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yy i "All the News That's Fit to Print." THE WEATHER. Showers to-ay and probably to morrow; moderate east winds. i t0t 13,715. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,: 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES fWR Greater Sew Terk.

rtewt-. 1 1 i i 1 1 IAFT WILL OPPOSE A TAX OH-INCOMES Would Try Out Tariff Bill as Aldrich Desires Before 1m-. posing Other Burdens. THEN FOR INHERITANCE TAX 5 I oration Levy Would Come Next Opposes Schedules In Bill, but Will Make No Open Fight. to Tht Snc York Times.

WASHINGTON. April agrees Senator AWrlCh that iji form of taxation will be necessary advice in case the Tariff bill, a. enacted, raise wKlclenf revest meet the expense, of the case additional revenue Is ncc- ih President is in favor of tr Yt Erst an inheritance tax. and next tax the k.nd of additional revenue measure least of all favored by 2 Tft. in ct, he 13.

of the opinion an income. tx la undesirable. rSVln the face of the Supreme Court. i the next place. It would be a direct in, neriurv.

Certain men woukI It honest, and It would be aii unequal tax. -if present Taft oocs not conceal hs the Tariff bill as It stands Is xi I ') tint he hopea 11 1 hi. callers that if the bill could contain all the reductlona of the Payne bill and all thoae of the Aldnch too. with no Increases at all. it would be satisfactory to him.

But he does not to become involved In any row iih Consres. at least, aWhia early stage t-J bis Administration, with the big legislative programme which he has in mind to come. For that reason he will te content with tsriff bill that will raise sufficient revenue to met tha needs of the Government. thinks that if it should go into effect boiit July 1 there would be five months Wore the reaMembling of Congress. In hK-a Its revenue raisins capabilities cwild be pt mi ua rely to th test.

If it yieved incompetent to raistlie needed coney there would then be plenty of time the next session to pass such an additional revenue bill, as might be desired. la that eveat his effort would be to sc-cre the adoption of the Inheritance tax. He beiteva tisat an Inheritance tax Is the rtui cf collection and the easiest el til the forms of additional taxation f-StiSHli. ii the Federal inheritance tax is not to 1 i lw lis. if -l ta excise tax on.

'the profits of corpora-j He Is convin-ed that it would be atirely constitutional, and that no great would be experienced, in its col- Ktlon. Hr. Taft agrees with Senator Aldnch the effort to reduce expenses and lias told his callers that he would back the Senior to the limit id everythlnR aimed that end. He thinks that there could treat savings in the War and Navy lrinments. He has been Informed by rvy officers tliat consolidation of the Wrau work In the navy yards will save ist fj.Ji a year.

-The President ses to to at this question of reducing i 1tpenditures with the greatest possible TTfQT. NotTrithstandinz th attitude of Presi 1 dent Taft the Republican income taxers roing on with their plans for a hot in ror sucli an amendment. nese x(publKan insurgents ere headed by Senators Cummins and Bristow, supported by Borah and ia Follett and others from the Nnnb western States. t'onidration of the conference report isx census 0111 prevpntea any exiena-H consideration of the tariff measure in the only sr-eech. a long address on the mendmnt iVh he intends to offer, providing that fiftetn years after the paB-oi th bill the Vnited Sta-tea shall f.int tiie Filipinos complete independ-He summed up his oMeetion to the ttidules affecting the Philippines in tsree propositions: rirt-lr the Wands are to be regarded as a Am-riean territory, then thev ar within to untin.

their products Khnnld hv our porta without restrte-tio" or limitation. Sfntid If our occupanry of the Islands Is to be only temporary, and if It our t. them to their people. 1 a lw which would romxtHTcial or poiltKwl r-ndtlon. t-twn tha Islands and this fmJTl dia' or "mbarrass th completion cf our purpose.

