BIB FLEET PASSES
STRAT SAFELY
The Battleships Enter Pacific in a
Storm,
CHILIAN CRUISER WAS THE PILOT.
News of the Safe Passage of Magel-
len Brought to Punta Arenas by
the Steamship Orita..Heavy Weather
Compelled Them to Proceed in Open
Formation.
Punta Arenas, Strait if Magellan
{ By Cable).—The Pacific Navigation
Cu.apany steamship Orita, which
just arrived here, reports having
passed the American fleet in the
Btrait at 6 o'clock P. M., 12 miles
east of Cape Pilar. The Chilian
cruiser Chacabuco was leading. The
weather was very stormy.
The captain of the Orita sald that
he sighted 19 vessels in the fleet,
these being the 16 American battle-
ships, the Chilian cruisers and two
others, probably colliers. He did not
gight the American torpedo boat flo-
tilla which accompanied the battle-
ships from this port, but which turn-
ed north at Smyth Channel, 30 miles
from the western end of Magellan
Strait, to proceed through this pas-
sage to Telcahuano.
Owing to the heavy weather the
warships were spread out over a con-
siderable stretch, but all seemed to
be making splendid progress in the
face of the strong winds.
Rear Admiral Evans’ fleet of bat-
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Domestic
Capt. John C. Fremont, until re-
cently naval attache to the United
States Embassy in Paris, returned on
board the steamship St. Paul to as-
sume command of the battleship
Mississippi.
State Zoologist Surface, of Pennsyl-
vania, believes that the payment of
bounties on scalps of hawks a mis-
take. He believes the birds ald the
farmers by destroing lield mice.
Governor Hughes may call an ex-
tra session of the New York legisla-
ture if that body does not promptly
pass his bill to repeal the law al-
lowing gambling at the racetracks.
The New Jersey legislature has
under consideration an appropriation
to begin a system of inland water-
wavs along the coast of that state,
An attempt was made to blow up
with dynamite the grocery store and
tenement occupied by Antonio Fio at
Pittsfield, Mass.
In a pistol duel in Meridian, Mises.,
Oscar Hatcher, a farmer, was killed
and Robert Taylor, a contractor, seri-
ously wounded.
Night riders fired a barn belonging
to Nell Lawrence, near Sudlersville,
Ky. Lawrence was wounded and his
tobacco dynamited. Wash Fletcher's
farm was also visited. One barn
filled with tobacco and owned by a
tenant was destroyed. Monroe Lowe,
another tenant, was taken out and
beaten severely.
Charged with sending threatening
tleships left Punta Arenas about mid-
night Friday, accompanied by the
torpedo boat flotilla. The Chilian
cruiser Chacabuco, with Admiral]
Simpson and a delegation of repre- |
sentative Chilians aboard, led the
battleships out of port and through |
the strait, ijeutenant Commander
Rozas, of the Chillan Navy acted as
the pilot for the torpedo boat flotilla,
but it was intended that his services |
would be chiefly requisitioned in the |
passage of Smyth Channel, the en-
trance to which lies 30 miles to the
east of Cape Pilar, through the in-
ner passage to the Pacific Ocean and |
along the jagged coast to Telcahua- |
no, 2,130 knots from Punta Arenas. |
The sighting of the American fleet
by the steamship Orita indicates that
it raade a favorable voyage through |
the straight, for it was then only 12
miles east of Cape Pilar, the most
westerly point of land on the Magel-
lan Strait.
Evidently the intention of
American commander to make
passage of the strait from Punta Are-
nas to the west coast without a stop |
has been successful. Cape Forward, |
the southern extremity of South
America, lies nearly in the midle of
Magellan Strait, and the fleet passed
this point early in the morning, thus
having almost the full daylight in
which to make the most dangerous |
reaches through the western entrance |
from the Pacific
The battleships once having clear-
ed Cape Pilar and the Evangelists,
they will steam directly north to Cal-
lao, which is the next stopping place. |
They are expected to arrive at Calloa
about the 20th. On the way up the |
coast, however, they will run in close
to Valparaiso.
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the
the |
Wild Horses Ordered Killed.
Reno, Nev.
were received from the
partme instructing the on
the Toelva the Toquima and the
Kouitor resery in Lander
County. to kill all wild horses found
on the government domain. There
are about 15.000 wild horses on the
reserves. Thev are doing much dam- |
age to the vegetation and attracting |
domestic animals to their herds.
