THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. MS 10 h m SAYS JAPAN W PREPARING. TAKE OUT MAN'S HEART, Naval and Military Expc dition To Be Mobilized in Venezuelan Waters. BATTLESHIPS TO LEAD DemoiiNtrtitioH Will lie Mmlo As Boon tin ConjiiTMS Gives the Word -Direct leiiw Given Arc Hclng Guard ed Closely mill Trunmnlttod Ver bally from Bureau to Bureau. Washington, April 9. rians are being elaborated In detail for the mobilization of a Joint military and naval force In Venezuelan waters as soon as possible after President Roosevelt obtains Congressional sanction to resort to force against Castro. It may not be deemed nec Msary by the administration to make tttls martial demonstration, but the War and Navy Departments are both mapping out a tentative military movement. The President cannot constitution ally declare war Against Venezuela. Legislative authority would be re quired for a such a campaign, and the present preparation of plans la understood to be mefely In accord tilth the policy of mapping out cam paigns for possible emergencies. The directions given In the present In stance are, however, the most ex plicit made since the army and r.rivy ware ordered to prepare for part'ei patlon In the International relief 1 li PRESIDENT CA3TRO. solumn against Pckln during the 3oxer troubles, and are being guard d closely and transmitted verbally rom bureau to bureau. If the mobilization now under con jideratlon is ordered into effect the 'jid battleships Indiana and Iowa, vhich have been in reserve at League inland and Norfolk, would have to 39 placed in commission, but they '-ould be made available on several ays' niotice. The principal vessels la be counted upon would be the new battleships Idaho, Mississippi and Aw Hampshire, which are soon to ie commissioned W. G. Smith a Sulcldo. Waverly.N. V., April 8. Walter O. jjmlth, ex-Captain of the Seventy-i-Mirth regiment of Buffalo and later '.ashler of the Marie Antoinette Ho ."al of New York, committed suicide '.ere by shooting himself In the brain, i'he body was fouud by two flsher .aen. It was lying face downward A the mud and underbnuih four liles from here, on the banks of the tasquehanua River. It was at first alleved that Smith had been mur ' tered, but the Cororer and medical rxaminers say tho case is one of sul ide. Capt. Smith disappeared from ew York last January. Ho was Teasurer and Secretary for the pro Tletors of tho Marie Antoinette IIo- Magistrate Held as Thief. Waterlniry, Conn., April 9. Ker- ill Klmberly, 35, of Goshen, who ..ir years lias enjoyed tho confldenre his fullow-iowiismen as a Bt;:il -.id solid citien, has been arrested i a bench warrunt, charging h:m '!th ninny burglaries. The- m:.u as confessed to having stolen from y dozen p!ace3 and has turned over ; largo amount of plunder. Ho Fays: . felt an IrrcslKtlblo impulse to ste;il, 'gainst which my mind was a feeble vombatant. It's all over, it's a cr r 1 ad off and I am j;lad." He was a ,rand Jury Justice, and strong In :iie graxiges and In tho Church and -ioclally. ftomen Seize and Destroy Whiskey. Nashville, Tenn., April 9. At Lt x Sftgton, Tenn., members of the Wont in's ChilsU'in Temperance Union, ieetroyed about forty, gallons of hiskey belonging to a saloon keeper ho had recently removed to that lace from Jackson, a "dry" town, ttie women reimbursed the owner the whiskey destroyed. Emma Goldman Gets Back. Winnipeg, Man., April 9. Emma Soldman, who it was believed would e barred from the United States by he Immigration authorities has roBsed the border without lnterfer noe. She came to Winnipeg to loc are on Soelnllsm and addressed tho treet car men, advising them to i trike unless eranted au eight-hour tlay. , . ; - 4 . ' r s ,: jATIS police cun anarchists. Gathering of Agitators In Printing Oltlrc Is Quickly Broken fp. Pnterson, N. J., April 9. Pr.rrcl by the order of IMayor MeBiido from holding an advertised meeting In Turner Hall, Patcrson, N. J., the local "reds," with Luodvlco CamlniU and "La Question Soclalo" group t their head, retreated to the office of that publication, at 73 Prospect street, Tnterson, and attempted to hold the meeting In deflanco of the municipal authorities. Bsforo the meeting wag fifteen minutes old, Captain Tnylor, at tho head of a special detail of fifty po licemen, rushed the printing oCTcc, ordered