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RICHMOND, VA, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1010.
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CMEL WRITES
. PRAISING TUFT
Private Letters Express De
termination to Remain a
Private Citizen
LOEB IS FAVORITE
TO SUCCEED HUGHES
Ex-President AVill Make Party
Speeches and Deliver Many
Lectures, But Will Not Ac
eept Any Office.
COPKNHAOAN, May I.—Yon may do- '
•y that story ao atroaaly aa you like”
Col. Roosevelt aald to mo on kU arriv
al km «kta OToalna, ohm I asked kin
regardlag Ike aatkeatlrlty of I So alory
printed la Ikf JVnklMHa fnat yut-,
portion to (In kla polities! »!•«• and
latent Iona.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 2.—
‘Theodore Roosevelt has written sev
eral letters to President Taft clearly
Indicating that he thoroughly indorses
the present administration. Colonel
Roosevelt’s choice for Governor of
New York to succeed Charles K.
Hughes Is William I/oeb, Jr. collec
tor of the port of New- York,"’ sa>»
the Washington Post to-day under a
big display heading.
"In the letters to President l'»U
and others to Senator Root and < 'ol
lector l»et>, Col. Roosevelt declares
his decision to remain In private life
Is final." the Post continues.
“While admitting that a fight .vithln
the party, when confined to the free
airing of opinions on matters or legis
lation, may be health?UU the former
President indicates that he is not In
favor of such persistent Insurgency
Its may tend to defeat the republican
party at the polla
"In the letters which Mr. Roosevelt
has written, he reiterates his friend
ship for President Tsft. and expresses
his hope for a republican victory In
the fall
“While Colonel Roosevelt In his let
ters has not definitely d ec Is red that
he would like to see Mr Doeb nomi
nated, he has commented on the ta*'t
that an exceptionally strong man i*>
needed, not merely a man whose life
has been irreproachable In a nega
tive way. but a man who has already
proved his worth In public office
"bosh’s great record In the collet- ,
tor's office, hi# absolute Independence
of dictation and political Influence,
should entitle him to serious consid
eration as a candidate, according to
the former President.
Not for Publication.
“In all the letters Colonel Roose
velt has written to this country, h"
had specially requested that no part or
them to be given out for publica
tion. The reason for this. It Is now
stated. Is that the former President
has determined to remain In private
life. ^ lr Is for that reason, princi
pally. that he has'given no Inters lev s
to the special correspondent# sent *o
meet hint in Europe. As a private
citizen he does not feel that he idlould
be called on for comments on the
various political situations that arise.
"From Information that has 1u»t
been obtained, these facts are now
made absolutely certain: Colonel
Roosevelt will not be n candidate for
re-election to the presidency In 1912
under any circumstances.
"e will not be a candidate for Con
gress.
“He will not be a candidate to suc
ceed Chauncey M. Depew In the Sen
ate.
"He will not be a candidate for the
governorship of New- York, but will
Indicate hts preference for William
Doeb, Jr
“He will make one or two speeches
In the Weet, advocating the return
of republicans to the sixty-second
Congress.
"He will remain In private life, anil
will devote his efforts to his literary
work and deliver many lectures.
Satisfied With Taft.
i yiunri jvww'ru cifariy inmutirs
he is convinced that President Tart
has heen working conscientiously and
indefatlgabiy to carry out all the
Policies inaugurated during the Roose
velt regime. Those who have received
communications from him are recall
ing yiat his present attitude is In
direct line with his declaration with
regard to Mr. Taft before the latter
had assumed the office of President.
"Mr. Roosevelt’s study of foreign
governments has convinced me that
there are two ways of doing things,
each way the right way if used at
the right time. Denunciation that
rips things asunder he has found Is
the proper way of revealing political
rottenness and leveling false stand-'
arris. Compromise and concession Is
the proper method of building up
when construction is needed.
