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The Washington times., 1909-04-22
DEFAULTING TRUSTEE
TELLS OF DOWNFALL
John Sykes. Trenton Lawyer, Arrested as He Returns
Home to Surrender-Had Financial Troubles, En-
bezzled, and Gould Not Recover Himself

TRENTON, n. J., April 22.-Johu
Sykes, the Trenton lawyer accused Of
embezzling $4,000 in trust funds, and
who has been a fugitive FOR a week,
was arrested fere at $50 o'clock this
morning as he stepped OF a train from
Philadelphia. He came back with the
idea OF surrendering himself, having ar
ranged to meet his son and bTother-in-
law. The latter revealed hi5 plans TO
the police, and the arrest was the re-
suit Sykes is now in iail. He says
he will plead guilty and take his medi.
cine.
According to Sykes own story, he left
Trenton Tuesday night. April 13. going
to Philadelphia by trolley car. His first
night as a fugitive was spent in the
Kelsey Turkish baths at Philadelphia.
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Mr.. Given made his statement. When
asked as to the probable time the pro
ceedings would be commenced, he
stated that the date has not been set.
but il would be an early date.
The last of the data on the cases was
turned over 10 Mr.. Given Tuesday. 1t
is understood that II deals with typical
cases OF crowding on all of the prin-
cipal car lines, and that the cases cited
were secured under usual conditions.
Mr.. Given does not know whether he
will be assisted in the prosecution by
the United States Attorney. represent
ing the commission,
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Young Turks Cross Sea of
Marmora, Investing Con-
stantinople.
LEADERS OPPOSE
ANY COMPROMISE
Growing Disposition to Insist on
Abdication of Abdul
Hamid.

SOFIA, April 22.-The young
Turk detachment today crossed the
sea of Marmora, occupying the
Asiatic side of Constantinople, thus
completing the investment of the
city, as well as cutting off all hope
of the Sultan fleeing into Asiatic
Turkey and joining the people that
are still loyal to him.
There is a growing disposition on
the part of the young Turk leaders
to insist on abdication and not to ac-
cept any compromise.
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After that he kept under cover until
II Is believed he concluded that the best
thing for him TO do was to voluntarily
surrender.
SeYeraI days ago Sykes WI ote to his
son, Alvin, and. while he did not state
the reason for wishing to meet the
boy this morning, il is believed that
his desire was 10 talk over the ad-
Visibility Of surreuderi1g The son.
on the advice OF his mother and
friends, gave the information in his
fathers letter to the authorities
The defaulting lawyer told the
prosecutor In a very few words the
history of his downfall. He said that
In 1895 he met with financial re-
verses and at that time resorted
to irregular practices In the hope that
he might tide himself over Things
went from bad to worse. said Sykes,
and all hope OF his ever reghining
! himself was given up.
The Washington times., 1909-04-22
BOSTON GIRL WEDS
INMATE OF PRISON
Love Overcomes Obstacles in
Shape of Penitentiary Bars and
Public Odium.

PHILADELPHIA. April 22-Faith in
the man she loves and the true spirit Of
taking him for better or for worse.
was evidenced in an unusual marriage
ceremony held behind the grim walls OF
the Eastern penitentiary. here, late yes
terday, when Katharine Moran, a come
y young woman. became the bride Of
George Clayton, serving a six-year pri-
son sentence for burglary.
The marriage was performed in the
Warden's office by Father Buel. Both
bride and groom were from Boston.
Clayton was convicted Of breaking
into a house at -)oyIestown. Pa. and
has served but a few weeks Of his long
sentence.
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Oppressive LUNACY
MAY BE HAMS PLEA
Defense Wants Report of
Prison Physician Pro-
duced in Court.

