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PROPHECY BITTERLY FULFILLED. IRRESPONSIBLE^ and conscienceless jourrialisrh, without any standard but, that of *® I money getting, is 'the mo^ vicious It wields a power that, unre -R strained, can undermine thev surest fdundatibns: of our most sacred / institutions. It can poison the fountains of: all that is pure and sweet in the body politic. It can degrade life frorn its holy ideal and make it k base and blatant vulgarity. It can do this as; effectually as the noxious erases escaping into the schoolroom will take the bloom from the cheek: of the child and make his head reel and his. heart fa\r\i^— Excerpt from an article by tho Rev. Father A. P. Doyle, C. S. P., one of the most famous Catholic clergymeh'yin.the United States. The article was /published in the Catholic World of October, 1901, and was entitled, "The Undoing of William McKmley, President." .TW: - ¦' ';¦ ¦-..¦...,' : - -.¦ :\;' : ' : - ,.¦¦-.¦-'¦ — . .'. .-,/ -•-' V': ".-"-> / . .-. EVILS OF IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM. With Commodore Hodgson still' on the stand the opurt adjourned until to-morrow. It is understood that Hodgson will be examined to-morrow about a series of letters which have passed between himself and Admiral Schley. and which were shown to a number of the per sons in the courtroom to-day. "Have you ever given this estimate as nearer than that?" "Yes. sir." "What have- you given it before?" "v "One hundred and fifty yards." "Why do you change it now?" "Because I have read from my. notes written the day after the battle and from notes I used on the Board of Navigation. I concluded from, those that my estimate at that time when- I gave it 175 to 250 yards was too near. Also. I waa very much influenced by the thought that the navigating officer of the Texas would not think it was less than 150 yards." "Just read* from your notes." The witness (reading) — We quickly put our helm aport and then around to starboard,, pass ing well inside the Texas. That was written by me the day after the battle. ."Is. there any reference to the distance yon were from the Texas in those notes?" . , "No, sir." "Do you remember whether anything was said about blanketing the fire of the Texas at that time?" Hodgson Was Skittish. "When I told the commodore I thought we would run into the Texas, I think I did say we might get shot from one of her big guns." "Have you ever said that you were 'skittish' about a collision with the Texas at this timer* "Well, I was 'skittish' about It. I thought we were going to have a collision very likely with the Texas." "How was the collision averted from what you know of your own knowledge?" ¦ • "By our getting around so quick we passed ahead of her." "You cannot tell me what was done aboard the Texas?" "I have no Idea." -. . The judge advocate then questioned Com modore Hodgson about changes in the log of the Brooklyn giving . the account of the fa mous loop. The witness said that Lieutenant Doyle had written it but that witness had given Doyle all the data for it. . "What information did you give him with reference to the direction in which the helm was put in turning the vessel?" :•..-.-; "I told him helm was put aport. If I men tioned that particular Incident." "Do you remember whether you mentioned it or not?" "No, I am not sure that I mentioned it ex cept that we turned around- to head for the Spanish ships." "That was a very Important move, waa It not?" "Yes, sir; I put it in. my log." "What do you mean by your log?" "Well, the logs of the forenoon and afternoon watch were written up by Lieutenant Doyle and Lieutenant Wasster, but as both those gentle men had been (one in the turret and the other on the gun deck) fighting the batteries I gave them a number of points that might enable them to write their deck log correctly. After they had written up their log I went to the captain and told him I would like to put in a little information of my ow^j to make it more complete, and there was an addendum written that day by myself, and I think that In that will be found the way the helm waa put." "When was that addendum made and put In?" "Before noon, on the day following, as the log was generally copied before noon.' "Do you remember any discussion on board the Brooklyn as to the direction the helm was put when she made what is known aa the 'loop?* " "Well, I think I remember the fact of putting an interlineation in this log, because an erasure was made of that word "starboard" and I sug gested putting in the explanatory words that we cleared the Texas." Change in the Log. "Do you remember whether any change was made 'in the logbook in the recording of the direction in which the helm waa originally put?" "I think I remember that erasure. The wort 'starboard' was erased and the word 'port' sub stituted." "Do you remember discussing that in the presence- of Commodore Schley and Captain Cook?" "I do not." "How was this first brought to your attention that it was entered in the body of the log that the helm was put to starboard?" "Very likely by the watch officer wanting to make an erasure in the log after I rad ex amined It." "Do you remember, if at all. you undertook to check the log aa written to show whether these points were correctly entered in the logbook or not?" "No, I do not. except that it Is more prob able this was all done before noon of the suc ceeding day, because the log was generally given to the captain by noon." "Do you regard that as a correct entry la the logbook, that the helm was put to port in order to bring the starboard., battery to bear?" "Xo, that was not the reason for which the helm was put to port. It was put to port to bring the Brooklyn around aa quickly as pos sible to head oft the Spanish vessels." "Would not the Brooklyn have been brought around quarter if the helm had been put to starboard, as it waa recorded In the logbook originally?" "I think she would." "These words, 'swinging clear of the fire of the Texas.