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NUMBER lUMBER3940 3940 WASHINGTQN WASUINGTO SATURD SATURDAY Y EVENTNG MARCH25I MARCH 25 1906 O PRICE PR ia Ga ONE ONBCENT CENT
SANTO DOMINGO
SUBMITS A PLAN
f c T TO SETTLUEBTS SETTLE DEBTS
t Proposedand Transmit
Mie ted teby d by Minister
J i Bawson t Dawson wson
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A AWAITS felTS I S APPROVAL PPR VALi HERE
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y Senator S n natc tdr Depey Depe V Discusses
Situation t Caused C used by j De
feat feat of the Treaties
Santo S Sa a ntoDomin Domingo go through Minister Daw
sbnhas 8 9nh s made ma a pr9positlipnto pr9i pr posttion > si tlon toJrcsident to president President
Roosevelt with a niew a v view i iew ew to settling the
claims cl Imsottofc of fore foreign ign creditors pending p nding the
S final 1 ala approval pprpval or r rejection of the theprot proto ¬
q col by the theQnitcd Un United ited States Senate
The scheme 4 4IIie IIie which whl h chwas h was proposed proposedb by
Mr 1 Dawspn Jj sn out minister min ister in Santo Do ¬
mingo is jfftll that t Mr lr Dawso h 1no nominate mlnat one
American citizen to act ootas ot as Interior com ¬
missioner mi si ner and an collect col1 ct all the custom
house hous revenues revenu s of the Isl island nd according ac orcUng
to the spirit of the protocol
This commissioner c mJ l1ssl n r according to the
agreement agreementw1It wlllptly45 wlll pay 45 per percent cent of the
actual n tual Met ct receipts r c ipts to io the Dominican
J government g9Yeznm t The Th remaining 55 per cent
S will Wnfbedcpos1ted be deposited in intact tact In a respeas respeasble ible ble
bank ba nk subject to ultimate uItlmatedisposit1on disposition
under lIrid r the American Americanprotocolandno protocol and no
distr d ds dlstiibutlon s tributioft ibution w will ill be made m ade from this thisfun fun d d
in the th meantime riJ riJea ea nthne
iR Representatives pt se tiuves of foreign forel5l1Powern powers in
Santo S nt Domingo have agreed to the
7 scheme sche e w which hich hi hwasbroachedtothem was broached to them at
Y a conference contereh ehndallthat and all that Is necessary
f now n y is 1 3 3tJte the consent of the Washington
fgoycrmnent government
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Senatdr S nat nathrDepew rDepew Depew Discusses
Situation S tuat on in Republic
Santo Dcimingo b mingois is directly Inthe in the
route of theV the thcianama Panama canal an and d the
U1H PPtM United 4 States S Stateannt tcs Xcannpt U1IJ9tpe permit rmita a foreign
power Owcr to to sain gaina inafccthold a foothold there The
canal strip trip and an the country at its ends
roust m stbek be kept pt under our control if the
Monroe doctrine is to tobesaved be saved
This Thlsst stateroeirit m Iit was made at the White
House H Roym usethi5 thJs thbniornIng morning I1or nJn tbyfjel by Senator iiic Depew
after after hehad talked al edcVertheS Over the Sai Santo htojp ito Dp fl
mirigra mIngonltuaUo in s ituatibh ltua t 9n witti UiPrea th President jdentRQOB Roosp
veil elt 0
Mha heDemomtS Democrats 1dff kiiied the jije treaties treat tieaues ies
t continued the junior Senator from New
York there ii I not the least doubt of
thfit If If all the theBepublicans Republicans hadb had been en
there th re we could not n thnve have saved s ved them for
wo wlnckthr lack three eof of having twothirds of
the Senatt
The opposition to the Santo Domingo Qoming
treaties tr tcs was based on n the broad r ad general
ground gr lnd th that ttli Hie American people object
to lhl this Governments G Gover v r mcnt ments becoming a debt
collector for South American reptt republics > llcs
Now theta thel are two two wo kinds of debts in ¬
volved l in U a situation SUU t1oA like this those
that thatresultfrom result from contracts contr ct cts where the
republic agrees to jay individuals for
I IL L supplies furni furnished hed or work wor done doneand and
r those that tha result r ult from the confiscation
of rtliepf the property pgrtr or deprivation of the th lib ¬
erty ert or r an anndivldual individual by the republic
With thefpfcmer t1iefotinerclass tIefQtUi class this Government
E syourc burdThaveribthins Jilii I othing to do Controversies
arising tipiii ig g over bv v r i such debts snould be
settled s tUed by the courts The latter how ho ¬
ever ev ci we W havij av to look lookout but ut foi
The Th True Situation Si uation
4 l lN01 Now the thetrue true situation down there
is this 1hls Santo Domingo Is beset by Eng ¬
land ii1dFrnn France e Germany German yand and Italy to
settle sEottl her debts at their face value
which nine times out of ten is
scyeral s seyeral v raltimes times their real value Sho
says S 8a3to sto to the United United States that t at she is
n ble b b1 and w willing wi1llngto HUng to settle her he l ldebts debts at
their real value but not at their face
value alu She Sh aisoS also says tys Y55he she is unable to
