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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-14
EIGHT WARSHIPS
NEAR NICARAGUA
United States Ready to Pre-
vent Outbreak in Cen
trail America.

Five big armor sd cruisers and three
gunboats Of the United States Navy are
already I'm Central American waters pre-
pared TO take whatever steps are neces-
sary 10 re-estabIish peace among the
five republics. This became known to-
day
These ships have been lowering about
Central America for several weeks, the
State and Navy Departments having an
tcipated just such an outbreak as has
occurred The ships are only awaiting
developments aEI Instructions from
Washington.
The authorities iu Washington stiIl
I. lack detailed Information as 70 the de-
velopment Of hostilities between Nicar-
aqua and san Salvador. Consequently
orders TO intervene have not been sent
10 Admiral SWinbUrne or any other
American naval officers whose ships are
IN Central American waters.
While no official dispatches have been
received, both departments are in COM
munication with AmapaIa in Nicaragua.
The reticencc al the departments is
believed 20 be due 20 the fact that the
situation according to various reports
received. is exceedingly complex -re
new administration in The State Depart
mcnt has been going rather slowly TO
b6 sure Of its ground.
shat Nicaragua is i'm a staI. of un-
rest and much military activity has
been undertaken by President Zeldya
has been known 20 the department
through secret dispatches for sev. raj
weeks. As a result. the United States
was prepared 20 take necessary steps
II the expected emergency arose. The
entire Pacinc fleet on the West coast
was iu easy reach Of the Central
American rcpub les, and the gur boats
u To.
coma were kept at convenient points in
the Atlantic.
The gunboat Marietta, which brought
Commissioner Buchanan to washington
from Venezuela after the amicable set
tlemeut with that country. left the
Washington navy yard early last week
as soon as she was prepared for her
station at Guantanamo. She VIII be
within reach Of AcaJutla in a day or
Two.
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GIRL DRINKS ACID
IN AVENUE HOTEL
Miss Dorothy Barker Is in
Serious Condition in the
Casualty Hospital.

Miss Dorothy Barker. twcnty-two
years old, tried TO end her life this
morning by drinking CaTbOlic acid m
her room on the Sc .Ond floor of the
Eclipse House, 354 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest She waH taken to the Cas-
ualty Hospital where the doctors saw
her condition is serious
Shortly before II O'Clock other per
sons living ia the hotel were attracted
by groanS coming from Miss Barker 3
room The proprietor was notified.
and. gvinE TO her room, found the
Young woman living on the bed with a
bottle partly dlled with carhoIic acid
ny her side She was taken 10 the hos
pital in an ambulance
Miss Barker formerly worked at tho
hotel As a waitress. sever Al weeks ago
she Obtained other employment. but
still kept her room at the house
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CIVIL WAR GENERAL
PASSES AWAY TODAY
Gen. Van H. Bukey Will
Be Buried in Arlington
Cemetery.

Gen Van II. Bukey, who has been
disbursing clerk FOR the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing for the past twelve
years, died at Z o'clock this morning in
his home ct the Victoria apartments
from heart trouble. General Bukey,
who was III his seventy-third year, mad
been in poor health for some time and
his death was not unexpected.
General Bukey entered the service as
a soldier in a West Virginia regiment in
1862. lie rose from the rank OF lieu
tenant TO a full colonelency and was
brevetted brigadier general His war
service was brilliant and his association
with Gen. r. 3. Hayes, Gen. George
Crook. and Gen. Phil Sheridan brought
him into prominence during the cam
paigns Of 1864 IN the Shenandoah Val
ley.
He was d member Of the Loyal Le-
gion and Of Burnside Post. G. A. r. In
1897, during the first Mckinley Admin
istratiOu. nc was appointed 10 the po-
sition held by him at the time Of his
death. He is rvputed 10 have dis
bursed more money than any oth=r dis
bursting officer IN the city of Washing
ton, and held a record for being one
of the best accountants and disbursinE
officers in the Government service.
General Bukey - survived by
widow, a son ano daughter, and several
grandchildren. The funeral will take
place at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning
from St. PauTs Catholic Church aud
interment viii be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
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BOYS BLOODY FIND
MAY SHOW MURDER

ALLENTOWN, Pa. March 14.-Offi-
GERS ali along tn line of the Lehigh
Valley railroad are busy today trying
to solve the mystery of a woman S
corpse. beheaded. found in a coal car by
two Allentown boys. The car was one
Of long train that was being hauled
from Perth Amboy to Penn Haven juno
ton for distribution TO the collieries.
When the train stopped on the out
skirts north Of Allentown, the two boys
boarded it, Investigating a heap of
bloody rags, they discovered the corpse.
Climbing to the edge of the car they
told some men and women passing by
OF their discovery. The boys were not
believed until one Of them held Up the
severed head by the hair.
Nobody could be found with nerve
enough to board the train and re-
move the corpse. In minute or two
the train started The boys did not
wish TO be carried on. They laid the
head back in the car and jumped off
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CHICAGO FAT MEN
AROUSE MRS. GLYN
Author of Three Weeks
Scores Windy City
Male Folks.
Photo by thanksgiving.

