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fISP listefetombUyIaiioWto I GeSattactlon imsmmm HSgii NEAB 4 BREACH WmmQSJXIA Senor Fonsecas legation atrjLa azils Guarded by 800 Soldiersj After a Fifti Outbreak of RiofingeraeniMiln tention to AttackNeighborBeing Sat Ufiefl With tfieBuenos Ayres Awaid Funeral of Majs JaraesJW jmgAtteno edtyf Loyal UtfanijiGXirA Huenos Ayrea Julr 11 The council of ministers at conference today decided to telegraph the Argentine minister at La Pas Senor Fonseca to withdraw rom Bolivia In case hels not able to Obtain immediate and complete satisfaction wlta reference to the hostile manifestations against the Argentine republic The Argentine government is in direct communication with the government of Bolivia through Senor Fbnseca the Argentine minister at La Par who has presented to the Bolivian government a de Ynand for an explanation of the attitude of the Bolivian minister here as well as for the recent attacks upon the Argentine legation at La Paz Senor Konseca has informed the Bolivian government that he will withdraw from La Paz xhe present situation does not improve The Argentine minister of foreign affairs today received a dispatch from Senor Fonspca announcing the fifth hostile demonstration against Argentina in pplte of the presence of Bolivian troops at the legation A body of men started to attack the legation building from the rear Tnepersonnel of the legation asked for the protection of soldiers Troops were thereupon sent forward and prevented the continuance of the movement Legation Guarded at La Paz The Argentine legation is now guarded by S00 soldiers Another dispatch from the Argentine consul at upisa Bolivia announces hostile demonstrations at that place The consulate was stoned windows were broken and the flagstaff was knocked down After this onslaught the crowd attacked the house of an Argentine citizen President Montes Apologizes Santiago de Chile July 12 A dispatch from La Paz Bolivia says it Is stated from an excellent source that the government has decided not to accept the award of the President of Argentina in the boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia The mob continues Its violence and Is plundering the property of Peruvians and Argentinians notwithstanding the presence of troops President Montes called at the resper tive legations to disavow and apologize for the hostility of the mob It la beginning to be feared that the troops and police will fraternize with the demonstrators Peru Looks for Peace Lima Peru July 12 No fear is felt here that war will ensue between Peru and Bolivia on account of the hostile demonstrations at La Paz over the decision given by President Alcorta of the Argentine Republic on the boundary limits of the two countries Peru has been satisfied with the award and the attltud of Bolivia which has protested against the decision of the arbitrator is unfavoi ably commented upon President Leguia addressed a large gathering of all classes of society toda which took the form of a demonstration In front of the university requesting the people to remain calm and to exercise prudence in thepreaent trying circumstancescircumstances He asked them to have confidence in the government which had taken all necessary steps to maintain the honor and dignity of Peru Up to the present there has not been a single hostile movement against Bolivia and to avoid the possibility of exciting public feeling the authorities declined to permit a public meeting which had been arranged for this evening Police guards have also been placed at the Bolivian legation and consulate Valparaiso Chile July 12 It is believed here that war between Peru and Bolivia is imminent because of the disorders at La Paz The Chilean admiralty said today that Chilo would remain neutral but she is preparing to send warships for the For protecting American interests and also to keep in close touch with the situation the gunboat Tacoma is now on her way to Barranquilla where the trouble started nd where her commander will meet and consult with American Minister Northcott as to any further steps that may be deemed necessary The minister has telegraphed that the Americans it BarranQullla are in no danger REVOLT IN COLOMBIA AT END Funeral services for Maj JameaW LongTwho died as the result of injuries received by being struck ty an automobile at Seventeenth sand I streets northwest lastFriday were Jield yesterday aft ernoon from Til late residence J50 Sey enteenthi street northwestr The Rev Robert Moore of Foundry Church and Chaplain William WBrander of the Fifteenth cavalryp conducted the religions services AjV XZg The corteges as escorted Arlington Rational Cemeteryby a troop of the FifteenthFifteenth cavalry stationed at Fort Myr Military ceremonies were observed atlhe grave JX The honorary pallbearers were Robert Armour EL Davis BentlyKrli Evans Callahan and iaWMar tin The Loyal Legion andtheOrd4d Army of the Republic of which organiia tlons Maj Long had for years been a member attended In large numbers TAFT TO ATTEND BEUNION President Taft yesterday told Senators Daniel and Martin of Virginia that he would be glad to attend the annual Confederate reunion at Fishers mil Va provided the date of the gathering could be set within the next ten days The Senators think the matrer canbe arranged GoodafePilqts DirigibleAlong yJ TNewYork Streets i ij THOUSANDS rWATCHHIS PEAT 1 3 rr Aeronaut Crosses the Hudson In Morning HtieJ and ilhea FoiloVs IUroside Drive andGreat WhiteWayDowif to Herald Square Circles Thrice at Yary ing fltfghtsandHetuisA lSi is 35 S5 ThS UTvi Special to TJie WasBiwton tost Jr VNew Tork July i Wi6 weather conditions Ideal Frank Goodalemade good hlspriomlgetdday and visited Herald square Jn his dirigible balloon The tripfroKt Palisade amusement part was made in just22 minutes arid rthereturn In about the same time Thousands of persons watqhedlthe balloon as It clr cled and Soared above the HeraM hulld ing and all the windows in the Broadway office buildings as wejrasall the roofs were black with men and women wno cheered the young aeronaut as he flew past high above them Goodale had his dirigible filled with FlOOdS FOllOW 111 Wake Of lair was cool enough to aUow for the maximum amount of gas to be pumped Into tlie envelope which a warmer