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GRiCE'S OFFICE
18 HOMMTACATED
General Manager of C.
& 0. Becomes Assist?
ant to Caples.
RAILWAY FOLK
UPSET BY ORDER
Talk Revived That Fourth Vice-;
President Is to Succeed Stevens !
as Active Head of System.
May Bring in New Man
to Serve as General
Manager.
otrcular.i Issued yesterday by the
(Chesapeake and Ohio Rail way Company
I announced that the office, of general
? manager had been vacated, and that!
officers heretofore reporting to the
general manager will report to M. j.'
Caples, fourth vice-president, unless]
"61 In rwlse ordered.
13 W. Grlce, who has been serving
heretofore as general manager, is ap?
pointed assistant to the f'.aith vice
president ami will perform such du-|
ti>> as may tie assigned ie him.
Order \ui i ndrmtond.
When the circulars went out from;
ithe office of Vice-President Caples] yes
rterda> the greatest surprise wa?;
.raus? d. and In railroad circle* the)
hii ih'ng of the ? hange was not clearly
understood Various rumors wer?
picked up and enrrP-d ba'k and forth,
though ?Officials wer?. silent beyond
.the statement that the rearrangement
of duties was brought about through
the belief that the service would be
t!-.. system, Indeed, it has been re
ported time and time airatn that hi
wns shortly to surceed President
<..-.ry, v Stevens, who would retire
hi .j-. of bis henlth. Mi Stevcna
v I- recently operated on In Baltimore,
and white he was absent Mr. r"..p:,
t'fik charge o,' the road ns acting
f ailed Inin Conference.
It It understood that the heads of all]
departments were called Into con
1. .-, few days ago by Mr. Caplef,j
nnd that the situation was dlscnsPcl i
with a degree of frankness far ?Sit-j
f*reht from anything known In former!
times Subsequently, the desire watl
expressed by a'.l official! to pull to
Kl lh< ?
Rail-oad nier. ?cre?d yesterday that
th. Chfuap'AUc and Ohio will not con?
tinue long In the Held without ??
general manager, who Is really one rf
t- ? most Important officials. While the
office i< "vacated", trie duties win fiiij
upon Mr. Caples. No statement rnuH
}< secured yesterday from Mr. Caplof.l
ii- he is out of the city and I* not
pected to return for several days. I
Whether Mr Gr:ce will be reappolnt-l
rd gcn'ral manager or whether lh
company will bring a mar. from ano
trier railroad to serve 'r. that rapacity,
ti a matter which caused official* nil
employes much concern last night.
I ipecied lllg Shnke-1 p.
'I've.- since the death of Edwin Ha??
ley; there have been rumors In railway 1
nnd financial! circle? that a big
shake-up was due In the Chesapeake
and Ohio famUy. All published report?
that President Stevens would resign
v ere denied even before Mr Hawley s
death and by Mr. Hawley himself.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Is a nuieh,
larger system now than It was a few
years ago. It is believed that new
blood will be brought in. The pre
'diction was made last night that a(
general manager would be named in-,
tide of three months and that other;
changes would be announced in the
meantime.
The changes announced In the clrcti-j
lar issued yesterday by Fourth-Vire
I'rcsldent Caples are effective to-day.]
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TWO KILLED IN ALBANY FIRE |
Explosion In Storage Room of Min?
ing Picture Flint Factory.
Albany. N". V. July 13 "?Two men
vere. killed and ovei Si 00.000 damage
v. as done by fire ns a result of an ex?
plosion Just before midnight last night
In the storage room of the General
Film Company, an age.n >? for moving
picture films on North Peart Street.
The. victims were Abralam bleberman.
eied seventeen and iver Strafford,
ai-ed twenty-three, employes ot the
company. Stroflord, with los rlotlK-fi
on Hi'-, crept over a window sill on
the fouith floor, grasped a shutter and
?wunc trim it until, exhausted, he
was forced to release '.us grip, falling
to the ground. Hfl was removed to the
hospital, where he died. I.leb.rman. In
an attempt to reach the elevator,
plunged Into an open well and was
killed. The flames we.e confined to
the storage room, which was 'located
ot: ihe fourth floor.
OPPOSITION* IN SENATE
Iti vedops lo Promotion ol Edwards mid
Wothrrnpnon.
Washington, July 10.?Opposition
has developed In the Si 111 10 to the. con
fliniatloh of Clarence Edwards as
brigadier-general, and W. W. Wother
?poon as major-general In the army.