r retect ctect hers herself lf against gai 1st the European
governments to ernments that are after her
And bear in mind that Santo Do ¬
mingo is directly in the line of the Pan
arrtaGamll ama arria Canal and nd we cannot permit a for ¬
eign I power to land und gain a foothold
there fbdrelha Tha tcanal lcanalstrlp strip and the country
at each end of It must be bckeptadsolutely kept adsolutely
under un < lcr the control of the United UnitedStat State P
if He we would keep the the1Ionroe Monroe Doctrine
intact
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THE WEATHER REPORT
The disturbance In the Eastern States
has moved to toSouthcrn Southern New England
S with slightly Increased development
having Caused general and in
li llaceg laces heavy heav s howers in the Atlantic
Slates and lower lake region followed
by clear clearwcather weather in the s South uth Atlantic
States
The Northwe Northwestern terndlpturbance disturbance has ha
spread to the eastward and southeast ¬
ward and nQw now covers the Missouri and
upper upper ufp r Mississippi valleys andthe and the North ¬
west generally encral1y1th with the principal cen ¬
ter terol of depression over Eastern Ne Ne ¬
braska
There Th rc has thus far been no precipita ¬
liOn tI n of consequence conRequen e resulting from this
depress ion but there has been a markei
rise ofn in temperature in the Slope region
j the th Missouri and upper Mississippi val ¬
leys Over the eastern easternl1alf half of the coun ¬
try temperatures have changed but lit ¬
tic except In New England where they
are higher Rain has continued over ov r the
northern ortliern districts west of the Rocky Rockr
mountains
The weather will be fair tonight In tho
Atlantic and East Gulf GUIStates States the lower
lake region and Ohio valley followed by
showers fihowcrsSunclay Sunday over the two latter dis
trIct5 r I
rit it will iil be somewhat somewhntwarmer warmer fmflay
and andalso also warmer tonight In the Ohio
valley allcy
I TEMPERATURE
0 9nm a m 51
12 noon o
1 lpm p ro
DOWNTOWN DQWNTOWNTEMP TEMPERATURE RATURE
Regis Ite iiBier tered Cd Afflecks AtH k kj ks j s Standard Thermometer
90 gam m 50
12 4 noon o 61
ip TO i iv v
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TIIESUN
Sun sets SI S today todqy 1
l Sun rises tomorrow 5
TIDE 1DE TABLE TAQLE
rAw tl tide e todayw today ay GllP 61l P m
High tide toda 1156 P m
Low tide tomorrow627 tomorrow 67 nm a UI 710 p m
Hl HJJclitlde B1jli h tide tomorrow 1224 p m
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INCREASED WAGES
FOR BRICKLAYERS
NOW NOESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED
Five Dollars D llars for the
Day of Eight
Hours
COST COSrONENINTHMORE ONENINTH MORE
Ironclad IrQncIadAgreemen Agreement tBetveen Between
the Master Wor kmen
and an d Masons
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KEY TQ THE SITUATION
It is agreed 8grcedthat that hereafter hereafterthe the
Bricklayers Union No No1 1 will not notau au ¬
thorize or countenance a strike str ike
against the tliemaster the master builders until
ever every y honorable honorablenieans means of settlement
have been exhausted exh usted
Pay and andahal a a half must be given union
men for work from 4 p Pm m until
7 a m
Members of the theunioft union must not no t
work for any employer unless he be
a member inemb r of of the Master MastcrBricklayers Bricklayers
Association Ass latlonunleBs unless authorized autho 1zed
That the Master MasterBrickIarers Bricklayers Asso ¬
elation Ciatlonshallnotrecognlze shall not recognize any other
union of bricklayers or stonemasons sto ma sons
or employ any any men not notrecogrilzed recognized by
the union
No member of the union must work
more than eight elghtl1ours hours out of twenty tw twnt nt
four
No more bricks are areto to be laid l id by
the thousand Contracts Con tracts must mustbc be
made on all jobs and andcontroversies controversies
are to be settled by a committee
composed of masters and journey ¬
men
Agreement signed by all of the
members of the Master MasterBrIcklayers Bricklayers
Association of the District of Colum ¬
bia blaand and Bricklayers Union No No1 1 1
I
On all new construction constructlonwprk work begun
hereafter hereafterin in In the National Capital ap1tal brick
i layers laersw1ll will receive 5riday1nstead 3 a day Instead of
S450 i450ror 45O for eight hours h lU rs rsor or so so much mnchn a thou ¬
sand for r brick br ck laid lThis This g dec e 11 s jon wag
reached at igformal informal conferences j tn tnseV in n r seV se
i era eral cases t today day >
The agreement whic which h hcaU5ed caused so soniuch much mu h
feeling among the larger 1a rger contractors
was not to have hav gone gone into int effect e rtectuntll until
May i 1 but for several t tra trade de reasons re lsons the
master bricklayers have decided to pay
the new scale on all work fli rork not already
contracted for On the old wprk w erk how ¬
ever the new scale must be paid paidatter after
May 1 which means that unless there is
