by the time the
engineer, with prolonged tooting of hla
whistle, slowed down for Oyster Bay.
The whole town was out at the station
and the cheering throng almost swept
iuv cat iwiutui uvni uis ie i as nc
stepped to the ground. Bowing and shaking
hand? with old friends, he walked
through the mud to the ball park where
a grandstand had been erected. About
S,h"n person? gathered on the green.
School Children Sing Welcome.
Five hundred high school pupils were
the first to do the honors. They sang
"Home Again." Then William J.
Youngs, 1'ntted States district attorney,
delivered the address of welcome. Col.
Boosevelt replied as follows:
"My friends and neighbors: I hope I
need not say how glad I am to see you
and he with you again. My trip began
the uud of March, a year ago, when you
bade me good-bye at the station, and this
is the ending, when I get through speaking.
It is good to see you again at
the station and walk up behind the band.
"I enjoyed hearing the children sing
and I hope that there are some children
present from the same school that my
Children attended.
"I am glad to see you all again, men,
women and little Oysters.
"A normal schoolboy passes his time
In a state of semi-warfare with his eld
?rs and I suppose I was no exception to
the rule, but those who knew me as a
small boy seem to have forgiven me by
this time.
"I can't say how much these homecomings
to Oyster Bay have meant to
me in the last dozen years. I know you
all and I do not think there is one among
ycu with wi\om I am not on good footing.
1 never can forget the welcome you
gave me when I came back from the
Spanish-American war.
*1 have had a most interesting trip, and
enjoyed it very much, lions and everyth.ng.
Perhaps I enjoyed It a little more
or account of the lions. I started at the
headwaters of the Nile, where the people
aie in a state of savagery, and finished up
at the most highly civilized capital in
the world. I enjoyed eveything, Africa
and Kurope. and the capitals of Europe
and their rulers.
"But this is not the occasion to talk of
m> trij. Some day I shall tell you all
abcut it This is merely a greeting and
1 wish to thank you all.
"It touched me deeply to have so many
of mv netahliors come to New York and
take par? ir. the welcome and the parade.
But It touches me more deeply to see you
all here, to live among you again as I
have for the last forty years; to take up
my duties.
"The first duty of a man is in his own
family. Before a man can aspire to reform
a nation he must turn his attention
to the folks at home."
Wanta Absolute Privacy.
When Col. Roosevelt had finished a
local Italian cviety presented him with
an address on a parchment. Then he
fceld an impromptu reception, during
which a large part of the people of Oyster
Bay shook hands with him. The
smile he wore constantly showed how
glad he was to be back home once more.
One newspaper man pushed forward
and sought an interview. '"There is
nothing more that I can say," replied
the colonel. ""One thing I want now is
absolute privacy. I want to close up
like a native oyster. I will go to New
York Monday to attend my boy's wedon
1 I ntill *Vvo
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nesday 'o see to my editorial duties. I
hope you representatives of the press will
not cme up to Sagamore Hill, because
1 have nothing to say."
After it was all over Col. Roosevelt
talked down the main street for a short
distance Just to see how it looked. He
Inspected the new opera house, then
went to his home at Sagamore Hill.
With Col. Roosevelt In his private car
on the train were Mrs. Roosevelt, Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., and his fiancee,
Miss Alexander. Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
Kermit, (Juentin and Archibald Roosevelt,
W Km!?n Rooeevelt, Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts and Representative
Cocks from Roosevelt's home district.
Senator Lodge spent the night at Sagamore
HilL
New York City Welcomes
Roosevelt for the Nation
NEW YORK, June 18.?Theodore Roosevelt
set foot on home shores today for
the first time In nearly fifteen months
and received a rousing welcome.
He bore with his usual buoyancy a day
of heavy fatigues, public duties and private
emotions commingled, and at 4:4C
o clock this afternoon, after a family
reunion at the home of Theron Butler,
grandfather of his prospective daughterin-law.
Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander,
left the city he had surveyed the^same
morning from afloat, reviewed In parad
ashore and greeted by explicit word c
mouth, to be welcomed more Intimate!
by his lifelong neighbors st Oyster Ba:
L. I., tonight. Tomorrow he will rest.
As a private citizen he was still th
same outspoken, forthright, vlgorou
man of both words' and deeds the. city c
his birth has known for thirty years a
assemblyman,' police commissioner, as
sistant secretary of the navy, colonel o
> the Rough Riders, governor of the stats
r Vice President and President of the ns
tion, and more latterly ambassador to th
Jungle and monitor to those who sit In th
seats of the mighty.
Called Them by Their Names.
| He had an expensive smile for every
body, a cheery word for 'the boys," hli
old friends the newspaper men, a pa
anecdote for the politicians, especiall:
greetings of affection for his old oom
mand, the Rough Riders, and a quick eyi
for absolutely everything. Lyman Ab
bott he called "partner." Jacob Rills wa
plain "Jake." Assemblyman "Paradls<
Jimmy," Oliver was greeted by his nick
name. Senator Thomas Grady, his oh
I antagonist In state politics, he rallle<
1 expertly?and so It went down the line.
