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' Ejpjsp OPENED
President Roetevftt Touches Button
and Sets Things Moving.
ADDRESS MADE FRtiM SHAKY BOX.
v The Opening Was Auspicious Despite
the incompleteness ofthe Exposition
Building—Crowds Were Large and
Would Have Been Enormous If the
Transportation Facilities Had Been
Sufficient to Convey Visitors to the
Exposition Grounds.
Jamestown Exposition Grounds,
Va. (Special).—Three hundred guns
*t sunrise, 500 guns at 9 o’clock,
i prayer, a speech, a golden key
pressed by the President of the Unit
ad States, a thousand flage unfurled
from the rooftops of a new Magic
City; then more guns booming from
the sides of visiting battleships, from
the clean-cut hulls of our own match
less flett, and from the gray walls
of Fortress Monroe. Thus was the
exposition begun, which celebrates
the 300th anniversary of the first
English settlement in America, and
ts designed to demonstrate to the
world the progress our country has
made in art and science, in commerce
and invention, since the followers of
Capt. John Smith blazed a trail
through the wilderness and laid the
foundations of the Virginia common
wealth.
Guns, Flags And Music.
The guns and flags and martial
music which predominated at the
spectacular opening of the big Vir
ginia fair would have led the unini
tiated to believe that this is all
a war show. But this is only the out
ward display—the front of war that
guards industry and of peace. With
in the gtaes of the exposition the
only signs that smack of power and
force are the blue-coated policemen
and the militiamen on duty to save
the crowds from this own enthus
iasm and to point the way for strag
gling strangers to the great buildings
where are shown the products of
human industry and peace.
This is the program that was fol
lowed at the formal opening of the
exposition:
1. Opening prayer by the Rt. Rev.
Alfred Magill Randolph, bishop of
the diocese of Southern Virginia.
2. Address and introduction of
the President of the United States
by the Hon. Harry St. George Tucker,
president of the Jamestown Exposi
tion v Association.
Mr. Tucker’s address was histori
cal, giving events that led to the in
dependence of the colonies and re
lating incidents that occurred at
Jamestown.
Roosevelt’s Address.
He introduced President Roose
velt, who said, in part:
“At the outset I wish to say a
word of special greeting to the repre
sentatives of the foreign govern
ments here present. They have come
to assist us in celebrating what was
in very truth the birthday of this
nation, for it was here that the col
onists'first settled, whose incoming,
whose growth from their own loins
and by the addition of newcomers
from abroad, was to make the people
which 169 years later assumed the
solemn responsibilities and weighty
duties of complete independence.”
The President began with England
and Ireland, said he had but a small
amount of English blood in his veins,
and went down welcoming each na
tion represented.
To The Japs.
To the Japs he said:
“In particular, let me express a
word of hearty welcome to the repre
sentative of the mighty island em
pire of Japan; that empire, which,
in learning from the West, has shown
that it had so much, so very much,
to teach the West in return.
"To all of you here gathered I ex
press my thanks for your coming,
and I extend to you mv earnest
wishes for theVelfare of your several
nations.’’
, He then spoke of the significance
of the exposition, of the settlement
of Jamestown and the growth of the
country from that to the present
time. After alluding to the civil
war the President said:
The Blue And The Gray.
"Oh. my hearers, my fellow coun
trymen, great indeed has been our
good fortune; for as time clears away
the mists that once shrouded brother
frojp brother and made each look
’as through a glass darkly’ at the
other, we can all feel the same pride
in the valor, the devotion and the
fealty toward the right as it was
given to each to see the right, shown
alike by the men who wore the blue
and by the men who wore the gray.
Some Epigrams.
“We cannot afford to forget the
maxim upon which Washington in
sisted, that the surest way to avert
war is to be prepared to meet it.
“Either people must govern them
selves or they must submit to being
governed by others.
"They* can prevent the need of gov
ernment from without only by show
ing- that they possess the power of
government from within.
Corporations.
"At the moment the greatest prob
lem before us is how to exercise such
control over the business use of vast
wealth* Individual, but especially cor
porate, as will insure it not being
used, against the interest of the pub
lic. while yet permitting such ample
legitimate profits as will encourage
individual initiative.
