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No. 281 - No. 18,225.
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1910*
FIVE CENTS.
Roosevelt Perplexes Situation
in New York State.
POSSIBILITY IS PUZZLING
Sherman Said to Have Been Fooled
by Old Guard.
TAFT TELEGRAM SUPPRESSED
President in Peculiar Straits?-Vic#
President Xay Have Ignored
Directions.
Special Fioni a Staff Oorrespeodent.
NEW YORK, August 3ft-Well, your
Xr? York republicans are in a mess for
lair. They arc surely between the devil
and the deep blue sea.
It seems that every step they take they
get deeper into the mire. From leaders
to laymen, republican politicians are in
dire perplexity.
Of course, it's all about Roosevelt.
What else could it t?e? And Mr. Roose
velt stands grimly by at Oyster Ray and
says * it s your move" to the republican
leaders, state and national, and especially
national.
It falls out that when Mr. Roosevelt
allowed the newspaper correspondents at
Oyster Rav. a day or two after his turn
down by the .state committee, to gather
the impression that he would cut loose
from Taft consternation was created
amonK some republicans. You know Mr.
Roosevelt has a way of allowing the
newspapers to eat her impressions with
out l>eing responsible for them if they
don t work out satisfactorily.
Trouble Looms Up.
This time It ?"took." Many republican
politicians immediately began to see
Slave possibilities of trouble If Roose
velt should allow his friends in this state
to think that he is overthrown by the
old guard with the tacit consent or as
sistance of Taft.
Moreover, there has been some ugly
talk in the past tew days of "sharp
practice * in that selection of Vice Presi
dent Sherman over Roosevelt for tem
porary chairman. It has been charged
that the old guard traded on Taft's
name, misled some members of the state
committee, misled Sherman himsell and
turned ?v*ry situation Into an asset for
the old guard.
Growing out of these charges has come
a demand that Mr. Sherman should with
draw and allow Mr. Roosevelt to be
named temporary chairman. This sug
gestion has opened a veritable Pandora's
box of troubles in the way of contin
gencies and alternatives, and has put the
l>o| Qirians in a cold perspiration of
anxiety. r
Possibilities of Situation.
At the outset everybody admits th*t
withdrawal of Mr. Sherman in Mr. Roose
velt s favor would mean but one thing
That the state convention would be
dominated by Mr. Roosevelt, the plat
form written by him and a candidate
?<decte<l who ma* entirely acceptable to
him. It would mean the eclipse of Taft
and the administration, and the annihila
tion of the present organization to be
supplanted by one of Mr. Roosevelt's se
lection.
Some of the President's friends are not
willing that this should come about. They
think New York should come out em
phatically for Taft and the administra
tion
Of course, the old guard ^row purple
In the face at the suggestion that they
she?u!d knuckle to Roosevelt. It would
mean absolute surrender and despoil
ment.
The reverse of the shield shows cor
rugations and flaws. If Taft keeps silent
and Sherman stands pat,' it falls out
that, as n result of the way Mr. Roosevelt
ha- framed up the case, it leaves Mr.
Taft in the possible attitude of being
a party to Roosevelt's humiliation by
the state committee.
That is not pleasant to Mr. Taft. Those
on the inside know that he would not
allow himself to be used to apparently
humiliate Roosevelt.
Dilemma of President.
So what is Mr. Taft going to do?
Turn on Sherman, the ranking man In
hi* own administration, and ask him to
step aside for Roosevelt, thereby lend
ing color to the charge that Sherman's;
selection was made possible by sharp,
practice? Or is he to keep silent and!
let the impression grow that there are i
acute differences between him and
Roosevelt?
in tne present state of the public
mind and growth of Insurgency, how
would the latter course affect the re
publican party in the campaign? And if
he does throw Mr. Sherman out. will
be mollify a sufficient number of pro
gressives to counteract the certain re
sentment of the conservatives?
The belief in New York is that Bev
erly has s pretty hard problem to
tackle, and that Oyster Rav can have
a Sunday comparatively free from care.
Mr Roosevelt denied todav tliat he had
sent Lloyd (Jriscom to Beverly with an
"ultimatum" to President Taft and
added, blandly, that so far as he could
See there was no situation warranting
an ultimatum. There may not be on
the surface.
But it is Widely kn?an in political
circles here that Mr. Roosevelt was ex
ceedingly Indignant over his treatment
bj the state committee and that at
first blush he was inclined to charge
President T*ft with complicity in it.
Son-in-law Nick I.onjgwortu coming
to Oyster Bay from Beverly to *:ive him
facts at first hard. Mr Gtbcom is
going to Beverly to tell the President
how Roosevelt feels
Peace Not Impossible.
