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No. 280 ?No. 18,219. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1910.* FIVE CENTS.
REPIIBLICFOR SPAIN.
Lerroux Sure Revolution Will I
Dethrone Alfonso.
PARTY UPHOLDS CANALEJAS I
Sure Premier Cannot Make Peace 1
With Vatican, However.
WEYLER ABLE TO KEEP ORDER ]
King's Change of Opinions Due to J
xaiK witn Kaiser ana uiner
Rulers.
PARIS, August 13.?In an interview with
the Madrid correspondent of the Temps, t
Alejandro Lerroux, chief of the repub- ^
licans at Barcelona, says that while the f
republicans support Premier Canalejas it c
will be Impossible for him to accomplish r
more than a modus vivendi with the Vatl- r
can, as the senate will block the way to v
constitutional reform. s
Senor Lerroux is of opinion that Capt.
Gen. Weyler, who was sent to San Sebas- r
tian in anticipation of trouble there, will c
succeed in preventing disorders, pending r
the return of the conservatives, but his t
victory will be only temporary. Spain, he 1
declares, is heading straight for a revolu*
tion and a republic. 1
He attributes the change in the atti- r
tude of the king, who, he says, was for- 3
merly under the Influence of the queen 8
mother and former Premier Maura, v
to conversations which the king had with
European monarchs 'in England at the
time of the funeral of King Edward. The
substance of these conversations the king
repeated after his return to Spain, say- *
ing that he was especially impressed with v
the advice given to him by the German *
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emperor.
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Vatican's Defense Made. r
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ROME, August 13.?The Osservatore
Romano publishes a statement, presum- a
ably dictated oy the papal secretary of v
state, which aims to answer a recent ^
statement made by Garcia Prietro, the t]
Spanish foreign minister, with reference u
to a resumption of negotiations between o
Spain and the Vatican.
The Osservatore Romano declares that 1
the only novelty in the foreign minister's
statement is that the condition insisted
upon by the holy see for a continuance
of the negotiations is unjustified. This b
condition was that the Spanish government
should take no steps on the ques- ^
tion, which was the subject of the negotiations,
and that the bill relating to ?
the religious congregations should <be ^
withdrawn while the negotiations were T
pending. el
It is enough, says the paper, to set c1
forth that condition to have everybody tv
e recognise its equity. w
a toe Spanish government was anrious M
to fkonr a conciliatory spirit, the paper tc
continues. It should accept as just the oi
roQuest of the holy see. Otherwise, it
wouM be fruitless for the holy see to
resume negotiations if the Spanish government
refused to pledge itself not to
adopt arbitrary measures on the very
points under discussion.
No Meeting of Congregation. e',
The Corriere d'Italia also publishes a d;
statement. Inspired by the papal secretary
of state, pointing out the absurdity of ^
certain assertions coming from Madrid, n
such as the statement attributed to Mar- tc
quis de Gonzales, who is now in charge Si
of the Spanish embassy at the Vatican, f
that the congregation of extraordinary ,
and ecclesiastic affairs met, but did not n
discuss the reply to Spain. gl
As a matter of fact the congregation
has held no meeting. Nor is it known Sl
when there will be a meeting of this
body, but it will probably not be before ^
November, unless specially called together.
It Is believed in Vatican circles that M.
Briand, the premier of France, having
simply declared that the report published
in the Epoca regarding his conversation I
with King Alfonso was inexact, means
that it is substantially true. Tlie Epoca
quoted Premier Briand as strongly advising
King Alfonso against breaking
with Rome, and with saying: "We slid
dowr. hill farther than we intended." S
Vatican officials declare that this ad- d
vi'"e could not have come from a mere ! p
authoritative or more competent source.
One of them exclaimed: "Briand knew n
of what he was talking."
The report that Emperor Francis Jo- "
seph of Austria might act as mediator in
the controversy is considered to be with- J1
out foundation. Even the Vatican admits
that Spain cannot accept foreign lnterven- 1
tion in her internal affairs. w
The Giornale d'ltalla says that a mon- ?
eignor attached to the department of the
papal secretary has left for Spain to "
meet a representative of the Spanish gov- 1
ernment to discuss an arrangement cl
whereby negotiations may be resumed. j
NO LANDS FOB SETTLEBS. r
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Yakima Indian Beservation Not to S
Be Thrown Open.
Thb reclamation eervice lias issued a
statement denying reports that the gov- ?
ernment contemplates extensive opening
of lands on the Yaklmu Indian reservation
In Washington.
