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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-18
DOMINGO TREATY.
WITH FULL TEXT,
FINALLY ARRIVES
Notes by DominicanS Are
Said to Appear Mere
ly Explanatory.

The fun text Of the santo Domingo
treaty. as ratified BY the congress OF
that country. has been brought 20
Washington by Mr.. Carroll. one Of the
American customs officers who has been
attached 20 CoIaneI COlton's stan and
who has returned TO this country in
company with Minister Dawson
This IS The first time that the State
Department has been I'm position To eX-
anime the explanatory notes which
were attached 10 the treaty by the Do
minican congress for the purpose OF as
certaiuing whether or not they in any
manner effect the principle OF the orig
lnal document as ratified by the United
States Senate
50 far as q CuTsOry examination made
today disClOses. they are not of this
character. but are merely in the nature
of reservations tending 20 indicate the
Interpretation which the Dominican
government will place upon the various
clauses OF the treaty.
For this reason il Will not be neces-
Sary TO delay the final PRONUNCIATION or
the convention, unless a more careful
scrutiny Of the document disclOses de
1ects which might require its resubmis-
sion TO the United States Senate. a
procedure 10 which the Administration
is opposed.
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RUFF A LIAR,
SAYS SCHMITZ
ABOUT BRIBERY
Former Boss Declares
Mayors Wife Knows of
AnShady Transactions.

SAN FRANCISCO, May IS.-Mrs.
Eugene c. Schmitz, wife Of the in
dicted mayor, was his confidential
bookkeeper, and knew Of all the money
received from every source, according
TO a statement made to the grand jury
by Abraham Ruef
Ruef told the inquisitors that Mrs
Schmitz had acted as the mayors sec
retary and boOkkeeper ever since his
election and had kept accurate entry
Of every cent the mayor received, in
cluding bribe money handed him by
Ruef and the income from other munich
pal CRAFTS
In an interview. the mayor said:
Il know nothing Of what Ruef told
the grand jury. The only information
1 have is what i read I'm the news
papers. II Ruef has told the grand
jury that ! received any bribe money,
Ruef is a liar"
1t is stated that two officials Of the
United Railways may be indicted
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VISIT Of CANNON
TO HIS BIRTHPLACE

There will be great doings down IN
the Tarheel State / II a few weeks.
Uncle Joe" Cannon, Speaker OF the
House. is going down there 20 the State
of his birth, and hold reunion. All
the indications are that It will be an
occasion worth ones while TO witness.
While Speaker Cannon is known the
country over as the foremost citizen Of
DanVille. H.. he is not generally known
as a native OF the State OF North Caro-
line. But he was born there seventy
one years ago this month, at the his
toric town Of Guilford. He left there
with his parents when he was four
years Of age and has not been back
since. Repeatedly, he has been invited
10 pay the old home locality a visit, but
he has never beer able to do so. Now.
Guilford College wants him 20 make the
trip next month. at commencement time,
and he expects to do so.
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HARGIS TRIAL
NEARING FINISH

LEXINGTON. Ky, May 18.-The trial
of Judge James Hargis for the assas-
sination of James Coclxrin is drawing
to a close. More testimony. damaging
TO the Hargis crowd and their hench-
men, has been introduced at this trial
than at any previous one.
Nose Feltner, John Smith, and Ansel
White have sworn conclusively that
Judge James Hargis and his two broth
ers-Alex and Elbert-with Ed Callahan.
oonspired to have James Cockrill. James
Marcum. and DR.. 3. d. Cox assassi-
mated and all were murdered accord
ing to plans laid out by them.
Ed Callahan viii so on the stand I'm
defense of Judge Hargis, as will also
Tom White. now serving a life SEN
tence for the Marcum murder. and who
was brought here from the Frankfort
penitentiary.
Curt Jett viii not testify for Hargis
at this trial.
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ROASTED TO DEATH
IN COKE FURNACE