* are they rl^ht?" "That is right. That la a point that lm-' pressed me. Fortunately we got around with out having one of the Texas' guns fired over us." . . . t "The -v-^rds, 'clear of the fire of the Texas,' are the interlined words, are they not?" "They are." "Did you give any specific instructions, or make . any specific suggestions to . the officer who wrote the log with regard to putting in those words?" . . "I think It is Very possible I did.' I think it more than probable that I did, because that was the fact that Impressed me as the result of swinging* -with, the port helm. I was very thankful we cleared the Texas and ber fire." "Then, were those words put in relative 'to. the change la the logbook from 'starboard to 'port"*" ? "I cannot say; I was not at that time con templating any such, searching Investigation as this and consequently I thought that the log was written with the idea of giving a gen eral and fair account of the battle without be ing .brought up under searching scrutiny, or I would have been more particular as to exact time and dates." SEATTLE, Oct. 4.— To obtain $20 John O'Brien, a typical tramp, assaulted and robbed Harry Calhoun, another vagabond, last night. Not content with kicking him almost into insensibility, he made an at tempt to throw Calhoun into the bay. Un successful in this, he placed Calhoun, who by this time had become unconscious, on the Northern Pacific track, where ha would have been killed by an incoming passenger train had he not been discov ered and rescued in the»nick of time. O'Brien was captured shortly after his murderous deed was committed. He was drinking in the Anaconda saloon on Charles street, and when brought to the City Jail by Patrolman Humes was read ily Identified by Calhoun. The latter pre sented a sorry sight. He was covered with blood and suffering from two ugly scalp wounds, inflicted by the bootheels of his assailant. Calhoun remembers lit tle of the affair, but has a distinct recol lection that after he had been knocked to the ground his assailant picked him up and tried to throw him Into the bay. He resisted and the effort was finally aban doned. Kicking him on the head several times, O'Brien then deliberately left the unconscious man lying across the railroad track and made his escape. A passerby discovered Calhoun and no tified Patrolman Humes. The latter, aft er some difficulty, aroused Calhoun and obtained a meager description of his as sailant. Later he gained another clew and, acting upon it, entered the Anaconda saloon, where he placed O'Brien under ar rest. When searched O'Brien had $32 in his pockets. Special Dispatch to The Call. First Beats Him and Tries to Hurl Him Into the Bay at Seattle. Tramp's Determined At tempt to Murder a Comrade. LEAVES VICTIM IN TRAIN'S PATH " WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.— In the \\ \\ jf Schley court of inquiry, llr. \\/\\/ Raynor, chief counsel for Ad-' V W miral Schley, asked Judge Advocate Lemly to summon Admiral Sampson as a witness . in the case. The request grew out of- a differ ence in the construction of a sentence in Admiral Sampson'-s letter to Commodore Schley, written from Key "West, May 20, when Commodore Schley. with the flying squadron, lay oft Cienfuegos. This is known as .the "Dear Schley" letter. In it, as printed in the Navy I>e partment documents supplied to the Sen ate, the admiral said, after expressing his opinion that notwithstanding the Spanish squadron was In Santiago it was better to contimue to blockade Cienfuegos am Havana, and "we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago until we re ceive more positive Information. During the examination of Commanaer Raymond P. Rodgers this dispatch was under consideration when Mr. Raynor expressed the opinion that the word "Santiago" had been inadvertently used by the commander-in-chief, assuming that he meant to use the word Clen fuegos as better corresponding/ with the text- As the document was printed there was a parenthetical note, to which Ad miral Schley's initials were attached, say- Ing that evidently the wrong city had been mentioned. • , Mr. Raynor asked Judgre Advocate Lemly to make this concession, but the latter declined to do so, saying that he would produce the original of Admiral Sampson's dispatch to prove that he had written Santiago. Then Mr. Raynor saiu: 44 I cannot take that word Santiago to mean anything but Cienfuegos. It is an imputation on Commodore Schley and I cannot permit it to rest without