The times dispatch. [volume], February 12, 1912, Image 1

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COSTSPRETTYSUM
TO MAINTAIN ARMY
In Thirteen Years $1,
896,893,428.85 Has
Been Expended.
TOTAL INCLUDES
MUCH CIVIL WORK
Chairman of House Committee
Receives Staggering Compila?
tion of Figures From General
Oliver Showing V/hat Uncle
Sam Spends on His War
Department.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.] j
Washington. February 11;?From the
buttle of Manila Bay; May 1, 1&9S, until
the beginning of the current fiscal
year of jtl?y 1. :011. the grand aggre
sate expenditures fur the support of
the army and the maintenance of tne
War Department was jl.sa?*.S?3,4?
ThlH coveru all the expenses of the ;
army anil the expenditures on river
and harbor work, which is done unocr
the supervision of ine army, as well
aa the maintenance of the general
civil establishment of the War De?
partment, claims of uni kind and an?
other, and such things: It does not
include expenditures tor to... Panama
Canai. which the arm? 1? constructing,
or lor pensions, which ure hanoled by
the Interior Department.
This fs the amount spent In thirteen
yeara and two months out of apiiro- i
pr<atlons aggregating ;2.l21.6/in..
available for ute by the War Depart- j
mtnt since Admiral Dewey fired the .
'"shot tliat was heard 'round the world."
The dliference between these two vast
eums?$2 2I.j07.525? represents unex?
pended balances covered hack Into the
Treasury, and the live Balances car?
ried forward at the teKlh.it.ng of tfce
current fiscal year. There was ap?
propriated for the fiscal year 191;. in
addition, $138,206,999.
Totals An- Striking.
These are only the striking totals
from a staggering compilation of fig?
ures on military expenditures received
by Representative Harvey Helm, of
Kentucky, chairman of the House i.om
mittec on Lxpcndttures In the War
E>epartnier;t, from General Kobert shiw
Oliver, Assistant Sicretury of War.
Chalrrian Heiin called upon General
Oliver for this Information c.n Novem- !
"er 17, 1S?11, nearly three months ago.!
The response, in the shape of four
lniSc tables, was received yesterday,
end li> bat rig analyzed.
No reference is made in the com?
munication from General Oliver to cx
pcndltures by the naval establishment;
but ltcprcaenla tlve Helm naturally
aousrht comparisons for the navy, und
was surprised to learn lhat the actual
expenditures by the War Department
during the last thirteen yens exceed
Jh.; aKgivsat- appropriations made for
the naval establishment In the last
twenty-eight yeara. According to the
recapitulation In the olllelal navy year
book, the total appropriations for the
Navy Department and the naval estab?
lishment fr l the beginning of the
new navy in 1SS3. until July 1, 1S11.
?was (1.711,693,72(1.18, of which ?1,547,.
489.302.fS, was carried in regular an?
nual appropriation bin?, and $16 1.101.
4i2.4v, carried in deficiency and addi?
tional acts.
The Half-Way Point.
The battle of Manila Hay was the
half-way point between the founding
of the new navy and the beginning of
the current fiscal year, an<j It will be
surprising to many students of the
subject to know that actual expendl- j
lurea by the war Department since i
1898 have been $t,S90,893,428.S5, as!
compared with actual appropriations
of $1,711.593,725.16 for the navy since
Its founding in 1SS3.
The actual appropriations for the
Bupport of the army and the mainten?
ance of the War Department from May
&, 1S9S, until March 4, 1911, has aggre?
gated $2,201,3.?8.62.
This Includes the appropriations
made In the last session of the f./xty
Flrst Congress for the current fiscal|
year of 1912. As there was a balance!
of 535.61 i.8i4.01 available tor the use
of the army and the War Department
Oh May i. 1S9S, this latter sum, added
to the aggregate appropriated since
that date, gives a grand total of $2,
200,007,952.63 which has been avalT?V>a
for the. use of the army since May 1.
1S9S.
This ;-ntire .sum has not been spent.:
To July 1 last the amount spent was
J l.sr>6,S9:;.32S.S?, of which $1.459.385;
838.71 was sper.i on the military es?
tablishment and $387,699,029.33 on the
tide of the civil establishment of the
War Department. Since May 1. 1 S:?S..
various amounts have been covered lino
the aurplua fund of the treasury from
all nppr.opriailona under th-r control
of the War Department which became
no longer available or reoulrid tor e.\
penlrlliure The total reverted In this
manner to the aurplua fund in foiiriaon
years hau aggregated $150.330*,519 or.
June 30. 1911, there was an unexpended
balance from continuing, permanent, an?
nual and Indefinite appropriations of
$74,571,005 to the credit of Mio War
Department, besides appropriations
which became available on July 1. 1911,
for the llscal year 1912, aggregating
$138.206,999.
