JUST TO SHOW WE'RE A NAVAL POWER Real Meaning of the Big Fleet Demonstration. AS A GUARANTEE OF PEACE The Rapid Transfer of Our Fighting Strength--President Roosevelt Desires the Far East and Whole World to See What the Newer and Greater American Navy Is Like. Oyster Bay, N. Y. significance of Rear son's addition to meager information which has come from President Roosevelt regarding the contemplated two-ocean maneu- vers of the Atlantic battleship fleet, is regarded here as having been over- looked in the comment, expert and otherwise, which has since been in- dulged in on both continents. Admiral Brownson come to Oyster Bay Friday to take lunch with the President, professing entire ignor- ance of the maneuver plans. When he left Sagamore Hill to take the train for Washingten, the Admiral had one thought which he wished emphasized — that it was desirable and important to demonstrate to the world how quickly the American Navy could transfer its fighting strength from one ocean to the other, This was distinctly an addition to the Presdient's previous statement issued through ary Loeb, wherein the object of the maneuvers was said to be an exercise movement for the benefit of the Navy, to per- (Special) .—The Admiral Brown- the somewhat secret fect its training in fleet exercises on an extended scale, and | effect of the hen- | efit of the The What came from President Roose- velt through Admiral Brownson {is decidedly a different and much broader design President Roose- velt has been consistent in advocat- ing a large navy as the surest guar- | antee of peace between the United | States and all foreign powers. Here- tofore a large navy has been reckon- ed solely from the point of view of | the number of ships, their tonnage, armor, guns and fighting capacity. With this idea the American Navy has grown steadily, ship by ship To the somewhat uninteresting ar- ray of ships and tonnage President Roosevelt now to gi the world a somewhat g demon- stration of what the American Navy is capable of doing protect either or both of the extended shore lines of the United States As Admiral Brownson said, * is no time like the a demonstration,” United States with nation In thing the ident rega: ment fleet, the plan being Navy alone President's View, purpose for the proposes Ye star Fis ri to such the present time is every every Pres it thi 128 come from iing the tha i8 Atlantic, to be as 3% OVE indicated the | wherever Ay back to the that the return is a d tration of speed gemonsira i outward has been it mm g0, brought journey A Guarantee Of Peace. While it is erted with gible emphasis th: here dation for appreh either immediate the United States and Japan, the pr posed demonstration with the fleet can be looked in no other light than that Roosevelt {1 tends to exactly has as roubie, or future, between } Tre upon Presideat use the American Navy that purpose for which he | advocated its augmentation a. guarantee of international p It was stated here Sunday Ambassador O'Brien, has invited to Sagamore the part of the present be able to confer with the before going to Lic ni Tokio. The Amb andes necessary to devote some his personal affairs in Michi will not find it convenient to return | to the East before departing by way | f Ban Francisco for Japan. It was | remarked that there was no occasion | for a conference between the Presi- | dent and Ambassador O'Brien other than the formality of official eti- | quette, 17 CAce, that been | jattes i wilt Pres post finds time gan, and who Hill week, 1 it | to DIED IN TORNADO. Others Fatally Injured In Wisconsin Disaster, St. Paul, Minn. (Speecial).—It now belleved that at least seventeen | lives were lost in the tornado which swept Western Wisconsin Numer- | ous other persons were injured, and much damage to farm property and to dwelling houses is reported According to reports received here, Oakdale, on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Rallroad, near Camp Douglass, was wiped out. Four per- sons are reported to have been kill- ed there. At Grand Rapids, Wis., there are gaid to be five dead, but communica- tion has not been re-established with that place. Schmitz Again In Court, San Francisco (Special). Former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was before Judge Dunne to answer the indiet- ments charging him with accepting | $55,000 as a bribe from the United Railroads and $2,275 from the gas company, but, as the prosecution had failed to have ready transcripts of the testimony taken before the grand jury, the case was continued to next week. Schmitz returned to jail, is Raise For Glass Workers. Pittsburg (8pecial), Notices were posted by the Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, of Pittsburg, that begin. ning next Monday au Increase of 25 per cent. in wages will be paid In all the plants operated by the com- pany. The advance will put the wages of the flint-glase workers to where they were prior to January 1, 1907, when a decease of 25 per cent. was made, THE NEWS OF THE WEEK Domestic. The three-masted schooner Joseph H. Elliott impaled the fishing schoon- er Mattie Brundage at sea, carrying the fisherman three miles before the vessels could slow down and be