"Roosevelt good luck" still followed
ita namesake. Though hot and sultry
the weather held fair until the marlm
parade, the exercises at the Battery, an<
the march up Broadway and 5th avenu<
to Central Park had been carrle<
through with punctuality and precision
Then it rained great guns. A tor
, rential thunderstorm, accompanied b]
a high wind that did much damage
swept suddenly down on the homeward
bound visitors, but cleared again short
li. 1 ? -
jjr uwium o u ciutn, in pieniy or iin?
to 8:1 ve his eager fellow-citizens of Long
Island ample chance to see him stand
ing on the rear platform of his specia
train as he waved them a welcome.
Within a generation, the nation re
members three ereat welcomes befon
this of today?to Gen. Grant, in Sai
Francisco, after his triumphal tour o:
the world, following the expiration 01
his two terms as President; to Admira
Dewey, on his return from his capturi
of the Philippines, and to William Jen
nings Bryan, also after a tour of th<
world. The welcome to Grant was tin
most tumultuous, that to Dewey th<
most elaborate and stately, but tin
welcome to Roosevelt today was sho
through with a dramatic expectancy
which long ago found popular expressiot
in the typical phrase?"The return fron
Elba."
Grant on his return was still f
political possibility, but as the eventi
proved, foredoomed to defeat. Admira
Dewey was a hero, not a national leader.
Bryan, prominent as his part hat
been before the people, had never beer
intrusted by them with executive responsibility.
Something of All of Them.
Roosevelt had been something of all
things all these men had been?statesman,
and "soldier and sailor, too." Borr
in the east, he had made an especial
friend of the west. Therefore, his welcome
today brought men prominent in
all walks of life from all parts of the
country. Therefore, it was national.
The first zest of public curiosity satisfled,
speculation now turns on what
share Roosevelt will take in an acute political
situation within his own party,
of which he had already been advised
abroad by old associates who had carried
him tidings. But on that score speculation
must rest until satisfied. The
colonel had positively declared his intentions
by wireless the night before: "1
shall have nothing whatever to say in
the immediate future about politics," and
he kept his word. It was the policy he
had announced on his departure fat Europe.
which he had reiterated on Bis return
to civilization; and to which he had
steadfastly adhered in all his addresses
before the learned societies and universities
of Great .Britain and. the continent.
Carefully Avoided Politics.
Therefore, there was nothing in the
only speech he made here today that
could be construed as applying specifically
to this or that phase of immediate
state or national issues. That he will
be importuned to take a' hand in the
New York campaign this fall is a foregone
conclusion, but by his own declaration
he will not commit himself to any
expression of opinion until he has. acquainted
himself at first hand, after long
conferences with those best informed, of
just how the political land shapes itself.
The sharp crack of the familiar presidential
salute wakened Mr. Roosevelt at
7 o'clock this morning as his ship, the
Kaiserln Auguste Victoria, drew into the
harbor. From the mists of early morning
emerged first the drab hull of the
battleship South Carolina, two lean, swift
destroyers and two torpedo boats behind
her. Then spoke the guns. Blue-clad
sailors lined the decks, in close-packed
ranks, while massed on the quarter-deck
of the 8outh Carolina stood the marine
band, a solid splash of scarlet coats,
pounding out "The Star Spangled Banner."
It did not take the colonel long to get
on the bridge, dressed for the formalities
of the day &i a frock coat and a top
hat. For a moment he stood bareheaded
and waved to the men in silent
answer to their cheers. Then the sight
of the South Carolina touched a heartstring.
"One of Xy Ships!"
"By George, that's one of my ships,"
he exclaimed. "Doesn't she look good?
I built her?and those destroyers, too!"
Then spying a white "E" painted on
a forward turret to signal a record for
target practice, he fairly danced with delight.
while explaining to the bystanders
what the signal meant.
Bedecked with signal flags and with
the guns from Port Washington and
Fort Hamilton booming out In welcome,
the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria glided into
quarantine at 7:38 o'clock. Immediately
behlnd the big liner came six ships of
the navy, the battleship South Carolina
in the van, while at anchor in the roadstead,
awaiting her coming, was the
United States dispatch boat Dolphin with
the Secretary of the Navy on board. The
battleship had already saluted the returning
former President at Sandy Hook with
twenty-one guns, but on coming alongside
the liner the South Carolina hoisted
long strings of pennants, and the rivet
craft joined in the demonstration with
loud and prolonged blasts from theli
whistles.
Flanked by Mrs. Roosevelt, his daughter,
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, and hU
son, Kermit, Theodore Roosevelt stood
on the flying bridge of the liaer, high
above all the decks of the ship, and with
his characteristic smile overspreading his
tanned countenance and a shiny silk hat
In his hand he waved acknowledgment tc
the pandemonium on all sides of him.