a general yielding on the part of the
men men who are now doing the vast vastamount amount
of construction work about Washington
trouble may ensue
A Strong Organization
The union of bricklayers brlclcla ers is one of the
strongest stron gest in the United Unit d States an and d its Its
officers offic rg say Say they are able to enforce any
agreement they may mayhavemadc have made with
the Master Bricklayers Association
The change In wages will add one
ninth to the cost of all work now going
on
Contractors and builders allege that
the increase will work workhardili1p hardship upon
them utidw1l1 and will tend toward curtailing the
growth of Washington which hich has been
going on at ata a rate greater gre tcr than any
other city in the Un United ited States In re ¬
ply to this charge the master bricklay ¬
ers say s y they will now have labor on an
equitable basis for all concerned That
there will be be no nodifferencc difference in wages in
various parts of the Distr ict ct as well
as in hours That piece work will end
and all troubles of the past will be
so ended that thatmastet master bricklayers can
figure with certainty on work for forth the
future i
End of TieUps
There can be no more tieups under
the agreement and when they contract
to complete a structure In in a given time
they know now that they can do so
the antistrike clause making trouble
between the masters and journeymen
impossible Im ossiblc
rhe journeymen finally satisfied say
they theyar are sure of all the work they
S want wan t at wages wagessIml1ar similar to those paid In
other cities of the United States and
with wUhan an eighthour day
As the agreement stands It Is an iron
bound contract similar to that In force
in inChicag Chicago New York Philadelphia and
the other larger cities It is very likely
to cause the independent master brick ¬
layer who uses any but union labor all
kinds klnd80ftrouble of trouble If it does not put him
entirely out of business The Washing ¬
ton men who lay the brick and the men men
who make the contracts are now in
reality in a powerful partnership pa rtnership One
side will employ no nonunion labor
will guarantee shorter hours pay higher
wages and grant several minor de ¬
mands J and tho other side nidow1ll will make It
impossible for any Independent to cre creio
ate trouble with cheap nonunion nonun1 n labor
Some 800 at Capital
There are regularly resident in Wash ¬
ington ingtonabout about sop so 0 p Journeymen bricklayers
but there are hundreds more living in
the lh small towns all around the thoCapital Capital
and in inlilaryland Maryland and Virginia who
come here for employment In the sum ¬
mer returning homo when work quits
in the fall
One estimate gives tho union uniontorces forces
dur during ing the summer at about 5000 In ad ¬
dition to the union men there are said
to t be several several hundred nonunion colored
men and f foreigners In and about the
city clt who Whi do odd jobs and many of whom
lire jti 10 at work for the th United Un1t d States Gov ¬
ernment These men under the agree agre ¬
ment are eliminated from the Washing ¬
ton labor fie ld except such 5Ucha3 as are pro ¬
tected tcct d by the th UnltedSttltes United States Government G vernmcnt
as in the case of the colored man now
orklng orklngon on the War College at the
Arsenal ArsenaIwhere where the th United States engl
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I I SCENES SCENES SC ENES IN VENEZXJELAS VENEzUELASCAPITAL CAPITAL 1
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SOWRYS CORPSE
UNDER HIS WAGON
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Union Veteran Meets Death
by Acc Accident ident
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BOTH LEGS WERE CRUSHED CRUSHED
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Body Was Found by b Baltimore Btlt Cl ana a
Ohio Railroad Employes mploycs <
Recently Arrested A ± rested
Wedged tightly UghtlY1md isndcr ncler rhis his heavy de 1
livery wagon wa go gon n the 11f lifeless iess ss body of Capt CaptI i I
Frank W V Sov Spwby by ii a 1A Gi G A R nveteran veteran
about fiftylive years Y yearsoIt1Wag a sQltly sQltlygP olQ was gP found fQiJl1J n Irjt l
lryv ft a rtvInebctct2tm Jn p p1t P > > 6 1t ° J f9 ll pi 1 fti J n nor qii
Vast ast t a and iI rid id the Baltimore and ancjT fOhlb Ohfo rail it iI ¬
road lra tracks dts Scatc riand and u dT T streets str eets north ¬
east about 6 oc oclock lock ck this morning Cor ¬
oner ner Nevitt viewed y l w the fh remains rema1nsand Snd rrndcon con ¬
cluded duded that Sowbys life ltfehad had been crush ¬
ed out ut after his legs lcg had been b c n broken
by a fall A certificate c rlificate Of jf f death by ac no
i cldent was given givenand and the body was wasre re ¬
moved to the th morgue
Sowby Sowb l served with distinction in the
Union 1Jnionarmv army throughout the thetdfe strife from
61 to 65 ire He entered the service serice as 1S a
raw re recruit d dult ult and came out battle