Watchman Murdered.
Waycross, Ga. (Special).—Accord
ing to the verdict of the coroner’s
jury, John Grantham, 35 years old,
was murdered by unknown parties
at the new Atlantic Coast Line shops
here. The body of the dead man was
found at noon by his little son, who
went to the shops to carry his fath
er’s dinner. A bullet had entered
his breast near the heart. The body
was about 70 feet from the building
in which Grantham’s pistol was
found with one chamber empty.
HEFHBS THEBACHELBB 6IBLS
Taft Says No Woman Should Marry
Because She Feels That She
Has To.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). Secre
tary of War Taft, before the students
of the University of Cincinnati,
strongly defended 1 the bachelor girl.
He said:
“Any woman that marries because
she thinks she has to, makes a great
mistake. She must not think that to
benefit mankind she must necessar
ily have to become a wife and moth
er. Matches are said to be made in
heaven, but I believe heaven only
arranged the proximity and we mor
tals do the rest. Proximity, you
know, is the great thing, and uni
versities are great on proximity.”
SCHMITZ’S CONFESSION
CREATES GONSTERNATIDN
San Francisco Grafters In State of
Great Excitement.
AFTER THE MEN HIGHER UP.
Schmitz Refused to Discuss Any Mat
ters Bearing Upon the Graft Situ
ation There Were a Number of
Anxious Callers at His Residence
During Monday Afternoon.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special)—De
tective Burns refused tq give out de
tails of Mayor Schmitz’s partial con
fession Monday, but said he had se
cured information of value. The in
formation the prosecutors are said
to have obtained from Schmitz is
material in the charges of bribery
against President Patrick Calhoun,
of the United Railroads.
Schmitz is said to have admitted
that previously to the passage of the
overhead trolley franchise ordinance
he had a number of conversations
with Calhoun and came to an under
standing with him regarding the pas
sage of the ordinance. There is no
Intimation given that Calhoun paid
Schmitz directly any money on the
contrary this is specifically ’ denied.
The financial end of the transaction
is said to have been handled en
tirely by Boss Ruef. Exactly what
was the nature of the understanding
which was arrived at between Cal
houn and Schmitz is not stated.
It is not expected that the formal
resignation of Schmitz as chief exe
cutive of the city will be tendered
soon to the graft prosecution, as
this step may be deferred until plans
are made to take over the city gov
ernment.
The report that Schmitz had reach
ed an understanding with the prose
cution caused great excitement in
graft circles Monday. Consternation
reigned among the heads of the var
ious departments of the city govern
ment, and there was much specula
tion as to impending changes among
officials who are personal appointees
of the Mayor.
Schmitz refused to discuss any
matters bearing upon the graft situ
ation. There was a number of anx
ious callers at his residence during
the afternoon, among whom were
many officials prominent in the city
government who came to secure con
firmation of the report that he had
joined the ranks of the reformers.
He did not see any of the callers and
refused to answer any telephone in
quiries.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The plan for a Cuban standing
army of 12,000 men, suggested by
the general staff of the United States
Army is derided by the Liberals,
though It Is attractive to a' certain
element of the Cuban people.
The Mexican government has de
manded of Guatemala the extradition
of General Lima as a result of the
confessions of the assassins of Gen
rillas, implicating the former.
The King of Slam arrived at Na
ples on his tour of the world.
A treaty of arbitration between
Portugal and Denmark has been
signed, with a provision that differ
ences between the two countries here
after will be submitted to The Hague
tribunal.
The marriage of the Grand Duke
Nlcholaievitch and Princess Anasta
sia, of Montenegro, will take place
In the Crimea, May 12.
There are wide differences of
opinion between the British govern
ment officials and the Irish Nation
alists relative to the terms of the
Irish bill to be introduced In Parlia
ment May 7.
Serious fights and riots have at
tended the campaign for congression
, al elections in Eucador and several
men have been killed and many
wounded.
The famine relief committee of the
Russian Douma discussed the sup
plementary credit of $11,500,000 for
relief.