It Is understood that in the case f
General Edwards, who until recently
?was chief of the Rureau of Insular ..f
fairs. many Senators b< lleve he hHS
htul too little experience in the line
of tlie army: while in in-.- ease of (Jtn-1
eial Wothorspoon, the obje'ctlon is Ihot
hi.-advancement to a m i ?;-r-generalsliip,
would carry him over the heads of
several other officers.
EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILED
Be^erni PnnsengerM Killed In Accident
\enr I,est ras.
Paris, July if. Tho Paris-Beslcrs
express train was derailed noiir 1 as -
trnsVnnd several passengers killed as
well as a number Injured, according
to a special dispatch published by tho
?Journal Despatch Debuts to-day.
ENGINEMEN CLOSE CASE
Appear Ilefore Arbltrntl?n Committee
mill I mr Plea f?'r Higher Pay.
Now York, .July is.?Several m<-n
who run the electric engines that haul
all passenger trains to their terminals
in this pity testified to-day before the
Railroad Wage Arbltratio Committee,
lilting at the Oriental Hotel. They
baaed their Plea for higher pay upon
the same around taken by other mem?
ber a of the Brotherhood of Locomo?
tive Engineers, who are striving
through arbitration to Induce the fifty
two trunk line railroads of tho Kast
to Increase and standardize inelr pay.
They urged that their work Is even
more hazardous than Is that of the
steam locomotive engine drivers, and
cltod many ln/"tanr?s In which their
fellows had been shocked or burned
by untoward accidents. It was de
developod that their average monthly
wage 1, J-1V
With the appearance, as witnesses
of several other freight train engine
men. Grand Chief Stone closed the
case for the brotherhood, reserving
the privilege, however, of Introducing
new testimony. If that course shall be
considered advisable after the rallroid
managers have presented their case
at the hearings to be resumed at the
Oriental Monday morning.
HELD AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS ;
?an Vccuaed of $30,000 ?hortnge ''noch?
00 N<-? \ iirk Street < nr.
New York. .Inly lie ? Thi woolen firm
of Goodman Brothers found .1 short?
age of $311,000 In their nooks tli'rteen
years ago. and swore out a warrant
against their bookkeeper, -lames Kith-'
er, who had the power to sign checks i
and had had much to do .vlth the tlrm's
finances. They never caught the man.,
however, for he left his hititii py tl.e
back door without coat or collar .is a
detective called at the front entrance,
r.r.d from then the police got no trace
or' him until last night, when the two
Goodman brothers. rldiUg In a Rend-;
V'?y street car, saw a man whom they'
decided was their missing hookke?pei
They had him arrested. The prisoner
said he was Thomas richer, s li'iuor
dealer. lie admitted thai he had
u orked for Goodman Brothers, but r-aidl
that he wait a brother cf the man the
I r.llce w. re looking for. a detective,
however, positively identified him from
a photograp'h as the missing book-'
peeper.
DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
Signature of Pncl Between Hu**tn and
Japan I iu' eiollng.
St. Petersburg, July 1J.?The hi?:.:.-,
lure is impending of a pact establish-'
lug a defensive alliance between Bus
eta and Japan This momentous d'-i
vrlopment would seem ?? it connected!
t* Ith the approaching trip to Russia I
of the Japanese statesman. Prince!
Katsura. but his visit I* u mere colncl-1
dehce. The actual agreement was ful-|
1. concluded a fortnight ago and like-]
ly will be -igned for Japan by R?ron;
Motonc, the Ja panes* ambassador to;
Russia, who was Its negotiator and
prime mover. The agreement consists
of two. parts one dealing wltn thej
d, 1im1t.ition of tb?. spheie9 of Influ?
ence of Bursts and Japan in Mongolia!
ar.d Mancrrurla, which is similar Inj
trope and character to the Anglo-Bus-:
sun accord of August 3,. lf?0T. regard-1
ir.g Persia etc.
The second part deals with the duty'
of the two powers for ? point defense
in case either power Is attacked
NO MORE FIGHT PICTURES
lb use Passe? ??rnute lllll Prohibiting
Transportation ui Pilots.
Washington. July ID.?Prize fight
moving pictures to-day became .1 th . g
of the past In the chti-jd State.? when
the House passed a Senate bill prohib
lt'ng the transportation of such mov?
ing picture tilmr between the various'
Elates and Territories or from foreign
countries. Heavy tines for violation
of the proposed law arc fliced by thej
Uli. The President, said to be In com-:
pit fe sympathy with tue legislation.
Is expect..! to af0x his signature to
the measure. Southern members of
Congress wetvs especially interested
III the proposed law because of the
race feeling stirred up by the exhibi?
tion of the Jeffries-Johnson moving
pictures in their section of the enun-;
try. Senator Simmons. <f North Caro-;
l'.r.a. and Representative Sims, of Ten
Pessee or-'-fsed the bill In the Senate
ar.d House.