Mr. Roosevelt lost no time on boarc
me Augusie v ictoria. ine usual customs
and health Inspection formalities accomplished,
he at once transshipped tc
the revenue tug Manhattan, where, wlrt
the immediate members of his family and
a few Intimate friends, he sat down to a
hasty breakfast. There was more firing
of big guns as Mr. Roosevelt left th?
Manhattan for the Androscoggin. Ther
i comparative quiet fell, while In the uppei
bay patrol boats darted back and forth
among a hundred and one oraft of ever)
description, marshaling them in line foi
the parade.
The U. S. S. Dolphin. In front and
closely followed by the Androscoggin, gol
away at 0:12 o'clock.
Pilots Oire First Greeting.
The first address of welcome presented
to Mr. Roosevelt was handed him by th?
1 boarding pilot, on behalf of the Pilots'
Association. This association was the lasl
to speed the colonel on his departure
from New York. Health Officer Dot)
1 was the first of those from shore to pa)
his respects to lfr. Roosevelt
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts Rspre
sentative Nicholas Longworth ofdJhlo and
, Capt. Butt boarded the Kalserjp from th<
r * ^Continued " on Third jf*geTj "
THREE DIE IN STORf
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s New York Swept by Wind ar
;f Deluged by Rain.
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* LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVO
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~ Trees Are Uprooted and Rooseve
t Decorations Torn Away.
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> HEBREW SYNAGOGUE STRUC
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- Panic at Circus Narrowly Averte
1 Many Pedestrians Are Hurled
! to the Ground.
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a NEW YORK, June 18.?On the heels <
1 the reception to Theodore Roosevelt t
* day came the deluge. Two hours aft<
r the parade that escorted him up 5
, avenue had disbanded the whole metr
- polltan district was swept by the mo
\ violent storm In months. In tweni
jj minutes .60 of an Inch of rain fell, whi
- the wind at times attained a velocity <
1 58 miles an hour.
Three deaths were reported early t<
j night, four other persons are believt
* to have been drowned in the capsizir
f of a Ashing smack off Long Island, ar
I scores of others had narrow escapes I
i accidents on the water from lightnir
j and in being struck by trees, comic*
t and heavy signs .hurled to the ground t
8 the winU *
5 M a CA Ko 11 nvamas w <M>A
^ uot, van QduiCv ncic a.uatiuviicu, an
for a while a panic was threatened und<
the tents of a circus showing in the u]
per part of the city.
The storm broke almost without wari
ing, preceded by a gust of wind that u:
rooted trees, sent street signs dying ar
tore into tatters the elaborate decoiatioi
hung out in honor of Mr. Roosevei*. Th?
came the downpour, almost a cloudbur
in violence. In a moment streets wei
flooded and the crowds still lingerir
down town were soaked and Dedraggle
1 For an hour and a Half the sto;ra coi
tinued, causing great damage.
Ball Games Stopped.
The torrents put a sudden end to bs
game* at the Polo Grounds and i
Brooklyn, and gave the thousands <
spectators a drenching. Racegoers i
Sheepshead fared equally as badly, ar
were nearly thrown into a panic win
they saw a bolt of lightning demolish tt
i jockeys' board and plow a furrow 1<
1 feet long through, the earth.
Passengers on excursion boats wei
! among the wqrit sufferers. Several boal
: were hung up in Hell Gate by the storn
not daring to face such treacherous cui
rents. From aU along the water front
came reports of scores of rowboats an
salting craft being capslxed, with prot
able loss of life. Small craft in th
harbor and far out on the Long Islan
" coast also suffered. Not the least lncor
anient result of the storm was the ten
porary blocking of the upper Broadwa
subway by flooding.
billed by Lightning.
In Brooklyn, Frank Ross, fl|fty-tw
, years old, was Instantly killed by an u{
rooted tree. Another tree in Flushlni
, L I., was struck by lightning and Juliu
. Joska, sixteen years old, who had sougl
. refuge under its branches with his tw
. small sisters, was killed. Lightning als
. waa responsible for the death of Pietr
. Santamaurlto, forty years old, an eng
' neer of a Long Island brewery. The bo
toppled over the huge smokestack an
the engineer was buried under tons <
debris. Fire that followed caused a los
of $20,000.
A synagogue on the East Side, in whic
> a dozen people were worshiping, ws
struck and the huge bell and star sui
mounting the dome were dismantled. N
one was injured.
Report of the capsizing of a flshin
smack off Long Island carrying four me
was made to the police by a man who sal
he had seen the men sink. Boats sent 01
to investigate found no trace of th
1 wreck.
' Only the coolness of performers an
employes of the Forepaugh & Sells Brotl
ers' circus prevented a panic in the ten!
spread on Manhattan Field.
