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WASHINGTON: MONDAY, JULY 8, PAGES. THREE CENTS. Sakamoto Thinks American Crews Would Not Fight. OFFICERS NOT EFFICIENT Brilliant at Balls, but Lacking in Naval Trainine, He Says. Japanese Admiral, in Interview in Count Okuma's Paper, Predicts in Case Hostilities Should Break Out Result UBS.

PAEK WOOD TO SITE. Seeks Divorce from Son of Man Who Mamed Goldie Mohr. Ipecltl to The Washington Port Pfttsburg, Pa, July 7 --Plttsburg society has been startled by the announcement that still another family In the exclusive millionaire set Is to have the skeleton dragged from the closet This time it Is the Wood family, and young Mrs Park Wood Is about to bring action against h-ir husband for divorce Mr and Mrs Wood have already separated and the divorce suit would have been filed some time ago had it not been for the efforts on the part of mutual friends to effect a reconciliation All hope of peace past now, however, and Mrs Wood Is preparing to file her bill Park Wood is the son of the late Alan Wood and is still under thirty years, while his wife Is several years his Junior Mrs Wood was formerly Miss Rolfe, of this cit a most estimable young lady, but without anj fortune When Park Wood reached Ms majority he developed a great fondness for chorus Would Be Indecisive, Because of Lack girls and other female members of the of Naval Training-He Lost Battle I profession His father, Alan Wood sent him to Europe In the hope SMp Mine in War with Russia. that It would cure him of his While the jonjng- man wag away Alan "tt ood the father, met and fell In love 8-The Hochl this morning! wlth MlsS Golule Mohr oun Wood i I terv.ew with Admiral Saka had reached home before nls i In i I i admiral Is uuottd as 1 i 1 'Hies break out between (1 Amtric i the result wouid be i i oft Ing to a want of proper i i Such bnaea a.3 exist ir distant for practical purpose" i (1 nt nam me Pf-s i I i and Manila art. mil i irothcr the i should decide on a war It i 1 whether the A i erlcins ser i 'i a are sulllclently pa i it to fight Questions American Patriotism father led the chorus girl to the altar Soon after their marriage Alan Wood died and although Goldie was never recognized bj the Wood family, she got a large share of her husband's estate GERMANS PREDICT WAR Contest Between America and Japan Inevitable.

officers are brill! at i and social I ut ire il i in ssioml and i It Is too much to tt burn nr; pa'uotlsn in thi Amen i i cas of i i ip It Is i th of it erewi 0111 1 tleif in 1 leave the ships The Hochi Okuira's Organ orfifin of Okuma the le i I ti ITc i ind therefore mil i opinion The pTp i rrlij mtl i and In ant LONDON TAKES PEACE VIEW il 1 of 11 tt omment'tig or i as marv in Chlnn, of Kiao- i i I ime tn appeal to the mi -e if lirpotenry to protect i t-. i i TOM hope how- i -adoi Aoki will be firm i i to mn to the Washington gtnern- i ake measure to mete out Diplomatists Believe Japan's Heavy Bur- Sentiment in Her Colonies. JWPIIEFOSE Denies Us Treaty Right to Exclude Her Subjects, WARTS FREE IMMIGRATION Mikado's Government Will Demand Admission of Coolies. Reported Foreign Minister Hayashi Has Issued Confidential Note Outlining Opposition to Request of United States for Extension Exclusion Clause. Present Treaty Expires in 1911--Note Says Strong Fight Is Expected.