The Oliver statement discloses !ho
extent to which expenditures are made
pursuant to "permanent" legislation.
During the past fouruen years the
amounts available tinder these "per?
manent" acts of Congress have been
$81.567.053.81 for the military establish?
ment, of which $77.237..16?". has been
spent, while for the civil branch of th.
depnrtlhcnt Ihr. amount available under
permanent law has been 823.07J 173/07,
of which $22,570,991 has been actually
expended.
Military Urnneli I.arisen! Item.
UndVr the military branch of the es?
tablishment the largest Item under
??permanent" legislation has been $16,
812,40$,.. tinier various laws making
permanent annual . appropriations for
arming and equipping Hie mllltln. Tai?
fund strirtod with $1S6.717, available on
May I, 1898; and the amounts available
ha v i.hc.fen: 1899, $11)0.000; 1900i 5 100,000;
lOOli $1.000.0'>0; I0OJ. $1,000,000; 190?,
$1.000.000; 1904, $1,000.000; 190f., $1,000,
000; 1906. $1,012,105; 1907, $2.')00.C0O;
(Continued on third pasc.)
COLD SNAP BROKEN
.Mercury Hiuvrly Climbing In Bllzsard- !
Stricken .New York.
New York, February 11.?The cold !
?nap In tlio eastern section of th? i
country, which sent the mercury to;
lower Hgures thnn have prevailed for .
years In many localities, notably North-|
Jrn New York, wm measurably broken I
late to-day, whim the thermometer j
rose to somewhere near the normal ,
winter average. The effects of thi
abnormal temperatures were still felt, I
however, for train blockades in up?
state sections, where snow accompan?
ied the cold, werf: only partially raised,
while Ice barrler? In harbors along the j
toast made navigation difficult and In I
some places Impossible.
Morning temperature readings were
."tli: at low point;, below zero reports
coming from Albuny. whers 10 v/as ,'
reached, Buffalo 2. Portland, Mo.. ?, i
and 1'rovldence 2, while Canton. N. Y., |
was the coldest spot In the country to
report officially, with 22 below. This
city's low record was 1 below. Tern- j
peratures to-night wer? generally from i
ten to fifteen degrees above the earlier :
figures. The local Weather Bureau
expected a further rise to-morrow. I
New York harbor to-day was about !
as nearly Icebound as It ever gets. I
The surface of the bay wag thick with j
heavy ice floe.t and navigation was |
extremely difficult. Liners-were dockid
with difficulty, and f'irry service on J
ail .Eides of Manhattan was demoral- :
Ized.
Suffering In the poor?r quarters of
the city during the frigid night was
Intense, Two deaths from the cold
ami many cases of collapse from ex?
posure were reported.
PROCEDURE TOO TECHNICAL ;
Wlckrrsbnm Tnlks of the Admlnlstra
lon uf Fede-al Justice.
New Rochelle. If. Y.. February 11.?
Attorney-General wirk<-rsham spoke
before a large audience at the People's
Forum here to-day on "The Adminis?
tration of Federal Justice." He out?
lined In an elementary way for the
benefit of his lay audience the funda?
mental principles of government, and
especially the relation of the Depart?
ment of Justice to thi people in en?
forcement of the laws.
"If all men felt that a violation of
the law would be followed by speedy,
c-rtaln and appropriate punishment,'
he said, "crime would ereatly decrease
In volume. Our procedure Is so tech?
nical and cumbersome that It affords
mnny opportunities for escape from
Justice. But the Federal procedure Is
freer from this reproach than that of
mo?t Stater.
"Undoubtedly there has been In the
past. In the enforcement of both Slalo
an.l natlomi laws, far too much favor?
itism, and political Influence has too
<:!:?:. Interfered with the due and ef
tlvc administration of the law. But of
late years a greater attention on the
port ?of the public, which has b;er,
directed to the admlnlMration of Jus
ttce. has led to much more Impartial;
and Vigorous a'imlnutrauon of justice.
Without reflecting upon any other. 1
may say that undsr '.h: present ad?
ministration the effort of the Depart?
ment of Justice has been to carefully
and Impartially Investigate all com-i
plaints of violations of Federal stat-|
utes which have been brought to Its.
attention."
TRAINS RELEASED
I'nnsengrra Mod tiecn Held Prisoner*
for Tlilrty-Mx Hour*.
Albany. N. v., February 11.?The
trajn carrying Tyrone Powers and his
theatrical company and forty other
passenger.", Walch was stalled In the
snow on the N;w York Central Rail?
road ten miles east of Oswego, v/as j
released at noon to-day, after having :
been held thirty-six hours. Two his
rotary snow plows had to tunnel
through huge drifts to effect the res
;cus. Never before In railroad history
in this State, officials say, has a like
condition existed.
t Water was kept In the boiler of the
locomotive by s.-.ovellng snow Into It.