scarred and mutilated mutl ated and with a a brevet
of ofma major ma Jor Two Twoycars years ago he received
6000 pension money mone The receipt receIpto of r
this money mone is said to have marked the
beginning b gInning of his downward career He
purchased purchascla a place In Northeast Wash r asll ¬
ington on the Brentwood rOadknow road known n
as asFranks Franks farm and started a i truck <
garden He is f a also iso said to have spent
much money for liquor
Domestic Rows and Spats
Domestic rows and spats with his
cousins and nephews landed him in the
Police Court several weeks ago and he
was there branded as a vagrant Col ¬
onel Legg of the Union LnionT Lnionctera Veterans Vctera T ctera iJi ns
Union Uni n took the stand in his behalf
and denied in toto all the charges made ma de
against the veteran vet r n Judge JudEeScott Scott took
Sowbys personal bond to remain rem in away
from drink
I Yesterday he came to town In his de do ¬
livery lI ry wagon which was wa purchased
from a L tinner and met many man friends
with whom he took a social Kluss lHES or I two
When 1li 1I I thunder and lightning frightened
his hishorsl hors he started toward his home hom
in t11 the direction of Brentwodd BrentwQ d At this th thi
time he met with the accident whIch
resulted rc > ulted in his death de th his hIslIUle little bay hors horse
was picking his way alongthe along the short
cut which lead into Brentwood Brcntwoodroad road
The accident Is believed to have occurred occurred
about 10 oclock last night
Discovery of Body
At G oclock this morning Gateman
Henry Hensel of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad and the yardmaster ardn tcr at
Ecklnglon saw the locsc horse and the
overturned wagon wa n They Th j believed it to
be a runaway runawa Upon investigation by
Flagman Char Cha des les B B Harmon the body
wan found under the wagon
The ground looked lookochag as m though Sowby
had hadmade made repeuted repe htcd efforts e < rts to rise but
the weight w lght was too great for his
strength which Is isbeUecd believed to have been
impaired by his excesses The horse
was grazing a ashort short distance from the
wagon with the shafts dangling at his
heels Police of the Eigilthpccinct Eighth precinct sta ¬
tion tool charge of the team
At tho battle battl of Gettysburg G ttysbllrg while In
command of ofa a gun Ca Captain ptain Sowby was
struck by a shell and injured He was
also shot in head and at the time ot
his death carried lead In his brain
Operations were resorted to but without
avail and Ills It 15 thought his injury caused
him to act Queerly
EIGHT GIRLS ORGANIZE
ROSEBUD ROSEBUDGIRCLE CIRCLE I I S S
Eight girls gIrl form the Rosebud Circle of
the International Sunshine Society or ¬
ganized last night at C52 Grant avenue
northwest
They understand the purposes of the
Sunshine organizations and they are go ¬
ing to save hnlf hll Jf of their money to do
some orne good in the th hospitals They win
appoint a committee soon to go to thc th
Childrens Hospital and make a report rt > port
so that they thpwill will know just jus what to do o
The members nwmbersof of this tli th society are Ethel
Johnson president Lottie Wurfel sec ¬
retary retnryRoRc Rose France treasurer trcnsurcrMartc Marie
France Inez Thompson Mildre d
Thompson Mary Tebbs and Marie 1I rlc Ma
I loney PJ Pigos OR Cure for Consumption Cl r rs s rylP n gives gJ ye ivllcf 1 1I1 In 1
cases of Coughs Coul ha and polds olds 23c 25cA1V CAd Adv
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PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TO NAVAL DOCTORS
In Presen Pres n ting tin gDlplomas o g Diplomas 1 He Makes a Sig Sig o
nificant ific I tReference Reference to Failure of Con gress
I
I N to Enact Needed eededLe Le gislation
l
I I President Pres CJent Roospvelt Ro s elt was ya < the central c ntral
I figure at a t the closing c1 slnr exercises of the l
United UnIt States St t s Naval t Jlddicul 1lldi al School to ¬
I day He not notolily only delivered de livered the diplomas 5
to the graduating grldn lng c Cfass lass of twentythree twent threel 1
young doctors doctorsbutH1dr but addressed 5Scd thorn and
the large Iargeaudiencepreselt audience present on onthe the re ¬ I Ithe
sponsibilities of ormon men to themselves th mselves and I
to their t1 fr follows fellowswhtn when they th y accept sver 1f er r 1
Vice under the N1tonal National Government
Held at the Museum Mus u n
The The exercises were held In the lecture
room room of the Nji National tlonn1 UonlIuseurnon Museum on the
Mall There an audience of 800 people
had assembled assembl d prior to 11 oclock and
a large lrge lrgecr crow cr crowd d stood about the th public Ubllc
building exhibition rooms and an in front of the he I
At the main entrance the President Presidend d
I Iwas was awaited 11 altpd by l Surgeon su rgeon General G neraI Rlxey R IXey
Medical Director R R A Marmlori presi ¬
dent of the chool o faculty and these In ¬ I
structors stru tors all in full 1ulldress dress dres of the thenav navy