summon ing the author of that dispatch." to which Captain Lemly responded: "I have told you once before you can summon any one you wish." "Then," retorted Mr. Raynor, ."sum mon Admiral Sampson." - . This occurred only a short time before the adjournment of the court for the day and was tho subject of more or less con versation of an animated character after the day's work was concluded. Mr. Ray-; nor would only say that he would insist on the admiral being. summoned unless the correction was conceded. The witnesses for the- day were: Lieu tenant C W. Dyson of the Bureau, of Steam Engineering, concerning the coal supply of the flying squadron; Com mander R. P. Rodgers, who was second in command of the battleship Iowa dur ing the Spanish war and carried Admiral Sampson's dispatches of May 20 to Com modore Schley, and Commander Albon XJ. Hodgson, who was the navigator of .the ship Brooklyn. _ . \ Captain Dawson of the Marine j Corps, , who was on the stand yesterday, was called to cor- Captain Lemly still has quite a long. list of witnesses before. him and when the court be gan business .to-day It was said on his be half that he would not probably be able ' to present the conclusion of his case for the de partment before the end of next week. , ¦ ¦WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.— The Schley court of Inquiry began its proceedings to-day with the recall of witnesses who were on the stand yes terday, and after they had corrected their pre vious testimony and made such j additions thereto as suggested themselves, they were ex cused and new witnesses introduced. The list of available witneEses for the day Included Captain Raymond P. Rodgers, who was execu tive officer of ¦ the Iowa during the Santiago campaign; Ensign (now Lieutenant)- M. L. Bristol, who was watch and division officer on the Texas and officer of the deck of that ves sel when the Spanish ships came out of Santi ogo; Lieutenant Commander A. C. Hodgson, who was navigator on ' the Brooklyn and whose testimony has been looked forward to with much interest because of his correspond ence with Admiral Schley, and Lieutenant C. W. Dyson of the Bureau of Steam Navigation." Great Sea Battle. Ne-w Witnesses Shed Light on the COAL AUD THE LOOP. Police Judges' bad record. Read the Wasp.* Commander Rodgers was examined at length concerning the coaling of the flying squadron. "Could, you have coaled the Iowa on the afternoon of May 28?" Mr. ! Hanna asked. ":' "In the late afternoon," the time I speak of, the weather being fine and I smooth, ' I think there would have been no trouble at all," re plied the witness. Lieutenant Dyson was followed on tho stand by Commander Raymond P. Rodgers, 1 who was executive officer of the battleship Iowa during, the summer of 1S98.' He testified to leaving Key West, on May 20 for 'Cienfuegos, to. Join the flying squadron. Before leaving he had. had- as a representative of Captain Evans, he said, a conference with • Commander in Chief Sampson, at which Captains Taylor and Chad wick were present. At that time he was told by Admiral Sampson that he had. received In formation from the department at Washington that the Spanish fleet under Cervera was pos sibly in' the harbor of ..Santiago. . ¦ Ho had not however, been Informed of any secret code for communicating with the Cu ban insurgents near Cienfuegos.- He had, • ho said, taken "dispatches for. Commodore Schley," and while not certain whether there was more than one package, he was under the impres sion there was more' than that number. One of the dispatches carried at this time was, the witness thought, that signed by Secretary Long and dated Washington, 12:30 o'clock, May 20, and beginning: "The report of the Spanish fleet being at Santiago de Cuba might very well be correct, so the department strongly a<l-" vises that you send word Immediately by the Iowa to Schley to proceed off Santiago with' his whole command, leaving one small .vessel off Cienfuegos." ¦ '. . •; • : t Condition of the i Sea. ¦[ -¦ "I do not.'-' . The - statement showed that the Massachu setts could not have steamed more than fif teen knots an hour and that In doing so she would have consumed 180 tons per day. At this rate . she could have chased the enemy ' for 1.8 days, returning via Yucutan'- Channel, or for two days returning via the Windward Passage. The witness said In reply, to ques tions that- his statement contemplated aver age conditions of weather and of the vessels. Mr. "Raynor— You have taken as a base for coaling a number of ports. You took Gonaives, the Moles iand . Kingston. .Those are ports that have Just been given, you from which to make the calculation. "These ports were Just mentioned to me here to-day." ."You, of course, know nothing about- our right to coal in those ports?"' _ • Mr. Raynor brought out 'the information con cerning the time the coal on each- of the ves fcels would have lasted on forced draught, in chasing the enemy's vessels, taking the amount of coal on each May 26, and leaving sufficient coal to return to Key West. Mr. Raynor read the Information from Mr. Dyson's .tabulated statement showing that the Iowa would have consumed 243 tons of coal a day, the Texas 180 tons a day and tho Marblehead 77 tons. The estimate