Food for the marooned was obtained
from a hotel a mile away, and the pas?
sengers were kept fairly comfortable
during their long wait.
Two other passenger trains, which
had been stalled (or twenty-four hours
at Beed Creek, near Oswego, were
shoveled out last night.
OFF FOR NEW YORK TO-DAY
President Tnfl Will Address Llnroln
Pit) Uunqtirt.
Washington. Rebruary U.?President
Taft will leave for New York at S
o'clock to-morrow morning. He will
address the Republican Clubs' i?incolr.
)>:t> banquet there to-morrow nl^ht.
The Presidents speech win be purely
political, probably along the line of
the '?keynote" speeches he delivered
on his recent trip to Ohio.
On his way to New York the Presi?
dent will stop nt Newark. N. J., to
tuke lunch with Former Governor
Franklin Murphy. Later ho will go to i
the Essex County C!ub. at Orange, and
will roach New York about 6 o'clock in
the evenlrg.
In addition to addressing the Re- I
publican Club, the President will look I
in on the dinner of the Retail Pry i
?'.pods' Association and the Gradual*
Club. Mi return to Washington early
Tuesday.
BANDITS DO MURDER
Mold I i> Saloon and Kill Proprietor,|
Former Police Chief.
Now York. February 11.?Two men
held lip and robbed a saloon In the ,
Prolix early to-day. killing the pro- I
prletor, Patrick Burns, und wounding
'his bartender, Frank Neubcrgcr. Burns
once was chief of police at Findlay
Bitld Toledo, O. He came hero with ,
his family two year.- ago and opened
a saloon and did a prosperous busi?
ness.
i The murderers escaped with $39,
which they took from tho cash regis?
ter. Although Mis. Burns says that
hoi- husband had no enemies, the po
lice nrc working on the theory that
his assailants bore .? grudge against
{him In connection with his former
career as h police officer.
TRAINS IN CRASH
Knglnrer Ii Killed und Three Are!
i Seriously Hurt.
Pittsburgh, iv.. February It.?Pot* i
rick Kearns, engineer, was killed and
[ three trainmen were seriously hurt |
to-day at Primrose, on tho Pan Ilnndle
division, of the Pennsylvan ia Rnllrond.
When a through freight train crashed
[into a coal train. Twelve cars of Ihc
freight train were demolished.
Congress Acts Only
With Eye on
Ballot Box.
FIGHT FOR VOTES
ON IN CAPITOL
Republicans and Democrats Ma?
noeuvring for Position in Po?
litical Battle Which Will
End in November?Many
Important Matters Coming
Up This Week.
Washington. February ii.?Congreas
will work this week with the tarlif,
arbitration treaties, senatorial elec?
tions ana a: my and agricultural con?
troversies.
Republicans and Democrats are looit
it g sharply ahead to tne coining na
ticnal campaign. The presence uf
presidential candidates on both sl"l--s
of the Capitol lends keen Interest to
the Increasing congressional activity.
Poth parties In the House are tilting
lor advantage with nearly every tno^e
aimed at the effect on tile polls next
November. The problem In the SenutO
is the exact position which the pro?
gressive flank of the Republican party.,
the balance of power In tho Senate -it'
this and the recent extra sections
will assume when the test cornea on
the steel bill and on the other tariff
revision measures which will be sent
c\er by the Democratic House.
The Strpbervsoo Report.
The exoneration of Senator Stephen
eon, from the charges of corruption In
the use of 1107.SL>3 in the primary
which resulted In his election will be
i'.ported to the Senate possibly to?
morrow. Senator Heyburn. chairman
f the subcommittee which conducted
the Inquiry, will make the majority
report. Five members of the com?
mittee will unite In a minority lu
scnting report to be presented later.
This will contend that the wholesale
crtlay of money. Irregularly account?
ed for, raised a presumption of wrong
do'ng. Meantime, the special commit?
tee which Investigated the election of
Senator Dorlmer. of Illinois, will od.i
sHer that case in executive session.
House Democrats will caucus this
wiek on the chemical tariff revision!
Vill, which would reduce duties on!
chemicals used !r. paints and for other'
cemm?n purpose?,"" but raise tho tarif
< n soaps, purfutnes and other luxuri?s.
Put before the caucus, tho House is
expected to dispose of the army ap
picprlatlon bill, with Its train ?f con?
troversy over army roorg&n.nation and
consolidation, and following that the
agricultural appropriation bill will be
tsken up.
.fames J. Hill, chairman of the
directorate of the Great Northern Rail?
road, will be the star witness to-mor?
row before the Stanley steel commit
.ee. Tho sugar trust Inquiry commit?
tee Is about to report on Its work.
Report Will Be Negative.
The Senate Finance Committee will
resume Its hearing on the House !
tariff revision bill on Tuesday. Tt-d
hearing may continue two we.rVci.
the hill will be negatively reported by
the committee. Democrat and pro?
gressive Republican leaders hav.-- in-j
dlvidually discussed the possibility ol
retting together on the vote wheii ihe
1 II reaches the Senate, but thera have
been no definite assurances b^t.reen
t Vcm.