ICEBERGS AT SEA
one Sighted by Steamer Near- Spot
Where Titanic ? rut Down,
New York, July IS ?Icebergs and j
Ice Heids were encountered by the j
steamships Mauritania and Adriatic. !
which arrived here from Liverpool
to-day. The largest berg was sighted
by the Adriatic on Wednesday after- ;
noon within a few hours' steaming
distance from the spot where the Tl- '
tnnlo went down 111 April. It was/
variously estimated at from 300 to
1,000 ft . t in length anil from 100 to 1
200 feel In height.
On the same day the Mauritania :
sighted an ice Held so lar?e that it
was obliged to steam to the south?
ward to escapei It.
BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT
River? und Harbors Measure Carries
?33,000,000.
Washington, July 10.?The House
t?-day agreed to the conference re?
port on the rivers ar.d hurbors bill,
which carried approximately $33,000,
000, an Increase over the original
measure of nbout $7,000,000. There
was decided opposition to the scheme
by which the Federal government Is
committed to the maintenance and re?
pair of the levees In the Mississippi,
Missouri and Ohio Valleys, but friends
of the project won the point The.
bill now will go to the President for
his signature.
HURLS BOOK AT BURGLAR
Physician Heilders Intruder L'ncon
?cloua nml Recover" Bracelet.
Toledo, O.. July 10.?Awakened
by a noise downstairs early thin
morning. Dr. O. B. Booth Investigated
and discovered a burglar. The physi?
cian hurl0,1 a heavy book at the man,
lilt him mid rendered him unconscious.
He searched tnc Intruder and recov?
ered a bracelet belonging to his wife.
When It. Booth went to the telephone
to call the police, the burglar regained
consciousness and fled.
Wants Senate to Dispose
of Arch bald Case Be?
fore Adjournment.
ACCUSED JURIST
APPEARS AT BAR
Is Given Until July 29 to Pre?
pare Answer, and House Man
% agers Required to File Their
Reply by August 1?All
Pleadings Must Be Com?
pleted by August 3.
Washington. July IS.?A <3etcrmlna- i
tlon to attempt t0 secure an immedi?
ate trul ol the Impeachment c"ai_?B
against Judge Kotiert w. Archbald. or
the United States Commerce Court. j
was announced In the Senuu to-day
by Senator Bailey, of Texas, when
Judge Afchbald appeared to answe?
the charges of mlbcor.duct made
against him by the House of Hep- ;
resentatlves T
Judge Archbald and his attorneys
Were given until'Monday. July 29. to
answer the lerig\hy articles of Ith- ?
peai iment and the date for tn? com-'
pletlon of all answers in the case,
was fixed as August 3.
Th- House man?gers insisted upon i
an earlier answer t im Judge Arch- !
bald; favoring Jar. as the date. In,
urging the extension of time to July !
yj Senator Bailey declared hw j
? was on- Ot those who *wouW insist I
upon an Immediate trial of the case; i
but that he believed the ac-used Jur- |
1st should be given what time lie
thought necessary to prepare his an- i
swer.
The Senate h is not yet be?-n callea
upon to decide when the t.n.t| shall !
be held. It Is generally understood I
that Judge Archbald favors a con- I
liniinnee' until fall The matter will
probably not eotr-.<- formally before
the House until the completion of the
Issues In th<- cese, A-gust 3.
Sen nie li* < imrt.
The Senate resolved itself into the
Impeachment court shortly after Its :
session b-gar.. and word was sent
to the House that It was reutiy 10
proceed.
Judge Archbald reached tne Capitol
some time before the hour set for his
appearance. He had determined to
appear personally to answer the Sen- i
ale's summons Wit IT nfm were his 1
attorney, A. S. Worthlngton, of this
City, and his son. Robert W. Aich- ;
bald. Jr.. of Philadelphia also an at- :
to.-ney. Another son orcupl-d a place
in tha gallery.
The accused Jurist and bis asso- i
elates remained In the ofheo of Col- j
onel Bansdell, sergoant-at-arms, to
await conduct Into the tM-natt.
At the left of the presiding officers
desk, for the opening of the impeach
merit court, chairs had been placed for
the Houso managers, who will act as j
prosecutors in the case. At the right
a table and chairs had been placed
for Judge Archbald and his attorneys. :
The House managers, led by Rep- !
rcsentatlve Henry D. Clayton, ap
peered at tlie Senate door at 12:40, j
and were announced by tne assistant
doorkeeper.