"It is being recalled, moreover, that
Colonel Roosevelt always has been a
strong party man, and thift, even
-when he used the democrats for his
own purposes, he invariably refrained
from doing anything that might give
them an advantage in an approach
ing campaign.”
WOULD NOT PERMIT
ATTACK ON RULER
Col. Roosevelt Stops Hungarian
Reading Address Reflecting
on Franz Joseph.
DRKSDKN, May 2.—Col. Roosevelt
refused to permit his love for repub
lican government to be used as a cor
sr for an anti-monarchist attack on
Emperor Frans Joseph of Austria, ac
cording to a story in the Dally Record
to-day.
The Record says that during one of
the functions in Roosevelt's honor in
Budapest recently, an address was read
to him by a prominent Hungarian anti
monarchist, in which the writer out
lined a book that he was soon to pub
lish. The address was tn Hungarian
and Was unintelligible to Roosevelt.
Frequent references to Frans Joseph,
however.- aroused the Colonel's suspic
ions and he interrupted the reader and
asked for an interpreter to translate
the address. When he found tbst it
was a bitter eattack on the Emperor,
? Roosevelt peremtorUy stopped the ad ■
MOSLEMS THREATEN
CHRISTIAN MASSACRE
Missionaries in Urumiah, Persia
- Appeal to Russian Oovern- j
ment for Protection.
TIKLIS. RLSS1A, May 2 — Mission
aries In I'rumlah, Persia, to-day ap
pealed to the Russian government tor
protection against mobs of Infuriated
modems who are threatening a mas
sacre of the Christians and orthordlk
Syrians.
The Russian missions stockade at
Lrnmlah Is crowded with refugees.
The Moslem outbreak Is supposed to
be a recurrence of the anti-Christian
demonstrations of a year ago.
The Russian legation at Tehran has
been directed to Inform the Shah that
the Persian government will be held
responsible ’
BANKHEAD LEADING
IN STATE PRIMARY
Alabama Senator Expected to
Sueeeed Himself for Demo
cratic Nomination.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA. May 2.—State
wide democratic primaries In progress
to-day are expected to resu11^ItheJ*n
lfl opposed by two candidates, to suc
ceed himself, and of Kmmet O'Neal, an
advocate of local option, as the party
candidate for governor.
POLICE IN AUTOS
, GUARD STREET CARS
Union Picket# at Barns in Colum
bus, 0. Watching for Strike
Breakers.
COLL MBl'S. O . May 2.—Escorted by
policemen tn automobiles the street
car company this morning .sent out
seven care, the most it has attempted to
operate since the strike was inaugu
rated by the conductor* and motonnen
la*t Friday.
Union pickets are stationed at all
barns to watch for strike breakers
who. It is reported, will be Imported in
r. ( tc.n t • , V h»alf f ha m t «" t Ua
The company maintains there if*
nothing u> arbitrate and refuse* abso
lutely to entertain the suggestion of
meditation.
There were no signs of violence this
morning.
draws release
Not Sufficiently KfcpnrieuceU in
Handling the Indicator to
Work in Yirgiuit League.
Umpire Henderson Travis, the new
ly appointor arbiter in the Virginia
League, ha* received his walking pa
pers. It was evident after the lirst
exhibition of his work that he was
not sufficiently experienced to do the
work on the diamond, and It was only
a matter of time before he would get
his 'release. The great trouble with
the umpire was that he did not seem
to know how to run around the dia
mond so as to be in the proper po
sition to see the plays, so as to render
the correct decisions in the Norfolk
series here he made a number of
glaring errors of judgment, and the
majority of them seemed to be due
to the fact that he was not near
enough to the play to see what was
done.
it will be remembered that when
it was anounced that 1’resident Wells,
of the league, had appointed Travis
there was a general objection through
out the circuit. Owner Bradley dic
tated a letter to President Wells pro
testing against the umpire, and the
other league magnates expressed
themselves rather strongly concern
ing the appointment of an inexperi
enced man. Umpire Travis received
his appointment through the influence
of Mr Consolvo, who is vice-presi
dent of the league and has a small
interest in the Norfolk club. It was
intimated just after the appointment
of Travis that he would favor the
received hl» appointment through
Consolvo, and was well acquainted In
that city.