The House will bo busied during the
week with Its variety of Investiga?
tions, including the Florida everglades
affair, and the so-called money trust
ly tho Ranking and Currency Com?
mittee. There hag been Eomc talk
that the Senate Committee on Inter?
state Commerce might also Inquire In?
to tho money trust, but so far the
rajorlty of tho committee have not
found what they regard as evidence of
such a trust.
The committee will take up In ?X?
ecutlve session on February 27. the
mass of testimony on antitrust mat?
ters which It has obtained f*ur .ig
weeks of Investigation, and probably
v. ill report some sort of antitrust leg?
islation to the Senate.
TRAP READY TO SPRING
By To-Morrow Nlgbt All Dynamite
ArrebtN May Have Beeu .Made.
Indianapolis, Ind., February 11.?By
Tuesday night It Is expected almost all
of t?e forty or more men Indicted fx>r
alleged complicity wtth the McNa
maras and Ortle McManigal In perpe?
trating explosions against "open shop"
contractors will be under arrest. All
of the caplaso^ for tho arrests are
believed to have been received In thi
various Federal districts In %vhlch the
defendants live, and It Is understood
a sort of checking-tip system to ar?
range for the simultaneous arrest of
the men has begun.
Frank M. Ryan, president of the In?
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural *.ron Workers, said to-day
ie had received satisfactory response
from his appeal to the 13,000 members
of the orxaniaatlcn to contribute J7.000
a month toward a special fund. Mr.
rtyan recently announced he had re?
ceived intimation that thirty or more
officers of his union were included
among thos? Indicted.
PARTS OF BODY FOUND
llUfunu Keinnlnn nincovercil In Ruin?
of Ea?-Hnhlc Building.
New York, February 11.?A laborer
at work In the ruins of the Equitable
Building, wh'ch was burnc-d January
9, to-dny found portions of n human
body, which It Is believed aro the re?
mains or Frank Joseph Neider. a
watchman, who was locked In the
vaults of i h<- Mercantile Safo Deposit
Company m the lime of the Oiv, and
who lias been missing <. Neider
was about forty-six years old, und Is
survived by a widow and n nineteen
year old daughter. The recovery of
the parts of tho body accounts for a
total of sl>: lives lost In tho fire.
Winter's Backbone
Finally Broken
__?
Wanhlngton, February 11.?The
moat severe and protracted cold
npeil of niauy years probably will
lie broken tills week, and tin- mi?
ll" un I winter, wjblch has partially
paralysed transportation on laud
aad sea, takeu mony live*, and
caused unfold auflcrlng la all parts
of the country, will give way to
more seumtnuble temperatures.
Observer* of the Weather liureaa '
do not promise there mil be no '
more cold nnvcn this winter, but
they predict that the next vvoek or
ten diu'N Will be the forerunner of a
?pell of moderate weather,
The wcufher map of tbe .Northern
Hemisphere, an It lookn to-day,
shown a general rim nee tonjird
moderation, and (be Weather Du
renn looks for warmer weather |
from now on.
The precloltatlon for the weel*
probably will be generally lltrht, I
except In the Xnrth Pacific States, ,
where more than the normul rnln
ftill will occur.
STICKS TO LA FOLLETTE j
Club Refusen to Quit Him and Turn ?o |
Roosevelt.
St. Paul, Minn., February 11.?"Jer> !
sey City. N. J.. February 10, 1912. To j
Hugh T. Halbert, St. Paul. Minn.: !
"In my Judgment, La Follettc's con
dlllon is such that further serious
candidacy Impossible.
(Signed) "U-IFFORP PINCHOT."
The above Is a copy of a telegram j
tead last night at a meeting of the |
board of directors of the Minnesota
Progressive League, called, to consider
the probable withdrawal of Senator ,
La Foilette as a candidate for the Re ? j
publican nomination for president.
Mr. Halbert. a member of the board, j
made a speech insisting that La Fol- j
leite was out of the running, and that |
the leagke should, turn Its support to
Roosevelt. The committee, .however,
refused to tako this course, and
adopted resolutions pledging unani?
mous support to La Foilette.
Mr. Halbert then resigned from the
board. He has for leven years been
president of the St. Paul Roosevelt
Club.
Will Form Roosevelt Lcnfrne. j
St. Paul. Minn., February 11.?Hilgh
T. Halbert. who last night resigned;
from the board of directors of the'
Minnesota Progressive Republican'
League, following thf- board's Indorse-1
ment of Senator Robert M. La Foilette'
for the presidential nomination, to-J
day announced his Intention of form-;
Ing an organization of the supporters!