Out of these conferences may grow an !
amicable understanding In the mean- '
time the air Is surcharged with trouble. I
One can hear a score of conflicting re- j
ports, ail tending to make further trou- 1
Ma
Another source of unhappiness to the !
republicans is the throwing overlord ,,f i
Speaker Cannon by the President, for j
so Mr. Ixmgworth s announcement in re- I
garded. In fact, republicans put no
?tbar construction on bis delivery at
Beverly than that he was speaking by '
the card and for the President '
The effect of this may be serious to a
number of republican candidates for re
nomination to Congress In New Jersey
Pennsylvania. New York and New Engl
land. It Is expected that the immediate
result of the dumping of Speaker Cannon
will be a crop of Insurgent candidates for
nomination who will put the incumbents
promptly upon the gri^l and make them
de-lare for or against Cannon.
Insurgents here say that tbe President's
renunciation of Cannon is practical ad
mission that the cause of the progressives
is Just and that the administration was
wrong in playing In with Canno the
last session of Csogress.
The Lcngwortli statement came as a
great shock to the conservatives, who
thought that the administration was
stiffening up, as shown by the acceptance
of Mr. 8herman's selection over Mr.
Tt will be recalled that Mr. Sherman
visited Beverly the day after that event.
1 P?n *??*rging from the present he
dHiverM a aggressive Interview.
?o tne conservatives don't know now
where Mr. Taft stands as regards tli^ir
cause.
Honestly, wouldn't you almost rather
ne a populist than a New York rcpubli
^"?? n the interest of a calm and peace
ful life? X. o. M
HABT accuses shebmak.
Vicc President Knew Taft Wanted
to Consider Boosevelt.
I'TICA, X. Y.. August JO.?At the
j Saturday afternoon luncheon of the
! Republican l.engue In this city today
! ex-Assembly man Hart, who has re
j turned from a visit to Col. Roosevelt
I In New York, declared that the vote In
| the state committee that chose Mr.
Sherman for temporary chairman of
' the convention was "cooked up."
In the course of his speech. Mr. Hart
said:
"I assert that Mr. Sherman knew full
well that it was Mr. Taft's wish that
no move be made toward choosing a
temporary chairman without the full
est consultation with Mr. Roosevelt. A
telegram from Mr. Taft to Mr. Sherman
to this efTect appears to have been sup
pressed, for nothing lias been heard of
It.
"I ask Mr. Sherntan If it is not true
that in spite of knowing that Mr Roose
velt had shown a willingness to a<t as
temporary chairman, and in the face of
Mr. Taft's telegram. he j?cTSonally so
licited votes for himself as temporary
chairmart, Monday night. In New York
city.
"Mr. Sherman, by lending himself to
this act of pettiest polities', and by In
sisting upon holding the appointment as
convention chairman, if he can hold it.
has allied himself openly with the Wood
ruff-Karnes element and has threatened
the disruption of the party in the state."
TAFT NOT DM OUT
ON ROOSEVELT BREAK
New York Politics Also Subject
Avoided by President, Who
Goes Sailing.
BEVERLY, Mass., August 20i-Beverly
was as silent as ever today concerning
the tangled conditions of affairs in New
York state politics and the reported break
in relations between President Taft and
Col. Roosevelt.
There still appears to be a disposition in
administration circles here to minimize,
if not to disregard entirely, the news
paper reports from New York and Oys
ter Bay. If there is any Intention here
of issuing a statement In reply to the
Roosevelt reports it has been effectually
concealed up to this time.
President Taft was up at 5:30 o'clock
this morning, working on the letter he is
to contribute to the republican congres
sional campaign text bock. At 11 o'clock
he boarded trie yacht Sylph and went
out to see the little American sonder
boat. Harpoon, win the Taft cup in the
Sranish-American races. He took a lot
of material and a stenograiftie? with him
and continued work on the letter while at
sea.
The President was accompanied to the
races by Mrs. Ta^t. "Aunt De4a" Torrey.
Representative Samuel W. McCall of
Massachusetts and George Ionian, former
?*olleetor of the pert of Boston. After
the races luncheon was served on board
the sylph and the tittle yacht dil n"t
return to her anchorage until 3 o'clock
Next week the President will present
cups to the sonder wlnn?r*.
Representative McCall is chairman of
the Ballinger-PInchot investigation com
mittee. He is leaving shortly for St.
Paul, when the committee Is to meet
soon to forniulate its report.
Whether he talked with Mr. Taft about
the Baillnger matter or not could not be
learned.