Judge I nhere,! In.
A moment later Judge Archbald and :
his son and attorney were usriered in
by Colonel Ransdell. Judge Archbald
wore a light summer suit. Two of his
attorneys did not appear at the open
Ing of the trial M. J. Martin, ot
Scranton, one of his attorneys, was
d-talned in the hospital by an opef?
tlon, and !-. B. Price, also of counsel
was 111 In New Jersey. Both live In
Scranton. Pa . Judge Archhald's home.
Judge Archbald had made no state?
ment before his appearance In the
Senate. He appeared at ease as he took
his place, but followed the announce?
ments of the secretary and tne read
Ing of the records of rho return of i
the summons with close attention.
Sergeant - at - Arms Ransdell was '
called on first to swear to trie fact
that he had served the Senate's sum?
mons on the jurist. He then made the
formal proclamation:
"Robert W. Archbald. appear and
answer the charges mad?- against
j > ot:."
Judge Archbald leaned forward to
.listen as the proclamation was made.
.His attorney. Mr. Worthlngton. aroso
(and said. "Respondent Is present in
I person to answer."
Motion for Time.
Mr. Worthlngton then submitted a
I motion for a time In which to pre?
pare! and submit his answer. No date
was named In the motion.
Senator Clark, of Wyoming, im
Imediately offered an order to tlx tne
dato of answer as July 24,
j "That time seems very short." sajj
Mr. Worthlngton, "iu-cau.se of the many
articles that appear in tho document."
He adc^i that Attorneys Martin and
Price, who ar- now 111, had aided Judge
Archibald In the case, and tlmc should
be allowed them to recover.
Mr. Worthlngton asked for twenty
days.
Judge Clayton, chairman of the
House managers, objected to any delay
beyond four or live days.
"This mutter of the Impeachment of
Judge Archbald had a thorough sifting
before tho House committee on ju?
diciary," ho said.
He added that Mr. Worthlngton and
Judge Archbald were "well Informed"
as to all charges in the impeachment
papers, as the result of the House com?
mittee's hearing and the debate In the
House and that the House managers
believed no delay should be given.
Judge Clayton said he believer there
was nothing in the Impeachment
payers to ".surprise" Judge Archbald or
his attorney.
SiiKicenln July St.
Attorney Worthlngton replied thai
(Continued on Second Pago.)
Government 's M anne r
of ErectingPublicBuild
ings Criticised.
REPORT TO HOUSE
BY COMMITTETE
Possibilities of Fraud in Public
Expenditures Are Pointed Out.
Bills Now Pending for 750
Structures. to Cost
an Aggregate of
$70,000,000.
Washington. .July 1??Severe critl?
clsm of tho government method? ->f
* t'ng public buildings I? contained
in the report of the House Committee
oil Kxpendltures in Public Bulldin?3
??? turn Chairman Cyrus Cllne. of Indi?
ana, submitted to the House to-d:iy.
Th- ? ? ri.nutt, point.- out extrava?
gance nnd waste and the possibilities
of fraud in public expenditures, after
making it dear that Its Investigations
were made with no desire to discover
any scandal in tho public service.
The committee makes the recom?
mendation that government buildings
be standardised and endeavors to point
out what it considers the folly jf
maintaining a big for - 0f draughts
men and architects to make plains tot
every building constructed by the
government; The report finds that
since l?o;. '21 buildings have been
erected, and that there areflnow pending
ills for 7.">i buildlnga to coiit an ag?
gregate Of $70.6.00.000.
"If this keeps up." the committee
says "there will be ll.fioO public build?
ings Inside of fifteen years. The cost
of maintenance alone will be $ll,
weO.ono annually."
The bttlce Of the supervising archi?
tect of the treasury Is criticised. This
office is maintained at a cost of $3.
.El annually. It has had ho defi?
nite policy, the committee finds, and
blame Is attached to former .Super?
vising Architect .lames Knox Taylor,
or for some of the mistakes that have
bt-en discovered.
Syatem Is Dad.
The committee, says the present sys?
tem of awards 'is bad ?n<i should Be
changed. It points to instances where
contractors have been the beneficiaries
of ??extra" and 'betterments'' when
Mr. Taylor dominated the board.
Without making e^-v charges, the
committee says: "unaer the present
method 01 awarding contracts for the
construction of public, buildings, there
Is an op*n door for the grossest kind
o! traud."
The committee urges that members
of Congress be less zealous in their
efforts to get public buildings for their
district, and recommends legislation
making It iileg.il to erect a public
hullling in any city of less than 5,000
inhabitants, or whose post-ortiee t ik--s
in less than $10,000 annually. The
practice of employing outside archi?
tects Is condemned.