LONDON. March I4.-In her forthcor,-
ing book. The Visits Of EIfzabe {"
which viii be shortly published sfrnII-
taneouSly in New York and this cit,-
Mrs Elinor Glyl. turns the batteries
or her ridicuie ana sarcasm on Chica 20
men. and raps them severely for their
size and COaTSeneSs
Everything i'm my book she saws.
Is complimentary 10 America and
Americans with the exception OF what
1 say on Chicago
Speaking 20 a NiUnStv news service
correspondent today Mrs. Clyn SAYS
When ! was I'm ChioaEO / saw scores
on men sitting about the hotels there.
ana / think they ayre the ugIiest SDeci-
mems OF mankind + e--er sa ". The ONLY
way J can aCCoUH, fer their great Eirth
and aVoirdUp0is IS tH2t they eat too
much Chicago beef.
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which is trying 10 emulate Governor
Fort In hurting abuse upon the resort.
Visitors sought for Mrs. Grover CIeve-
land in the fashionable thronr this
morning and learned, with keen dis
appointment, that she had returned 10
Princeton.
Former Attorney General Ronanarte
wearying of his warfare upon trusts
ana glad that il is over, greeted manv
friends. '-'|
Announcement is made that DR. Fran
CTS b Coll, young clubmaD whose
home is in Philadelphia, is I. inner
senate PariSion dansues in pink
Young Mems Republican Ieaeue f5is
week. 1-i'
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VISITORS SEEK IN VAIN
ATLANTIC CITY EVIL 6
Fnghtful Depravty Pictured in Memorial by Good C-
zenS League" Not Seen by Forty Thousand
Guests Parading the Boardwalk.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. J., March IA
Forty thousand visitors parading the
Boardwalk under a bright sky in all
the glory of new spring vestments
looked about them in vain this morning
for tangible evidence Of the frightful
depravity which the Good Citizenship
League Of the resort declared to exist
here in memorial 10 the New Jersey
Methodist conference,
Scarcely less odd than the absence
of confirmation OF the radical charges
Of unrestrained evil, is the fact that
no one here appears to know anything
about the Good Citizenship League
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Major johnson TO Be Com
miSSiOner-S Superintendent
Goes West.
ENGINEER BROUGHT
NEAR TO PRESIDENT
Shift Said to Be Agreeable to
All Three Officials
Affected.

President Taft has signed an order
directing Major Spencer Cosby be re-
heved of his duties as Engineer Com
missioner Of the District; that Major
William Y. Judson. now in Milwaukee.
be assigned TO succeed Major Cosby
that Superintendent Of Public Build
inSs and Grounds Major Charles s.
Bromwell be assigned TO the Milwaukee
post, and that Commissioner Cosby be
assigned TO succeed Major BromweI.
This authoritative announcement was
made at the Wh:5e House this after
noon. The Pres. cent signed the order
last night II will reach the War De
partment tomorrow, and the formal or
ders directing the sweeping changes
probably viii be made Immediately
agrees ble to ALI
1t is said the order does not come as
a surprise to any of the three officers.
that it has been expected for several
days, and that each is pleased with his
new duties. The changes, il is said at
the White House, reflect in no way
upon any Of the officers and were ar
ranged because Of the President de-
sire TO have Major COs&v, who has long
been his personal friend, in closer tOucn
with him as superintendent OF public
buildings and grounds, position which
carries with il certain social duties at
the White House.
Major William V. JUdsOn, the new
Engineer Commissioner, is now in
cnATge or har5Or improvements on Lake
Michigan and is stationed at Milwau-
kee. He has held the position for three
years. 1aJoT BrOmWell will leave for
milwaukee, within few days 10 take
charge OF that office Major BromWeU,
IT IS said by his friends. expected "A
change in assignment with the close of
the Roosevelt Administration and the
Milwaukee post Is entirely satisfactory
10 him He has been superintendent OF
public buildings and grounds for i've
years, In itself an enviable record.
Cosby's Career
Major Cosby has held the position of
Engineer Commissioner for scarce three
months, succeeding Major Jay J. Nor
row, who was assigned 20 take charge
Of the Potomac river in provement and
the District water supply Previous TO
the transfer Major Cosby had been
charged with these duties. and con-
sequently is we'll known in Washington.
Commissioner Cosby has been ac-
quainted with President Taft and his
family for several years, and his ap-
pOlntment, Z Is understood. is in the
nature Of = personal one by President
Taft
Major Cosby. i'm advan Of the official
order Of transfer. preferred to say
although 10 WAS evidence that the an
nCuncement cEmC as no surprise and
that tile ass t-IirIeIt was gratifying.
IT he work Of Tie Engineer Commits
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SUITCASE
CONTAINING BRICKS

