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? Is '2Pbs AKRON DEMOCRAT. one VOLUME lO-NUMBER 210 AKRON, OHIO, SATURDAY 0VEN1NG-, DECEMBER 21 1001. PRICE ONE CENT. DAILY HE? VERDICT OF THE COURT OF INQUIRY IS CONFIRMED Scctctary Long Gave Admiral Dewey a Wicked Thrust. No Attention Paid to Admiral Schley's Bill of Exceptions or Admiral Sampson's Protest. Washington, Due. 21. At noou to day Secretary of the Navy Long, ap proved the finding sof the Schley Court " of Inquiry. In his report Secretary Long, after approving the findings of the majority of the Court, takes a whack at Dowcy by approving the majority of the Court ill not expressing anything on the ,1' question of who was in command at Santiago. Secretary Long say3 the Court could not with propriety have doiio anything else, blnco no evidence was admitted during the luqulry. Sec retary Long also recommends on this point Hint no further proceedings la had In the matter and also notifies Admiral Sampson that no action will be taken on the brief filed in his be half. Admiral Schley has also been notified that his bill of exceptions will be ig nored. Judge Advocate Lemly and Solicitor Hanua submitted their repoit to Secretary Long on Schley's bill of exceptions late yesteiday. This report has been forwarded to Schley. It reads: "A communication dated the 18th Inst., signed by Rear Admiral W. S. Schley and by Isndor Rayner and James Parker, his counsel, objecting to the approval of the findings of the Court of Inquiry, In the case of Rear Admiral Schley, and asking particu larly that what the signers aie pleased to term 'the opinion of the majoi Ity of the court, bo remitted to the court for further consideration, has been received by the department's refer ence ,and is returned with the follow ing statement: tt- l fS...A...lt). rllft1i.tl.l'.J..1L ...t.t.J ! - , 11 o oumt:4mi lllLUVJUlL lU'UUUl W llllf I yst this paper on nccount of its general, and non-specific character and sweep, lug though unsupported assertion of opinion oy tho nppllcnnt and his eou sel that, in their Judgment, tho adverse finding of the court is not justified by the evidence. 'The paper might lie STRANGER SEIZED THE PRESIDENT. Roosevelt's Fist Shot Out as From a Catapult. Washington, Dec. 21. President Roosevelt, while walking along Mnssa. chusetts ave. Tbursdoy evening, was approached by a stranger, who laid his hand on tho President's arm and ehoutcd. It is reported that tho Pres ident thereupon promptly knocked the fellow down and passed on with his friends. Secret servlco men and tho police department profrcss to be without any kuowledgo of tho encounter. Com mander Cowles brother-in-law of tho President also claims that ho hud beard nothing ot it. It is Intimated at the White House that tho story is par. tially true, but cxnggeiated. Lord Pauncefoto Is said to have been a witness to tho encounter. Tho first information reaching tho Scrlpps-Mc- i - - . i . 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"The findings of fact and tho opinion of the Court of Inquiry In the case of Admiral Schley upon the more im portant and material points before it were not reached by a majority of the members only, but by tho entire Court. The points of the precept upon which all tho nicuibcis of tho court unite ap peal' to bo Incontrovertlbly establish ed by the evidence; It Is not understood how any other conclulsons could havo been reached upon them and they con. stltute the essential features of the entire matte runder Inquiry." Washington, Dec. 21. President Roosevelt Is reported today to have interested himself In the attltudo of tho Navy department with regard to Admiral Schley. He Is believed! to have bald nt the Cabinet mcqtlng Tuesday that while technically he might not have the right to review, the verdict of the court, ho wu3 of tho opinion that his position as commander-in-chief of the Amiy and Navy gave him tho right, jf ho cared tq ex ercise it. i He did not say directly that ho woulddlp Into the controversy, but made it clear that ho would take a hand If he felt to disposed. It is quite certain that Admhal Schley will carry his appeal up to the President. Tho form in which this appeal