"i re wl' no such 'Ji to our dutv to ulil Government or build up their iLl th of our owii. iw 81! 'hc acre referred. Mr. no 'a a newspaper proprietor. half the duties 2 alo offered iji i which rluced the on lemons from cents a pound to MrCm'.

ho hails from a offered an amend- vlrem tax of 25 "tether dry. LOW RATES FOR PHILIPPINES. kmocrrt Ask. Why They Should Not Be Equally Low Here. SfcciaJ Tht Stw York Times.

r.HIXGTON"- 3 Tho rnillp-i'Z Comniislon presented the case In "or of the Administration's bill for a a tarlff b'01-6 th Ways Means Committee to-day. The meas- t0 meet administrative rlVr? K-f SIT lvM trie this cou-iiri ur'cen lne -rnnippines tariff rat.a liar schedules In nlted States. This aitsenV wuh the dout Bf.th use 'iat'th. 0U8h unintentional he double-tMtrrrlMi use support- tiat U5n unintentional confesxlnn Iiiv. a.o tl levied for this 5'w' bili twS-1 the Philip fcih a.

thKn only about two-third In mri. "re enough :icler.t?eve?nhuiori1'fn Products to make were at th time who "Id have r'rol pj 01 ta trade. practical runi eviden JuLrl Their bl couid remarked fr.lPpled to th7Iw" ai'gu try did not mean of t)i "till gi7e AmerlL.i. LW P- Protec tea V. Xh Iron and te.l StateK, Per whll the a 'P 8am schedule Per cent.

Phllinptn law. -77ev than TALK OF SIGNALS TO MARS. Astronomer! Gathered in Paris, How ever. Are Inclined to Special Cable to Tat Js'aiw York Times. PARIS.

April 20. Prof. William Henry Pickering's idea of communicating with Mars with signals flashed by a 10,000,000 set of mirrors is treated with amused skepticism by the general body of astronomers now In Paris attending the International Congress to Map the Heavens. The Harvard observer believes that such signals are possible when the planet shall approach within 35.000,000 miles jof the earth, or 5.000,000 miles nearer than over before. M.

Ballaud, Director of the Paris Ob-tervatory. doubts the seriousness of the proposal. M. Camille Flammarion, however, says that the establishment of communication with Mars is entirely within the bounds of possibility. Every condition points to the probability that Mars is inhabited by animal life," he said to-day, but the time probably has not yet come for us successfully to signal them.

It may bo that they long harve been signaling us. AH eosmologieal studies go to show that Maris is older and has attained a greater development than the earth. The Martians are probably infinitely superior Intellectually to us. who have not yet learned to conduct the simplest affairs, and spend three-quarters of our resources In maintaining engines of destruction. Martians were probably trying to communicate with the earth millions of years ago.

before our mammoth and cave men period. Never having received a reply, they possibly concluded that the earth was not inhabited by creatures of intelligence. In my pinion, communication will not be established in our time, but perhaps will bo at a far distant day." $50,000 AGAINST N1GHTR1DERS Jury Gives $55,000 to Each of Two Kentucky Negro Victims. Sftciat to The Xtw York Timtt. PADL'CAH.

April 20. No defense was offered lit the Federal Court to-day to the suits of Lee Baker and Nat Friz-sell, negroes, for damages on account of the Birmingham night rider raids, and the J.iry awarded them the full amount, each, as Instructed by Judge Evans. The verdict was against the following: Dr. K. Champion, Zeb Blood worth, Jene Keller, Courtney Champion, JodI Lee, Gillie Hill.

Charles Pegram. Ted Murray, B. Hill, H. Eddlngtjn. Cleve Kellle.

Dock Culp, Stone "VVIlIson. Johnson Lady, John Fox. Dave Payne. Amos Fulk, John Brltiges, Charles Hayden. J.

K. Blood-worth. Ge'jrre Duncan. Thruaton Duncan, Henrv Townes. John Htli.

Hugh Rogers. I. Bvgmm. Louia Wearrer. B.

I'helps. Alford CUaudet, L. O. Chaudet, John Jackson, Charles Phelps, Bob Heath. Henry Heath.

Henry Holmes, Alford Fox, E. Fox, N. Browning. Charles Duncan, and Luther Wells. Baker and Frlxzell were driven out of Birmingham, In Marshall County, thirty miles from here, by the raiders on March 0.

19i8, after being whipped until, according to the testimony of Dr. Robert Overby, the lash cut Into the muscles of their legs. On this raid John Scruggs, an aged negro, and his daughter's Infant child were killed by bullets. The Scruggs family, which also brought suit, is quarantined In Metropolis. with smallpox, and their cases were SHAKE-UP AMONG CONSULS.

Proposed Changes Go to Taft Denby to Face Charges. Sptcial la Tht Srw York 'Times. WASHINGTON, April 20. It is understood to-night that a considerable shake-up in the Consular Service Is Impending, the most Important feature of which is the recall from Shanghai of Consul General Charlea Denby to answer charges against him preferred by Lebbous Wilfley, formerly Judge of the United States Court at Shanghai. It is Intimated that Judge Wllfley'a charge is based upon some transactions in real estate in Shanghai, but whether Mr.

