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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-17
ST.tOUIS PASSENGERS
MAY SUE HER OWNERS
PRINCESS MAY ABANDON
GIRON FOR HER CHILDREN
Tutor May Have Been Bought
or Scared Off.

BERLIN. Jan IA story is circu-
lated here to the effect that the Prince
and Princess of saxony have come to a
partial understanding by which she
agrees to Leave NJ Giron, the tutor with
whom she eIoped. and retire to the Cas-
tie of Count Thun at Tetsehen. there 20
remain until after her accoucLement.
In the meantime. so the story goes.
the divorce proceedings viii be suspend
ed
It is believed here that it is possibIe
that NJ Giron will either be scared cut
of his alliance with the crown princess
or will be bought of
A special dispateh from Geneva
Switzerland. saws
The principals of a number Of girls
schools have complained to the authori-
ties that they could no longer take
out the girls for their usual walks. be-
cause they were shocked at seeing the
Crown Princess of Saxony driving with
Prof Giron-''
The Berlin police have forbidden the
sale of postcards having on them por-
traits of the Crown Princess and Prof.
Giron together
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POSSIBILITY OF
COMPROMISE ON
STATEHOOD BILLS
Admission of Two Common
Wealths Contemplated.
A MILD ANTITRUST LAW
Cuban Treaty Ratification Said to Have
Support of All Republican
Senators.
A MILD ANTITRUST LAW

Senator Aldrich and Senator PIatt OF
Connecticut had a long conference with
the President this morning to discuss
the proposed program for trust Iegisla-
tion and for the ratification of the Cuban
treaty. which was informally agreed on
at the White House conference yester-
dav.
The program now being arranged pro-
vides for the enactment of mild anti
trust law, for the ratification of the
Cuban treaty, the passage of the Depart
ment of Commerce bill, and for the early
disposition of the regular appropriation
bills
Senator Burrows of Michigan also call
ed on the President this morning. After
coming from the White House, Mr.. Bur
rows, who was an original opponent of
Cuban reciprocity. said:
The amendment OF the treaty in Ger
tain respects was all wanted The con
vention will certainly be ratified by the
Senate. 1t will receive the vote Of every
Republican Senator"
There is a possibility that compro-
mise on the Statehood bills will be ef-
fccted in order to break the legislative
deadlock in the Senate. This plan con
templates the admission Of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one State. and
New Mexico and Arizona as another.
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WILL NOT DENY PRACTICE
OR BELIEF IN YGAMY
Apostle Smoot Silent When Asked to
Announce Himself.

SALT LAKE. Utah Jan. 17.-ApostIe
Smoot. who Will be elected Senator, was
cross-examined by reporter today.
Here is what happened:
You state that you. as Mormon
and as an apostle. have never been psk-
ed to practice polygamy or preach IT or
advise others to practice it. win -
answer another question? Ro you be-
iieve in polygamy2"
I viii not. Will not; won't broke
in Mr.. Smoot before the reporter could
finish the question
viii you not answer the plain ques-
tion: Do you believe in polygamy? . %
persisted the reporter
Il viii not answer. have been mis-
quoted any my statements misconstrued.
and thereby I have been jniuroti in
Washington, the apostle declared. as
he showed the reporter the door.
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WRECKED CREW RESCUED
AND STEAMER SGUTTLED
Brought Into Porr by the
Pennsylvania.
SIGNALS IGNORED BY SHIPS
Drifted Five Days Helpless and De-
spairirg-Sman Norwegian Yes
sci Lost Propeller.
SIGNALS IGNORED BY SHIPS

NEW YORK, Jan 1.-THE steamer
Pennsylvania, of the American
line, which arrived this morning from
Hamburg. Boulogne and Plymouth.
brought into port thirteen distressed
seamen who were taken off the disabled
steamer Siggen in midocean.
On January 10. in latitude 41.4z, 1ongi-
tude 64.24. the Pennsylvania fell in with
a small steamer lying helpless in the
trough of the sea and flying sigzsIs Of
distress. Captain H. spliedt ordered the
course changed. His vessel steamed
down to the craft and found her to be
the Norwegian steamer Siggen from
Sydney, c. B., foy New Haven with a
cargo of steel billets.
Taken ABOARD the Pennsylvania.
The captain Of the siggen asked TO be
taken off. With his crew, thirteen all
told he came on board the Pennsylvania.
The shipwreeked men said that the
siggen sailed from Sidney. c. B., on
January I. On the 10th they lost the
propeller. As the weather was very
tempestJous, the small craft became un-
manageable.
After drifting 100 miles of shore. a
period Of five days, in which time FIVE
steamers were sighted and signaIed with
out reply, they despaired OF help. It
was then the Pennsylvania hove in sight.
Steamer Scuttled-
As the steamer was deeply laden and
a dangerous menace to navigation and
there appeared no possibility of towing
her into port, the seaeocks were opened.
There is no doubt she went to the bot
tom
The Sfggen was small steamer Of GO
tons register. built in Norway in 1901
She was commanded by Capt. A SneYig-
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Indignant That Ship Was
Continued in Commission
in Her Damaged Condi-
tion-May Ask Damages.
Wounded Ocean Greyhound
Limps Up New York Bay
After Thirteen Days at
Sea-ReSoludOns Passed.