Mr. Travis' successor has not yet
been appointed, but It Is expected that
another arbiter will be In the ranks
within the next few days.
NEW ENGLAND TORN
BY GREAT STRIKE
Ton Thousand Workingmen Walk
Out. Crippling Etiilding Opera
tions Movement Growing.
BOSTON, MARS., May 2.—Ten thou
sand New England working men are
on strike, or threaten to strike to-day.
Building trades In Providence, Paw
tucket. Newport, and Auburn. R. I., and
Fall River, Maas., are crippled by a
walk-out of carpenters and laborers.
Similar strikes are threatened within a
few days In Fitchburg. Gardner and
Leominster. Mass., and Portland. Maine.
The trolly men In Springfield have
voted to strike for higher wages but
their national officers planned to-day
to try to enforce a settlement.
The State Boards of arbitration are
expected to step in and endeavor to
settle the trouble.
NEW POLICE STATION
WANTED IN NORFOLK
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK. VA„ May Aider
man Phil Roskam Is to Introduce an
ordinance asking for an appropriation
of 135,000 for a new police station In
the First District.
The present station has been pro
nounced a disgrace to the city, both
from a sanitary and an architectural
standpoint. It la looked upon as a
Joke by visiting police officials and
the city Is apparently waking up to
the needs of a new station after a long
slumber. —
Dr. Christian III.
Clerk Walter Christian, of the Hust
ings Court, will leave Richmond Tues
day-at' noon for'Urbahna. in Middle
sex county, being called to the bed
side of hla uncle, Dr. William S. Chris
tian, who is very 111.
Dr. Christian Is 79 years old, and
haa many friends In this city.
POLITICAL BUTTLE
FOLLOWSCHMGES
Self Confessed Bribe Receiver
Summoned Before Chi
cago Grand Jury
SENATOR LORIMER
WILL FIGHT BACK
Holds Private Conference With
Alleged Corruptionist, Map
ping Defence—White Put>
lishes Letters.
CHICAGO. ILL.. May 2.—The fore
casted bis political battle, as a result
of the charges of Representative
Charles A. White that he had been
bribed to vote for William Lortmer fur
f'nttw»~8tgres Senator began to-day.“
Following a second conference with
States Attorney Wayman. Represen
tative W'hlte was called before a spe
cial grand Jury to tell hts story. White
was expected to fully explain his
charges that he received $1,000 to
vote for Lortmer and $800 from the
alleged legislative “jack pot."
Senator Lortmer and Representa
tives Lee O'Neil Browne and Robert
K. Wilson, the three men directly in
volved by White, are prepared to
make a vigorous fight. Messrs. Lori
mer and Browne held a conference,
which Senator Lorlmer said was of a
private nature. while Mr. Browne
stated that he and Mr. Lorlmer would
make their defense when the proper
time comes
The Chicago Tribune, which tirst
published White's charges, to-day
primed a statement by State Senator
Albert K. Isely. of New ton. Ill . in
which he alleged that one member of
the Legislature told him he had been
Senator, but refused. Isely ret used to
uame his informant.
The Tribune also published a num
ber of letters aliened to have been
add reused to Representative White by
Representatives Browne and Wilson.
In branding; White's charges false,
both Browne and Wilson declared
their acquaintance with White was
"casual."
The letters alleged to have been
written by Browne called While
"hYlend Charley.” "Friend White, '
"Old Man' and "Old Pal."
Offered Bank Stock.
The Tribune also alleged that White
has In his possession a letter offering
him stock In Senator Rorlmer'a new
bank, and stating Utat a block of
aleck ha* been held out for the sena
tor's friends. A letter alleged to Uava
been written by Browne on June 1.