Denby la accused of being directly concerned In them or not is not known. A long list of Consular changes Is understood to have been prepared, and to be now in the hands of President Taft for action. James W. Ragsdale, Consul at St. Petersburg, Is understood to be slated for promotion.

He wants to go to Yokohama. He waa Consul at Tien Tsln during the Boxer outbreak and was transferred from there to St. Petersburg at a reduction of salary: MRS. I. W.

LOOKER DIVORCED. Wife cf Diamond Merchant Disproved Husband's Charge of Bigamy. Mrs. Madelon Looker of 63 St. Felix Street.

Brooklyn, obtained an Interlocutory decree of divorce from her husband, lrvhig W. Looker, a diamond merchant at 11 Maiden Lane, yesterday from Justice Thomas of the Supreme Court. The marital troubles of the Lookers have been aired In court for the last two years, and the suit for divorce begun by Mrs. Looker wss bitterly fought by her husband. He brought a counter-suit that she was married to a Dr.

Coburn In East Wakefield. N. H. She was indicted for bigamy In that State, but successfully resisted the efforts of the New Hampshire authorities to extradite her. In spite of the charges against her.

Mrs. Looker convinced Justice Thomaa that she was not a bigamist. Jn 1007, the year in which It is alleged she married Dr. Co-burn, sho went to his sanitarium for treatment for a nervous disease, and if a ceremony was performed, she said. It was done when she waa in a hypnotic state.

The Lookers were married In 1005 and separated in August. 1W7. She Is living with her father. William Kenmore. a retired merchant, at the St.

Felix Street address. Mr. Looker llvesjn Newark, N. J. KILLS ACTOH FOR JILTING HER.

Slayer a Sister of Girl Murdered In 1905 by Her Fiance. JACKSONVILLE. April 20. Following closely the heels of an announcement of the approaching marriage of Earl P. Adams, an actor and stage director of the Mabel Paige stock company now playing here, to Miss Elisabeth Bag-ley.

Miss Jessie Brown, a well-known young woman to whom Adams had been previously engaared, shot and killed him this afternoon in her home, where. It Is alleged, Adams went to explain to her his approaching marriage to Miss Bagley. Mins Brown was arrested and placed In the county Jail. She Is the sister of May Brown, who was klllf-d her In hi her ftance. who at the same time shot her roomer, airs.

and Detective Ca-Pfia. BIG BREAK IK WHEAT; PATTEN TO RESCUE July Declines Four Cents on a Bear Raid, but Market Rallies Under Leader's Support. ARMOUR READY TO UNLOAD Only Waiting for Delivery Day to Attack Patten Farmers Said to Have Strong Reserve. Special la Tht Kiw Ytrk Timtt. CHICAGO, April 20.

Wheat to-day de-' cllned 4 cents In one of the wildest scram bles to liquidate that has been witnessed on the Board of Trade for many a day. The Patten forces rallied to the support of May wheat, and managed to bring about a recovery in the price of that op tion of 1 cents by the time the gong rang, but. the weakness of the -July and other deferred options was shown, when, despite strenuous efforts on the part of the bull manipulators to boost the mar ket, they could only lift the price three-eighths of a cent The ret decline In May wheat In the past five days has been BVs cents, and the even greater loss of 6'4 cents Is recorded in July, which shows a shrinkage in James A. Patten's paper profits of between $000,000 and $700,000. Aside from a visit to the pit during the forei-oon, when he was said to have purchased small lots which temporarily Steadied the price.

-Mr. Patten spent most of the day in a chair facing the blackboard. To-day's slump followed an accumulation of bearish news yesterday and today. Among the Influences were remarkably heavy Russian shipments last week, rain in the Southwest, where the hew crop needs It, and a report that seeding In the Northwest would be completed this week with prospects for a bumper crop. Market Weak All Day.

The market looked weak all day. but what looked like bull demoralisation was reserved for the closing half hour of the session. Yesterday May wheat sold as high as fl-28 and July up to $M84. A bear raid tumbled prices, but support was lacking, and the close showed losses of only 1 to 2 cents, the Utter In July. At the opening this morning the decline continued.