is .to be made has not yet becnv fully deter mined. One scheme, salcr to be con tompated by the, Schley forces is to ask for the appointment of a board of three arbitrators one., to bo unmed by the President, one by Admiral Sampson, and ono by Admiral Schley, this board to review aD the evidence then report their findings from which there is to bo no appeal. T Rao association regarding the affair was In a personal note written oy a Wall street broker to n friend In this city just before tho brpker took a train for New York last night- It read as follows: "Washington, D. C, Dec. 20, 1001. "Last night a man stopped Roose velt on Massachusetts nve., and laid his hand on Roosevelt's arm and shouted. Roosevelt struck out from tho shoulder and knocked tho man down and passed on with his friends. They aro keeping It from tho press, but it is true. Lord Pauncefoto says ho thinks It was noble, and ought to bo known." Wcshlngton, 2 p.m. Dec. 21. It may be positively stated that some such encounter as alleged, occurred. Whether or not tho President knocked tho man down or simply pushed him nsldo cannot at this hour bo deter mined. livery effort to obtain tho details of tho incident was made nt the AVhlte House this morning. The Prov ident himself was soon, but cut short his Interviewer before the latter even had thno to complete his question. FIRE IN CLEVELAND. Lumber Yard Destroyed, Damage $50,000. Clevelaud, 0 Dec. 21. Tho pjant of the Simon Lumber Co., at the comer ot Columbus and Olraul sts., was de stroyed by lire, last night, causing a loss of !fu0,000. Jacob Hi own and wife, who lived In a room above tho olllcc, had a narrow escape from death. It Is believed the building was sot on fire. To Fight to a Hanna Has Issued His Orders That Not One Forakerite Shall be Spared. (Special Correspondence.) Columbus, Dec. 21. Peace negotia tions between the Hnnna and Fpra ker forces aro absolutely at an end. The fight for tho control of the Ohio Legislature is to bo most bitterly con tested. Senator Hanua convoised over the. telephone with one of his lieuten ants nt this placo last night and In foimed him Unit ho had refused the compromise offers of the I'oraker Kurtz following, and gave explicit in structions that not a single nntl-IInn-nnlto should bo permltcd to figure In tho organization of tho Legislature. Tho Senator stated that Foraker had declared to him that ho could not sup port any of his friends and this means that a right merry war Is to be precip itated. The Hanna cohorts are ready and willing for the fray and believe they will triumph over their enemies. The news from Washington Is discouraging to tho Forakcr-Kurtz faction which had hoped to carry off most of the places according to tho tcims of tho compromise. Judge Thomas of Hu ron tho Hanna candidate for spenker, has established headquarters at the Noll house, and will remain on the ground until tho fight Is settled. There Is als6 a good representation of tho Foraker guard here, but there is not a vast( deal of enthusiasm manifest among thorn. Some of thein aro wa vering in nlloglanco to Price of Ath ens tho Toraker candidate for speaker, and It will not bo surprising if his fol lowing deserts him in a body. Senator Foraker will arrive in Cin cinnati tomorrow from Washington, where ho will confor.wlth his managers and formulate tho lines along 'which the battle will bo fought. GEO. T. BLAKH. KILLED HIS MOTHER. Act -of Cleveland Man, While Suffering From Nightmare. Cleveland, O., Doc. 21,-Honry Krause, a pressman, while suffering from nightmare, last night, and think ing ho was being attacked by a wild beast, got out of bed, went to hli mother's loom, attacked and killed her. He gave himself up and police, going to his homo on Rogers st., found Mrs. Krause dead, with her Jaws torn apart, and covered with blood. Thcro seems to bo no doubt of tho truthfulness of tho story, as ho was a dutiful sou. GAS, And Why Shortage n Supply? Some Consumers Talk of Damage Suits, Others Take a Philosophical Scientific View. or The problem of Natuial Gas Is, Just now, receiving considerable nttention from Akron people. And tho non connultal attitude of the East Ohio Gas Co., relntlve to the