temperature would have prohibited Promptly at 20 minutes before 9 oclock the moorings were cast off and the balloon rose ta ja helght of 300 feet and headed eastward toward the Hudson When the rher was reached Goodale raised the balloon to a higher altitude and was barely visible to the river craft as he neared Manhattan owing to the slight haze but all on the shore could hear the whirring of trie propeller TWO KILLED BY STORM Rains and Winds FUNERAL HIT BY A TORNADO Twenty Persons Injured Near Hamilton Ohio Death and Injuries at Camp Meeting Trains in Missouri Valley Forced to Take Roundabout Ways St Louis Suffers From Lively Blow Senor Guzman Hears Revolutionists Have Surrendered Without Conflict The revolution in Colombia is at an end according to a message which was received late yesterday by Senor Guzman the Colombian charge daffaires who rushed immediately with it to the State Department The message came from the cable agent the Colombian government at Barranquilla and was transmitted through the Colombian consulate general at New York city The end came without any conflict the revolutionists army surrendered and the legal authority of the government reestablished said the message All the country was declared to be at peace Sehor Gusmans message la not bornf cut entirely by the State Department advices The department had heard that an armistice had been declared and that Americans were in no danger but that at Santa Marta the situation was critical Late yesterday a dispatch came from Barranquilla saying that the port of ruerto uoiomma had been blockaded siice July 6 by the Colombian gunboat Cartegena A conference between Gen Valencia the head of the revolutionary forces jand Acting President Holquln the department was advised is to take place today at some point near Bogota score of persons were Injured in a tornado that swept over the northeastern part of Butler county late today At Seven Mile station the funeral procession of Mr Sarah Lloyd was caught in the wind Five carriages containing twenty persons were blown across a road and hurled against a fence Injuring all of the occupants but none severely Two carriages containing six persons were thrown over a fence and the occupants were held prisoners while the vehicles were rolled over several times Withrow a farmer was struck by lightning and fatally hurt Chicago 111 July XL A storm of wind and rain that was particularly severe in the Missouri valley tonight swept around until it encircled Chicago according to reports received by telegrapu companies whose wires are in bad shape Wires are down in every direction from Chicago The storm extends from Louisville to Follows Road Like an Auto When the western shore of Manhattan Island was reached the aeronaut dropped the balloon to about 500 feet above the earth and then startfed southward down Riverside drive At 110th street mha Hamilton Ohio Jul 12 More than aJaother turn to Broadway and followed i uiu uuKinnre srraisrnt mn hmfii until Columbus circle was reached Herel ne sent the balloon slightly toward the east and then to Broadway again There was a slight haze overhanging the upper part of the city but from Central park down the sun had cleared away the mist and all on the streets could see every detail of the gas bag as it flew rapidly southward Thousands of pedestrians stopped on the sidewalk cabs automobiles and trucks stood still while the aeronaut flew overhead and even trolley cars halted while the passengers got out and gazed at the dirigible Stunts at Citys Center It was exactly two minutes past 9 wien Goodale reached Herald square but his balloon having been flying at ah altitude of more than a thousand feet from Columbus circle soHthward had been seen long before this and the entire street on Minneapolis and from Kansas City to I both sides was lined with men and wom Dubuque to Cleveland It is reported to en while every window and roof served be working eastward I as an impromptu grand stand from which At headquarters of the telegraph com to witness the flight nanles here today severe wire trouble was Goodale circled the Herald building reported in the storm swept territory west twice first at 1000 feet and then at 500 of Chicago in central and northern i tj i for five minutesV and after dipping the large American flag which trailed from the rear of the balloons framework started northward again His return flight to Jnllsade Park took about twenty two minutes arid at a quarter to 10 oclock the dirigible was at anchor again in Its lnclosure in the New Jersey amusement resort The uncertainties which still attend aeronautics were manifested again this evening when the biplane of Fred Schneider a Brooklyn member of the Aeronautic Club was totally wrecked at Morris park The machine rose straight up in the face of a heavy wind buckled and tumbled backward from a height or 20 feet Schneider escaped without a scratch WOMAN DROWNS AT NIAGARA Hat Shows She Fell or Leaped Into River at Goat Island Spejcjal to Tlje Washington Post Niagara Falls Jf July 12 The body of a Woman between 25 and 30 years old was found under the hridge at Teyrapln Point at the edge of Horseshoe Falls tonight having evidently floated downstream She had not been in the water more than an hour A hat found on the upper end of Goat Island Is of blue straw with blue ribbon and cherry trimmings It is supposed to have belonged to the young woman SEVEN YEARS FOR BLUEBEARD Indiana and in Minnesota Killed at Camp Meeting Steubenville Ohio July 12 One person was killed another severely injured and many sustained minor hurts when an electrical storm swept the camp meeting grounds of the Free Methodists here to right Mary Miller aged 16 years of New Brighton was killed and the Rev Mr La Due of Brighton Pa was badly injured Before the storm broke many campers had gathered near the tabernacle tent where a testimony meeting was being iiekl Miss Miller had been the lat give testimony The roar of the storm was heard and Miss Miller ran tor licr tout A tree several rods away was stiuc by lightning and a limb striking the tent crushed the girls head killing her instantly The Rev Mr La Due was struck by a smaller branch of the tree Wheeling Va July 12 One person was killed and a number rf ohers in ured one perhaps fatally tonljrlit