BUFFALO, n. Y, May 1S.-Patrick
Smith thirty years old. has been
roasted alive in one of the Lackawanna
Steel Company's blast furnaces. Whes.
Smiths body was rescued from the
molten mass Of coke and pig iron down
In the furnace it was burned to a crisp.
Smith thought he was going down into
a dead furnace to light the gas. He
made a mistake and went down into a
live one When he discovered his fatal
error and attempted TO climb back to
free air he was undoubtedly overcome
by the gas, and pitched unconscious to
the roaring fires 100 feet below.
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terday afternoon about o'clock Ernest
came by the Altman home Raphael
was sitting on the front steps, and as
his chum camc by he ran out 10 meet
him. The two boys walked arm in arm
Tor a lew yards, when. IL is said. they
began tussle oyer-a box carried by
Ernest
They chased each other, and those who
saw them paid no attention TO their
actions, as il was supposed that the
boys We're playing. Just before they
reached the corner Of Z street. however.
II was noticed that the lighting was in
earnest
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ONE MAN KILLED,
THREE SCALDED
IN STEAM ROOM
Horrible ACCidentin Pitts
burg Turkish Bath
Boiling Patrons.

PITTSBURG, Pa. May 1S-Imprisoned
in the steam room Of the Turkish bath
at the Washington Park natatorium, in
Bedford avenue. foIr men. Edward
Schwartz, rubber, and three patrons,
Jacob Goldste!n. Benjamin Goldstaff.
and Isadore Barnardi. We're caught in
a sudden rush of steam in the small
compartment and almost boiled alive
Schwartz died in the hospital at 3
o'clock. and three men are in a serious
condition as result OF their terrible
experience.
The accident was caused by the closing
Of the door Of the steam room which
fastened with a snap lock. and the
sudden turning' on OF a tremendous
head of steam.
The binding vapor prevented the men
from locating the latch
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SENT POISON TO GIRL,
TEACHER IS IN JAIL

MEMPHIS, Tenn May 1S-Prof A.
G. Ellis. a teacher. is in Jail at Union
City. Tenn, awaiting reduisition papers
from the governor of Kentucky to an
swer the charge Of attempted murder.
after betraying Miss May Berry. a six
teen-year-old girl of that comnunitv
Miss Berry wrote him for assistance
and Il Is charged he sent a bottle con-
tanning poison, writing her to use it.
letter. The. bottle contained enough
poison 70 kill 4 horse.
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FATAL COLLISION
CHASING FLY BALL

BURLINGTON. Vt. May 1S-A COL
lision while running for a fly ball back
OF third base may result in the death
Of Elmer r. Higgins, OF Standish. Me.
left fielder Of the University Of Yer
mont baseball team.
\ During the game with Amherst he ran
lull tilt into ShOrtstOp w. l. Gardner
NJ EnosbUrg Falls, VI. Gardner has a
bNoken cOllarbone and Higgins is in the
hospital deliriOuS from internal injuries
Ihfre is little hope of his recovery.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

, PRESSURE is high IN the Northwest and
ne southeast with a trough Of low
pressure between the two extending
from Texas nOrtheastward into New
Engiand, with unsettled, shoWery
weather except in the Southwest. where
Lhere was no rain. There were also
local showers in Nebraska. south pa
kOta, and Montana
Temperatures are much higher in the
ONO valley, tennessee. and the lower
axe region, but they are still uDseason-
ably low in the Northwest.
Ihere VIII be showers tonight and
sunday IN the middle Atlantic States
and showers tonight, followed bv gem
orally fair weather Sunday in the Ohio
valley and lower lake region. In tbe
South fair weather win continue.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast VIII be light and mostly south
westerly; on the south Atlantic cos e.
light and variable: on the east GnIS
coast light to fresh, becoming soutberII,
and on the lower lakes fresh and Toost'
ly sOuthWesterly.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION IS
OPEN At ROME
Wanamaker and Prince
BernadOtte Among
Delegates.

ROME. May 1S.-A Joint meeting Of
the worlds executive committee of the
Worlds Sunday School Convention OF
the Italian national committee and of
the Roman committee was held here
this afternoon at o'clock.
President +. X. Warren. Of Michigan.
of the convention, presided. Plans for
the convention were discussed and de-
cided upon. What the American dele
gates call a "get-together meeting" viii
be held al S o'clock this evening.
Delegates Get Acquainted.
There viii be number of short
speeches by delegates from the various
countries and the men and women who
constitute the convention viii spend sew
eral hours in becoming acquainted with
each othc-.
The last worlds Sunday school con-
venton was held in Jerusalem in 1901. St.
Louis is the only American city that
has entertained the Sunday school work
ers, the convention being held there in
1898.
Among the Americans present at the
meeting this afternoon were John Wan
namaker, of Philadelphia; Dr. George
W. Bailey, Of Philadelphia: William n.
Hartshorn. of Boston; II. J. Heintz, Of
Pittsburg; Marion Lawrence, Mrs. Mary
Foster Byer. Fred a. Wells, w. T.
Pierce, and Bishop Hartshorn.
Foreign Members.
Among the foreign members of the
worlds committee are Prince Rerna-
dotte. Of Sweden; Countess Bernsdorff.
of Germany; and the archdeacon of
London.
Convention service will be held in ali
Of the Protestant churches of Rome to-
morrow, which will be worlds Sunday
School Day. II the suggestion of the
committee is carried out similar services
will be held in all Protestant churches.
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Quarrel About Miss Langley?