It has been reported, the statement a
rays, that a million acres of the reserva- b
tion are to be thrown open, and that the S
land la to be Irrigated by the reclamation
service. a
"The facts are," the statement contin- ?
ues, "that the government does not con- n
template any opening on the Yakima a
. reservation at this time, and perhaps not
for some time. There are nothing like a a
million acres to be opened, and none of '0
the land to be opened to entry is likely
to be Irrigable or suitable for any purpose t
whatever except grazing. v
"It is not probable that there is a guar- n
ter section of land on the reservation out- D
de of what will be included in the In- ?
dian allotment* upon which a person ^
could make a living by farming." n
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TIME OF CHOP REPORTS. a
Condition of Cotton August 25 Will | lJ
Be Made Known September 2. *
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The time of issuance and scope of the t
September crop reports of the govern- n
ment were made public yesterday by ?
the Department of Agriculture. \ report "
showing the condition of the c > t >n crop s
August 25 wrlll be Issued by the crop t
reporting board at noon (eastern time) ?
Friday, September 2. L
A crop report giving a. summary of the j
condition September 1, or at time of;
harvest, of corn, spring wheat, oau, j
barley. buckwheat, potatoes, tobacco, j
flaxseed, rice and apples, and the yield F
and quality of hay. will be Issued at 2:^0 v
p m. (eastern tlma) September 8.
A supplemental report, giving a sum- c
mary of tho condition September l, r,r at ( j
time of harvest. ? r minor crops, w;li be 1 i
laeued Friday, September P. i j
JOIN POUCE1TINY
More Men at Columbus Refuse
to Do Duty on Cars.
MAYOR WANTS VOLUNTEERS
Needs 2,000 Citizens for Duty During
Car Strike.
NOT A SINGLE RESPONSE
Return of Troop6 Has Not Been
Requested, But Militia Is
Held in Readiness.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 13.?Fiftyhree
members of the police department
vithin twenty-four hours have rebelled
igalnst Mayor Marshall's orders to ride
in street cars. The mutineers of last
light, thirty-three, were increased tolight
by' twenty. All of the twenty
vere men employed as specials for
itrike duty.
Unlike . the regular officers who
nutlnied last evening, the twenty speials
were not suspended, but upon their
efusal to board cars they were told
hat by that act they had removed
hemselves from the service.
Last night's mutineers were suspended
oday. They will appeal to Safety Diector
McCune who will dismiss all, as
layor Marshall says that none of them
hall be connected with the department
chile he is executive.
No Call for Troops.
The mayor made no call today for
he return of state troops. Officers of
he 4th Regiment, four companies of
vhich are stationed in Columbus, say
hey have been told to hold themselves
eady for service, but at the adjutant
;eneral's office it is denied that prepaations
have been made for calling out
roops.
Mayor Marshall, as he did last night,
gain put police on cars tonight. There
. ere not enough officers to man all
ars. The mayor during the day intilated
that tonight probably would be
he last on which police would be so
sed. There are Indications that today
r tomorrow night he will order a ream
to the system of patrols by police
1 automobiles.
Calls for Volunteers.
Mayor Marshall today called for 2,000
olunteers for police duty. He took the
runt of all criticism made against the
lanner in which the situation has been
andled, but said that if his critics were
Incere they would offer to perform poce
duty. Late tonight there had not
een a single response to his appealhere
are only five men oh the police
liglble or reserve lists, as kept by the
Ivil service commission.
Sheriff 8arta!n this -evening enrolled
velve special deputies for strike duty
hen the mayor called upon him for aid.
[embers of his office force scoured the
iwn and county, but were able to enlist
aly a dozen men.
Attempt to Blow Up Car.
An unsuccessful effort was made to blow
p a car passing the state institution
>r the feeble-minded late tonight. It
irried no passengers and the crew
scaped injury. The car was uauiy
am aged.
Rioting tonight was not so serious as
ist night. However, two policemen and
number of carmen were injured. A
lotorman on the east side who alighted
) attach a fuse was murderously asaulted,
and when the police resiled
him was a fit subject for the
ospital. Policeman G. H. Davis and
W. Overturf were hit by stones. A
lotorman who saw a man throw a
tone at his car jumped off and grappied
rith the man, only to be knocked unconcious
by a pair of brass knuckles.
A score of arrests were made, including
everal stone throwers.
GOES TO SCOTCH CONCERN.
iOwest Bidder for Construction of
Panama Canal Dredge.
American shipbuilders have found
liemselves unable to compete with the
cotch yards In building a steel ladder
redge for the Panama canal, and
resident Taft has authoried the Isthlian
canal commission to buy the big
lachine from abroad at a price much
;ss than the only American bid.
In an open competition William Siions
& Co of Renfrew, Scotland, bid
j build the machine for $399,340. The,
nion iron works of San Francisco
anted $874,146. Lebnitz & Co., anther
Renfrew concern, bid $499,000,
The law provides that purchases of
iaterial and equipment for construeion
of the canal are restricted to artiles
of domestic production or manufacure
unless the President shall deem
ie bid extortionate and unreasonable.