NEW YORK, Jan. I7.-Limping like a
thoroughbred horse that has thrown a
shoe, the big Aperican Line steamship
St Louis appeared off Fire Island just
before dawn of day at o'clock this
morning.
After nearly TWO weeks of buffeting
with sea and wind. her leaky boilers
preventing speed greater than five miles
an hour, the wounded ocean greyhound
clme pushing up to the Sandy Hook,
slowly made her way to Quarantine. and
then at 10 O'Clock started NJ the bay
for her berth at the foot Of Vesey Street.
The St. Louis had made one trip too
many to keep to any sort OF schedule.
In the winter storms. with steaming
power badly reduced, some Of her pas
sengers thought themselves in luck to
get in as soon as they did.
AS she came up the harbor craft along
the route saIuted. It was an ovation for
the St Louis and her weather-tossed
passengers. who since January 4, have
lived aboard her
The big ship Will go 10 the yards for
repairs after she has unloaded. She has
steamed her powers almost TO the break
ing point. Her owners admitted yester-
day before she was sighted that she is
badly in need of repairs.
While the anxiety over the non-ar-
rival OF the vessel was relieved last
night By the announcement that she was
steamfng slowly past Nantucket. yet
everyone waited for the report that she
was on Fire Island This report came at
O'Clock this morning, followed By the
news that the steamer Pennsylvania had
sighted the ST. Louis At sea- that the St.
Louis had her boilers leaking. but no
assistance was needed.
The st. Louis arrived at Quarantine at
9.45. having made fairly good time from
Nantucket. where she passed at G.2f
O'Clock last evening.
The big ship left Cherbourg, January
4, at 1905 a. m. and arrived at the Sandy
Hook Iightship at 6:34 this morning,
making the passage in I3 days, 5 hours.
and 20 minutes. al an average speed Of
9 Il knots an hour. Her day runs were
341. 2s5. 832. 312. 200. 1865. I25, 13O. 1S@,
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TARY SHAW FOR
CLOSER BONDS WITH
SISTER REPUBLICS
Talks on Tariff to Pan-Amer-
ican Congress.
PLANS INVOLVE CURRENCY
Would Have an interchangeable Me-
dunn and Common Language With
Latin-American Republics.

NEW YORK. jan 17-The Hon. Leslie
NJ Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, this
morning addressed the Pan-American
customs congress. meeting in this city,
on tariffs. He advocated closer relations
between all American republics. He said,
in part:
American republics have much in
common. little in competition, and sell
dom anything in dispute. International
visits ike this, and the free exchange of
IDEAS. ought and will rebound to the
common benefit. II is fitting that rep
resentatives Of these republics should
annually confer and advise each ether
on all subjects relating tv customs SER
vice.
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FRIARS WANT HALF OF PAYMENT
FOR LANDS III PHILIPPINES

MADRID Jan. In Moret former
minister Of the interior, has gone to
Rome to induce the Vatican to divide
with the Filipino friars the sic. oO0, ,0GO
which. it is said America proposed to
pay for the friars' lands. The Vatican
had intended 20 keep all the money.
but Moret hopes to get 80 per cent for
the friars
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NEGRO WALKING TRACKS
KILLED BY ENGINE
Accident on Pennsylvania Railway
Near Four-MiIe Run
So b n Nashington Times.l J

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 17.-SamueI No
bic. a negro. about forty-eight years oi
age, was struck bv an engine and tender
south bound or the Pennsylvania rail
road shortly before o'clock this morn
ing, while walking along the tracks near
Four Mile Run. He was instantly killed.
The remains were brought here.
Noble IeHves a wife and three chill
dren.
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ALLEGED SWINDLER
A DANGEROUS ANARCHIST
Prince Nachachidzine Escaped Death
Sentence in Russia Years Ago.