In Its comment on the administra?
tion of Supervising Architect Taylor,
the committee says "Mr. Taylor can?
not escape blame."
Spa,-,- Is given to the recommend.i
th'ns of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury It. O Bailey, and the com?
mittee endeavors to point out that
the erection of government buildings
cannot receive proper attention by tile
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
because of the multiplicity of duties
assigned to that otliclal.
NO REPLY FROM BLEASE
Hees .Not Ins?er to I liurges <jt lIUW'lul
Corruptlou.
.Columbia. S. C, July 19.?Althrugh
be. delivered speeches here to-day and
to-night. Governor Cole L- Blense fail?
ed to make his promised reply to the
charges of official corruption brought
out against him before the special In?
vestigating committee cf the State
Legislature Governor Bleaie referred
tc. Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta at?
torney, wno made sensational charges
against the South Carolina Governor
st the recent committee hearing in
AugUsta. He declared that he would
not '?touch on Feidtr." becaufe there
were "ladies present."
The Governor devoted his speech to
right to an attack on newspapers and
his political opponents In this State.
In speaking of O. M. Watson and J. X
King, of Greenville. P. C who recent?
ly issued a slgr.--i statement SAylng
that they had been insulted at the Gov?
ernor's mansion when they attempted
to secure n reprieve for u condemned
hegro, lie Is f|UOted as saying: "I
would gjndly pardon any man who
would kill King and Watson if they
should come to Iiis houb? In the same
condition and use the same language
which they did at the mansion."
TWO MEN SHOT BY GANG
\e?v Yorkers. Attacked In Barl;
Morning, Kxpected to Die.
New York. July 10.?As two men
passed th- Corner of ll'*th Street and
First Avenue early this morning sev?
eral men leaped at them /roni a door?
way. Ten shots were fired, und one
of the passers fell. Ills companion
ran.
When policemen came the shooters
tia.l disappeared. The injured man.
Vincent Gai n, was taken to the Har?
lem Hospital Hardly had he reached
I the operating room when Joseph Russ,
his friend and nelghhor. staggered
into the building. He had a bullet
wound In his abdomen. Both of the
In in red men will die
EMPEROR CRITICALLY ILL
Japan's Ruler Suffering l"rom Stomach
nml ltniln Affection*.
Tokio, July SO,?Kmperor Mutsuhttn
I* critically 111. Ilia Mnjentjr la suffer?
ing rroin affections <>f 'tic Ntomaeh nnd
hrnln. He was unconscious Friday,
HOTEL KR II MONIi ROOl
1 Planer? served Sundays, to 11 P. M on
the delightful cool roof of the Hotel Rich
i mond. Munlo by the Hotel Richmond or?
chestra.
President 's Manage r s
Will Answer Roose?
velt's Accusations.
MATTER TO COME
UP I N CONGRESS
Work of Committees at Chicago
Convention Will Be Defended
by Representatives Mondell
and Bartholdt?Root Sug?
gested as Taft Spokes?
man in Senate.
Washington. July 15?The reply^ ot
'president Taft and his friends to Col?
onel Roosevelt's repeated charges of
'fraud1' and the "stealing of dele
gates'' In the Chicago convention
; promises to be loosed from several
sources In Washington next week
couched in terms that Will be In many
ways a counterattack upon tne Roose?
velt preeonventlon campaign,
i The statement that will be issued
i from the White House, the llnal draft
ol which was. considered at a two- ]
[hours' meeting of the Cabinet to-day.
will be an exhaustive analysis of th?
i contest cases, and a reply to ill of I
tthe Roosevelt charges of unfair deal?
ings on the part of Taffs frlenls on
?the Republican Mitlonal Committee j
? and the credentials committee.
While this statement will not. so far
as can now be learned, make any di?
rect charges against trie Roosevelt
managers, It Is understood that Taft
supporters In the public press, propose
I to attack in unmeasured terms the
contests brought by the Roosevelt
forces in Southern States, many of
which wer.- unanimously decided
ajrainst the Roosevelt contestants.
Representative Frank W. Mondell.
of Wyoming, who was a member of
the credentials committee at the Chl
iago convention, will make one of the
chief speeches defending the* seating
of the Taft delegates at Chicago.
While his speech will deal principal?
ly with the esses of the seventy-two
i delegates against whom the Roose- |
velt forces made their chief attack, he
let It be known to-day that he woulr.
attack the Roosevelt followers In
Southern States and attempt to show
that they had ben brought "with?
out foundation."
