CONGRESSMAN IN DESPERATE FIGHT Mr. Heflin Shoots Negro to Protect Woman, ——————— TWO ARE WOUNDED BY BULLETS. Statesman From Alabama Resents Loud Talking and Drinking by Colored Men in Pennsylvania Ave- nue Car Containing Several White Women. Washington, D. C. (Special) .—In affray on a Pennsylvania Avenue Car a negro and a white man Congressman Thomas Thomas Lum- a desperate were shot by J. Heflin, of Alabama. by. the negro, was shot in the head and is in a critical condition, and Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in the leg. The shooting of McCready was accidental. Mr. Heflin was ar- rested and taken to the Sixth Police Precinct Station, where the charge of assault to kill was placed against him. Later he was released on $5, 000 ball. The shooting occurred shortly af- ter 7 o'clock as the car reached the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, bound for Capitol HiIl Congressman Heflin, accompanied by ames A A gw ADMIRAL. EVANS © KTTACKS ARMOR BELTS Se ————— Too Low and Too Narrow, Says “Fighting Boh.” Washington, D. C. Secretary Metcalf made views of Admiral Evans regarding the location of the armor belt on battleships, which he has just re- ceived in a lengthy report from the Admiral on this and other subjects connected with the voyage of the At- lantic fleet to the Pacific Coast. The Admiral says: “Judging from the figures tained in the several replies from commanding officers which relate to this subject, it would appear that better protection might have been af- forded had those belts been origin. ally placed between six inches and one foot higher; this on the theory that the commanding officer would admit sufficient water before an ac- tion to sink the belt to within about 18 inches above the water line, But even this is open to question, for it has been noted that even when heavy laden and in the smooth to moderate geas, which have thus far character- ized this cruise, the ships frequently expose their entire belts and the bot- tom plating bencath. “It must be remembered that even (Special) ~~ public the con~ Congressman Edwin J. Ellerbe, of South Carolina, had boarded the] traction car at Twelfth Street and | Pennsylvania Avenue, Mr. Heflin be- | ing on his way to deliver a temper-| ance lecture at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, Four | and a Half Street and John Marshall | Place. i Told Not To Drink. i Upon boarding the car he observed | two negro passengers, one of whom was Thomas Lumby, and who was in the act of taking a drink from a bottle of whisky. There were a num- ber of passengers, including several ladies. Mr. Heflin says he remonstrated with Lumby and asked him to stop drinking, saying: “Don’t take that drink; there are ladies here, and it is not right. it is against the law for you to do this thing in a street car, and I hope you will put that bottle away.” The oth- er negro, who was sober, attempted to take the bottle away his friend, but failed It i that Lumby became offended at Mr Hef- lin's remonstrances and applied vile | epithets, { Then the colored man, it is said, attacked the Congressman As the car reached Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Heflin and Lumby were engaged in a desperate struggle. Mr. Heflin, who is.a large, powerful man, succeeded in throwing Lumby off the car as it came to a] stop. Most of the occupants of the | car hastily alighted, including Mr. | and Mrs. Thomas McCreary. The] negro fell to the ground on being | pushed off the car. He rose and, | §t is said, began cursing Mr. Heflin again, and made a motion for his | hip pocket ag if to draw a weapon, whereupon Mr. Heflin fired at him through the car window, missing him and hitting Thomas McCreary, who was about 20 feet from the car Mr. Hefiin fired once twice again, one of the shots striking Lumby in t head above the ear. mby ran a short distance and fe An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Emergency Hospital. The conductor the car disappeared, and Officer George N Seriven took charge af the and ran it to Third and Pennsylvania Avenues. There Representative Hef- lin was escorted by Officer Seriven to the Capitol Hotel and later was taken to the police station in a cab. He was not locked up. Mr. MeCready's wound is not serious, and after treat- ment at a hospital he returned to his apartment. KILLS GIRL. THEN HIMSELF. Young Man Poisons Ice Cream Bee cause His Parent Forbid Marriage. Milwaukee, Wis, (Bpecial) Miss Nettie Plaschek, aged seventeen, daughter of Mrs. ida Plaschek, died from strychnine administered by her sweetheart, Lee Wojeinski. The drug was mixed with some ce cream. When Wojeinskl learned of the death of the girl he immediately took a dose himegelf. He died an hour later. The crime was probably in-| spired because the man's parents had objected to a proposed marriage to the young girl. other from 8 sald or Lu il of ear The Roosevelts On A Cruise, i Washington (Special) Mrs. Roose- velit, accompanied by Miss Ethel, Ker- | mit and Archie, Miss Hagner and Miss Cornelia Landon, left onthe 10.15 train over the Bouthern Hailway for Vicks. burg, where they will take the May- flower to New Orleans, whence they | will return to Washington by rail in about 10 days. The Idaho Accepted. Philadelphia tleship Idaho was formally turned Ship antl Eigine Building Company, at'whose yards the warship wad con- structed. The Idaho was towed from the shipyard to the League Island Navy Yard, and will shortly be placed in commisaion. wd nsession oO Tortured To Death, Shanghai (By Cable).