That the Japanese government will not consent to the renewal of the present treaty with the United States, if this gtv ernment reserves the right to retain a clause In the compact which would permit the exclusion of Japanese coolie labQr from continental United States, is indicated by semi-official advices purporting to give the views of Foreign Minister Hayashi, which received here yesterday from Ototaka Yamaoka, the personal representative of Count Okuma, leader of the Progressive party Mr Yamaoka, who visited the United "States In April and perfected an alliance with the Japanese of the Pacific Coast for tho purpose of bringing about the overthrow of the Salonji ministry and the annulment of the exclusion clause In the Immigration bill. Is authority for the statement that Foreign Minister Hayashi hai efl from Secretary of State Root a preliminary regarding the den of Debt Forbids Her Embarking on new treaty which the two governments Another Struggle for a Decade--Brit-' proposo to 3ubs tjt ute for the convention am Embarrassed by Aato-Japanese wh ch el res July 17 Wl1 Regulation of Immigration. The draft of the new treaty submitted by Secretary Root accordit to the communication from Mr Yamaoka called for Berlin July 7 --The conviction of an ultimate conflict between Japan and the United States appears to be widespread in Germany It is one of the subjects certain to be referred to wherever dlplo matists and military and al officials and others accustomed to follow mte ratlonal politics meet The newspapers agree that President Rposevelt Is earnestly trj ing to satisfy the Japanese requests They agree also that Japan asks nothing unreasonable. They recognize that the difficulty lies In the question of lace, the nt rt I "pitch from Washington economic antagonism of the Callfornlans i Jap nest of the Pacific had against the Japanese and the constltu- i with the- Progressives tional imposslbllltj of Federal coprcion the renewel of article 2, clause 4, of the present treaty, which gives to each nation the right to regulate Immigration With reference to the note submitted by Secretary Root, Mr Yamaoka says that Foreign Minister Hayashi has Issued an official confidential memorandum out- I i tn tl purpose of overthrow 1 rr i if.nt flu step fn I on it wtis led wot be to It is believed bj many that the group or ruling stattt.men In Japan are ore paring to fight the United States tor ihe i nl to rocill mastery of'the Pacific of the i and dc mind E.I 3an Franclco Incidents indemnify trom ihe 1 for am i of 1 i Naval Strength. I i in San The strategists of the idmirtilly regard a ntrval war between lapun and the Lnited States as the interesting Lost His Battle Ship I xikarroto comm nu.ttl the III- '1 "-flip she i rnlm, mtl off Port 1104 Sub-wcuenli lu wai i of Jai an ou llirve lo at i i for the Port, i 1(iht in Japan home wate-s pioblem of the da Careful studies tnat been worked out are oraole to tho 1m I ted States because the Amerian fleet although of greater power than i 1.

Kto (then a London July 7--The present tension rived Between the United States anil Japan Is rk tocher thirteen I editing the keenegt intuei among all diplomatists Ntne of believe that it will reach the ij mese rm to Lnglnnd to I howeve Mio battle ship Kutori of 4t asre of warfare, because the heavy is tbtn being built imrden of debt Japan Is carrvlng as a ORDER SURPRISES TOKYO Confirmation of the Fleet's Plans Received by Japan I Confirmation of the re i i battle- ship squid i i s( nt tt the Pacific has been il i i thougn i ir certain quirteii, i I In Ui ilunatle niceties i i rt I tat itu sudden charge of i in in the of the Japanese 11. utrilon last when rif-t ml nd tint Us 1 1 incite ind i i ci VFIS i in tf the i i of the "tt aifunfc mmpnt made Xno-m to the t. i oritles In an Indirect but un ik il 1 manner Tho chance of route dccl dt 1 onlv couple of clajs before i Iron i-Iled then thfit Jnnnn icted In which might of her tailure to ootjun 11 fr Rusoia forbids her embarking on a sirnllai costly In the next decide. It is recognized, nevti tholes that tho United States Is acquiring the of Japan as one of her national which may prove i Handicap in thu of trouble with anj other Great Britain Embarrassed. at Britain finds herself In an enf- banasMng position also, because she Is obliged to stand betn een her colonies hci ally in the matter of anti-Japanese laws The Transvaal has Just put into operation a law regulating the entiy of Asiatics wlikh applies to Indian subjects tts ell as to the Japanese and the Ch'pese, and which compels them to submit to an examination and registry with thumb prints, like criminals, which 's exc irritating to them Australia threatens legislation o'n the same lines Alfred Deakln the Australian premier during hie recent visit to rnglind repeatedlj said in his speeches 1 Injurious whc-n a itronsr a thc chief irulonal Question with nentanent was vth ch Australia must deal was the men- Ineo Though otllc'allj stated th di-piach of the vutle ships to 1IU Is nut directed toward Japan It tt.ro thit It Is mott li upportuno evidently going on be ace of the inflow of Japanese labor Paris Julv 7--President Roosevelt decision to dispatch a fleet of war ships to the Pacific has led the more sensational icwspapeis In France to Jump at the conclusion tint the situation Is more npair the trtidltioiml friendship Jipai and UK United Staloa delicate than appears oti the surface i-'i the illRht 1 better to dtfer at this mo Inar that would be open to of provocation cs 1 a part of the Amerlcnn i to be erstnsitrie nr sent the relRtlon- of i and the T.