Representative Bartholdt, of Mis?
souri, who participated in the work
jof the national committee, will also
defend the action of that committee. [
j Senator Root had been suggested as
I the spokesman for the. Taft for? es
Ii: the Senate, but he ?ild to-flay he
,<il<f not expect to speak upon the sub
jjeet of the Chicago contest decisions.
Mire of Illinois.
"We nre going to carry Illinois for
Taft and the Republican ticket on the
I tariff issue?the tariff-for-revetvte
I plank of the Democratic platform."
said ex-Senator Mason, of Illinois, at
[the White House to-day Mr. Mason
j was nominated in the Illinois pri?
maries for represer.tat|ve-?t-l.irce
i from Illinois, and say.s ho expects to
: be elected.
I "The Democrats always win In the
summer and lose in the fall," went on
I Mr. Mason, "but on the tariff Issue?
I that of protection to American indus?
tries and worklngmen?they cannot
carry Illinois. There will be no trouble
on that Issue when we get to it. I havc
I collected Important data showing the
! number of soup houses and the number
of people fed In Chicago during the mis
erable years of Democratic rule from
1S9I to 1 > f??. and I think these will
have some effect."
j Mr. Mason said there was no trouble,
i in Illinois over the Republican elec?
tors The Illinois Republicans took
i the trouble to sec that men of tho right
? faith were nominated as electors. The
Roosevelt people will be 'compelled to
I put their own ticket of electors In tho
I field if they wish to m ike a contest
there, Mr Mason said.
Mr. Mason is to have another talk
with President Taft as to the situation
j In Illinois, which the former Senator
[from that State declares to look bright
i for the Republicans. In spite of confus.
. Ing and contradictory conditions eise
i where.
Sends f?l Contribution.
j The White House to-day received,
addressed to Charles D. Hilles, a $1
: bill from a minister in New York State.
The minister offered the money an a
contribution to help in the re-lection of
Pr.-sldent Taft. He said Hint It was
all h< could spare, but that he thought
j the country should awaken to a spirit
, of fair treatment for the President and
bring about lifs re-election.
A "bum" bomb joke has been perpe?
trated on tho newspaper men at the
White House ns a result of the fake
; story that a gomb was recently sent
there and opened by Assistant Secrc
I tary Shi rman Allen.
I "As some of the newspaper boys like
bomb stories so well." said Mr. Allen
to the head messenger at the White
House, "please open all suspicious pack ? ,
ages In future in the corner of the room
adjoining the press room."
Tho Joke may be appreciated when
it is stated thnt there Is nothing but h
' thin partition between tho proas room
; and the corner where all express p.'ick
,agrs are to bo opened hereafter.
President Thanks Negroes,
j Washing: on, July tft.?President
? Taft. In a speech in the Bast Room of
lib,- White House to a delegation from
I the National Civil and Political Negro
' Dengue to-day, publicly acknowledged
j his debt of gratitude to the negro del?
legates to the Republican National Con
i1 vontlon pledged and Instructed for him.
'who stood with Ho- T.-ift for.-es through
i1 the fight.
, "1 want to say to von." said the Pres?
ident "how much I appreciate your
'standing llrm In my behalf at a time
when It was Intimated to tin- country
that wo could not dopend upon you
You demonstrated there your appre?
ciation of the accomplishments of the
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PATROL NO LONGER NEEDED
Steever Xotlflea Wood That Troops
May be Withdrawn.
Washington. July in.?Col. E. '/..
Steever, commanding the American
'orces along the Mexican border, to?
day notliled Gen. Leonard Wood, eh'et
of staff of the army, that conditions
across the Hlo Grande Indicate that
the United States tnay within a few
days begin -withdrawing 1'* patrol
guard.
There (s at present encamped along
the Hlo Grande one regiment of cav?
alry, one regiment of lafantry. one bat?
talion of Infantry. *ri'i one battalion
of Held artillery.
The Infantry r?Rlmont w'll be with?
drawn first. This Is the Eighteenth
Infantry, which will go back to Its
post In Arizona. The cavalry will re?
main In Texas Indefinitely.
Reports from Mexico are to the ef?
fect that the revolution Is rapidly
subsiding, and just as soon as the
federals occupy Juarez the American
troops will be drawn away.
Since the rainy season has set In the
half-clad and wholly unprotected
rebels are destined for hardships while
they are crossing the mountains of
Sonora. These, coupled with the short?
age of food. It is believed, will cause
many of Orozco's men to desert.
Consular agents report, judging from
the empty cartridge belts of most of
the rebels, especially In General Roja's
column, th" tight cannot last much
longer.