IOWA REPRESENTATIVES
OUT AGAINST CANNON
Four Members of Congress
Declare They Will Not Sup
port Him for Speaker.
Special IH.patrb to The Star.
DES MOINES. Iowa, August 20.?Repre
sentative Walter I. Smith and four other
members of the Iowa delegation in the
lower house of the national Congress to
night came out flatfooted against the
election of Joseph G. Cannon as the next
Speaker.
Smith himself has been mentioned as a
candidate, and declares that in view of
the fact that the ninth district delegates
to the state convention are urging his
candidacy he will make every effort to
defeat Cannon. The others who declared
themselves are C. E. Pickett, Prank P.
Woods. James W. Good and S. F. Prouty.
Mr. Smith's statement is as follows:
"The caucus of the delegates to the
state convention from the ninth ? congres
sional district by unanimous vote an
nounced my ? andidacy lor Speaker of the
next House. It necessarily follows thai
I am not in favor of the re-election of
Speaker Cannon."
Statements of Othen.
Other statements were made as fol
lows:
"I am opposed to the re-election of Can
non as SpeaKer."?C. E. Pickett.
"I do not care to pass Judgment on Rep
resentative Ixirgworth's declaration as to
Speaker Cannon. It Is more Important
that the members of committees be under
obligations to the House for their posi
tions and not under obligations to the
Speaker-that is, whoever is Speaker.
What Is needed In Congress is independent
manhood, and the speakership will be
properly settled when the time comes."?
Prank P. Woods.
"Representative Longworth's position on
Cannon is not different from that of
practically all of the republican mem
bers of the House. For one cause or
another, fully !?) per cent of the repub
licans of the House will refuse to sup
port Cannon for Speaker if he is elected
to the next Congress. I will not vote for
Mr. Cannon for Speaker."?James W.
Good.
"It Is well known that I will not sup
port Cannon for Speaker."?8. F. Prouty.
B00KEB WASHINGTON SAILS.
Will Make Study of Labor Condi
tions in Snrope.
NEW YORK. August 2?.-Booker T.
Washington sailed today for Europe on
the farmania to study the problem of
the "man farthest down."
Host of his time will be spent in Lon
don and Berlin, drawing comparisons be
*rrn lh? lowest type of labor in those
K'tAss and the American negro. He also
Will devote some time to southern Italy,
observing the agricultural methods of the
P*rt of Europe that *ends the greatest
number of immigrants to the United
states for labor of the lower grades.
FIRST TO MAKE TRIP
Clifford B. Harmon Flies Over
Long Island Sound.
DISTANCE ABOUT 28 MILES
Encounters Cross Currents. Which
Give Him Trouble.
JOURNEY MADE IN 30 MINUTES
Cheered by a Great Throng "When
He Begins Flight From
Garden City.
GRKKXWK'H, Conn.. August ^.?Clif
ford B. Harmon of this place. business
man and amateur aviator, late today
made the first flight across Long Inland
sound in a heavier-than-air machine, and
within a half hour of the time of landing
was eating dinner at the homo of his
father-in-la w. Commodore E. C. Bene
dirt. H!s flight was not looked for, and
the only person to greet him on his ar
rival was his wife, who had watched his
flight through a telescope from her fa- j
ther's house.
Harmon escaped without a scratch, hut
his machine, which on landing, ran some
distance into a clump of tall grass and
weeds, was damaged, the chassis being
broken. Harmon started his flight from
Garden City at 6:85, and landed in Green- I
wlch at 7:?C?. covering a distance of about ]
twenty-eight miles.
Scores Several Failures.
Harmon, who has made several unsuc
cessful attempts to cross the sound in
an aeroplane, meeting each time with an
accident that prevented the completion
of his Journey, quickly planned today s j
flight, hi? wife and father-in-law, Com- j
modore Benedict, and several prominent
Englishmen, who are guests at tne Larch
mont Yacht Club, being the only ones on
th Connecticut snore aware ot the fact
mat he contemplated the flight.
Before starting on his journey he made
an asctnt in his machine, a b arman l>t- j
pane, with Charles K. Hamilton as a 1
passenger, ai.n the two flew over the
aviation grounds at Garden City to lest
lhe engines and to al>ow Hamilton to
take several photographs. Finding that
his machine was in good working order,
Harmon landed his passenger and started
on his tl.ght.
Wind at His Back.
At the start on his journey he had a
fifteen-mile wind at his back, which in-1
creased to twenty-flve miles an hour, and
in flying over Hempstead bay he en-!
countered cross-currents that caused him
some trouble. His original intention had (
been to fly directly over to Greenwich, I
but last night he promised guests of the ;
i^archmont Yacht Chib that he would)
fly over the clubhouse before landing at ;
his home town.