oy a storm that passed over this State imports received here indicate thst Ho pPity loss throughout the State will oe laiye Main Lines Congested Kansas City July 12 With the main line of the Missouri Pacific railroad between Kansas City and St Louis congested because of the great number ot trains of other railroads detoured over it in an effort to reach Chicago railroad I traffic between Kansas City and Chicago today was practically at a standstill The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe road had annulled all of Its Chicago morning trains and the Burlington and Rock Island officials were making no promises to Chicago passengers as to arrival time In the lake city These two roads were detourlng via St Louis Local flood conditions were at a standstill today as the Kansas River stood at 23 feet a rise of but si of an inch since yesterday The Missouri River reading was 262 feet which was 2 inch higher than last night At Topeka the Kansas River reached a maximum of 18 feet 10 Inches last night but showed a fall of 7 inches today Heavy rains fell during the night in the Kansas River watershed Tornado in St Louis St Louis July 12 A wind of tornado proportions struck St Louis and suburbs at noon today Telegraph and telephone wires were blown down In St Louis coun ty trees were uprooted The wind struck the steamboat Alton as it passed with 300 passengers from St Louis through the draw of the bridge of Alton 111 25 miles north of here The boat was swung around until part of the wheelhouse was torn oft against a pier of the bridge The boat was Jammed there The pissengerg returned here by train The wind here picked up wagons and threw the horses and drivers to the ground Johnson Supposed to Be the Multimar ried Madson Sentenced San Jose Cal July 12 Christian John son charged with bigamy by Mrs Josephine Amelia Tretheway Stockton and thought to be the notorious bigamist Hajdson was sentenced this afternoon to seven years Imprisonment WESTON WALKING AT NIGHT Aviator Latham Still Stormbound Calais France July 12 Herbert Latham the French aviator who has been waiting here for some time and who is to attempt a flight across the English Channel In his monoplane Is still stormbound ROOSEVELT IS AT NAIVASHA Has the Number and Kind of Game He Wants There Listed Maj Mearns Attends Natives of Another Expedition Mauled by a Lion and Two of Them Die Naivasha British East Africa July li The Roosevelt expedition which has been hunting for the past five weeks in the Sotik district arrived this morning at the farm of Capt Richard Attenborough on the south shore of Lake Naivasha Cuninghame the general manager of the expedition came into Capt Atlen boroughs last night in advance of the others and left at daybreak today to meet Mr Roosevelt and guide him to the cap tains Mr Cuninghame had a hard trip arid on the last day of his journey his porters were without food or water Mr Roosevelt and his son Kermit will remain at Capt Attenboroughs only long enough to bag three hippopotami a bull a cow and a calf a specimen of the rare Digdig antelope a bushbuck and a baboon They will then move on tp the ranch of Lord Deiamere one of the game wardens of British East Africa to nunc witii mm for ten Iays at Njoro The other members of the party will stay at camp at CroqnetTennisaadtjoU i TEsa3 iZ r3J i 8fJaI tootle waddniton PoL JV JSOstbn Vulyl2 The smart setAitr the sunHnercapltai Isagog over the decla ration made todays by thetRevPaulH Drake Known as PresldentTafts suni mer pastorfii nnectlon witbSdnday basebalL The clergyman Trtio presides over theHtUe flockotSTIniversalistsf at Beverly yesterday said with much eow phaslar if Many consider It wicked foca crowd of men anS boys who5 have spent eight or ten hours a day during theworfcihg week In a hot stuffy factory to set out orrifVacant lot andvplayTbalt pn Sunday I approve of It and feel like taking hand In itravself fiundavshouldbe a day bfirecreation 5 A very good rule to7ive by Inthis Is neer do anything on a iveek daythat ypud ahamedWdaon Sunday Sun nay jiSjpeopiesflajv to spenaasjiney pleaseTl would urge as agood wayto spepdTaV leasa part ofthatday that everyonejattend some gcdundogmattc churchy just as asuggestlonof self Im provement then go home andreador gono ineDeacn or piayDaEeDat croquet or tennlsilrgolfand beJusrt as happy asjt ispossIbletobelK DEtEiHiiiEl ElectsHimBelegate to the Federation TRIUMPH OF G0MPERS WING Editor of Trades Unionist Is Unanimously Chosen as Secretary John Col poys of the Carpet Workers Is Elected President of Central Body Heated Discussion Marks the Meeting Richmond Bishop Celebrant at Norfolks Most Elaborate Funeral Norfolk Va July 13 The fdneral of Rev Thomas Dowling the young priest from County Clare Irelajid who lost his life In the surf while bathing at Cape Henry last week took place Ihere today with many priests from all parts of Virginia present Bishop Van de Vyver of Richmond was celebrant at the mass and Rev Father OReilly of Richmond delivered the eulogy The funeral was the taost elaborate ever witnessed in Norfolk By a special resolution which nas unanimously adopted at last nights meet ing of the Central Labor Union bam De Nedrey who was not reappointed a delegate to that body by President Kidd ot Columbia Typographical Union was last night appointed a special delegate as edi tor or the Trades Unionist By this ac tion Editor De Nearey obtained voting DrivUeges on the floor and became eligible to reelectionas secretary of the Central Labor Union A second vote vhich was unanimous gave the editor the office of secretary John Colpoys was elected president of the body The election of De Kedrey was thought to have ended thefight made against him by the conservatives of thye organization who oppobed the editor and his prin ciples as being In favor ot President Gom pers declaration for Democracy ana against the election of Mr Taft as President of the United States Shortly after the installation of officers however Harry Templar of the printers asked that a letterbe written to Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of La bor asking whether the Central Labor Union acted within its jurisdiction in naming De Nedrey virtually a delegate at large as a jgpresemative of a trades paper with the right to vote and hold