nited States about bj prejudice against the a. section of tho tatter I se newipapers deprecate the I in the United i i fid the conviction that trouble between the i i will be pj Ira Is not desirous of tbnn the Japanese government MAI DREYFUS TO EETISE. Former Prisoner of Devils Island Is to Accept Pension i July 7--It ts stated in nTfiltary circles that MaJ Alfred Drefus a former tin of artillery who was once sentenced on a charrffe of treason to Imprisonment on Devils Island Is shortly to retire from the army accepting a pension apprehension Is' Tnl3 however, is absolutely repu it Is believed it dlali 'n responsible circles where the utPiost confidence is expressed that ex Isting or differences between the I mttd States and Japan will be amlca- blj adjusted Nevertheless the possiblHty of compil cations was foreseen, when France two months In the spirit of tendered her good offices with a view to having Japan and the United States conclude an arrangement covering all questions relating to the Pacific Will Force Japan's Hand. In military circles where the situation Is regarded from a different standpoint, the dispatch of battle ships Is considered an elementarv measure of prudence, on the ground that strateglcallj it will protect thc United States against being caught napping, and diplomatically It -w III force Japan's hand. If that nation harbors aggressh designs A significant feature of the French comment Is that the possibility of CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE 94 40 to Philadelphia And return, via Railroad.

July 13 to good to return July 15 to 23. Sea ticket agents. lining the Japan tude, on the question of the limitation of which In substance Is as fol- ivs- "First--Ttfat the government of the Unitett States hajs submitted a proposal for the eiiactment of a treaty which for the limitation of immigration The government of Japan has rejected the proposal and will not In the future entertain any such p.opo-al- tlon Japan Expects Opposition. "Second--That in the new treaty, which Is to be operated from the forty- fourth year of Meljl (1911), the government of Japan will insist on striking out article 2, clause 4 definlng the po-ner reserved by the contracting parties to enact lawj wltn regard to police and Immigration regulations). For that purpose the government of Japan shall take a more vigorous attitude Although the negotiations for that end art not yet developed we firmly believe that the government of the United States will fight with determination to preserve the iause "Third--That the government of Japan contemplates sending representatives to the United States to Investigate conditions on the Pacific Coast and to determine If tire Japanese residents are discriminated against" Coast Societies Advised.

Mr Yamaoka, It Is said, has sent copies of Foreign Minister Hayashl's confidential memorandum, to the Japanese societies of San Francisco and Seattle and to correspondents of Japanese newspapers In this country. Dr Masujl Mlyakawa, the Japanese lawyer, admitted yesterday that he had seen a copy of the communication which Is being distributed by Yamaoka, and characterized the attitude of Foreign Minister Hayashi B.a a concession to the Progressives, who have strongly opposed the clause In the immigration bill excluding coolie labor from this country. SHOOTS MINERS' PBESIDENT. Labor Agent Narrowly Escapes Lynching by Members of Union. Chattanooga, Tenn July 7 --In a rlol at Montlake, a mining town eighteen miles from this city Len Reynolds, president of a miners' union, was fatally shol bv Bellows, a labor agent, who had taken three nonunion men to Mont- lake to work for the Montlake Mining Company Bellows surrendered, and when the officer reached the railroad with his prisoner about 100 union miners were waiting for the labor agent After a rough-and-tumble flght, the officer escaped with his prisoner and succeeded landing his man safely In jail In this city Excitement Is Intense In the mining village, and more trouble Is feared STOEMS WEECX TOWNS.

Poor Persons Are Injured at Long Pine and Polk, Nebr. Long Pine, Nebr July 7 --Three persons were hurt and man buildings damaged last night by a tornado that swept through Ixmg Pine The Methodist Church, the jail the fire house, livery stable were demolished. Several build- Ings were unroofed Polk, Nebr. July 7--Pojlt founded only last September was wrecked by a combined wind and ball storm early to-day The best business buildings were demolished or damaged The Baptist Church was wrecked and two residences were taken from their foundations The only person Injured was Mrs. Lee Miller.

PEEDICTS WAB WITH CUBA. Gen. Castillo Says Uncle Sam Must Reestablish Republic or Fight Special Cable to The Wtabtogtcn Port. Havana, July an interview today. Gen Lo'ynaz Del Castillo sajd that the Americans fall to keep their promises concerning the re-establishment of tho republic war would certainly ensue, and that best elements In the country would take the field.