The commission referred the bid to
resident Taft and he has directed
hat the contract be awarded to the
cotch concern.
AERIAL CORPS PLANNED.
longress Will Be Urged to Provide
Dirigible Balloon for Army.
Military experts of the War Department
re considering a plan to add the dirigible
alloon or airship to the equipment of the
Ignal Corps. A strong plea will be made
o Congress in the coming session for an
ppropriatlon sufficient to enable the deartment
to buy one or two airships of
he Zeppelin type and to build a plant
ecessary for the maintenance of these
erial monsters.
This means that the army is not ready
s yet to adopt the aeroplane as a part
f the military equipment for national
efense. The experts are of the opinion
hat the dirigible Is nearlng perfection,
r-liile the aeroplane is still In the experimental
stage. Recent accidents to aerolane
operators have accentuated that
oint of view. The dirigible, they say.
as demonstrated its usefulness as a war
machine, not only for scouting purposes,
ut for carrying materials and men and
,-eapons which could be used to great
dvantage.
It is the purpose of the authorities
ltimately to establish an aerial corps as
ubsidiarv to the Coast ArtHery Corps,
tations will be established for the big
irships at forts along the coast, so that
hey may be ready for operation In conectlon
with naval engagements. In case
f an attack by a fore^n navy or In conectlon
with land maneuvers. As a part
f their practice work the big ships will
all up and down the coast in order to
rain themselves for their work as a sort
f aerial scouting line, rimming the entire
ountry.
New England Mills Closing.
IX) WELL, Mass.. August 13.?The
'aulkner Manufacturing Company's
woolen mills in Billerlca were shut
own today for two weeks. The Treuont
and Suffolk cotton mills will close
tugust 2 ft for a fortnight, and the
,owell machine shops will bo idle from
lugust 23 until September 5.
POLITICIAN^ ALERT
Don't Know What to Make of
the Reports From Beverly.
NOT LIKE TAFT, THEY SAY
Hesitate to Believe He Is Against
Aldrich and Cannon.
PABTY HAS BACK TO WALL
Republican Leaders Recognize Ugliness
of the Situation, But
Are Full of Fight.
Special From a Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, August 13.?Intense interest
was manifested today In political
circles, both democratic and republican,
over the published statements from Beverly
intimating that President Taft is
getting ready to divest th? republican
party of the association of a certain class
of alleged reactionaries, such as Aldrich,
Hale, Cannon and Ballinger.
Wherever the politicians gathered during
the day the morrftng's dispatches
from Beverly formed the principal topic
of conversation and the questions would
run something like these:
"Do you reckon the President really
means to shake Aldrich and Cannon?"
"How is he going to shake them without
repudiating the work of Congress,
and If he does that, what has he left to
stand for?"
"Do you think that after having licked
all the molasses off their bread, he is
going to turn around ajid call them
names?"
Praise for Aldrich Recalled.
"Though he has been saying all along
that Aldrich was a grand man, and his
tariff bill the best ever; that Ballinger.
had done no wrong, and he would not
stand for prosecution of him."
"What has happened, anyhow; is he
getting scared of T. R., expecting him to
rally the insurgents into a hostile band,
and Is he trying to beat T. R. to it?"
"Well, I don't believe a word of it; it
doesn't sound like Taft."
"Anyhow, hasn't Aldrich already eliminated
himself?" _
"Yes, and haven't the Rickers and the .
young republicans of Maine attended to
Hale?" m
"And nobody has heard 'Uncle Joe' th
Cannon ask for re-election as Speaker.
All he has said that if there is any blood
on his shirt it will be in front."
"And why doesn't Balllnger heed that t0
much-talked-of call to the law practice?" ta
And so they would gabble on, and not a
get .very far in settling any thing,. except b?
that the republican party seems to be a<
catching it coming and going.
As Democrats View It.
The democratic politicians were also in*
terested in the reports, and they would ft
talk something like this:
tSreat guns! Aren't those republicans
in a deuce of a mess?" (Only they would
not use the word deuce.) Ci
"Yet it doesn't seem like Taft to go co
back on the people who have fetched and s<
carried for him throughout the Congress w
work in his campaign."
"That's so, but there are T. R. and Pin- P?
chot on his trail, and maybe it's some- M
thing like the case of the rabbit that just
had to climb a tree 'cause the dogs were m
after him." I
"Say. but how much enthusiasm and sup- le;
port will he get from the friends of Can- T1
non and Aldrich, and isn't he likely to in
need them in his business this fall?" th
"It looks as if we sure had the republl- b
cans going this time." tl<
"Yep, but let the galled jade wince, our Cr
withers are unwrung. and it certainly is w
comforting to democrats to see the other jo
fellow walking the floor sometimes."