Orders
De-
{ Special).
Forestry
nt rangers
be, ©
ations,
Veteran Newspaper Man Dead.
New York (Special).—John W.
Oliver, editor and principal owner of |
the Yonkers Statesman, died at his
home, in Yonkers, at the age of $2
years. He continued in active charge
of the newspaper until last Friday, |
when he was taken ill. Mr. Oliver
was an early leader in the temper
ange movement, and with his broth-
er, Isaac Oliver, founded the Sons of
Temperance, !
In Seclusion.
{By Cable).—When
the steamship Etruria stopped here
Sunday, C. W. Morse, of New York.
who is a passenger, was in his state
room and refused to be disturbed.
He sent word that he had nothing to
say regarding his affairs. Baron
Takahira, the newly appointed Jap-
anese ambassador to the United
States, also is a passenger on the
Etruria.
SS ———————
Big Union Station For Frisco.
San Francisco (Special).—Rail-!
road engineers have completed plans |
for a $20,000,000 union transporta-
tion terminal to be built at Van Ness
Avenue and Market Street It was an-
nounced. Into this station will con-
verge all rallroads, interurban lines
and subways.
Queenstown
Killed While Coasting.
Mount Pleasant, Pa. (Special).
While coasting Cornelius Burford, a
negro, 18 years old, was killed and
six companions were seriously in-
jured. Burford was guiding, lost
control of the sled, and it went over
gn embankment.
Drugan Sent To Bellevue.
. New York (Special).-~Hugh PF.
Drugan, the son of a Baltimore com-
mission merchant and former Jesuit
teacher, who is sald to be insane,
wane arraigned in the Tombs’ Police
Court charged with sending annoying
letters to Mrs. Emilie F. Dunphy. his
sougla of Hill Crest Avenue, Yonk-
agistrate Corrigan committed
him to Bellevue Hospital until Tues.
day, when he will be examined in
letters to Pittsburg millionaires de-
manding large sums of money, six
Society were arrested when the po-
lice raided a lone shanty near Sewick-
Lewis, assistant to
Architect Huston, of the Pennsyl-
vania State Capitol, declares that
Governor Pennypacker sug-
gested the writing of a letter intend-
ed to whitewash reports of the capitol
Stanford B.
aged 19 years, of Jones-
accused of murder, was
Ray Hall,
Tenn.,
tiary.
MR. CHARLES W. MORSE
COMING BACK TO FIGHT
| | Arrives in England Under An Assumed
Name,
——
NO TRACE OF His VAST WEALTH,
Miilonaire Denounces the Reports
That He Has Fled From Creditors
as New York Sensations—To Return
After Stay Abroad of Ten Days—
Sheriffs Call at Numerous Banks.
METORIC
CAREER.
1880 Established shipping and
shipbrokerage firm of Charles W.
Morse & Co. in New York.
1805-—Began buying stock in
New York banks, of which later
he controlled sixteen,
1889-—Merged Consolidated und
Knickerbocker Ice Companies in-
to American Ice Company. in-
creased capitalization from §$20,-
000,000 to $35,000,000,
1801-—Married Mrs. Charles
F. Dodge, over whose divorce
from first husband famous legal
battle was waged.
1805—Became known as steam-
ship king through purchases rnd
mergers of Hudson River and
Coastwise steamers, later joining
all in Consolidated Steamship
Company, with capital of $60,-
000,000 and bonds of $60,000,-
000,
1807—l.08es in Ship
caught in copper corner,
out of chain of banks.
1808-—8ails for Europe when
last remaining pieces of property
are attached and final remnant of
fortune is swept away, but prom-
ises to return.
Trust,
driven
Queenstown (By Cable) .-
respondent boarded the
steamer Campania and found Char-
les W. Morse, of New York, in the
smoking room ehjoring a game
cards.
Without a moment's
A CcOr-
hesitation
Tn
ha
rt In
Rail- |
i
Twenty-four persons were
wreck on the Pennsylvania
road, near Franklinville, Pa. |
Jacob Karetzky., of Denver, Col. |
practiced at a target before killing |
his wife and himself,
The Pennsylvania
placed an order for
steel rails i
An all pipe line from Oklahoma to |
niles. has been opened. ]
The Indiana Democratic Editorial |
Association has indorsed Bryan
Thirty-four per cent. of labor
York is unemployed.