FLUSHING, L /, April 22.-Dr. Clar-
ence n. Platt, prison physician OF
Queens county, under former District
Attorney Darrin, is expected TO be one
of the principal witnesses for tho de-
fense in the trial OF Capt. Peter =.
Hams. jr.
The testimony Of DR.. Platt may result
in the appointment Of lunacy commits
sion 10 pass upon the captains sanity.
Dr. Platt, it has developed, made an
examination of Captain Hams a few
weeks after his arrest. under Darrln's
orders. and submitted a report which
stated that Captain Hams was suffer
ing from maniac Oppressive insanity"
This report is now in the possession
Of District Attorney De Witt. The de-
fense will attempt to force the prose-
cutiOn to produce it, and have il in
troduced into evidence.
The success of this move, IL is under
stood would result in the appointment
of a commission in Iunacy by Judge
Garretson.
Dr. Pla-. was accompanied on one of
his visits 10 Hams by the Rev. Charles
l.. Pardee, of Naugatuck, Conn. The
doctor says that when he and the min
ister entered the corridor, where Cap
tain HaIns was walking, the captain
rushed at the Rev. Mr.. Pardee, and,
grasping him by the throat, attempted
10 choke him. He was oVerpowered by
the guards and taken back 70 his cell.
A special panel of $50 jurors was on
hand when the court convened this
morning Three of the Jurors who ac-
Quilted T. Jenkins Hams were drawn
in this panel among them Alexander
Jardine. the Indian. They viii be ex-
cused.
Charles II. Roberts, of the Bayslde
Yacht Club, a witness at the trial OF
7. j. Hains, was also a talesman in the
panel He was excused.
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Probably Will Get His First
Bag of African Game
Tomorrow.
HUNTERS LEAVE
MOMBASA BEHIND
Former President Is Hilariously
Received by the European
Residents.

! MOMBASA. British East Africa, April
! 22-Col. Theodore Roosevelt will prob
ably get his irst bag OF African game
! tomorrow. Changes in the hunting plans
/ of the party we're made today, as a re-
suit of which it will spend a week in
camp on the Kapiti plains before pro-
| ceeding to Nairobi and the ranch of Sir
Alfred foease.
| Mr.. Roosevelt received the following
1 cable today from King Enward:
Il bid you a hearty welcome upon
your arrival in British East Africa
trust your expedition will prove enjoy
able and be attended by every success. ."
/ The hunters left Mombasa this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, will disembark to-
night, and after short rest the trip
/ for game on the plains viii begin. An
/ telopes. ostriches, and other small game
I abound on the plains, and Mr.. Roose-
welt anticipates good bag.
A special train, decorated with Ameri-
! can flags, bore the party from Mombasa.
| Club last night, Mr. Roosevelt was
| toasted by f. c. Selous, the famous
African hunter, as the possible means
or bringing England and Germany TO a
/ better understanding, and the reference
/ brought tremendous applause.
| +. J. Jackson, acting governor of the
protectOrate, presided at the dinner,
and he toasted both King Edward and
! Mr.. Roosevelt. When the latter rose to
I respond he was greeted by cheering
/ that lasted five minutes. The demon
strauon was so cordial that the former
] President seemed mOmentarily embar-
/ raSsed- He said that the greatest sur
! prise he had encountered in Africa was
| the beauty of the scenery, which far
surpassed his expectations. He declared
he mad seen SC many evidences of civil
lzatlon that he was beginning 20 be
skeptical regarding the existence OF
| Jungles, skepticism which he hoped
| 10 have removed soon.
X. j. Cunningham, who will act as a
| guide for the party, was one OF the first
/ TO greet Mr.. Roosevelt
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Washington FIRM
MENTIONED IN CASE
M. O'Connor Made the
Scapegoat of The Snug
Cling Importers.