would, he said, give the Brooklyn 2.3 days' chase returning by way of the Yucutan Channel and 2.35 days' chase returning by the Windward Passage; the Iowa a chase of 1.2 days. The Texas would have a chaso of three fourths of a day and returning by way of the Windward Passage nine-tenths of a day. The Marblehead would have a chase of two-tenths of a day by the Yucutan Channel and four tenths by the Windward Passage. Coal on the Ships. rect the , official copy of his testimony. ' He said that while he had not seen the Brooklyn swing with starboard helm .he < was sure that she. did so swing. Lieutenant Dyson, who was on the witness stand yesterday when the court adjourned, was then recalled. He had added to his ' coal history of the fleet Information as to how the coal supply the fleet had on hand May- 26 would have held out .. under •¦ forced draught. 'This information was "contained in a chart which was read by Judge Advocate Lemly. . ¦ The witness also read the same Information from a tabulated statement. The chart cov ered the period from May 18 to June 1. It showed that on May 20 the. Brooklyn's supply of coal was 9C2 tons;. the Iowa, 784 tons; the Texas, 408, and the Marblehead, 122 tons.. He raid that on May 24 the Brooklyn had coal enough 'aboard- to have remained on blockade duty off Santiago for twenty-five days and then to have returned to Key West ; the Massachusetts enough to remain seventeen days and ! then go to Key West; the Iowa enough for eleven days, the Texas seven days and the Marblehead one day. This was assum ing that they would have gone by the- Yucatan Channel. He also gave an estimate of the length of time they could have remained and gone to Gonalves Channel, Cape Cruz, Mole St. Nicholas, Kingston, Port Antonio, Jamaica, Guantanamo Bay, th« time of remaining on blockade being Increased as the distance to the various points diminished. Mr. Radnor remarked - that he supposed It would be conceded that '¦ the word "Santiago" as given above was a mistake, and that it should be "Clenfuegos." Captain , Lemly • re plied that he would make 'no such concession, and a tilt followed between- counsel concern- Ing the accuracy of Government publications. It closed- with an understanding, that .the ori ginal document should be supplied,. to-morrow. In .reply . to a question by Mr. r Raynor i ag . to the- condition of the weather from:May.24 to May 26, Captain Rodgera replied: • . .- • "I do not . recollect the events of the night of May 24. My recollection is that on the morning and throughout , the day ¦ of the 25th the wind was fresh from a. direction generally ahead.- Our course .was generally, southeast ward. The eea depends entirely upon the size of the ship. It waa what I should call a mod- Cross-examined on the dispatches carried' by the Iowa; Captain - Rodgers • was asked If the "Dear Schley" letter dated at Key West," May. 20, 1898, -written by Admiral Sampson, in which the statement was made that "I: am of the opinion that our best chance of success In cap turing the enemy's- ships will- be to hold Cien fuegos and Havana," was Included in .these dispatches, i The -witness replied- that he had no knowledge '.what the i ¦ envelope ¦- contained.. While the examination on this point was in progress Mr. Raynor read the letter, includ ing the following extract: "If later it should develop that these vessels are at Santiago, we - could then assemble off that- port the ships best suited for the purpose and completely blockade it. . Until' we , receive more - positive information • we shall -continue to hold Havana, and Santiago." • - ;. . .' ¦ *. ¦ "Dear Schley" Letter. The afternoon session of the Schley court be gan with Captain Rodfjers still on the stand. He stated In reply to questions that he was the senior member of the Naval Board of Sur vey, appointed by Admiral Sampson to examine the wrecked Spanish vessels. ' . ; . "The purpose of this line of examination was to bring out the witness' - knowledge concern ing the effect of the Brooklyn's gunnery in the battle off- Santiago July 3. Captain Rodgers stated that the Brooklyn was the only vessel that fired five-inch shells and Mr. Raynor said that a careful computation, based upon the report of the board of survey showed that twelve five-Inch shells bad been found on the four Spanish vessels. ¦ i g ¦ ¦ Mr. . Raynor presented a . statement showing the number of shells found on the vessels of the Spanish fleet, and - the witness ' was asked to state the percentage, of five- inch shells, as suming the statement to be correct, Captain Rodgers replied that the total number of hits was thirty-five, and that, therefore, the flve inch shell hits constituted 34 per cent of all the hits. Mr. Raynor said that the statement had been prepared by Admiral Schley. The witness also said he knew that the Brooklyn had eight-Inch guns, but Mr. Raynor said the admiral's computation was not intended -to cover that feature. His only purpose was to make- the showing for five-inch guns," these being unmistakably the Brooklyn's. , Gunnery on Brooklyn. Captain . Rodgers related two or three in stances in which the ships of the flying squad ron were cleared for action upon signal from the flagship Brooklyn before May 31, when vessels were discerned ' in the distance.'