GENEVA. Jan. IA man who vas
arrested here on Thursday on a charge
of swindItng proves to be Prince Nacha-
chidzine-
The prince was sentenced % death
in Russia some years ago for consntr-
ing against the Gar. He managed TO
escape, however. Afterward he was az
rested in France for having explosives
in his possession and was sentenced to
three years imprisonment.
He is known as a dangerous aparch-
ist
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KING hENELIK To SEE
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION

ROME, Jan. 17.-It is stated that as
soon as the Harrar- Sjibuti Railway has
been completed King Menelik of Abys-
siniR intends to carry out his Iong-eher-
ished dream Of visiting Europe
He will visit Rome. St. Petersburg,
and London lie viii then 90 to the
United States, reaching there in the
progress Of the St. Louis Exposition.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Arrived: St
Louis. from Southampton. NicoIai II
from Copenhagen Pennsylvania, from
Hamburg
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Seaboard Florida Limited-Ha Handsomest
and Fastest

train TO Florida-sll Pulmans-leaves Washing
ton daily AZ p. M; arrives jacksonville l:20
p. H.; st. Augustine, 80. ". l. Conklyn, Cen
eraI Agent. I42l Pa. aye.-AdY.
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The Injured

ALEXANDER NEWTON DOSSETT-
Enlisted at Durham. n G.. fer four
years as landsman for training; born.
Orange county. y. c., July n, 1917
home. Durham. y. C; next Of kin. New
ton Dossett Cfather), 1908 Pettigrew
Street, Durham, \. c.
JAMES GARFIELD PATTERsON-En
listed at League Island, Pa, March q.
1900. for four years as Iandsman; born
Pittsburg. Pa, September Is. 1881; home
Pittsburg- Pa; next OF kin. Mrs. Bar
bara Nagle next friend. y Soho Street,
Pittsburg. Pa.
ALBERT STEPHEN TAEKE-Enlist-
ed at ST. Louis. Mo. September /. 1899.
for four years as landsnan. born St.
Louis Mo. May 70. 1873: home St. Louis,
Mo. next of kin. Mrs Mary NageI
Cmother}, 2122 Miami Street, St Louis,
No.
WALTER WILLIAM AUGUST
sCHERT- Enlisted at Chicago, Ill.
March /. 1890, as apprentice. third class:
born Chicago, III. February y. 1884;
home Chicago. III; next Of kin. George
p. Schert Cfather), 80 Cleveland Avenue,
Cleveland. Ohio,
The feet sailing around CuIebra and
san Juan consists of the Arethusa, Ala
bama, Atlanta, Culgoa. Gloucester. uli-
uois, Indiana, Iowa. Kearsarge. Olympia.
Scorpion. Texas Vixen, and Bancroft.
First Of It's Kind.
Rear Admiral Charles O'NeiI, chief Of
the Bureau Of Ordnance, said today that
in view of the meager reports OF the
accident it was impossible to discuss
the cause Of the affair intelHgentIy. It
was the first act of this kind on board
an American ship of war, he said, and
the Bureau OF Ordnance was anxiousIy
awaiting details.
Naval officials are very much concern
ed over the probability that there was
no officer in charge of the turret when
the explosion occurred. There is a great
shortage of officers on vessels in com
rligsion-not enough 10 care for the bat
teries-and on great many ships one
officer has been in command Of several
gun divisions. The fact that no officer
was named in The lisJ of killed and
wounded indicates that there was none
ia the ferret at the time of the ex-
riosiOn. as not more than ten men COM
pose a tuTret crew and the casualties
number nine.
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Covers Wide Range.