About 1,000 missionaries were
present at the opening at Shanghai
of the Protestant Missionary Con
ference.
The bill providing for Polish au
tonomy pending in the douma is op
posed by the Constitutional Derno
: crats.
The floods and resulting famine in
; China have greatly strengthened the
■ revolutionary party and many men
i have been driven into brigandage,
i Severe volcanic eruptions continue
in the Southern part of Chili.
Fire did considerable damage at
the arsenal at Toulon, France, and
the flames, sweeping over the ar
> senal walls, drove 600 persons from
, their homes. Thirty or more men
, were injured by the falling walls of
s their burning homes.
i A court of Inquiry investigating
i the wreck of the British steamer
. Berlin, in which 100 lives were lost,
I found it was due to an errot of
r judgment on the part of the captain.
; It required a detachment of troops
i to stop an encounter between the
striding waiters and bakers In Pari3.
fHAOMMHSH DEFABT, WAR BIRRB GATHER.
—Drawn by Cartoonist DeMar, for the Philadelphia Record.
GUNS ROAR, BUT PEACE REIGNS
The Great Exposition at Jamestown
Opens—Whole World Represented.
THE GREATEST NAVAL PAGEANT IN THE WORLD’S
HISTORY.
Fifty fighting ships, representing five great nations,
participated in the naval pageant attendant upon the open
ing of the Jamestown Exposition Friday.
The deep-throated guns of the 50 ships voiced a salute
in unison as President Roosevelt reviewed them from the
deck of the yacht Mayflower.
The great fleet represented almost every type of fight
ing craft, from the “cheese box” Canonicus to the Connecti
cut, America’s newest and most powerful battle-ship.
the spectacle was viewed by representatives—court,
naval and military—of 37 of the nations of the world.
The ships of the foreign Powers, except Germany, being
painted a dark drab and the American and German ships
being of spotless white made it appear as if there were two
great fleets.
The foreign vessels were given the positions of honor,
the flag-ships oF England, Germany and the United States
lining up together.
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Jamestown Exposition Grounds, Hampton Roads, Va. (Special).—The
deep-throated guns of five great nations voiced a salute in unison to the
American flag and to the President of the United States. The reverberat
ing of the cannon sped thundering and re-echoing over the waters of far
famed Hampton Roads, where nearly half a century ago the Monitor and
the Merrimac met in the memorable conflict which brought into being
the armored craft of war.
From the “little Yankee cheesebox set upon a raft” and the rectangu
lar mass of iron which carried the Confederate flag in 1862 to the modern
fighting machines typified by the flower of the American Navy gathered
in holiday assemblage is a far cry. Yet many of those who stood on the
shore and witnessed the naval pageant in the roadstead vividly recalled
the historic time when the wind-rippled waters which formed the setting
of this great international rendezvous of war vessels of recent years were
splashing with the shot and shell of the first great battle of steel-clad
ships.
REVIEWED RY THE PRESIDENT.
Prresident Roosevelt, from the bridge of the trim little yacht
cruiser Mayflower, whose decks were the meeting-place of the peace plen
ipotentiaries of Russia and Japan less than two years ago, reviewed the
great assemblage of flag-draped fighters gathered from the corners of the
world to make a notable opening day of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial
Exposition commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the first
English settlement in America.
Steaming down the long column of dark-hulled foreigners the Presi
dent was greeted by each vessel in turn with a salute of 21 guns. The
Mayflower then turned down the lane of American battle-ships and
cruisers and again the roar of saluting cannon swept across the waters.
The new American Navy was in its infancy 14 years ago, when the
brilliant international naval rendezvous of 1893 was held in Hampton
Roads. Friday the magnificent Atlantic fleet, under command of Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans, presented a picture of impressive fighting
strength notable in the naval annals of the world.
The foreign vessels were given the positions of honor in a line
stretching nearest and parallel to the shores of the Exposition grounds.