Of Theodore Roosevelt In Minnesota. |
"This movement is without ahy|
knowledge of Colonel Roosevelt." said
Mr. Halbert to-nlcrht, "or any consent
on his part, expressed or Implied, but
wr Intend volurV, *ily tc try and get
ah organization of the Minnesota
Roosevelt followers. Up to to-night r
have received promises of support from
prominent Republicans In five congres?
sional dlstiicts."
WILSON IS IN LEAD
lie Will Control Twenty-Five of]
County Convention* In Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, February ll.?Re?
turns from forty-six of the seventy-six j
counties in which primary conventions i
were held yesterday indicated to-r.lght1
that Woodrow Wilson would control
twenty-five and Champ Clark fourteen
of the county conventions which nexti
Saturday will sleet delegates to the]
State Democratic convention which, on ;
February S'C. wll] elect delegates to che,
national convention. The twenty-five
counties credited to Wilson will have
IS" delegates In the Stats convention.
The fourteen counties credited to
Clark will have 133. Seven counties,
with fifty-eight delegates, are consid?
ered doubtful. Not all precinct "d;le
gations were Instructed, and the esti?
mate In many instances Is based upon
the known choice of the delegates
elscted to the county conventions. The i
thirty counties not reported will naval
21 r, delegates in the State convention.
Supporters of Champ Clark asserted
to-nlg^t that they would control 350
of the 538'delegatss, claiming all the
doubtful counties and the majority
of the counties unreported.
MAY LOSE SIGHT
Rex Ileueh Having; Serious Trouble
With Left Eye.
New York, February 11,?Rex E.
Beach, the novelist. Is confined to his
(home, at 355 West Seventieth Street,
with a serious attack of optical rheu?
matism, which may cause the loss of
sight in his left eye. The trouble Is
due to exposure in Alaska four years
'ago, whan he was traveling through
the country on a hunting trip. His
physician, Dr. George De Wayne Hal
lett, iias ordered him to keep In a dark
room.
Mr. Beach had the first attack of
this kind In Seattle on his return from
Alaska. He was completely blind for
soni-- time, a six-weeks' treatment
enabled hint to see again, and he has
not been troubled until recently, when
he returned from a hunting trip in
South Carolina. The novelist is being
cared for by his wlfs. He Is much
worried because hla affliction is Inter?
fering with the progress of his new
book.
MEETINGS ENTHUSIASTIC
They Are Held Without Sanction of
Cent ml Committee.
Washington. February 11.?An eight
day campaign in t*.:e Nation-wide Men
and Religious Forward Movement he
gan here to-day with a doz:n enthusi?
astic meeting's.
It developed that the movement in
Washington is being carried on with?
out the assistance of the central com?
mittee In Nsw York, which is aiding
the movement i:1 about forty Other]
cities. The difficulty with t'ic central
committee developed over the pro?
posal to he'd the local meetings in
; February Instead of April. Tt is now
understood thai t'hl? follow-up con?
servation me'tin?. ?htch was to be'
bold here with about S.OpO ricingate*.
will now lie held In some oth >r cily. i
S-'ii.7n lo Xew'Orleuna nnd Return,
Account Mnrdl firm.
Via Norfolk find Western Hwy. Offices, S35
<ast Mala Street. Phone Madison t>7.
WORLD WATCHING
SECRETARY'S TRIP
Visit to Central Amer-i
ica Assumes Vast j
Importance.
DIPLOMATS THINK
TIME OPPORTUNE
Doubt of Sister Republic as to
This Country's Intentions Will |
Be Allayed and Possible En- j
croachments of Nations on i
Other Hemisphere
Warded Oft.
Washington. February Jl.?World?
wide significance attaches to the visit
soon to bo made by Secretary of State
Knox, at the direction of President
Taft, to the <~-ountrles en the Carib?
bean Sea.
European diplomats, recalling a ro- '
cent speech ol Mr. Knox before the
New York State Bar Association, on
the Monroe Doctrine, look upon tnu
proposed trip with more tnan a pas?
sive interest. That speech now is
being interpreted <r s the latest notice
given by the United States that the
principle of America for Americans
must be observed.
Central American diplomats were
unanimous in their statements to-night
that the secretary's visit not only
wou.d allay International doubt as to
the attitude of the United States gov?
ernment toward their countries, but
would ward off possible encroachments
of notions In the other hemisphere.
The present state of unrest In many
Latin-American countries, the efforts
of the State Department to maintain
neutrality as between the republics of
the South, and Its endeavors to unravel 1
their financial tangles have proceeded,
it is said, not without the potential
influences of the, world powers.
Particular attention was drawn by a!
number of diplomats, discussing the
wide circulation now being given to
Secretary Knox's speech, to those por?
tions in which he advocated the Im
mediat adoption of the loan conven?
tions with Nicaragua, which are now
pending In the Senate. It was pointed
out that Mr. Knox ha<i urged their
passage because of "the ever increas?
ing political reason of avoiding the
danger of European entanglement in ,
the affairs of their countries surround- ;
tag the Caribbean."