May was 4 to 1 cent under the previous close, and July WQ, to lfiVJ, to the great surprise of Patten followers, who have been accustomed to see reactions followed Immediately by recoveries. This opening loss was sufficient to bring out fq-thwr'stoij-IoM orders. "under which July- declined to $1.1414 and May to Here the battle hung waverlngly for some time. Then came the crash July tumbled to and May to $1.22. The close was weak.

with July 8aac under yesterday's close, at $1.12. and May 2T4e down, at More light was thrown to-day on Pat-fen's methods of disposing of his cash wheat. Charles B. Pierce, manager of the cash grain department of the Patten house, admitted that he was surprised at the action of Spring wheat and could not understand why It was so hard to dispose of it. He told of sold (5,000 bushels in Buffalo at 2 cents over the May price, which practically amounts 1 cent under the market when deductions are made for freight.

Insurance, and elevator charges. Nearly all the cash grain men are pessimistic. They declare that It Is- impossible to dispose of fcven low-grade wheat at present prices, and that the only thing to be done is to bring it up to grade a 'id deliver it to Patten on their May Armour to I'nload on Pattest. Jt became known to-day that despite the hellish interview given out by J. Ogden Armour Just before he left Chicago for Europe, the actions of his managers Indicate that he Is In reality a bear.

A year ago, when Mr. Patten had been bulling wheat for two month, finally abandoned his position in February and dutvped his holdings, sustaining a heavy loss by the operation, Mr. Armour attempted to take over the deal and in consequence was obliged to absorb a great deal of wheat on May delivery. George Marcy. who Is Mr.

Armour's grain manager, confidentially told some of his friends the other day that he still has some of this wheat In his elevators which he hopes to dump on Patten when delivery day corner. In the meantime farmers, who with the millers have been Patten's greatest allies during the campaign, are selling their new wheat that Is, the wheat which they hop to hsrvest next July to country elevators at $1 a bushel, and are offering It freely at these prices. While Patten declares that there Is no wheat in the farmers' hands, grain dealers remember the Letter when they offered $1.50 to the farmers for wheat, without bringing It out, but later, when the corner collapsed and wheat fell to 80 cents, the farmers deluged the market. The history of twenty years shows that every time the prices go high the farmers tighten up on their wheat, but when It goes down again they seem to have plenty for sale." said one of the big cash grain men of Chlcsgo. EAST BUYINO PACIFIC FLOUR.

Willing to Take Cheap Grade Generally Sold to Orientals. PORTLAND. April Pacific Northwestern States are sending flour to the Eastern markets, a situation which Is almost unprecedented. Several hundred tons have already been sold for transportation across the Rockies. The first lots were started from Spokane and Walla Walla.

The flour is a low-grade article, such as it has been customary to sell the Orientals. Law to Sell Bread by Weight. PROVIDENCE, R. April 20.Loaves of bread In Rhode Island must weigh ex. actly two pounds, and the price must be fixed at so much per pound, according to an act introduced In the Legislature today.

Tin legislation follows the recent a nea agitation. I-t ymir Malted Milk HOIU.ICK Everybody knows Aaicai wd-rRv' r-M ROOSEVELT PARTY DELAYED. King Edward Orders Governor to Give Americans Every MOMBASA. British East Africa. April Edward has sent a personal cablegram to F.

J. Jackson, the Acting Governor of the protectorate. Instructing him to meet Theodore Roosevelt upon his arrival here and how him every consideration and care. The British cruiser Pandora came Into port to-day, and will take part in the welcome. The steamer Admiral, with the rioose-velt party on board, stopped at Mogadiscio, on the eaatern coast of Italian Somalliand, on the way down from Aden, and a message received here to-day says that she has been delayed.

8he consequently may not arrive here at the scheduled time to-morrow. In which event the programme for Mr. Roosevelt's welcome will be upset. All the' arrangements, however, are' completed, and an effort will be made to carry out the original plan. The special train to take the Roosevelt party to Kapitl Station, whence they will go to.

the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease, on the Athl River. Is all ready. It will be drawn by a locomotive built In Philadelphia, and the engine has been decorated with flags for the occasion. The present plan Is for Mr. Roosevelt to leave here for Kapitl Thursday afternoon.

He will be, entertained Wednesday evening at dinner by the Mombasa Club. R. J. Cun-Inghame. who Is to have charge of the Roosevelt expedition, is at present in Mombasa awaiting the arrival of the Admiral.

