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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
ROUTINE UNINTERRUPTED

washington, July b.-Heads of ma
val bureaus profess ignorance of the
plans of the administration in send
ing the battleship fleet to the Pacific.
Notwithstanding official confirmation
Of the reports. These bureau chiefs
say that they are engaged only In rou-
tine work and that they are making
no unusual preparations.
They also assert that they have no
orders to do otherwise. And on the
surface there are few signs of abnor-
maj activity in the navy department
Many of the chiefs are away, and the
usual proportion Of subordinates are
ON vacation.
But the plans OF the department. for
this particular SUNNI fit in well
with the exigencles Of the moment
The matter OF coal supply Is an in
stance. The movement Of this fuel to
the far east and the Pacific coast may
be to meet the average demands Of
the service. In fact, II is said that
the coal would have gone forward he
fore this had the money been avail
able before the beginning of the now
fiscal year. Then the supply Of re-
serve naval guns and ammunition and
of torpedoes Is found to be much
nearer the needs OF the service than
II has ever been before at this sea-
son OF the year.
rhe construction OF guns for the
new ships Is progressing and arma-
ment for the armored cruisers about
10 be turned over to the government
will be ready by the time the con-
tractors have finished the hulls and
fittings OF the ships. Headway has
also beer made with the great guns
for the 20,000-ton battleships.
only routine expenditures for con-
struction and repair on account OF
yards and docks are being made on
either the Atlantic or Pacific. accord
Ing To officials, but, as Secretary Met
calf has pointed out. one OF the Items
was a dry dock at Puget Sou 1d, end
u would not be surprising " special
effort were made TO dredge out the
channel at the Mare Island navy yard
so Gs 20 make Il accessible to the
deep draught battleships.
There Is fine dock nt the Mare
Island yard, which might as we'll be
In China as far as the American navy
| II concerned. unless the channel Is
dredged. Altogether. Notwithstanding
the absence Of any appearance OF
furry or anxiety among the few of
ficials In Washington, Il Is patent
that much useful work II being done
In quiet way to put the navy and the
army coast defenses In as good cOndi-
| tion as the appropriations VIII per-
init.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
ALLEGED MAIL
SN|NDLERS
ARRESTED
CALIFORNIA PROMOTERS
FACE FEDERAL CHARGE
Indictments AIIege Concern
Defrauded Fasteners With
Worthless Land Represented
as Orange Groves,
IBy Morning journal special Leased Wire. !

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire. ]
Los Angeles. July G.-SeVen arrests
growing out Of the operations Of the
California Fruit Growers association
were made by federal officers today
on indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury on Friday The arr
rested persons are;
DR. c. v. Watson. j. w. Lawrence,
ollie J. Watkins, George H. Peters.
Flora r. Peters. u. w. Hansen and
Ira Leigley. all on charges Of using
the mails 20 defraud.
Lawrence Is president Of the ASSOC
citation: Watson. a former PRESIDENT.
watkins, manager: Peters, supern-
tendent. Mrs. Peters. treasurer; Han
sen. attorney and Lelgley. secretary.
The indictments are the result ~ an
inquiry into the methods Of the con-
Germ started In New York.
II Ia charged that the concern de-
frauded customers by representing IT,
self to own and farm large tracts Of
orange groves. which were sold an
high grade property. when IN reality
the land was almost worthless.
Watkins, Watson and Mrs Peters
are held under two charges. and the
others on one.
They gave bonds IN $4,000 eadh and
were released Bail IL fixed nj t5'e00
IN each case.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
Dispatch Of Powerful Fleet
Merely Prudent Act, Declares
Well Known Authority on
international Law,
NAVY SHOULD BE
EQUAL ON BOTH SIDES
.CiteS Disaster to Russia Due
to UnpreparedneSS When
Japanese Fired First Hostile
Shell.
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wire.l