Frowning and formidable in their dark drab coloring, with funnels as
black as the smoke which poured from their tops, the ships sent by
Great Britain, by Austria, by Germany and the Argentine Republic loomed
in deep shaded relief aganist the dazzling background of American vessels,
whose glistening white sides sparkled in the light rays reflected from the
water and whose light buff superstructure and stacks lent a harmonious
setting to the many hued flags floating from masthead and peak, from
fighting top and flying truck. . . .
The foreign vessels were suggestive of the American ships during
days of the war with Spain, when the traditional and exclusive dressing
of white gave way to the sombre gray hue of war apparel.
American vessels at naval gatherings abroad have always been an
attractive centre of interest because of their graceful lines and clean-cut
appearance. Today, assembled in the full strength of a home-protecting
fleet they made an impression which will live long in the memory of those
who looked on as the President, as commander-in-chlef, doffed his hat in
acknowledgment of each thunderous salute which marked the progress
of the review.
THIRTY-SEVEN NATIONS OF THE WORLD REPRESENTED.
Not the least impressed of those who witnessed this inaugural cere
mony of the opening of the Exposition were the military and naval officers
of 37 of the nations of the world. The Ambassadors and Ministers of all
these nations were also among those who gazed upon the beautiful naval
FhOW The foreign diplomatists and officers were on board the steamer New
port News, which brought them down from Washington, and which was
given a position of vantage over the hundreds of excursion steamers and
pleasure craft of every imaginable description which formed a frame about
the anchorage ground of the assembled fleets.
None of the excursion or pleasure craft were allowed to cruise be
tween the war vessels and the shore, thus insuring those on tlfe Exposi
tion grounds an unobstructed view of the Impressive ceremonies pictured
almost as in miniature several thousands of yards away in the blue waters
of the roadstead. _
MIGHTIEST COLUMN OF AMERICAN BATTLE-SHIPS IN HISTORY.
Back of the first line of foreign vessels was ranged the mightiest col
umn of American battle-ships the history of the nation has ever known.
Stretching away in a curving line up the broad channel-way from the
Government pier off Old Point Comfort, 16 mighty fortresses of the sea,
wide-hulled, squat and heavy—the backbone of the American Navy—
fittingly formed the centre of the fleet arranged for the day’s review. In a
third line and all but hidden from the shore by the bulk of the heavy
battle-ships; were the cruisers and spectre-like torpedo craft attached to
*>-e American squadrons.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
The Supreme Court decided that
a State commission may require a
railroad company to provide con
nections with another train.
The Supreme Coui - dismissed the
appeal of William t augh, Jr., under
sentence of death in Reynolds Coun
ty, Mo.
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THE NEWS OF THE WEEN.
Domestic.
Reports from the leading cities
of the union labor conditions reiter
rate the views expressed by Presi
dent Gompers, of the Federation of
Labor, that there are no indications
of any disturbances on May Day.
A hearing was had in Rochester
on charges of discrimination made
by the Yawmen & Erbe Manufactur
ing Company against a number of
Western railroad companies.
LOST IN H CLOUDBURST
Seven Persons Missing And High
Water Endangers Property.
Oklahoma City, Okla. (Special).—
Seven persons are missing and much
property destroyed as a result of a
cloudburst here and subsequent ris
ing of the Canadian River and
Lighning Creek.
The missing are all residents of
Capital Hill, a suburb of Lightning
Creek, and are believed to have been
drowned. All camps in the lowlands
have been swept away.
There was another heavy rainfall
Monday, which caused the river to
rise higher, endangering property in
the lowlands.
AN EN6INE LEAPS
FROM THE TRESTLE
Coupling Breaks and Saves a Hun
dred Passengers.
OTHER CARS STAYED CM TRACK.
Locomotive and One Coach Take Forty
foot Plunge The Coach Was,
Fortunately, Empty, as Many Pas
sengers Missed the Train on Account
of Change in Schedule.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Two
men were killed and 100 passengers
had a thrilling escape from a like
fate in a wreck on the Wabash Rail
road, when the engine and one pas
senger coach of westbound train No.
27 left the tracks half a mile west
of the Bridgeville Station, near here,
and plunged into Chartiers Creek,
40 feet below. Scores of people miss
ed death or injury through a change
in the schedule.