He added that the Cubans would win He thinks, however, since receiving tne telegram from Secretary Tan, through Gov Magoon, the other day, that the Americans will keep their promises The Interview covered many subjects, ranting from who will win tbe Cuban Presidency to the effect of the Anglo- Japanese, Franco-Japanese, Anglo-Span- sh, and Franco Spanish alliances on Cuba, In connection with these alliances 10 saia they held elements both of danger and promise to Cuba, but he failed to elucidate this statement The Frenca oppression of Morocco and the Japanese oppression of Korea makes the doughty general of a few bloodless fields sad In the course of weighty utterances on politics he was asked what he was doing lust now He replied that at present he was a peaceful man, engaged in farming. This, coming from one whose sword, as ie says is his life, is considered to be encouraging for continued peace so long as the conduct of the United States meets with his approval SOLDIERS SHOW PROWESS. banks saw her plight from the hotel veranda, and. running to the lake, assisted In her rescue and worked with the girl until she recovered an hour later. Mlsn Wallace Is a hotel waitress The Vice President leaves the park, to- ntorrow.

Congressman Nicholas Longworth and bis wife are spending, a week" in the park. They left here to-day on horseback for Mammoth Hot Springs. They will leave the park next week. SHERIFF DISPERSES MOB. Defies Men Who Sought to Lynch Woman's Alleged Assailant.

New Orleans, July 7 --A special from 2ovington, Lia, says that the sheriff of St. Tammany Parish and several deputies have just succeeded in dispersing a mob which had gathered there for the evident purpose of lynching a negro alleged to attempted an assault on a whltp woman near Covlngton early to-day The woman was attacked a few minutes after her husband had left home She and. two young children succeeded In seating the man off, and several hours later Identified a negro arrested for the crime When the mob gathered at the jail, Sheriff Brewster addressed its members, and announced that the law should taKe ts course, even If he and his deputies had to sacrifice their lives in defending the prisoner ACCUsTsFER OF PLOT Fourth of July Celebrations Designed to Impress Cubans. Special to The Washington Post Havana, July 7--Tbe Fourth of July celebrations by the soldiers stationed in various parts of the Island had more significance than the mere commejnoration of Independence Day Since the beginning of the last Intervention, the soldiers have been kept In the background to such an extent as to lose all tne prestige they gained during the first Intervention, -when tbe natives had wholesome respect for them The celebrations on the the field meets, and tournaments were Intended to impress the Cubans and to show what the troops could do general effort was made to secure the Presence of Cubans at these fiestas There Is a general feeling in the army that it would be a good thing It the soldiers could operate against the bandits, thus giving the Cubans a well-neeffed object lesson In the minds of the officers there is no question that the natives, seeing the soldiers kept In the background and held down, feel that tee troops are afraid of them HUGHES AS VICE PRESIDENT Relatives of Dead Heiress Say Hypnotism Was Used. FHE SENSATIONAL AITIDAVITS Declare Miss Polbeer, Killed by Falling from Window of Waldorf-Astoria, Was Under Mesmeric Influence When Will Was Drawn in Favor of Miss Warren.

Appeared Insane at Hotel. President Said to Want Him on tbe ticket with Taft. Regarded 33 Sufficiently Radical to Meet Country's View and as Vote- getter Besides. Special to The Washington post. New'York, July 7--A Washington dispatch to the Times eajs It has become known within trie past day or two to some close friends of the administration that Mr Roosevelt would be pleased to see Gov Hughes nominated foi the Vice Presidency next year --with Taft, of course at the head of the ticket The President preference for Mr Taft for the hlgner offl Is well known but hitherto he has given no indication of his opinion about the tall of the ticket The President, It la understood, considers Mr Tafts nomination pretty well assured now.

and while he has glvan no indication of any Intention to enforce ills views about tho Vice Presidential nomination, he has his preferences, and has not kept them to nlmsell The administration's satisfaction with the Presidential situation Is very great The whole West Is determined that no 'reactionary" candidate shall be nominated Mr Knox's candidacy has fallen like a wet blanket there The South was reported to be disaffected toward the administration, but Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock's visit there has satisfied the President that there Is nothing In that If Mr Knox has any strengtn it Is In the Bast alone, East alone never nominates a PresWeni. AB for the Fairbanks and Cannon booms, the administration has long ceased to iay any attention to Meanwhile. Mr. Taft has gained strength steadily In the West, State legislatures and State committees declaring for him In tnls state of affairs the administration Is able to turn Its attention to the question of the Vice Presidency Mr Taft's nomination will naturally call for an Eastern man on the ticket, as he comes from Ohio and It Is customary to let New York represent the East In such cases Mr Hughes Is, however, the only available public man In New York who would not be'regarded as a reactionary Tne administration does not want to have the ticket mdde up of reactionary and reformer in equal parts. Gov forcing of the public utilities bljl and of other reform measures has placed him, in the administration view, in alignment wltb the tendency of the present day, and he Is the only New York Republican of wnom this can be said who would be considered for a Vice Presidential nomination Aside from this, Mr.