1S09, tells White how to get railroad
transportation from the Alton, Illi
nois Centra! and Wabash Railroad
Companies and the Pullman Compnnj,
A further statement by White as to
his alleged relatons with Brow no Is
also published In the Tribune. He
tells of several Rake trips taken by
himself and Browne. In which he al
leges the latter spent money lavishly.
A wording t. the statement. A'hite
asked Browne to get him a job. «nd
Browne got him one in the City Hall,
through Senator Rorimer, whit h WhPo
refused to accept. The narrative also
contains this statement;
' I could not say how much monev
was paid into the 'jack pot,' but was
told by one of the old members that
It was upwards of $300,000. outside
of the senatorial deal.”
It Is unlikely that a special ses
sion of the Regisiaturo will be called
to investigate the White charges. Gov
ernor 1‘lneen and Attorney General
Stead have conferred and agreed -lu h
a sssion Is not necessary. The Got er
nor believes the matter should bo
probed through the grand juries a
Chicago »nd Springfield.
FREIGHTER ASHORE
ON VIRGINIA COAST
Steamer Rowland Stranded Off
u_ _
<’an He Saved.
NEW YORK. May 2.—The North Her
man Lloyd freight steamer Rowland
from Galveston. Texas, to Bremen,
went ashore In a heavy fog off Curri
tuck. Va.. to-day. She was reported to
he lying easily In the mud and her
captain believed *he could be pulled off
without damage. Wrecking tug* from
Merrltt-Chapman Wrecking Company
w«*r« s*nt to th« *o«ne
The Rowland Is a steamer of 4.000
tons, laden with cotton and grain. She
carried no passengers.
NOT WILLING TO PAY
FOR THE ANALYSIS
Dr. Hyde’s Attorney’s Object to
Chemical Examination on this
Ground.
i
KANSAS CITY. MO.. May 2.—Dr. B.
Hyde's attorneys declined 16-day ~ to
.avail themacivea of Judge Utshaw's
offer to appoint a poison commission
to analyze any part of Colonel, Thomas
H. Swope's body in order to disprove
that the defendant murdered the mil
lionaire with cyanide of potassium.
The attorneys said to-day It Is now
too late to get results that would de
termine the causa of death. The ex
pense of analysis. If ordered under the
court's offer, would have to be borne
by the defense. Dr. Hyde Is not will
ing to pay the considerable sum that
would be required, but If the State will
bear the expense the Sefenae la willing
that It be made.
Dr. Hecjttoen was recalled when the
trial was rer.umed to-day.
CHINESE RIOTERS /
QUIETED AT LAST
WASHINGTON. 1). v.. May'Quut
has been restored at last In the pro*
vlnee of Hu Nan according to reporta
received to-day at the State Depart
ment from Minister Calhoun nl Pekin.
Most of tbo missionaries have loft the
province.
SERIOUSLY WOUNDS HER HUSBAND
AND THEN ENDS HER OWN LIFE
DOCTOR KILLED
Dr. 8. I'. Latane’s Neck Broken
When Auto (Joes Over Em
bankment.
CHAUFFEUR ALSO HURT
Dead Physician Well Known
Throughout State—Died Be
fore Aid Could Arrive.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
WINCHESTER. VA., May 2.—
While responding to a call from a
patient in this county in his auto
Sunday night. It. Samuel P. Hatane,
dne ot the most prominent of the
younger physicians in the valley, was
hurled under his machine, which
went over an embankment in the
darkness and instantly kUIed. His
neck was broken.
Ijesiie M. Brown, who was driving
the machine, was badly hurt.
Dr. I-atmie was a member of a
! prominent Virginia family, his fathei
i being the late Bishop Samuel H.
[Litane, of the Virginia diocese Prutea
1 tant Episcopal church. He was a
graduate or the l nivermtles or Mary
land and of Heidelberg, Germany. He
was 36 years of age and is survived
by a widow, who was Miss Elisabeth
Love, the daughter of Dr. Wiliam 8.