Under the first blasts of the wind tli
huge tent began ballooning and tuggln
at guy ropes. At the first sign of app<
rent danger spectators began to rise 1
their seats. But calm performers contii
ued their acts and hundreds of clrci
hands hurried through the throng warnin
all to remain seated. Thus the pantck
were quieted and only one woman, wh
tripped over a rope in the first rush, wi
1 injured.
Painters Blown Prom Scaffold.
Minor accidents almost without en
were reported at practically every polk
' station in the city. Two painters wei
blown from a scaffold, but escaped wit
slight hurts; dozen of pedestrians wei
bowled over by the wind or fell on slij
pery pavemews. "rnree were knocke
down by automobiles that skidded o
wet reads. Four rowboats. caught 1
the storm, were upset in Jamaica ba;
| bat the occupants were brought safe!
I to land, although four had to be move
' to hospitals. Two brick barges wei
[ torn from their moorings at a pier 1
the Hudson river and carried down t<
. ward an anchored flotilla of pleasui
i craft. They were caught by a tui
1 however, before causing great damage
1 The blackness of the twilight thi
, settled over the city with the approac
I of the storm added to the fears of th
> nervous ones and necessitated artlflcii
light in streets and buildings.
In every park great damage was don
. Trees were uprooted and branches froi
> parent limbs littered the grouni
i Central Park, in New Tork, and Proi
I pect Park, in Brooklyn, were the won
i sufferers.
; Drowned in Jamaica Bay.
1 Another victim of the wind was Mr
[ Elisabeth Oerhardt. forty-flve years ol<
r of Brooklyn. She was in a rowboat o
' Jamaica bay with her husband and tw
other men, when a squall overturned tfc
' Tha wntTIMI AAllM Tint asrii
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and drowned before her companion
* could reach her.
Jack Dick, an eleven-year-old boy, wa
truck by a falling piece of plate glai
I In Brooklyn and died of hla Injuries t<
i night.
[ BATTLESHIP DJ PEBI1.
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' Floating Derrick Turned Aw*;
From Florida in Hick of Time.
Nbw YORK. June 18-?The giant be
I tleahip Florida, on which finishing touch*
| are^^eing made in the Brooklyn nav
yard, narrowly escaped serious damag
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^ News Note: By a practical 1
id the
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X) during- the heavy rain and wind storm
In New York this "afternoon.
e When the first violent gust struck the
ts East river an immense floating derrick,
i, with a lifting capacity of 125 tons, was
r- approaching alongside to hoist armor
ib plate on the giant's deck. The wind
d created a wave of daugerous proportions,
>- which would have sent the derrick crashie
ing into the battleship's side, but a navy
3 tug, near at hand, saw the danger and
quickly towed the derrick out of harm's
way.
y But the violence of the wind swayed
the great 75-foot crane on the derrick
ahd snapped it off at its base. With
equilibrium gone, the derrick wabbled,
then turned on its side and sank. The
t? crane had previously plunged to the boty.
torn.
Sixteen men, comprising the derrick's
crew, were forced to leap into the water,
ls but docks were near at hand, and sailors
?t and marines from the receiving ship
o Hancock pulled all hands safely ashore.
? STORM SWEEPS CHICAGO.
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it Wind Endangers Lives of Persons
* on Lake Craft.
|S CHICAGO, June 18.?In addition to a
ninety-degree temperature, which resulted
in three deaths and a dozen prostrations,
Chicago today experienced a brief
18 wind and electrical storm, which caused
considerable damage at various points
? and placed in peril the lives of a number
of persons in small craft on Lake Michl?
gan.
n More than 1,000 persons watched the
Id rescue by a United States revenue cutit
ter. off. a>th street, of Mary Fox and
Ie Emma Drill, who had been swept out
into the lake in a small rowboat.
The squall disabled and nearly swampd
ed the yacht Pannis, owned and comi.
manded by Dr. Burton Haseltlne. The
Pannis was towed into harbor by patrol
boats, officiating at tho Columbia Yacht
Club races.
'? The Chicago Telephone Company reg
ported wire damage at two of its cxchanges,
and in the suburbs the wind
blew down trees, broke windows and
overturned small buildings.
J LIGHTNING HITS HOTELS.
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>o Eleven Buildings at Atlantic City
Are Struck.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. June 18.?
Eleven cottages and hotels were struck
by lightning bolts that exploded in this
city during a terrific storm this evening.
6 No one was hurt and none of the places
struck was set on fire or seriously dam ?
aged, but panic-stricken guests and cot).
tagers called out fire apparatus, which
,<j dashed all over the city during the height
of the storm.
Weather Observer Judklns, who worked
n among his heavily charged wires to make
/, observations during the storm, declared
y his belief that a tornado passed some,d
where within a few miles of the city,
either on the mainland or at sea. The
'e heavy storm went out to sea, but the
n rain and a light electrical storm con>
tinued until late tonight.
