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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 191T
ROTAN WILL BEGIN
COAL CARD PROBE
District Attorney Will Sum
mon Alleged Distributors
of New Price List
PRINTER GIVES NAMES
Coat dealers who, It la nllcRei), tils
trlbutod price cards prior In the boost In
retail coal prices of Dectmber 20 will bo
summoned before District Attorney Knmucl
1'. ltotan today. That was decided In n
long conference between Mr. ltotan and
United States Attorney Francis t'lslior
Kane.
Dealers who displayed these price cards
In Ihelr offices and raised their prlreH to
meet those quoted on the cards will nlso bo
questioned. It 13 expected that one of tho
most Important witnesses to nppear will bo
M. J. McCultouRh. proprietor of n print
shop at 1511 Federal street. McCitlloufih
has admitted he printed tho price cards.
McCullough said the cards were ordered by
A. U. Colin, a coal dealer nt Thirteenth
street and Washington avenue, for tho Coal
Exchange.
It Is alleged that the cards were distri
buted by Colin and Frank Mathers, a Coal
Exchange director.
Mr. ltotan said today:
"What I am serljlmr Is 0rlmln.1l viola
tlons of the law. Prosecutions will follow
any evidence alone that line."
The District Attorney's office Is always
ready to receive evidence of law-hrcaldnR,
and we will co-operate with anybody who
has such evidence.
"With prices of nccossarles of life going
up almost constantly I feel keenly tho posi
tion of the public nt this time. It Is n
hardship for the poor to have to pay the.10
exorbitant prices for coal, and It seems
unjust for anybody to have to pay them,
whether they nro rich or poor.
"During tho last two or threo days I
have beenmo cognizant of tho feeling of
tho public In regard to tho high prices of
coal by tho numerous letters which have
come to mo from Individuals throughout
the city
"As District Attorney I am 11 servant of
the public, and I nm ready and willing
at any tlmo when tho occasion demands to
act In the Interests of the public. Consumers
In this district may rest assured that 1
shall act, and net quickly, If tho evidence
points to nny conspiracy or understanding
to raise the necessaries of life."
Cookft All Day, Acts at Night j Divorce
ItBADlNO, l'o. Jan. 17 After Mrs.
Esther F Ilnchmnh, of this city, spent n
vioI day cooking for thirty people In her
husbnnd's dog and pony circus she had
nothing to do until evening, when she had
to do her turn with a lot of aerial per
formers, according to testimony which she
gave before a masle'r hero today in her
suit for dlvorre from John I'. llachmnti
on the grounds of cruel treatment. The
master recommends that tho divorce be
granted.
Funeral Saturday
for' Dead Admiral
('ontlmitil from riun tine
lit touch with every movement of progress
hot only In our own navy, but throughout
tho world. On Wednesday afternoon Inst,
Just before 1 left tho department, he paid
mo a call nnd looked halo and hearty. I
thought ho would bo spared In us for many
years. His death Is an Irreparable loss to
our country, but tho American people will
over cherish ,hlfl memory.
"Ills counsel has meant more to mt than
words can express. Ills ntlvice to me smco
I havo been Secretary of the Navy was
mnro like that of a rather to a son than of
a high ranking olllcof to n tlovornment
olllclal."
UllltO OF MODimN t. 8. NAVY
Oeorge lixwey wns tho greatest tlguro In
modem American naval history. It wns ho
who gave posterity tho phr.isc that ranks
him with Perry ami Fnrragiit, as Iho calm
leader In a great emergency, tendy In a
crisis with cool counsel nnd expert ndvlco.
"You may Urn when you nro ready, tlrld
ley," ho told tho captain of the flagship
Olympla at the opening of tho battle of
Manila liny. That utterance. In tho milot.
calm way In which Dewey ulwnys spoke,
heralded a fight never excelled for glory
accruing to the American navy. It was
tho first Important nnvnt engagement that
I 'idled States ships had engaged In slnco
tho War of 1812.
The victory established Ueorge Dewey ns
ono of the American hernrv of history. It
brought him buck to the Fnlled Stales
In ISM an the nation's man of the hour
nnd this at n tlmo when there were plenty
of other hemes of only slightly less degree
who hntlvichlnveil that proud distinction In
the Spanish-American War. lie was ac
claimed In a triumphal reccptton nt Wash
ington, which surpassed nny ovation ever
before accorded nny American. The people
presented the hero of Manila Uay a homo
In Washington, on historic Itlmilo Island
avenue, tho contributions for the most part
being small Individual subscriptions.