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
Amherst Mass, July 6,--Professor
Edwin A. Gr0svenor. of Amherst coll
'lege, an authority on International
law, gave out statement tonight in
reference to the sending of United
States battleships to the Pacific.
Professor Grosvenor, who is a rela-
tive by marriage of Secretary Taft, of
the war department, had confer
ence with the secretary during the lat
ter's visit TO Milbury. Professor Gros-
venor says;
THE United States desires peace
with all of the nations OF the world.
yet nothing so endangers peace as
unpreparedness for war. Had the
ear in 1903 put Russia in readiness
for attack, the subsequent disasters Of
Manchuria and the Sea of JaEan
might have been avoided. our whole
Pacific coast and our Pacific insular
possessions are today practically de-
fenscless. The dispatch of battleshlps
to the Pacific coast threatens none.
There is IN it no menace of pruvoca-
ton to Japan or any power. II is
merely prudent act--a putting a
lock on our front door.
we have no preference or desire
to attack Japan If war ever comes
for us the affront will come here
from abroad, not from ourselves. Up
TO the present time traditional
hobby has centered our navy in time
of peace In the Atlantic or its tribu-
tarv waters.
Facing. as we do, upon two oceans.
the navy, the right arm of national
defense should be equally at home on
both The strong man. armed and
ready. has little to fear. Each battle
ship sailing through the straits of
Magellan is a guarantee OF peace"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
PERIL
BREAKS OUT
AN { v
CHINAMAN THREATENS
VENGEANCE ON AMERICA
-Four Hundred Million People
Resent Rigid Enforcement of
Exclusion Law, Declares Dis
tinguiShed CeIeStiaIin Mexico

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire I
Mexico City, July 6.-The most ag-
gressive ntterance that has come from
the pen of Chinese concerning the
United States exclusion act is a docu-
ment written by Kong Yu lWei, the
leader Of the Chinese reform move
ment. who recently left this city for
New York.
The letter was written to President
Roosevelt, seeking to enlist the presi-
dents aid in a revision Of the present
laws Just before leaving the city
last week, Kong Yu Wei gave to the
Daily Record, an afternoon paper
published here. q copy of this letter,
and authorized its publication today,
Mr., Kong says
TOO rigid enforcement of the eX-
clusion laws have brought about the
i'll will of four hundred million peo-
pie. A united Chinese nation will seek
to assert its rights and avenge its
wrongs. It's anger will be vented in
ways that | dread to think of. The
time will come when a small spark
will start an uncomfortable COnfia-
grafton, and the friendly ties between
Americans have been wont to con-
denim Russian cruelty toward the
Jews. How much more humane has
been American treatment of the Chi
neSe?
"Can civilized America reconcile
such treatment Of their fellow crea-
lures with the divine law? Courtesy
and kindness should be reciprocal but
n l{fenpnn1n tlnn tpnaf =
ment Americans receive in China and
that accorded the Chinese in Amer
lea"
Among the notifications he sug-
gests to the exclusion law is the abol-
ishment of the Objectionable features
nf Identification; that no restriction
as to ports of entry De made; that
certificates issued to Cinnamon by
Chinese chambers of commerce and
indorsed by American cOnsus should
entitle Chipese 90 free entry.
He asks that the same laws apply
in The Philippines and Hawaii.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07

Of
EDUCATORS
TREK WEST
LOS ANGELES CROWDED
WITH N, f, Al DELEGATES
Question of Larger Salaries
and Pensions for Teachers
Paramount Issues at This
Years Gathering,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wire.l

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Los Angeles, Cal, July 6.--Dele-
gates to the National Educational as
sociation which meets in this city
next Monday. arrived in large num-
bers today. A special train over the
Salt Lake road, containing twelve
coaches brought nearly thousand
visitors from Chicago and points en-
route. A large number of these dele
gates were superintendents, principals
and teachers in the Chicago public
schools. The registration at the asso-
citation headquarters at noon today
was in excess of 5000, and this num-
Der Is expected to be largely increased
by Monday morning. Special coaches
from Philadelphia, Brooklyn and 9TH
er eastern cities are due to arrive this
afternoon. It is anticipated that a
movement will be inaugurated before
the convention looking to an increase
in the salaries of teachers everywhere.
This idea Is fostered by the Chicago
Federation of Teachers, but It is not
decided lust what definite shape the
proposition will assume.
President Nathan w Schaeffer
said today regarding this issue:
IT am in favor of increased wages
for teachers They should be paid
sufficient salaries 10 enable them to
remain at work. Educational institu-
tions are hamnered by The loss of
teachers who seek more profitable
fields Just when they have become
most valuable to the institutions Of
learning by reason of experience. The
National Educational association has
done more to advance the interests of
teachers. financially than any other
means. in my opinion. | believe
teachers should be pensioned as an
inducement for them to remain in the
work and to prevent their being re-
tanned in active service after they
have passed the point of usefulness.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
BROWN
A PRISON
MARTYR
MAN KILLED AT RATION HAD
PART IN INVESTIGATION
Was the Man Who Dir Knapp
Said Had to Stand Up for
-Four Days With His Hands
Tied in Front of Him.
Especial Dispatch to the Morning journal,