I HAIL CAUSES DAMAGE.
it Storm in Pennsylvania Interrupts
* Telegraph Service.
il PHILADELPHIA, June 18.?Severe electrical
etorms passed over eastern Penne.
sylvania this afternoon and evening, tarn
terrupting telephone and telegraph serv4.
ice and doing much damage to growing
crops.
st Reports received from Pottatown, York
and the anthracite coal fields say that
hall caused considerable damage. At
Shamokin hall frightened a team of
s. horses, and In the runaway which fol1
lowed Roman Dauksha, the driver, was
' thrown from a carriage and badly ln'n
Jured.
? At Norristown the lightning struck and
le set Are to All Saints' Episcopal Church,
n but the damage was small.
AVIATOR KILLED DT FALL.
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>- Former Bicycle Champion Drops 250
Feet in Biplane.
STETTIN, Germany, June 18.?Robl of
Munich, who. In June. 1802, won the
J hundred-kilometer bicycling championship
of the world, and who had many other
championships to his record, was killed
_ today while making an aeroplane flight.
Robl was driving a Far man biplane in
m competition at the Pasewalk race track,
7 when the machine fell from a height of
re 250 feet.
CLAIMING THE CREDIT
ly unanimous vote the House has a<
"pigeonholing"' of bills in committe
RENO NOW FAVORED!
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Nevada Cities Will Bid Tonight I
for Big Fight. c
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RICKARD BREATHES FREELY <
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Jeffries and Johnson Beady to Move ?
Training Camps. ?
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PROMOTER BLOT GIVES UP
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Kaufman-Langford Bout Fails to
Come OflP?Gov. Gillett Controls
Situation. q
SAiN FRANCISCO, Ca!.t June 18.-"On
to Reno" is the cry of the fight brigade.
Convinced by the "postponement" of
the Kaufman and Langford match that
San Francisco definitely l^ad been eliml- tl
nated as a possible" scene of the Jeffries p
and Johnson fight, positive announce- p
ment is expected tomorrow "that the battie
of the century" will be fought in
Nevada. ? f<
Tomorrow night at Reno, Tex Rickard ti
will receive bids for the big contest from tl
committees renresentinsr. Reno. Otoldfleld t<
and Ely. The city- offering the most sub- ir
stantlal fight Inducement, he says, will
get the match, anfi the winner will be si
immediately anounced. It is generally si
said, however, that Reno will be the
choice. t)
The laws of Nevada do not prohibit
finish fights and no serious obstacle to
the staging of the great battle in that
state is anticipated. After his tur- 01
bulent experience of the last few days,
a calm appears to have settled over "
Rickard. Breathing freely once more s<
he Is inclirfed to Jest about his troubles.
"I think we are getting this cham- J*
pionshlp into a safe port at last," he "]
told the newspaper men today and ei
smiled grimly over his pun.
Beady to Shift Quarters.
Both Jeffries and Johnson are await- _
ing the word to move. Preparations to ?
break camp have been completed and
Monday morning the exodus of fightdrs
and trainers from Ben Lomond and San tj
Francisco is expected to begin. Tenta- q
tive arrangements for training quarters Vl
at Reno already have been made for
both Jeffries and Johnson. n
The capitulation today of Louis Blot,
promoter of the Langford-Kaufman c<
contest, as a result of Gov. Gillett's a,
order to prevent that fight ended a r.
stressful situation. Blot's determination jj'
to hold the fight, though short lived,
was fraught with exciting possibilities,
involving the calling out of the militia,
but despite the promoter's open defiance
of the state's chief executive no
serious importance wras attached to his C
attitude and his back-down caused little
surprise.
A big crowd surrounded Blot's arena
this afternoon, curious to witness the test
of strength between Blot and the au- Cl
thorities. Mounted police threaded their tn
way among the spectators and a detail a
of patrolmen managed to keep the side- ? ;
walks clear. .
Blot stood at the entrance of his arena
and greeted Adjt. Gen. Lauck and Chief u!
of Police Martin when they motored up 01
to ascertain what was happening. te
Neither Fighter Appears. tfl
Neither Kaufman nor Langford appear- J*'
ed, however, and finally thee crowd
melted away. ot
Blot persists In his assertion that the Tl
contest has been merely "postponed" un- J'
til next Saturday, in order to stage a
minor boxing event, against the holding *
of -which he hopes the governor will take J
action, so that & contest case can be put
up to the courts, -m
Sputtering of the controversy between
the governor and the local authorities continues
to attract attention. Acting Mayor
J. A. Kelley issued a signed statement
this afternoon, protesting against "the Gi
threat of the governor to send troops into re
this peaceful community" to prevent
Blot's contest. If the city officers refused
to take action. th
As the situat^pn now stands. Gov. Gil- ]
lett is the victor and priz* fighting in ta
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'alifornia is over?for the present, at s
*ast. ?
