New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
N[DDY'S VAIN EFFORT
TRIES TO SEE PRESIDENT.
Seeks Reinstatement at 4nBapotis--
Sufragettes in Oyster Bay.


oyster Bay. Aug. 5--J- NJ HARRISON. formerly
!. member Of the second class of mdshipmen at
=. United States Naval Academy. at Annapolis.
who was dismissed from the academy after hav-
de- naen tried and found guilty of using obscene
,,nruape TO an enlisted of the United
c,ates Navy, came to oyster Bay to-day with
.hs hone of being able 10 see the President and
m interest him in the case
tzsrslson. before the order of dismissal was
-o-,ulsated, left Annanolis with the midship-
nen on the annual summer cruise TO the New
---l.,5 coast When the cruiser Chicago. on
-btch HARRISON was quartered. arrived at New
,o-1 r l. the order for his dismissal was await
ing him. the findings in his case having been
a1nroved by the Secretary of the Navy and
President Roosevelt
Having no clothes on board the Chicago other
.bon his Uniform Haralson was allowed to pro
oas5 n his home in that. He came TO Oyster
zaov wearing the 1nidshipnan's blue uniform,
80 vent TO the executive Offices. where ne
asked if he might the President. explaining
,hat he wished TO present his case to Mr.. Roose-
velt with the hope that the Chief Executive
,-o,,ld extend clemency- The acting secretary
n the President, Rudolph Forster. informed the
Young man that he could not see the President
erd advised him TO 90 TO Washington and lay
she matter before the Assistant Secretary Of
she Navy. Mr.. NeHberry.
BAsED HOPE ON CADET CASE
uaralson said that he had heard that the
President had taken UP the cases of eight cadets
who had been dismissed from West Point and
=. tbaught that clemency might be extended in
his case. He was appointed to the Naval Acad-
erny from Alabama
The suffragette movement OF the National
Progressive Woman Suffrage Union was intro
5,,oa5 IN Oyster Bay to-day. Four of its repre-
sen+s+i,-es sppeared during the afternoon, and
we're greeted with downpour Of rain. Later,
when the weather had cleared. they took an
automobile and flung 10 the breezes from it q
hammer bearing the words, Votes for Women
They rode around the town. scattering literature
and informing the villagers that a meeting
would be held in the evening
Heading the party was Mrs. B. Boorman
Wells. Of London, England. Her companions
we're DR.. Maude Glasgow. a New York physi-
clan; Miss Margaret Coleman, a woman voter Of
Denver, and Miss Mary Coleman, New York
lawyer.
The government executive offices early in the
dsy learned of the proposed visit of the suffra-
settes and the Secret Service men were in
formed 10 keep q lookout for them. Every man
Of the Secret Service was at the offices or on
duty at Sycamore Hill and Joseph Murphy,
second IN command, was sent to the railroad
station to have an early view Of the visitors.
PRESIDENT WAS TOO BUSY"
Mrs Wells. who says she took part in the
demonstrations in London against the House of
Commons explained that President Roosevelt
had been informed that they would hold meet
ing On the corner in front Of the grocery store
over which the executive Offices are located
The union, she said had written to the Presi-
dent requesting that he receive several of the
b,.+- BE- he
was too busy 10 see them It thought that
the sufragettes might go 10 Sycamore Hill and
make an attempt there to see the President. but
they did not venture near the Presidents home.
At the appointed time, 7:50 o'clock tonight
the suffragettes gathered before the grocery
store but TO their evident disappointment not
e woman appeared TO hear them. A small COM
pany Of men was present. but after short wait
Mrs Wells announced that no meeting would be
he'd. The party took a train for New York,
after saying that they would return and hold
meeting some day next week
During the day the Sagmore Hill grounds were
closed 10 all outsiders.
There were no developments here to-day in the
cases Of the eight West Point cadets now under
suspension for hazinE. who awaiting the
action Of the Secretary of War in promulgating
an order for their dismissal or their reinstate-
ment. Colonel Hugh L. Scott, the superin-
tendent of the United States Military Academy,
who contends that the reinstatement Of the
cadets would be a severe blow to discipline, is
expected 10 spend some time with the President
on Friday 10 talk the matter over. Secretary OF
War Wright also, il is likely. will be present.
President Roosevelt to-day paid tribute to
Senator Allison, the news Of whose death yester-
Gay afternoon at Dubuque, Iowa, distinctly
shocked him. He sent a telegram to the late
Senator's secretary, as follows:
Am ineXpressbly shocked and concerned at
the news. The whole country loses man grown
gray in he most honorable type of public ser
vice, man who. because Of his experience and
trained ability. was Of the most efficient
aids in achieving good government that we had
IN our country.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.