Republicans Grow Grim. II
And so the comment would run along, |T
with many a serious thought underlying
the jest. There is one thing about the
situation, the darker becomes the prospect
the more determined the republicans, B
and, figuratively speaking, one can witness
a general disposition on their part
to tighten the belt another notch, clench
the teeth a little harder and brace their
shoulders more firmly against the wall. _
"You keep picking on us and you will H
unite our party," said a resentful re
puDiican to a taunting democrat in the
Hoffman House.
"That's so," was the reply, "reminds
me of Bill Sterrett's story of the Confederate
company, that was in full retreat
and pursued by the enemy, upon whom
they occasionally turned and flred a vol- _i
ley till their captain said, 'Stop shooting Tl
at them Yankees, boys, it only makes E<
them madder.' " fo
But, all levity aeide, the political sltuation
in the nation and in this and adjoining
states is causing deep concern to Wl
the big men in both political camps. There cr
are so many confusing and conflicting cr
phases as to make both parties feel that ^
there is now almost an even break, with
the future full of possibilities for good w
and evil for both parties. The next thirty fu
days, it is thought, should show a crys- &e
tallization of sentiment. In that time Col.
Roosevelt will have disclosed his hand, ' ?
it is believed, with his cards above the wj
table; the Maine elections will have been
held, and there will he the preliminary
report on conditions from the congres- *0
sional districts.
Searching Out the Worst. bl^
The republicans have a way with them &
ws
of "getting down to brass tacks" on polit- ar
leal conditions. They are doing that now.
They are trying to find out the very worst wi
the situation may hold. Then they will ^
do what they may to change it.
August clamor and gossip does not drive
the republican managers into a panic.
They stand the chaffing and Jibes of the
other fellows, and just grin themselves. '
Wait awhile and things will begin to Tl
happen, real things, material influences wl
at work. al
There are some features of this sltua- ov
tion, however, that are new to the republicans.
Have you stopped to consider
that the great republican press of the bl(
country is either openly insurgent or so
independent as to make it exceedingly ~
difficult for the party managers to demand
that unflinching support so valuable
in the past?
The same condition intensified exists
in me country press, ? is as Independent
as a clam at high-tide. Consequently, insurgents,
regulars, democrats and populists
get a show. Bristow gets as good a
spread in the eastern press a Aldrlch.
You find the same spirit growing among
the rank and file of the voters. Party
line are disintegrating. Unrest and a
spirit of change are in the air. The old
bosses with their old methods in both
parties have their hands full this year.
N. O. M.
HITCHCOCK DIDN'T HEAD IT.
Elimination of Aldrich et al. Not
Discussed in His Presence.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, who returned
here from Beverly yesterday, said
the report that the President bad
decided to request the resignation of Secretary
Balltnger and to eliminate Speaker
Cannon and Senators Aldrtc4 and
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om the counsels of the party was not
entioned during- his conference with
e President.
Mr. Hitchcock said he would leave
rashington within a few days for the
est, going as far as California. He plans
> visit several postal conventions and also
ke a vacation, visiting New Mexico and
rizona before his return. He will be
ick in Washington by September 10 to
:tend the cabinet meeting to be held
tat date.
CANNON JUST SMILES.
[Maker Recalls That President Approved
Legislation Enacted.
DANVILLE, III., August 13.?Speaker
ittnon smiled today when asked for
imment on rumors that Speaker Cannon,
>nator Aldrlch and Secretary Ballinger
ere soon to be placed In less prominent
>sltlons In republican national politics,
r. Cannon said:
"Acting In concert with the republican
ajorlty in Congress, I contributed what
could toward the enactment of the
gislation, and the President approved it.
lie democratic minority in Congress, reforced
by a small group of men under
ie leadership of La Follette, Cummins,
ristow and others, opposed the legislaan.
That is the privilege of the demoatic
party and its allies, but I am quite
illing to abide by the vote of the marity
of the people in November next."
MP ON THE ROCKS
RITISH CRUISER GOES ASHORE
IN A DENSE FOG.
oped That the Vessel May Be
Pulled Off at High Tide
This Morning.