Of I'arnmount Interest.
Another paragraph that elicited re?
newed comment to-day was that In
which he said:
"The logic of topography and o'.
strategy, and now our tremendous
national Interest, increased by the Pan?
ama Canal, make the safety, the peace
and the prosperity of Central America
and the rone of the Caribbean of
parnmoum interest to the United
States. Thus, the malady of revolu?
tions and tinanciat collapse is most
acute precisely in the region where it
Is most dangerous to us. I* would not
ibe sane to uphold a great policy like 1
the Monroe Doctrine and to repudiato |
Its necessary collarie.s ; d neglect]
the sensible measures which reason |
dictates us safeguards."
It was argued to-day that an adopt- '
ed policy of the United States to ]
bolster up those countries In trouble j
on this hemisphere had in a measure I
been a consequence of pressure from
European countries. To prevent Inter?
ference in countries where European
financial Interests have suffered losses
through the volatile and incompetent j
administrations of Central American
politlcrans, the United States has taken I
a decided stand, though not without
meeting the apprehensive scrutiny of ?
political parties in some of the re?
publics.
It Is understood that aside from the,
moral effect that Secretary Knox's visit]
may have In removing suspicion ot
American territorial aggrandizement!
the heads of various Central American
countries will receive a personal ox-j
Pianation of the hopis of the Unite,'I
States with reference to the Panama
Canal.
Opinion was general among the Cen?
tral American diplomats that President
Taft had chosen an opportune moment
to send Seer Mary Knox to the Carib?
bean. Dr. Joaquln Mendez, minister
from Guatemala, said:
"I believe the visit will he fruitful|
of results in those countries, which
within a short time will receive i gr :at
stimulus through the opening of the
Panama Canal." ,
Senor Calvo, minister from Cost.'
Rica, but speaking also on behalf of
Salvador, whose minister Is absent,
declared that the visit- of Secretary
Knox "would hilp to continue good i
relationship."
. Dnvllla Deeply Impressed.
Dr. Fausto Davllla, minister fronv
Honduras, was so Impressed with the
announcement of Secretary Knox's triy
that he will make d special trip to hi3
country to be there whjn Mr. Knox
arrives.
Dr. Salvator Castrlllo, minister from
Nicaragua, predicted that I he political
parties who had misrepresented the
. ttltude of the United Slates as aggran?
dizing and ambitious territorial!)
would Irani from Secretary Knox that
the United States harbored no such,
intentions.
Senator Rlyero, the Cuban minister,
who represented his country In Mexico
when Secretary of State Boot visited
tttsre, declared:
"f believe and hope that Secretary
knox's trip will bo ns beneficial in the
relation* of Cuba und tho United States
as was Mr. Root's trip In South Amer?
ica" I
Senor Rojas, the minister from Ven?
ezuela, began Immediate communication
with the President of his country, pre
partner for Mr Knox's reception. The
republic of Haiti, the Dominican Re?
public pnd Panama expressed grat Iflea
.i,.^ riia likewise.
Mr. knox, it was Hnnotinccd to-day,
wlil leave her? to-morrow night for
Pelm Beach. Fla,, where ho will re
miln I'or a week, while the cruiser I
Washington is pr< paring lo receive him.
About Wednesday, Fcbrupry 21. bi]
plans to leave, and probably ?IM s.uli
direct to Colon, Panama.
- After visiting the canal he will oni
(Continued on third page.)
MAINE FLOATS AGAIN
Wreck of Old Battleship naiecd by Use
of Pumps.
Havana, February 11.?The wreck of
the Maine floated free of the mud to?
night, when water was turned into the
dam surrounding the wreck. The
water within tho dam is about four?
teen feet be.ow the harbor level at low
tide. It is the Intention to-morrow
to admit the water more rapidly, so
that by nightfall the wreck will be
raised to the harbor level. leaving
nothing more to be done except to
break the dam and float out the ship.
Water was forced Into the dam
through a system of pipes fixed at
the bottom of the ship, the power being
applied bl' a pump '.?kieh had been
recovered from the wreck. The ship
began to rise almost immediately, the
midship section, which had 'been fur?
nished with a buikhead, rone more rap
Idly on account of superior buoyancy
than the heavily weighted, sharp
pointed stem, so that to-night tho
Maine is somewhat down by the stern.
The hull stlil lists to port, which Is
being corrected by the use of ballast.
Xo leaks of any Importance have been
d.scovered.
Many hundreds of vtEltors thronged
the dam all day. watching the refloat?
ing of the Maine. Major Ferguson,
who has had charge of tho work, baa
receive^ many congratulations on hla
success. The ship will remain secure
within the dam until orders are re?
ceived from Washington to float her
out, which can be done within a fort?
night.