Hughes' qualities as a vote-getter nave been and it is gravely doubted whether any other New York Republican can get very many In the present condition of public sentiment in that State VICE PEESIDENT TO BESCTTE, Jfr. Fairbanks Helps Save Girl from Drowning in Yellowstone Lake. Special to The Washington Post. Yellowstone Lake. Wyo, July 7--Vice President Fairbanks, who Is visiting Yellowstone Park, en route to Seattle, helped to sa-ve Miss Lena Wallace, of Seattle, from drowning in Yellowstone Lake-to-day The arirl Ml into the water while frying to set out of a canoe.

Fair- PAY MILLIONS Maximum Fine for the Oil Trust Is Predicted. HO BASIS FOR CLEMENCY New York, July 7 Relatives of Bertha M. Dolbeer, who was killed by falling out of a. window of the Waldorf-Astoria on July 9 1904, have Discovered new and sensational they say will prove that her death was In reality brought about by a band of conspirators. They make the astonishing allegation that Miss Etta Warren the dead woman's companion, employed a hypnotist to influence Miss Dolbeer to make Che celebrated Will giving her the bulk of the Dolbeer fortune.

have just been filed in the Sar Francisco courts by which the contestants of the wIH have succeeded In obtaining permission for an appeal from the original adi erse decision These affidavits aHegft that the boon companion of Miss Dolbeer, Miss Etta. Marlon Warren, to the former willed her vast fortune to the exclusion of all her kin, was wont to take her mistress to the parlors of Mrs Otto Pellage, a celebrated hypnotist, commonly known as "Ismar Miss Dolbeet Saw Hypnotist Evidence is adduced to show that these to the parlors of the hjpnotlst were In the time Immediatelj preceding Miss Dolbeer's making of her will Darwyn De Oglia of 906 Broadwaj, Oakland. Is counsel for the contestants The main point made In the new fight to break the Dolbeer will Is that those most closely associated with the heiress are alleged to have stirred up in her mind a suicidal tendency which she was believed to have Inherited rom her mother In an affidavit Horatio Schander, in whose name the action of the contestants is brought, states that the provisions of the will were known both to Miss Warren and, Ismar Mr Schander also sajs that the heiress was treated as a child by Miss Warren, and that Miss Warren explained to her friends that she had persuaded her mistress to be treated by the hypnoVst cause Miss Dolbeer was a great sufferer from neurasthenia and other nervous ailments Although Miss Warren, on the stand In the trial from which the relatives are to appeal testified that Miss Dolbeer showe no suicidal tendency affidavits are now forthcoming to prove that she often said to various friends that hla mistress feared she had Inherited the suicidal tendency of her mother Appeared Insane at Hotel. That Miss Dolbeer did not appear to be In her normal mind while at the Waldorf- Astoria, Just a few days preceding her death, is asserted in a new affidavit froir Dr George Bingham Fowler, who attended her at the time Dr Fowler said that when he called upon her at her apartments at the hotel he found her on a bed with her hands clasped about her knees and her eyes roving about the room like one who was not at all right mentally The friendship of Miss Warren and Mrs. Pellage the affidavit states, waa of flve or six years' standing, and rhat In the years mentioned Miss Warren was a frequent visitor to tho offices oC Ismar On many of these visits, Schander says, she was accompanied by Miss Dolbeer At the time of these visits, Schan-ler Bays Miss Dolbeer was being treated by the fortune teller and hypn tlst the Idea of relieving her from certain physical and mental disabilities At the last prior to the sailing of the pair for Europe In 1904 the waa for the purpose of furthering a plan formulated by Miss Warrreu to a will made in her favor by Miss Dol beer.

Dreaded Following Mother. Schander continues by saying that the suicide of Miss Dolbeer was because she dreaded following In her mother'3 footsteps Miss Dolbeer, he says, was sad and melancholy because the man loved cared only for her money He says that Miss Warren's reason for taking the whole estate was because she resented being badly treated by Miss Dolbeer's relatives, and that now she would waste the whole estate on lawyer's rather than hvae It go td the Dolheers Miss Warren. It waa stated, was very angry because the hypnotist, Ismar had permitted herself to be Interviewed by a San Francisco newspaper. Schander follows by saying that he be- Uevea Mrs, Frank Austin will testify to foe rlsita of Miss- Dolbeer ant! Miss Warren to the house of Ismar, and that botn Ismar and Miss Warren were well aware that Miss Dolbeer was addicted to the- suicidal mania. AltBAIGKS TEDDY BEAR FAD.