Medical MClJlc l Director John C Boyd Medical j
Inspector Phillips Phil i ips A Lovering Surgeons
Henry Hen b iy G Beyer Charles F Sto Sto Stokes kes Ed ¬
ward wnrdR R Stitt Lieut Downs 1 L Wilson Vllson
retired and a nd Passed P a5scd Assistant i 5 sistant Surgeons
T 1 l 1 D Myers s sal and al d Alfred AlfredT AV T Balch
1
Greetings to Chief Guest
The President Prcsl 1ert < arrived a few minutes I
after 11 oclock accompanied acc mlJUnlcd by b > Mrs 1
Roosevelt and antiMiss Miss Hagncr They The were
escorted to the platform pIa tformb by the naval na 11
1
officers the audience standing stanl Ung and the
Marine Band under Lieutenant Santel Sa itel tel
mann mann sounding three flourishes and
playing playl ri rig g America On the platform
was the thRc Rev Dr John John1I M Schick the
Presidents l > pastor and at the conclu ¬
stqn sion of the overture he h c delivered ellverct l an In ¬
vocation toea OCa tlon
The 1h President PrestG < nt was Introduced introduc d by Dr
Marm Marmion lon after aft e r the band b an d hall played I
rome om lively lIvel music The Th President Prcsid nt ad
vimccfl fLnCCd to the center c nt r of the platform
I
where here the diplomas dip 1 Omao were wcePIICd piled up on a
chair Back of him himliung hung the liuge blue lue j
banner han ner with the theemhlem emblem of the Chief
Magistrate Ma istrate and andon on on either 1tber side were were an
equally large flag flaibearing fl bearing the the four
white stars of the Admiral of the Navy
and the similar flag Hago of the Secretary of
the Navy Nav
Turning Turnir g to the right side of the hall
where the graduates gra uats occupied the front
seats the President Presld nt greeted each new new
doctor with a n hearty handshake and
then delivered dellvere4 the diploma As the th
names l tiames ames were called out a parchment j archI1ent was
handed to the President All went well
with the thefirst first half hiilfd dozen zcn diplomas but but
then th the < wrong diploma turned up The Th
younjj youz o n6 man who had hadrenched reached the ros
truni couldnt claim the name which
was called out t to him and he evidently
felt just ju ta a little embarrassed emb rrasse d
President to the Rescue
Pres iden t Rooseve lt ltdIdn didnt t have
doubt that such a astalwnrt astalwnrtouthwas stalwart youth outhwas
really r ally entitled to toadiplorna a diploma so s he
matters into his own Own wnhandswhlle hands while
faculty were struggling strug gllng with the parch ¬
meats Taking those nearest to his
hand the President pronounced the
names In clear voice and the th graduates
claimed their diplomas In turn Present ¬
ly after a little waiting alUng the missing
one turned up and the young doctor
who had shared the center of the stage
for a number of minutes got a double
shake from the President and walked 1
oS triumphantly with his official in ¬
dorsement of graduation
Relatives and friends In the audie audince nce
showed their enthusiasm enthualasmfor for the voung y < ung
doctors when they went forward to get
their diplomas There was a deal of
huntlclappins and the doctors all look ¬
ed very happy happ They Th y seemed eager for
service and proud of their professional i
commission from om the service school
But if they felt proud of an any achieve
meat In the days of school duty dut they r
were wer more 90 on their graduation day
at having h ving the President of the United UIi cd
States present to launch l unch them on their
careers c rcerswlthirispiring with Inspiring words This the
President did in his hI8cnthusiastic enthusiastic way
tempered t < mper < d with serious a appreciatIon o f
their calling and the stirring times they
xnuet expect e pectt peet to 0 see at some so m period P Eriod 9r or
other of their theircareers careers He said sai
The Presidents Pr esidents Address
I am glad to have the hcchance chance of say sa
Ing a word to you this morning You
are p po not o only onlyd doctors Ctors by virtue of these the e
Continued ContinuedcnEl1ur on Four ib J p >
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GASTRUnUTWITS
UNITED STATES
ANU ANUALLEUHOPE c ALLEUHOPE
Comforand omfqrandA i and Autonomy utonbmy
G Guanteed J ht > edbyfhe bythe
fiiwers Powers
PORTS TS S SAFE t f fFR h FR fROM l1f WAR
d
In the Hands R ijd of ot Foreign F6 F6igri igri
Countries Countri s1 Who WhoM Must M st t
Guar d d dJfhen Jhem
President PrenidentC Castro C stxo sfroI In the thev1dw view Yi w 0fAd of Ad ¬
minis nHnlstraUonofIICtais tration officials is entitled en tlUe d here here ¬
after a ter to < b bi called calle d the thCMachi Machiavelii Machi ve vehli l i of
the Andes And s arid no no o longer the sick
man of offhe fhe th Caribbe Cariblhhtn hn ii ri
Prominertt Pro IneJ1 t members m m mb b ie rs rsof of the th Govern ¬
ment mentat at least those those tho w wh WhO ho are Tethefra re the frank nk ¬
est estadmitwitho estadmit admit without t reservation reserv on that up
to the present time timehe he has ha checkmated