Over the sound he varied the height at
which lie flew from 4uo feet to a thou
sand, dropping nearer the ground as he
neared the Connecticut shore. On reaca
ing the yacht club house he circled over
the building three or four times and then
headed for Greenwich. He had Intended
to make a landing either on Tweed Island
or on a plot of ground near the Benedict
home, which had been mowed and leveled
for the purpose, but it was dusk as he
approached the town and he could not
distinguish the landing spot, making the
descent at a place a quarter of a mile
distant.
Engine Escapes Damage.
The machine was going at such a
speed when the landing was made that
it ran Into a mass of tall grass, which
caught In the works, breaking the chas
sis and wires, but not damaging the en
gine.
By making this flight Harmon be
comes the owner of a two-thousand,
dollar cup offered by the Double
day. Page Company for the first flight
across Long Island sound. The dis
tance from Garden City, the starting
point, to the Larchmont Yacht Club is
eighteen miles, and from the club to the
landing place here is ten miles.
Harmon, it is understood, will fly with
Glenn H. Curtiss at Sheepshead bay to
morrow.
No records were broken today. The
meet will end tomorrow.
Great Crowd Cheers.
GARDEN CITY,. L. I., August ao.?A
great crowd cheered Clifford B. Harmon
as he started for his across-the-sound
flight this evening. He passed Roslyn at
a height of JOO feet and ascended about
fifty feet more as he whizxed over Sea
Cliff. As he flew over the Larchmont
Yacht Club lie was cheered wildly, but
the noise of his engine made him oblivi
ous of the enthusiasm.
After Harmon had left the field Charles
K. Hamilton brought out the new biplane
of Howard J. Diet* and circled the course
three times.
ITALY MOURNS VIVALDI.
Military Honors for Aviator Killed
by Fall.
ROME, August Ji> ?The death of Lieut.
Vivaldi, who was killed today by a fall
from his aeroplane, has caused deep and
general sympathy. He Is the flrst Italian
victim of aviation.
Lieut. Vivajdi was a member of a no
ble Genoese fam?:ly and had the title of
marquis. He was a brilliant ca- -Iry offi
cer.
He took his certificate as an aviator at
Chalons-8ur-Marne. Having purchased a
Farman biplane, he made his flrst flight
with it today.
He was accompanied by Lieut. Savo'a,
one of the Wright pupils. Vivaldi soon
took the lead and was returning alone to
Rome when the accident to his machine
occurred.
It is believed that the motor stopped on
account of lack of petrol and the aviator,
not yet an expert at planing, lost control
of the machine. He fell from a great
height and was badly crushed.
Gen. Spingard!, minister ->f ? ar. accom
panied by other military officials and of
ficers. visited the scene and rendered mill,
tary honors. King Victor Emmanuel has
telegraphed to Vivaldi's family his deep
condolences.
MISSES TARGET FOE AIRSHIP.
Army Crack Shot Thinks He Could
Better Markmanihip.
NEW YORK. August 20.-Lieut. Jacob
E. Flckel. a crack shot of the 2?th Infan
try, seated In an aeroplane, sixty feet up.
flred at a target at the Sheepshead Bay
aviation meet today.
He missed. The bullet went six feet
wide of a ten-by-ten canvas target placed
in the center of the field.
However. Lieut. Flckel is confident that
good shooting can be done from aero
8lanes, although he concedes that at the
eight maintained today he would tie ad
easy mark for a sharpshooter below.
Glenn H. Curtiss drove the aeroplane
SQUASH CENTER DISCUSSES ESPERANTO.
from which the army test was made.
First he took the lieutenant for a trial
trip without his rifle, then carried him
over the target again for the actual test.
A special report on the matter will be
made to the War Department.
Ten thousand persons saw the meet to
day. Curt!**, Willard. Mars. Ely and
McCurdy nave exhibitions.
Willard made a successful flight with
two besides himself?a woman and a
man. As the cloeing event the five avia
tors circled the field simultaneously at
different heights.
MOISSANT TO TRY AGAIN.
Will Attempt to Reach Crystal
Palace This Morning.
CHATHAM. Eng.. August 3?.-John B.
Mcissant. the American aviator, the lat
ter part of whose aerial flight from Paris
tc London has been delayed by accident
and contrary winds, will make an at
tempt to reach Crystal Palace tomorrow
morning.
Moissant ascended at 6:U0 o'clock this
morning from Rainham. after repairs to
his damaged aeroplane had been com
pleted. but after flying some four miles
was obliged to land again on account of
the strong wind. Conditions were little
improved in the evening, and Moissant
postponed his departure until morning.