Mayor McCarthy Silent. j
Mayor P. H. McCarthy returned today t
rom the east, where he had been for the c
ast six weeks on business. Still suffer- y
ng from the effects of breaking his ankle s
n an automobile accident in Indianap- t
>lis, the mayor was taken from the '
rain at Oakland Mole in a wheel chair ^
o an automobile, which carried him on
oard the ferry boat. He was met at
he mole by District Attorney Flskert,
'hief of Police Martin, the police comlissioner
and other city officers. j
The mayor refused to discuss the action
f Gov. Gillett in stopping the Langford *
nd Kaufman fight, saying that he would c
ot disruss the governor's acts in this ?
onnection until he had time to inform t
lmsolf thoroughly of the facts in the
ase. I
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IAISER UNDER KNIFE ?
FOR ABSCESS ON KNEE I
u
iperation a Minor One, and Com- *
plete Recovery Expected ?
in a Few Days.
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BERLIN, June 18.?Prof. Blerlate f:
lis afternoon used a knife on the em- *
eror's knee, in the presence of his body f'
hysicians, Drs. von Illberg and ^
Tiedenor. t]
According to the usually well in- S
irmed Lokal Anzieger. the inflammaon
proved of a similar character to r
lat on the wrist three weeks ago. It fj
iok the form of a furuncle, contain- tl
ig pus.
The operation today, which consisted
Imply of lancing the abscess, was conIdered
slight, and his majesty was able g
> participate in the family dinner at
le palace. The first bandage was reloved
tonight. Si
The emperor suffers no pain to speak
f, and is very cheerful. A complete reivery
is expected in a few days, un- ?
:ss some unanticipated complications p
it in. r<
A semi-official note. Issued this even- p
ig, makes no mention of an operation,
ut says: "The knee affection of the R
mperor is progressing favorably." p
MINING CAMP CONSUMED. "
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moke of Forest Fires Envelops ?
Town of Naco, Ariz ti
EL PASO, Tex., June 18.?Smoke from ?
le forest fires that are raging in the tj
Jo mountains of northern Mexico en- n;
elops the town of Naco, Arts., twenty c<
files away.
Last night and today reports were resived
of the destructions of a number of tc
dditional mining camps, as well as many ti
inchhouses. Efforts to control the ci
ames have been abandoned. tl
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CAUGHT, THIEF ENDS LIFE.
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ornered by Crowd and Policeman, s>
la
Burglar Shoots Himself. d<
NEW YORK, June 18.-With escape
at off by a policeman in front and a jU
10b at his heels shouting "Stop thief!" at
man identified by the police only as ci
Peterson." ended an exciting man hunt
i the East Side and brought horror J
E>on his pursuers tonight by whipping
it a revolver and firing a bullet into his tt
smple. He fell dead at the feet of
lose who crowded him hardest.
A crash in the rooms above his estab- Sn
shment on East 1.1th street startled
rank Jackson, a plumber, and he rushed
to the hallway just as Peterson dashed in
it. The chase and suicide followed, ta
he intruder had "jimmied" his way Into fn
tckson's place. ,
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FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER. ?
hi
ine Dead and Twenty Hurt in J
Wreck in Granville. wVIL.L.EPREUX,
France, June 18.?The to
ranvllle express today crashed into the of
ar of a local train standing at the staon.
Both trains ware wrecked and ,
e wreckage caught fire.
Vine dead and twenty injured have been Pi
ken' out. ' F1
(NOXISSUSPICIOUS!
.ooks Askance at Pennsyl- |
vania Gubernatorial Boom.
MILLING TO AID PARTY I
Jut Is Hot Anxious to Further In- ]
terests of Magee.
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>ENROSES PLANS DISTURBED ]
lad Others in View as Likely Can- }
didates, Representative Tener
Being Among Number.
Secretary Knox is looking at that Pennylvania
gubernatorial boom with a sus>iclous
eye. He wants to know why
hey desire him to run. If it is to "pull
he party through, to win some doubtul
congressional districts," that's one
hlng.
But if it is to further the political
.mbitions of Billy Magee?why, that's
omething different. And as the cards
all now, it begins to look to some of
Secretary Knox's friends very much as
f this were Billy Magee's hand that is
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ieuig piayeu anu nui i ne ??liu? m me i
epublican party of Pennsylvania alto- i
ether.
"Billy" Magee, the author of the Knox
ioom. Is a nephew of the late Chris,
lagee, long time "boss" of western
'ennsylvania, and Is a rising and ambiious
young politician who started with
is uncle's prestige as his first asset, to
rhich he has added personal worth and
bility and marked skill In politics.
Suspicious of Magee.
The question is asked by some of the
lder Pennsylvania politicians whether
Ir. Magee in this instance is not merest
trying to rally the delegates under
he Knox flag, and his own captaincy,
o be used subsequently as circumstances
light warrant.
It is declared by Secretary Knox's
riends that this question must be anwered
satisfactorily before he will alow
his name to be used as a candidate
or the gubernatorial nomination.