Just what was the cause Of the trag-
edy is not known. Several theories have
een advanced by relatives of both
boys. At the Langley home it was said
that Raphael had accompanied Ernests 3
siXteen-y -year-old sister to her home on
several occasions recently. and had
asked to be allowed TO call on her. Mrs
Langley. however. thought that the girl
was too young 10 have callers.
II is thought that Ernest may have
spoken to Raphael about his attentions
10 his sister, and that this angered
Raphael to such an extent that he
stabbed Ernest in his rage
IL is also said that the BOYS had a
fight Thursday night. and that the ar-
fair yesterday may have been the after
math OF the trouble and i'll feeling
which. h is said. existed between fhem
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Thinks Raphael a SUICIDE.

Mrs. Altman has engaged Attorney
Campbell Darlington to defend her SON
in case he is captured. but Raphael's
grar6mother and other members Of the
family are Of the opinion that he viii
never be taken alive.
Raphael was OF a very nervous dis
position" said his grandmother this
morning, and I think there IS not a
bit of doubt but what he mas ended his
life. he would never be able TO stand
the strain"
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sI.25 to Baltimore and Return

Every Saturday and Sunday. via Penn
sylvania Railroad Tickets good return
ing until Sunday night All regular
trains except Congressional Limited
ADV,
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Senator Issues Statement
Replying to One by
Chairman Brown.
Declares 1t Is for People
To Say if He Shall
Hold Office Again.
Remarks BriStle With Sar-
casm, and Taft Forces
Are Ridiculed.

Senator Foraker threw another
bomb into the Ohio political situa-
tion today by coming out in d
strong statement denUnciatory of
Walter Brown, chairman of the Re
publican State central committee,
and inferentially injecting himself
again into the contest for OhiO's in
dorsement for the Presidency. He
says that he viii abide by the ac-
tion of the next Ohio Republican
convention as to whether he shall
be a candidate again for any Office,
'and, if so, what that Office shall
be-"
The statement was called forth by
one issued last night in Toledo by
Brown.
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FOraker's Statement.

Foraker's statement is as follows:
The State officers have a right to
their preferences and to declare it when
they like, but such declarations do not
dispense with the necessity for a con-
Vention, EOr change my opinion that the
voters should be given chance 10 be
heard before final action mas been
taken
IF the Republicans Of Ohio are all or
'oVerWEelmingly.' or even by bare
majority, in favor of Secretary Taft, his
friends need not neither fear the pri-
mares. nor be in hurry about hold
ing them.
mo one need suffer. certainly not
wrongfully, If we proceed in order. in
stead Of trying TO rush conclusions by
unoihclal announcements and deCIara-
tions.
so far as the control of the State
Organization Is concerned I have never
made any claim to that I have always
supposed tnat organizations were mere
party machinery, and not the personal
property or anyone, not even the chair
man Of the State central committee.
Hard to Make Polite Answer
AS to the rest Of Mr.. Browns state
ment it is difficult to make a polite
answer For rank, dictatoriaI. and Of
iensive bossism. IL far exceeds Rnything
! can recall 1t amounts TO n threat
that unless 1 straightway declare for
Mr. Tart, I shall lose the SenatorshiD.
Ihat may be, but If SO. the fact has
no terrors for me-
Il said at Canton that I would not
be dictated to by any kind OF a boss
nlg or little. inside or outside the State.
/ meant that announcement for lust
sHcn bosses as Mr.. Brown. and for lust
such performances as he IS now giving
us.
To be specific. 1 emphaticaIlv resent
MS dlctauon. and give him notice that
my choice for the Presidency will be
named by the next Ohio Republican
convention that is lawfully held to
nominate State officers and that 50 far
as ! am personally concerned. I shall
abide the action Of that convention as
70 whether / shall be a candidate again
shall be-"
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Police Searching CITY.