—An officer in the telegraph service named ‘ Chong, charged with complicity in disclosing state secrets to a foreign legation, died at Peking while being examined under torture, i eA ARIA 0 AR 305 Aho Will Not Save Gillette, Albany, N. Y. (8pecial).—There is no foundation for the persistent re- port that Governor Hughes has decld- ed to grant a reprieve for Chester Gillette for the murderer's mother's sake or for any other reason. This statement was made on the beet pos- gible authority. The general belief here is that the Governor will not in- terfere with the execution of the young man, who is under sentence to die at Auburn Prison next week for the murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose lake two years ago. a five or a six inch shell (of which would be a great number) could inflict a severe and dangerous injury if it struck below the belt, while otherwige the wat®r line, even account of the and coal, immune heaviest projectiles, “The fact that under the sea conditions in which battles may be fought a belt of eight feet in width, alone, is too narrow to afford the desired protection, where- ever it may be placed, and the ques- tion becomes an academic discussion, with certain arguments on each side It is unde that on the latest ships this question is of little import, casemate to all except armor the is restood but that Lad as the citadel armor is inch less in thickness than on the water line, and for those ships al-} ready built it is believed that when | all weigl which will be landed, one his ii should war break out, are taken into | consideration, the ship will rise to | the or 12 inches which is believed | to the maximum that it could be desired raise them.” The report Admiral 6 he to § of Evans is given him by Secretary Metcall be-| fore he sailed from Hampton Roads The Secretary said it had no refer ence whatever to criticisms of | naval construct which have ap peared the sailing of the fleet, | the SMASHED BANK WINDOW, Starving Old Man Then Grabbed Money And Ran. York A sickly man walked into the banking office of C. B. Rich- |} ard & C Broadway, and asked | for money to get food. He was or- | dered out, and after walking to the | gtreet stood looking a moment the firm's window, where a quan- ign money was exhibited ance fell on a plece of | g in the gutter, and has- | threw it against | The window broke | and the old man | franc and 50 New haired, { Special) gray- | looking 0... 40 for at tity of Then coneret tily the in a if pit plat dozen o jie eg a franc | ran the he with hold, note and fir clerks caught 1 15 feet away il his strength and continued his when Traffic Police- | got there. McArevy | him down with his would submit to ar-| i had got ‘ to | their resistance man McArevy had to knock club before h re ft In the prisoner des Kennedy, 70 with no home nothing for 48% pearance indie ated sympathized with him with burglary e detective bureau graphed even O © Church Street Station the | ‘ibed himself as Thomas | veare old, a salimaker, He sald he had eaten hours, and his it The police | him. but charged and sent him to to be photo Tr ap i +} : Will Honor Memory Of Stevens, Tokio (By Foreign Office is arranging a programme for | funeral services for Durham W. Stev-| ens in this city simultaneously with | the obsequies in America. There will | undoubtedly be a larger attendance | at the services than at any former funeral in Japan The entire im- perial, diplomatic and foreign con-| tingents, it is expected, will be pres | ent, together with thousands of Jap- | anese. All the Koreans in Japan, in-| cluding the Crown Prince, will at-| tend dishop Harris will probably | return from Seoul to deliver the] eulogy Cable) hue Abe Hummel In England, Liverpool (By Cable). Abraham | | Hummel, the New York lawyer, who | was released froni prison on March | 16, was a passenger on the Lusitania | He was cheerful and langhing when ihe landed and exchanged hearty greetings with friends. He ghows no ' gigns of being 111 Gov. Guild Improvin rn. Boaton (Special).—The following | bulletin on Governor Guild’ condi tion, signed by Drs. Winslow, Shat- tuck and Joslin, was issued at 9.40 A. M.: “There has been further im- provement in the Governor's condi- tion during the past 24 hours.’ | FINANCIAL President Rigley, of Atchison, de- nies that he Ig to retire. Lackawanna Railroad directors de. clared the regular quarterly dividend of 2% per cent, United States Steel {g operating at 50 per cent. of its capacity, accord- ing to the trade papee reports, Union Pacific with ite latest ac- TOWNS IN RUINS ND PEOPLE KILLED Earthquakes Cause Terrible Havoc in Mexico, CHILAPA CITY SUFFERS THE MOST. Several Other Towns More or Less Also Feels the Shocks Severely Dis. turbances Recorded at Washington. Galveston, Tex. (Special). ports from Mexico City give brier ac- counts of the destruction of Chilpan- cingo, a town of nearly 8,000 inhabi- tants and about 120 miles south of Mexico City There are contradic- tory reports as to the loss of life, but the property was great. A suc- cession of shocks wrecked nearly every building in the town. Beveral hundred persons were injured. Coatepec, Concepcion and Tetililla, three towns with an aggregate popu~ lation of about 2,600 in the State of Guerrero, were wiped off the map during the night. No report i8 made as to the number killed, bat many were injured. The loss of life at Chilapa, which was all but destroyed, ig estimated at between 100 and 300. Three slight quakes were followed by a fourth, which completed the destruction The injured are esti- mated at 2,000, The Mexican eable which connects at Vera Cruz with the land line leading direct to Mexico City was not interrupted until late in the afternoon The cable sus tained three earthquake shocks near the Mexican Coast, and for several hours today the land wires out of commission. A report says Mexico enced six shocks since ternoon, but that the logs wWers City experi- Thurdsay af- damage i8 com- PANIC IN MEXICO CITY. When The Theaters Rock The Audi ences Rush Oat, Mexico City, Mex, (8pecial).— The damage caused by the earthquake ghocks were greater than was indi- cated in the early reports. The first shock was a fair warning to many persons, whose experience in earth tremblings knew that something worse was liable to occur later, This fact, howevér, did not prevent the theatres and the principal places of | amusement from drawing their ugual crowds. At these places were many American tourists, who felt the tinge of excitement given them by the shock of the early afternoon. When {the buildings began to rock and the cry of earthquake was raised there was a rush for the doors, and the throngs of pleasure-seekers soon gained access to the street It was in the midst of an the principal theater when the verest shock occurred about 9.00 M. The performers continued their parts, but the audience fled to the street, It was in the poorer quarters of the city that the worst damage was done, The insecure walls of buildings, which were damaged b the earthquake of April 14, 1507 fell, but the number of ple is comparatively small. Tele- graphic communication with the in- terior of the State of Guerrero, which is known in meteorological circles as the birthplace of the earthquakes which are so severely felt in this city at intervals, not yet restored, been a heavy loss of and, perhaps, some casualties in some of the mountain towns Mrs. act at BO P. wr W has properiy, Emma Jeannette Dorville, disease In the Tiburecio Theater, Vera Cruz, during a panic lowed the quake which fol- When the audience rushed many persons were severely but none was seri ously injured. During the crush Mrs. earthquake Was it the for the exits and # i¢ bruised, paratively Dorville dropped dead. iH THE BOMB THROWER 1 Silverstein old and a Russia He en's cloaks He lived with an uncle Wil liamsburg, N. Y., but they part- ed, owing to Silverstein’s radical ideas. The police found letters indl- cating that the bomb-thrower had been in anarchistic conspiracies, The bomb was the size of a large orange and was made of lead pipe, encased in a brass jacket and filled with bits of iron, nails and nitro-glycerine, iB nat ALOU £ VEear | ive of : ! is a tallor and ma« WOm- at i flag b! Peo York | harbored 1 New tered ell; pie’s A red a} n the Playground, and New to fact that it those prepared to give thelr York in { Special). flu ¥ x Union Square; om two men lay dying in the lives ir to constituted au- armed resistance was intended for the] rough firmness, a meeting of It exploded in the hands of the assassin, him, killing his compan-| jon, injuring slightly four policemen | and throwing to the ground geore those who were massed in the vi- The bomb police who, with had | broken up 10,000 un-| prematurely | rorribly a Saturday night Union Square Park, where the public demonstration had been made, i8 roped off from pedes- | trians: a hundred police patrol the boundary streets, and the station | 1.500 reserves, armed with re- night sticks, await in throw themselves into No further dis- at to order has developed Red Flags In Line, Bomb throwing in the foreign set- tiements of the East Side is a rather common occurrence, but for the first time Saturday saw an engine of de- struction openly and deliberately di- rected against a squad of police offi cers. It was meant for Captain Reil- Iy'se squad, of 20 men, and a longer fuse would have THE ASSISSINS | BULLET 15 FATAL Quriam W Stevens Dies From His i i perfected an instrument of death for probably every man of the 21 A labor, more exactly, a labor- less meeting, had been advertised park In the 1% many or be held at ousands that riotous dis- red red flag to ¥ of wore position, a and here an here a ved Suddenly an order park was given, and of them mounted hooting to clear the 15 charged the crowd, arriving in back to the square In the wide streets ning the nature an indifferent for- and marched the Having cleared of apparently upied benches, themselves with about the park harmless mation square all but a men who ice contented @ fow N } Ore the pol keep Encouraged, the procession grew shouts of deri and oathe directo at the police filled the alr, and as though by prearrangement straing of “The Marseiliaise’ from 10.000 throats 1 the n, thie TOR reinforced. held Captain had been stationed side of the square, double-quick pace, across the park. Shock Shook Skyscraper. Ag they neared the fountain that marks the center of the recreation grounds & stoutly built man darted out from the shadow cast by the he- role statue of George Washington and the officers, whose backs now turned to their pursuer. A large man kept at the other's heels. Within 20 paces of the moving squad two men halted and the smaller raised a hand in which was clasped Even as he drew the weapon it ex- at started two at abreast, to throw ploded The that shook the sky- scrapers of the square threw a score people to the ground The as- and his companion fell, the shock The bomb thrower still lived, but his right hand had been shot off, both of his eves were gouged out and his skull and a shoulder was fractured The four policemen who brought up the rear were injured, but not seriously, one of them being hit in the foot by 2 piece of the bomb. ” 44 “This is most unfortunate. This to this country.” were the words of Koike, as he left the death chamber, and Dr. Zumwalt, who had attended him, added his appreciation of Ste- vens' character by saying: “He had been calm, cool and San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Durham White Stevens, the diplomat who was shot down by the Korean, Inwhan Chang, on Monday morning, died at the 8t. Francis Hospital after a operation which disclosed a more serious condition of his wound than had been apprehended by the sur- geons, At his bedside when he died, be- sides the doctors, was the Japanese consul general, Chozo Koike. uncomplaining. 1 have never met a braver man." Inwhan Chang, the Korean who fired the shots which proved fatal to Stevens, when informed at the jail of his victim's death, received the news without surprise and with man- ifest delight. Since the day of the shooting Chang has been expressing the hope that Stevens’ wound might prove fatal. When asked if he was SOR for what he had done, Chang eaid: gm a. W. Mather Drops Dead, Wellaboro, Pa. (8pecial). — John William Mather, a prominent mem- ber of the Tioga County bar, died suddenly. He returned home from a visit to his plantaticn in Maryiand and was walking home from the sta. tion with one of his sons when he was stricken, Mr, Mather at one time was af attache of the Depart. ment of Justice at Washington and WASHINGTON Comptroller of the Currency Wile Ham B. Ridgely has resigned to be come president of the National Bank of Commerce, of Kansas City. Senator John Walter Smith, of Maryland, successor to the late Sena as a United States deputy : from 1883 to 1885. He was 61 ill have A856 miles of was sworn in after a i i ROOSEVELT SENDS A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Characteristic Aggressive Tone Notice- ably Absent, WANTS TWELVE NEW LAWS. Congress Is Told That Ample Time Remains for the Consideration of Certain Measures That Have Been Repeatedly Called to Their Attention Changes in the Anti-trust Law, LEGISLATION DEMANDED Prohibition of child labor Enactment of revised em ployvers’ liability bill Compensation for injured government employes Limitation of injuncti labor disputes Amendment of commerce law Federal co-receivers roads Modific laws Financial legislation Postal savings banks Preliminary for reform Wood pulp on the Permanent mission vi ous rai for ation of anti-trust WOors freq Wi water Washington, D. C which President Ru sent to C Wednesda amazing by its ONETERs the mild cous ton th whom enen © 1} 8 in Ba past few bie ut they were ild-mannered doc d them BOI £ that It sions avoid h heretofore WA ot of President Roosevi the © § would ument re to Wednesday of could hardly had Taking up the various re i : i some of them will be carried « is notable that in the of his message Mr not demand legislation determined Child says, should ited out the nation, his characteristic mediate enactment of a labor bill. Indeed, be satisfied with for the District Vers Roosevel! " _ vl give be veahitl t he 1 ¥ p : but does demand way a Colun bill, 1 ed in its application to Wash will be passed either this s¢ or the next session of a 