office in the central body Heated Discussion Ensues This motion brought about a protracted and heated discussion in which De Nedrey argued that Instead of asking for advice Ixom my known enem trank Morrison the advice be sought trom the executive council of eleven The motion odopted ordered the secretary to seek the Information desired from the executive council of the American federation 01 Lsbor Other officers elected were president John Colpoys of the Carpet Workers Union Mce president McCracken of tht hoisting engineers financial secretary McClure of the plate printers treasurer James Consldine of the sheet metal workers and sergeant at arms A Clark of the painters aid decorators The fieht for president was hotly contested Colpoys was nominated by ths Gompers faction the printers of the and their allies nominated Harry Templar who declined the nomination McCracken was then nominated but justvbefore the ballots were cast vthdrew his name and asked that the election be made uninampus in favor of Colpoys The trustees elected were Oliver Beaumant machinists Frank Rom hroTi eir workers Frank McKenna plate printers The retiring president and vice president are jonn uuiuu workers and Harry Templar printers TO HONOR PROF NEWG0MB wft Vi ThoseitWho KecentlyrMadt Course ayvsieuc suasion Aasignca vo fiuas 4The ReyMtjMountaln of thefApos wnc Mission House jtsroojuana is speno erehlsincharge ot StJtarya Church during the absence ot the pastor tneiKevtMtA jfennejKha U4n Europe Father Mountain i will headV the Buffalo missionary band next fill Of oiherwhQiniade the courseln Ihe Apostolic Mission House this yeare the Rev AE Zimmerman and the Rev John Ryan are starting the first parislTof thfc Missionaries of the Sacred Heart In the west at uttumwafiowatne Kevjosepn uiennjsjwitn the oriesta of ue Josephlte parish In Richmond and the Rev Father Gumbletonof the Josephites is acting as rector of their Industrial School at Clayton JJeL r5 The RevCrM3 OBrien Iff In Springfield Massr He expects to begin workjwith the Springfield apostolate this fall and hopes to make a second years course at the ApostolicMisslon HousetThe Rev Aus tin Fleming oft Australia Is assisting at SLoPauls Cflurchin Jersey City lfr ne Kev John a Dougherty has been made pastor of a church la Delaware CityDeW The BevJM BradyT who was ordained by Bishop OGorman at SlouxFallg af ter completing his course in the ApostqJlcMlssion House last month is orgaSilzing hedlocesan missionary band at KlmbaIlSDak with the Rev Patrick MonaghanVhodesires tahayechlsband composed entirely of graduates from the Mission House TheRevr TVHayden Is in Concordia Kans7andtheJRevsFfttherPricrJscori ducting summer missions inNorth Carolina JZ DROWNED PRIEST BURIEDf TAFT COMMUTES SENTENCE Reduces Prison Term of Ohio Manu faeturer to Four Years President Allows Clemency for Ohioan Convicted of Misapplying Bank Funds Capt Attenboroughs The captain Is at present in Naivasha engaged in se niirttio jiTirt Rhlnnincr nrit RimnHfes for tho With the Mississippi River gauge read iexDeditlon Starts on the Last Ninety Mile Stretch of His Journey Sacramento Cal July 12 With 90 miles still before him Edward Pavsbri Weston tpplght proceeded onhis way to San I pUK0Mel Mass rtaam from RauTr Franeiscowherfthe iwUlTfind his aifc I 1 i lng 319 feet this morning the govern ment weather rbureau predicted 335 feet for tomorrow and 34 feet for Wednesday The Water backed into the buildings along the levee but no great damage was done Across the river on the Illlnolslde the lowlands were flooded and the rise Wednesday will destroy property Lashed by the wind the waye dashed oyer the levee protecting Venice 111 from the Mississippi River Ten thousand acres of farm land were inundated and 150 families were forced to fleefroni their homes Dispatches from Panalll and Kenia Ill say that tornadoes struck those towns jesterday At Kenia four persons were injured and several buildings were destroyed No one was hurt at Pana but the property damage was considerable Grain was leveled by both storms Movements of Ocean Steainers ARRIVED New Tort Moltie and Amerlct from Naples Minnehaha from London LlverpooliCeltio from New ToA Gnoa Cretliv from New York PIymouthSronprhii wnheim from Neir Terk for Bremen a 1 London Mlnnetonka from NewJTork Htmburg President Grant and KkfBertiT Au guete Victoria from New York SALED Cherbourg Grosser Kurruert7lor New Yri HEPORTED St Mai A Mearns a member of the Roosevelt party rode a distance of 40 miles recently to give medical attention to three natives belonging to an expedition under Chapman wno had oeen severely mauled by a lion In spite of his efforts two of the men died A11 the members of theRoosevelt expedition are well In addition to the other game previously reported as secured in the Sotik district Mr Roosevelt bagged Jwp rhinoceroses each with bigu hornsfiawlldebeeste and a number of lesserspeclmens mrsooseveltat sisters AferSightseeing jnGenoaSheGoes to Miss CaroVs Villa Genoa July 12 Mrs Thepdpre Roosevelt apdheMhrea children whVaVrived heFeytejaaVJlfromapliswereimet here this mornlngbyMlss Carow Mrs RooseyeUsjsIster Thepartytiipentthejmornljjgdrivlng around Gnoa to seethe sights and left thlsafferrioDnfnr MlssCarowa vllln at 1 Porto Maurisio wheje theltooseVelts will remain ror iwovweeKsv TheCJirovrvilaisrpnf Mohte palvario and commands a beautiful panoramic vieof the BlvieraJVfeJr sPortorMaurizlj Jtaly July 1 The Rooseve party op arrival here was most German and French Ambassadors Will Act as Pallbearers The esteem in which the late Prof Simon Newcomb was held by the scientists of Europe and by the French and German governments which liad honorec him during life was impressively attested yesterday In the acceptancie by the French and German ambassadors in person of Invitations to act as honorary pallbearers at the funeral of Prof New comb tomorrow In making up the list of pallbearers Dr Anita Newcomb McGee Prof New combs daughter requested Jusserand and Count von Bernstorff two of the few members of the fliplomatic corps stilL in the city to designate representatives to honor her fathers burial Each of the ambassadors replied promptly that he would regard himself as privileged to serve In person Later In the day Jusserand called personally upon the Secretary of the