PORTSMOUTH, England, August 13.?
tie British armored cruiser Duke of
linburgh went ashore today In a dense
g on a rocky ledge off Cowes. She
nt out wireless messages for assistance,
hlch was dispatched from here. The
ulser is in a dangerous position. The
ew of 750 officers and men remain
ioard, and it Is hoped that the cruiser
111 be towed off the rocks at the
11 of the tide early In the morning. The I
a is smooth. 1
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The armored cruiser Duke of Edinburgh ,
is one of the British squadron which j
tended the Hudson-Fulton celebration
New York last year. She is of 13,?ti0
ns displacement, with a length of 480 1
et and a heavy armament. She was
illt at Pembroke in 1904. 1
Niarch 15, 1907, the Duke of Edinburgh (
ounded while leaving Dover harbor, but \
is towed off without having sustained '
ly damage. At that time the prompt
opping her anchors alone saved the
arshlp from crashing into the Pow pier,
le cruiser ie commanded by Capt. the
on. Robert F. Boyle.
To Arrest Fifty Oystermen.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., August 13.le
state police boat Commodore Maury,
1th inspectors aboard, left here this
'teraoon to serve warrants on fifty
stermen who Thursday pulled up
akes of James river planters, claiming
at they were set on natural rock. Trou- '
e is expeteed to follow.
The circulatioi
both daily and Si
bv many thousar
any other Wash in
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'ASSMENTS OF AIR LINE TR^
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THE TRAIN BUTCHER
FASTEST MILE MADE |
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in 47 2-5 Seconds?Crosscountry
Race in Gale. <
LANARK, Scotland, August 13.?James
Radley, the English aviator, today flew
one mile in 47 2-5 seconds in a Bleriot
monoplane.
This is a world's record for speed.
Cross-Couiitry in Gale.
DOUAI, France, August 13.?Le Blanc
and Aubrun, the sole survivors in the
great cross-country aeroplane race of
488 miles for a prize of $20,000, reached
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litre tins tveiling ttntr uue ui me musi
exciting flights they have exer experienced.
Aubrun, who started for Meaeres ten
minutes after Le Blanc, arrived here at
6:20 p.m., thirty-nine minutes in advance
of his rival.
Both men were utterly exhausted after .
an almost superhuman battle with a J
veritable tempest. The nature of the
flight can be judged by the fact that Le I
Blanc occupied more than three hours in
covering the distance, 80.73 miles, between
the two points, which constituted
the fourth lap in the competition. ^
Carried Off Course.
Both said that never before had they
flown in such a wind, which carried them
constantly off their course, and forced <
them many times to swing head into the
teeth of the gale. Bach made one stop
to rest.
The prize will go to the aviator who
covers the circuit in the shortest elapsed
time. Le Blanc's total time for the four
laps is 9 hours 2 minutes 20 seconds; Aubrun's,
10 hours 2 minutes and 45 seconds, j,
COACH SINKS IN CAVE-IN. a
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Tourist Killed and Others Injured
Near Mammoth Hot Springs. a
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo., Au- ii
gust 13.?While a coach with a load of
tourists was passing through Silver Gate,
three miles from here today, it encountered
a cave-in and sank a distance of ten tl
feet. C
Daniel McKay of New York, who with tl
tiis wife, was touring the park, was killed. ,e
Mrs. McKay received injuries but her t
condition is not regarded as serious.
Others bruised or suffering from the
shock are J. L,. Liouichiemier. Miss Muel- e
ler, Chicago, and W. P. Almon of Helena, \
Mont. f(
MAIL FRAUD CHARGED. o
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Ex-Pedagogue Accused of Misrepre- 9
senting Lands.
PITTSBURG, Pa., August 13.?E. J.
Ryan, said to have been a professor in Cl
a western college, was arrested at a C(
local hotel today by Post Office Inspector Q.
Frank Frayzer of Kansas City, Mo., on a
charges of using the mails to defraud. j,
Ryan was arraigned before United S(
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xinds, pending an order for the pris- t
iner's removal to the western city. tl
It is alleged that Ryan misrepresented k
ands in Cleremore, Okla., whioh he tried 8
0 sell M. S. Wilson and O. S. McNeil _
>f Kansas City. Ryan represented himself,
according to the complaint, as a
Lgent and attorney for Merrill B.- Mills li
>f Detroit.
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fer Sympathy Leafing' Hew Orleans t<
Carried Only Bridal Couples.
NEW ORLEANS. La., August 18 ?
Though no International arrangement on tl
he part of railroad officials, but purely t!
:hrough accident, the sleeping car c
'Sympathy," leaving New Orleans today C(
>ver the Louisville and Nashville rail- jy
oad, carried nothing but bridal couples. e
This car was among the several hun- ^
1 red which forms part of the general
rheap rate excursions which the rail- g
oads run every August from the prln- n
ipal southern cities to points In the n
iorth. It was when the bombardment of
-ice began that an investigation showed e'
hat all the occupants were on their n
loneymoon. They were all from rural
)olnts.