Especial Dispatch TO the Morning Journal
Ration, \. NJ, July 6-Bailey
Brown the county prisoner who was
shot dead here by the jailer in an ef-
fort to escape from the county Jail,
is the same Bailey Brown who figured
in the penitentiary investigation a
short time ago. Brown is the man
who DR.. Knapp, the prison doctor un-
der Bursum, testified had to stand up
for four days with his hands tied up
in front of him, although cross exam
naton showed that Brown didn't
have his hands tied up for more than
two days. The opinion here is that
ii would have been good for the ter
ritorv if Brown had been forced to
keep on standing up until the present
time.
A great deal was made of the So
called cruel treatment of the man, but
his record is long enough and bad
enough to prove that he needed al
most any kind of punishment short of
the Snanker
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
KENTUCKY MAN R0ASTS
ROOSEVELT ABROAD

London, July G.-The Sunday OBJ
server publishes an interview with
Morgan O'Brlen, former justice OF the
supreme court OF the state of Ken
lucky. In which the presidents attl-
tude on capital Is described a. "al-
most fanatlcal" Il has resulted, MI
O'Brien says. In the staRnatlun OF
commercial enterprises.
Comparing the legal delays In
England and America, Mr. O'Brten al
trdbuted the former 20 an lnsuffcieney
OF judges and the latter to cheap law,
The costs are too high IN EnRlnnd
aud too low IN America. he said.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER
SUED FOR A MILLION
Publishing Company Demands Salts
faction for Damaged Reputation.

st. Louis. July G.-Postmaster
Frank +. Wyman and Postoffice In
spectOr r. NJ. Fulton have been served
with writs returnable before the Sep
tember term of the grand jury in suits
Instituted by Il. G. Lewis, of the Lewis
Publishing company. The action be-
came known tonight, and the amounts
sued for. 1t is said, aggregate $1,002,-
215. Two suits are against Wyman
and two against Wyman and Fulton.
The postmaster and inspector are ac-
cused with having illegally barred Pc
riodicals from the mails, and sending
out letters Of inquiry to subscribers
that injured the company's business.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
BURSUM
FUSED
FORKS
MADE THE CONVICTS EAT
WITH HANDS AND TEETH
Yard Master Declares COnviCtS
Had No Knives and Forks
Until TreIfOrd Came to the
Prison,


Especial Dispatch 10 the Morning JOuraaI.I
Santa Fe. n. NJ. July en-. Della
ney who has been yardmaster at the
penitentiury for more than a year
and who resigned last Monday from
that position, stated today that dur
lng the former administration OF the
penitentlary by d}ursum the conVlcts
were forced to "eat like dogs" that
they were not furnished with knives
and forks. but were required to eat
their food with hands and teeth.
II was not. he says. until Trelford
became superintendent Of the priFon
that knives and forks were furnished
for the eonvcts' tables.
Tho eating Of roast pork with ap-
pie sauce, tomatoes, green's, mashed
potatoes, milk. lemonade and coffee
without knives and forks may have
lnterfered somewhat with the pleas
ure OF the bountiful spread.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS
DECLARE FOR BRYAN

Jamestown, n. Y, July Com
missioner of Public Works J. c. Ha-
gen, leader Of the fifteenth assembly
district Of New York. came here today
and presented to william j. Bryan
beautifully engrossed set of resolu-
tions from the democrats of the thlr-
teenth. fifteenth and seventeenth as
sembly districts of New York city.
declaring for him for the democratic
nomination for president I'm 1908.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
Heat KIIls Two IN plttsburg.

pittsburg. July 6.-Two persons are
dead and many are In q serious con-
ditlon from prostratlon from the heat
wave which began here today and
continues late tonight with unabatea
viRof. The official temperature ISSUED
from the United States bureau was So
degrees Street thermometers regiH
tered from 20 TO 90 degrees.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
Arnenlinn NIlnlsler Res,rns.