Camlnlta to disperse tho crowd, and when he demurred, brought In bis men and clubbed tho anarchists into the street and of! the streets. While the anarchists offered no physical resistance they left the hall in a sullen and vengeful mood and It was the opinion of those familiar with the situation that the suppress ive measures may resort In violence before the anarchists are driven out of Pat rson. To Fight Aldrlrlt I till. Chicago, April 9. A combined at tack uron the Aldrlch currency bill by some of the most powerful finan cial interests In tha country will be the outcome of an important con ference of the National Bank Presi dents held in Chicago. The meeting was attended by near ly every President of a National Dank in Chicago. Without a dis senting voice the bankers declared that tho following provisions in the measure should be vigorously op posed. Increasing tho amount of cash reserves banks must keep In their vaults and prohibiting banks loaning money to concerns In which their officers or directors are Inter ested. More Gould Troubles. New York, April 8. Howard Gould's answer to the application of his wife, Katherlne Clemnions Gould, for a separation for alleged abandon ment, cruelty, and non-support, has beeh filed in the Supreme Court. It covers twenty-eight typewritten pages, sets forth many alleged short comings of Mrs. Gould, among them intoxication and misbehavior at va rious times and places, and names William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) as one whose relations with Mrs. Gould were illegal, and also Durtln Far num, the actor, as a person with whom Mrs. Gould was infatuated, and who, according to the affidavit, met Mrs. Gould in many cities. Aged Politician Kills Girl. Pittsburg, Pa., April 8. Dorothy Yost, a Beventeen-year-old girl, mem ber of the choir of the First Presby terian Church of McKee'u Rocks, a Pittsburg suburb, was murdered "by Samuel L. Gardner, aged fifty-seven years, one of the leading citizens, formerly City Engineer and a lead er In politics. Gardner then turned the. revolver, chootlng himself through the body and mouth, falling unconscious over the dead body of Miss Yost. He died two hours later in the hospital. The death of Miss Yost, however, was instantaneous, as he shot her through the heart three times. Julia Mnrlowe Named In Divorce Suit, Boston, April 9. Miss Julia Mar lowe, the actress, and Miss Maud Thorbura Backus, are named in an action for divorce brought by Miss Clara Louise von Herrmann against her husband Karl Stephen von Herr mann. The suit waj brought in Salem, Essex County, and the alle gation Is made that the husband of the plaintiff and the two women men tioned have been together in twenty different places In this country and abroad. Von Herrmann the defend ant, la a former newspaper man end magazine writer. Dynamiter Kills Officer la Court. Terro Haute, Ind., April 9. Just after a jury had returned a verdict finding Henry F. McDonald guilty of dynamiting a church and two stores at Kanford. tha convicted man drew a pistol and opened fire. He killed Chief of Detectives William E. Dwy er and weum'.rd five others. McDcm r.ld h'm.'ielf fell in the courtroom bat tle that followed wounded by a doz en bullets (rem tho officers' pistols, but stl'.l Is living. Wants Hymns Whistled. Plttsburc, April 8. The Rev. J. R. ITomminer, an evangelist, who lias recently coi'io to tho lie'devuo teih odist Episcopal Church from Car Halo, I'eun., to conduct a revival, lin.i crcatel much Interest by Instating Vint his congregation whlstlo tho hymn tunes as well aa s;n,i tliein. In this way, he. asserts, tin, men w ho cannot sing, or do not sing, will pick up the tunes and whlstlo them out side, which will do much good. Oust Mrs. Thaw and Thomas. New York, April S. Evelyn Nss bit Thaw and Edward R. Thomas were asked to leave the grill of tho Hotel Knickerbocker in Tim to Square the other night, owing to the desire of tho hotel to avoid notoriety, according to the management Pilot Ifielnds Restored. Memphis, Tenn., April 9. Having served six months' sentence or sus pension by special order of President Roosevelt, Clarence Nichols, the old time River pilot, wan restored to t.ood standing by local uteaciboat of ficials, , HI B win Covering Minor Happen ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIQN Compiled ond