1 Liove, of Winchester.
' Dr. Latane was the son of Bishop
; James A. Latane, of the Reformed
1 Episcopal church, of Baltimore. He
was a brother-in-law of Dr. Wilton
Hope, of Hampton, and closely related
to Congressman flood. Representative
James Lewis, of Essex county, and
Mrs. Richard E. Byrd.
He was born in 1874. In 1897 he
graduated from the University of
! Maryland, and for some time was con
; needed with Baltimore hospitals, tak
ing a prominent iotrt tn the medical
! faculty of that city.
He was elected to the State Board of
! Health when it waa organised two
years ago, and subsequently waa made
secretary of the board.
On account of hts knowledge of tu
! berculosls and his activity In lighting
' that disease he was sleeted chairman
1 of the tuberculosis committee.
His principal work done In con nee -
1 tIon with the board has been In plari
1 nlng and carrying out tuberculoaia
campaigns, lie took an active interest
In the establishment of the .Catawba
Sanatorium and to his work Is due
largely the success of that institution.
EFOOKW ORaTp ROVES
- FATAii TG YOUTH
(Special to Th* HU hmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA., May 2.—
The first death from tile bookworm
was officially reported Monday morn
ing when James R. Sheppard, the fif
teen-year-old son of Thomas 8. Shep
JMurd. died.
Webb
r' '* *•
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“ Jrte&M ■“ -*■ - ~4*r :-f. •
TkU (group mkncn pictures of Mr.
aatl Mr*. Webb, (Mr two rhlldrra. and
Mrs. Wrbb’a father, Mr. W. K. Starke.
PROF. NOAH OAVIS
APPROACHING END
Distinguished Old Scholar of Uni
| versitv of Virginia Roport
ed Sinking.
MANY YEARS OF SERVICE'
Third to Hold Chair of Moral
Philosophy Since Founding
of Institution.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.. May 2.
j—The condition of Professor Noah K.
I ‘avis, at his homo on West Main
street, is critical. For some months
his debility has been Increasing until
It Is now so acute that contained with
his advanced age, now within a lew
days of eighty years. It points unmis
takably to an early end.
Professor Davis is the third of three
distinguished scholars and philoso
phers who, up to the time of his re
tirement In 1306, held the chair of
moral philosophy In the University of
Virginia from Its inauguration in
Us3(>, a period of eighty years. He
i wan the tlrst of the scholars of that
institution to tie retired on the Car
. negie foundation for the encouragv
1 TO tint of teaching, a distinction well
deserved after so many years of frolt
TuT Tabor in which he won eminence
as teacher, preacher and author.
| • Ills latter years have been quietly
spent, cheered and heartened by the
euteem and veneration of many friends
j and former students. His wife and
: children aro with him now, and every
thing that watchful affection can find
to do is done for his comfort.
IliAMB SENDS HIS CIIEt'K,
WICKHAM SOON WILL TOO
; Representative latmb has mada-hts
deposit of for primary expenses,
with Chairman E. D. O. Scott, of the
Third Congressional Committee, The
cheek and a letter from Captain
lend) In which ho announced hie can
didacy was received by Mr. BcoH at
live minutes after 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
Stat s Sana t or T Ashby WokbnBtc
who has announced his candidacy,
said Monday morning that he had
received encouraging reports from
all parts of the district and would
mail his check for $710 to Mr. Scott
within the next several days
A** ' •
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Mrs Webb of Washington
Ward Shoots Her Hus
band and Herself
FATHER GIVES HIS BLOOD
BUT TO NO AVAIL
Fatally Wounded By Her Own
Hand Soon Expires—Mind
Affected by Continued
111 Health.
Distracted by » malignant illness,
from which she had been suffering
for several years, Mrs. tola Webb
•hot her husband, painfully, though
not seriously, wounding him, then
turned a .32 calibre revolver upon
herself with fatal effecta. The tragedy
took place Sunday morning about 9:30
o'clock at the home of the couple.