BuenOs Ayres, July 6.-Minlsier
Fraga has resigned. He may be sue
ceeded by General Aguirra The res
lgnntion Of Miguel Tedin, minister of
public works, is also expected.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
Enrthnnnke i'm Mnlne.

Kittery. Maine. July "a slight
earthquake shock was experienced
here today following several severe
ones last week. The ground trembled
slightly. rattllng. the windows and the
electric lights in houses.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-07
nrltlsh stcnmcr Eonndcrs.

Madrid, July Ga dispatch re-
ceived from Corcubion says the Bri;-
ish steamer Denewell from Genoa for
Larmez. struck the rock two miles off
Cape Finsteer and went to the bot
tom. The crew was saved.
The Washington times., 1907-03-24
For Fifty Years
This Woman Has
Been Lne-Sdpey

7 DA LEWIS, known as the Grace
Darling Of America, on New Years
Day celebrated her hftieth year In
the little lighthouse on Lime rock.
Newport harbor. Of which she Is in
charge as keeper.
AS a girl and woman Ida Lewis has
lived remarkable life. Her bravery
and skill IN handling a boat are well
known. and her fame is secure as the
greatest woman life-saver in the
world, for she has the credit Of hay
ing saved no less than eighteen lives,
most Of her rescues having been ef-
fected in the face Of extreme danger
and IN winter.
As keeper Of the Lime Island light
house. 10 which post she was appoint
ed In recognition Of her bravery and
record as life-ssver. on the death OF
her father. Miss Lewis has shown her
self as careful and efficient as a man
could be- She is one Of the few women
IN such q position.
She cared for the light several years
before appointed keeper, when her
father, because Of sickness, was IN
able to perform his duties. At the
same time she helped keep house and
Towed her younger sisters to Newport
daily TO school
She was appointed keeper Of the
light in 1879 at a salary Of $50 a year.
and has performed her duties without
a break ever since.
Ida Lewis first rescue was in 1853
When a girl Of sixteen she saved
four young men from an overturned
haaf IN
night.
In February. 1856, she saved three
drunken soldiers from the icy waters
OF Newport harboT. into which they
had fallen from skiff.
In January, 1867. she rescued three
laborers who had swampsd a boat
while pursuing a frightened flock OF
sheep which had taken 20 the water.
Two weeks later she rescued a man
from the masthead OF a sunken boat,
near Goat Island. Newport harbor.
On March 20, 1863 she rescued two
soldiers and a boy from an uptllrned
boat In biting cold. All were heIpless
when she reached them. For this res
cue Congress awarded her a gold
medal and she received the thanks Of
the State OF Rhode Island This act
made her name famous. and she was
showered with attentions from soci-
cites and individuals in ell parts of
the country.
In the winter of 1881 Miss Lewis
saved two artillerymen who tried to
walk across the harbor or the ice. and
fell through When she arrived with
them at the lighthouse they were near
deaths door from exposure.
These are but the chief Of her res
cues.
The Washington times., 1907-03-24
In Own government.

When Uncle Sam deported the lepers
to Cullon # was decided that they
should be given all civic liberty pos
slble and the plan has worked admir-
ably. They were ordered 10 hold an
election for a presidente and ten coun-
sejales. or aldermen. This opportu-
nifty 10 dip into politics seemed to give
all the men and women there is uni
versaI suffrage in Cullonl a new lease
on life and a hot campaign was
waged
The fact that the citizens have one
foot in the grave does not prevent the
other foot from being obstreperous at
times, and the presidente and cOnse-
iaIes soon found that order must be
preserved. Accordingly several OF the
most stalwart members OF the com
monwealth were commissioned as pc
Iicemen, and now woe TO the trans
gressoT.
These wards OF Uncle sam give him
far less trouble than the Indian braves
OF the West. but they are a great ex-
pense considering their number. for
they are an almost utterly helpless
lot. They are, as a rule. too much
weakened by the ravages OF the dis
ease 10 engage In agricultural pur-
suits. and while a number of the col
Onists are experts as basket and ham
mock makers and in weaving these
commodities are nOn-salable on ac-
count OF the strong prejudice that ex-
lists against anything made by leper.
regardless OF the fact that they may
have been thoroughly sterilized.
How TO keep the temporarily strong
members OF the colony employed has
been one OF the big problems OF the
provincial Government. The latest
suggestion, and one which will prob
ably be adopted within the next few
months IS that the colony devote lis
entire energies 10 raising cattle. It is
said that COWS are not attacked by
the leprosy bacilli, and at the same
time very little strength is required 10
look after the herds, as the island has
Fich pasturage- At present the strong
The Washington times., 1907-03-24
Lepers We're Delighted.