While Washington importers of Paris
ian goods are aroused over the discovery
that extensive smuggling operations
have been unearthed by United States
Secret Service agents and fear they may
have been made the innocent scapegoats
of New York importers, those in charge
of the O'Connor firm at Sic Seventeenth
street declare absolute ignorance OF the
trunk held up yesterday by customs Of
ficials in New York as smLgglcd goods
and addressed to them.
They deny that imported goods to this
firm came through New York at all.
Miss O'Connor is now in Baltimore
and is expected in Washington this
afternoon. Miss Benson, IN charge of
the Washington branch of the O'COnnor
Dressmaking Company, this morning de-
clared that it would be unusual for
goods to be on the way here OF which
she knew nothing and that the address
on the trunk wSS a ''palpable effort to
shift the blame on someone outside Of
New York.
Interest In Washington.
News that over $4,000 worth OF goods
had been smuggled into this country
without The payment of duty through
the operation of a syndicate in New
York and Paris aroused wide interest
among importers of Washington. EX-
element was at fever heat this morn
ing when it was learned that a trunk
bad been found b. Henry A. Wise,
United States district attorney from
Washington, addressed to M. O'Con-
nor, 313 North Charles street. Baltimore,
Nd; SIG Seventeenth street northwest.
Washington, ID. c.. to be delivered TO
G. H. DoBt, room % Postoffice Build
ing. New York"
Il can understand that any or all of
us may have been made the scapegoats
of such operations through houses with
which we deal In New York said an
uptown importer this morning. Inquiry
among all the firms in Washington who
do large importing business failed to
| locate anyone who knew of G.. r. DOrr.
In spite Of conditions that have
aroused fears among other dea' srs, Miss
| declares 1t would be impossible for her
firm to be the victim of fraud by a New
York agent.
Imports Via Baltimore.
I'm the first place" said Miss Ben
son. I'VE do not depend upon any inter
mediar',. The extent OF Miss OCon-
| nor's business 1ustihes two personal
trips to Europe yearly. and at that time
she does all the buying for the firm.
The goods she brings back with her
through the Baltimore custom house,
and at no time have I known OF any
thing being shipped by way OF New
York
Had goods been expected by New
York / should Cer- uinly have been in.
formed. 1 am at = loss to know why
the trunk should Dear Miss O'Connor'
name except that IL looks to me like a
/ clear case of an atiemp- on the part OF
/ New York importers TO shift the blame
/ on other shoulders"
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Running From Reporters.

HUTCHINSON. Kan, April 22.-
James A. Patten, the Chicago wheat
bull passed through Hu, 1hinson today
on his way to Trinidad, Col, where
he viii leave the trair to go to the
ranch Of a friend a Few miles out
from that city Patten told friends
that he had no inten lion Of personally
investigating the condition OF growing
wheat. but that he was only running
away from the newspaper men.
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CAR CROWDING CASES
WILL BE PROSECUTED
District Government to Institute Suits Against Concerns
AS Result of Information furnished by the
Electric Railway Commission

The District government will institute
proceedings against several of the street
railway companies operating N Wash
ington for alleged crowding of cars.
This was officially announced today
by Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given, who will conduct the prosecU-
ton.
All doubt as to what action would
be taken as a result OF information
furnished by the District Electric Rail-
way Commission regarding the crowd
ing, was set aside this morning, when
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RAILROAD PLEADS
CASE BE STOPPED
Attorney General Wickersham
Hearing Arguments of New
Haven Attorneys.

Attorney General Wickersham is
today hearing reasons advanced why
the Government should abandon its
'trust-busting' suit against the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road. T., j. Robbins represents the
company.
Recommendation has been made to
the Attorney General for an abandon
ment Of the case. He is inclined TO
favor it, but Will take no action until
he has cleared up a few matters
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WEATHER REPORT.

