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The Washington times., 1909-09-12
ITALIAN OFFICERS
ON AMERICAN SHIP
Cordially Received by Admiral
Schroeder in Hampton
Roads.

NORFOLK, Sept. 1.-THE battIeships
Of the Atlantic feet are at anchor to-
day IN II 1mpton Roads. after their sue
cessful target practice off the capes
The great armada, under Admiral
Schroeder Is in need Of coal, ammuni-
ton, provisions. and general supplies
after its ronths work on the Southern
drill ground Admiral Schroeder is
greatly pleased at the results attained
He was DESTROYS that the feet should
prove that 10 could outsh0ot and out
maneuver any other feet adOat, and
according 10 statistics. this has been
accomplished. Some Of the results have
been little short OF marvellous.
After their months practice the YES
sells are in the pink OF condition and
not one Of them VIII require attention
at the hands of the navy yard WORK
men before proceeding 20 New York,
where they will participate in the Hud-
son-FultOn ceremonies, receiving the
foreign ships and acting as a guard Of
honor for the visitors
The officers Of the Italian cruiser
Etna, now in port, were received aboard
the vessels Of the feet today cordially.
There was no truce or any feeling as a
result Ct the recent report that the
italian vessel ran too close to the
American fleet and observed the target
practice.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
PLANS FOR PAGEANT
NEARLY COMPLETED
Program of Hudson-Fulton
Celebration Soon Will Be
Announced.

Eighty war vessels, ranging in size
from the mightiest Dreadnoughts of
the American navy, TO the smallest sub
marines, viii participate in the greatest
naval parade in the history Of the
United States, TO be held on the Hudson
river October ], in commemoration OF
the exploits on that river q Hudson
and Fulton.
Plans for this great pageant have
just been completed by the Hudson
Fulton celebration commission, co-oper-
ating with the Navy Department Re
Plies TO invitations TO participate have
been received from nearly every nation
on the globe. and final arrangements
made. The program of the parade viii
be announced this week. Tt will move
up the river from New York to New
burg. returning the following day.
F1fty-three OF the eighty vessels will
be detailed from the Atlantic fleet OF
the United States Included in the num-
Der will be the entire battleship feet,
the armOred cruiser squadron, North
scout cruiser squadron. Chester, Biz
mingham, and Salem: twelve torpedo
boats, four submarines. two parent
ships one tender, two supply ships, one
repair ship, one torpedo vessel, the
Montgomery, one tug, and seven col
liers.
Germany viii send a squadron. prob
ably four vessels under admiral a. d.
Won Rooster. England viii send four
cruisers, Drake. Argyle. Duke OF Edsn-
burgh, and the Black Prince, under
command Of Rear Admiral Seymour.
Five vessels viii come from South
American Republics. and one from Mex
leo In addition. Italy, France, HoI-
land, and perhaps one or two other
countries viii be represented
Besides the number of naval vessels,
the APPLICATIONS received BY the commits
sion up 10 date, as told in communion
tons 70 the Navy Department, indicate
that at least 900 other vessels of every
known type viii assemble for the pa
rade.
The parade, because Of the vast DIFF
three separate sections The United
States fleet viii be divided into eight
squadrons, each commanded by 3 flag
officer.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
CLIMAX REACHED
IN GRAFT TRIALS
Star Witness in Chicago
Hearings May Not
Testify.

CHICAGO. Sept. 12.-Intense excite
ment has been created today in oonnec-
ton with the trial Of Inspector Edward
Mccain, charged with graft, through
the arrest OF a relative Of the defendant
on charge Of tampering with the jury
A second bomb was exploded when the
alleged plot 10 prevent Dean Walter T.
Sumner taking the stand as a witness
for Mccain developed.
Both came as a thrilling climax 70 a
session Of court devoted by the defense
70 an effort to show Louis Frank. the
States star witness TO be the arch con-
spirator for years I'm plot against the
police. He was accused OF having
threatened to injure Mccain because Of
police activity against disorderly re-
sorts said TO be run by Frank. He is
also charged with having been instru-
mental In the transfer OF two officials
hostile 70 him, and Of having tried 70
bride a captain Of police who had ar
rested a woman who was "A tenant Of
one of Franks houses.
Added 10 this. former Chief of Police
George N. Shippy was referred TO prom
inently in the proceedings, although not
by name. The reference was made By
Col. j. Hamilton Lewis.
According to the statement made, the
alleged plot against Dean Sumner who
for years has labOTed among the
wretches Of the west side vice district,
is 10 deliberately place the church work
er in false light should he Insist upon
taking the witness stand. Dean sum
ner's friends say the plot viii fail.
The arrest for an alleged attempt TO
tamper with the jury was that Of Ber-
nard p. Donnelly, brother-in-law Of In
spector Mccain The allegation was in
oignantly denied by Mr.. DonneIly. and
later was ridiculed by McCann's Ia wyers
as a grandstand play by the States
attorney
The Washington times., 1909-09-12


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The Washington times., 1909-09-12
NORFOLK IS CERTAIN
ODE SUPPLY BASE
So Says British Vice Consul,
in Spite of Admiralty'S
Denial.