. .- In each case the vessels proved to be American ships. Each time the signal was to clear to action and make speed of twelve knots an hour. He also told of the bombardment--or-recon naissance of the Cristobal Colon on May 31. in which the Iowa participated. He said the vessels were all in formation and following tho flagship, which, 'in that Instance,; was the Massachusetts. The range was at first given as 7000 'yards for this engagement, but the shots fell bo far short. that the range was in creased to 11,000 yards. These latter shots fell Into the chanrielin which the Colon lay. Some of them must have fallen with 2500 yards of the Spanish ship.- Describing Commodore Schley's blockade of the harbor at Santiago, Captain Rodgers said that the fleet " maintarned a position of seven or eight miles out with the Marblehead and the Vixen inside • the- line. He remembered that th Marblehead was on the Inside from the fact that some of the vessels in the squadron had fired at her. He could not say whether the fleet was further out in the day than at night, or vice versa. He thought the Vixen and the Marblehead could have been seen by moon light, but not after the moon had set. Captain Kodgers had concluded his testimony In chief when the court adjourned for luncheon. "When the collier can deliver coal, can a battleship like the Iowa take it?" . < _. V With a ship .like the- Iowa with no broad side guns, the danger in coaling at saa.-is'en tirely to the collier." • . • f' '¦ ' ¦ :¦¦.- *-, "Is ' there any more danger to a collier with a battleship on- either; side ?"/¦*•' . , "There. would be very great danger to a. col lier in coaling battleships with a -battleship on either, side." ¦¦ • .- Position of the Vessels. erate sea. I recollect tbe,.wfnd continued fresh that evening. Next morning we. must have got around the cape J headed eastward. The weather had moderated considerably.' and on the late afternoon the weather was, I should say, fine with a smooth sea." • "How. were the sea and weather for small fchips like the Vixen and Eagle?" ... "I should say on Thursday the weather for small ships would have~been considered fresh and certainly . my recollection of seeing the Eagle on that day was that she was making what you might call 'heavy weather.' I should say on that occasion the sea was what one finds In that neighborhood when there is a fresh wind." . ¦ - .'-.¦ The court asked a number of questions of Commander Itodgers, the most important of which, together with the responses of- the witness, were as follows: *• By the court — was any other attempt made by the flying squadron, except that of May 31, to destroy the Colon? V "None whatever to the best of my knowledge and belief." "What was the speed of the Iowa when passing the harbor of Santiago on the 31st of May?" "We were directed to speed ten knots, and I should say that on the first run by we were making about that speed." "Were the Brooklyn and Texas so close to gether at the commencement of the battle of July 3 that a" collision was likely?" "I caw the Brooklyn and Texas at the be ginning of the battle. The Brooklyn was then lying a mile or more away from the Iowa, bearing the general direction westward. The Texas was between the Iowa and the Brook lyn" and the Texas was not more than half a mile from us. .When .the Iowa steamed in the Texas was under our port bow. and the Brooklyn, as I saw her then, .was steaming in the direction general northeast. • "Shortly after that the fire begaln to get a little hot. We were struck twice and the car penter came to me and said there had- been a fire in one of the compartments. ,1 went down to that compartment to see what had been done, and if the court refers to the possibility of a collision ' between the Texas and the Brooklyn, that must have occurred while I was below, because when I came back to the gal lery outside the conning tower, the Brooklyn was 'then off our port bew some distance from us, steaming in a westward . direction." "Did Commodore Schley open In your pres ence the package you . handed him at Clep. fuegos?" , ,. . ¦ ¦••¦ .¦-¦„. ' is "To the best of my recollection, yes.'.' . "Did he make any comment to you regurd lng these dispatches I" ¦ "Not that I recall.' Ho discussed or stated the conditions "existing there. This wa» never general." ' , •• _ "Can you from your conversation with Com modore Schley designate the dispatch he re ceived?" .-.-•• : - . "I cannot."- . ¦ At this point Commander Rodgers waa excused and Judge Advocate Lemly, after stating that Lieutenant Commander Hodgson would be the next witness, pending his appearance again brought up the question as to whether the word "Santiago" had been substituted by mistake for the word "Clenfuegos" in the letter written by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley. on May 20. beginning "Dear, SchleyV' Captain Lemly said:. ¦-.• .V . . Controversy. Over I*etter. "The word , was orieinally 'Santiago' as It is printed in the Senate document. The difference appears to be a matter of punctuation, and in the- letter.' as it appears copied In Admiral Sampson's copy-book, it reads 'until we then receive more positive information we shall con tinue to hold Havana and Santiago.'