With the arrest of Sdward Turner.
9ias George Benson. alias George
Brown. at a leading Washington hotel.
the police believe they have captured
the man who is responsible for n mum
Der OF tailor shop robberies within the
last few days. Turner. who says his
nome is in Cincinnati, was arrested
TINS afternoon by Detectives Clinedinst
Baur. and Cornwall
The police say that Turner had pre-
pared to leave town this afternoon. and
mad left in his room at the hotel suit
case containing two bricks He is said
20 have shipped to Baltimore about S100
worth of woolens, stolen from the es-
Enlistment of l. Y. Singer. Thirteenth
and + streets northwest
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THINKS DETECTIVE
WAS LURED TO ITALY

NEW YORK, March l4-Louis Saul
ina, brother-in-law OF Joseph Petrosino,
the famous New York detective, who
was assassinated at Palmero, said today
that he was convinced that the special
agent was called 10 Italy by a member
of the Black Hand society.
"Joe's mission" said Saulina, was
weIl known and the members Of the
Black Hand, whom he had been hunt
ing down for years, 70 doubt saw an
opportunity TO Kill him where there
would not be so much chance of die
covery as in this city. 1t is possible
that my brotheT-in-laW was recognized
at Palmero by some ex-convlct whom
he had had a hand in sending 10 Jail
and that the criminal persuaded mem
bers of the Malta that the New York
detective was a dangerous man 70 have
about
AT the home OF the murdered man. 233
Lafayette street, where he shared "A
house with Port Warden Marsh, il was
said that Mrs. Pctrosino was in a criti-
cal condition. She did not close her
eyes all night and tainted repeatedly.
Although sedatives were given her, she
continued 10 moan and CRY, Poor Joe,
poor joe" all through the night
Lawless Rejoice.
The feeling throughout the Italian
quarter is one Of deep sorrow among
the better class. The IawIess element.
however. makes no secret OF it's pleasure
over the assassination. The dead de-
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CROWDS SEE TAFT
ON WAY TO CHURCH
President Temporarily For
SakeS UnitariSm to Wor-
ship With Presbyterians:

President Taft. who is 4 member Of
the Unitarian Church temporarily for
sook his own church this r7orning and
walked over TO the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. one of the oldest
and best known in Washington, where
President Lincoln and other famous
statesmen used 10 worship. He did
more than forsake his own church. he
put "A large smooth green bill in the
basket, wLAch the usher passed in front
OF aim.
Although the sky had a dOur look, the
air was fun OF moisture from last
nights slight bareback, ara the pave
meuJs were stiu slightly wet when the
President braved all and walked the
three blocks and a half without an
oVercOat or without even an umbrella
He wore a frock coat and a shining
silk tile, which on many occasions mad
To be removed TO snow recognition OF
passing people
Mrs. Nicholas L. Anderson. of $3.50 K
street northwest. walked over 10 the
church with the President, sat with
him during the sermon and came back
as far as Lafayette place. where she
left the Chief Executive. and awIked
the rest OF the way to her own home.
With Mrs. Anderson.
The President with Mrs. Anderson left
the White House shc-tIy before IL
O'Clock, walked down through the
grounds TO Pennsylvania avenue, while
TWO frock-cOated and silk-hatted Secret
Service agents walked behind There
were hundred or more people waiting
at the entrance to the White House
Grounds TO see the First Citizen and
he rewarded them by lifting his hat
and smiling EraciousIv Many of the
crowd returned the salute
In crossing Pennsylvania avenue one
OF the bicycle-mOunted MerCuries en-
ployed by a telegraph company showed
his CourteS and his ability 10 recognize
great men ar long range. The DO was
coming down Lafayette place slowly
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THOUSANDS IN LINE
MARCH TO PROTEST
WRIGHT'S DECISION
Demonstration of Unionism
Greatest Ever Witnessed
in Boston.
SPEAKERS SCORE
ACTION OF JUDGE
Hundreds Join in Parade and
Dozens of Overflew Meet
ings Held

