Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-08
HE WAS SHADOWED
Commander Young Makes Com
plant Against Gen.
Wood.
ISSUE OF vERAC1TY UP AGAIN
Character of Witnesses Considered
to Impair Force of Testi-
mony.

Washington. Dec. s. - The senate
committee ON military affairs resumed
its hearing in the case of General
Leonard w Wood with Commander Lucien
Young. of the navy on the stand.
Commander Young was subpoenaed by
the committee at the request of Major
RathbOne Much testimony was
brought out nj relations to the charge
that General Wood. after assuming his
duties as governor general of Cuba,
employed detectives not connected
with the army to shadow certain army
officers and report their actions
Says Wood Had Him Swallowed.
Commander Young testified that he
was captain of the port of Havana and
commander of the naval station. In
the first position he was subordinate
to General Wood, but in the latter was
in no way amenable to Woods or
ders. The witness said he discovered
detectives shadowing him. and upon
investigation learned that General
Tasker II. Bliss, General Charles f.
Humphrey and Major f. Ladd also
were followed by detectives. He as
StTleu tlldI uO KNEW Ille O0tGtllNeS
were in the pay of General Wood.
Issue of Veracity Again Appears.
In rference to his recall from the
post of Havana, Commander Young
said he was assured by General Wood
that he was very sorry, and was una
BILE to understand the order which had
been received from Washington. Com
mander Young then testified that when
he arrived in Washington he learned
that he recall had been at the suggeS~
tiOn of Wood, and that there is cor
respOndence on file at the war depart
ment to prove the assertion
Character of Captain BeIlairs.
Colonel Charles s. DiehI assistant
general manager of the Associated
Press. was called to tell what lie knew
Is TO the service in Cuba of Captain
T.. q. Bellairs as Associated Press cor
respondent Colonel Diehl said Gener-
al Wood called at the New York of
flee of the Associated Press in the ear
ly part of 1900 and spoke favorabIy
of Captain Bellairs. The witness said
that so far as he knew General Wood
had no knowledge that Bellairs was an
ex-convict. and that Rellairs impressed
favOrably all who met him. WI en- the
character of Bellairs became known to
the Associated Press he was let out.
President Declines to Act.
Washington. Dec. 8. President
Roosevelt has again declined to inter
fere In the strike conditions in the
Telluride district of Colorado. He will
not go so far, even, at this time as to
order an investigation into the condi-
tiOnS. An appeal from the Western
Federation of Miners was presented TO
the president by Teller and Patterson
of Colorado. urging him to exercise
federal authority in bringing about
an adjustment of the situation. but
he insisted that there was no war
rant for government Intervention.
why John Bull Holds Back.
Washington. Dec. -S-The action Of
Russia in recognizing the republic of
Panama which has just been an
nounced. leaves Great Britain the only
power of consequence that has not yet
extended recognition or signified an in
tention of doing so. The British gov
ernment desires TO secure some pledges |
from the provisional government of |
Panama that provision will be made |
for the settlement of a portion of the |
foreign debt of Colombia held by Brit |
fish subjects.
Smith Wants InEormauon.
Washington, Dec. s. - Representa- |
tive w. A Smith, of Michigan, has
resolution reciting that |
the secretary of the navy has decided |
that contractors owning or managing |
on TIE great lakes are not |
eligible to bid on the construction on /
war vessels, because of the treaty |
with Great Britain on that subject. the
be requested to send to the |
house the status of that treaty.