The police of New York
ing for an insane merchant
irons to brand the
and the numerals 4 and 7
back of four-year-old Irene
After an enforced idleness of
han a month, 1,000 men formerly |
the Pennsylvania Steel!
Company at Steelton, Pa., have 1
called back to work
Mrs. Claudine Abry, of Nyack, N
Y.. died from shock when three boys
broke through the ice and were
drowned.
he Louisville
has |
of |
Railroad
55,000 tons
3 82
in |
are look-|
who used
word ice
on
Kegel
more
th
+
[4
wen
and Nashville Rail-
all em- |
making more than $250 a
month.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
as been. forcod to reduce its output
60 to locomotives a week
A bed for injured automobilists
has been established in a Philadel-
hoepital.
It is planned to have 15,000 troops
engaged in army maneuvers in Te xAsy
Max Sackman, a painter, out of
work, his wife Celia and their 14-
month-old daughter Rosle were [ound
dead In their rooms, New York
had been killed by {lluminating
gas, supposed to have been turned on
by the father
William Jennings Bryan, in an ad-
dress in New York, sald the com-
mandment should be amended to
read: "Thou shalt not steal on a
small scale.
A Chicago family of 12 is taking
treatment to prevent nyasophebigy
all having drunk milk from a co
fre M0 oO
a
Harry K. Thaw says that if he has
to stay at MaMeawan much longer |
he will be driven crazy by his asso-
ciliates,
The officials of
Toledo, O., were sent
i months for conspiracy
| trade.
Mrs. Rosa Volitzer,
legally adopted Mrs.
man, aged 45, as her
A bridge being
Cleveland, O.,
wrecked by dynamite.
Foreign
The Emporer and the Dowager
Empress of China held thelr annual
reception to the members of the dip-
lomatic corps in Peking.
It 18 believed that a war betwcen
Russia and Turkey is likely to break
out soon on account of the Persian
boundary dispute.
Deputy Syrtlanoff argued before
the court-martial an St. Petersburg
in defense of General Stoessel
In the court-martial of Generals
Btoessel, Fock and Reiss, at St. Pet-
ersburg, for the surrender of the
Port Arthur fortress to the Japanese,
General Gursky, the judge advocate,
demanded that the death sentence be
imposed upon all three.
A report of the battle between the
French and the Moors, near Stettat,
Morocco, says 10,000 Moors were
killed.
In the Sagan-Castellane case in the
Paris court Count Jean de Castellane,
accused with his brother of assault.
ing Prince Helle de Sagan, was dis
charged, but Count Bonl's case was
not settled.
Vice Admiral C. T. Touchard has
been appointed French ambassador
to Bt. Petersburg, In succession to
M. Bompard, who has been recalled,
The American battleship fleet on
their way up the west coast of South
America will call at Valparaiso,
Five thousand Russian troops have
been ordered from Northern Cau-
fce companies of
to jail for six
in restraint of |
aged 65,
Julia A
daughter
constructed
court as to his sanity.
rosus to the Turko-Persian frontier.
Mr. Morse granted an interview to
the correspondent.
He
don papers referring to him
ing flown from his creditors, ete. Mr.
sald there was absolutely
ing in these reports, saying they
‘New York sensationals.'” He
that he had sent cable dis-
patches to New York concerning his
position and that he would rectify
matters when he returned there. He
business and
week or 10
as hav-
i noth
were
partly for pleasure for a
he
at
begged
Asked where
he nded
Morse Sourteous)
used from ing
“You can,” a sald,
that my stay will not
on this side and that
return New York
Morse proceeded fron
pur sed BOIng
Liverpool, Mr
t ex-
after Ia
0 be
re
with
y BAY Cer
a3
¢ bs
war
days
1 will
Mr
to
he
He
travelling
pr bi)
pania
assumed
Moore
is
name
VAIN SEARCH FOR CASH.
11 Banks
Hesults,
Sheriff's Inquiries at
Without
New York
touch
no
the
Thos
ation
thes
{ Special) in
with the
site
clogs
when
dispatches
‘he
3
i
surprise re-
the
Ww
pressed
ceived cable
first
Morse
pania
word
he sailed
His friends were
know that he was In evident
health and spirits, and that
planned to make an early
this country They said
Morse had hoped to be able to
about a week on the other side,
that this announced purpose
hering to his original plan indica-
ted that he was far less distressed
over his financial affairs than has
supposed,
His attorney, Albert B. Boardman,
already knew positively that his
client was aboard the Campania, but
was naturally interested in
that Mr. Morse was weil
templated only a brief Say abroad.