sepa- rated. The Department of Justice fears that the appearance of John D. Rockefeller before a Chicago court in rebate cases may grant him im- munity from possible criminal prose- cution. Judge Charles Bwayne, held by the United States Senate on charges of high crimes and misde- meanors in office, but who was ac- quitted, died in Philadelphia General Bookkeeper McMillen and Assistant Teller Menzemer, of the defunct Enterprise National Bank, of Allegheny, Pa. were sentenced to the penitentiary. One man killed and nine seriously wounded is the result of a conflict between clashing interests in Alaska, A 16-year-old youth, flve days without food, was found starving in a railroad box car at Cleveland, Ohio. Fire destroyed 23 houses in village of North Lawrence, N. Y. United States Attorney Devlin has received a letter from Attorney Gen- eral Bonaparte asking him to make an investigation into the action the San Francisco authorities in fusing to grant licenses to ment agencies conducted by panese. Under the auspice Chapter, United Daughters Confederacy, a monument was veiled at Gadsden, Ga., to Sansom, a heroine of the Civil Henry C. Howells, a New York real e broker mitted ‘suicide. He is said to had heavy in Wall Street. After being out 23 hours, the jury case of Joseph Schulte, shooting Alton ( agree, Andrew Pa., who was the re- the Ja- of the un- War state have losses for ‘ameron, failed of la fatally fled Olrwlin, shot and probably his wife and wound- then to the were killed injured aver Ww At and least four several persons fatally swept wera sin, Six train robber train on the Lackawanna and carried off their plunder in a wagon. The plant of the Larrabee Company at Stafford, $150,000, motorman, was of three electric R. L DUrger 10,000 in loss, Paul Monroe, a in a collision at Providence “Joe legs” Lindel cago, earned $3¢ in six men down a CATS of Chi- the wheat weeks by a 525- ne shaft at Three were killed coal mi Springville, Il Henry CC. Morrison of the American f Instruction, The former Tiel elected Institute was resident and vice Southern of Fort the president o Bank and ith, ympany 1tenced the to nails defraud N ow Judge Blancha York granted an a pre posed me eo : ne Equl- and Mercantile anie Jean Pepinos two Greeks, New York lizar 38 1 A 1 f men were pm out NE winaow four-story structure of Levi ‘hite, Cincin collap ordinance has City introduced weil which city with bo n Cour the Chicago honeycomb The he Lawrence fol Isl and steamer City of rocks in Long passengers excursion ran on the Sound with Foreign. Waddington, son of Luis who was charge d4'af- falres at Brussels, was acquitted of the killing of Senor Balmaceda, sec retary of the Chilian { Brussels, the defense being the written law Andrew Carnegie, Allison V. Armour American millionaires, upon the in- vitation of Emperor William, visited the royal porcelain factories and model farm in East Prussia. King Leopold is sald to have de- solemuize his marriage Carlos Alfred Vander- Baroness Vaughn, by whom he has a two-year-old son, with a civil cere- mony. Foreign Minister Pichon, France, in an address to Parliament, spoke of the good relations between France and Germany. Poter Curran, a Socialist and trades union official, was elected to represent Jarrow in the British House of Commons A sharp engagement between Mo- rocean rebels and imperial troops occurred on the north coast of Mo- rocco. The Berlin police recovered jewels worth $60,000, which an actor had stolen from a dealer at Nuremburg. Forty Croatin deputies quit the lower house of the Hungarian Parlia- ment in a body as a protest against the decree requiring the exclusive use of Hungarians in the railroad service, The French government has con- ferred the cross of the Leglon of Honor on Richard Strauss, the com- poser. Petroff, Petkoff, of Bulgaria, to death. A combination of Honduras, Guate. mala and Salvador has been formed to checkmate President Zelaya's scheme to consolidate the five repub- lies of Central America under one government with him as dictator, Pregident Cabrera has caused the arrest of 160 men, nearly all of whom are influential ©itizens of Guatemala, on the charge of com- plicity In an attempt to assassinate him. of the murderer of Premier was sentenced BUSYM ANS \NOPPFICE/ ~* 15 SIGNED BY TWO MILLIONS Hague. for the Establishment of an In. ternational Prize Court and With Reference to Laying Fixed and Floating Mines. The Hague (By Cable) Pres of the Peace Conference, Miss Bog- ton, Mass. signed by in favor treaty ident re- Anna Eckstein, of presented etition who 1 aj Americ al arbitra congratul signatures and right di- over 2.000.000 of a gener M. Nelidoft number of the petition was in the for if any limitation of ar- was possible ft rhitration Russia, he renounced her carry ft recon ans tion ated said rection, maments throush n tinued, had not nal program, but was necessary to have bitration The ternatic law courts m be woulc tO ree devel ent and dictated by a understanding betwean the the furtherance of yy IY pn nal internat ust love of Christ M. Nelidoft whether it she he did nc t conference » decision and conference, good will The would discuss ally, but the hat presen n defin {te ject Robert Treat