SOLDERS FIGHTING FIRE{
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NORTHWEST FORESTS. d
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Serious Situation Alarms Officials, h
Strong Appeal for s
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Forest flres in the northwest, threaten- JM
ig destruction to human life and to milIons
dollars* worth of property, have
farmed officials of the Interior Departlent
and forest service.
In response to appeals from the Are v
ones additional United States soldiers r<
re being rushed to the scenes to assist ai
i combating the flames. 11
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Distributed Over Tire Belt. ti
The soldiers have been dispatched to
he Couer d'Alene, Idaho; Lewis and w
Hark, Mont., and Colvllle, Wash., nalonal
forests; the Flathead Indian res- S(
rvation, Mont., and the Glacier National It
'ark, Mont.
The troops have been spread over the
ntire lire belt and Maj. Gen. Leonard
Vood, chief of staff of the army, has inarmed
the Interior Department and forst
service. officials that the assistance g,
f the army will be given In meeting the
mergency to the limit of the number of
oldiers available, If necessary.
Reports Cause Alarm. J
The official reports of the situation re- ai
eived here from field agents are meager, r?
onsisting chiefly of a general statement r?
f the conditions on which appeals for the
sslstance of the soldiers are based. This ai
i regarded here as significant of the Ig
?riousness of the situation. til
The War Department has been bomarded
with requests for troops to fight sa
res in practically the same or adjacent th
;rritory by both the Interior Depart- S?
a ? _ -1 cart'lna T n rocn^nca # a
lent ana iuicot oci * **? *. voj/uuot iv
ie request of Maj. Gen. Wood, the two K
irvices have agreed upon a plan for the
luitable distribution of the soldiers and
>r joint action in future.
Forest Fires Spreading. p
MISSOULA, Mont.. August 13.?Condions
today in the forests of western Monma
show no appreciable improvement. ' (
he work of securing fighting crews is in
igorousiy pressed.
Three companies of the 14th Infantry,
:ationed at Fort Missoula, arrived from **
msrican Lake this morning and were ,
limediately dispatched to the scene of
ie fires in this district. Two more com- V<
antes of soldiers have been ordered here, pe
In the forests about Missoula the situa- ju
on is worse today. Fire is spreading Ol
long Belmont creek and fifty more men in
ave been asked for. The Lole Hot Ss
pringa fire is also unchecked. ro
ILL GIVEKEYNOTEll
'resident to Speak in New
York September 30.
I
'OLITICAL ADDRESS LIKELY
Conference at Beverly Over the
Outlook in Ohio.
I
rHOROUGH CAMPAIGN IN VIEW
Jailers Discuss Proposed Reorg&nizatlon?Commissioner
Valentine
Talks About Indians.
BEVERLY, Mass.. August 13.?Presi- ^
lent Taft has definitely decided to accept
he Invitation to address the National ,
.league of Republican Clubs at Carnegie
lall. New York, September 30. There is
i strong likelihood that this will be the
'resident's one speech of the cam>aign,
and as he will be surounded
by a political atmosphere, it is
robable that politics will enter largely
ito what he has to say. The speech may
rove, to be a keynote for the campaign,
or Mr. Taft undoubtedly will give a
esume of what the republican party aleady
has accomplished since his administration
began and what it hopes to
ccomplish, if continued in power.
Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the New
fork republican county committee. Is
pending the night at the Taft cottagehe
first overnight guest the President has
ntertained this summer. Other than to
ay that he came to discuss the general
ituation in New York state with the
resident, and that he would return to
few York tomorrow, Mr. Griscom was
ncommunlcative. He said he had lunched
run voi. uooseveit yesterday, but brought
0 message from him.
Planning: the Ohio Campaign.
Warren G. Harding, the republican!
ominee for Governor of Ohio, spent more
han two hours with President Taft this
fternoon. * He was accompanied by Sentor
Dick and Representative Liongworth,
cho came to Beverly to see the candidate,
lessrs. Dick and Dongworth also participated
in the conference with the Presllent.
It is said the leaders are keenly
live to the situation in Ohio, and realize
hat they have the flght of their lives on
heir hands. They are not attempting to
:eep the President in ignorance of the
ituatlon. Ae a result it is said that the
epublican campaign is being planned on
more extensive scale than at any time
1 the past.
A new chairman of the state executive
ommittee to succeed Wade H. Ellis was
ilked over with the President today,
ut, it was said, no decision had been
cached. Mr. Harding declared that more 4
han a halt dozen men might be selected 1
d direct the campaign. ?
Reorganization Plans. <
c
Pblltics having largely held the stage j
tiroughout the entire day in Beverly, ?
here was much discussion among the e
alters of the proposed reorganization in ?
srtain circles within the republican party, j
io statement was forthcoming, however, ?
ither from the President or Secretary s
lorton.