United States Distric Attorney
| Stimscn, while . ay declining |
to discuss the case so far as the in-
Chas
the
glad
direct from
since
on
that Mr
eral Grand Jury was concerned, said
firmation of his conviction that
banker had sailed, as reported.
was a passenger on the Canard liner,
and was not surprise that his infor-
mation had proved accurate,
Mother And Son Starve.
Chicago, Ill. (8pecial}.— Mra. El-
len Schwartz, 30 years of age, and |
her son, Francis, 11 months oid,
found dead in their home, 49% Car-
penter Street. Their deaths are
thought to have been caused by star
vation and exposure. Mrs. Schwartz
was deserted by her husband several
months ago, and gince then has been
dependent upon charity.
Kills Daughter And Himself.
Chicago (Special). Gustav Wal-
gtedt, a carpenter, shot and killed
his daughter, Helen, nine years old,
and thea killed himself in thelr
home, at 244 PFifty-fifth Street.
Walstedt is believed to have been
| Insane.
*
AL A A BAN ts
Bonus For Pullmen Men.
Chicago, 111. (Special). The Pulls
man Palace Car Company distributed
$174,800 among 3,770 employes of
fta car service department. The
ponus amounts to one month's sal:
ary for every conductor and porter
who continued on the pay roll of the
company though out 1907 and escap-
ed demerita, It is the intention of
the company to grant the bonus of
one month's pay exch year hereafter
to such conductors and porters as
make a clean yecord.
a
NOW AGAIN AN
AMERICAN GIRL
Alice Thaw Gives Up Her British
Title.
London (By Cable) ) Sir Birrell
Barnes, president of the Divorce
Court, granted the Countess of Yar-
mouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw,
of Pittsburg, a decree nullifying her
marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth,
The case was heard in private. At
the time fixed for the commencement
of the proceedings everyone not ac-
tually engaged on the case was ex-
cluded from the courtroom. The
case was practically undefended, and
the hearing lasted for only half an
hour. The Countess, attired In a
fashionable black gown, was present,
but the Earl of Yarmouth was not
in court.
Only four witnesses were examin
ed. They were the Countess of Yar-
mouth herself, her maid, a doctor ap
pointed by the court, and an A aeri-
can lawyer, who proved the marriage
The Countess gave evidence in sup-
port of her allegation that the mar-
riage had never been consummated,
and the maid testified that the llarl
and the Countess had not been living
as man and wife. According to
evidence of the doctor, the Ear
Yarmouth was capable of cor
mating the marriage, but count |
the plaintiff contended that ti is
not affect the allegation that thie mar-
riage had not been consummated, and
he pointed out to the judge that it
was within the discretion of the
court to annual the marriage If
was proved that it had not been con-
summated,
No Money Settlement,
eT
i
of
ul =
The
fend the case, his lawyer satisfying
himself with pointing out that the
evidence of the doctor removed any
upon the Earl by the
of the plaintiff, and that
there were no grounds upon which
the Countess could have sued for di-
The judge pronounced his decree
annulling the marriage without com-
ment In the ordinary course of
|
events it will be made absolute
six months.
No mention was made of a mar
and it was learned
an authoritative source that,
contrary to certain published state.
ments, the question of revising the
settlement has not been discussed
by the principals or their solicitors,
and that it is not likely to be
cuased
The brevity of
came as a surprise
cept those engaged on
hearing should be shot
0)
and th
nee]
occupy
idge’s time
f tha fsmils
the
to every
the
roceadings
body ex-
case. That
rt Was ar
was
for
DP
© n
sot
ranged when applies atio
made last
Wednesday
ing not to
of the
week trial
CO then
more
cil oO
uth it w
action of t
possible
evious to
been
%
aeterm
is said
ination
to have
given
ie trial of
of the
Stan
sanity
Case
hy the
New York at th
Harry Kendzil Thaw, brot
for the murder
with regard to
the Thaw family, as well as the
verdict of the jury that Harry Tha
when he mitted this
Lae
influenced evidence re.
cently in
ae
y
I
of
ir
i
w
Con
are bel:
The
kept secret,
garding the
has been
papers in the case
and all informa
nature of the
carefully withheld it
was made, howe ver that
character of the medical evidence
a public hearing inadvisable
tion re
charges
\ The
t
di
made
NO FOOD; FAMILY DEAD,
Father Had Tramped The Streets
Three Months Seeking Work.