It is said further that Secretary Knox
vill not allow his friends to go into the
late convention and make a fight for
tim. If there is desire among the remblic&ns
of the state that he should
un and on the grounds thus far claimed,
hat desire must bo manifested with
inanimity.
In other words, Secretary Knox is not
leeking the nomination, but would not
vade it if the rank and file of the party
hink they need him in the coming cam>aign.
it is easy to understand that
here is no political promotion in the
hange from a cabinet position to the .
governorship, especially to a man who
las had the senatorshlp from the same
itate. It is the other way around. But <
here is, it is said, cause for gratification 1
n the suggestion that a man may be (
Irafted to help his party even if the '
iffiee Is comparatively subordinate.
Upsets Penrose's Calculations. (
The springing of the Knox boom by 1
dagee is thought to have disturbed the
ilans of Senator Penrose, the present <
ioss of Pennsylvania, if there be one. r
Jot that the senator would be averse 1
o Secretary Knox in any event. t
It Is thought, however, that Senator
'enrose had other men in view as likely 1
andidates, with adequate political rea- j
ons therefor. Representative Tener of j
he Washington county district is one
f them, and Mr. Tener announced his '
andidacy Friday night and left hurriedly e
or the western end of the state to fix t
p his fences. (
Senator Penrose also had under con- .
lderation State Senator Crow of Fayette
ounty, and John Cox of Allegheny,
peaker of the lower house of the state c
gislature. ?
Senator Oliver has a stake in the game. t
oo. as the legislature to be elected this
all will be asked to return him to the y
inited States Senate. Senator Oliver s i
riends looked askance at the move of c
(agee to get control of the delegations
rom the western end of the state. It
3 declared, however, that Magee caused 1
,'ord to be conveyed to the Oliver folks a
hat the Knox boom was not inimical to j
enator Oliver's interests. ;
The state convention will meet at Harisburg
next Wednesday. Senator Pen- 1
use will go up Monday and talk over <he
situation with the advance guard of
he district leaders.
TO STAY IN CABINET. t
1 a
ecretary Knox Will Not Be Candi- s
date in Pennsylvania. 1
pecial Dispatch to The Star. ^
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June I8.-PI11I- j,
nder C. Knox, Secretary of State In f
resident Taft's cabinet, will not be the
jpublican candidate for Governor of {
ennsylvania. This fact developed definely
today when United States Senator j,
oies Penrose had a conference with ,
resident Taft, who was in Philadelphia
lis morning. v
President Taft and Senator Penrose
Liked over briefly political affairs in c
ennsylvania, although neither of them
ould discuss what had passed between
tern. It is understood, however, to be n
le position of the President and the
iembers of his cabinet that Secretary
nox, who has been mentioned as among
lose available for the republican guberatorial
nomination in Pennsylvania, will
mtinue as Secretary of State during *
le remainder of Mr. Taft's admlnistra- v
on.
President Taft arrived from Washing- ^
in at 10:22, and at Broad Street staon
Senator Penrose boarded his spe- t(
al train in response to a message from h
le President. Mr. Taft was concerned tl
aout the reports from Pittsburg, linking y
r. Knox's name witli the governorship, p
There was speculation in political cires,
too, as to whether the Taft-Penise
conference had to do with the Penn- A
lvania gubernatorial situation in its re- tl
tion to the Munson withdrawal as the
mucrauc siauustru nearer, rceports have
sen published that Mr. Munsoh withdrew
cause he expected to get a federal C
idgeship through the influence of Sen- C
or Penrose. The senator refused to dis- b<
lss this report. n?
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IROTJGHT BACK FROM DEATH, 3
i ai
ndertaker Finds Supposed Corpse fc
Is Much Alive. *0)
iecial Dispatch to The Star. M
^"AVNESSBORO, Pa., June 18.?Called
to lay out a supposed corpse, under,ker
William Delrich of Greencastle w
>und signs of life In Miss Flora Hupert, w
ctlm of an overdose of medicine, and m
immoned Dr. C. M. McLaughlin, who th
susclt&ted the woman after two hours
ird work. 1 fo
Miss Hupert has been suffering from tu
rvous breakdown. ac
David Gaff, an uncle of Miss Hupert, de
as on his way to the telegraph office co
notify her brother, George E. Hupert ar
Washington, of his Bister's death, ag
ben he met the undertaker and sent jn<
m to the house. st<
Seorge EX Hupert of this city left here, m<
sterday morning, to go to Waynesboro, thi
u, after hearing that hfo sister, Miss m<
ora Hupert, was seriously ill. an
ilGNEDBYPRESlDENT
Railroad Bill Receives Executive
Approval.
HOUSE CLEARS ITS DECKS
Besides the Railroad Bill. It Passes
Statehood Bill.