The executive offices were fairly *
wamped with telegrams regarding the J*
ew situation, but their contents were 1
ot made public for obvious reasons. v
A number of political leaders are com- y
ig to Beverly next week, and undoubt- w
dly their alii will be enlisted In the
ew plans. h
xi
The President's Generosity. *
Michel Angelo de Gregordio, the Italian J,
iborer who stepped in front of Robert b
aft's automobile some time ago and ^
ras seriously hurt, has been sent by j
resident Taft happily on his way to c
islt his "old folks" In Italy. The man J
ras discharged from the hospital sevral
days ago. J
The President paid the hospital and c
odors' bills. Mr. Taft also expressed ?
desire to do something additional for $
. . rw
le man, aunougn me .nassacnuseiis *
ighway commission had exonerated
oung Taft from any blame. Mr. Taft js
nally bit upon the plan of sending I>e j,
regordio on a visit to his family, hoping tl
lat the trip would restore him to fuu t(
xength. In addition to paying for his
assage In the second cabin of the ship,
[r. Taft presented him with $500, more
tan equivalent to a year's earnings.
Would Protect Indians.
a
The commissioner of Indian affairs, Mr. e;
alentlne, came to Beverly today in s
rsponse to a mesage from the President s<
rid talked with Mr. Taft regarding the e
ldlans and their land. Taking ad- o
intage of the recent disclosures as to T
le Indian lands and the public interest w
i the subject the President, it is said, A
111 devote a portion of his coming mesige
to Congress to the recommendation r<
I new laws which will more securely d<
ifeguard the lands to the uses of the
ldlan and which will cut off the posbillty
of any more enormous attorneys' r<
tes. b<
, tl
BALLINGER AGAIN DENIES. *
????? w
ecrctary Declares He Does Not In- it
tend to Resign. Cl
KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., August 13.- e,
[ know nothing about any resignation, w
id do not intend to resign. I have denied
ay such intention and will deny, it," Secitary
Ballinger said tonight to a rep sentative
of the Associated Press. t
"The President has never given me "
ly Intimation that he desired my res- g
nation, and until he does I will con- t
nue as Secretary of the Interior." .
That la all that Mr. Balllnger would th
iy regarding the report from Beverly ^
iat he was to surrender his portfolio Cr
>pterober 15. th
Monday the Secretary will inspect the v<
lamath reclamation project. Ai
SIGH 175,000 BOND. *
di
laintiffs in Hocking Valley Case
Bind Themselves for Damages.
"OL.UMBUS, August 18.?The plaintiffs ed
the recent Hocking Valley railroad
use, Howard Mannington, Ralph West- ^
11 and Fred H. Schoedinger, appeared w
sfore Judge Sater today and signed a nt
5,000 bond. Is
The bond binds them for any damages N'
the Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking w
alley railway which might be sustained
tnding the issuance of a permanent innction
against the Chesapeake and
t?io or the dissolution of the temporary
junction recently granted by Judge ^
iter preventing the consolidation of the th
iads by purchase of stock. ct
MAS WIN RACE
BY HMEAIENGTH
3arsmen From the Canadian
Capital Take the Contest
for Senior Eights.
IRGONAUTS, THEIR OLD
RIVALS, CLOSE BEHIND
(topers, New York Athletics and
Fotomacs Finish as Named.
KEHBHOF CHAMPION SCULLER
Thousands of Enthusiastic Spectators
Witness Second Day's Events
of National Regatta.
Yesterday's Winners.
Association single sculls?
S. F. Gordon, Vesper Boat
Club, Philadelphia. 8.39.
Record?7.19 2-5.
Senior four-oared shells?
Arundel Boat Club, Baltimore,
7.25.
Record?b.29.
Intermediate single sculls
?X. B. Jackes, Argonaut
Rowing Club, Toronto,
8-45 2~5
Kecord?7.24.
Quadruple scull shells I
(senior)?Nassau Boat Club,
New York, 7.24 3-5.
Record?7.09 2-5.
Championship senior
single sculls?YVilliam Mehrhof,
Nassau Boat Club, New
York, 8.34 4-5.
Record?7.19 2-5.
Senior eight-oared shells?
Ottawa Rowing Club, Ottawa,
6.32 2-5.
Record?6.05.
Special senior four-oared
race?Vesper Boat Club,
New York, 7.09.
Summary of races yesterday:
Anaoe+ntlon single sculls -Wen by 8. F. Corlon
Vesper Bost Club; second, Fred Kuessci,
larlem Rowing Club; third, E. B. Butler. Arguisut
Rowing Club. Time of winner, 8.8a; *?knd's
time, 8.43.