Navy and assured him of the honor he felt in the opportunity to express thus not only his own peisonal respect Jtut the high regard felt for the late distinguished astronomer by the people and the govern ment of France The funeral of Prof Newcomb will be held tomorrow morning at 10 oclocklat the Church of the Covenant Preceding the services qt the church there will be a brief service at the residence attended only by members rof the family and the pallbearers The Rev Tyler Dennett assistant pastor of the Church of the Covenant and the Rev Dr Childs of Chevy Chase will officiate at the services Commander Sellers wilt have charge of the military arrangements for full military honors will be paid to the dead officer and savant The honorary pallbearers will be Capt Vreeland SN Milton Upde graff U8NtMedicalDirect0r Dixon USN Commander Jayne If Brig Gen George Sternberg retired Jusserand the French ambassador Count JH vonBernstorff tire German ambassadorrAlyey A istee Second Assistant Secretaryfofr State MacfarlandProf Frank WClark ProfFabianJFranklinot Baltimore and HrTittman superintendent of the xi ArTA tg NewTork VJujy 12 Thebody of Mar cenus jfomteiy tne intrepid Confederate coioneL ana aw to Gen JoeJWheeier wlWdledonJuly 18 atttha old Atlantic Hotel onv the Bowerywiltbe burled iir Memnhis Tenniwlth due honors TThe body is now at the hiorgUeiIbuf Maj fc Howard Qweh oommanderof tne Confederate camp of this city received a telegram today from Phillp1PoUiter of CompMlsSTr Brother of the colonejwhieh airecieo nimro send ape noay to jaeai The President has commutedthe sentence of Edward Flicklinger of Gallon Ohio a manufacturer who was sentenced to seven and a half years for aiding and abetting Qtho Hays president of the Gajion National Bank in unlawfully misapplying the funds of that institution The commutation Is to four years which would expire February 20 next The commutation is solely based On representations regarding FJIcklingers health Fllcklingers case was a conspicuous one In Ohio and involved complications of hiffh finance He formerly was nresl Ident of the Flicklinger Wheel Company and president of the Vehicle Wheel Club competed of many of the leading wheelmen throughout the country and was connected with the Galion Wagon and Gear Company and other manufacturing enterprises He was not in any wayconr nected with the Gallon Bank but President Hays of the institution was treasurer of the Flicklinger Wheel Company and of thel Gallon Wagon and Gear Works When the bank failed out of a total of 3412000 in loans and discounts about 337000 was paper of Flicklinger concerns Hays application for pardon was denied a year ago last May Flicklinger is more than 60 years old and the prison physician reported that it is doubtful If he can survive further confinement The President believes that news of the commutation will make Flick llnger rally The commutation includes allowance for eood behavior President Taft yesterday denied a pardonpardon to Charles raver and Llllle who as president and cashier1 respective ly of the First National Bank of Con I neaut unio were sentenced to sir years imprisonment for making false entriesiin the banks books Whenthe bahkfailed according to the charges Jraver owed Jhe institution 14000 and Llllle 18000 A crippled child for whom he embezzled bank funds to secure means ior treatment by specialists was the extenuatln circumstances which actuated the President yesterday to commute the sentence of CcrJ Spencer once a collection teller of the Des Moines National Ba ik from five years to three years Imprisonment Des Moines citizens hye urged Spencers pardon and the execution of the serir fence of the court was DostDoneff TiendiTirr the result of the appeal to the President The President declined to pardon but directed the commutation JK i si iV 44 Warriagy 9 Xfc YungrWill I Takeikeln Engfiid BELDEQEOOM BTO TOMORROW Ceremonyyit PecaredrWill Be Per ifofmed as Shortly After His Arrlyal as PoWble Dnder Englisltiav Singer vProudof 200 Fee forSinging at Am bassadorReids Recent Party Special OMe to The Wuhtngton Fon Txmdon Jalilf It Is reported on re liable authority 4that the marriage of Mme take place In London as soon after tha Jatters arrival inEnglapV on the Lu canlaen Wednesdays the legal requirements in regard to residence canhe ful filled i Nofdica is very proud of liavlng received asfeeofrJ2500 fpr singing at Dorchester house on the occasion of 5Ambassador Relds party for the king and iueen She says itlsXthe biggest feeyer paid to any woman singer in Europeor America Uhe prima donna obtained this special price ibecause In order tossing at i Dorchester house shehad to brealcanen gagementto sing Tat ttjie Princess vde Pollgnac musicale in Paris She sang at Mrs1 John Wj Mackays party tonight for 1500 A 1 i 3rr Engagement Often Denied The engagement of Mme Lillian Nor dica to George WashlngtoaYoung bankers has been nnounced several times within the last two years but vs denied as frequently by both parties concerned Rumors and gossip in society and musical circles were set to rest however when afters returning from a concert tour through CanadaiMme Taordicatmade a formal announcement of the engagement at a dinner given by her inthe Plaza HotelHotel in New York city js Her marriage to MrYoungwlH Hje Mme Nordlcas third matrimonial ven tuie Her first husbandiwas Frederick A Gower a wealthelectrlclanwhgm she met and married IrtParis in 1882 They did not live happily together and three yearp later Mme NordlcaT began legal proceedings for a separation The case was postponed from time to time ahd in 1S87 news was received thatGower had lost his life while tmaking an attempt to cross the English Channel In aballoon His body has never been recovered Mme Nordlca settled her share of theiestate for 40000 1 Mme Nordtcas second marriage ytook placeMn Indianapolis on May 27 1S96 when she wedded Zoltan Doeme th Hungarian tenor She obtained a divorce from Doeme 1b this city in 1904 Young Prominent asBanker Mrf Young has long been a1 prominent figure in social and financial circles in New York He was formerly president of the United States Mortgage andTrust Company In whlcn he Is still interested He is nowrviqe president of the Windsor Trust Company besides being a director in the Pere Marquette