Captain Mathews. Precinct Detec-
tive Boyd, the entire reserve force of
the Fifth precinct and a number Of
men from the Central Office. were do
tailed on the case, and are securing
the city today in an endeavor to find
Raphael. The boy has a number Of rela-
tives living in the city, and a careful
watch Is being kept of their houses in
the belief that he will attempt 10 take
refuge with them.
Many versions Of the affair were OBJ
tained from persons in the crowd, and
considerable time was spent running
down false clues. One was that Raphael
was hiding in the Pennsylvania rail-
road tunnel A careful search, how
ever, failed to reveal any trace Of him.
In the Langley home sorrow reigns to-
day. Grief-stricken at the news of her
sons tragic death, Mrs. Langley is con-
fined 10 her bed. and is under the con-
slant care Of a physician. She calls for
the boy continually. Learning Of the
mothers condition, Coroner hewitt
swore in a jury over the body at the
District mOrgue at 1880 O'Clock this
morning, and turned the body over 10
an undertaken. No arrangements have
been made for the funeral.
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Slayer of Chun1
Still in Hiding;
Clues Fruitless
Raphael Altman Not Seen
Since Killing Ernest
Langley.
Pennsylvania TunneI e |
SearChed-Outgoing
Trains Watched.

Somewhere in the District, proba-
bly, within a few blocks of his own
home, a boy charged with killing his
chum is in hiding, and up to ?
o'clock this afternoon the entire
police force of the city had failed to
find him.
Ernest Langley, fifteen years old,
of 20 Virginia avenue southeast,
was stabbed and killed by Raphael
Altman, fifteen, of AS New Jersey
avenue southeast, in a moment Of
jealous passion, yesterday after
noon. The tragedy occurred at New
Jersey avenue and + street south
east, just around the corner from
both the boys homes.
Tussled Over a Box.
Several persons witnessed the affair
from distance, but none of them was
near enough 10 see Just what happened,
or hear what lead up 10 the homicide.
Ernest was employed at the grocery
store of Proctor & Bro. 53S First street
southeast One Of his brothers also
works there. While on an errand yes-
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HARPERS FERRY. w. Va. MAY 1S
Potomac somewhat cloudy, Shenan-
saa-h. clear.
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SIN TARTE
TIDE TABLE.

sun sets dav.............. no
sun rises tomorrow. 20
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Rushed to Hospital.

IN the patrol wagon Of the Third pre-
cinct the soreiy wounded man was
rushed 10 the Emergency Hospital. Il
was while the horses flying feet hur-
ried him to medical aid that he gasped
out most Of his strange story OF the
shooting.
In the meanwhile Private Martin and
Sergeant Evans, OF the Third precinct.
had taken the gun away from Philip.
They allowed him to go to the station
house in his automobile, they accom-
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Lying in Pool Of Blood.

During the struggle, It is alleged,
Raphael drew a knife from his pocket
and stabbed Ernest in the left breast
The boy staggered for few steps. then
fell 10 the ground. His chum bent over
him as he tell and after looking at him
for moment. walked away
A crowd was soon attracted to the
scene. y friend ran to the grocery
store ard Informed Ernests brother that
the boy had been stabbed. When the
brother arrived Ernest WIs lying I'm a
pool Of blood His brother picked him
lp IN ms arms, and started 10 carry him
10 Providence Hospital p i, Davis
or 10 Eighth street southwest drove
up in his buggy and offered TO carry the
lad 10 the hospital. There was still
signs OF life, and while the brother held
the limp form In his arms Davis
whipped the horse in a vain race with
death. The boy was dead when the
hospital was reached The body was
"a ken 10 the r1Drg1ra
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Altman Appears and vanishes.

AlNhldn appears ana fanlSheS.
The news .Iat Ernest had been
stabbed by the Altman boy soon spread
through the crowd, and several hun
dred persons gathered in front OF the
house. expecting that Raphael would
be arrested. The boys mother came
out on the front steps TO find out what
was the matter. Just then Raphael
made his way through the crowd. He
was very pale and nervous. and spoke
rapidly.
Il have 10 go uptown: I don't know
when III be back he told his mother
What's the trOuble2r she asked him.
w hat is all this crowd doing hereg--
L haven't time 10 tell YOU now" her
son said, as he started through the
crowd, and made his way up New Jer-
sey avenue. 1t is reported that he was
seen later in the package room at the
pennsylvania station, but Z is nor
thought nc left the city. as the affair
was reported TO headquarters Shortly
after il occurred, and all outgoiup
trains were carefully searched w pIai1
clothes men, who had a minute descriD-
ton Of the lad.
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BOMBED COTTON WAREHOUSES;.