The storm OF WedneFday moved rap
idly northeastward, and this morning
is beyond the field Of observation, and
the rains have ended. except In East
ern New England.
II Is cooler in the lake region, the
central valley, and the Northwest, and
warmer IN the Atlantic States The
weather will be partly cloudy tonight
and Friday in the North and East,
with somewhat lower temperature to-
night.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light 20 moderate and
mostly westerly.
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FINDS TORPEDO;
NOW IN HOSPITAL

Leo Bcwles, aoout ten years old, was
walking along the railroad track at
Twining City at noon today and found
a torpedo. brick was lying near
When Leo reached the Casualty hos
pitai he was held for an hour while the
surgeons picked powder out of his face
and sewed up short SIT On his head.
The Washington times., 1909-04-22

In the presence of surgiqg, cheer
ing feminine humanity that packed
every inch of space from floor to
gallery in Continental Hall, and
while scores of others strove wildly
without to get within the room, the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton began the most exciting day
in years by nominations for preSi-
dent general and other national
officers.
Word Of Warning.
Realizing that the moment was
crucial one and that political feeling
was at high heat, Mrs Donald Mclean.
retiring president general. reminded the
delegates in opening the Congress that
it was a body composed Of gentlewomen
and that she hoped the most disturbing
element OF the day would be nothing
more than confusion.
A moment later the delegates were
reminded that President Taft was TO
receive the Congress at 2:30 O'Clock and
that the nominating speeches must be
brief. With but a few scattering noes,
motion was carried limiting nomfnat-
ing speeches to five minutes and second
ing speeches TO two minutes
Nominates Mrs. Scott.
The administration adherents broke
into applause as Mrs. John C. Ames.
State regent Of Illinois. slowly proceed
ed down the aisle and mounted the
platform to nominate Mrs. Matthew 7.
Scott as president general AS she con-
cIuded. Mrs. Sallie Ewing Hardy, OF
Kentucky. seconded the nomination on
behalf Of her State Mrs. Mclean then
said that according to custom the op-
position nomination should then 30
made.
Whether it was because of greater
numbers or whether because OF greater
Insurgent enthusiasm, the demonstra-
ton that was given Mrs. Charles H.
Masury, OF Massachusetts,, who nomi-
mated Mrs. william Cummings Story.
has seldom been equaled in D. A r.
congress. The administration faction
had been sincere and confident In its
applause; the conservative factions
demonstration came more like a whirI-
wind There were handclaps. loud
cheers. the tapping Of fans and UNI
/ brellas, and the waving Of handker-
chiefs in all rerts OF the hall. They
kept 1t up at times even while Mrs
Masury was speaking, drowning her
words.
RouSes Enthusiasm
! Mrs. Ames had been calm and rather
unimpassioned. Mrs. Masury's was de-
livered with feeling and oratoricaI sf-
/ feet. She called upon her own delega-
ton, Massachusetts. TO stand up as t-sey
lad promised they would grant her last
request as State regent and vote for
Mrs. Story. Most OF them stood. Then
sne asked New York, over hundred
strong. to arise and honor her candidate
/ and theirs. and New Hoxk arose,
while the Storyites cheered and chesz-ed.
The conservatives sprang a surprise
upon many of theiE own number as vel
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WILD ENTHUSIASM
FEATURES OPENING
OF D. A. R. ELECTION
Big Hall Is Packed With
Surging, Cheering Women
Delegates.
DELEGATES CHEER
CANDIDATES NAMES
Insurgents Give Great Demonstra-
ton When Mrs. Story Is Placed
in Nomination.
What annual D. A. r.
Congress viii Do
This Afternoon.

This Afternoon.
2i3o D. m.-The President Of fhe
United States win receive the
Continental Congress at ah~
White House.
Tonight.
$50 p. m.-ResuIts of election hal
IOting Will be announced II count
is complete; II not on Friday.
Tomorrow.
1880 n m.-The Congress ezIIea
to order by the president general.
Prayer. Music. Reading OF the
minutes. Confirmation of state
regents and State vice regents.
Report of committee On the rec
concentrations of national Of
1eers- Unfinished business. New
business.
10 2:3O p m.-.RepOrt and enter
tainmenf by the Children OF t4.s
American Revolution, under the
direction OF Miss Minnie Hawkes..
p m--TIIe Congress viii attend
the unvsIIing OF the memorial
tablet b., the Mt Vernon Chapter
In Old Christ Church, Alexandria,
Va.
sss0 p. m---lsecture by Gilbert Nc
CIurg.
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WRIGHT I'M THREE FLIGHTS.