NORFOLK. Va, Sept. 12.-Notwith-
standing the denial Of the British adj
Iniralty, r. Baldwin Meyers, acting
British vice consul here. afirms the
statement he gave 10 the newspapers
Friday, 10 the effect that an English
feet Is likely 70 make Norfolk its base
Of supplies this fan and winter, follow
ing its participation in the Hudson-Ful-
ton celebration.
Mr.. Meyers. who Is acting I'm the place
of his father, Barton Meyers. who IS
now on the Pacific coast. said today:
Nine Of the warships are now en-
route 10 New York. where they will ar
rive September o. Following the ceIs-
bration, they will be joined by between
four and six other warships. I have
been asked by the British admiralty for
Information regarding coal oil, water,
and other supplies available al this pert.
have procured the Information. and
my letter went forward Yesterday
There is apparently no doubt that the
ships will rendezvous here.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
NURSE FINDS
HUSBAND MILLIONAIRE
Manies Man She Thought Was Dreaming When He
Told Her of His Fortune--Bndegroom Is the Son of
Former Representative Young of Iowa.

CHICAGO. Sept. 12.-When Mrs. Aloi-
nous II. Young returned to Chicago af-
ter being won by her husband in a
nine days coUrtship in a hospital she
hadn't guessed that she had won a mill
lionaires fortune at the same time. It
was as Miss Amanda NJ Schmitz that
she went to Seattle a month ago to see
the exposition and TO becpme head nurse
In the hospital there.
Her first patient and her only one
was Mr. Young. While she cared for
him he wooed her. He was in she hos
pital only nine days, after she net him.
but in that time the courtship went rap
idly on.
When Mr.. Young left the hospital he
got Miss Schmitz. as she still was, to
give up her place. They spent a day
at the fair and then took a trip 10
Occur d. Alene. where they we're mar
ried.
Il want to tell my family in Chicago
and have them meet you" she told her
husband.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12

The first stop on their honeymoon was
in this city this morning. When Mrs
Young had presented her husband to
her. PARENTS she told the bridegroom he
should look around for something TO do
and a little fat 20 live in until they had
enough to AFFORD the sort of a home
they had talked about during his cogrt-
ship.
But you don't need a fat" said her
husband. i've got a town and country
house at Spokane and III build you a
house wherever you want to live"
Thus the bride, won in a nine DAYS
wooing. learned that her husband IS a
multi-millionaire. head OF several cor
pOrauOus in Spokane and other Western
cities. She learned. too, that Mr. Young
Is the son of former Representative
Young, of Cedar Rapids Iowa. and a
brother Of the Minneapolis attorney.
James Young. and himself a politician.
We're going 10 prOlOng the honey
moon two months she said last night.
wen start housekeeping In a mansion.
instead Of "A fat. I thought all my hus-
band said about things in the future
We're dreams, the kind I used to have
when ] was little girl. Now the
dreams have come true"
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
FALLS FROM WINDOW;
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Unusual Accident to Schoolboy
at Dance Ends
Fatally.

BUFFALO N Y. Sept. 12.--Joseph c.
Strong, seventeen years old. living at
Wrights Corners. near here, who fell
from a third story window OF the OIL
colt Beach Hotel and landed in a pile
OF boxes thirty feet below, died this
morning.
The weekly hop was on last night
when the fatality occurred. the darce
hall on the third fHor Of the hotel De
ing filed with young people, who were
thrown into a state Of CONSERVATION by
the unfortunate occurrence.
Strong was seated at the open win
dow watching the dance and those near
by were Mortified when he fell back
ward TO the ground before anybody
could be Of assistance
Strong was a student at the LOckport
High School The accident is attributed
10 a weak heart and spell of dizzi-
ness
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
INCOME TAX IN NEED
OF VIGOROUS SUPPORT
Senator Bob Taylor Says Popular Measure VIII Meet
Defeat Unless Active CampagnIs Carried on For Ii.
Declares Twelve States Can Kill Legislation

