f THE NEWS, Domestic Con. Frederick D. Grant and Col. Henry Wattersun delivered address es on a reunited country at the un veiling of the statue to Gen. Stephen U. Lee at Vlcks bu: g. MIm. The Protestant K;i?copal Diocese rf Lexington. Ky , passed resolutions declaring that tr.e disproportionate taxation of the r.eres-sarles of !!f9 is breeding anarchy. It has been otluially announced that the t'ntvers::y City was first and the New York second la the national balloon race out of Indian apniis A rcrset s'ee) saved the life of Dr. Jennie A. Heard;-:, v. of CJ.kago, j niark Hand- :?, the mother .- run over and Reading. Ta. Ulcklnson de- :i graduates Military Acad- 1 Company has 23,000 ton3 of who was fired on er. Mrs. Harry A. Ci of nine children, w.-i killed liv a train at pecr"tary nf War liverf't diploma" at the West l'i :i emy. The Carnegie S received order steel in one wtck. John M. Wihli. former proprietor of the New York Star, died in Cal ifornia. Aeroi .aut Frank Goodflndo sailed across H e dry of New York. Dr. .1. W. VandTlsleve, of Chi cago, attacked present-day primary method before the American .Medical Association at Atlantic City. Vice Admiral Ilamn 1'riu and the HaronesB were gues' of honor at a dinner Given by General Stewart L. Woodford In New Y : k . John D. Ryan w.i elected presi dent of the AtiirilL'.ioia ed Copper Company to succ. -d the late Henry 11. Rogers. The Atlantic llo'illa, composed of two destroyers and ten torpedo boats. Railed from Charleston for Hampton Roads. Dr. Herman J. Frist, a physician charged with murder, was acquitted in the Criminal Cotitt at Nashville. The class of 1!0H in Princeton T'nlversity tendered President Wood row Wilson a farewell dinner. Francis J. Heney vns nomlnu'ed for disTict attorney by the San Francisco Democratic Club. I The army transport Thomas nr- J rived at San Francisco, bringing the ! Ninth Cavalry. To Investigate what opportunities 1 aro open to American finance in de- i velopiag China. J. P. Morgan & Co., j Kiihn. Loeb & Co.. the First Na- i tlonnl Hank and the National City 1 Hank of New York will send an agent to the Orient. Detoc'lves and postoflice Inspectors lielleve that the Black Hand gang captured at Marlon. O.. know some- J thing of the assassination of Dctec- i tive Petrosino. i George K. Starr, former treasur- ! cr of tho Fnited Rnllronds of San ! Francisco, was qnes'lotied about an ' alleged bribe of $2ui),n0Q to secure a trollev f ranch's". I Wallace Wilson, a millionaire i hosiery manufacturer, and Miss i Alice Hrown, n nurse, have married j and sailed for Europe. Harry I!:tts. tr.it 11 feet 8 Inches : in height and 4 j jvars old, died ! in Shamokin, Pa. I FILIPINO GUARDS HUNT M ATTACK WO CMS The Twenty-' hird Infantry Soon Re stores Order. FIERCE BATTLE AT A CHURCH Loyal McmlM-rs Of The Constabulary (Company That Mutiniitl, Together With Americans, Besieged In A Church, Where The Fight liases For Tlirrc Hours The Mutineers Finally Put To Flight My Another Company Of Constabulary Pur suit Of The Mutineers. Manila (Special). A portion of the second company of native con stabulary stationed at Davao, In the Island of Mindanao, mutlned on the night of June 6 and attacked the company quarters, which they cap tured after wounding one of the na tive officers. Af:er a fight lasting two hours on the following day, In which otio man named Lihhr-y was killed and four ! others wounded, the mutineers took ! to the mountains on the approach j of a company of the constabulary I stationed at Mapl, which hurried to ; the relief of the besieged Americans i and loyal natives. Without any warning the mutl- neers suddenly attacked the quarters i at night and gained possession of them before any resistance could be offered by a few native noncommis sioned officers and several loyal members of the company. Governor Walker, of the Davao province, of which the city of Davao Is the capital. Immediately rallied the Americans and such natives as could be trusted In a large church and preparations for defeiiHo were hastily made during the night. Win dows and doors were barred, loop holes cut, food and water taken In'o the building and everything made ready to withstand a siege. At 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the "th the mutineers began an at tack on the church. For three hours the fight raged. A heavy fire was directed against the church and Its defenders, but Governor Walker and his small force replied with such vigor that they discouraged all at tempts to storm the place. The mutineers retired and evident ly expected to await darkness under cover until a safer and more success ful attack could be made on the church. In the meantime, however, news of tho mutiny had readied Matl, a town of considerable size, 4 6 miles southeast of Davao. A