Railroad Company the National Bank of Commerce the Interborough Rapid Transit Compan the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company and the Casualty Company of America He js also head of the banking firm of GeorgeJW Young Co of 9 Cedar street New York Mr Young is a native of NeyJersey where he was born on July 1 1864 He began as an office b6y and at the age of is became paying teller of the Hudson County Bank of Jersey Clty At the age of 28 he was vice president of the United Stares Mortgageand Trust Company Since then he has advanced rap Idly as a financier He has been married before his first wife being Miss Natalie Bray of this city whom he married on November 28 1SS9 She obtained adlvorce In Trenton in January 1908 in a suit whicn Mr Young did not answer They have two children Dorothy aged 15 and George Washington jr aged 12 years SUFFRAGETTES CHOOSE PRISON Fifteen Implicated in House of Commons Said Refuse to Pay Fines London July 12 Fifteen of the suf fragettes who in the raid pn the nouse of commons on June 23 indulged in tne breaking of windows with stones hidden In brown paper parcels wenf to prison for a month today rather than pay the fines Inflicted by the magistrate The suf fragettes claimed that their offenses were purely political The course of Premier Asqulth in re fusing to receive their petition they safcT had made militant action necessary and Home Secretary Gladstone War Becretnry naiaane ana jonn Burns president of the locat government board who had incited them by taunting them wlththe statement mat tney were using om pinprick methods ought to be beside them in the dock MRS SAGES GIFTS STOLEN New Yorks 5 Apiece Rhodoiien Irons Taken by Hundreds Member of Park Squad Accused of Permitting Thefts From Famous Mile of Plants Special to The Washington Post New York July 12 Policeman Me TCeagney of the Central parte squad who carries the service stripes of 20 years on his sieeve got into trouble today because of rhododendrons Just about a year ago Mra Russell Sage presented to the city 005 of the plants to be set about in Central park The shrub3 were aristocrats of their kind and came from Belgium Whenl planted for a mile1 along the east drive the alien beauties flourished But they had scarcely taken joot when some one discovered that Belgium rhododendrons were worth about fa a planf With that discovery began raids Before spring this year 200 of the plants had been stolen Several weeks ago Park Commissioner Smith tipped off police headquarters that the looting of the rhododendrons had beguir again after 1000 newplants supplied by MrsSageihad been setoutv Three detectives wereset onthewatch yf One Sunday thersleothsplckedupT John NJames chauffeur employed by the Central fPark Garage and afterfc he haxi Brfghef this morning VollcemanMc Keagney was summoned McKCagney admlttedthatialthough he saw a rnan step fromataxlcabona certain night UJ1U us uyEWMfcK iuvuuutuuiuvfl ilvUia not arrests Mm izf fs ThefcoIkemanwasreleasedinthe cus todyofhia counsel Warrants were is sued today jor a man and a woman who aref thought to tbe Uhotreal thfevea of the rhododendfonhedge -justice Moodyid Massachusetts As80ciateJustice William lienry MOCdy of the United States Supreme Court Has lef Hot Springs Var for his home In Massachusetts1 Justice Moodyleft Washington for Hot Springs about tett days a0 to bi treated for asevere al FRANCE AMENDS CHURCHIAW Will Take Care of Aged Teaching Priests if They Lack Funds Paris JuTy 12 The government has issued a decree modifying the law of 1904 which suppressed teaching orders where by permanent homes will be assured aged and infirm priests Of tne various orders Heretofore the law1 provided tf or the evacuation and sale of the houses of congre gations petitions mat tney be used as homes for members were not formulated within a stated time or If the funds in hand were not sufficient properly to maintain them The government now waives the first condition and undertakes the maintenance of the houses if the funds of trie occupants are not sufflcientf or tljat pur dTfctBellefof Hew YorVtNatinJLr J3a hearty waa the reception accorded SThe 3elle of NewYorkandEttel Bradford at the National Theater last night tha Bne might alAosthavmaV inedthat Edna ilay was scoring the first great jBuqcesa that wasjhera in Hugh iaorion anct uusiav JS erKerasiwo aci musical comedy adecade7 and mora aga Oppressive esthoevftnlng ws th play eisithijew sis much enthusiasm Into their work as the audience displayed lnits applause andfjthe performance wisJ as a result a thoroughlyentertainlng one In the long caat are many favorites some whd have established themselves OTmiyMnthefav0r of local theatergoers this season and others who last summer and summers before earned such nopularv fltj as to make their return in the nature Of an event Of these Edith Bradford was the bright rartlcular star her entrance being the audiences 2tue for a demonstration which threatened to be come an ovation By her vivacity and fund of good Tature Miss Bradford proved her right to the weleome3 Another whose coming Washington has anticipated I Is Carrie Reynolds the bes aancer the Aborns wing to the Capital and one whose daintiness and piquant graeea always make her attractive Harry ijennam Tememuered for frequent ap pearances with the locI organization last year aiso returns and floes excellent work Robinson Newpold Herman Hirschbergr arid Agnes fFinlay of those Washington knows well aye conspicuously cast In roles to which theydo full Justice MA Newbold displays further versatility as IchabodiBronsonithe character originally Played by Dan Daly The Hltchcocklan methods and peculiarities of last week are ail set aside and the Dart ia made ridiculous by means entirely different but no less effective MrHlrschberg as Karl vpn Pumperntck does a bit of character acting that is highly gratifying and a far cry from boisterous Dutch comedy violet ureythe Salvation lassie made famous by EdnaMay in the hands of Agnes fJFlnlayr has come Into her own again the demure unassuming belle tOf all New York Is excellently done and most Tleaslngly gung 4ni addition to the songa of the score proper four hltswere Interpolated last night Come to rthe Land of Bohemia by EdllhBradfordr assisted bv a male quartet in the balcony