Uncle Sam as a awell well well5seyeralandper as 5seyeralandper several and per ¬
haps hapsmos most European E rotJ n rowers wexs nd and forced
this country c untIto to ponder deeply before
making maklnganother another move on the board bo ra
They claim cl ln n however ho wever that he has l as the
advantage adyanta adyantag g which every sharper sha rper must must
have over the honest honestman man utter indiffer ¬
ence to decency decencyorpubUc or public opinion
His Autonomy Au tonomy Guaranteed Guaran t teed eed
By his acquiescence In the th award of
The TheHnguc Hague tribunal trIbUI alIn in 3303 903 he has h s
rendered r I1de d the three th ee principal ports 1 of his
country c untryprncUcallY practically cjif tie ife e from attack by
foreign nations na tlon Then he has diverted
trade to the remaining a1Ilingl1 ports Its which he
now proposes Jlropo to cover cov r in a LLslfullar a similar man ¬
nor ner by agreement gr emeritw with th Great Britain
Germany Ge nY and nd France
This I In in effect places s san an animpregnable impregnable
wall wallab about ut ycnezuela Y n eiuea In lnshor short Castro
has hasi in reality twpr twpt twthirds thirds i dsof of the U e armed armed
forces foreeso of the world wo ild guaranteeing hIs
comfort cp f fr r an nd d safety S
Awaitih Jwaiting waitin Ma Mill il Reports
That Thatls is the thesltuation situation Sltpr as it presents ientslt it
seft to the th President Pres1d nt and his Cabinet Gabine
j and perhaps explains the resignation
with which they theYle are patiently waiting
for tor the them mall U to come eorneu up > from fro m Caracas s
before b fo g Icarhlnff Jtari n the full fu Ii oiex text pf Gastros Castr tr 9s
insolent jns nt refusal to Joat arbitrate ltraie pending t
claims c i lms of ft ftim rths 1 United UnltedStn Sta tat tes in the iIi ihan Iriah
ner Ii tier r inwhich Iii lriwhIch WtChjhIs this country oun trY trYw w wishes ishes is he s them
iQ ta b bjarb1trated arbltrated
Neve fexerthelessv ihel s iuiIs thlsi Zh1aaloesot 41dfisnot nOt jiecessarily SSarll1
mean mean that at the Administration Intends to cj
dropYali drol r tilact1o action n looking iooking 1 to the t les settlement t ine nt
of r ci these claims ct lnitl At some time In th the
future tut rethey they will willbesettie be settled in inone one Tray w w
or Or r anOther n therand and the present period of
seeming seeJhl ig Ina inaction U fiwm will be beemployed1na employed In a
thorough thor ugh invest Investigation g tionoftt o of the esubject subject
from r IFS its interhatlpna irit uJ9naJap aspect ctEnd and la lay ¬
lug Ingplans plans for toruJ1Jr future conduct cgn conduct iuct <
Relations With Venczu Venezuela Ia
Meanw Meanwhile hile hn attention atten flQ has been called ca cahle l1
to tothecurlous the curious diplomatic relations rel tio 1sex ex
Istin ist1ngoote isting g hotvve between n this country arid nrid Vene ¬
zuela uela with ifhaiCwto a view ie to their thelrpos th irposibIe poss lble sus ¬
I pension should it t be b discovered later
that In in his hisre re reply piir > l Castro istr has grossly irossly In ¬
suited the th Un1tci ITnlte V Stotes Stet t t s
I The Veriezuelaiv Ven uclai legation l ga tl tln n here hereis is now now
and andiorSeveral for several years earshas has been be n under
the direction ojlr ctlon of a acharge charge daffaires Sis
expulsion would not l9thaxe have an equally eq al1y
recrtrii1natiyecffe recriminative effect t with the expulsion expulsI n
of t Minister Bowen from fr ni Caracas
Special l Comm Commissioner issioner Here H re
Concurrent Concur rentiV1tI ient with this condition is the th
presence In this city ciLy ity of a special speC al com ¬
missioner m ISSiG 11er of liP President tesi n e Ilt Cas CastrO tro Senor se nor
Jesus da Paul He Hen Henas nas no diplomatic
credentials cre dentlals yet t as a a matter of 01 f cour cour ¬
tesy and In nc a desire egire for forinformation Information he
is ispermltte permitted 1 < l to visit sltthe the StateDepart State Depart ¬
ment and the White WhiteHouse House and md discuss
in tll those seplaces places the thesituatl situation n in his
country connt 0
I His duties uUes therefore theref m apparently con ¬
sist ist in keeping lceCl u o1n in a touch with American 1
officials officiaisal au r i transmitting trnnsmitt1ngan anything thing of
Aaluef hluei to iti ia inJt1clpal ir clpal
It is ac cor corciingly i5igly iii gly believed here and
stated tated in 3 guarded Ulrded manner that Cas ¬
tros trosanswetyas answer answerwas was actuated if not really reall
dictated from fr6mthlscity this city At At Atthe the same
time without any ofliclal mcial recognition
of De Paul it WOrld wQtJl be Impossible to
visit upon uponh1m him any official resentment
iSTUDlG ISTU YINfi THE ALPHABET
SINGE HE WAS A IOU
l
Aged Colored Man Finds Fin s Time in
I
Second Century to Learn I
to Read i
I
INDIANAPOLIS March Ma rch25Edward 25 25Edward Edward I
Dorscy Dorsc colored olor dof of this city who has just