com pany of constabulary stationed there Immediately hurried to the relief of Davao. Their approach caused the THE CUD UEB EL0V0N1A IS LOST Stranded Off Flo es Island in the Azores Group. , Timely Aid Rendered I!y The Xorth German Lloyd Steamer I'rln.ess Irene And The Hamburg-American Liner Itatavia -The Slavonla Was Hound From New York For Naples. The Ships Rescuing The Passen gers Also Hound For Naples List Of Cabin Passengers. New York (Special). Through cable messages news reached New York that the Cunard liner Slavonla, bearing 110 cabin passengers and 300 passengers In the steerage, stranded oft Floreg Island, In the Azores group. After having steamed successfully more than half way across the Atlantic the vessel, which left this port for Naples on June 3, is almost a complete wreck; but thanks to the timely aid rendered by North German Lloyd and llatuburg Amerlcfln liners, which responded to the Slavonla's appeals for aid by wireless, every passenger, according to best reports here, was taken off In safety. These liners which aided the Slavonla In !'cr distress are the Prln- zess Irene, of the North German Lloyd, and the Hamburg-American liner Itatavia. Both were also bound for Naples. First reports that the Cunarder had run agro.ind reached here short ly before 4 o'clock in a message to the North Gorman Lloyd from Cap tain Petersen, of the Prinzess Irene, saying: "Took on board Prinzess Irene 110 cabin passengers from steamship Sla vonla at southwest of Flores Island. The 3 00 steerage passengers on Ha tavla. Slavonla probably total w reck." When the foregoing was received tho Cunard Line oflice here had had on advices whatsoever and It heard first of the accident through the North German Lloyd. Flores Island, off which the Sla vonla stranded. Is the most westerly of the Azores group, with dangerous precipitous cliffs. The foundering of a vessel there can be easily Imag ined, but by good fortune the two other liners, the Prlnzess Irene and the Hatavla, which left Nw York on June 5 and June 3, respectively, were close by, and the laconic message of Captain Petersen would seem to Indi cate there was no loss of life or In Jury to anyone. The transfer of pas sengers was, no doubt, accomplished with the usual thrills and dangers at tendant to the shifting of nervous hu-ma-1 helms at sea. The Slavonla U a twin-screw lUNf PEOPLE KILLED I UN EARTHQUAKE A Hundred Persons Injured in French Towns. REV. OR. E. E. HALE 0IE5 AT RQXBURY President Taft Expresses Heartfelt Sympathy. VICTIMS HORRIBLY MUTILATED, i Kcmarkablc Career Of The Preacher, Tho Villages Of St. Cannut And Rogues Completely Demolished Lnmhcso Also Suffers Severely Public Huildings And Churches Crumble To Pieces And The People l'anlc-Striiken. rlislnvnl rnnt;itiiil;irv ffircp in with draw" HiiHnir tho ni'plit Thirtv n.i- ; steamship of 10,fi0fi gross tonnaee the trooners escaped to the liioun- ! Is :,UI ft'ot '""K. with a 50-foot beam Foreign The soldiers of the Foreign Le gion of the French army, whose de sertion lai;t year resulted in con troversy between France and Ger many, wc-e sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from five to 10 years. The injuries of W. E. Corey, pres ident of the I'nited States Steel Cor poration, and Mrs. Corey, who were in an automobile accident near their chateau at Palals-an. France, are painful but not serious. It was reported that an unsuc cessful attempt was made by Turk ish reactionaries to ki.lnap Abdul Harold, the deposed sultan, nnd that several officers were killed in the struggle. At tl"! Inst court the season at Ituckinghain Pal:i"' London, Mrs. Held, wife of the I'tii e l S'ates am bassador, presented t:i the King anj Uueen several American ladles. Commander John !I. Gibbons, tho retiring naval attache at London, bade farewell to Kinir Edwnrd and Introduce d Command' r Edward Simpson, his successor. Rev. S. G. P!ii',io"l-. a Baptist missionary, has been ;,elled from the town of Oyo, In Nigeria, West Africa, because he refund to obey orders of the native chi' f. Nine Moslems and r; non-Moslems were hanged at, A latin, Asiatic Turkey, after having been found guilty of complicity In t!.o recent inamarres of Christians. Two earthquakes were felt throughout the Plvieria. and several lives were lost and protier'y dam aged at Lambero and other towns. An automobile In which William K. Corev. president of the United States Steel Corporation, his wlfo nnd a friend were driving a'. Pal alseau, France, became unmanage able. All three were Mirown out, but Mr. and Mrs. Cornv eyaned with a few scratches Tl.