MOI)i:it.NIZi:t) SKA FOHCI3S
Slnco that lime Dewey has been Innd of
tho general board of tho navy and tho
silent hut potent force In strengthening
America's sea forces. Tho plans which are
designed,' by 10ZG. to make tr.. American
navy second to none In the world ; tho
specifications by which America Is now
building the greatest warships In tho world,
are nil frulls of Dewey's hard work of tho
last few years hard work that weakened
him.
The fact that Dewey was tho first full
admiral since l'arragut was peculiarly
fitting, because Dewey got his first laslo nf
teal sea fighting under Admiral Farrngut.
Ho was with that grim sendog of tho Civil
War when he made bin famous passage up
the Mississippi urn! captured New Orleans.
Dewey wns born December 26. 182. In
Xlonlpeller, Vt lie was a son or Dr. Julius
Y. Dewey, nnd earno of nngllsb stock, his
ancestor, Thomas Dewey. 11 Dissenter, com
ing to this country about 1030 from Sand
wich, Kent County, llngland. Doctor
Dewey, the Admiral's father, was born at
Merlin. VI.
WKST I'OINT 1I1S GOAL
TI10 enrly studies of the future Admiral
were pursued In the vlllnge school, Heforo
he was fifteen yenrs old he had becomo n
cadet In the Norwich l.'nlverslly. In 1854
ho entered the Naval Academy. Dewey
would rather have gone 10 West Point.
Speaking of that time In bis life, tho Ad
miral said:
TJowcy stood high In his clnss nt Annapo
lis, That ho early was a most practical
mini Is Indicated by tho fact that tho ex
amining board gave him the highest ave
rage, while tho academic hoard gave him an
nverage that would han placed him llfth
In Iho graduating class. However, there
was 11 practice of adding the two ncrages
and this brought Dewey up to third place.
Ho was graduated early In the yeer ISfil.
nt a tlmo when the I'nlon needed every ofll
cor obtainable.
FOFGHT WITH FArtilAClCT
Cadet (leorge Dewey received his com
mission as lieutenant on April 9. 18(11. jusl
n week after the bombardment of Fort
Sumter, lie was assigned nt once to the
sldowhecl stenni sloop Ml-slsslppl. Willi the
other ships of Admiral Fnrr.igut tho Mis
sissippi ran tile gantlet of fire In foM-ing the
entrance of the Mississippi lllver. After
the- c.ipliire of New Orlcius she ran
aground under the flro of the batteries and
In a daring attempt to run past Fort Hud
son. She was sunk and abandoned.
Ilctween March, .1865. when he iccelveil
his commission ns lieutenant commander,
and .Iniiiniry, 1898, whim as commodore he
took command of the squadron in the Pa.
clllc. ho wns a hard-working member of tho
naval force, ljls sea servlco Included a
cruise on tho Colorado to European waters.
He commanded the Juniata In the Asiatic
station In 1882-18111. At Malta ho was
taken ill and recovered after u serious
surgical operation. In September, 1881 ns
captain, he wns plnccd tn chargo of tho
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Dewey, nfter returning from h's tour of
duty on tho Pensacola, was mado president
of many trial, examining and other boards
of the navy. He was popular among naval
men, but ho wns not a member of what was
regarded as tho Xnvnl Department clique
In Washington. lie 'was n sailor, not n
politician, and neei- resorted to nny other
means than those In the line of his duty
to obtnln promotion. This l ono of the
reasons that he was not commissioned com
mander until I8!)0. two yrais before tho
Spanish War.
On .Intiuary !). I8H8. Dewey raised his
ring over the olympla on the AslasllC
Station. At that time no one lind any Idea
that this was about to become the most lm
portnnt naval station of the I 'lilted Slates.