The administration of customs laws
is, perhaps, as complicated as anything
connected with the administrative
branch OF the Government. It covers
wide range of subjects. I desire TO
emphasize the Importance of one or
two of these.
1T has always been the policy of
the United states-and it is also the
law, as again and again announced by
our courts, to resolve reasonable doubts
in favor of the importer. 1 assume that
the same rule prevails in all countries.
In other words, however much individu-
ais may differ on the question OF strict
construction Of constitutional provisions
and legislative enactments, all agree that
in administering customs laws a liberal
Interpretation is not only permissible
but well nigh Imperative. This rule
should apply. I think. with especial force
with reference to drawbacks
Can Afford to Be Liberal.
The whole drawback scheme has been
worked out in the interest of the exporter
Any country can afford to be liberal,
think. with those who find a foreign
market for the product of domestic Ia
Dor. There are always three prerequi-
sites to the allowance Of a refund Of Gus
toms duties FITst. the actual payment
into the Teaa4ss.y4sf he amount sought
10 be Withdrawn; second, the employ
ment Of domestic labor in bringing these
imported materials TO an advanced state
OF perfection; third. the discovery OF q
foreign market for the article in its i'm
proved condition and the actual expor-
tation of the finished product.
Another subject is that Of appraise-
ment. Ad valorem duties are ordinarily
levied at the market value of the articles
in the country whence imported There
are many articles OF merchandise that
have no market value abroad for the
reason that they are produced exclu-
siyely for the export trade.
Customs Frauds
"a large percentage of the frauds upon
the customs revenues of a country are
committed on consigned goods, and ii
has always seemed to me that the fact
that goods are puTchasabIe only in she
domestic market raises strong pre-
sumption that they are being underval-
ued."
The Secretary then emphasized the ad-
vantages Of increased commerce between
the American republics, holding that the
United States should compete more siren
uously for larger share of the half
billion dollars worth of annual trade Of
the countries represented in the con-
gress. To this end he advocated i'm
pTovement Of the means OF tntercom-
munication, uniform standards of weights
and measures, an interchangeable cur
rency. and ultimately. a common Ian
guage.
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The weather has been cloudy and uu-
settled over the greater part OF the
country east CT the Mississippi
The temperature continues above the
geasonai average east OF the Rocky
Mountains
Fresh sou1hwesteTIy winds Will con
tinue along the middle Atlantic coast
tonight, shifting to northwesterly sun
day.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports viii have fresh southwest
winds anG cloudy weather TO the Grand
Banks
TEMPERATURE.
u A----.- 1880 -.--- -'.--'.-- .-ib
L n-.----- p
?. M ------- ..s..ot
THE SU%.
sun sets To-Day $500 80 90 p. IA
Sun rises tomorrow. .7:I6 a. N.
TIDE TABLE.
low tide today -------- -.-------.J 2 p. N.
High tide today. .II:I3 p. N.
Low tide tomorrow. w..-.........-5- 30 a. n.
aiEB tide tomorrow -l1.42 a. m,
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Besides the Dead, Four En-
listed Men Are Wounded
in Accident, the Cause
of Which Is Now Under
investigation
The Massachusetts, IS Near
Culebra, and Time of the
Disaster Is Supposed to
Have Been Yesterday or
This Morning,

Through an explosion in the eight
inch turret of the battleship Massachu-
sets five men were killed and sour in
jured.
The cablegram which reached the
Navy Departments this morning does not
say when the accident occurred, but it
is supposed to have been late yesterday
or early this morning. The Massachu-
setts is near Culebra. The following
dispatch from the commander Of the
Massachusetts was received:
san Juan. p, R, Jan. II, 1909
Secretary Navy, Washington:
Powder charge exploded accidentally
in eight-inch turret Massachusetts.
Cause is being investigated by board.
Dead-A Hendrickson, bOatswain' S
mate; F. H Loesser, apprentice; s. F.
Maiinowski. landsmaR; X J. Plat. or
binary seaman: Robert Rule, ordinary
seaman. Injured-W ". A Scho-t. ap-
prentice; a s. Taeke, cocksWain; J.
G. Patterson, ordinary seaman; a. \.
DoSsett ordinary seaman -
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List of the Dead.