No. *22# Bainbrldge street. Washing
ton ward. The woman selected her
twenty-eighth birthday for the crime.
Mr. Webb and his wife were rushed
to the Memorial Hospital, where he
roic efforts were made to save the
woman's life. Her father, Mr. Wil
liam E. Starke, of No. 14 27 Hull
street, submitted to a transfusion of
blood from his body to revive a spark
of life In his daughter, but this proved
useless. She died Sunday night about
9 o'clock. Her wound was In the
abdomen, and caused Internal hemor
rhages.
Husband will Ilex-over.
The wound of the husband Is In
the neck. He was operated upon and
the bullet Removed through the
mouth. He will recover. It Is said.
The shooting took place while Mr.
Webb was preparing to go to church.
He was arranging his clothing when
hls wife entered the room, and before
he was aware of her motive, heard
a report of the revolver and felt a
stinging pain in hls neck. He rushed
Into the street, calling for help.
"My wife has shot me," he scream
ed. "Go to her quick' 1 know she
will kill' herself!"
A friend was passing at the time,
and seeing the condition of the m«n
rut him In a buggy and rushed him
to the office of l>r. E o-irg who or
dered »he man transferred immediate
•y to the hospital.
Found Her Dying.
Neighbors. in the meantime, oul
rushed Into the little home and found
AW. Webb moaning upon the Moor
of the back stoop. There was no evi
aence or a wound. She -"ailed time
and affairs for chloroform, bu: would
permit no one to touch her.
Mrs. J. H. Wallen, a neiffhbor, sum
moned Dr. E. O. Hill, who called the
ambulance of the City Hospital. Not
until an examination was made at the
hospital was the extent of the voin
an's injuries known.
Attending physicians saw no ho,»e
for her recovery, but as a last tesort
called upon Mr, Starke._her father to
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WOMAN BLO WN TO ATOMS
IN BUCK HAND OUTRAGE
Dynamite Placed in Kindling
Wood Thought Intended for
Victim's Husband.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., Way 1,-All
outrage, believed the work of the
black hand, was perpetrated In the
Italian section here to-day when dyna
mite placed In kindling wood, exploded
In a kitchen stove killing Mrs. Yetta
Freedman, 78 years old, wife of s
wealthy real estate owner, The aged
woman was blown through two walls
to the front of the house, and mangled
beyond recognition,
Several other persons living on the
upper floors were badly shaken up, but
escaped ecrtou® Injury, ■ Several pas
sers-by were painfully Injured by fly
ing bricks and timber.
Joseph Freedman, owner of the
building, who ewns half a hundred oth
er buildings In the section, la the per
son against whom the dynamite Is be
lls ved to have boon designed.
Residents Sure President
There to See Pirates ,%m
Whip Cubs
KEPT ON THE MOVE
BEFORE THE Gi
Many Other Distinguished Gue*K
Will Attend Awericua Club
Dinner—President Will §
Eulogize Mr. Knox. %
PITTSBURO, PA.. Way 2.
faf t," America's leading baseball tan*
took possession of Pittsburg W-dsy
with little pomp or ceremony,
with a whole tot
rooting for “Oh, you BUI!"
Nobody In FlttsDurg believes that
President Taft came here for any
other purpose than to see the Pirated
tie knots In the tali of the Cuba.
Huge placards on trolley cars, on
fences, walls and billboards an
nounced that “Taft will watch the
game''—that la he Is to be the guest
of the Amerlcus Club at Its grant dine
ner to-night Is lost sight of entirely.
But to-day. May 2. was a postponed
moving day In Pittsburg, and Pitt#*
burg kept the President on the OOf*
while he waited for the ball game.