Inc town of Culion was populated in
one afternoon, May IS, 1906. On the
day previous 365 lepers were placed
on board two Government cutters. tbs
Polillo and the Mindanao. at Cebu
where they had been kept in a lener
hospital up to that time. When the
vessels reached Culion and the Iepers
were assisted in disembarkfnp b,-
United States health officers thew were
greeted on shore by four sisters of
charity OF the order Of St. Vincent de
Paul who could not be deferred from
theiF great purpose of bringing re
het TO the suffering By any fear or
conJagion, or by the Ioathsomeness of
the disease. These noble women were
awaiting the doomed colonists at the
municipal hospital. They were 10 act
as nurses In charge of these sisters
was Father Wales, a Jesuit DrieSr
who has remained with the sufferers
ever since they landed.
When the lepers saw the arranoe-
meats that had been made for fber,
they seemed delighted, and AT once
began to busy themselves getting az
customed to their new surrounding
There We're 125 neat nipa houses ready
for occupancy, and all those who were
able 10 remain out of the hospitaI co.
lected cottages in which to snend
their remaining months on earth
From six to seven Iepers were orsr-
tered in each house.
The Washington times., 1907-03-24
Here's a Little Kingdom
OnlU as Biz as a Minute

Netherlands, and Spain; and the
change has not come in order that
nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, but only that IL case OF war
great armies may maneuVer without
the check inherent I'm the very pres
ence at this central spot Of a powerful
stronghold.
And so, the splendid haughtiness
has gone, and only fragments Of the
fortihcations remain. But what frag-
mcnts. Rocks honeycombed with pas
sages and pierced with embrasures:
grim piles of stone; and here and
there, projecting over the edges OF the
cliff, the noble Spanish towers
The powers decreed, too, that the
army be reduced TO a paltry 500 and
the inhibition still holds. But the
happy people, making a Jest of neces-
sity, smile when the handful march
along with pomp of cOlors and bIare
Of music; some sixth of the total army
being band, But. with saving sense
of humoT, there is no extravagance of
military title. and the commander-fn-
chief is but a major.
The Washington times., 1907-03-24
THE SPINNER.

The spinner twisted her slender thread
As she sat and spun;
The earth and the heavens are nine"
she said,
And the moon and sun:
Into the web the sunlight goes,
And the breath OF May.
And the crimson life OF the new-blown
rose
That was born today"
The spinner sang, in the hush Of noon
And her song was low;
All. morning, you pass away too soon.
You are swift to go
My heart o'erfiows like trimming Gun
With its hopes and fears.
Love, come. and drink the sweetness. IN
Ere it turns To tears"
The spinner looked at the falling sun.
rs 1t time 10 rest2
My hands are weary-my work is dons.
have wrought my best;
! have spun and woven with patfent
eyes
And with fingers feet
Lol where the toll of a lifetime lies
In winding Sheet"
Mary Ainge deVere (MadeIine Bridges).
The Washington times., 1907-03-24
The Leper Band, Composed of Fortv
Pieces, Which Furnishes Amuse-
ment for the Colony.

and, although il seems heartIess to
say So those in charge of the col
ony are gratified rather than de-
pressed at the status of affairs.
For If the afflicted ones will only
die of rapidly enough the health
authorities of the island believe
that they can stamp out the dis
ease entirely in the course of the
next ten or fifteen years.
IL all the inhabitants OF the PhiIin-
pines. who are entitled to citizenship
az Culion, were incarcerated there il
would be a city of some four or FIVE
thousand people, but the Government
does not even hope to be able to trans
Ter all these sufferers TO the leper col
ony within the next few years.