Major Louis L. Seaman of New York to-day expressed the opinion that Mr. Roosevelt's greatest danger would not be from Hops, rhinoceroses, or elephants, but from the tsetse fly. whose bite la said to be faCal. and the spirlllu tick.

NIAGARA ICE JAM WORSE. Governor Asked to Seek Aid of Government Engineers to Break It. Special la Tht Ktta York Times. NIAGARA FALLS. N.

April 20. Fears greatly Increased to-day that the Ice Jam in the gorge between this city and the lake would do great damage unless relief comes soon. Collector Merritt of this port telegraphed the Secretary of War asking that the United States Engineers stationed at Buffalo be authorized to take tugs and explosives to the mouth of the river and try and start' the ice moving to the lake. President Sanford White of Lewlston wired to Gov. Hughes, asking him to suggest this relief.

At Lewistcn the two hotels on the river bank were in greater danger this afternoon. It being necessary to rope the veranda of one to the main structure. Two families living near the river moved from their homes, fearing they would be swept away. This morning It was possible to touch the floor of the Lewlston Suspension Bridge while standing on the Ice Jam, and this bridge was swung eighty-five feet above the river et normal water level. The belief prevails that the Ice is resting on the river bed bet e'en Lewlston and the mouth of the river, causing tho water to back up, as it cannot reach the lake.

Great quantities continue to come over the falls. All effort to relieve the gorge road stopped to-day, as the roadbed is again flooded. ADOPT NIGHT COLLEGE PLAN. City College to Establish Such a Course Next Fall for Freshmen. The Trustees of the City College have approved the report of their committee on the plan of a night college to be established next Fall.

A committee was appointed on Monday night to 'outline further details and the courses to be offered. The work of this committee will be announced at the next meeting of the board. Next September, in the night sessions, there will be offered to qualified students the freshman courses pf the existing curriculum of the college and such additional courses as may be applied for by not less than twenty students, and which shall be recommended by the President and approved by the Trustees. The entrance requirements will be the same as are now necessary for entrance to the college. The number of applicants for the first term will be limited to 2U0 students.

The Board of Trustees, at the same meeting, also passed favorably upon introducing Into the curriculum new courses In Italian, municipal chemistry, municipal affairs, and sociology. These new courses are elective and open to seniors only. TAFT BUYS ANOTHER HORSE. Ha Three Now Uses One In Reviewing High School Cadets. HOT SPRINGS.

20. President Taft has purchased another Virginia saddle horse from Tate Sterrett. This is the third he has acquired recently for his personal use. It Is a very handsome heavyweight bay. 16 hands high, weighing 1 300 pounds, and has been named Fassl-fern In compliment to Fasslfern Farm, the estate of Mr.

Sterrett in Hot Springs. There were five other horses shipped with the President's horse, and It Is understood that they are for members of the Cabinet, an official In the War Depart-wqt? ana an of fleer In the Marine Corps. wnsHtNGTON. April 20. President TTt tAis afternoon reviewed the Wash-InVton High School Cadets on the White HousS grounds.

The cadets were to have blen In the Inaugural parade on March 4 but their participation was barred by the school authorities on account of the bSft Taft reviewed the cadets hZehacx. He was accompanied bvCol Cosbhli Chief of Staff; by Capt. military aid. and by two Ser- fZSrJS bearing the President's military flag of red. NEW MINISTER TO MOROCCO.

H. Percival Dodge of Boston Chose Northcott for Colombia Post. WASHINGTON. "April Ferdval Dodge of Boston, American Minister to Sfvador. M.

been selected as Minister to Morocco to succeed Mr. Gummere. Mr. Dodge entered the Diplomatic Service In U97 when WM PPlnt S'cr" Ury To the Berlin Embassy. In 1003.

he vame Secretary, and four years later waTmn.feJred to Toklo. He has served as Minister to Honduras and Salvador m7 He la a native of Boston, where he born on Jan lO. 11. was graduated from the Harvard Lew 8t FrVs'nt to-day sent In the nomination Of Elliott Northcott tf West Vtr-STnts! to "be Minister to Colombia. te California I F-elfte Shore n.

K-. Aprtl Si. Pes w- LAaaj CHURCH RULE AUGERS AUBASSADOR WHITE Will Not Attend Daughter's Re-ligious Wedding to Count in Catholic Edifice. WANTED THIRD CEREMONY But Services In Protestant Church Were Forbidden by Cardinal Kopp Plans of the Couple. Special Cabla to The New York Time.