At that tfiiin Hip Imminence of a war w.tli
Spain was not dearly understood There
hud been 11 strong tension on Congress from
Cuban Insurrectionists nnd fiom the Amer
ican pcopte, who tcgaided Ihelr cause ns
Just. Hut the t'nlted States wns at pence
with Spain, and 0110 Congress after an
other sidestepped anything that would pro
oko it declaration of hostilities. The mys
terious blowing-up nf tho battleship Maine
In .Havana harbor In February, 1833,
changed tho whole aspect nf things within
tu only-four hours
Orders went nut from the departments nt
Washington, exiraonlltiary steps of prep-,
nratlon for hostilities wero made, but the
departments nt Washington mado haste
slowly, nnd 1 '.ingress by some master hand
was for weeks confined In outbursts of
orntoiv. for definite nctlmi wns ft list rated
lis long as ,t could lie done
Dewnv. mill h,s little Heel of crullers
nnd giniho.ii'. iis in Mini II. iv nnd re
celveti orders by cahle to attack the Spanish
In the Philippine. ,
With his fleet In good order, Dcwejf left
Hong Kong on the afternoon of April ZJ.
bound for Manila. It wns known that the
run could be made In about threo days, and
tho moments nfter that became nnxtons
ones for every one In the Vnlled Mittes.
I'll to that time 110 naval action had been
fought, and the outcome, while viewed with
n belief In the iilllmnle victory for 'he
American Heel. wa' still regarded ns llkei.v
In cause heavy loss before It could be ac
complished. '
ItllACHKK MANILA HAY
He t niched Ibe entrance of Manila li.i
i it,, m-oninir nf Anrll 30. mid with nil
lights out. and with the flagship leading the
lleet entered the dark waters silently.
N'eartv nil of the fleet had passed the nar
row entratiie with lis frowning forts bo
fore Ibe movement wits delected. Then a
few shots were llred at the sKamlng war
ships, but they soon were out of range.
Mines weie lltrd. but by mine mis-Judgment
these were llred nhend of the flag
ship iuid resulted In no damage being done.
About 5 o'clock In Hie morning. Dewey was
off tho forts of Matilln. nnd found the Span
ish licet hugging the shores nnd seeking tho
protection nf tho guns nf the forth, lie
formed n line of battle, nnd slowly steam
ing past ship after ship llred broadsides and
niilckllrers. raking the Spanish ships. As
the head of the line passed the last fait
nnd ship It turned out of range nnd
strained slowly back iifcaln. tiring again at
the etieniv as It passed, nnd being followed
by the other ships In line. After this loop
had been sailed twice, by which time several
Spanish shlp.i were found to be In flames,
and .the fort" almost silenced. Dewey drew
off li'it of i.iiirp fot breakfast.
The Anient an ships again opened fire on
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Iho Spanish. Tho Spa'nlards never had seen
guns worked so rapidly The Americans
shot straight, too, and the shots began to
tell Immediately. The Spaniards managed
to strike tho flagship frequently.
On May 13, 1898. Commodore Dewey was
raise il to the rank of rear admiral, nnd on
March 2 of the following year the office of
admiral was revived and Dewey wns ap
pointed admiral. The Philippines required
considerable time to quiet and Dewey did
not start to' return to -the I'nlled Stales
until the following summer. Ho nrrlved
In his flagship. Olympla, In September. 1839.
and on the 2fith of Mint month he wns es
corted up the Hudson Jtlver' and through
New York harbor by Ibe whole Atlantic
fleet. The banks of the stream were lined
with probably 2, 000,000 persons, nnd the
river Itself was olile with gayly decorntcd
craft of every description. The naval pro
cession went up.ns far ns Oram's Tomb.
The first wife of Admiral Dewey was
Miss Susie Onodtvln. n dnughtor of f!ov
ernor tioodwin, of Vermont, whom ho mar
ried on October 24. 1867. The honeymoon
wns scarcely ovor when Dewey was ordered
to tho Colorado and sent into Kuropean
waters. After two yenrs of separation ho
wns ordered to the N'nrragansett, nnd re
ntninAri tiriTit ii&h iixiii ! l . r-
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BCcond honeymoon In 1871 Two SrTl-
fore Christmas. In 1875. ,.!? ,
birth to n son, CJeorgo Dewey.' ami nvl !v
later she died. Shortly ?.'.Sn?,?v 1
from the Pncine tho ndmlral married xllii
Mildred McLean Han, of Wash W& ""
The numiral lias been spoken of .. . A
man who could havo been President uFi
wished In 1000 ho was .nn,..i ?l"J.. '. M
for the Itepiibllcnn nominally ..'1M
dent, but he preferred to remain H'
navy rather limit Venture into ..".J" :
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