It stands U reason that the pro- posal to establish bonded ware houses in the South for the reten- ton of the cotton crop can be made fact if only the money is forth coming. It will require large capital. however. It is no minia- ture undertaking. There is large and growing sentiment in favor of doing something to check the pro- fits of the middleman. which, it is estimated. are about $6O,OOO,OOO out of the $z5O.OOO,OOO total value of the cotton crop, says the New
 York Comercial. Also the hard-up farmer must be supported when he comes along with the early bales of his crop, which must be marketed to supply his necessities. Therein, to. it is hoped to regulate the mar ket by taking this cotton and stor- ing it in the warehouses, thus satls- flying the farmer and preventing a reduction of price in the market at one stroke. The whole proposition seems practicable. almost ideal.
 Of course, as suggested, some body has to collect a large sum of money somewhere to put Iitin work ing order, and someone expects to make a large profit out of the ware houses and the $6O,OOO,OOO that now go to the middleman. The system can neither be perfected nor put into operation extensively at moments notice It might be worked out gradually. If the spin ners came in somewhere for con- ferences with the holders of cotton at stated intervals, and agreed on prices to certain periods, that would be a good thing, too. Perhaps this l IItQQian. condition svill be reached
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fellows that try orl lmaple syrup trick will ge, ,o trouble. It ought to have been stopped long ago.

The manufacturers of many var ieties of tools agricultural, and oth- CTS, find themselves facing serious calamity in the rapid disappearance of that most valuable of America m hardwoods, the hickory. For cer- tain uses like axhelves and hammer handles, almost no satisfactory substitute can be found. One of the herdeat it is naturally one of the sloWest growing trees, and many years must elapse if plantngs are undertaken, before the trees can be made aVai'a able for timber.
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chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public and is now a member of the
 board of managers ofnationalhomes.

Every newsp per wants to pub fish the news. The better the pa per the more prosperous it will be. Local news items are especially hard to run down. How many times have you, dear reader, been approached by the newspaper man for an item of news and told him that you knew nothing of interest Probably at the time your family were away on visit or some one from out of town was visiting at your home. Of course you didn t mean to decieve the scribe. yet when you received your paper you wondered why your family and friends were not mentioned. A good way to avoid all of this is to kindly inform us of the facts or drop note in the postoffce to the paper. The one item may not am- ount to much, but several colunns of such news is the life of local paper. See?
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EISt4Et,tdtNSxtixtG ~N .,o .<.,o..,..o ,. s FACTS WORTH KNOWING Ea
 |. c yfs1s11ENfxnsfs,, p,

There are 2ZO active volcanoes in the world.
 It takes 6,5OO,OOO acresto grow the world tobacco
 The life of a North Atlantic ice berg is often 200 years.
 Sunlight will penetrate very clear water to the depth of l,5OO feet
 New York city has forty-eight cemeteries within and near it's borders.
 Denver is to entertain fifteen national conventions during the coming summer.
 The farmers of Japan have an income this year of $2OO,OOO,OOO from the rice crop alone.
 In proportion to it's size Belgium has more miles of railway than any other country in the world.
 The average valuation of the pa per money printed daily by Uncle Sam totals over $3,OOO,OOO.
 At the tobacco exhibition in | ondon some women made cigarettes at the rate of l2O in thirty minutes.
 In Germany sound-pcoof building blocks are made of mixture of gypsum with saWdust, coke dust or ashee.
 4 French invention, consisting of bulb thermometers, predicts al sundoan whether there viii be 3 frost.
 More patents were applied fol and more patents issued and re- issued by the United States govern ment in 1906 than in any other Je 1T of it's history The number Of applications was SC. .482 and oi p@tents 51,9s5.
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Taxing bachelors has been and continues enc of the favofite themes for the freak bill authors in nearly every state of the Union As 8 rule the measure is present. ed as a sort of legislative frolic. but occasionally it finds supporters earnestly and sincerely interested in it's passage, and who are sorely disappointed when the bill is laid away with the other corp8as of the legislative session.