Early this morning a committee «•*
corted him from the home of his stt"
ter-ln-law, Mrs. Thomas K. l.aughlln,
r.i thi. <'h rni.srta Institute where IlS
delivered tho principal address at tte»
Founders’ I >ay celebration. Another .
distinguished truest, Count Conrad d*
Beulsseret, the Belgian minister, also
spoke, discoursing on the "AesthatM
Side «»f Belgian history.''
Pittsburg had its full share of dis
tinguished guests to-day. Besides tho
I’resideut and the Belgian minister.
Secretary of State Knlox, Count vote •
Bernstorff, the German ambassadors
Senators Boies Pen roe, of Pennsyls
vani.% and Borah, of Idaho; Chief
Willis Moore, of the national weather
bureau, and half a score of represen
tatives were on hand at the vartste
functions of the day. After two hour*
at the Carnegie Institute, the Presi
dent and his party were taken to fht»
Cnlverslty Club for luncheon and m>
small reception. From there he went
to the Schenley Hotel for a short
rest
To Root for Pittsburg. *
This afternoon, though, will
the big bout. The President
party will be taken (Mil SB
field, and the first fan of the
wilt get a real fan’s seat along
first base line. It is rumored that I
President has a small bet on the
rates with "Brother Charley,’’ who t
rived here to-day, and who
owner is an enthusiastic Cub rootsr.
No official confirmation of the wags?
is obtainable, but it is 'certain that
"Bill” will use his vast lung powcg
to aid the Smoky City ball to
At. to-night’s Amerteus Club
quet the President will devote
of his speech to a eulogy of
tary Knox's work in the state depart
ment. and an exposition of our pres
ent foreign relations. As Pittsburg tte
.Secretary Knox’s home, the Presidentl
thinks that the secretary of Stata
should be the center of attraction.
Senator Penrose !* ill and will not
attend to-night’s banquet He tsls
graphed Senator George T. Oliver that
he was sick in Philadelphia, and hM
physicians had advised him any -S—
cltement might retard recovery.
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GOVERNOR HASKELL
PLACED ON TRIAIi
(’harped With Conspiracy to Dgg
fraud Government in Sche
duling' of Citv Lots. V
TVhBA. OKLA., Mar 2.—The trial aft %
Governor Charles N. Haskell and oth -
ers charged with conspiracy to de- '•
fraud the government by fraudulent
scheduling lota In the city of Muek*« .
gee, when non-cltlxens were glwejk '
property rights in the Greek netloa
town sites, was opened to-day in
TTnlted States Court, Judge John .
Marshall presiding.
About 500 witnesses have been euh*':’?i
poenaed. from every part of the lTnlt«<| i
States and the trial may last several-iS
weeks.
The defendants, besides Governs* .i
Haskell, are Walter Baton. W. U
Hutchings, Frederick S, Severs, dale V \
cnee Turner and A. Z. English.
The maximum punishment Is tmpria* S
onment for one year In a Federal JhkJsI
and 16.000 fine or both.
AUTOISTS REPORTED
BY THE POLIGB
One for Exceeding Speed
and Two for Not Having
Proper Numbers.
The police continue to report
who are alleged "scorchers.” or
riders.” Scarcely a Sunday
that one or two are not reported
running their machines faster
the ordinance prescribes, and
have been summoned, who are
be summoned; Tor Hot "having'
numbers and proper lights on
cars.
Officer G. W. Thurman reported
George C. Gregory for running
mobile No. 2398 faster than the
nance allows, and for not _
light in the rear of the machine.
Messrs. I. K. Kauffman, 401
Broad, and A. Greenwall, 600"
Broad, were reported by Officer '
streets with Improper numbers,
streets with imprope numbers.
ALBANIANS RETREAT
BUT STILL FIG
VIENNA, May *—The
els who retreated from
have taken up a still atro;
in tha Karnaugh Mourn
to to-day's dispatches 1—
nople, and ere continuing
resistance to the Turkish
The dispatches say that
Mwitw of 160 Turks end '
killed In the Kachantk
.are thr taeMw,