PARIS. April LU Despite the efforts of t-oth families to obtain permission, the Catholic authorities have forbidden a Protestant ceremony for the marriage of Miss Muriel White, daughter of the American Ambassador, and Count Her mann Scherr-Thoss. As a result Am bassador Henry W'hite has announced that he will not attend the services to be held in the Roman Catholic church, but only the civil ceremony. In the effort to have a triple ceremony the plans of the young -people have been delayed, and there had been rumors that Miss White was considering a change of faith. These reports.

however, were unfounded. It was the desire of Miss "White and her family to have a service in the American Episco pal Church in the Avenue d'Alma. and to this desire the family of the Count gave their hearty approval. It was believed that would be little diffi culty In obtaining the desired permis sion, as it had been granted previously, notably in the case of the niece of Ambassador Eustis, when he was at Paris representing' the United States. Had the decision rested with the Church authorities In Paris it Is possi ble that the Whites would have had their May.

But the matter had to be put before Cardinal Kopp, a German, who as Bishop of Breslau has authority over the diocese in which Count Scherr-Thoss resides. He consented to the Issuance of a dispensation for the marriage, but made conditions that there must be the customary pledges as to the religious training of the Issue of the marriage, and that there must be no other religious ceremony. Efforts were made by Influential relatives and friends of the Count to have Cardinal Kotp alter his attitude, but he refused to make any concession. The- Whites, therefore. have been compelled to give up their plan.

It was announced to-day that the civil marriage necessary under French laws will be performed at the office of the Mayor of the Eighth Arondissement on April 28. and the next day the religious ceremony will be at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in the Avenue Hoche. Only near relatives of the young couple will be presenL Miss Margaret Rutherfurd. daughter of Mrs1.

William K. Vanderbilt. and Miss Lucy Buckler, daughter of the Secretary of the American Legation at Madrid, will be the bridesmaids. Ambassador White greatly regrets the attitude of the Catholic authorities. He acquiesced In the decision of Cardinal Kopp with great reluctance.

He Issued this statement to-day: Both my public and my private life demonstrate my freedom from religious bias, but, under the circumstances and as the representative of a country eminent for its religious toleration, although predominantly Protestant, I have decided not to attend the service at St. Joseph's, the more so as there are several recent precedents for a Catholic ceremony and one of another denomination." There Is no provision for dowry In the marriage contract, which has been signed. The couple are to live under the regime of separation of property," as it Is known here. The couple are to go to Breslau after their wedding Journey, as the Count at present Is stationed there, but will spend as much time as possible at one of the Count's country seats In Silesia. ALABAMA LAW It Annuled Licenses of Corporations Which Sought Federal Ceurt Aid.

MONTGOMERY, April Alabama State law annulling the licenses of foreign corporations which take cases from State to Federal courts was declared unconstitutional In a decision today by Judge Themas G. Jones of the United States Court of the Middle District "HaT-Tuiat the law violated both the State aand thS Federal Constitutions The decision was made In an order enjoining he Ketary of State 'rem canceling the license of the Western Lnlon Telegraph Company in Alabama, PANIC IN CAR COLLISION. One Man Trampled on In the Rush and Cut by Flying Glass. Several passengers were severely shaken and Samuel Yegendorf. a designer, of 180 East 100th Street, was trampled upon and cut about the face by flying glass last night in a rear-end collision between an east-bound Lexington Avenue surface car and an east-bound Thirty-fourth Btreet Sr.fownar.

jut east of the crossing at Twenty-third Street and ourth Ave- nTlin Lexington Avenue car struck the rear end or the crosstown car with such force tnat the vestibule of the Lexington Avenue car was smashed m. Windows In both cars were bronen and there was a generwl rush to get out. In the rush Ye-cendorf, who was sitting In the forward end of the Lexington Avenue car. was thrown to the floor and trampled upon. He was unonsclou when taken out and was hurried to Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance bv Dr.

Worth. His condition Is not believed to be serious, the surgeons of the Lexington Avenue car Frank Lascaldo, said the llarhts In the crosstown car were out and that he mhIi nci. make out the car In time te avert the collision. No arrests were niadu Aplinntl" BUIirht near and diatata Ytaicn, el epencer a. oi ttwau PARIS HEARS ALL IS SETTLED.