Officials Failed to Present Facts as Basis tor Plea. fudge Landis Has Final Order in Famous Case Ready with Exception of Fine, Which Many 1 Think Will Be 329,240,000, the Limit Possible Under the Conviction on 1,462 Counts--Strengthening" Record of the Tnal. Destroys Motherly Instinct and Tends to Race Smade, Says Priest. Special to Th" 'Waahlngtoa Post. St Joseph Mich, Julj 7--The "TeJd uear" fad was severely scored by Esper from the pulpit in St iph Catholic Church to-day The priest held that the toy beasts in the hands of little girls were destroying a' nstlncts- of motherhood and in the future would be realized as one of tne most powerful factors tn race suicide.

Father Esper sooke earnes'iy to bis -ongregatlon for fifteen minutes on th- lubject exhorting all parents to replace he doll In the affections of children and Jscard the bears" forever "There is something natural," said Faher Esper, "in the care of a doll by a Ittle girl It Is the first manifestation if the feeling of motherhood In the levelopment of this motherly Instinct ies the hope of all nations It Is a mon- trous crime to do any thing that will to destroy these instinqts That is what the 'Teddy bear 1 Is doing, and that why It Is going to be a factor In the suicide problem, If the custom Is not oppressed." ITALY OEDEBS BATTLE SHIPS. Chicago, July 7 --As a result of the liear-- ng of the Standard Oil case In the United States court, the prediction is made in some quarters that Judge Landis will im pose the maximum fine of $29,240,000 which the company faces under its recent conviction. Not a fact was developed. It Is argued, upon which a plea for clemency could be based It was brought out that the Standard OH Company of Indiana is but one arm of a mighty corporation whose annual earn- ngs are from $50,000,000 to $80 000,000 Thus the maximum fine of $29240000 possible under the conviction on 1 462 counts of the ndictment represents less than onfeaif of its earnings for one year. Landis Strengthens tbe Record, The period covered by the Indictment, lowever eighteen months being parts of three years, so this maximum ine, it Is sajd.

would hardly be construed a. "cruel and unusual punishment" by a court of last resort As Judge Landis a desirous of closing the case as quickly as possible, he may not consider the documents to be submitted to Mm The information secured yesterday may be deemed sufficient, and without further investigation he may impose the penalty when the tariffs which Felton was ordered to produce are submitted to the court to-morrow The implied purpose of Judge tandls In bringing out clearli the exact status of the 10-cent rate was also to strengthen the record in the case. Little, if anything, regarding this rata cropped out at the trial Apparently It was purposely withheld, as to Introduce it a jury might have Injected er- rdr In to the- cadfe. District Attorney Silent District Attorney Sims refused to out an interview after the hearing was closed He declared that he could not make a prophecy of what would follow. "The case Is pending, until the tlnai judgment of the court" said Mr Sims, 'and for that reason I cannot discuss Its future possibilities or the court's action in the past All I can say is that It is the biggest prosecution I have ev er had on my hands, and I have done the best I could to accomplish my duty as.

a government attorney From other sources In government officialdom, however, it was that Judge Landla has his final order in tin case ready, with the exception of insert Ing the amount of the fine, ana after the hearing it was expected this would be the maximum. ilinister of Marine Arranges for Construction of Four Sea Fighters. Rome Jul 7 --The minister of marine ias ordered the construction of four bat- le ships, to be named Roma, Vlttorio Emanuele Napoli and Regina Helena. THIEF HUNT KILLS HER Woman Trying to Hold Burglar Falls from, Window. Bobber Detected Room, Flees to Roof of Adjoining House--Attempting to Shde Down Pole to Ground, Housewife Bars His Way--In Straggle She Falls HeatUongi--Fugitive Finally Captured.