Condensed for the lluay Render A Complete Record f European Despatches and Im portant Events from Everywhere Dolled Down for Hanty Pcrimal. At a meeting of the Ethlcal-Sorlal Lecgue, at which it was said there were two hundred thousand unem ployed persons In New York, begin ning of public works was urged as one method of dealing with the un employed situation. The United States Senate, alarmed by the prospects of a treasury defic iency, will call a halt on legislation railing for big expenditures. Charles M. Schwab has announced that a new and Important Iron ore deposit In Cuba has been acquired by the Bethlehem Steel Company. Senator Hale criticised Secretary Taft for favoring a larger army and tnade a bitter attack on militarism. It has been decided by the New York Conference to suggest to the highest body of the Methodist Epis copal Church that the sect lor. forbid ding dancing and other amusements bo repealed. Joseph Lasalla a convict In Sing Slr.g, dropped out of line, hid all day In a shop, climbed the wall at night and escaped. The United States Supreme Court bas decreed that ownership cf stock passes the moment a sale lc made on margin. Girls of the BInghairton (N. Y.) High School by an artful device cap tured the boys of Colgate Univer sity's Musical Clubs and spoiled a re ception arranged by girls of the Lady Jane Grey School. S. S. McClure has bought from Harold Roberts the ctock which the latter owned in the S. S. McClure Company and in the McClure Com pany. Ellery Sedgwick and others have almost completed negotiations for the purchase of the Atlantic Monthly. Armed with a revolver for fear of the Black Hand society, the Rev. Vin cent Sorrento dedicated the Church of Our Lady of the Loretto in Brooklyn, N. Y. E. H. Harriman Is said to be at work to present the parsage of the bill to abolish stock gambling. Albany despatches report a plan to force Governor Hughes to take the nomination for the Vice Pesldency. Arrangements have been made to open Gray headquarters at Washing ton. The Populist National Convention after the Bryan delegates from Nebraska and Minnesota had bolted, nominated Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for President, and Samuel Williams of Indiana for Vice Presi dent. The revised itinerary of the battle ships' homeward cruise from San Francisco, has been announced, pro viding for target practice at Manila and for arrival at Hampton Roads on February 22, 1909. It la charged that five men in con trol of the New York Metropolitan Street Railway Company contributed $500,000 to the national campaign of 1900 and were reimbursed from the company's treasury. FOREIGN. A despatch from Rome says a fam ily conference was held there regard ing the arrangement of a marriage engagement between the Duke of the AbruzzI and Miss Elklns, at which the Duke Is said to have confirmed his reported engagement. In a special despatch from Shang hai it is stated that Pekin is now greatly alarmed by the return of the anti-dynaatic students from Japan, and precautions are being taken at all the legations. Rioting In Lisbon after tho polls closed was only put down 'after troops had fired on the mobs, killing or wounding an unknown number of persons. Count and Countess Rzechenyl wero so annoyed by tho curious and tho beggars that they wero glad to leave Budapest for tho Count's home at Ormezoe. It Is stated in a despatch from Paris that Dr. Hill was cordially greeted by tho German ambassador to Franco at a reception he! 1 by tho American Anilmador and was as sured of a warm welco'uo in Berlin. Tho Japanese decision tlrcgallng the extra territorial functions of for eign consuls in the Liao-Tung penin sula is considered, says a Epeclal de spatch from Shanghai a serious in fringement of tho rights of foreign ers. Castro's answer to Root's demand that certain claims against Venezu ela be arbitrated is an Insinuation that the American Congress will not approve tho Washington Administra tion's position. A British torpedc-boat destroyer was sunk by a cruistr with the loss of thirty-six men at Plymouth, Eng. 1 According to a special Madrid de spatch, an English detective who has uoen assisting the Barcelona police In discovering the authors of the ter- ! rorlst campaign there, hao exposed . the whole anarchist plot and will soon make sensational disclosures la 1 the