HAKES SUPERB FLIGHT.
Exhibition at Interlaken by Brook
ins Witnessed by Thousands.
ASBURY PARK, N. J.. August 20
Twelve thousand persons, the biggest
crowd that has been present at the avia
tion meet at 'interlaken. saw Walter
Brooklns with the new Wright "touring
plane," as he terms the freak flyer, give
a clever exhibition this afternoon. After
a superb flight Brooklns took Hoxsey in
the machine with him and together they
Hew to the Asbury Park Golf Club, made
a successful landing on the lawn and
were entei tained, and then returned to
the aviation field.
Ralph Johnstone's attempt to break the
aliituue record failed again today be
cause the aviator tound his engines were
wurking badly after he had gone up about
2.5M) feet. He was in the air fo. ty-five
minutes. In his altitude flight Johnstone
flew lar out over the ocean, tnen circied
back over Asbury Park, making great
circles in his upvvaid flight.
Coftyn maue a few flights, but In no
case did he attempt to do any fast or
high flying. The flights will be continued
Monday and Tuesday.
TROOPS REMAIN AT COLUMBUS.
Got. Harmon Continuing "Effort* to
End Street Car Strike.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, August it,?Gov.
Harmon, in his efforts to end the street
car strike, has asked the presidents of lo
cal banks to confer with him Monday
morning. Although, he hoped to have the
conference this morning, conditions made
a postponement necessary.
Adjt. Gen. Weybrecht tonight said that
state troops would be kept here indefin
itely. Troop B will be relieved from duty
tomorrow, the 1st Regiment of Cincinnati
remaining. A battalion of the 1st and
Battery C with automobiles and Troop B
were held at the state house grounds to
night in anticipation of riot calls.
SLATERS OP AGED DELAWARE
COUPLE EVADE POLICE.
Search Being Made for Hegro Seen
Loitering in Vicinity?Had
Considerable Money.
WILMINGTON, Del., August 20?Up
to a late hour tonight the authorities
have failed to obtain a definite ciue to the
murder of Robert Casey and his aged
wife, who were clubbed to death some
time last night as they lay in their beds
over their general store at Claymont,
eight miles north of this city.
The victims weer more than seventy
years of age. The motive for the crime
was robbery, about fl0t? having been
taken from an old safe in the store.
Clubbed in Their Beds.
The authorities believe that Mr. and
Mrs. Casey never knew what struck
them. They were hit on the head with
a club and the appearance of the bodies
when found indicated that the aged
couple had not stirred, as they were
covered with a quilt as if they had just
retired. After committing the crime the
authorities believe the murderer or mur
derers plundered the place at leisure.
It was learned tonight that yesterday
afternoon, when Mr. Casey was given a
considerable sum of money by property
owners of Brandywine Hundred, to turn
over to Tax Collector Martine, he spread
the money on the counter in his store.
Stranger Asked for Hatches.
About that time a stranger entered and
asked for matches. He saw the money, j
and the authorities believe he was one
of the slayers. Nothing has since been
seen of him.
This evening the authorities began
searching for a negro who was seen loi
tering about the Claymont station of the
Pennsylvania railroad last night. He ks
said to closely resemble a negro sus
pected of having committed a murder
near Elam. Pa., several years ago. He
carried a bundle not unlike that found
near the Casey house today. This bun
dle contained a number of old garments.
The garments, however, did not belong to
the Caseys, although a tablecloth found
with the bundle may have been their
property.
GAYNOR STILL IMPROVES.
Will Be Ont of Hospital Within Ten
Days.
NEW YORK. August S> ?Still cheer
full. still gaining in strength and with no
sign of any setback. Mayor Gaynor came
one step nearer recovery today. His
physicians predict that he will be out
of the hospital, fully recovered from the
wound inflicted by James J. Gallagher,
within a week or ten days. The follow
in* bulletin was issued at 9 o'clock.
??The mayor is gaining rapidly in
strength."
The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that of
any other Washington newspaper.
T"
KOREA'S FALL NEAR
Annexation to Japan Now a
Matter of Detail Only.
POMP FOR OUSTED COURT
Emperor May Be Hade Prince of
the Mikado's Realm.
GOOD CAKE OF FOREIGNERS
Their Interests Will Be Amply Pro
tected When Change of
Sovereignty Takes Place.
TOKIO, August 20.?Newspapers which
are usually well Informed report that the
negotiations for the annexation of Korea
by Japan are progressing satisfactorily
and that announcement of the annexation
will be made as soon as the proposals of
Korea, regarding the details of the ar
rangement , are received.