The train was made up of four
passenger coaches. It was crossing
a trestle over Chartiers Creek, when,
without warning, the engine suddenly
leaped from the rails and shot to the
stream underneath, taking the first
coach with it. The forepart of the
engine sank several feet into the
mud of the creek bed. The coach
was smashed to splinters by its ter
rific impact with the locomotive. By
what railroad men regard as little
more than chance there were.no pas
sengers in the front coach. The
copling between it and the second
coach was wrenched in two when it
was torn from the trestle by the
engine.
None of those in the three rear
coaches knew of the accident or real
ized how close they had come to
death until several minutes afterward,
when the cars, deprived of motive
power, slackened their speed and
came to a stop. A new schedule went
into effect on the road, and to this
fact many owe their lives.
Under the new schedule train No.
27 left the city 45 minutes earlier
and over 50 persons missed the train
for this reason. On account of the
reduced number of passengers all
were placed in the three rear coaches
while the front coach was unoccu
pied. Boyd and Mclsaacs were
crushed to death. A short time af
ter the wreck their mangled bodies
were found under the debris in the
shallow water.
DIES OF X-RAY CANCER.
Scientist Succumbs To Disease From
Experiments.
Chicago (Special).—Prof. Wol
fram C. Fuchs, the original X-ray
expert in this city, who became affect
ed by a peculiar malady about three
years ago known as X-ray cancer,
died Wednesday, aged 41 years.
So far as known, Professor Fuchs’
death is the fifth attributed to ex
periments with Roentgen rays, the
other victims being an assistant to
Thomas A. Edison, a Boston physi
cian, Bertha Fleischman, of San
Francisco, and Dr. Louis A. Weigel,
the Rochester surgeon, who died a
year ago.
Professor Fuchs first became af
fected in 1905 in both hands. In
the fall of that year the first joint
of the thumb of the right hand was
removed, and between that time and
his death, he underwent five opera
tions—first for the removal of por
tions of the fingers on both hands
and later for a part of the muscles
covering the right breast.
Hundred Cottages Destroyed.
Millers Falls, Mass. (Special).—
About 100 summer cottages and a
summer hotel at Lake Pleasant, two
miles from here, were destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $115,-
000. The cause of the Are is not
known. The settlement is controlled
by the Spiritualist Camp Meeting As
sociation.
Japs Nip Uprising In Korea.
Tok i o (By Cable). —Another
threatened rising in Korea is be
lieved to have been nipped in the
bud by the prompt action of the
Japanese administrator. Owing to
the timely discovery of the conspir
acy, enabling the authorities to arrest
the ringleaders and take steps to I
overawe their followers, all danger I
is believed to have been averted. |
lan Maclaren 111.
Ottumwa, lowa (Special). Dr.
John Watson (Tan MacLaren), who
arrived at Mount Pleasant, lowa, to
address the students of lowa Wesley
an University, was taken seriously
ill' with tonsilitis and was removed
to a hospital. All his engagements
have been cancelled.
Jack London Sets Sail.
San Francisco (Special). Jack
London’s sailboat, the Snark, started
for Honolulu, the first port, on a
six years’ cruise aroupd the world.
The vessel is forty-five feet long,
ketch-rigged, and its occupants, be
sides London and his wife, are Her
bert S. Stoltz, a Stanford graduate
and athlete; Roscoe Eames, captain;
Mantin Johnson, cook, and Hileshia
Tocnigi, cabin boy.
BONDS STOLEN ' ' 1
WORTH 5400,000
Effort To Get Mayor Quincy, of
Boston, In Plot.
VERY PROMINENT MAN INVOLVED.
Citizen Prominent in Financial and
Political Circles of Massachusetts
Said to Have Been Connected With!
Broker Dennett and Bond Clerk
Douglass Now Under Arrest.
New York (Special).—Part of the
real story of the Douglass-Dennett
bond thefts from the Trust Company
of America just leaked out.