the ican Peace present the interview 1 Nelidoff and Miss Ecks greater importancs it it Paine, presiden Amer Society tein assumed to the fact Fourth of July, which he consid omen subcommittee on the Bourgeois (France) and discussed the ropositions regarding establishment of an international preme prize court Baron Marsh Biebherstein (Germany) made a explaining the German and Sir Edward Fry and several other brief statements on Gen. Horace Porter sald Americans wished to present OOCurredg ond Booq The a of the proposed prize presid- Angio- the ing. IDE met Germ an J il von speech tect {Great Bri. y de the sub- the their Four of the eight questions out M dents of the view of hastening th Bourgeois sald that the presi- committees had agreed with e work; that end of the present that further modifications only be proposed as amendments OF ORE GON, can THE QU EEN Mrs. Wood Is A ‘Wonderful Woman. Portland, Ore. (Special) .- the most interesting features Fourth of July celebration this city was the naming Mrs. Mary Ramsey Lemox Wood “mother queen of Oregon.” Mrs. Wood, who Is 120 years of age, and well in possession of her faculties, did not participate actively in the exercises, it being deemed an unnecessary hardship to bring the old lady from her home, at Hillsboro, into this city, but following appro- priate exercises Gen. George H, Wil- liams, attorney general under Presi dent Grant, named her publicly as queen, applauded by hundreds of people who had gathered to witness the exercises. General Willlams Is himself 84 years of age and a man of remark- able preservation. Mrs. Wood was born In Knoxville, Tenn., May 20, 1787. In 1852 she moved from Missouri to Oregon. One of fv in of the of a pat Mail Pouches In Cave. Lander, Wyo. (8pecial) Two mall sacks stolen In a stage holdup near Myeraville in February, 1906, have been found in a cave, and the letters, of which there were 700, have been gent on to their destination. The pouches were taken by robbers who held up the regular stage. The reg- istered letters had been opened, but the ordinary ones were undisturbed, Inspectors have worked on the case ever since the robbery. 37 EAD, 2153 HURT Result Of Excess Of Patriotism In The Land. The and Ago (Special) men, women and 2153 are or burned as EX0ORs States dead does not during the roster the than last year's ago 33 per morning nceluding five drow ned. Unfortunately, death increase day, and Inte days August will additions Tetanus « victims b) dreds, for weeks after the EF New York leads the cities of country in the numb of killed dead are ¢ xpected York hos- OTE i 3 include drowned The more any dead mortality sre dead were dead Fourth, of Bons on after the not the will even the witness roll day laimes its bs "ourth scores, and es hun are gix more is it HO “that At the is New big lis New York a nine metrop close nost of the casualties were in handling forms of relessness fire ierackers and other less’’ exp) The cr osives usade against the d to be be year only 205 victimes last eadly toy a aring frul a Ming fruit, ms 1it as {this ied, as are report. against 304 Year Watchman. of Killed By Night loston (Special) - One the scrap Philip Bloom- two robbers who entered fron jand junk i fleld & in | night, was shot iin a duel with | William Daniel In the exchange of shots Daniel received a bullet in the left breast and is in a critical condi- tion Before they were discovered { the thieves had blown open and rob- | bed the safe of several thousand dol- in 1 ars, warehouse of Co., South Boston, at mic and instantly killed the night AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Corporation, dividuals partnerships and in- engaged in the flour mill ing trade of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri have lodged serious plaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Missouri Pa- cific and other Western railroads. The United States District At- torney for Arizona hae been instruct- ed to make an investigation into the alleged kidnapping from Douglas, Ariz., into Mexico of Manuel Saravia, an alleged Mexican agitator. Rear Admiral Evans, it is sald, will command the great fleet of 16 battleships to make the trip to the Pacific. Care will be taken to avold Japanese waters, The Fort Dallas National Bank of Miami, Fla., was closed by order of ‘the Comptroller of the Currency. The llabilitles are given as $808,466. American imports into China fell off several millions in 1006. War Department officials complain that the railroad companies charge the government first-class rates for transporting troops and furnish the worst cars. Sir Chen-Tung Liang Chen, the Chinese minister, took official leave of the officials In the State Depart- ment. President Roosevelt appointed Gen, James B. Aleshire to be guar termaster general of the Army. The average condition of cotton was reported to be 72.0, as compar- ed with 70.0 on May 28. $133,800,000 IN 3 YEARS Vast Entnings of Standard Oil Told of on Stand. Chicago (Special). Rockefeller as the and officers Oil Company bros ress Judge cover With central of the satellites, made Saturday by Landis in his efforts dis facts upon which base the amount of fines to Le imposed upon the Standard Oil Company