-t Sultan and Young Turks Agree Army Not to Erter City. PARIS, April 20. -A special dispatch from Constantinople says that it is learned from an official source that the Sultan and the Young Turks have come to an agreement and that the army will not enter the city. This Is due, the dispatch declares, to the fact that the troops at Adrianople have remained faithful to the Sultan. HELD FOR STOCK SWINDLE.

W. H. May's Partner, Who Passed as Gould's Secretary, Escapes. Special to Tht AYm J'or Timet. -PITTSBURG.

April SO. Representing himself as private secretary to George Gould, and taking as his partner William H. May. aged 80. of Pittsburg.

William G. McLaughlin, formerly of New York, but now believed to be in Philadelphia, re cently formed a corporation under the title of the McLaughlin-May Iron Steel Company and started operations In Greensburg, Penn. On Information received from Greensburg to-day May was arrested at his East End home on eight Informations charging him with false pretense. McLaughlin has made bis escape and the police of four cities are looking for him with warrants. The Informations evolved around what the police say is a gigantic swindling scheme.

May and McLaughlin are charged with selling to foreigners stock in a mystical Iron company. Their mode of operation was to sell-shares of stock, par value of $1,000, to foreigners for $200 cash. The money wss collected on sight, and a further Inducement was offered, to permit the foreigners to pay $200 more on the stock by working it out on the property of the company, In East Greensburg. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. Follows Eruption of Volcano Collma and Causes Panic.

MEXICO. April 20. A severe eruption of the Collma volcano, followed by an earth quake shock, has spread terror and con fusion among the inhabitants of towns and villages In the vicinity, a number of whom deserted their homes and fled to points outside the affected zone. News of the convulsion reached here to-day. The eruption began at 6:10 yesterday morning.

It covered a wide area with ashes and lava snd subsided, only at nightfall. Just as confidence was being restored, the region was shaken by a vio lent earthquake, and hundreds who. had returned were again thrown Into a panic. The earthquake waa first felt at 8:40 In the evening and lasted eight seconds. The oscillatory movement was from east to west and.

was accompanied by loud subterranean rumblings and detonations. No loss of life has been reported. MAURETANIA AT 29 KNOTS. Maintained Record Speed for 200 Miles at End of Her Last Trip. LIVERPOOL, April 20.

The Mauritania, which arrived from New York this morning, concluded the last part of her trip from Queenstown to Skerries Islets, about 2U0 miles, in 6 hours and 10 minutes. This works out to the very high speed of 2U knots an hour, a feat never before accomplished by an ocean liner. The run of the Maureianla beats all previous ocean speed records for liners, including htr own made In November, 1907, on her trial trip. According to the Cu- nard officials and observers on board at the time the Mauretanla steamed from Carsweil Point to Land's End, a distance of 300 miles, at a speed of 27 knots an hour. HIS BODY LUCE A SLATE.

Writing on St. Louis Patient's Back Can Be Read Twenty Feet Away. Special to The Sew York Times. -ST. LOUIS.

April 20. Edward Far-ran, 10 years old. is a human slate. Let ters' or figures written on his back with a blunt Instrument can be read at a dls tance of twenty feet, Farran is a pa tient st the City Hospital, where his peculiar ailment Is causing general Interest. The disease from which he suffers Is known as urticaria.

It is characterized by a redness of the akin, due to an Inflamed condition of the tips of the nerves. It Is said to be due to becoming orer-heated and then rapidly reducing the tempera ture of the body. Letters written on Farran's back with a slate pencil or the end of a match rise In welts and become as white as snow. They remain visible for an hour, and then grad ually fade away, or they can be erased with a wet sponge. Physicians say Farran will be well In a few days.

STOLE GYPSY QUEEN'S $10,000 Philadelphia Negro Boy Confesses- Part of Money Recovered. fecial Jo Tht Stw York Timet. PHILADELPHIA. April 20. Samuel Lewis, a negro, 20 years old, confessed to-day that he and two other boys had stolen $10,000 from Rhoda Loyell, an aged gypsy, who Is camping on Lancaster Pike near Bryn Mawr.

The detectives heard that Lewis was flashing hundred-dollar bills, and this brought about his arrest, The victim of the robbery, known as the Gypsy Queen, Is prostrated and waa unable appear at the hearing. Following Lewis's arrest, the detectives took Mm to his home in Bryn Mawr in a motor car, anA they recovered $3,010 of the stolen moaey in a fruit Jar hidden In the yard. Last Thursday night, according to Lewis's confession, he met Terrence r.nd together they planned the robbery. They went to the tent of the gypsy, and while Lewis watched the road Con-nell peered through a s' in the back of the tent. He saw the gypsy take off her money belt and put it under, her pillow.