W, O. Douglass, the assistant bond
clerk, had been taking bonds, it is
said, in small amounts from the com
pany for a year. He had been specu
lating in the market, expecting to
return the bonds after he had made |
his pile. In these operations he was 1
associated, it is charged, with Oliver
M. Dennett. It was Dennett, it is
said, who peddled the bonds around
Wall Street in small amounts, put
ting them up as collateral for loans
from reputable stock exchange
houses.
Last week the affairs of the Doug
lass-Dennett combination became
so desperate that Douglass decided
that nothing but a bold stroke, it is
said, could save him. On last Fri
day, therefore, he dipped into the
trust company's strong box, it is al
leged, and walked away with sev- y
eral hundred thonsand dollars’ worth
of bonds. One man who had heard
the details of the case said that the
clerk took $400,000 of the bonds.
It was Douglass’ purpose, it is
stated, in making this big haul, to
put the trust company in such a posi
tion that it might give him immunity
for the small amounts which he had ,
taken provided he would return the
larger amount.
Letters Sent Mayor Quincy.
Following this plan, a letter, it is
said, was sent either by Douglass
or Dennett to Joseph Quincy, former
mayor of Boston. Dennett was for- ,
merly a Boston man, and it is said
that he had met Mr. Quincy there.
According to the story, the letter
contained a request that Mr. Quincy
would act as counsel for Douglass
in negotiating a settlement with the i
trust company. According to state
ments that Dennett has made, Mr.
Quincy refused to have anything to i
do with the case.
At any rate, a Rhode Island law
yer, it is understood, called on Presi
dent Oakleigh Thorne, of the trust
company, on Sunday in regard to this
matter of a peaceful settlement of )
the trouble between the com
pany and the Dennett-Douglass com- j
binatlon. Mr. Thorne informed the (
lawyer that both Dennett and Doug
lass were under arrest, and that
broke up the conference.
On Monday Robertson Honey, a
lawyer of this city, appeared for
Douglass. Mr. Honey announced at
the time that he had not been retain- ,
ed by the defendant, but by another
party. Mr. Honey is a brother-in
law of Josiah Quincy, and is the son
of Samuel R. Honey, of Newport,
former lieutenant governor of Rhode
Island. He is a graduate of Har
vard and West Point, and was an as
sistant under District Attorney Asa
Bird Gardner.
ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP TRAIN.
Highwaymen Twice Set Fire To A
Railroad Bridge.
Evansville, Ind. (Special).—Sev
eral attempts of train-wreckers to set 1
fire to a bridge on the Southern Rail
road, near Temple, Ind., were frus
trated by the town marshal of Eng
lish, Ind., who was shot twice by
two men, believed to be the guilty l
parties.
About midnight the night tele
graph operator at Temple was a fire
in the middle of the bridge, near
his station. Upon investigation, he
found a bunch of waste burning and
extinguished it. After returning to
the depot three freight trains passed.
When these trains had passed the
operator again saw’ flames at the
bridge, and upon investigation found
the bridge had been set on fire the
second time. Immediately he noti
fied the train dispatcher at Prince
ton, Ind., who telephoned the mar
shal of English to go to the bridge
on a train that was coming into that,
station, and to pick up all suspicious
men along the track.
After leaving English the marshal
saw two men and demanded that
they give an account of themselves.
One of the men opened fire on the
marshal, shooting him twice—in
the hip and in the stomach. The I
posse of the marshal succeeded in
arresting one of the men, but the
other escaped.
All trains on the Southern Rail
road are being searched for suspici
ous characters and a posse is being
organized at English to go in pur-
I suit of the man who shot the marshal
I and got away.
Costs S3OO To Slap Woman.
Chicago (Special).—A jury in the
Circuit Court fixed the price of one
slap in the face administered by
William B. White to Mrs. Anna M.
Moss, at SSOO. The argument which
led to the slap was over the refusal
of Mrs. Moss to pay the rent of her
j flat.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. i
The Bank of Germany reduced its
discount rate from 6 to 5 % per cent.
The Third National Bank, Phila
delphia. increased its dividend rate,
from 10 per cent to 12 per cent, per
annum.
The number of new merchant
ships under construction is consider
ably smaller than a year ago.
The Pennsy's steel rail order for
1908, which are subject to revision,
amount to 153,000 tons, against