-:r friend was more, seriously hurt. Mary Agnes O'iirien Riiz, who was divorced a year asm from An tonio Ruiz, a Cuban diplomat, and whose namo figured in connection with the divorce case of Alfred G. Vunderbllt, committed sulcldo In Ixjndon. The Turkish government has r quested Great Hrltaln. France, rtu" n!a and Italy, protecting powers of the island of Crete, to reconsider their decision to evacuat" that ter ritory July 31. The German steamer Ava. with dynamite aboard, took fire off Pon lellalre Island and the crew escaped in boats before the dvnamlte ex ploded and blew the ship to pieces. Half a million Parisians and for eign visitors. Including Americans, suw the splendid spectacular funeral of II. A. Chanchard, the merchant prince. Socialists hissed the pag eant. John B. Redmond, the Nationalist leader, announced In tho House of Commons that his party would vote against the budget, which, be de clared, was unfair to Erin. The engagement was announced of the daughter of Robert J. Wyn ne, consul general in London, to Lieutenant French, of the Seventh lira goon Guard. 1 Henry C. Ide, the new minister I to Spain, presented his credentials i to King Alfonso, who received hlra I with much ceremony. The members pf the foreign board in Peking gave a banquet in honor of W. W. Rockhlll, the retiring Uni ted Ftates minister. The town of Konlchl. Pud an g, was devastated by an earthquake, 230 people losing their lives. tains with their arms and equip ment. With the receipt of the news of the mutiny also came word that detach ments of the Twenty-third Infantry have reached Davao and quickly suc ceeded In restoring order. Several columns of troops were immediately dispatched In pursuit of tho muider ers. It Is believed here that the mu tiny was purely local, resulting from difficulties over food supplies or the care of women members of the fam ily of the constabulary. It Is thought to be confined to members of the one company at Da vao, and the fact that neighboring camps, also comnoeed of natives, hur ried to the relief of the besieged troops and Americans at the place Is cited as proof of this. Insular of ficials express complete faith in the constabulary. WORLD'S R1GGF.ST PIF.R. Will Extend Half A Mile Into The Atlantic Ocean. New York (Special). Contracts were signed by Frederick Thompson nnd John L. D-.Sauller, which call for the immediate construction at Long Beach, Long Island, of the longest and most preventions amuse ment pier e'er built. Associated with Mr. Thompson nnd Mr. DeSaul ler are a number of proment capi talists, who are said to have sub scribed $1,200,000 to defray cost of construction. Engineers who have been called In coiiti.il'atlon have reported u,at If is entirely feasible to build the pier one-half a mile into the ocean. One of the features of structure will nnd Is 22 feet deep. Her commanded Is Captain A. G. Dunning. The ves sel is comparatively new, having been built at Sunderland, England, In 1P03. She was valued at $7."0.000 and was partially Insured. She was a sister ship of the Ultonla Tonnowia and Cnrpathia and was one of the best liners in the Mediterranean trade. FRENCH MISSION FOR HACOX. Former Secretary Of State Will Suc ceed Ambassador White, Paris (Special). Private advices received here from Washington state that Robert Bacon, ex-Secretary of State, has accepted the Ambassador ship to France and that he will suc ceed Henry White at the end of the year. According to these advices, Mr. Bacon, when he was first offered the post, declined to Bccept It, prefer ring that Mr. White should be re tained as Ambassador, but, finding that President Taft had resolved In any event to replace Ambassador White, he finally agreed to accept the position. 11RYAX MAY HE SENATOR. Will Nebraska Seek Election In Next Year. Omaha, Neb. (Special). William Jennings Ilryan will be a candidate for the United States Senate to suc ceed Elmer J. Burkett. whose term expires in March,, 1911. This an nouncement was made by Richard L. , ., . , B .Meieaii, u lit ii vile v.uuiiui'iit.1, utili be a convention hall, capable of seat- ; u ,,, ,.,, ,.,, Bryan will make the race under the direct primary, modeled after the Oregon' law. Nebraska will elect a legislature In November, 1010, and the primary will be held In hep- i Marseilles (Special). From 75 to 100 dead and 100 Injured is the estimated total caftJnlties as the re sult of the earthquake which devas tated several towns and villages In the southernmost part of France, particularly In the department of Herault and Bouches-du Rhone. Great suffering ig reported from the remoter places, owing to a lack of bread and the necessities of life, before the arrival of assistance. The casualties may be greatly Increased, as tho ruins have not yet been en tirely searched. The villages of St. Cannut and Rognes were completely demolished by the earthquake, and Lambesc, which is twelve miles frora Alx, suffered heavily. According to advices received here a number of wounded are still Imprisoned