The Korean government, according to
the newspapers, is now engaged in fram
ing the terms under which it is prepared
10 surrender the sovereignity of Korea to
Japan.
Maintain Dignity of Court.
L.ieut. Gen. Terauchi, the Japanese resi
dent general, it is said, informed the
Emperor of Korea tnat Japan mas willing
to continue the status quo in Korea, but
he urged the advisability of immediate
annexation because it was ultimately in
evitable and would undoubtedly improve
the condition of the country.
Japan, it is further said, is ready to
provide amply for the future dignity,
rank and resources of members of the
Korean court. Well informed personages
say that the Emperor of Korea and his
j family will be given the rank of prince
| of Japan.
Foreign interests, according to the pub
! lished reports, will be carefully protected.
While the treaties of Korea with foreign
1 nations will automatically lapse with the
loss of sovereignty by Korea, the eco
nomic situation will remain unchanged
and the customs tariffs will not be al
tered.
Protection for Foreigners.
Extraterritoriality, or the privilege en
joyed by a foreigner In some eastern
countries of being judged for offenses
by judges of his own nationality, will,
however, end under Japanese rule. For
eigners who now own land In Korea will
hold It under the new arrangement under
perpetual lease tenure, paying the same
land tax hitherto charged.
it Is Impossible to get the slightest in
timation from official sources of the
truth or falsity of these published reports.
The strictest censorship on telegrams
from Korea is being maintained.
GEN. HAYES STRICKEN.
Noted Indian Fighter Is Attacked
by Paralysis.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON. Del., August 20.-Brlg.
Gen. Jack Hayes, U. 8. A., retired who
was with Gen. l^awton when he fell
dead in the Philippines and who was
military escort to President Arthur when
he made his inspection of Yellowstone
Park, and famous as an Indian fighter,
was paralysed at Dover today. Gen.
Hayes fell heavily while going to his
apartments at the Hotel Richardson,
where he spends part of the summer.
Isaac Bell, a watchman, caught him and
summoned * help. Dr. Anderson found
that the right side and the organs of
speech were involved. Gen. Hayes' sister,
Mrs. Cameron, who spends part of the
were notified. His condition is critical.
with' him. and a son In the west
ESTRADA ROUTS FOE
; Crosses Tipitapa and Pre
pares to Enter Managua.
SO SAY CABLE ADVICES
But Madriz Peace Envoys Declare
Insurgents Were Beaten.
???.
STATEMENT BY CASTRILLO
J Believes Revolutionists Will Be
Dictating Terms of Peace
Within a Few Days.
I
__
Estrada's army succeeded Friday in
crossing the Tipitapa river, in Nicaragua. ?
after fourteen hours' fighting with the
I (rovprnmfnt troops, and la now encamped j
} before Granada ready to advance upon
j the capital. Managua. less than tifty 1
; miles away, a<<-ording to cable advices
received here last night from Bluetields
by Senor < 'astrillo, Estrada's representa- ,
! live in Washington.
On the other hand, it was announced
yesterday by Madriz's "|?eaee commis
sioners" here. Dr. Barrios and Schas
tian Salinas, that they had received a
dispatch from Madriz stating that the
"Insurgents'* had been defeated Friday J
in attempting to cross the Tipitapa at
I Panaloya. The dispatch added that a
band of "insurgents" had crossed the
river below Panaloya and, hail appeared!
before Granada. |
Tells of Insurgent Defeat.
?
The defeat of another hand of "insur
gents" Friday at Nandaime also occurred
with heavy losses to both sides, accord
ing to Madriz. Madriz announced in his
dispatch that h?> intended to take the
field himself to assist in repelling the
"insurgent" advance on Managua.
Senor Castrillo said last night that it
was only a question of a few days be
fore Estrada's army would be in pos
session of Managua aqd then would be
in a position to dictate terms ot peace.
He regarded the reported crossing of the
Tipltaps as a most Important event an 1
riaicuied Madriz s contention that the
main "insurgent" army had been re
pulsed. He made public the following
dispatch which he received last night
from Blueflelds:
"All our army forced a passage to
Panaloya- The enemy was routed after
fourteen hours' fighting, leaving in our
hands one gun, more than )o0,00? car
tridges, 2U0 rifles, provisions and prison
ers."
No Peace Agreement Yet. |
The report from New Orleans to the.
| ^ feet that the Madriz and Estrada
tactions had agreed upon terms of peace
was pronounced absurd by Senor Castril
lo, who explained that Estrada would
not treat with Madris until lie had cap
tured Managua or unless overtures were
maue through the representatives In
Wash ingt on.