CEOWU JEWELS. STOLEN. Safe in Dublin Castle Said to Have Been Opened with Duplicate Key. Ipeclal Cable to The Washington Post London, July 8 --The Express says that on ftie eve of the departure of the King and Queen for their state visit to Ireland it had been found that the Jewels of the Order of St Patrick, valued at $250 000, been stolen from the strong room of Dublin Castle, where they were kept The robbery was discovered owing to the jewels being wanted for use at the state reception of the King When the officials opened tlie safe they were missing It Is believed that the thieves have brought them to London for disposal Particulars of the missing jewels nav been telegraphed throughout the world to prevent them from being sold They consist of a star studded with large Brazilian diamonds, with a cross of rubies and a trefoil of emeralds and other aton of the value of $150,000, a diamond badge set in silver with designs in various stones, valued at $80,000 and five gold and emerald collars of the order, consisting of golden harps and enameled roses, tied with golden knots, valued at $20,000 There Is nothing to indicate the manner of the theft The Daily Mall gives the story i- servedly, adding that the police refuse to give any Information The servants at the castle sa they have heard nothing about the robbery. EATS CATTSE FATAL FIBE.

One Han Killed, One Injured Following Uncovering of Electric Wire. Pittsburg, July 7--One man was killed, another seriously injured and dam to the extent of $15 000 was done early to-day by fire, which originated In a barber shop owned by Joseph Degonhait In Carson street, in the South Side district, and spread to four adjoining buildings William Reynolds, fifty-one years old, a night watchman, inhaled the flames, and died on the way to a hospital, ane Michael Scrosinder was- seriously hurt by falling- giass. For time the fire threatened several large structures and a second alarm was sounded. The exchange of the Bell Telephone Company was slightly damaged, interrupting the south tern until late to-day It Is believed rats uncovered an electric wire, cau.stn* the fire 25c Jtaw Hanaraco Dog Head Jams, "521-2c Reliance, 71-2c DOK Head "Telly, He. Peanut Butter, Me.

i D. Pries' a New Method Stores. Manufacturer Is Killed When Engine ffits Car, OTHERS OF FAMILY HURT Daughter and Tfepfccw Hurled on Either Side of the Machine. Wife Pinioned in Wreckage of Which Is Smashed to Pieces, Unscathed--Victim, Driving Machine Himself, Is Believed to Hare Heard Banger Signals, but Thought He.Could Cross Track First--Skull Fractured. CETJSHED ON PAVEMEHT Special to Tho Washington Post.

New York July 7 --Max Prichen and Js brother Abe keep a clothing store, at .50 Essex street, and sleep In the rear Along about 3 30 this morning Max woke up and saw two men "prowling around the room Max jumped up and began shouting for the police at the top of his voice One of the men made for the door leading Into the front hallway Tba other whose name was suBscquently learned to be Levlne after first striking Max In the face, went through the rear window taking the sash with him, and send- ng a shower of broken glass Into the sack yard A third man, who was In Abe's rooms, got away with In cash. Leaps from Roof. The man who went through the rear window ran across the yard, climbed a fence, and got Into the tenement 151? Norfolk street He ran to the ropf of the house He found a number of persons on the foofs of near-by tenements when he reached that of 151 Norfolk street The crowd saw him and jelled Levine leaped from the roof and grabbed high clothes whlca stood near the house In the rear yard He TDegan slide to the ground. As he was passteg the second floor, Mrs innie Kelbauer poked her head out of rear window to see wnat was the irouble She saw Levlne coming down ihe clothes pole and reached out and ftold of his trousers I evine struck at the woman with one hand, but was unable to free himself Pulled Woman's Hair. According to the people In the nelgh- sorhood, he then grabbed the woman and pulled her by the hair She lost her balance and went crashing to the pavement of the yard Sne landed on her iiead, crushing her skull Levlne then slid down the pole, and climbed over a fence Into the rear yard of 149 Norfolk street There the police found and arrested him Mrs Kelbauer was hurried to the hospital, wnere she died shortly after arrival Prichep grappled with the thief who made for the front door, and held him until the police came.

At the station-house he said fee was EIHs Levtne He said toe name if the third man was Harry Struhall. GOHPEBS SUSTAINS SEAMEN. Ends Dispute Between Their Union and the Longshoremen. Boston, July 7 II Frazler, international secretary of the Seamen Union, the headquarters of which Is lo cated In this city, to-day from President Samuel of the American Federation of Labor, his decision In tlie dispute between the seamen's union and the International Union of Longshoremen, In which the former clilmo-J the latter were seeking as members sallow and other men who properly belonged In the seamen's union. President Qompers sustained the mens union in.