While the rebels profess not to be
alarmed at the proximity of the feder?
als, the exodus toward the mountains
of Sonera continues dally The gov?
ernment troops reached San Antonio
Friday last. ?nd are repairing the
bridges burned by the rebels 'n the
:lij.-L: north.
Unofficial dispatches announce tha'.
the fed'-rnls have looted the Mormon
stores at both Colonlo Morales nnd
Colohlo Oaxaca. In Ponora.
NEGROES NOT WANTED
ncnrccla Roosevelt White Lensrae
ItloptM Resolutions,
Atlanta. Ga.. July 10.?A resolution
demanding "a white party, a white
convention and dominance by white
men alone" was adopted at a meeting
here to-night of th.- Georgia Roose?
velt Whit, League.
Tit- mertlnfr was neld In response
to a rail of its president. St. Julien
Vates. Issued the day after a call for
a convention to be held In Atlanta
July 25 was issued from the national
progressive heado.ua rters
With the exception of the adoption
of the resolution In reirard to neirro
voters, the league extended the olive
branch to the so-called rival faction
In the State.
By a unanimous vote tho platform
issued in connection with the call from
the national progressive headQUarters
was adopted. A committee of twenty
also was appointed to attend a meet?
ing of the national progressives next
Monday, and an eifort will be made,
to secure harmonv between the fac?
tions at that time
PROTEST STILL DELAYED
English Objections to I anal roll? nut
Not Vet Received,
Washington. July 19?The. Brinsn
protest against the pending Panama,
Csthal ib.'ls Mil d'd not reach tno
St.ite Department to-day, and as Sec?
retary Knox left Washington directly
after the Cabinet meeting to sped*
the week-end at Vnlley t-orge It Is
not expected t lit11 Its contents can be
made public before nex't Tuesday or
Wednesday at the earliest.
Meanwhile, the officials have mint?
ing more than the outline of the Brll
Isti position contained In Mr. tithes*
note to Secretary Knox of July X to
cuide them In forming an opinion
as to the details of the promised com?
munication.
MRS. MORROW ACQUITTED
Jury Returns Verdict of .Not Guilty In
M a rdcr fas, .
i Chicago. July 19.?Mis. Rene B. Mor
rcw was to-night found not guilty of
the murder of her husband. Charles B.
Morrow. A Jury fn Judge Kerstenn
court returned this verdict after de?
liberating three hours and ten minutes.
The body of Charles B. Morrow waa
found on the back porch of tho family
residence the morning of December
27, 1911. lie had been shot through
the head and the heart ami apparently
had been dead seWernl hours before,
the discovery of the bod;'. At his Side
vas found the revolver with which lie
had been .shot. The cor;ner's Jury re?
turned a verdict of suicide, but tntoi
tit, police made another Investigation,
nnd Mrs. Morrow wan Indicted for
murder.
NEARLY DROWNED BY CATFISH
ll?y Pulled <>o? of limit l.y Seventecn
Pounder bus Nnrron f-lMcnpe.
S'ewnrk, .V. J . July 19.?Cuthbert Ev.
erett. a sevehteen-yenr-old Richfield
boy, had a narrow escape from drown
In^ late yest.-rday while iisliing In
Greenwood Lake, when .; soyenteeh
pound cattish pulled him out of the
boat into the water. Wishing to light
a cigarette, Everett made a loop in his
lin- and threw it over Ills head. Scarci -
ly had he dom so when a tug at the lino
pulled him t'lear out of the boa;.
It was almost a minute before Ever?
ett's head appeared nbovo Witter, over
-en fei i away. A friend who was ilsh
Ing nearby reached him in time to lift
him out of the water before he wont
down the third time.
ALL SPEED RECORDS BROKEN
N'en Battleship Wyoming on Stand?
ardization trial.
Rockland. Me., July 19.?ATI speed
records for big gun battleships were
broken to-day by* the new United
States battleship Wyoming, slst.-r
ship of the superdreadnaught Ar?
kansas, during her standardization
trials. Her speed of 22.1.", knots i*?
declared by naval experts aboard to
be the fastest ever made by any bat
itleshlp in tip- world carrying 12-Inch
guna.
The Wyoming made the cis'.mary
twenty-three stnnd'ardl'/atlon runs over
tili? measure 1 ihlle course. . io vessel
is 09 per cent, completed, and it is
expected will be put in commission
I about the middle of August.
ROSENTHAL CASE
Dissatisfied With Lack
of Results Achieved
by Police.
FUND PROVIDED
FOR DETECTIVES
Citizens Engage Private Sleuths
to Assist District Attorney
in Investigation ? Attention
Called to Lamentable Omis?
sions in Guarding Against
Slayer's Escape.