A statement was issued by the Madriz
representatives that they had been ad
vised that Et>Lr;i<ia had been unable to
raise money to pay for the former Amer
ican gunboat Hornet, which was reported
to have been sold to l.im, and that the
vessel was to be returned to the I'nited
States. Senor Castrillo subsequently de
nied that Estrada had ever intended to
buy the Hornet. He said the boat had
merely been chartered to make one voy
age from New Orleans to Bluetields with
ammunition and provisions for the "in
surgent" army.
TELL OF PEACE AGREEMENT.
New Orleans Hears Trouble in
Nicaragua Is Over.
NEW ORLEANS, Auguct 30.?Cable
grams received this morning from Blue
fields by local steamship companies state
that the revolution In Nicaragua has
ended and that the Madriz and Estrada
factions have agreed upon terms of peace.
At headquarters of the Madris faction
in this city it was declared that no
such cablegram had been received there.
Harvey Smith, styled acting consul gen
eral for the Madriz faction. Is on his way !
to Washington. The Estrada faction is
without an official representative here,
hut local sympathizers of thai faction !
say they have no Information ihat Madriz i
is no longer president. They do not ad
mit that the war has ended.
The cablegrams to the steamship com
panies announce that Madriz has been
succeeded by Jose Estrada, a brother of
Gen. Juan Estrada, leader of the revolu
tionists. When the revolution opened
Jose Estrada remained loyal to Zeiaya
and issued a statement denouncing his
brother.
Peace is said to have been agreed upon
as a result of a conference between Gen.
Chamorro on one side, and representa
tives of the Madris government on the
other.
RETAINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Revenue Cutter Gresham Wins the
Whaleboat Race.
MARBLEHEAD, Mass.. August 20.?
The championship of the revenue cutter
service for whaleboats over a two-mile
course was retained today by the Gres
ham, which defeated the Androscoggin
by 28 seconds in a grueling contest. The
Gresham has held the title since the
Hudson-Pulton celebration at New York.
The race came at the close of today's
International sonder yacht event and at
tracted great interest, not only at Mar
blehead, but throughout the revenue serv
ice.
R0SEM0NT STOCK FARM SOLD.
High Price Paid for Well Known
Property Near Berryville.
Special Dispatch to Tke Star.
WINCHESTER. Va., August 20 ?
Famous Rosemont stock farm, near
Berryville, Clarke county, for many years
the home of the Tysons of Maryland,
and later owned by Charles E. Ciapp,
now of Washington, was sold today to
J. H. Harrlman, New York financier,
for SS5.000. by Arthur L. Warthen. who
bought the place less than a year ago,
! from Clapp for 150,000.
At that time the farm contained over
400 acres, and Warthen sold portions
i until 175 acres and the mansion re
mained, which were bought today by
Harriman. This is regarded as the
highest price ever paid for farm land
in northern Virginia.
Soldiers Hurt is Car Collision.
PEORIA. IU., August 20.?Two street
cars loaded to the guards with soldiers
en route to Camp Deneen collided at 9:30
tonight. No one was killed, bat seven
were seriously Injured. ' *
Nearly Pitched Into Water
When Head Hits Rope.
WAS MERELY ACCIDENTAL
With Ethel Leneve Now on Way
to Europe.
DEW S PRECAUTIONS FARCICAL
Spectacular Attempts st Conceal#
ment Promote Pubjiclty.
Plans Aboard Ship.
Qt'ERBC, August 'JO.?Quebec bad*
farewell this evening t i Hawley Harvey
Crlppen and Kthfl Hare I^nwe.
At 7 o'clock they sailed fcr Kngland o ?
t>oartl tlie White Star liner Megantic, dne
at Uverpool at noon next Saturday. By
Saturday night they will probably t>o
lodged In a Ixmdon jail to await trial f?r
the murder of a woman xupponni to b<i
Cripijcn's wife. Belle Klmore.
An extraordinary- accident occurred as
Crlppen crowed the gangplank. It car
ried an omen that might well depress *
man in the shadow of the hangman's
roj>e.
Crlppen Hits Rope.
Crlppen came hurrying across the pla*k
handcuffed. his hat pulled low over his
eve* and his chin buried In hi* collar,
trying apparently to dodge the photog
raphers. In his haste he ran scpiarely
into a rope that held the gangway ?tead>
The r>pe caught him under the chtu
and jerked him backward. Had not In
spector Dew, who was dose behind,
caufht him. Crlppen would have fall* n
and possibly pitched between the te??
venae In into the water.
The next instant I>ew had set him on
his feet. Tht pair disappeared Inside the
Megantic.