The political program formulated by
the Democratic conference at Saratoga
is already attracting much attention.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee who is in
Washington after six weeks on the lee
ture platform in the West and South,
declared that the conferences indorse-
rnent Of the income tax was highly sig
nificant and important
THE income tax will be defeated by
the States" he said. unless there is a
vigorous, affirmative, determined effort
made to secure it's adoption. This New
York move looks like the first real step
TO organize a solid backing for st.
Twelve States in opposition will defeat
the measure. I assume New England
II TO be counted against it. in the begin
ming.
Senator Taylor expressed the opinion
that the income tax issue will in the
near future become one Of the sharp
and pressing ones before the country.
end he was gratified that the Democracy
OF the most conservative State should
have Endorsed the issue. Il don't ex-
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
COLLIER VULCAN
READY FOR TEST
Will Steam to Sea With Full
Cargo Before Being Ac-
cepted by Navy.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 12-With picked
stokers and a corps Of expert engs=earE
on board the Collier Vulcan. the second
of the biz coal carriers built by the
Maryland steel Company for the United
States Navy. left Sparrow Point this
morning for Norfolk 20 begin the most
severe test required under the Govern
ment contract before the vessel is Of
fcially accepted.
At Norfolk the collier viii be loaded
with about 1900 tons Of coal. and viii
be sent out 10 sea with a view % y 30
tablishing her ability TO fulfill the speec
requirements with fun cargo on board
The Vulcan has already successfully
demonstrated her going qualities when
running light, and il the vessel comes
UP to the requirements IN this. the last
test, she will be accepted by the Cow
eminent at once.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
FLAMES ENvELOP
OIL TANK DRIVER
Scratches Match on Saturat-
ed Trousers and Bank
Roll Burns.

MIDDLEBORO. Mass. Sept. Evil
liam d White, the local distributing
agent o the Standard Oil Company. has
just had a narrow escape from death.
White was driving his big tank wagon
when he stopped 10 light his rtpe. He
did not know his trousers leg Was satu-
rated with kerosene oil. and cOnse-
quently When he scratched a match on
his trousers they Immediately burst into
flames. The flames spread rapidly. but
he managed to strip himself of his blaz-
ing garments.
In the trousers pocket was the money
bag. containing the days receipts. There
was iB the bag considerable cOiu, which
was not harmed IN any way, but also a
roll OF bank bills. These. along with
some checks, were burned % crisp
M White was burned considerably
about the hands.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
SHOOTS YOUNG BABY;
INDICTED BY JURY
Boy Who Fired at Child in Car
rage Must Face
Trial.

BOSTON, Sept I2.-Frederick Heg-
ner, seventeen. who was arrested last
July after he had shot an eighteen
baby as it was being wheeled
past him on a sidewalk IN Revere. IS
now under indictment by the Suffolk
county grand jury on the charge Of as
sault With intent 20 murder
According to the statement Of the po-
ice today Hegner was standing on the
sidewalk with others when q nurse
came along pushing a baby carriage
containing a baby girl. Hegner flashed
a revolver and pointing Il al the baby
exclaimed: See me shoot the kidi'
The gun went of and the bullet struck
the baby in the center Of the forehead.
but did not infict a fatal wound.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
STUDENT STARVES
HIMSELF TO DEATH

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept 12.-HavinE re-
fused 10 eat since August 3. Lewis J.
Mammet, a student in the Nebraska
University. from Fort Washington, Pa,
is dead here from starvation. His fast
for thirty-six days was entirely volun-
tarv. He gave no particular reason for
refusing food, only saying that he did
not care TO eat The last Isvo weeks Of
his fast were spent in bed.
His father, @. w Mammet. of Fort
Washington. has been notified of his
death.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
WOMAN is HURLED
THROUGH A WINDOW

LAWRENCE, Mass, Sept PA gen
eral alarm was sounded today for JOS
eph Grotto- The police allege that he
may be able to explain the tragedy OF
the evening before when Miss Fannie
Gerard was thrown from a second story
window Of tenement house on Hamp-
shire street
She has not yet recovered conscious
ness, and is expected to die without
telling the circumstances that preceded
her being hurle6 from the window.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15