foreign. arM Hobn Declares that We Should R Ready for Any Emergency. Washington, April 9. Pointing out what he declared to be the pre carious condition of the N'Rtional de fence of the United States both in tho Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Mr. Hob son of Alabama, in a speech on the Naval bill, made a plea for two bat tleships of 25,000 tons displacement, In addition to the two authorized by the Naval Appropriation bill. The possibility of a conflict with Japan was discussed at length by Mr. Hobson, "It is true that America only asks a fair chance and no favor simply the open door policy In China but this policy goes contrary to Japanese ambitions." Pursuing his analysis of the con ditions in the Pacific, Mr. Hobson de clared that "we cannot Ignore the fact that Japan has undertaken stu pendous war preparations which has doubled the national debt of Japan since the war with Russia ended. It Is estimated that she 'bag between 800,000 and 400,000 men under arms yet there is no menace from the armies of Siberia or the armies of China or the armies of Europe. No nation since the world began has ever maintained such an army under such conditions, except as a prep aration for an early campaign of aggression.' Wheels Are Turning. Buffalo, N. i., April 8. After four months of Idleness, the rail mill of the Lackawanna steel plant and the furnaces that feed It have gone back to work. As a consequence two thousand steel workers and laborers have been added to the working force lncreaslnglt from twenty-five hundred to forty-five hundred men. The full force is seven thousand men. Pittsburg, Pa., April 8. About six hundred additions men were put to work when the open hearth furnaces and the shaping and structural mills of the Homestead steel works re sumed. Notices were posted an nouncing that several departments In the Howard Axle Works would re sume work at once. New London, Conn., April 8. The Nlantlc Manufacturing Company, of East Lynne, is running overtime to fill orders. The mill employs about 1C0 men. Okuina On Our Great Fleet. Toklo, April 7. Count Okuma re ceived lately a delegation of Japan ese residing In Sacramento, Cal., and Japanese newspaper men of San Francisco, who wished to get his views on the emigration problem. The Count Is reported to have said: "It is very difficult to find out the object of sending the American bat tleship fleet to the Pacific at this time A good deal has been made of the movement by the European press, and it is looked upon there as an occur rence of unusual significance. But Japan has received the assurance of the United States Government that it is not intended as a menace to Japan but is merely undertaken to train of ficers and men. Bill to End Watering Stocks. Trenton, April 9. New Jersey, which has been called the "Mother of Trusts," went on record In the lower house as the first State In the Union to pass a measure protecting the American investor from the stock watering sharks of Wall street. By a unanimous vote the bill Introduced Into the Assembly here by the Dem ocratic leader, Mark A. Sullivan, was approved on Its third reading and sent on Its way to the Senate for the concurrence of that body. Fugitive Caught In Mountain Cave. New York, April 9. After a five months' search Daniel R. Delancy, who lived at 94 Hamilton Place, was arrested and brought to New York by Detectives Gegan and Wilbur on a charge of grand larceny. They caught him in Gee Cave at the sum mit of a mountain near Mountain dalo, Sullivan County, N. Y. For three weeks Delaney had been living In the cave. He had two blood hounds, three bird dogs, and four other dogs with him, betides guns and ammunition. Evaim's Gunners Shatter Records. Fan Diego, Cal., April 9. Every ship in tho Ceet at Magdalena Bay has broken her gunnery record with points to spc.ro, and the announce ment may be expected that somo of them individually and tho fleet as a whole hung up world's records. This news has been brought hero by Lieu tenant Commander O, II. Bradshaw, and Lieutenant R. D. Whlto, v.ho were assigned from Washington to report on tho target practlco held at Magdalena Bay. Britain Premier Gives Up Office. London, April 7. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerrnan has resigned the Premiership of Great Britain and his reslgnaton has been accepted. II is understaood that Herbert S. As qtilth, the Chancollor of the Ex chequer will succeed Sir Henry. Tha King has summoned him to Biarl-itz. Owen Must Puy $10,000 Fee. Washington, April 9. United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, must pay the local law firm of Dudley & Mlchner f 10,000 for services In connection with an al lowance of the $5,000,000 claim of tho Cherokee Indians, granted by tha last Congress, according to a decslon by Justice Robb of the District Court of -Appeals. The decision says that Senator Owen received as an attor Bey'g fee o 87BQ.PO0. . . . K ID Ill ' Papers for Absolute Div orce Served on Her Husband. HE SAILS FOR EUROPE She Wn Miss Ellen French General ly Known ns "Elsie"-Pnlr Separ ated Only Recently, but the Trou ble Between Them is of Long Standing, New York, April 9. Reports cur rent for a week of the differences between Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Owynno Vanderbllt were confirmed by the fil ing of a suit ngalnst Mr. Vanderbllt by his wife. So closely were the de tails of the proceeding guarded by the principals and their attorney that no intimation was given by them as to the exact character of the action, whether for separation or absolute divorce, but a deputy In the County Clerk's office, through whose hands the papers passed, said they were marked "for absoluto divorce." From the most authentic source It was learned that the sympathies of tho Vanderbllt family are with the pallntlff In the suit. It was said, however, that there would be no se rious defence entered. Coincident with the filing of the suit Alfred G. Vanderbllt departed for England on the Mauretania. He has engaged a London house for ten days. For some months past rumor hns bpen busy with the' domestic affairs of tho Alfred Gwyne Vanderbllts, but It was not until recently that the rup lf . iiS tag 'i stCSfivr ' . A. C. VANDERBILT. ture between the young pair became so strained that Mrs. Vanderbllt left her home in Newport, taking her be longings, while Mr. Vanderbllt an nounced his intention of going to Europe. Mrs. Vanderbllt was Miss Ellen French, though Bhe was generally known as "Elsie." She Is a daugh ter of the late Francis Ormond French. She married Mr. Vander bllt on Jan. 11, 1901. at St. John's Church, Newport, and there Is one child, William Henry Vanderbllt. who was born Nov. 24, 1901. Alfred Vanderbllt has latterly spent much of his timo away from his wife, who hns lived chiefly at their farm nt Portsmouth, near New port. They have never had n town house, always living In hotels or apartments. Since the opening of the Plaza Hotel, Mr. Vanderbllt has found a home there when In the city. Senate Against Hotting. Albany, N. Y., April 8. After a bitter debate the Senate advanced to the order of third reading without opposition the Agnew-Hart bills em bodying the Governor's recommenda tion for the suppression of race track gambling. This action was taken af ter a proposition to postpone the tak ing effect of the proponed laws until Sept. 1 had been voted down. Tho voto on this proposition, 20 to 23, may be a fair test cf how tho vote will stand on final passago. Heflin Hcdd fr Trial. Washington, D. C, April 9. Representative Helliu of Al:i bi'ir.a, in police court after a plea of not guilty, gave bond of $3,000 for appearance for triul on two charges cf assault with a danger ous weppon. Bond was immediale-J ly furnished by O. G. Staples, pro prietor of tho hotel where tho Ala bama Congressman ta stopping. 2,000 Steel Men Resume V.'oi!:. Buffalo, April ! , The Lackawan na Steel Company has put 2,000 men to work. Half of them are skilled steelmakers and tho remainder lub orors. Tho company have a totil force of 4,500 men at 1 week with prospects of continuing for Boverul months. Kills Herself for Her Dog. Mlllvlllo, N. J., April 9. Brooding ever the death of a pet dog, Mrs. Hannah Willis threw herself Into the Richmond Mill Pond near her home and was drowned. Tillman in a Sanitarium. Atlanta, April 9. Senator Tillman has arrived here and went Immedi ately to a sanitarium, where he will remain for several weeks. His con jltlon la said to be satisfactory. Surgeon Pcrfi.i'tu Operation on .