[ Notwithstanding the fears of the British
police that the dentist might attempt au?
clde, the occurrence was too palpably an
accident for its nature to be ml?taken
Miss Leneve, who had left the jail with
every evidence of willingness, had to bo
supported as she crossed the gangplank.
As she reached the deck of the Megantic,
she fainted and had to be carried to her
cabin.
It was half an hour before ahe revived.
The girl never has made a full recovery
from her collapse at arrest, although her
condition has caused her jailer ao
anxiety.
Inspector Dew's Tactics.
Inspector Dew managed the depart are
of the famous pair in a manner that fur
nished a fitting climax to their sensational
capture. The fruits of Dew's deep thought
during his twenty days of solemn silence
nrst became evident at H o'clock this
morning. The full beauty of hie schema
I did not appear in all its elaboration m
| the hour of sailing.
I The finishing touch to a twelve-hour
j performance that more than once vergod
on opera bouffe came when the ?cotlaad
Yard inspector climbed the gangplank
and. with impassive countenance, entered
his name on the pa*i>enger list as "Sllia*
! P. Boyle." This. In spite of the fact
that Dew was probably the west known
I man at>oard and that among his flOO fel
! low,-passengers fully six hundred hsd Bit
j him here in Quebec.
i Consistently he registered his assistant,
i Sergt. Mitchell of Scotland Yard, as **M.
P. t;. Johnson."
Mrs. Stone, one of the wardress*^
brought from I?ndon to look sfter Miss
leneve, appeared on the passenger list as
"Mary Byrne." Miss Foster, her com*
panion, was "Miss Ogllvle."
Publicity Is Gained.
If Dew's object had been the attain
ment of publicity he could not havo
chosen a better ship than the Megan tic.
She took aboard here ?EW members of the
"Queen s Own." a cra^k Canadian regi
ment bound for England lo join the
British army maneuvers.
Several Canadian newspaper men and
photographers accompanied the regiment.
Others came from Montreal on the Ma
rantic tlils morning to see them off
After making arrangements to board
this steamer, Dew conducted his pris
oners with a mystery that set the city in
an uproar and brought every reporter
and photographer in Quebec upon his
heels.
He smuggled them from the local Jail
at 7 o'clock, with three hacks and five
provincial detect.vc? to help his own
Scotland Yard force. Then, by cu cuitous
routes, he drove to the river at Sillery, a
village only a mile from the jail In a
straight line, but a measured seven miles
over the road he chose.
Before the three hacks had reached the
river the whole countryside wa* aroused.
When a party of new.-paper men came .n
pursuit shortly afterward they had no
| trouble in following the trail.
In an automobile they reached Sillery in
time to see the tug wueen putting up the
river with Dew on deck wearing a tri
umphant smile. Thuts the British de
tectives escaped the photographers on
shore.
But the Megantic, on her downward
voyage from Montreal, was not due until
noon The Queen had to He off Cape
Rouge for nearly three hours until the
liner arrived.
Photographers Get Busy.
Alert photographers?and they were not
wanting?had thus all the chance In the
world to charter a tug In Quebec and
steam up the river. And they took It.
The Queen was overhauled Just as the
Megantic hove In slkht. For the next
half hour there followed an exhibition
of marine maneuvering that would have
delighted the heart of Capt. Mahan?the
Queen trying to reach the Megantic so as
to put the prisoners aboard unobserved,
the sharpshooters on the tug jockeying
for place. _ _
Finding his taak impossible. Dew finally
had the Queen lashed to the steamer s
side and put Crlppen and Miss Leneve
aboard, under a camera fire, partly
masked by the efforts of the two pris
oners to hide their faces.
Crlppen dashed up the gangplank with
his felt hat pulled low and bis face
half burled in his coat collar. The girl
had her features effectually concealed by
a heavy blue veil.
So anxious was the Inspector to fool
the photographers that eyewitnesses at
Sillery said he made Crlppen hold a hand
kerchief over his face when he walked
from the hack to the dock, although no
reporters or cameras were then visible
While the prisoners were transferred
from the Queen to the Megantic pas
sengers on the latter were barred from
the shelter deck by which the pair en
tered. There was a heavy lire of small
cameras, however, from the deck above.
4?Igimmnt of Cabins.
Crlppen snd Miss Leneve were hurried
to cabins Nos. 51 and 52. which they will
occupy during the voyage. Dew took
the cabin neat to Crlppen at one end of
the suite, with the two wardresses ad
joining Miss Leneve's quarters, and Sergt.
Mitchell bringing up the other end of the
HflMw
The Megantic received
early this morning to slacken speed
Cape Poug*. seven miles wfst of Quebec.