- The word 'then' in the letter as printed refers back to other matters relating to Santiago, ! and the punctuation would appear to give It the mean ing of, therefore, "until we therefore receive," which is not intended, but it means really 'until we then,' after the arrival of Cervera at San tiago, 'receive . further information,' etc. • The original however, will still be -forthcoming." Mr. Raynor, | after securing Captain Lenity's permission, read two or three sentences from Admiral Sampson's letter as follows: "Please send Scorpion to communicate with those vessels at Santiago and direct one of them to report to the department from St. Nicholas Mole or - Cape Haytien. ' The change which I have made in the plans strongly advised by the department. ¦ As soon as | this vessel has com municated-with the department on her return to the vicinity of . Santiago, learn the condi tion of affairs and at once report at Havana or Clenfuegos, as he may think most advantage ous." . ' ' -, - "This," said he, "I want to call to the at tention of the. Judge advocate." - ';.-.; Mr. Raynor . continued : "I cannot take that word- 'Santiago' to '. mean anything else but 'Clenfuegos.' It cannot possibly mean anything else. It la an imputation 'upon Commodore Schley and I cannot permit that imputation to rest without summoning the author of that le- Quest." When the ' colloquy In regard to Admiral Sampson's disnatch closed for the time Com mander. Hodgson took the oath. He said he had been the navigator of Commodore Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, during the war with Spain and was on the bridge on the day of the battle of July 3. Detailing the paiticulaH of the engagement,' he said: "I heard the ex ecutive officer. Lieutenant Commander Mason sing out: 'Clear ship for action,' and th& crew lmmedlately dispersed ' to quarters, I bavins sounded the general alarm previously. The commodore shortly appeared on the bridge. We were at that time headed about west-northwest. I told him that there was nothing doing, and he said 'Go ahead.' I rang six bells and asked if- he had not better hold her head steady to see what course the Spaniards proposed to pur sue. I do not remember his reply exactly to that, because immediately afterward r told him they were evidently making for us, and he said: • 'Go for them,' and I rang four bells and put the helm aport. Commodore on I>eck. "Captain Cook appeared on the bridge at this time and I told him that everything was con nected up at the conning tower, and that we were ready to go ahead, and in fact we were going ahead. The commodore took his posi tion on a platform he had had built around the conning tower where he could be in easy communication . with the commanding officer inside, and I remained on the bridge. "The executive officer had given previously the order to mam the starboard batteries I sang out to him we were going into action with port helm, and he shifted over to the port battery. We were then standing for the enemy, and as the guns were brought to bear Lieutenant Simpson fired & little off the port bow the first gun In the forward eight-inch tunx*. From that time on.we went consider ably in toward them. "r went down to where the commodore was standing to get Into the conning tower, when I heard him sing out, 'Lrfjok out. Cook, they- are going to ram you.' ''Captain Cook said he would look after that and starboarded the helm a little to parallel the course of the leading vessel, the Maria Teresa, which had made" a broad sheer to port He had hardly made that sneer, however to port before he fell off again, for.tha reason apparently, that a shot was fired from the' Brooklyn's eight-inch gun. The Teresa got abaft our port beam and the helm was ported on the Broklyn immediately after. We were swinging with port helm. I heard the commo dore sing out: 'Hard aport,'. or words to that effect, and Captain Cook sang out. 'Helm is aport.' I saw at that time the crucial mo ment had c#me in making the turn and I suggested to the . commodore that that turn would run us into the Texas or close to her" "What did you say and what was the re ply T' asked the judge advocate. "As near as I can recall I said: 'Commodore, If you go to the starboard you ¦ will run Into the Texas,' and he said, 'Damn the Texas, 1 cannot help that. She must look out for her self. He will take care of that,' and he also said, 'I don't -propose to go In any closer and subject myself to a torpedo attack.' "I suggested : then that we back the star board engine, and he wanted to know why and I said 'because it would give the Texas a wider - berth and shorten our turning 1 circle * Captain Cook objected to this and so did the commodore, but there was a moment's discus sion as to whether it would be better to turn a smaller circle with less speed or take the larger tactical diameter with faster speed.' It was decided that it was very essential to get around quickly, as the leading Spanish shin was then standing. to the westward and If the Brooklyn did not stop her she had a' good chance of escaping. So the helm was put hard aport. ... . Chase of tlie Eneinyl •t said I would run. up on topof the brldee and look out for the Texas. -As I was ffolne up I asked the chief