(h. lete Stabbed In Slreet Affray. New York. April t. With thrc stUchcn In his heart, twelve stltchd In the pericardium, the bag which Incloses the heart, and two of his ribs removed, Robert Inglls, 23 yean old, of No. 99 Palisaclo Avenue, Yon kers. Is making a fight for life in st. Joseph's Hospital in that city. jn an altercntlon In the street with a Pole, Inglls was stabbed In the heart with a knife. The vitality of tho young man was so remarkable that he called out for tho police to ahl him and to arrest his assailant, Iden tified his assailant after ho had bo tt arrested and then underwent trans fer of two blocks to the hospital, where ho was under ether two hours while the surgeons operated on him. He Is still alive and the surgeon say they believe he will survive tin injury and the operation. Snys Protestantism Is Doomed. New Haven, Conn., April i. Ths Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth has written a pungent book, which asserts that Protestantism has passed Into decttr and Is to be succeeded by modernized Catholicism. As he is pastor of Cen ter Congregational Church, the old est Church in Connecticut, and Is a member of the Yale Corporation, ths university governing the body, his book has mnde a great stir. Whlla he sees the beginning of the end of the Protestant movement, Dr. Smyth, when It comes to the future of Cath bllclsm by no .neans tekes ground with the representative of the Rom an Catholic faith. The disintegration which 1p at work in Protestantism Is, accordlrg to Dr. Smyth, appearing In another form in Catholicism that of modernism. Oil Gusher to SupMtrt Church. Butler, Pa., April 7. No services could be held In tho Reformed church at Petersvillo, tho "Cabbana Patch" oil district of this county, be cause the congregation having gone Into oil prospecting, struck a gusher on the church lot, fifty feet from th building. The flow came In so strontj that a large force had to be kept at work to caro for tho oil. The lucky strike Is a godsend to the congrega tion, which Is In debt for Its proertr and owes Is pastor back salary. The well. It is believed will pay off all debts and provide a teat sum besides for future expenses. Baby Weighs 23 Ounces. Scranton', Pa., April 7. The small est mite of humanity that has ever seen the light In Lackawanna County hns been born to Mr. and Mrs. Georifr Dlehl, of the Boulevard Hotel. Tl little stranger weighs twenty-thru; ounces and is physically perfect 1 shape and form. The attending doc tor says that the baby will live. Election Without Use of Money. Catsklll, N. Y., April 8. At ths charter election the Democrats elect ed one Trustee and the Collector, and the Republicans one Trustee and ths Treasurer. Not one cent of money was used by either Bide, for the flrttt time in years. To Stump in an Airship. Chicago, April 7. Sherble Beck er, the "boy mayor of Milwaukee," announced in Chicago last night that he had purchased a balloon in SL LouIb, and that if he runs for Gov ernor of Wisconsin this fall, as he may, he will use the balloon for stump speaking. Gutes Fights Stanuurd. Austin, Tex., April 9. The John W. Gates Refining Company has cut tha price of kerosene to 5 cents gallon and gasolene to 10 cents per gallon In its competition with the Waters-Pierce branch of the Stand ard Oil Company lu Texas. Prominent cattlo growers declare that many healthy uittle have been destroyed by tho New York Statu Health Department through errors 'a tho bovine tuberculosis tests. Ex-Judgo W. M. Rogers, of Np London, Conn., wKo declared his life to have been a failure killed his wife and himself. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Products Quoted for tho Week. WHEAT No. 2, Red, 99iC No. 1 Northern Dululii, $l.HTi CORN No. 2, 70fj74ic. OTT3 Mixed, white 56c. MILK 3',ie. per quart. BUTTER Western firsts, 26 0 27c. St:to Dairy 24 Q 26c. CHEESE State, full cream. 15 1 U Vl c EG'.S- -Stato and nearby, fancy. 19?j20e; Jo., good to cholco nailSVa; western Arista 15Vi 'J 16 Vic BEEVES City Dressed 9 Virile CALVES City Dressed, 8 13c. Country dressed 7 lie. SHEEP per 100 lbs., $6.00. HOGS Live per 100 lbs..$6.00CJ S6.80. HAY Prime per 100 lbs., 97 STRAW Long Rye, 60 70c. LIVE POULTRY Chickens per lb.. 1214o.; Turkeys per lb., 14&S Duks per lb., 16c; Fov. Is per lb.. 140. DRESSED POULTRY Turkeys nor lb. 12 17c; Fowls per lb., 12 15c; Chickens, Phlla., per lb. 3 5 40c. ONIONS White per bbl., $4,000 $4.60. iVKGETABLES Potatoes. L, I.. P j bbl., $2.60$2.76.