of Ind} ana, convicted of violating the law Judge Landis brought out from Mr. Rockefeller and the testimony of the four other witne Prederick A. Ward, Harry E. Felton, E. M Stanton and Charles M. Pratt—infor- mation which it ig believed conclusively that is liable for the acts Indiana corporation Hreg as to assets that lawverg and ithem thought no { would be incurred if fit to assess the ,«40,000 on the [,462 counts of the smalle fine 162 000 examination was most remarkable seen around of } in John D attraction Standard distinct other as wis to to SA show th parent of the and Te nn hors such fig- Ws ade who hardship of great Judge BOOS | $29 gloid $1 Hmit fine of of iimit | attended {the {over {4} demons he curjosity | “richest man carrving them bes Two hours the corridors of thronged with of life Eve ivator was i disembarked stood al } Judge Landis’ ur for before the the Federal | wore i i walks Crowe yout opening r crowds ! re tax ) KeeD the crowd in check Decl: pred Himself Ignorant {ockefeller was ¥ § xo} ' Sf) Yi 8 Ana equal ifie corporation avery the glen Judge was from his pu Rockefeller witnese, in definite answers, nit nin pin not rpose proved that he 3 Age to {0 AnNEwers um total deglires capital G00. 000 in dends FLYER CRASHES INTO FREIGHT. Three Trainment Killed and Twelve Passengers Hurt, Pa (Special). Three kil the Buffal the Pennsy into led and many in- 0 express, east vivania Rall freight train gliding two crashed was taking the from this city The accident bend in the road which was a few min going at full speed in iup lost time. Because of the bend. {the engineer was unable to wee i freight engine, which was backing {a freight from the main track. BSee- {ing that a crash was inevitable, En- {gineer Ulmer called to his fireman to jump while he stuck to his post and applied the alr The express struck the freight en- {gine crushing it to scrap iron and wrecking many freight cars The | baggage and express cars, which were | immediately behind the express en- {gine, were broken to pieces {dining car and two coaches were so badly damaged. Trunks broken open and their contents, to- {gether with considerable mall, were scattered along the tracks Battle In Ecuador. Guayaquil (By Cable) The town of Quevedo, an important center in the Province of Los Rios, again has been attacked by a band of rebels. who were, however, repulsed by government forces The rebels had miles occurred at a The utes gharp express, late, was make order to six killed and two wounded. Record-Breaiiing Pecan Crop. Waco, Tex. (Special). from all parts of Texas are to the effect that the pecan crop promises to be the largest ever known. Texans raises neariy all the pecans rajsed in the U hited States. Killed In Co Prestonburg, Ky. Is al) hil dy Coburn was killed in the court room here by Joe Fitzpatrick while court was in session, A. Hopkins was arguing a case before the jury when the shooting occurred. Fits patrick walked from the room dur. ing the excitement and esenped. Co- burn had been indicted on the charge of killing William Fitzpatrick, a cou- gin of Joe, and the case wag set for a hearing at this term of court. MISSING TELLER HAS SPENT §41.307 Runyan Captured With $54,410 Left in Suitcase. BETRAYED BY WOMAN FRIEND. Whereabouts Revealed to Police by Woman is Whose Company Fugitive Had Been Since Saturday Female Companion Identified Man Through Pictures in Newspapers, ANEW ial) » Tenderl York Bpe« hy 5 ww . UY a woman he he had promised dollars, knew {3¢ and who orge,” ( faulting Trust Hester teller indeor ’ or with charged with rre wag Company $06 { point =FOom Hundred which he h whose (1{} He legs thi whom tion abl two Cid BUR Ee identitie At 0 Yee Mr Laura ne tine reported Twent rnoon ¢ reset He WARY wanted Of Giant 0 Powder Dead Hiram Inventor Akron the here aged 84 factured giant powder he forties, drying it on the workshop Ayers Inte Eastern men, and the explosive extensively Utah, and in points Death was firmities of old age {Bpecial) Ayers, inventor of gi died ant p He nn ore wder years ann the in of hi roof interests they manufactured at Ogden, California and other due to the Merged. { Special) Hosiery Interests The Company, Tenn and Yarn of was The company is com- 2 interests now represent. Nashville Hosiery Com- the Royal Knitting Mills, of Vernon, and the Jeff Hoslery Mills, of Birmingham, headquarters of the will be in Nashville Nashville, iry £1.000 capital L000, in the arson Al ia company IN THE FINANC IAL WORLD. Sarplus reserve of the Philadelphia banks decreased for the week §2.- Loans increased $566,000 and deposite fell $1,702,000, Up to date 325.8500.000 gold has been exported in the presont move ment. A Philadelphia consumer of copper says hig firm iz paying an average of 3 cents a pound less for the metal than it did last Winter A Wall Street message to a Phila- delphia banker sald: “Great North- ern preferred is cheap. Snow's last wheat estimate puts the crop at 605,000,000 bushels. His corn prediction is an acerage of H7.911,000 acres against 95.372.000 last year, and a oconditien of 85.2 against 78 per cent, which was the acreage for the past five years at thie season. i
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