When ene was aslttep Connell reached under the tent and took the money. They then went to a field hear "by and divided lu DEfl'KT'S HtlTFRSE ANn tOF.IXE. T. Etwty tioua US i uliottiiw rwTora. l-Air.

ARMY CLOSES III; SULTAN IS Tewfik Pasha Says Ruler Wili Not Flee, but Await Result of Crisis. INVADERS ARE ORDERLY Commander of Vanguard Tells Times Correspondent to Foreign Residents. TO PUNISH REAL CULPRITS Plan Is to Enter City To-day or To-morrow and Dic-' tate DESERTING CITY GARRISON Troops March Out to Join Approaching Army Gaycty and Animation Among the Populace in Constantinople. Special Cable to TltS NW York TIMES. From Our Own CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20.

8 P. M. I rode last night to the Macedonian lines beyond San Stefano. The Sultan a troops stopped me twice, but I escaped, and after three hours of hard riding reached the Macedonian outposts. I was warmly welcomed and was accommodated in the camp for the The invaders are splendidly officered and disciplined, and there Is no possi bility of 'their Joinings the reactionary troops and indulging In disorder.

They are accompanied, by liberal Mollahs, having shot the MoUahs who were trying to preach Insubordina tion. I felt as much at home among these soldiers as I would among English or American troops. The officers are particularly efficient and in perfect control of the men. Nearly all of thera speak French. As an Instance of the strictness of the discipline maintained the innkeepers have been warned that they win be shot If they supply drink to the We camped along the railway lice, and late at night the fruitless deputation of Izzet Pasha, whose object waa to stay the march of the -avenging Macedonians, passed In a special train returning to Constantinople from the Macedonian headquarters.

A roar of Indignation ran like wildfire along the troops lining the railway, but the deputation must have been under the carriage seatsr for the cars were all apparently empty. A tremendous ovation greeted Niasl Bey, the hero of the July revolution." Mareb Capital IJealne. This morning we received orders to march to the walls of Constantinople. I accompanied the troops In the brilliant sunshine through the green hills and along the arure Marmora. Stam-boul's battlements were visible in the distance.

The march was headed by the Bulgarian chief Panitsa. with VXi Bulgarians, whose lustily sung Slavonic songs reminded mo of the Russian soldiers' songs in Manchuria. The Greek volunteers sang Greek songs, and the Turks Turkish songs. The various costumes added to the effect. This waa a marvelous march, every phase of which I photographed for Tub New York Times.

The army contains Bulgars. Greeks. Turks, Christians, Jews, and Moslems, all living In unity. The tent in which I slept last night contained the representatives cf half a dozen religions and nationalities. This -Macedonian march thus solves at one stroke the vexed problem of Ottoman religious and racial union.

Among the volunteers in the ranks were doctors, lawyers, and professors, all holding touching the Sultan's mutiny language similar to that of the Young Turks In the capital, as I quoted them yesterday. Many Young Turk officers escaped to the Macedonian army after hiding a week in Constantinople from the Sultan's assassins. Garrison Aaxlevs to Desert. Close to the Adrianople gate I left the Macedonians and rode on alone. I met a detachment of deserters from the Constantinople garrison going to Join the Macedonians.

Apparently the whole capital garrison Is feverishly anxious to desert. The authorities keep them unarmed so that If they do desert they will not take rifles with them. The Macedonian outposts are on a regular war footing, with sentinels on the hills 1,000 yards apart. Before entering Stamboul I was near ly cut off a detachment of the Sultan's Infantry, but escaped by hard riding. The city walls were with soldiers gaxln at the tents of the avengers whitening the distant hills.

.1 am told that no defensive preparations have been made. The Sultan can.iyt get a man to fight tor him. I interviewed the Macedonian lead sr. He is cnxlous to avoid bloodshed, and repeatedly begged me to reassure the foreigners. He told me he was brln3 Ing several thousand police officers to insure order In the city.

TrP Alraeat at Dtambonl. rpeclal Cable te The New York Times. Dlspaica to The Londan Dai! Mail. CONSTANTINOPLE. April The Toucs Turk -vanguard a.a EU.