POSTAL SAVINGS IN SENATE
[Jppcr Chamber Expected to Concur
in House Measure, Ending
Big Work of Session. i
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With the railroad bill made a law by
he signature of the President last night
md with the statehood bill ready to be
nade a law by his signature early this
veek by the acceptance by the House of
he Senate measure, the fruits of the
jresent session of Congress rapidly rlp:ned
yesterday.
President Taft returned from bla trip
nto Pennsylvania yesterday to find the
ailroad bill enrolled and signed by both
Hce President Sherman and Speaker
Gannon, and he promptly put his slgnaure
to it, making it a law. He was
ilso informed that the statehood bill
vould be enrolled, signed by the presiding
)fficers of the Senate and House and
eady for his signature early this week.
This rapid completion of the legislative
>rogram for the session of Congress now
irawing to a close came about by the
iction of the House yesterday afternoon
n adopting the conference railroad bill
md in agreeing to the Senate bill for the
idmission of Arizona and New Mexico
nto the Union as states.
J" he re still remains the postal savings
lank bill, as passed by the House, in the
:ustody of the Senate. A motion haa
teen made to have the Senate agree to
he House bill and, it is believed, will
we vail.
The railroad bill was debated (or a
:ouple of hours, although when the vote
was taken there was no disposition ou
he part of any one to demand a roll call
ind favorable action d-as practically
jnanimous, all factions?republicans, insurgents
and democrats?agreeing that
he measure acted upon yesterday was inineasurably
better than either the Senato
>r House bills before they were llckod
into harmony by the conference committee.
Vote Greeted With Applause.
At the conclusion of the debate on tha
Railroad bill the Speaker put the measure
upon its final passage and the result
of the vote was greeted with applause.
The bill had been enrolled in anticipation
of this action and was at once carried to
Speaker Cannon at his desk After he
iiad signed it the bill was then sent to
he Senate to receive the signature of
Wee President Sherman.
Then the statehood bill was taken up
ind agreed to by a viva voce vote. It
low requires merely the signature of the
President to make it a law. Representsive
Hamilton of Michigan, chairman of
he House committee on territories, said
-esterday that the concurrence with the
Senate amendments, which assures the
enactment of the statehood bill, avoided
mdangering that measure by attempting
n et r<] iorVitnn AH* Aoefeeatme 'df""1
? on uui ait wiuciciiLc iiir uiuri
;nce between the views of the Senate and
he House on the measure.
Of the three Senate amendments the
me as to the Arizona election law is aatsfactory
to the House, and it has been
mderstood all along that the Senate
vould put it in the bill. The amendment
iroviding that Congress shall pass on the
-onstitutions of the new states was re;arded
as necessary to secure an agreenent
to the bill in the Senate. The other
intendment concerning the disposition of
mblic lands for payments of debts the
iouse committee was willing to conceds
n order to avoid hanging up the bill In
onference.
Father of Three States.
"And thus," said Mr. Hamilton faeeiously
after the bill had gone through, "1
im the proud and fond parent of three
tates?Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mezco."
No time was wasted in consideration of
he statehood bill. As soon as it had been
lid before the House there were demands
or a vote without any discussion.
Representative Lloyd of Missouri asked
or a minute in which to say he was not
wholly satisfied with the Senate bill, but
i order to promptly insure statehood for
irizona and New Mexico he was ready to
ote for it.
Mr. Hamilton of Michigan moved to
oncur in the Senate amendments.
"Vote! vote! vote!" cried a hundred
lembers from either side of the Housa.
Agreed to Unanimously.
With only a few minutes devoted to
urther debate the Senate amendments
rere agreed to unanimously by a viva
oce vote.
The statehood bill having been signed
y Vice President Sherman was brought
) the House and Speaker Cannon added
is signature to it, while presiding over
le House. It was at once sent to the
lrhlte House for the approval of the
resident.
It cannot be stated definitely wl?en
rizona and New Mexico will come into
le L'nion under this legislation. It rauires
thai the constitutions adopted by
le proposed states must be ratified by
ongress and approved by the President,
oneeding that the statehood bill will
f In inrce within a few davs. it will bo
ecessary for the territories to hold conitutlonal
conventions which will require
iany weeks, submit the constitutions tu
le people of the territories for adoption
tid then return them to Washington,
rovision is made against Joint elections
>r the adoption of the constitution and
>r the nomination or election of stale
Beers.
May Have a Long Wait.
It is impossible, therefore, to specify
hen the people of the two territories
ill enjoy the benefits of statehood and
any believe that it will not be before
e presidential election of 1912.
rhe railroad bill, which will be ready '
r the President's signature on his rern
to Washington, is substantially in
cordance with the President's message
mandlng amendments to the interstate
mnierce law. About the only exceptions
e that it does not legalise holding
reements made by railroads, permit
?rgers or regulate the issuance of
>cks and bonds. It creates a com>rce
court and broadens the scope of
e Jurisdiction by the interstate comfree
commission as regc.rdc " ~
d pracf':?m by railroads. It als</o?v