New York. July 19.?Privat? detec?
tives were brought Into the Romen?
thal murder case to-day by Dlstrl.it
Attorney Whitman. They were en?
gaged by a committee of citizens who
shared the prosecutor's evident d'ssai
Isfactlon with the lack of results
achieved by the police in tracing the
slayers of the gambler who was shot
after making charges of police part?
nership with the gambling frat.-rn'ty.
In connection with the br'ns'ng in
of these outside agencies of Investi?
gation, attention was called to what
were declared to be lamentable omis?
sions by the police In i: uardlnc against
the escape of Rosenthal's tlaycrs Mon?
day night and lack of properly directed
activity since. It <s declared that th?
Story that Rosenthal was to bo killed
was In wide circulation In East Side re.
sorts Monday evening, but that If any
report of it reached headquarters nO
measures were taken to protect the
ga mbler.
It was also commented on that six
policemen nearby did not lire a shot
or blow a whistle to stop the murder
party after the shooting: that Hit
number of the "murder car" was re?
ported four different ways.?all er?
roneous? by as many policemen, while
a citizen got It right: that It was left
to the district attorney to uncover most
of the evidence of importance so fat
available, that men known to ha/a
talked over the prospective assassi?
nation of Rosenthal the day before it
occurred, while on an outing, either
have not been arresLd. or were taken
and let go on small ball, or In the
case of on*, held only because tho
district attorney Insisted upon It.
Independent Course.
The Independent course of the dis?
trict attorney was indicated to-day
when he summoned Louis Libby und
William Shapiro, owners of tho au?
tomobile used by the murder parte,
and heard them make what may be
important disclosure: in connection
with the theory of connection between
the murder nnd the police "system."
Neither Mr. Whitman nor Attorney
Aaron Levy, counsel for the two men,
[would discuss what Llbby and Shnpl
' ro had revealed Mr. Levy said he and
I Mr. Whitman had agreed to glv.: out
I no further Information Not long be
I fore, however, the lawyer had had a
two-hour conference with his clients
and made a brief statement regal?
ing It
I "They have told me thntgs that I
did not know of before." ne said.
"If Mr. Whitman desires to ne.tr my
clients, he will learn of disclosures
' which will make Hue public wasp
jwhen thee aro published "
"Db the disclosures lead up to the
I pon.-e department?" was asked.
"That is a very Oangerous point,"
'said the ittorricya "ami 1 cannot dls
jcuss It."
At the questioning or the prison
,ers by the district attorney, no mem
: bers of the polb-e department, wer?
j present. With the party, however.
I were two private detectives.
HlTi The private detectives nurried away
latter the conference, and Mr. Whlt
[ man declared he was going out of
town on an important mission. "The
case is progressing very satisfactori?
ly " was all he would say.
iv? Develoumen ?.
HI From tiie police side of the investt
1 r.r.tion there were few Important de
! velopments on the surface to-day.
Nothing hod been .-ecu of "Big Jack"
Hi Sc-elig. the notorious "gun-man. ' whom
th. polio wir.- .-aid tu In- anxious to
i question regarding a favor they had
j heard ".lack Kose, gambler, and the
man who hired the "muider car,' had
asked of him on the night of the
crime. Seellg Is known as the right
hand man of Sam Raul, an Kast Side
gang leader. The rewaid declared to
, have been ottered him was freedom
from the charge of carrying a conceal?
ed weapon now pending agu'nst him.
Paul was at police headquarters dur?
ing the afternoon. He declined to mako
uny public statement.
; It was talk In quarters usually well
J informed regarding "underworld" af
' fairs to-day that the price paid for
Killing Rosenthal had been learned by
j il:, police. The figure named was {J.
j 000. The identity ?'[ Li least two ot
'the five men who ?ort In the niur?cr
'? party Is known In these quarters, it
was added. anJ they a.-< said to aave
[he:Oil seen on Kast Sid - streets by ac?
quaintances'several times since Mon
: day night.
Police Lieutenant Charles Backer.
1 the man accused by Rosenthal in hla
? first revelations of alleged partnership
? between gamblers and police, bad tho
i greater P ? of the 'strong arm*
I squad, which he has commanded, taken
! away from him to.,lay. Commissioner
! Waldo tra\e the order which transfer?
! red eight ? f these detectives to tnoth
|<! nontenant Pom detectives were
; |ofi in [tecker's office '?? .-b i n up mini
pdidlmj clerical work, "t was sa.ij.
Threatening l.rttrrs,
Several letters of a threatening
character h i\- been addressed to Dis?
trict Atl?rney Whitman In the last
Cow it was learned to-nlghV In
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