In the ruins and soldiers are working des perately to rescue them. Survivors are sleeping In tents and the streets are Impassable In many places they havo been torn up and are encumbered with masses of rocks. Houses, public buildings and churches were crumbled to pieces. Among other villages seriously dam aged are Vauvenargues, Venellees, Pelissanne, Puy-Ste-Heparade and Ar gullles. The vlctlmu at Saint Cannat and Rognez were horribly mutilated. There were evidences that several of the victims had lived for hours im prisoned by the debris before they died. The people rushed Into the streets when the first shock occurred, crying out In terror. Many of them return ed to the rescue of their families At Rognez a family of four were burled in the ruins. Their cries could be heard throughout the night, but all were dead in the morning when a rescuing party reached them. At Saint Cannat an old man and his son were watching a billiard game. They were instantly killed. The players escaped with slight bruises. The chateau Valmousse, near Saint Cannat, was hadly damag ed. The communal chateau at Ar guilles was split In two. The historic village of Venregnes was wrecked, but no one was killed. Five In River With Auto. Knight's Landing, Cal. (Special). Mrs. W. F. Dixon and Mrs. J. H. Dungan, Miss Merle Dungan and Miss Julia Dungan, of Woodland, were drowned when their automobile top pled into the Sacramento River. The chauffeur swam to a boat and was saved. Chicken Thief Gets Life Sentence. Syracuse, N. Y. (Special). Charles Chaffee, convlctert nf ot oa fl ing chickens, was sentenced to Au burn State Prison for life. The judge had no discretion, as Chaffee naa Deen convicted five times of burglary, j Author. Chnplaln Of The Senate, Kindly Philosopher And Above All, Apostle Of The Lcnd-a-hand Creed. Taught -Young And Old To Iook Vp And Not Down, Forward And . Not liackwa"d Last Of A Notable Group Of Men. Boston (Special). Rev. Dr. Ed ward Everett Hale, chaplain of the United States Senate, died at his home in Roxbury. News of the death of Dr. Hale shocked Boston to an unusual degree because comparatively few knew that he was 111. A week ago he was pres- lent at the celebration in honor of the ; ninetieth birthday of Mrs. Julia Ward . Howe, his contemporary in many of 'the reform movements with which iboth had been identified for more than HO years. To his family it had been apparent for some time that Dr. Hale's health was failing. A few days ago heart weakness was noticed and his condition became alarming. It Is recalled that on returninir fn I Boston from Washington a few weeks ago, having temporarily relinquished his duties as chaplain of the Senate, Dr. Hale became III on the train, but the Illness was ascribed to a disor der of the stomach and he apparently recovered within a day or two. As Dr. Hale's age advanced his friends delighted to celebrate his birthdays. Especially noteworthy was the occasion of his seventieth and eightieth anniversaries, at both of which public meetings were held. In 1S!)2 a purse of $'.nno was given hfm. In the celebration of 1002, which was held In Symphony Hall, a great audience honored the distin guished divine, while Senator Hoar delivered one of his most eloquent ad dresses Dr. Hale's family Included Mrs. Hale, who was Emily Baldwin Per kins, a grand-daughter of the Rev. Lyman Beecher, and five children, Miss Helen Hale, Philip L. Hale, a well-known artist; Prof. Edward Everett Hale, Jr., of Union College; Herbert Hale, an architect, and Ar thur Hale, employed by the Pennsyl vania Railroad. A telegram from President Taft, received by Mrs. Hale, read as fol lows: "Mrs. Taft and I extend to you our heartfelt sympathy In your great sorrow, and deeply regret the loss which the whole community suffers in the death of such an upholder and stanch advocate of sweetness and light, the liberal hut truly religious Bplrlt, Christian charity and toler ance, the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God. "William II. Taft." Man K7 Goes To Jail. Chicago (Special). In the eighty seventh year of his life John How ard was sentenced to serve nine months In the house of correction on the charge of housebreaking. He was accused of breaking Into a resi dence on Fullerton Avenue. "It will kill me if you send me to the penitentiary," the prisoner pleaded with Judge Brentano. The court learned Howard had been arrested for burglary before. A ROUNDUP OF THE BLACK HANDERS BAND Got Tribute From Hundreds of Business Men Raid on Headquarters. lug 5,000 persons. Hungarian Com h ted Antl Sentenced To Die In Four Hours, New Brunswick, N. J. (Special). George Voz. a young Hungarian, was tried for the murder of his wife on May 17 and was convicted and sentenced to death the week begin ning July 2fi. The trial