every point, it waa decided the longshoremen were not entitled to use the words "marine transpoit workers which had been added to ilie nan of their organization GIRL AOT miCIE DBOWK. Special to The Wash ngton Port. Keyport July T--An Atlantic Highlands boat train on the Freehold and Atlantic Highlands division of the Jersey Central Railroad struck an automobile carrying four persons at the Broad street crossing here at 4 clock this afternoon, Christopher Horandt a ribbon manufacturer of Pa.terson -was driving the car was thrown Into a ditch and almost Instasitly killed- Hfa young nephew. Reinhardt Binder was badly hurt and nla daughter Ruth was severely brulaed and shocked His wife escaped almost un- harmed. The escape of Mrs Horandt was most remarkable The automobile had! reached the crossing when the train struck the forward part and whirled It around with such force that It was smashed to pieces and all but Horandt were thrown out She remained Imprisoned In the wreckage of tbe car, and when rescuers grot to her they found that she was barely scratched.

Auto Struck Side of Pilot. Owing to the burfllng of a trestle between Keyport and Lortllards, which was not repaired until late this afternoon, train, schedules had to be abolished and extra trains wer-" put on to handle tho hea-vy summer business The station at Keyport is near the Broad street cross- Ing It Is believed Mr Horandt saw and heard the bell crossing signal but thought the train would stop at the station and that he could get across the tracks The automobile was struck by the side the pilot, turned over, and owing its being carried along: by the train for s- short distance. It righted itself and was dragged a few feet Mr" Horandt was thrown upon hta head and then rolled Into a ditch. His skull was fractured and he was lifeless when picked up Nephew Badly Injured. Ruth Horandt was thrown forty feet on one side of the automobile and Buffered only a sprained wrist and severe bruises Reinhardt Binder was thrown twenty feet In the opposite direction.

His scalp was badly torn and his skull probablv was fractured. The train stopped at once, and persons In the automobiles following: Mr Horandt ran up to assist In caring for the Injured It was found that Binder was the only one that surgical attention could aid and he waa imt on the train and carried to Long Branch, where he was cared for at the Monmouth General Hospital Although she was not Injured, Sfrs. Horandt suffered greatly from shock: when she learned of her husband's death, and both she and her daughter were taken to the nous- of a doctor near by. ATTTO KILLS PEDESTBIAH. Aged Han Was Crossing Street When Hun Down by Machine.

Special to The Washington Post Asbury Park, July 7--John Ryno of Asbury Park, was run down here to-night by Dr, Lucas Donahu's 35-horsenower Panhard car and later died at the Long Branch Hospital Ryno who was eighty-nine years old, -was crossing the street diagonally when struck by the car the wheels of which passed over his bodv He was taken to the hospital in a cttj ambulance but died within an hour after the accident. Cyrus Axtell the chauffeur, was arrested. FIVE HTTET IN AUTO WRECK. Two Hay Pie as Result of Car Goinj Over Bluff. St Paul July 7 --Dr J.

Nichols ani Williams both of Minneapolis, were probably fatally Injured in an automobile accident this afternoon They were with. Mrs Nichols and Smith end. wife. While driving along Summit avenue the chauffeur lost control of the car and the machine went over a 'bluff, rolling over and over nearl 200 feet to the edge of the Mississippi River All tht occupants of the car were hurt so tfiat they were taken to a hospItaL MAY ARREST RIOTERS. Man Tries to Rescue Sinking Niece, hut Attempt Is Vain.

Glastonbury Conn, July 7 --In an attempt to rescue his niece. Miss Jennie Baxter, of Hartford, from drawnlnTM in the Connecticut River this afternoon Carl went down to death with her off Crow's Point, WrightP Island, Both had -ceme down the river in a power boat with ten others this morning. Miss Baxter was elsrhteer years oJd ard her uncle thirty vears of age Miss Baxter, who was accounted a fair swimmer, had gone Into the water Wt'en some distance from shore bejfin to sink and called for help Funck attempted to rescue her, bat both were drowned. Further Developments Expected frov Assault on Umpires at Portsmouth, Special to The Washington Post. Norfolk, July 7--All waa Portsmouth to-day, but it is that something further will be from the assault committed upon Umplref Handiboe and Byron by angry spectatorr after the ball game there yesterday noon, when Norfolk won the game.

Arrests ma yet result from the outbreak, and heavy penalties will probabtj be dealt to any persons convicted at lead- Ing In the assault Such Incidents, but less violent, havf been numerous this season, and dub agers and owners realize that they must be suppressed. The police force at tb4 ball park will be strengthened. If Ton Have Valuable For which vou desire protection, store same In the special vaults- of TJolon Co, 1414 st The safety is abeolif the rates are very SPAPFRf.