abroad. would she lose her citizenship.
A woman's political status ln this
country follows that Of her husband. M
d. is "a citizen. che becomes one on
marriage 90 him. m be is an alien. she
becomes ON alien by marrying him
IN a recent caso before "a United
States district court &c was held that
The wife OF on allen cannot Doe natural
lied with this exception o. woman
may be- naumllzed as o. man 's. though
tho formaIty is seldom undertaken ox-
ccpt On Colorado. Utah. Wyoming and
Idaho for voting purposes. or in other
States for business reasons.
Any one born in this country or OF
American parents while residing abroad
is q Citizen. ANY foreign-boru woman
whose father ls natual,zed before sho
Isl OF age becomes a citizcn with bin.
but if she ls more than twcnty-one
when her father is naturalized sho is
not citizen. and oven ~ che lives here
twenty years not marrying a citizen
nor becoming natural,zcd. the United
states is under no obligation 10 protect
her whom abroad. In dozen states
men may vote in certain
cases. I'm seven states women who are
not citizens may vote I'm local or school
elections n they or their husbands have
declared intention to become citizens.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15
THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.

A contributor TO the Circle Magazine.
writing about the temperance fight In
Ohio, predicts that that state viii soon
be forced into the prohibition ranks
lie takes the view that when country
secs the many disadvantage of The sa-
loon trafiic b. win end &c. A country.
be says. which sees its uoighbor reduc-
ing its tax rate by one and two and
three mills while its own is perhaps.
Increasing which sees its own crime
records Grow 90 double those of tho
county next door with lpss than hale
Or its population, which sses the busI-
ness of the town twenty miles away In-
crease hy 55 per cent while its own with
difficulty maintains i,s normal level
such "a county is yoy apt to inquire
into tlu reason Tor tho difference. And
the answer is given .u Cine one word
saloon
But ls b. true. Doe askF that proh.bi-
tom has produced tine results claimed
CO.. Na DE answers.
AFTER service of one yaar the
Sheriff OF Harrison county bob "a visit
o. Columbus asked for tho penItan-
nary. A guide bad shown hm no
thc institution. During hIa twelve
months oi office. he had MOI received
single pnsuucri Yes. hiH county
nA0 eliminated the saloon years before
An eNccptIon' What DO you think oI
thIs Illustration After a.r.ug ON.
month the sheriff of S0Jtn county had
r. visit the pcnItenuary hlIf "a dozen
limos scioio had dfty-Hoycn saloons "
Tho writer quoted gives "a table shove
ng Tho conditions existing boz the enc
Tire state Iu Harrison county lher.
are no saloons and u0 fc'ouies Tor th.
nst year The per capita wealth q.
hli' school attendance S6 per cent.
el.ofcea per one hundred thousand
mo 'ls''s taxes per $1,000. Tho per-
'oH'age OF insane arc 2s.s per 100 .OOo
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CONCERNING CASTRO

The Powers Interested boz prgsrryInr
tranquility along me Caribbean shores
have put up "a ring fence around Neue-
1uc'a which Castro cannot penetrate.
Greet Britain win NOT permit hm Oh
stay ut Trinidad. which Is natural
base I1r hIINusterug against Ncuezuea.
Holland W'l. not have hIm in Curac0.
France warns him out 0f Martinique.
the Danish West indies are not dls-
posed io welcome h.m THE Unitad
states. which has InstFated this conc
cert oi tle Powers HaH plenty of UIuls-
era pauoiing Venezuelan waters, whose
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commanders presumably have orders
gcntly bat firmly 10 keen castro out
Germany has no possession in the New
World, which may be fortunate, Tor
rum0r has said that while In Berlin
Castro entered into "a deal for the pro
motion Of German interests, dependent
ON his restoration % power. IT there ie
any basis for this report the objection
Of al the Caribbean Powers 90 his re-
turn would be intensified, aa most Of
them have strong suspicion that n
was only the attitude of the United
States "a few years ago that prevented
the ccssion OF the island of Margaretta
in settlement In FUN of German claims
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10 a. also noteworthy tn this con-
neCtion. that the hardy architects Of
their own fortune 1--we longer as rule,
than the inheritors OF great wealth.
For illustration Commodore Wander
bit lived To be over So John Jacob
Aston was So, Peter Cooper was %.
Russell Sage passed his nlnetieth year
and Rockefeller and Carnegie, in their
seventies. give promise of unusual
longevity This goes 10 prove that
hardships in lie, to which they We're
long subjected. are good for men; they
strengthen physical as well as mental
powers. But the descendants of such
men. accustomed Co the luNuries I'M
stead of the struggles of of existence,
rarely live $50 long as their inustrious
ancestors They have every advunt-
age which money affords, nut lack the
great good fortune TO be born poor,
as Andrew Cornegie aptly puts IT,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15

President TAFT has promised sena-
tor smoot that ho win visit salt Lake
city during tho O.. A. r. oncampmout.
f circumstance DO not prevent Ills
visit would gIoHiy what OF itself win
be- n glorious event May Fate dead
kindly with the President and sce that
no circumstances arise 20 prevent h.s
visit
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15
WOMEN As CITIZENS.