lasted only four houis and the Jury was out less than half an hour. Voz surrendered to the police tho day after he killed his wife and led them to a clump of bushes on the outskirts of the city, where he had waylaid the woman and shot her us she was on her way to work. Dewey's Comrade Oult The Navy. Seattle (S p e c i a 1). Lieutenant Commander H. M. Caldwell, who was an aide to Admiral Dewey and stood by his side on tho bridge of the flagship Olynipla during the bat tle of Manila, bus resigned from the navy. Summer White House Ready. Beverly, Mass. (Special). Every thing Is In readiness at the Stetson mansion, on Burgess Point, for the occupancy of President Taft and his family. President Taft will come af ter the Vermont celebration. Presi dent Taft has sent word that if the tariff bill Is settled at that time he will remain In Beverly, but If Con gress is mill In session be will return to .Washington and leave his family here, to Join them later In the month. To Give Dances In A Church, Atlanta, Ga- (Special). Dancing to the sound of piano music In the First Universallst Church Is to be a weekly diversion of number of young people of the church. Rev. B. Dean Bllenwood, the pastor, said of the dancing: "I consider dancing an innocent and healthful amusement. I riont believe In letting the devil have all the good things." The church U planning to arrange a stage, where amateur theatrical performances may be given by the players' club of the church, which Is already organised. tember of that year. Cigarettes Burred. Seattle (Special). The new antl clgarette law Is In effect. It Is the opinion of the Attorney General's of fice that any person who has cigar ettes in his possession is subject to fine and Imprisonment. Tho Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc Exposition police will enforce the law strictly. No one will be permitted to smoke a cigarette on the groundB. Raced A Waterspout. Cheyenne, Wyo. (Special). Union Pacific westbound China and Japan fast mail train raced for four miles with a waterspout near Paxton, Neb., and barely missed the course of the deluge, which tore out a section of track a few seconds after the train had passed. Husband Shot Overseer. Bradford, Fla. (Special). Be cause, It Is alleged, his overseer elop ed with his wife C. M. Murphy, a wealthy contractor and planter of Burtonton, shot and killed tho for mer, Paxton Carver, as he was re turning to Burtonton for some of his belongings. Murphy heard that Car ver was returning and entered the train here and killed him. He was immediately arrested. Carver was unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have two children. Georgia Town Bars Autos. Rome, Ga. (Special). The little town of Beney, near here, has declar ed war on automobiles. At a meet ing of the Town Council recently, after a spirited discussion, an ordi nance waa adopted prohibiting the use of automobiles within the city limit. - The town marshal was au thorized to arrest anyone passing through Scney with such "engine of destruction." This Is said to be the first town on record to declare against the automobile. Cincinnati (Special). In several arrests made in Columbus, Marion and Dennison, Ohio, Postoflice in spectors and detectives, who worked In conjunction with them In the case, believe they have unearthed the big gest and best organized branch of tho Black Hand In America. Mar lon, Ohio, is said to be the head quarters of the organization. Chief Postoffice Inspector Charles Holmes, of Cincinnati, who Is in charge of the work, says that evi dence has been procured showing that the gang operating from Marl on with lines reaching Into a num ber of rlties have robbed several persons in Ohio and other States at thousands of dollars In the last few months by the application of Black Hand methods. The men arrested are Sam Lima and Joe Rizzo, at Marlon; Antonio Vicario, at Columbus, and A Mar fls, at Dennison. Inspector Holmes said he was expecting word from Hellefontaine, O., of two more ar rests, and these two, he said, would be equally important with those al ready made. Inspector Holmes says that the pang, which conducted its operations from Marion, was composed of Ital ians nnd worked exclusively on their countrymen. He has obtained evi dence that as late as two weeks ago they sent from tho Marlon, O., post office money orders aggregating $1, 900 to confederates in Italy, this be ing the division of blackmail funds in one case. Many such bits of evi dence, it Is said, are in possession of the Inspectors. Inspector Holmes said: "The proof we have found against the Marion gang convinces us that they have worked their game suc cessfully ou many Italians, princi pally well-to-do Sicilians. We have not found where they threatened any American. They meant business