New York (Special) For thre«
months Max Sackman, 26 years old
and by trade a paperhanger, had
tramped the streets in a [utile effort
to find work. His dally goings and
comings were noted by the neighbors
who, when the man failed to appear
as usual, forced an entrance to his
home and found the family of three
dead.
The of
were stretched
bodies
Goetlin,
father was nestled the lifeless form
14-month-old baby, Rose.
A gas tube extending from a chande-
lier to the bed told the manner of
and an empty cupboard ex-
PRESIDENT AND ISAIAH,
Chicago Preacher Also Compares
Him To John The Baptist.
Chicago (Special) .—Rev. Amzi C,
Dixon, pastor of Moody Church, one
of the largest congregations In Ohi
cago, compares in an interview, Presi.
¢rying the nation’s sins.
At a prayer meeting Rev. Dr. Dixon
told an audience of 1,000 that the
President's latest message to Con-
gress was one of the greatest ser-
mons ever written. Dr. Dixon liken-
ed the President to John the Baptist,
as the precursor of a new and purer
Hie for the individual, the nation,
and the world.
War Stores For Manila.
fan Francisco (Special). — The
United Btates transport Buford sail.
¢d from here for Manila ¥ia Hono
lulu and Guam, She carries the
Twenty-third Infantry and a big sup-
ply of ammunition and stores for the
military post in the Philippines.
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FINANCIAL
BSAA
EA news agency says that Baldwin's
now employ 9,000 men, compared
with 24,000 In November, 18086.
Railroad officials say that January
statements will reveal a big cutting
down In expenses and therefore a
relative Improvement in net earnings
over December,
No change was made In the Bank
of England's 4 per cent. discount
rate,
JUDGE HARGIS IS
MILLED BY HIS SON
Shot Down in a Quarrel With In-
toxiczted Youth.
WAS A LEADER oF FEUDISTS.
Political Leader of His County and
Head of the Clan of Hargis in the
Feud With Cockrills Shot Five Times
Drinking, and Dies Instantly.
Jackson, Ky. (Bpecial)
down in his own store by his
son, on whom he had lavished every
affection, Judge James Hargis noted
feudist leader and the leading figure
in the eastern part of Kentucky, es
pecially in the mountains, died a few
minutes later in his home.
Beech Hargis, the son, is 23
old and had been drinking heavily
Entering the store, he drew a gun
after a brief quarrel! with his parent,
and fired five ghots into the latter's
breast and abdomen,
The dying man’s last words
an unavailing plea for mercy
“Mercy, mercy, you've killed
appealed the elder man as he lay
the floor. Young Hargls' answer
was to fire two more bullets
his parent's prostrate body
The tragedy occured in Hargis
store and was witnessed by
customers and stenographer
three fled
Report
Hargis
the
he
Years
were
me!"
on
into
two
All
“a
Of Suicide.
was
town
struggled
Young later
jail by
but
remove
and a
AR maa
marshal
like
yvhine
of
had taken morp
but no confirmation
word of his condition ©
secured from the jail officials,
are guarding him closely The news
of Hargis’ end cam a proto und
shock to the residents of Jackso
and Breathitt County, on who
bloody name
pears on
There
prospects
ever
The young Hargis had
protracted spree, and some «
his father administered a tt
The chastisement was the
the murder, the son having
ued his dissipation, nursing
sentment until his father
him for his
is was 48 years of
SON Was arrested
Govan Smith
Blanton, and fought
before being placed
Had
pecunar
cell, this
Ouiag
Wl
©
feud records his
alm
did
of
O8l every page
not appear to be
further violence,
been
contin-
his re-
un
cond
Harg
The Deputy
Grover
{ ake t.
nt o«
Ordered
A
the
learned
Compan)
telegram
offin pi
incide
of Judge
when th
of this
Mrs
cked
death
©
from
"Send
(Wo weeks a
fortnight
t Louis
A
went
0 $e
ses for
bus
Hy
shown
shows a knowledge of
Judge Hargis was not
cated man. but he had
learning, to which he added
natur insight in busi
A Man Of Violence.
has
shrewd
ral ness
hee
Judge
a pre
Hargis
yminent
al
nals He
in the mountains
murders
Jim"
the political |
Democrats of the Tenth
and the “boss” of Breathitt
For a long time his sway
opposed, but some years ago Mr.