ROME. April 22-Wiibur Wright. the
American, aeroplanist, made three sue
cessful flights in his aeroplane here to-
day. He had a passenger each time.
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TEMPERATURES
TIDE TABLE.

Today-High tide, $40 a. m, and 1914
y. m; low tide. 3:4l a. m, and 4:lS
70. m.
Tomorrow-High tide. 1923 a. m, and
II :o2 2. m; low tide. 4:S0 a. m, and $40
,. IN.
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Manipulator'S Brokers Fore
ed to Unload Millions
of Bushels.
is FLEEING
FROM REPORTERS
Chicago Man Does Not Seem to
Be Worried Over the
Outcome

CHICAGO, April 22.-wheat received a
black eye today, when the lowest prices
for weeks prevailed.
The receipts were large. the advices
from all centers rather bearish. and the
big purchases by Armour yesterday in
dicative Of a cleanup on the part Of
one Of the big shorts.
The bears appear to have forced Pat
ten TO unload large quantities, millions
of bushels Of July wheat.
oreover. the wheat corner has been
attracting much attention and the
State lawmakers are beginning to
threaten the very existence of the Chi
cago Board of Trade.
state Representative Wilson today in
troduced a bill making trading in all
commodity futures a felony. fining tele-
graph and telephone companies from :.
thousand 10 ten thousand for transmit
ting messages relating to futures, and
fining boards of trade and other ex-
changes 81, 200 to SIS, 600 in addition to
forfeiture Of charter for permitting op-
ton trading.
The bill would make market cornering
a felony and individual members of ex-
changes permitting option trading liable
10 penitentiary sentences of one to
fourteen years.
Should this bill pass, and there is no
telling what the lawmakers may do in
the present excited condition of the
public temper, the Chicago board of
trade would become a cash grain mar
ket, and memberships would be prac-
tically worthless.
The decline in May wheat was 3
cents bushei; July. S3s, and Septem-
ber, rs.
There was the widest excitement in
the grain pit, the bears doing their best
TO bring still lower prices, while the
bulls were simply smOthered in wheat
until they give way before the on
slaught.
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Fugitives Spread Disorder.

SMYRNA, April q. - Disorders
throughout Asia Minor are being great
ly increased by fugitive soldiers and
priests from Constantinople, who are
finding a vent to their terror by raw
aging the country. burning villages and
numbering defenseiess people. There
are hundreds of these soldiers and
scores of priests who, defeated in their
phn 10 overthrow the Young Turks
IN the capital, are seeking revenge in
the unprotected towns of Asia Minor
Missionaries in Hadjin, among whom
are five American women, are in danger
today, according to a message received
from Miss Lambert, one of the Ameri-
cans. She says Had5in, which is eighty
miles north OF Adana, is filled with Mo-
hammedan fanatics, who are threaten
ing the lives OF all foreigners. All Of the
surrounding villages and a large part
OF Hadjin nave been burned. the mes
sage says.
Riots Are Renewed.
The bloody riots reported yesterday
IN Antioch. Biredjik, and throughout
Aleppo were renewed today, while to
the west OF Alexandretta the situation
is the worst since the trouble began.
The rioters at Ayas. on the western
coast Of the Gulf of Alexandretta. broke
into the jail and. released more than 900
prisoners. who Immediately Joined the
mob in the work Of murder and piIlage.
Five thousand people are homeless at
Tarsus, where DO people have been slain
and 500 houses burned. Kirikan, south
east Of Alexandretta. has been Destroy
ed. One OF the missionaries at Hadjin
is the widow OF D. NJ. Rogers. the
American missionary who was slain last
week. Several native preachers Of
Aintab were killed while on their way
70 attend a missionary meeting
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Report wen Founded.