and Robinson Ne When We AU Oct Tight by Newbold and the entire company Take Mev Up With You Dearie wellsung and danced ly Joe Edmonds and Grace Turner and Yip Aye Adee I Ay bv Miss Bradford and the audience Several of the chorus numbers ere unusually attractive as for example that led by Marjorie Ramey and Lena puer aa drummer boys in blue tWhen We Were Twenty one at the A large audleneeat the Columbia last night was richly rewarded In the pre sentation of vwhen We Wire Twenty One a Nat Goodwin success which In a number of respects was greatly improved upon compared with theoriginal which was offered In Washington several years ago Qrme Caldara gave a most artistic and1 sympathetic interpretation of the character of Dlck Carewe and his support wasc excellent Mr Caldara carried the burden tof the exacting action through the four acts with ease and reserve meeting the big situations with an earnestness that reaches beyond the footlights MissJuHaDean asPhylllst also dap vjiea new nonors msr Mght She til sevtral capital comedy situations which she jllumines with her esh sparkling humor and grace of manner and her concluding love scene was ijjrfciilarly ftec tlve Everett tButterfleldCwas the Imp the adepted son of DickcCare we and the proiege oi4JicKstnree chums It is a part whichgives him one of the best od portunltles iie has had this season for se rtousr work and he icq tted himself splndldly As the petted spoiled boy htsgeiwrous lnstlnctsbluntedby bjs mad loye for fmuslc hall vamnlre rtn SavAWm Jroni whomhis tuardian sacrifices hlm seii newas realistic and sincere I RuthD Blake as the music hall Firefly hasa part in which her taleuts county 5he appears only In one act yet she makes everyamoment of that a live wire and figuratively carries the spotlight from her fentranceto her effective exit Alexander Calvert as Hirst the man she Has manytlmes ruined and who always returns to burn his wings again at her canaie contributes largely to the strength of this act the Dowerful cHma of which Is the discovery that Carewe uuapyusui as nis mistress in name only the woman whom the Imp has justmar rledt The play also elves eoodttnM to Vroiv Lane and Eyre as the chums of Carewe and his Joint guardians over the imn Ethel Wright shines for a brief moment as an Jrish girl and Clara Sydney fills a congenial role as the mother of Phyllis Charles Waltonra Washington boy gave an excellent accountof himselr the few lines which fell to htm as Lord Duneltr Betty Bently a Washington glrlmade averv attractive stnp a tureln her one scene When We Were Twenty one is a play with an appealing iove story well toldl in bright lines and strong situations Luna Parkg The Innovation of free vaudeville at Luna Park attracted quite a large crowd to the Virginia resort Jast night The bill was varied and each act was well received Yesterday afternoon the management inaugurated Its free afternoons for children between the hours of 8 and 5twhen alU the concessions were open totho youne folks The prize dances at thedance pavilion are booked for Tuesday and Friday evenings as usual 1 A rm AdifalvirTklfs A i tK SAIDTbfolEETrRENT10X Measure Passed by Confr ess Restorifi2 to Sea Duty the Members of the Corpse PnvidedThatThey should Serre as HeretSfott Atlantic Fleet Coin mandSetiT9BJttKau8hL There hasbeena revival of interest in the fight InQongess lastlnterover the action of formeriPresldent Roosevelt In removing maMnei from battleships to whlchthey were restored iyjactsof Con 4 gress Several weeks ago Rear Admiral Schroeder commanding the Atlantic Bat tleship fleeClssued an order whlchhas ther effect to i certalnV extent of nullifyingnullifying the act ofCongressbyswhlcKthe narlnes were restored to duty afloat The ortersJssuedAbyrXdmiraltSchroeder DrdVIdedlhat auard dutvohboardjehlp shouIdbeperfoTmed hyanaval guar periods They also prbvTdeoV that shore patrols should be comnosed of blue jacketsandjbe commanded by naval offi cers ana mat ine escort in iransporuni prisoners should he composed of blue Jackets in command of a navy offlgsr All these functions have heretofore been performed exclusively by marines It is believed that Secretary Meyet overruledprotests madeby marine oHU cers against the orders OneofSchroeders Orders One of the orders Issued by Admiral Sehroeder is as fojloys In orderrthat the seaman branch Jn the nayymay notbe deprived of proper opportunity to become proficient in the important duties and regponstbilitlesot the profession guard duty On board battleships and armored cruisers will be performed alternately by them and by raftAws Inregular recurrjng periods the length of which will be for he seamen notless thanone quarterof and not more than one half of that for the marines These perioqs will be for the seamen Jiot1 less than two weeks and not longer than one mpnth unless required by special circumstances The ceremony ot guard mounting will be carriedon always upon the change from one corps to the otHer and on such other days as may be prac tlcable without conflicting with woRc or ei ercUes The number of iposts andthe rules governing tjiem yill be the same one i case as in jne oiner These oidersjrare regarded by officers of themaijne corpsas being In violation of the Intention or Congress when it pasaect an act providing that the marine corps should serve aboard ship The jaw enacted at xno last session restoring the marines to sea duty proylded that they 6houId serve as heretofore Shortly after he entered the Navy Department Secretary Meyer asked Attorney General Wictferfchsfm for an opinion us to the constitutionality of tfie act of Congress The Attorney General decided that the law was constitutional iujiie did hot make an interpretation of the words serve as heretofore as ued In the act AT TOE HOTELS BOSTOV AUredfajUI sod wife New WOlMd Wells SuielA Bell Arllnon CHICAGO aTarles 8 DfeM New WUtara Mm A LiOCKWOoa tDDiu H003C HoflneT Rlgs House 8 Bell MO wlte Victor wile gborebaQL Cvsfiautli and wife MUi nuiniiYaiuiuu Bijrae8 A RUSSIAN WARSHLP HITSROCK Slava Is Damaged During TarzetPra tice Off Litau Harporw St Petersburg Julyli According to mall advices receivea here tcdaxJ from Libau the Russian battleship Slava while engaged in target practice four days ago ran on a rock atLthe entrance to Libau harbor and received