0 at of Congress Unusually Self-restrained. He is similarly restrained i ing for the Employers Liability This bill, as stated, is passed in the a "5 n already House if the ably pass 3 shortly rules will t AB % de the lis if gOs Tuesday showed ing a bill to A8ler { ernment th - mt Senate : | by pass Yardn lannon, who t ts devoted to « Congress the by Representatives certain features man Anti-trust Law 1 tiem of his recomm jatio gratifying to financial and interests of the country satisfactory to labor will ommendations for Strikes, he says weapon, are entirely leg be recognized as such, and |} an effective plea for legislation working" man Nothing done to legalize either or a boycott that would lax says i be h legislation & clumss hould labor while at d 1€ 83 common he a position ' i the Presi- 8 labor leaders fully sustain dent His recommendations gavings banks will not be this sesgionsa, although the Honse ma: pase the bill in which Postmaster General Mever hag shown so much interest Outlook In Congress, The recommendations he makes for preparations for the revision of the tariff in 1909 are the results of conferences between him and the he car han probable | his plea made in his last moeesage to place upon the free list wood pulp and to make a corresponding reduction upon paper made from wood pulp | The meeting of the governors of all the states in Washington, on May | 14 and 15, to discuss the conserva- tion of our national resources, will] point out to Congress a way in which | to make elective his recommendations | for conserving our resources, and his | plea for a permanent waterways com- mission, which he regards as an es sential feature of the conserving of our resources, will probably be grant. ed. His notice to Congress that he will hereafter veto any bill granting water power privileges which does | not carry with it provisions for prop- er compensation of the government Tramps Asleep In Burning Barn. York, Pa. (8pecial). — Fourteen head of cattle, 20 hogs and 7 horses and mules perished in a fire of in- cediary origin which destroyed the barn and several adjoining buildings and their contents on the farm of Martin Baer, near here. Heroic ef- forts of a bucket brigade of neigh- bors saved the dwelling-house of the farmer from destruction. The fire * ¥ followed a for asta ’ ried out, and it is more ! . was discovered wore sleeping in barn at time. SOME ODD TALES AS TOLD BY WIRE Dog Convicted of Felony, Hange! - Diamond in Chicken's Crop. Convicted Of Felony, Pa. adindeged Dog, Hanged, a convicted after a falr the big Newfoundland longing Hugh McLaughlin, nged by the neck until dead. The dog, which had suddenly de- ped vicious disposition a few ago, sprang upon five-year-old Berger pretty girl, arby. down. his fangs flesh ly would have killed her child’s help and the big off Leiperville don Like guilty Jack, 10 a 2 a little Knocking into he her r fact tha tracted iriven rsrd ing © Iraing an Labrador old custom where dogs fn proven lust of a in tied the ace 10 ast of yl iflering yrosecutor made was ailty the from hung ther GOW, Jus- Missing Diamond In Chickens Crop. J Wi clean dinner, a ILiRs, Graniie, Red Found In Pipe Caused Death Of f Aged We thio he And Out. Mer- Cars Listled ar- W histled Himself Into Jail Pitigburg Yi Hera use he Had z him DIRECT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Leading Kentuck'ans Ask Federal interference. rpetrato night in Kentucky, in ion prepared by ngton and Cen- is being put @ that the can take no action unless Governor So requests, but they it {8 their purpose by this means bring the two executives together in the matter. The petition follows: “To Hbn Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Slates, Waeh BA “Your petitioners, all of whom are citizens and residents of Kentucky, re gpect(ully represent to you the turbu- tent conditions of civil affairs in this states he conditions in this community set out in the news papers, and the fact that those farm- ers who desire to grow tebacco are prevented from doing so on account of force amd violence and the de struction of plant beds and burning of Barng. has grown into the burning of dwelling-houses, to which crimes has been added murder “We desire to further represent to your Excellency the fact that the state government is totally incapable of handling the situation, which be- The grand jury refuse to find indictments and the courts are unable to punish those guilty of ¢rimes already committed. NIGHT RIDERS INDICTED, Kentucky Justice Begins To Lay Hold Of Lawless Marauders. Hopkinsville, Ky. (Special).—~The Christian County Grand Jury return ed indictments against Herman Rich. ard Crenshaw, a prominent Trigg County farmer, and Mat Gholston, 8r., of this county, a half-breed Indian, charging them with being members of the night rider band that raided Hopkinsville last December, destroy ing property val at $300,000, one man aba, whiping an’ are ston,
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