RIOT FOLLOWS FUNERAL
Thousands of Socialists Attend Im-tii
cratlou of Leader.
Paris, February 11.?Thousands of
Socialists, revolutionaries and an?
archists attended the Incineration to?
day of the Syndicalist Acrnoult, who
was prominent during the labor trou?
bles hsro several years ago, and who
died while serving In a disciplinary
battalion In Africa. The. ceremony
took place at the Perc-Lachalse Ceme?
tery, and the demonstration was the
biggest of the kind since the funeral
of Louise Michel, the communist and
revolutionary agitator, who died In
1905.
The anarchists while returning from
the cemetery, attacked tho police with
paving stones, and serious rioting con?
tinued for mori than an hour. Finally
a heavy rain proved more effective
than tho police, and the mobs dis?
persed to seek shelter. A largo num?
ber of p?rsons on both sides were In?
jured and twenty-five of the rlotor3
were arrested.
GRAND MEDAL FOR COLONEL
ICulORlzcd os Great Xuturnllst by French
Society.
Paris. February 11.?Theodore Roose?
velt. ex-President of the United States
and big game hunter, has been award?
ed the special grand medal of the So
ctete D'Accllmatatlon. M. Peri'ier, di?
rector of tho Museum of Natural His?
tory In Paris, and president of the so.
clety. In announcing tho award at the
annual meeting to-day, eulogized Col?
onel ItooBevelt and described him as
"more naturalist than hunter, eager to
learn and skilful to depict the habits
of the animals he was stalking." He
referred also to the. great work accom?
plished by Colonel Roosevelt when he
occupied tho presidential chair.
M. Perrier requested Ambassador Ba?
con, who was present, to express to
Colonel HoosevcU the great admira?
tion which tbe society had for him.
CHILLY BAPTISM
Negro Converts Immersed In ley
Writers of Monoiiiinhcln.
Pittsburgh. Pa., February ll.?With
the th-'rmonieter registering I degrees
above zero, twenty-seven colored men
and women recent converts to the
Mount Zion African Methodist Episco?
pal Church, of Brownsville, near here,
wer? immersed In tho Icy waters of the
Monongahela River to-day. The Im?
mersions were witnessed by several
thousand persons, who shivered on tho
river banks and huddled close to flr?s
built by small boys.
In order to get the ceremony under
way, it was necessary to cut a hole
In tho ice. Carriages were In waiting,
and as fast as tho conv;rts came out
of the wa'er they were wrapped In
blanket., and driven to their homes.
-?
COLD WEATHER DISASTERS
Seven Persons Overcome by Gas nnd
. Seventeen HorscH Drowned.
New York. February 11.?Seven per?
sons were overcome by gas and seven?
teen horses were drowned to-day as the
result of the bursting of gas anil water
mains In on upper West Side street.
The below-zero temperature is be?
lieved to have beep responsible for
the trouble. Water from the burst
main flooded the basement of a stable
so quickly that horses valued at $6,000
could not be rescued. Tho gas main
broke simultaneously. Apartment
houses within a r.idlus of a Mock
were evacuated. The police and others
I rescued seven persons overcome in
! their rooms from escaping gas.
STABBED BY CONVICT
Deputy Warden Probably Will Die of
Hin WouiiiIm.
Lincoln. Neb., February 11.?Deputy
Warden U. D. Davis, of the State Pen?
itentiary, was stabbed six times to-day
by Albert Prince, a nemo convict, and
probably will die. Three of the wounds
are in the abdomen.
Just as the prison chaplain w.i ?
about to pronounce tho benediction at
the close of tho morning chapel ser?
vice, Prince, under a twenty-year sen?
tence for assault with intent to kill,
attacked Doputy Davis. Prince says
ho objected to belnK deprived oi cer?
tain liberties.
SCALDED TO DEATH
Engineer Killed While Seined In ills
Locomotive.
Chlcngo. February 11,?WJUIam \Ve
lety, ft Battle Creek (M'ch.) engineer,
was ocaided to death In ah of his
locomotive, on the Grat:.! Trunk Rail?
road to-day, while taking a passenger
train out of Chicago at i speed of
thirty-live tulles n<rv hour
A valve, lilew (cut, and Welcl.v was
envelope.! In the HCaldtirg team be
fbrc ho could jump from hla cab seat.
Weictys ilrcmnn 'dragged the dying
man from the cab on to the tender,
and stopped the speeding train at. tho
risk of hla own life.
Mrs. Hartzell Rescued
From Apartments Over
Doyle's Cafe.
BRAVE WORK BY
TELEPHONE GIRL
Stuck to Her Switchboard High
Up in Chesapeake and Ohio
Building While Firemen
Were Struggling With
j Basement Blaze?Fire Epi?
demic Alarms City.