had the temerity to antag- |
case. From that date
Marcum was a marked man
He had been on trial at
Marcum and
district
County.
was not |
various
in the murder
Marcum, “Jim” Cockrill
but had secured .an ac- |
Recently
judgment
of James B
and Dr. Cox
quittal on all the charges
forced to pay A
|
the death of her hus-
band, a verdict having been found
against him in the Criminal Court of
Winchester
Judge Hargis had just disposed of |
had become involved by reason of |
his connection with the Hargis-Cock-
rill feud, when he pald a check of
more than $11,000 to Mra. Marcum.
Mrs. Msreum had sued Judge Hargis
and others for $100,000 damages.
alleging that they caused the death
of her husband. Though Hargis was
acquitted of the charge of having
murdered Marcum, the Winchester
jury awarded Mrs. Marcum, dam-
ages
Mme. Kommisarzhoffsxays.
8t. Petersburg (By Cable). Mme.
Kommisarzhoffskaya (Countess Mu-
ravieff), the most prominent Rus-
sian actress, has left Bt. Petersburg
with her company of 20 for the
United States, where she will ap-
pear in a repertoire of plays by Rus-
sion and modern Euopean writers,
She will sald February 18 from Cher
bourg on the Kaiser Wilhelm 11, the
company following on the steamer
Koln from Bremen.
Threatened To Kill Governor,
Worcester, Mass. (Special) .~Mary
Melean, the demented woman who
wae arrested after having made
threats against the life of Governor
Guild, was committed to the Insane
Hospital here. It was learned that
the woman has been committed on
previous occasions at Taunton and
Danvers. On each occasion, after
having evidently recovered her rea-
Jou, WAS Saported to ber home in
New :
HR
C—O A HO AIR A
WASHINGTON.
BY TELEGRAPH
Biz Navy Budget.
Concluding the appearance of navy
officials before the House Committees
on Naval Affairs, Becretary Metcalf
asked for an appropriation of $73,
770,000 for construction and con-
of war vessels While no
vote has been taken nor has sentl-
ment In the committee cryetaliized,
the impression {1g that the Bee-
retary’'s estimate will be reduced ma-
possibly to the lHmit of $40.~
in accord with ti of
and retrenchn to
Necessary of an
impending defici progpect of
a Ee ie: oy , the
coming fiscal yesr. rE
The Secretar urged
committee the pnecezsity
ing the construction
ships, to cost $3
four scout gers,
ten destroyers
gubn
iy
grew
600.000,
4 pray
icy
fe
eI
»
ent
in the face
It
be and
t and the
throughout
upon the
uthoriz-
battle-
for
of
four
G00
$1
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K.OGO0 all,
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The
protest
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the confirmation
of Oscar R
in Alabama
Woman's Christian
or belt the
if of prohi-
Senate
against
nomination
federal judge
Leaders of tl
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Chief of
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Etat Dell discussed Subie
ications before the House
on Naval Affairs
President suspended
The Charles
of the
his bu-
chief
pending investigation
of extravagance in
Williams 8. Rosaiter,
of the Census Dureau, is ap-
temporarily in his place
The bill for participation in an in-
ternational exposition to be held in
Tokio, Japan, was reported favor
ably from the Benate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
The report of Admiral Converse,
in defense of the construction of the
Navy, has been completed, and is
ready for submission to the Presi-
dent.
Senator Deveridge. of Indiana, ad-
dressed the Senate In advocacy of
his bill to create a permanent tariff
commission.
Renator Stone introduced a bill for
the ovacuation of the Philippines by
the United States troops in 1812,
The House of Representatives
adopted a resolution of sympathy
with the people of Portugal over the
assassination of their King and
Crown Prince.
inquiry into the charges of mis
management in the Government
Printing Office was begun by a sub-
committee of the joint congressional
commitiee.
The Pension bill ss reported to the
House carrios $150,865,000 and
abolishes a number of pension agen-
cles.
Herbert Knox Smith, commission
er of the Dureau of Corporations, in
his annual report on the operations
of the bureau, urged an extension of
federal supervision to all interstate
sat porniions i f b
nator Gallinger favorably reports
od a bill increasing the mall subsidies
on steamship ilnes between the
United States and ports in South
America, the Phitign‘acs and Austra-
cierk