when they made demands for mon ey. If their demands were ignored they resorted to the bomb to bring their victim to time or to punish a persistent refusal to submit to blackmail." The arrests were made simultan eously In the three towns after a search of six months for the men who sent threatening letters to John Amlcon, a fruit dealer, of Columbus, Ohio, demanding that $15,000 be paid in Pittsburg. The handwriting in the letters to Amicon Is Identical with that In the letters received by Antonio Rlzzo, a fruit dealer, of Cin cinnati, who died suddenly several weeks ago after refusing to obey the demand of a "Black Hand"' let ter to pay $1,000 or forfeit his life. He died after eating a banana given him by a stranger. The Postoffice Inspectors say they have discovered evidence showing that Marlon is the headquarters of all of the Black Hand societies of the country, and they allege that Samuel Lima is the head of the organization. The contents of the Bafe In the Rlzzo store bear them out In this assertion, they say. They say they found that hundreds of business men In all parts of the State had been paying tribute to the gang. Acting in harmony with the gov ernment officers the Pittsburg po lice recently entered the "Black Hand" headquarter there and made 21 arrests. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE of Orders for $7,000,000 worth steel rails are pending. In the ensuing year $270,000,000 of railroad bonds and note will ma ture. Electric supply business in this country Is over a half greater than it was one year ago. Brokers Sify the greater part of American stocks traded In London these days is upon order from American who are abroad. "Everything look fine along our lines," says President Hughltt, of the Chicago and Northwestern, In the third week of May, twenty five railroads gained 13 M per cent. In gross earnings over a year ago. Hill interest In the East and Burlington officials in the West de nied the report of a great merger of all Hill's railroad. It I now said in cable despatches from Paris that Mr. Morgan sold 100.000 share of U. 8. Steel to the French at $65, and that he ha of- farAii tn AMlvnr 1 ana finft bKd If bourse listing arrangement can be I made satisfactorily. 1 All Struck nut One. Winston-Salem, N. C, (Special). All tho employe of the Mount Airy and Eastern Railway, a mountain line, operating between Mount Airy, N. C, and Danube, Va., a distance of 19 mile, went out on a strike; that Is, all of them struck except A. White, the superintendent of the road, who donned an engineer' Jumper, took hold of the throttle and ran the "regular" train from Mount Airy to Danube and back unassisted. fOOO,OUO,000 For French Xavy. Pari (Special). The naval pro gram approved by the Cabinet in volve an expenditure of $t00,000, 000, covering a period of 10 years. Sis battleship of the Danton type, six of the Republlque type and four armored cruisers of the Gam bet ta type are Included in the estimate. Life Term For TiukUh Editor. Constantinople ( Special ) . Murid Bey, editor and proprietor of "Mi lan," has been sentenced to life Im prisonment at hard labor for partici pation tn the revolutionary move ment of April 13. ' SIGNAL HONOR FOR THE WRIGHT BROTHERS President Taft Presents. the Aero Club rYedals. THE AVIATORS ARE EMBARRASSED. In The Presence Of A Rrilliant Oath, ciing The President Accords Na tional Recognition Of Their Achievements A Witty Speech, In Which He Tells What Roose vclt Would Have Done And Re fers To Own Limitations Plans For Kort Myer Kllght. Washington. D. C. (Special). To Orville Wright and his brother, Wilbur Wright, the men w'ho, as President Taft '.old them, had "con quered the winds of the air," were presented at the hands of the Presi dent the gold medals prepared for them by trie Acio Club of America in recognition of thflr c. entitle and practical work in tl.o perfection of mechanical flight. Only a few years ago this government dismissed as cranks these same men when they made application for an official In spection of what they had accom plished. It was necessary that they go abroad and receive the approval of foreign governments before they were honored In their own home. In the great East Room of the White House, in the presence of a throng of men distinguished in science, In literature, In diplomacy, in affairs of the world, President Taft presented them with their gold medals and ad dressed to them such words of ap preciation of their work and of con gratulation on their success as must have been rich recompense for all the neglect they have suffered here tofore at the hands of their own country. It was nearly 3 o'clock when Pres ident Taft entered the East Room. The two Wrights had entered the room a few minutes before and had held a levee of friends and admir