quartermaster if he had seen a torpedo-boat, and he -said he had seen one blown up by a large shell way In the rear. I said I had not seen any. as I told th<» commodore previously. The hejm. however" was kept , hard aport. The Brooklyn swung clear o£ the Texas and brought- around with helm hard aport until she brought • In siirht the leading Spanish vessel, the Viscaya, the Teresa having fallen off - and gone Inshore seeking a berth. '¦"¦¦¦¦ "Aa soon as we were around at the proper po sition the helm was eased so that we parel leled the course of the Vizcaya,' which at that time was about 2400 or 2500 yards on our starboard bow. The Colon was probably on the beam or a little forward or the beam the Oquendo abaft the starboard beam. The Oquendo very soon fell out and ran inshore afire and then we devoted our attention solely to the Colon and Vizcaya." • ¦ - - ¦¦ Judge Advocate — How near was the Texas to the Brooklyn : when the ¦¦ latter cruiser crossed her -bows? "I suppose It was about 259 or 300 yards.". Interesting Contention at the Court of Inquiry That a Mistake /Was Made by the Commander in Chief When He SCHLEY^S i^ORN^ - UNCLE &/\AVS' NEXT CAMPAIGN: THE WAR AGAINST THE YELLOW PRESS. * . —From Life, June, 1893. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.— Next Wednes day, the 9th, of October. Rear Admiral Schley ¦will retire from the active list of the navy by ase limit, and from present prpjsyecf this will take place while the Court of Inquiry is still Jn session. Hjs retirement will promote two captains to tw rear admirals. Captain Frank Wildes, •who was in command of the Boston dur ing the battle of Manila Bay, now heads the list of captains. He was promoted for ¦war service and. under the law, his advancement must not retard the regular course of promotions. Therefore Captain Henry Glass also vdll enter the list of rear admirals. Other promotions resulting- from Ad miral Schley's retirement will be those of Commanders F. P. Gilmore and Eugene Iv?utze, who become captains, and Lieu tenant Commanders Staunton and Bart lett, who become commanders. SCHLEY TO BETISE WEDNESDAY Aflmiral Schley returns thanks for the denial furnished, adding, touching the colloquy, "your statement that It never occurred Is absolutely true." Under date cf "VTashington, Junn 10, 1893, Admiral Schley. disclaiming any sense of an noyance from the newspapers' comment*, save: "But I do feel for yourself that a colloquy should be made up by them that did not occur between you and me, and it -fr this that I desire to protect you against. Of course, you did not authorize this, and it Is this dialogue •which should be denied. I have no recollec tion whatever of anything- of the kind, and my etory is exceedingly clear of the events cf that day, for I never felt In my life less excitement or more steadiness of Judgment than when the Dons came out that day. When the turn was made the Brooklyn was, In my Judgment, within the distance of their tactical diameter, and if it had been made to port we should have passed Inside their line, but having them <xi>osea to the Interrupted flre of ail the sh!pa, »o Important in the earlier moments in the fight, the proper strategy of & battle "was to avoid Interfering with that, ar.d the sequel shows that we made no mls t&k%. Cook really gave the order, which I Approved, and .it Is possible that your con versation was with him, but the Sun's effort has been to promote the notion that you and I had a controversy at the critical moment and this Is unjust to you and me. What 1 de»Ire Is Blmply your denial that any such colloquy occurred, anfl I win see that proper correction Is made to cover you from this eran der. There Is much in your letter that I tY.mlA Jtot like to use. as it would provoke assault upon you, which I am unwilling to have happen, but what I want to show Is eimplr this dialogue <lid not occur, and that ehown, the nrj»ole flimsy csnard falls to the sreund. Make your letter short as possible" On June U Hodgson writes: "The colloquy published In the Sun, and alleged to have taken place between you and me on the day of the battle off Santiago, July 8, isss, never occurred." Hodgson goes on tr> declare that he was under the impression, up to the time he saw the New York Sun publication. !n regard to th a colloquy, that Schley made the turn to star board because the conditions were as he <Hodgson) had stated. Continuing, he assures the admiral that he -would have never given the explanation he had cf the loop had he for a moment suspected that the admiral had given any other reasons / Hodgson suggests that in making the sug gestion he was discharging his duty as the navigator of the i>h!p. charged with her safety, and at the moment did not consider the effect of the turn upon the results of the battle, and he added: "I immediately perceived that your cool judgment at this trying moment had en abled you to consider the results of your de cision, and then, as now, it seems to me that you had decided most wisely, that It was a strategical move of the greatest Importance and that the result of the battle proved its wisdom." Hodgson writes that he then suggested back ing the starboard engine, "because it would shorten the circle and give the Texas a wider berth. 