been admitted to the National N lonal Soldiers j
Home at Marion Ind is perhaps the
oldest student of the alphabet alPhahetin in the I
world He is 104 years old and Is now
learning to read
Dorsey was born in Maryland lIIarylandand and
was a slave nearly nea rl threequarters of
I a century centu rj ago Toward T ow ard the close of o the
civil war he enlisted nll ted with a colored 1
i 1rflmcnt regiment and foug fought ht till the end Since
I thenhc then he has managed to accumulate
I propertY but It wis always a source
of o f fregret regret that he could not read and
we nite
wethe At t the age ng of 100 he started to to study
the alphabet He is now mastering it
and can form and read words of one
syllable s l1able
Guardian of Children
Justice JtlsU Stafford StnffordsitUng sitting for probate robate
business has appointed l Popointed Lillian Fowler Fowl r
guardian of the minor children of the
late lateYIlllam William E Fowler She is required
to Rive Ivc bond Inthcsum in the sum of 3000 000 At t ¬
torney to ne John John1LGcQrge M George appeared as
counsel for the minor mln < I children chU ren
125 to Ba ltimore an d 4 Return fI25 125
Pennsylvania Railroad RallroadSaturda Saturday an d
1 Sunday sun dli t ickets good on OnaIl all trains train S ex ¬
cept Congressional Congrc5 lonal l Limited and good
tar return until Sunday night nightAd Adv
L
UNEVITOHS ARMY RMY
f finr ATTHEMERCYOF THE inr IHtltHti urnnv MEBCYffF fr HP
PURSUING ENEMY cJ J
Russians Russ al1s Are Ar ein in in Desper De sper
4 v >
ate ateS atStraitsin StraitS raitsin in Man
o e hjLiria
HARBIN HARB1N iroEFENSIBLE iNDEfENSIBLE INDEFENSIBLE
Rer Re Reenforcements e en forcienients f t tri ri hi nt of O f200 206000 200000 OO
1Ne UNee N Hlto td edJ j i Extricate E tti ite
Czars z t Troops Ti 9PS =
ST ST PETERSBURG PETERSBlRG March MarCh 25 25Re 25Re Se
6rts rOrtsfrotn > orts framythe r mui the Jr fr rbht htin Indicate ca that fiir iur f r
ther therflghtthg fighting 1 gI i g is in I progress s between b etween the
tyro t o armies n l s although ith9ughnc1dea no idea is Is siven 1yea
of thtvexteht th extehto extent ptthe of rthe the conflict donfflct on1llct
A disJat dispatch hsl1ysthatthe says sa that the theJapanese Japanese are are
cannonading cairiona dIrlg the Russians u frOIh from U the the
neighborhood neIghb r rho hodd dcif of f Pu Pultln Pultinatt itinasf
Another n therdispa dispatch dispatch t lifromthecom from the com
manderin m manderirtchef nn derinchl derinchlsystheJap chlef says systheJap the Japanese nese a a1ter fter
driving in the th thleBusslan Russ ian outposts outposjsatShoo at atSboo Shoo
mentse mentsem ma made de a vigorous i1drous 1gorpU53ttack attack u ubut but
were repulsed
In Desperate Straits
A dispatch from Guntzuling the pros preg ¬
eat Russian headquarters dated date dateThurz Thurs urs ¬
day da describes the situation situa tlcnot of The Rus ¬
sian army arm in the most mostpesSlm1Stic pessimistic terms
It ItsaysunlessreenCorc says unless reenforcements ments to to the
number of 200000 are received d dat a at t cnce clce ce
the thEarm army must retreat retre t to the Sungart Sun
river rlvcrtndmayevenhavetafall and may even have to fallback fallk aclt
into int Siberian territory
The lh lhchancesof chances chancesof of a a successful succes lldefe defence defetiedL eof of
Harbin are small m U General tknerarRennen Kennenliampf amp
has lost lostthreefOurths three t1lre fburths fol1Ihsofhls of his force forcea and nd
sL rivast a vast Japanese J paries turning movement is
dcvelpplhjf developirigJ developlsgatIMadztadan at 3Eadzladan
it It is Isantlc1pated antic antici anticipated i pated that Vladivostok will
be beisolated isolate d s soon oon The The Tjusuiess bu s icsS houses honsesot bt
Harbin Harbin R rbin are closing cIo ing
Reenforcements Arrive
TOKYO Marc h 25 25Tha Ths in indicatiorw llc tlo
are that Genera Gene rn l iinevitch Llnevltch h hevitChfat evitChfat is at Chang C na nag g ¬
chun rallying rall31ng and an d norganiz reorganizing o organiz rgariti1ng ingthe the th re re ± 0 ¬
treatingRussians treating ItRuss1ans Russians Numerous u erous reehforc re e 1or flf
ments nelltgateairlyi are arriving gm meanwhile A ll j
Chahgtu the latest fiite5tJapanesecap Japanese capture U
is i a acentrtHrii central market mark rk t for Mongolian
products and na Trill w11li form form rma2fa1uable ayaluable a yaluable 8 ad <
vanced n Cd ipm omfulss Isf ary 5 liase D Toe IottheiJ therJapa pa k
rieseppefatipnsv ri Se etionstOtbe + riiti ns to t the northward noft ward
Will CoIJS ttoe Peace ac
YithO WithoutThd t i d ynn innity 5ty
I JONDOK LlNDON > NDOX March March25 25 25Talk Talk TaIkopeac of opeac peace Is 1
revived re ie dher here today t dn and even n more more mer iri
terest Is ismimllested1n manifested manlfOstedln in the themanyrumoI8 many rumors
than n 1 has Sbe been shbWxi shbWxiin shown in the t thepast past p t
This is largely Iarge due du tQ to the fact fa t that