BOSTON. March 1A-With men and
women trudging side by side in line.
1900 members OF local labor unions
paraded through the streets of Boston
this afternoon, and at 2.30 assembled
at Faneuil Hall. the historic cradle of
liberty. There the voiced their pro-
tests against the jail sentences impos-
ed upon Samuel Gompers, John Mitch
ell, and Frank Morrison, Of the Amer
lean Federation - Labor
The parade and meeting. without
doubt, was the largest labor demcnstra-
ton IN the history OF the city. local
union officials declaring that at least
$1,000 men and women were present at
the meetings following the parade
Seven Bodies March.
At 1 o'clock at the seven extremltles
of Greater Boston. seven marching
bodies. each containing between loo
and 800 men and women carrying ban
ners and flags and marching TO the
music Of mammoth bands, started for
FapeuiI Hall. where they were await
ed by the thousands to star: the meet
ings.
The little cradle of liberty held but
handful of the assenfblage. out the DO
lice department had issued sweepina
A
overflow meetings in all the side streets
where the speakers mounted on plat
forms or barrels and discussed the same
topics being handled by the more prom
inent speakers inside the hall
over 200 patrolmen, commanded by z
captain and fifteen sergeantS poIiced
the demonstration, and Chief Watts. OF
the bureau Of criminal investigation.
with dozen OF mis- best detectives.
mingled with the throng. looking for
plckpockets and persons opposed TO or
Sanized labor.
Great Chorus Sings.
Under the direction of Miss Josephine
Casey, the weIl-known secretary of tie
Womens Trasie UniUlI League, a Cre.t
chorus OF 200 female voices sang be-
tween speeches. both inside the han
and At the meetings on every corner
outside
The list of speakers at the indoor
meeting in FaDeuu Han includes
Patrick MCGOWAN, president of the
New York board Of aldermen: the Rev
Charles s Mcfarland. Of South Nor
walk, Conn; DR.. John W. CouchIin. Of
Fan River. William y. Osgood. Of
Lowell; John Z. White. OF Chicago.
and First Vice President of the Fed
Grafton James Duncan, Of Quincy.
The speakers for the overflow rneef-
ings were Edmond F. Ward. James p
CroZier, Fred j. Knceland. John F.
Kennedy. John T. Potts. Henry Ster-
ling. Thomas J. Minahan. Richard w
Gar -ity, John J. Mclaughlin. and John
T. Walsh
They recited the story of the famous
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Lawless Rejoice.
WEATHER REPORT.

The weather will continue unsettled
tonight in the middle and south Allan
tic States. ard rain will probably con-
tinue Monday In the South Atlantic
States. with ioYyel. temperature. Frost
is likely 10 Occdr tonight in the interior
of the Middle Gulf States.
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INFANT SMOTHERS
IN MOTHERS BED

NEW YORK. March 1A-John Cos
grove. five weeks old. was found early
today smOthered 10 death at i34 East
sixteenth street. The baby went 10
sIeep with his mother. and when she
dead,
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SUN TABLE.
TIDE TABLE.

Today-Eigh tide. lZ:45 IN. and 1:10
p. m. Low tide. 6:4S a. m. and S:02 p. m.
Tornorrow-High tide, 1:3S a. m. and
2.0 y. m, Low tide, 7:f5 a. m. and 9;04
p. N. -
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Mysterious Person Made
Several Visits to Detec-
tive'S Lodging House.
MAY BE THE WIFE
OF MAFIA MEMBER
Police Believe Great Sleuth Was
Swallowed From Time He
Left New York.
PALERMO, Italy, March IA