11 and that Schley replied, after a pause, "No. because It would deaden our speed of turning, end you wish to get around as quick as possible. For weeks alter the battle Cap tain C<v:k was under the impression that we had backed the starboard engine." Then Hodgson gives his explanation of the turn. He tells cf the belief that existed that the Spanish ships outclassed the Americans In speed, and that in the absence cf the New York the Brooklyn was the only American ship capable of preventing the escape of the Spanish ehips should they escape the fire of the battle chips. The Spanish torpedo-boats were also to. be reckoned with. "Therefore," says Hodgson, "after rutting the helm to starboard and to port once or twice to counteract the efforts of the Teresa and Viscaya to get Into closer action and ram us, and after the leading Span ish vessel had reached just a little abaft our port beam, you decided to port the helm and turn around in chase to prevent the escape of any of the Spanish vessels." Hodgson writes that he suggested that the Texas was aft their starboard beam, and that there was danger of running Into her and getting right across her line of fire, and that i~chley replied that the Texas would have to look out for that; that it was imperative to get around immediately, and by "turning to port you would be so close to the enemy that you would expose yourself to attack from the torpedo boats, that a lucky shot or two by the enem^ might disable the Brooklyn and that you did not propose to run such a risk at that stage of the battle, when it was so unnecessary and when so much depended upon the epeed of the Brooklyn. Hodgson then tells cf the rage with which the Brooklyn men heard the sinister whisper, upon her return to Guantanarno Bay, that they were "gun shy," and he says he gave what he thought was a true explanation of that turn to many officers of the fleet, none of whom failed to agree w|th him. He explains that Admiral Schley regarded this turn as a strat egical maneuver, "locking- to the further part the Brooklyn was to play in that day's battle rather than as an effort to avoid interfering with the fire of the other- vessels of the fleet. In fact. I thought then, as I think now, that the turn to starboard caused more interfer ence." On June 6. VSSt. Admiral Schley wrote Lieu tenant Hodgson, inclosing an editorial from the New York Sun, alleging that a colloquy had occurred between Schley and Hodgson on the bridge of the Brooklyn during the battle of Santiago, in the course of which the admiral is reported to have said: "Damn the Texas; let her look out for heiself." In reply to Hodgson's remonstrance against turning the ship to star beard. Characterizing this as a grotesque lie, the admiral asked Hodgson to write "your de nial of this o:t-rcpeai.ed calumny." On June 8 Hodgson responded in a very lone letter, dated at the New York Navy Yard, denying he au thorized the publication of any conversation, and making a long explanation of what he says occurred during the battle. He added that what was printed "as a part of a conversation be tween you and me is substantially correct, though not as to the manner in which it took j>la<?e." • "WASHINGTON, Oct. i.— Copies of corre epcnderice between Lieutenant Hodgson arid Admiral Schley during the period from June 6, IS??, to August 25, 19C1, were given to the press to-day with the statement that the corre eponfiene*? will be submitted to the Schley court by Lieutenant Hodgson while on the witness stand. Most of it already has been published in the new.'papcrs, although a part of it had not been published heretofore. LETTER HODGSON WSOTE. A story is In circulation among: the clubs, purporting to come from a titled member cf the late Queen Victoria's household, giving color to the cancer story and saying: that court circles are discussing the possibility of no corona tion taking place next year. It is impos sible, however, to obtain tangible corrob oration of this report. ABERDEEN, Oct. 4.— Sir James Reid, the distinguished physician, who is stay ing in this vicinity, has been summoned to Balmoral. The Aberdeen Evening News says King Edward is suffering from lumbago. LONDON, Oct. t.— The coincidence ot the announcement of King Edward's In disposition with the publication of revived rumors regarding cancer in the newspa pers of Copenhagen, from which city his Majesty has just returned, and where se crets of the British court are more likely to leak out than eisewhere, is causing some commotion here, und the fact that the customary court circular does not ap pear in this morning's paper3 adds to the uneasy feelingr. which is not allayed by the explanation of the King's indisposi tion ghen by Sir Francis Leaking, his Maj esty's physician. Sir Francis is in no way a specialist and is paying- merely a social visit at Balrnora.1. Court Official Reported to Confirm Story About Cancer. Indisposition of Edward Excites Great Com motion. KI NG'S ILLNESS ALARMS BRITAIN THE "6AN;-HIANCISc6;;;OALL,; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1901. 3 All six-month subscribers of The Daily Call are entitled to a copy of The Call Atlas at the premium rate of $1 50. 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