The indications are that the Govern
ment report as TO wheat in farmers
hands and the condition OF winter what
will prove too we'll founded. despite the
pOohooing Of Patten and his allies
May wheat opened IA of at S1-235S a
bushel. sold up to s1242z. then dropped
quickly 20 S1.22. the low for weeks past
July declined from S1.377s. yesterday s
close, 10 Sl.G'iz. and Septem ber TO S1O35ss,
from a clOsN Wednesday at H05&
Corn and oats shares in the decline
A few more breaks Of today's proper
tons would wipe out a lerge amount Of
Patterns profits.
And during all the ruction. James A
Patten was out OF the city. This prob
ably inspired the bears TO get gay, and
they sold right and left. The significant
part of the play in the pits today was
the fact that while the Patten brokers'
openly bought Juiv wheat tariy, they
sold enormous quantities when the mar
ket turned rightabout against them.
The Washington times., 1909-04-22

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
Fair, cooler tonight. Friday partly
cloudy: light westerly winds.
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Negotiations Continue.

negotiations Continue.
VIENNA, April 22.-The reports from
Turkey. while still conflicting. generally
tend TO indicate that the agreement re-
ported TO have been reached yesterday
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Plenty of Game

NEW YORK. April 22-Some idea OF
Just how plentiful Colonel Roosevelt will
find the game in British East Africa
may be gathered from a letter received
in New York from the jungle region,
the writer being a wei known young
sportsman, Bayard Dominick, jr., who
with Henry Sampson and Hubert IItch-
field is now hunting big game in the
region in which the Roosevelt party ex-
poets TO begin boring holes in elephants
lions. rhinoceroses, appropriateness. and
All sorts OF other wild animals during
the next few days.
MIR. Dominick's letter was sent from
the Norfolk Hotel. at Nairobi. on March
IL, and was received by Bayard Domi-
Lick, a banker, at No. lis BroaG vay
lie writes that he and his two friends
nave mex with great luck so far. the
three having shot 10 head Of game
Golng up on the train from Nairobi they
saw from the car windows mo fewer
man man ten glrane, innumerable zebra, an
telope, and ostriches.''
Have Good Luck.
Each OF the party has shot two rhfno-
ceroses. one lion and one giraffe. and
Mr. Ltcbfieid got a hippopo tamus.
The weather has been splendid Mr..
Dominick writes, the nights varying
between % degrees and 50 degrees, and
averaging around q degrees. At noon
the temperature was around 96 degrees
to lO6 degrees. but it did not seem as hot
as that sounds. We have Just complet-
ed walk OF ore hundred miles in four
days, so you can see how fit we are"
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Tonight.

$50 p. ms-ResuIts of election bal
Iotfng Will be announced II count
is eOmpIeteJ II not on Friday.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-16
ANOTHER EXPLORER
OF NORTH COUNTRY
[UNIrED rRrss LEASED wmn. ]

Pasadena. Cal, Sept. 16.-Ernest
DeKoven Lefftngwell, the artist.
poet, has gone. into winter quarters
on Flaxman Island. near the mouth
of the Mckenzie river, according to
a statement today by his father, the
Rev. @. w. Lefingwell, OF this city.
He has established base of sup
plies on the island. and, in company
with First Mate Storgesen and a par
ty OF Eskimos. will make several long
trips into the polar regions In search
Of fossils and geological specimens.
DR.. Lefingwell yesterday received
letter from the explorer. acduaint-
ing him with his plans. The letter
denied the rnmor that Leningwell
had been deserted by his whalers,
stating that he found the season too
late to carry out his whaling schemes
and dismissed the party. Leffingwell
stated that he expects TO secure data
that will substantiate his theories
concerning life in the Arctic In pre-
historic ages.