We have boon asked by lady roader
who can vote ln Utah. as 20 whether or
not she would be an American citizen NJ
she lived in some state in which womon
are not giycn the right to vote.
shf certainly would he "a citizen. only
by marrying am allen, or by marrying
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Gunter's Magazine for May contains
the first half of a new novelette, by An
thony Hope The Fight for Lord Ar
penhoe" This Is the first story OF the
famous author OF THE Prisoner OF
Zenda," "The Dolly Dialogues" etc.
that has appeared for an unfortunately
long while. 'TheFfght for Lord Arpen-
noe has al the qualities Of high com
edy. A charming little merry widow
has sot her cap for the young Arpen-
hoe who falls IN love with her and
wants her 70 marry him. The father OK
the young man organizes a campaign
TO prevent the union. He gathers
around him as his lieutenants the young
mon and young women friends Of Ar
penhoe and opens a polite and subtle
but effective warfare All sorts Of
interesting complications ensue and al
though Lord Arpenhoe is saved from
the widow, nearly every one else con-
cerncd loses his or her heart i'm the
process. It Is all delightfully."- told ana
the interest IS constantly sustainod.--79-
SO Seventh avenue, New York.
The following is the list Of contents
Of the Quorum for April: president
Taft and the SOUTH" Henry Litchheld
West. The Vagabond" CA SonnoD
William Ellery Leonard. 1.-THE Turn
IN the Financial situation" Alexander
D. Noyes; 'sThe Patent Rights Of Army
and Navy Officers" Lieutenant-Com-
mander Cleveland Davis. u. s. ~;
"Hoodlumism In Holiday Observance"
Mrs Isaac l.. Rice; The Novel ,of
Mrs. Humphry Ward william Lyon
Phelps; "Only a Little While "a
Poem) Brian Hooker. 'The Promise
Of New Playwright" Clayton Hamll-
ton: "Thc Powers Of the Speaker"
Edwin Maxey; Looking down from
lebanon" "a Poem) Clinton Scoll-
ard; "Araminta." xvii-Xx. j.. C.. Snaith:
president Eliot and Ills Book" Harry
ThurstOn Peck. ''The Future OF Amer
ica," H. Addington Bruce: Fiction OF
Some Importance" Phillip TilunE-
hast and "The New Grub Street"
Arthur Bartlett Maurice.-45 East
Forty-second street. New York
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PROMOTES LONGEVITY.
philadelphia Record

John a. starln OF New York led a
pretty active life and had about as
many irons in the nro as one man can
Doc expected Co attend 90 But bus
mess nnxlotlcs dld not nbbreviato his
career He died az tho age of s3. The
career Of "a millionaire seems 20 be
about as favorable 20 longevity as
The clergy The financial district OF
New York appears 90 boz a pretty
healthy sort of a place for man TO
live in
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The Mretch.

She was lying on the couch in a
state of prostratiOn induced by a pro
louged attack of toothache, and oven
the presence Of her best young man
failed to s0othe her.
"Oh, ohl' she walled. "Why wasn't
i born without teeth?"
strikes me you were remarked the
young fellow sweetly.
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JUST FOR FUN
Klnderrnrten MIsdnm.

Nov Bobby, what is the second let
ter OF the alphabet
u dunno"
We'll, what is It that flies about
the garden?"
"When?"
"In the summer"
"Oh, I know-mother after the chick
cns."-EXchange
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A little girl was engaged In making
an apron for her don. Looking up TO
her mother, she said: Mother I be-
lioye that 1 win be a duchess when 1
grow up"
pect to become a duchess?"
why by marrying a Dutchman, Of
COurc. Exchange.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15

Process servers found Evelyn Nos-
biz Thaw IN her apartments calmly
playing with o. snake. Was a Crazy
Shaker
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15

she-Did YOU ever mug a delusion7
Howell I huEged q rich girl once
who ] thought, would become my wife!
--Noukers Statesman.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15

How 50 is that the divorce machine
never gets out OF repair while auto
mobiles are constantly causing
tr0ubIeP
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15

Free petroleum and a duty on wigs.
This looks as though Mr. Rockefeller
were being singled out
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If the wicked fee when no man pur-
6ucth. how Is Il that so many OF them
are lettering around am the while?