ers. Orville Wright was a familiar fig ure here, and he was able, because of his wide acquaintance, to present to his long, thin, bald brother scores of old friends. Orville made a series of experiments at Fort Myer last fall culminating In the accident that cost Lieutenant Selfrldge his life. Near them Btood their sister, Miss Kath erlne Wright, whose patient courage and constant encouragement have been not the least factor In the suc cess of the two men. A small, dark-haired woman, very quietly dressed, she seemed content to stand in the crowd that gathered around her distinguished brothers and to share In the honors that were done them, until from time to time one or the other of the two men would insist that she, too, come for ward nnd meet some of the dis tinguished men who pressed around Lto tell their pleasure at meeting the iwo great aviators. In the Immediate group around the brothers was a distinguished gather ing of Army men, whose brilliant uni forms lent color to the picture. Gen. James Allen, the chief of the Signal Corps; Major Geo. O. Squier, of the Signal Corps; Lieut. Frank Lahm and Lieut. Benjamin Foulols, all of them enthusiastic aviators; Gen. Franklin Bell, chief of staff; Major General El liott, commandant of the Marine Corps. There were present, too: Hol land Forbes, the acting president of the Aero Club of America, who came to Washington fresh from his victory In the Indianapolis race; William A. DeCaindry, the vice president of the Cosmos Club, and G. R. Putnam, tho secretary of that club, w ho were the Wrights' hosts during their stay here. When at last the big central doors of the East Room swung open and President Taft, accompanJed by his aide, Capt. Archibald Butt, entered the room, Mr. Herbert Parsons pre sented the brothers to the President. He greeted them warmly and was particularly cordial to Miss Wright, whom he congratulated as "the most important member of the family." President Taft then stood aside while .Mr. Parsons made the opening address, In which he set forth the purpose of the gathering. President Taft spoke briefly. He was very happy In his remarks. In deed, his little address was punctu ated almost equally with hearty laughter at his humorous suggestions and earnest applause at his graceful appreciation of the work of the Wrights. When he referred to the fact that If the work of the Wrights had been sufficiently completed his Immediate predecessor, who had gone down to the sea, would also have gone "up In the air," his audience burst into such loud laughter and ap plause that It was sometime before the President could regain control of the meeting. It is seldom that the President does not make some hu morous allusion to his own size. GIRL SCALPEI)INFACTORY. Cut And Otherwise Injured And May Not Recover. York, Pa. (Special). Miss Tillle Macabee, 14 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mnenhoa nt Railroad Borough, this county, while at worn in tne New Freedom sewing factory was probably fatally injured. The girl's hair and left hand was caught in the shafting of one of the machines as she crawled under It to speak to another girl. She was scalped, cut and bruised, and the thumb of her hand was torn com pletely off. The Injured girl ' was brought to the York Hospital. First Elevator lildo Fatal. New York (Special). On her first visit to New York and her first ride in an elevator, Mis Lena Schoonmaker, 19 year old, and one of a sightseeing party, was crushed to death when her head was caught between the floor of the elevator and the sixth floor of the Flatlron Building The party was being chaperoned by Mrs. Charles M. Hall, daughter of Judgo Alton B. Parker, Mrs, Hall bad taken a fancy to the girl and brought her from Kingston. Gl OF POBLOEBT BURDEN Deficit Transformad Into a Respect able Credit. TheNew President Shows In Message To Congress That The New Regime Is Also Relieving xii8 People of Oppressive Tuxntlo, Imposed Ry Castro Rclaton With I'nitcd States. Caracas, Monday (Special) striking refutation of General Caj. tro's recent statement that Venezu. ela would be bankrupt In six nioothi Is the following paragraph from President Gomez s message to Con gress, which shows that notwith. standing the suppression by the new government of numberless opprM. sive taxes, the deficit In the Bank of Venezuela, left by Castro, has been transformed Into a respectable credit The reading of the Presidential message to Congress on Saturday aft ernoon was not the perfunctory per formance of other years. President Gomez's recent decree removing com pletely all the oppressive export tal es on coffee, cocoa and hides, which fell so heavily on the long-suffering agriculturist and which produced to the government a yearly Income of almost a million dollars, has remov ed any