PALERMO, Italy, March IA
woman was the assassin of Joseph
Petosino, the New York detective,
S according to a statement made to-
day by the police to Munsey News
Service representative.
Immediately after the murder
government secret agents hurried
here from Rome and made interest
ing discoveries which may clear up
some of the mysterious circum-
stances surrounding the murder. The
officials, after an extended interview
with the janitor Of PetroSino's lodg-
ing house, learned that a woman
had made inquiries there several
days previous to his arrival as TO
when she could find him. How she
learned his plans is something the
investigators cannot tell. One ex-
planatlon IS that she IS the wife OF
a member of the Black Hand or
Mafia which dogged PetroSino'S s
footsteps from the moment he
landed in Italy.
Constantly Swallowed.
Developments show that the New
York man was shadowed continuously
and his every movement watched One
of HIS friends here on the police staff
says that Petrosino was forced TO
adopt three DISCUSSES during the forty
eight hours preceding his death in a
vain effort TO throw his enemies off the
track
Each time he was seen il was in a
different part of the city. and he was
always apparently hard pressed TO es-
cape his pursuers. The detective in
question was afraid TO recognize his
friend for fear of hampeTing his work
or of divulging his identity.
The local police Immediately after
the shooting arrested several suspicious
persons, who are now being held, pend
ing a close Investigation into their ac-
tions. The police are now working on
the theory that Petrosino had been
shadowed ever csince he sailed from
New York.
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Fred Niblo, Columbia Theatre Tonight.
Moving Pictures-Africa, Cape 10 Cairo.
-AdVt
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FORECAST FOR DISTRICT
TEMPERATURES

Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and
Monday. Moderate TO brisk northwest
winds
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pledged 10 Cannon by reason Of the
binding effect of attendance, and
also because most of them were
complimentary and cast by men
whose first choice was Cannon him.
self.
Both Dissatisfied.
Neither side found the caucus re
suits entirely satisfactory The Can
non people are hard at work again to
day a conference Of Ieutenants was
held at the Speakers house at 10 O'Clock
this morning, with jim Watson, L.u-
cius y. Littauer, and Irious organiza-
tion leaders and commit ,ee chairmen on
hand. Scouts were sent out 10 make
the last effort TO line Up the forces for
the great fight which comes tomorrow.
The insurgents were distinctly dis
appointed by the presence in the caucus
Of the four wavering members from
Iowa. who have been for a week the
object Of the endless opportunities Of
both sides-Messrs. Good. Woods. Pick
EFT, and Kendall More than ever. it
appears today that as they go so goes
the contest over rules.
These four men declared that they
did not consider themselves bound 10
stand by the caucus action on rules.
1T is not a proper matter for caucus
determination they said. ''and we viii
act on Monday according to our bes1
judgment"
Iowans Angry.
The truth is, as il leaked out today,
that these four innocent Iowans got a
taste Of steam-rolle- tactics which
made them very angry. They had At
tended, expecting to vote for Walter
1. Smith for Speaker, and TO be bound
by the caucus action on that subject.
But they intended TO protest agaisst
the caucus acting on rules. or. if It
insisted on acting. they then proposed
TO withdraw IN order rot to be bound
by IL
But the wise old heads OF the organi-
ZINlOu were LOO many lOE tuSlU- " llcu
Mr.. Dalzen rose 10 uiove the adoption
OF the rules OF the Sixtieth Congress.
he did It altogether unexpectedly-savs
TO the presiding officer, Mr.. Currier.
One Of the Iovans was on his feet -
protest. or. If necessary. withdraw
But nobody saw him. While hs
shouted into the unsympathetic air, tine
presiding officer put the DalzeH motion.
snd announced it carried. There was
quite a sprinbling Of noes. bat not ths
least attention was paid 70 them; and
when the novice from Iowa sat down,
very red in the face. it was 10 realize
that he had been trapped. He had gone
into the caucus. mad taken part. AMI
present when il voted To
adopt the rules Whatever might be
his views about the propriety OF caucus
determination of such a question, Re
knew mighty well that the orSaniza-
ton would brand him a bolter if ne
didn't stand by the rules after that
All day Saturday efforts were nakins
to bring the opposing factions together.
President Taft was especially anxious
that this be sccomplis ned. He used the
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The votes cast, totaling iS7, are
pledged 10 Cannon by reason Of the
binding effect of attendance, and
also because most of them were
complimentary and cast by men
whose first choice was Cannon HIM
self.
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LEADERS LEADERS DRAWING
|. FORCES into LINE
FOR FINAL FIGHT
Republican Caucus Gives
Cannon Victo-y-Insur-
gents Not Bound.
CHAMP CLARK CALLS
MINORITY TO ARMS
Declares He Will Take Stump
Against Democrats Who Bolt
Present Program.
By J. c. WELLIVER.

he Republican House Of Repre-
sentatives caucus has failed to de-
termine anything as to the final out
come of the contest over the rules
and control OF the organization of
the lower house, although If makes
the reelection of Speaker Cannon
certain.
The figures of the situation are:
Entitled to attend ...-..... zrs
I ACScAl I67
Necessary TO control the organiza-
ton of the House tomorrow. In
case there be full attendance. Io7
Actual caucus vote for Speaker:
Smltn lloWa) -..--.---..-...- 10
Tawney
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With Mrs. Anderson

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