The following is a list Of the casual
tics, with names OF nearest relatives
FELIX HERBERT LOESSER enlisted
at New York, October /, 1900, as ap-
prentice third class Born Brooklyn.
y. Y, December ]. 1884; home, New
York; next Of kin. Edward. Loesser. 313
East Eighty-sixth Street, New York
STEPHEN FRANK a5ALINOWSKI-
Enlisted at Chicago. Ill. august 4. 1900
for four years; horn. Poland. August 2
1852; home. South Chicago, III: next of
kin. Frank Malinowsli, s43I Ontario
Avenue South Chicago, III.
ANDREW HENDRICKsON-E Enlisted
at New York September p. 1900. for four
years; born. Norway, March 13. 1873;
home, New York next Of kin. Hans Jen-
sen. ChTiJiansund Norway
KENNETH JOSEPH PLATT-EnIisted
at Albany, n Y. August IS. 1900, for
four years as Iandsman for training;
born Dublin, Ireland. May 6. 1882; home.
Troy. y. Y; next of kin, Sarah PIatt
lmotherJ- 369 Eighth Street. Troy, y. Y.
ROBERT RULE-Enlisted at Cincin-
natl, Ohio, March p, 1901. for four years
as Iandsman for training; born Gin
cinnati. Ohio May L. 1882; home. Mt
Washington, Ohio: next Of kin John A
Rule Gather), Nj Washington. Hamilton
county, Ohio,
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Any iTTeguldTity in delivery Of
The Times will receive prompt
attention BY teleDhoRiRg
Main 1923
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a number of witnesses was examined
yesterday by Senator Stewart, but little
Of general interest was developed The
only one Of the operators OF jobbers
who declined the invitation of the com
mittee 10 appear before them was W
E. Mason, q Philadelphia coal shipper,
who wired that his business engage
ments were such that he couJ not
come
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Cloudy tonight. Sunday
fair and colder; light south
west to west winds.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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GLADSTONE.

He did not start in life with donin-
ant political purpose, nor did he ever
show in the course of his career that
the exercise Of his marvellous powers
was from time to time subordinated to
any far-reaching aim. whether Of en-
pire or any other practical policy which
could be formulated or handed down to
his successors. He began life with
vague religious aspiration, largely
personal to himself, and, finding that
they could not be introduced into
politics, he arbitrarily combined them
with a strong love of liberty, which they
in reality precluded. With this con-
venient array Of opinions and senti-
ments he managed to command the al
legiance of all the religious bodies in the
country, from the most exclusive Ritua-
list down to the most political Dis
senter. without guiding purpose, he
was free to sWoop down with concern
trated energy on the topics Of the hour,
and his constant change of opinion and
aim was lost Of In wonder at his match
less achievements. When he became a
party leader, the whole aim and object
of his being seemed to be to catch votes.
-Blackwood's
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sentence has expired. The tiny grated
window is covered by several thick
nesses of closely-woven wire netting,
making dense darkness inside, so that
the prisoner cannot tell night from day.
There is no ventilation, except through
this netting, and no opening whatever
to the tomb. Low down in the iron
door close to the ground is sliding
panel, a foot long by three inches wide,
arranged like double drawer, so that
food and water, enough to sustain life,
may be slipped in on shallow pans and
the refuse returned. Twice in twenty
four hours this panel is operated; and
if the food remains untouched a certain
number of days, it les known the man
is dead; and only then can his door be
opened unless his time has expired If
the food is not eaten for only two or
three days no attention is paid to it, for
the prisoner may be shanming.
Not the faintest sound nor glimmer Of
light penetrates those awful walls. In
the same clothes he wore in, unwashed,
uncombed, without even blanket or a
handful of straw to lie on, he anguish
es in sickness, lives or dies, with no
means of making his condition known
to those outside. He may count the
tagging hours, curse, pray, long for
death, dash his brains out, go mad If
he likes-nobody knows it. He is dead
to the world, and buried, though living.
Six months is the usual sentence, and
two years is the limit. They told us
that but one man has ever been known
to i've year, and the majority do not
outlast the second month. Those that
survive the six months are almost in
variably driveling idiots or dangerous
maniaes. When the sentence has ex-
pired the door is always opened at
night, because in his enfeebled condi-
ton after long darkness, the glare of
day would be torture, If not death.
They expect to find the wretch stone
blind, emaeiated to the lase degree, UNI
able to stand, hair and beard grown
long and white as snow, nails like tai
ons and garments rotten with mold.
FANNIE B. WARD.
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GENERAL WOODS PROMOTION.

Obfuscation of the real issue involved
in the promotion of Brigadier General
Leonard Wood to be nlajor-general,
whose case is now engaging the atten-
ton of the senate committee on militia
ry affairs, seems certain to- prevent a
decision of the matter on it's merits.
According to reliable information from
Washington, the hearing now being
held is likely to result in a report favor
ing his confirmation to the higher rank
for which the president has nominated
him. But the chief effect of such re-
port will evidently be to transfer the
present contest between his friends and
his enemies from the committee room to
the floor of the senate. What the final
result there will be is probler1atical,
save in so far as account may be taken
of the infrequency with which such
nominations are refused confirmation.
But whatever the result, it will have
the disadvantage Of having been affect
ed to certain extent by other conside-
rations than the merits Of the case, and
to that extent, entirely aside from the