doubt as to the progressive ness of the new government, and consequently great crowds surged In to the capltol building to express approval of the reforms. "It is a pleasure to advise you that the Cnlted States, as well as Venezuela, have re-established their respective legations in Caracas and In Washington, and have renewed the old friendship which unites them by many and traditional brotherly bonds." President Gomez commenced h is message with an Interesting outline of the difficulties under which he started his administration and ol what he had so far accomplished. He said: "Those were days of great diffi culties for the government. Public order was maintained only bv the force of authority. The restriction! on production and business, Imposed either by monopolies or by excessive taxation, provoked a protest from numberless Industries and caused i deeper commercial depression. Th republic was threatened by several diplomatic relations with four pow ers, and the coastwise shipping and revenue cutter service was paralyzed by the activity of the Dutch fleet Id our waters. I consolidated peace at home by returning their rights to all Venezuelans. Amnesty was later granted to those concerned In the attempted coup d'etat of December 19. I abolished the monopolies which prevented the free exercise of busi ness and industry, and at the same time that 1 cared for the national defense I opened the road for a de corous and amicable solution of pending difficulties." Earthquake In Chili. Valparaiso (Special). An earth quake occurred at Copiapo, a small seaport on Copiapo Bay. Many houses were destroyed, but there were few casualties owing to the fact that the buildings at that place are very low. For a time the resi dents were panic stricken. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH President Of War College. Washington, D. C. (Special).. Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, recently relieved from command of the troop In the Philippine, and now at San Francisco, has been or dered to this city for assignment to duty a president of the Army War College. He will succeed Brigadier General W. W. Wltberspoon. Merchandise Import at Philadel phia In May were $6,382,113, be lng an increase of $2,314,226 over Import In that month, 1908. ' Secretary lallineer eliminated the ! common carrier and the so-called confiscatory clauses of the old oil and gas- pipe line regulations In op eration in Oklahoma. The gunboat Scorpion, which has been at Naples for several months, having her boilers repaired, will be ready to sail for her station June 21. The 'Department of Agriculture will Investigate charges made by J. F. Harms against the meat inspec tion system at East St. Louis. President Taft sent to the Sen ate ttie nomination of Peter D. Over field to be Judge of the Third Ju dicial District of Alaska. The exact title of the new ruler of Bulgaria, Prince Ferdinand, is to be "His Majesty, Ft-rdinand, first king of Bulgaria." An additional $5,000 was sent to the American Embassy at Constan tinople by the American National Red Cross Society. An arbitration treaty between Brazil and Cuba was signed at Wash ington by Ambassador Nabuco and Minister Velez. Delegate Wlckcrsham, of Alaska, will work for a bill providing for a thorough inspection of the mines of the territory. Ambassador Letshman at Constan tinople presented his letters of re call to the Sublime Porte. President Taft received at the White House the new minister from Switzerland, Dr. Paul Ritter. The Board of Engineers decided that the proposed deep waterway pro ject from St. Louis to the Gulf wai not feasible. John Norrls, chairman of the com mittee on paper of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, was heard by the Senate Committee on Finance in support of free wood pulp. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion and the shippers and railroads interested in the Spokane rate case agreed to postpone until fall the phases of the case still in contro versy. Rear Admiral W. L. Swlnburns has been ordered to duty In con nection with the 6ummer conference at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I. Dr. Maurlco Francis Egan, Amer ican minister to Denmark, will rep resent the United State at the Arti and Literary Congress at Copenhag en, j The Senate Finance Comtnlttei was sustained on the woolen sched ule of the tariff bill. William W. Rockhlll, tho Ameri can minister to China, who has been promoted to the post at St. Peters burg, I about to leave Peking. (rod the Ibsuo of $100,000,000 of 4 V4 per cent, bond to cover the con version plan outlined elsewhere oo this rtAffft. Th hnnila n ,aa.m. able' after three year at 105. Tbt conversion pian goes into effect nei Tuesday.
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