cause of the present Inadoquato supply, has put many a person to a study of the ques tion, with a view to arriving qt a prac tical solution for himself. Meanwhile, otheis are talking about probable suits for dannge. They say that tho East Ohio Gas Co. contracted to furnish an adequate supply of gas, and is not living up to the contract. And they figure that agreeing to do something and not dollig It, gives suf ficient grounds for bringing suit to collect duinagcs for breach of con trc't. "It Is most. unpleasant and agginvatlng,"' thep'-' dcclarcr,"to bo in terrupted in. theirs ptcpaiations' for Christmas festivities by having to stop to change from gas to coal." Others declare that the 10-Inch main Is net sufficient to feed the 0,000 'con nections the D.ist Ohio Gas Co. now lias fitted up. Of course, tho company would not, toll how many connections it lias, beeauso that Is its own private business. But, It has been estimated and carefully that the company has In the neighborhood of 0,000 .connections, and Is giving what service it can through a 10-Inch main. Rut, a,moug tho patrons of tho East Ohio Gas Co. aie some practical per sons, who believe In solving prob lems for themselves. Here Is the theory of ono of these persons, who has studied tho problem carefully: , "Thcro is now a shortage In the production of (gas, duo to natural In fluence, over which the company has no control. Scientific men toll us that the production of natural 'gas is due 'to the action 'of salt water upon some Iron oxldo, and Hint tho cold weather Jin) a tendency to make tho water heavier, and less active upon tho ox ides, which lessens the productions of gas. The water washes over these oxides,, and produces tho chemical nctloji which manufactures tho gas. Don't' you know that in freezing cre.uu it becomes heavier, as it be comes colder? Tho excessive weight of the water above forces gases through the porous formations and tho chemical action taking place pro duces1 tho gas. This action now is g,re.itly stagnated by tho cold, and lonee tho shortage In production." .Manager Teiry, of tho Bast Ohio MARCONI MAY YET COMMUNICATE 'WITH MARS. Gas Co,, when asked, Saturdiy after noon, relative to the situation, re plied, "I hnve nothing to say," " FIRED," But the Faculty at Delaware Is Keeping It Quiet. Delaware, 0., DCc. -1. It hus Just developed that tile Ohio Weskynn faculty has made a wholesale "filing" of fr.itemlty men since tho close of tho fall term. Some are "aid to hive boon expelled and others suspended on the alleged giounds of being nivnv bcihof tho T. X.E., a secret fraternity oiganbntlon, which the faculty oideied to disband some time ago. Attending theaters, scheming and low grades are also said to bes on the list of charges, Although the list of "tiring" is sup posed to bo a secret between the fac ulty and the parents of the students. Are Investigating Alleged Imposter Or ganizing Lodges. Placed Advertisements For Mem bers In Newspapers. New York, Dec. 21. To devise means of preventing the organization of so called Masonic lodges and tho admis sion of members atcut rates, pharles W. Meade, grand master of tho Grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, is consulting with local officials of tho order. It is claimed that these new lodges are being organized under authority of Justin Pinney, ot Ohio, who signs himself "Grand Master of tho Grand I.odgc of Ohio." Advertisements have recently ap peared In dally papers offering Ma sonic membership for ?1B the usual cost is from ?.".0 to $100. Persons answering the advertisement received a circular signed Mr.. Pinney. The clrcrlar .averred that several new lodges were being oiganlzcd In Penu-' sylvanla, New York, and New Eng land States. Ilcfevqnco was mado to P. .T. Llndsttom, but h,e says Jio was simply engaged to , translate; adver tisements in a Scandinavian paper. "Thcie is no patent, right oii Ma sonry," says the clrcular,-"and no man nor body of men have exclusive Juris diction to work oily degree thereof. "If the render desires' to befomo a Master Mason under authority of the now Grand lodge of Ohio, he can do so if, on investigation, he ia found worthy." Charges aro made that