the r r fe fe Is ag a genera genemjleellng n rnl rf eeling e llhg in In all UqUafters quarters a m
that t hat the t heh hbpe hOJiefOt x5etorthe fpr the cessation tODO i iof of hos ho has ¬
tilities in the th f > Far F Fr r East Easfhasas has haa a substan sdbst bst nt1al n tial
itmndton foundation =
More M re etrip etriph emphatic h a c assertions are r made mad
now no nbc than at t any an n time since sia the war war
began be gn tth that th t the theCzar Czar desires desi to t have lids nos tis
tillties ell ti 5cease cease eeasO Many Manymenfuweninform men4n wenInform ¬
ed cd circles c tcles who hitherto hit erto have not believ be lev ¬
ed ia inthe the possibility posstb iU1 of peace p eac are 3renow now
inclined 1n c edto to the t thdvlew c view + ittwthat that the ih matter m tter has
become bec me practica practltially lly ll a aques question tl tln n of terms terni5
Indemnity In Indern itrhe ty the the Obstacle
If llJ Japan apariwUl will forgo forggan any yindemnlfyit indemnity it
Is isbeUcvedRussta believed Russia will consent to an
immediate imme immediate atete term termination rmiriatl ination of the the thewar war On On
the th other o ther hand it Itis it is felt that if the
Japanese Japa Japanesinsi leseiI Insist siston on ani an idemn idemnjty emn ity ty the Czar
will continue the warto war to the bitter end
There are a re ren no n in Q sIgns sighs that thatJapaIi Japan Is is will ll ¬
ing to abandon the pecuniary demand deman4
and this materially mat rlaUydisCu discounts ts the pre I ¬
dictions that thathos hostilities tlUUesare are on thep the point fut
of concluding
One fact w 1 which hich lends lendscolor lends color to the
peace talk is that the th actions actionsand and man
her ner of both 1ioththe the Japanese JapaIieseand and Russian Russl n
diplomats s sseem seem seem to indicate that there
has hsbe been n some kind of negotiations in
progress The diplomats of both bothcoun coun ¬
tries tr s are ar very v ry cautions in talking t91k 1g to
newspaper newspaperm men n but while declining decliningto to
commit themselves they give the Im ¬
pression that there therehas has been some sort
of oraIi an exchange exchange9l of Jdeas ideas on n the subject
of peace but that that the matter is isst1llin still stilf in
a nebulous form
Peace in Sight
The The St Petersburg peters ur g correspondent o espondent of
the Telegraph Telegr > ph declares dedar s that despite the
seemingly hopeless outlook ouUookowin5 owing to the
Czars ez s hitherto firm fir nresolye resolve to pers persst ist
in the war war peace at last Is in sight
The correspondent adds that t1iath he makes
this statement st 1temert deliberately de Ilberate yand yandcate and cate ¬
gorically goricaIljand an and d not as a apr probable ba1 le in ¬
ference f from m the signs signsand and tokens ob ¬
servable during the last lasttew few days d vs 0 He
says sa s
What has happened Is that his hisnia ma ¬
jesty jestyhas has been convinced convincedmuch much against
his will wmthataturthercontlnuatlon that a further continuation of
the y war ar r will 111 be disas disa disastrous strous trous to toRU5SI Russia
financially fi nancia 1l economically econon1ic1l1 and politically po U tlcally
He Is therefore conditionally willing wihhiz to
discontinue it Condtionalll Condtionall not notabso abso ¬
lutely lutel
I I am am not at present in a position to
elucidate the proximate cause causeo of this
sudden change changeof of view I can state
however with iUicerfaint certainty that the he mill ¬
tary advisers of the Czar CL are ar largely
responsible for havin hav having g iheretofore Jieretofore
neutralized the Influences intluen es te tending to o
peace Among the other othera advocates yo 3tes of
a struggle to the bitter bittererid end was IasGeneraI General
Sakharoff minister of war warwho who j prob > rob
ably abt will wiUnow now be relieved of t r tlfunc lg func ¬
tions
Czar Yields Conditionally COI ditWIlally
Strenuous persevering perse ring and patr patriotic iotic
endeavors have been made since the
Mukden 1lukd n catnstropheto catastrophe to shake the Czars
resolve to t continue the th campaign and
at last they the have hLY succeededbutasal succeeded but as al ¬
ready read stated st ted his hismajestys majestys willingness w 1 llngn ss
Is conditional cQndi ional Unless the th tl terms are
such suchthatp that peace acc will be obviously ct prefer ¬
able abl to a continuation of iwar war negotia ¬
tions will be worse thansupertlu9Us than superfluous
In the present embryonic stage of
the Iew relUious rtlt1ou between the belliger ¬
ents it would wouldbe be premature to enumerate e umerate
the thecoIiditions conditions Itu5sla Russia would accept cceptbrit but
it may be b affirmed positively that while W Ue
she he is iswllUn willing wl1lin B to draw far reachlngiiahd reachlq ilid
practical conse consequences quences u nce5from from heir h de
t leatand teat eat and embody cmbod them In the peace penCtl11JU > bn n
dltiohs In the l1e form of territorial coot co za
1