For tho second time within two
weeks lire broke out in Doyles Cafe,
UQS iiast Broad Street, Howard Hart?
zell proprietor, at 4:30 o'clock yestcr
jday morning, and In the height of tho
Iraging names and rolling smoke Mrs.
i Hartzell was rescued by Assistant
I Chief Wise and Captain Gill down
! truck ladders placed in tho rear, and
(Howard Hartzell, jr., son of the pro
I Trletor. was brought In his night
?clothes down a ladder placed against
a second-story window In the front.
A policeman standing on the corner
of Seventh and Broad Streets saw
smoke Issuing fiom Cue windows, and
turned In tho alarm. After the first
. relay of firemen had answered, u.
'second alarm was turned In, and four
! engine companies, Noe. 3, 4, 3 and ?,
with No. 1 truck wagon, responded to
.the emergency. The second story, oc
fcupled by the Hartzens as residential
i quarters, was ablaze. Fire had crept
j into the roof and between the doors.
Firemen rushed up tho stairway next
to the Beneral entrance, and found
most of the family awake. Howard
Hartzell, Jr.. was asleep when (Iro?
nien reached his side, lie was carried
to the front window, and firemen, run?
ning up to meet him, lifted and helped
I him down to safety.
Lifted Down in Safety.
I As there was no Immediate danger.
I Mis. Hartzcll had time. In which to
j clothe herself. There was no exit to
I bo made safely helow. and Chief Wise
and Captain GUI took her to a rear
? window where two ladders had been
'placed. Being of heavy build, It was a
matter of sonic difficulty to carry her
down. Chief Wise told her to pluco
her arms around his neck, and he got
on one ladder with her, while Captain
Gill aided her from the other ladder.
Others stood below to sei that sho
made no misstep, and she was carried
i down without u Jar. Both she and
? Howard Hartzell took refuge in an
I(idjolrilng restaurant, and Inter firemen
I v ent up to the boy's rooms and
brought him some clothes. Mrs. Hart?
zcll was taken In by friends, while th >
bey and his father watched tho course
of tho Are.
Just after the rescue, an alarm wan
rung In from libs 21S, Ninth and Main
."?'?reels, and Chief Joynes, who mi'l
'.eei; In charge of the Doyle Cafe dr.N
left for the second alarm. Tho tue', t
the second lire in the Chesapeake ^nd
I Ohio oliices. threatened to be of seii
? tUs proportions, flro engines urr ved
i in time to prevent it being of a graver
nature A few minutes later, a third
siarm came from 1000 West Oracd
Sttect, where n woodshed was found
I to be ablaze.
Water Frosc in Hose.
Main attention was paid to the tiro
nn Broad Street. Starting, supposed*
|ly from a defective wire, the flamed
i had enveloped tho dining room and
! were making their way to the living
and bed room in tho front of tho
second atory. Four lines of hose were
carried up Into the room, but on uc
I count of frozen water plugs and noz?
zles. It was some time before water
I could be thrown on. Most of tho
I plugs were frozen tight, and the capu
?had to be twisted off by main
strength, after which tho Ice wad
I melted. Water froze even In the hose,
and the firemen had to melt the noz?
zle:; before the hose could be used.
I"?'res were kept continually burnlug
on the street, and frequent recourse
was had to them. Some of the moli
suffered frost-bitten ears, and. nf'.or
taking off their gloves they found
them frozen so stiff that they wera
unable to put them on again until
they had been thawed.
When tho llames were finally ex?
tinguished, after a two hours' ilsht,
the upper story was practically wreck?
ed, and untold damage had been *??
i illcted In the saloon below by water.
iTlio damage will amount to $2,000 or
more. It will be impossible accurate?
ly to cstlmutu the loss until an n
vontory ami an examination of tho
building are made.
Telephone t;lrl In Danger.
The lire in the Chesapeake and Ohio
oflicei was found In the subcollar,
where In some unaccountable manner
a lot of papers had become Ignited.
Up on I he roof of the main building
sat tiw night telephone operator, still
working at tho exchange so that
nothing might go wrong. When sno
heard the tire engines below, she call?
ed up headquarters, and asked if there
were any danger.
"Yes," came the reply "Better get
out."
"i ll stay a little longer," she answer-,
cd up Fire Headquarters, snd asuk It
' let me know."
A little later she called up again.
' "Get out," the man at the other cn?l
of the line answered sharply. "Get out
white v0? have time.*'
??I'd letter stay in a little longer,
fov they might heed me." she said,
and -du? stuck gimely to her post.
Again the muri at lire headquarter*
Vailed her over th, telephone.
I "Still there?'' he asked.
Finally Ordered Domo.
?Vcs." "And she plumed up to on
I ?wer ?iiother call. But smoke came up
I through-.the roof, and ?ho called up
headquarters ngaln to tell the firemen
that they would dm) her on tho roof
if It should l>e Impossible for her ta
Ubm< down, r the man who work*