Senior four-oared shells?Won by Arundel Boat
'tub. George W. H?os. L. H. Stoll. W. H
lehrl and George E. Parker: second. Mound Otty
towing Club, Ben Spradling. Ed Schlueter,
leorge Jordan and Theodore Grimm; third, 0?nral
Rowing Club of St. Louis, R. Wldinan. C.
turkemper, C. D re bin an and R. Kausober. Time
f winner. 7.23.
Intermediate single sculls?Won by S. B.
aekes. Argonaut Rowing Club; second. J. B.
lelly. Vesper Boat Club; third, James A. Kevan.
West Lynn Boat Club. Time of wlnanr,
45 2-5.
Quadruple scull shells (senior)?Won by Nssau
Boat Clitb. Warren Rubier, Ed Stettin,
loward F. Stivers. George B. Hayward; second,
lew York Athletic Club. J. H. Tracy. R, Kruno,
'. Brady. It. K. Mann. Time of winner. 7.24 3-5.
Championship senior single scull* Won by
niliam Mebrbof, Nassau Boat Club; second,
red Shepherd. Harlem Bowing Club. Time of
Inner. 8.34 4-5; second's time. 8.36.
Senior eight-oared shells- Won by Ottawa Rowig
Club, E. H. Fill ford. K. M. f'blllips. W. J.
rarrlson. R. E. Greene, J. C. MeOralg, M. J.
Lilt. T. M. Joliffe, F. M. Snowdeu, C. H.
'ayne. coxswain: second. Argonaut Bowing
lub. 3. Jaekes, A. Sinclair, W. E. G. Murbv,
A. A. Ruasell. A. C. Bancroft. X. Lameft.
C. E Kldd. T. F. Livingstone. W. O. M<
leary, soxswain; third, \ei?per Boat Club,
i". Engle, Cbarlen Schick. SC F. Gordon. F. J.
luellT, E. J. Hartman, J. B. Kelly. R. I,,
'rombee, H. G. He Baecke. E. C. Koch, c??xwain.
Time of winner, 6.32 2-5: second's thus,
.33 2-5.
Special race for senior four-oared shells W'U?
>y Vesper Boat Club. E. J. Hartman. J. It.
felly. H. H. Crombfe. H. C. He Bai-eke: sceon'l.
fentral Rowing Club of St. Ixiuis, R. Widman.
!. Burkemper. C. Hrehman, K. Rauscher; third,
found City Rowing Club, Ben Spradling. F.4
ichlueter. George Jordan, Theodore Grimm.
'Ime of winner. 7.0M.
As you row, so shall you be honored,
fever was saying better exemplified than
t the National Capital last night, when
he greatest oarsmen in the country, vieors
in the second and most Important
ay of the national regatta, were the
oasts of the town.
William Mehrhof, who won the title of
hampion single sculler of the country,
nd Fred Shepherd, whose magnificent
port in the last quarter of the senior
ingles race landed liim second by a
cant half boat length; the Ottawa senior
ight, which swept its way to victory
ver its old rivals, the Argonauts of
'oronto, and the Vesper senior eight,
hich finished only three feet behind the
rgonauts, were names to conjure with.
Veteran oarsmen who have followed the
Dwing game ror thirty years or mora
eclared that never had the national reatta
been productive of more thrilling
ices than those yesterday rowed on the
-autlful Potomac course, just nest of
te Highway bridge. The oarsmanship
lown was high class, and If the time
ade in the races was slow compared
ith the best records in previous years,
was largely due to the fact that the
tnditions of wind and tide were not
ilculated to give very fast time. But
^en so, the time made by-the winner*
as most creditable.
Most Spectacular Races.
The two events of most importance
i rowing men in this country, the
tampionship senior singles and the
snlor eights, were also the most spec
icular races of the day. The race of
le senior eights brought out strongly
le old rivalry between the oarsmen of
Einada and of the United States. Five
ews were entered, the Ottawas ami
le Argonauts of Canada, and the
espers of Philadelphia, the New York
thletic Club eight and the Potomac
oat Club eight. Rowing a quick stroke,
1th a snappy catch and vicious leg
ive, the Ottawa crew, pupils of Jim
pn Eyck, forged slowly to the front
this race, with the Argonauts clinag
doggedly to their side, but slipping
ick foot by foot, and were never headl.
They crossed the line only half a
ngth in front of the Argonauts, howrer,
and the Vesper crew, upon which
ie Americans had hung their hopes,
as only three feet behind the Argoluts.
The Potomac senior eight flnhed
last, struggling vainly to pass the
ew York Athletic Club crew, which
as the fourth to cross the line.
Ottawa* Take the Lead.
The Ave senior eights got away In aa
ren start. With manhlne-like precision,
e forty oars were anchored on the
,tch, ripped through thw water and shot
A