serious injuries She proceeded under ber own steam to theory dock where extensive repairs xwlll be undertaken The Slavawas built tn 1903 and is one of the Best vessels of ne Russlatfnavyji el NO WAR MLNISTjiRPOR KOREA JapaneielPlan to Make Change in Pro kj tectorates Cahuiet Seoul July 13 A change In the Korean cabinet laimmlnentr If being purposed loj abolish the ministry of war The change will cause no disturbance Prince Ito Japanese resident general in Korea will leave for Tokyo onWYed TnesdayTs He waa the guest of honor at anelaborate Cmner given yesterday by thejforelgn consuls In Seoul Cunardef to Tryrf NewJPort London July Itls believed that the Cunard Line jsteamer Mauretanla will make the experiment of calling at Fish guardr lnWales on JuIyl9 von her home wara voyage ane purpose is to dis covfirj lfFishguard is asuitabje chaii neliPort folr the veuels oftys line Death ior SirSilcialista i yyarsaw jury i4 A coun maniai loaay seuieiiueu bix ButiiiusuaiQ oe nangea ana WASHLNQTON ELKS ARRIVE Everything Ready for Opening Session of Grand Lod Los Angeles TCal July 12 Fifty thousandElks tonight filled Los Angeles i vvithmU6lc and noise Ambngithe last delegations to arrive were those fromWashingtonr D1 petroit and Allegheny City vs Afterra days outing at Pasadena the opening meeting of the reunion of the grand lodge was held tonight in the auditorium where speechesbf welcome were delivered by Govl Gillett and others Grand Exalted Ruler Rush Holland responded 5 Tomorrow the grandllodge will elect officers i INAUTOACCIDENT ABROAD ri 8 8 Dlckaoifc RlmHouJie Burton sT Mead WUeoxwJ RButlef Jf Hend ereon and wite TDt Queane and wire Shore bam JohoUaseer Arlington PHILADELPHIA Charles Day Charles tlnn Raleigh Dr AUen George Thompson and wife Kline Ebbltt Home Bl Smyaer Rlgga HouseviW Bradley 8t jamei PITTSBURG Winiam Davis Jame Burke Shoreham Spottawood St James ALABAMA Beard jfew Decatur Raleigh FLORIDA Miss Jessie Cheenut Gainesville Shore ham ft1 Hodgdon Key Wert 6t James CEORGIA Vf McWttllama and wife Atlanu New Wlllard Doiler Smith Atlanta St James ILLINOIS Herdrlcr PeorU Mrs Barton Miss Barton Pekln 8t James INDIANA Warren and wife Indiananolls St James KENTUCKY Meniie Loullvffl New Wil lard Henr Lyons Samuel Lyons Danville RIms House James Meekan jr and wife Louisville St James LOUISIANA I Llrelt New Orleans St Jamen H8tHV8Fr8 ldJ A H1ta Worcester New Wlllard a Reekburger Greenneld James MICHIGAN Wi A Livingston Uenxleo and who a unggs ueiroii mew VVUlard Hf Wakelleld Detroit St James MISSOURI Spencer 8t Louis Nw WlUard Pun Bnorenam A Aison Mlv Alson 8t Louis St James NEW YORK A Bali Brooklyn Oeorge Green uwiuaiuuu cw luuru ijjt vrmsoF water Jonf Raleigh Vf Decker and son Garden City James Klni and wife Brooklyn Spring Rochester 8t James NEW JERSEY 8 Palmer Prlneeton Shdte Smw Tworth BemardSTllle Arlington Miss Maynard Red Bankt 8t James 0HJE Gfawlll Cleveland New WUlard Becbtel Jame5 Flsk Cincinnati i Smith Liverpool Raleigh John Ganghraa Columbus St James PENNSYLVANIA Luce and wife CIrird Yc Watkfn Beaver Falls New Wlllard Holmes York Raleigh Adams and wlfe Scrantonr Robert Graham WtBarrAltoonar St James SOUTH CAROLINA WDurant Jr Charleston New Wlllard Pegram Charleston Raldgh Menry 8 Holmes and wile Charleston Shoreham TENNE8SEE Dulaney Bristol Arlington TEXAS Earnest Dallas New Wlllard Anrley and wife Dallas St James VIRGINIA Bt Turner Newport News New Wlllard Davant Roanoke Joseph 8 Thomas Williams and wife Clowes Richmond Wood and wlfeW Simpson Norfolk Hill Newport News Raleigh wt Ward Richmond Blby Webb Hlnton Walton jr NorloU Ebbtti House George A Sherman Montgomery Blair Riggs House Iwe Portsmouth 8t James WEST VIRGINIA FA Wells NeweU Michael Morgantown Raleigh A KeRv and wife Rlchwood St James WISCONSIN John Whlteheid Janesvllle Bur reu Junes Magnus ewenson MaaiKD new II BrewerFefgensnan Ster and Guests vV InfuredJln France Special Cable to The Washington Post Joigny Irance July 12 An automobile containing five persons turned a somersault while going at great speed near Esmon Edward Felgenspan of New York who was driving the chauiteur Nelson and Sampe a Parisian phar mccist were slightly bruised MlssJEIien Felgenspan the sister of tutt owner of the car andiMIs8jiFrIenda friend were badly injured ind were taken to a hospital Miss Ness was so eeilpusly injured that there are no hopes of her recovery lard MINISTER DEFENDS WATCH0RN 3UTTER FROM STANDARD Oil tton nir July J2 The first roll of petroleum butter7ihe Standard Oils latest product is tohe turned out at the Wood River refinery near here Preparations are being made to manufacture the prod uct herev and ihp machinery has been I axuppeu a Thenew product la said to be of tb4 sametionsistency as lacteai butter but brown in color -Li jjh tiling KilTi Camp Teamster ToIedorOhloJuly 32 Lightning struck on the outskirts ofCamp Williani Taft wiere some of4he troops which participated in last weeks tourname4t are still quarteredthis af ternoon Jenry Criticises Taft at Endeavor Convention for Removing Official St Paul Minn July 12 The delegatea to the twenty fourth international Christian Endeavor convention today entered on thelasfday of the convention with a quiet hour service at 745 am Conferences and addresses several churches lookup the next hour iThe Subjects ait related to methods to attain Christian Endeavor ideals The Rev HU Grose of Uew York in an address on Evangelizing N0th America criticised Presldent Taftyfor removing RobertWatchorn Immigration commissioner at Ellis Island whom he characterized as an unselfish and able Christian gentleman It was time declared Mr Grose for Christian Endeavorers to ask why auch tc man had been discharged from a work he was doth so well -Seattle Wash July 12At the meeting of theEpworth League convention a resolution providing that the Interna tjonal conventions shall beiheldquad renniaiiywas aarotea PEEMiiMiCSrSEL AmerianWiu1ropoleto theFahibua tnnAgetpfaTomajSalylniWholjs hefe haaofferedStofglteltneiCon3tri Father LbrmidvPerosivAertcanftbuVl nt winter fc i 1 iKetstnatyeftneoFerpilwllla ceptiimsyjjifri sHSVjC fac pf i ffejrjmyecai rashesTtltchtn ss if a isrvsczJ3i CrnHnl I fi 1 1 II I bningamatlprifjatei hIlURSWt8UWllthCUtj 3 HMIU yiaimenu ran.

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