Mupous in other parts of tho rmintry are aiding tal3 movement andltn rigid Investiga tion will bo conducted. , A local official of tho Masons says that Pinney Is not recognized by any duly tonstltuted lodge of the Pice Masons. t Joseph Murphy and Patrick McMuI lcn, nccubed of Intoxication, were each fined $2 and costs by "Major Doyle, Saturday, The Weather : PAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY; ItlSING TICMPKRATl'lCB. ON Wonderful Results May Follow His Great Invention. It Is AH a Problem Which Time May Work Out, Says Prof. Egbert. The opening wonder of the t!0th Cen tury the sending of electric signal", which could be Interpreted across the Atlantic Ocean without the use of ' Aurc- "3S SI,lnt'u uw 1,,Cil '" li,JWC ' ft'ltllu bra,ns tllat t!!c KCCOml wonder I ot tho century will bo tho sending ot u ''""B" to the planet Mars. . To i . .. isectue some Information on the possl- j blllty of this feat for the' readers of the Democrat, Prof. 11. V. Egbert of liucutci College was visited and gave the following statement: ( HV Pltor. II. V. EGIlbllT.) The atmospheio of nnyv planet has but a limited extent, flint on tho eaith extending out to about fifty miles and beyond that and tilling all space it is commonly said there is mere nothingness. However, pervading all space Including tho atmosphere and bodies, as well, there Is a substance called ether, which must not be con- founded with the drug of the same Prof. H. B. name. This ether Is not In Itself-per-ceptlble and Is only known through Its effects. It fills all space just as our atmosphere fills all tlie.reglpns around the earth. Not much Is known of It except that it Is very elastic1 and serves to transmit waves-Just as our atmosphere transmits waves 'of sound and ns water transmits waves "when disturbed. Our sun stmts waves' in "tills ether which aie sent out In all directions. Just ns waves In water these vary in length. ' Those of a certain length produce the phenomenon known ns light and waves of different length pimluee the phenomenon known ns heat. So that light and boat aro sim ply tho energy of waves In this ether. Wireless telegraphy Ubes, this faamo V rpJlpwed,, tho Mt the middle of tho modluni for the transmission of waves. An electric apparatus Is set up at ono point which starts waves in the ether and thee waves aro trans mitted by the ether to another point where they affect another Instrument In a similar manner to tho distur bance at the first station. In the re cent experiments certain waves were produced in tho cthor by the instru ment on tho oast of the Atlantic, thcie waves In tho other crossed the At lantic and made themselves felt on the instrument 1700 miles away and wcto by the opeiation of this second instrument made Intorprotable. Tho waves of air producing .sound and waves of water lose In Intensity as they proceed from tho source of dls tutbance. It Is the same with the waves of ether. To start wave3 In the ether which aro to go but a short distance and make themselves felt re- t quires but a moderate electric power. Egbert. To make waves which will cross tha Atlantic requires a much stronger electric current. Now as to sending waves ot ether to Mars or any other planet theoretically It can bo douo just as easily as to send them across the Atlantic. Possibly the waves which crossed the Atlantic havo gone as far as Mars, but undoubtedly by the time they reached Mars they wero so feeble that they could not affect the most delicate apparatus Tho cou- , elusion then Is that Immensely more powerful electric energy must be used to stnrt waves which may go as fnr n"t Mais -and yet havo strength enough left to affect an appaiatus on that planet. Just how powerful a current may bo needed cannot nt. this tirao be told. Marconi Is blmply expert- (Continued on second page.) OCEAN: curvature of tho earth and rose in.ttiA waves' course. Tho Eturla and $ -. - , ... ,.- fit .'iy-yiii llir(l'llllli: 1oln'l t"" ."lit"'"(R, ' . (S i. J B f '.' !. f ' - i . A ll.il. .Llfcl, ...... . , . .. -J .. . ... . ,. E.,tfik. i.. ..... . ... ,. fr. ? h-Lit h I. . ,r ,. . ,. . . . ft A.AApjS.6' A t " l-VD LX. 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