The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-28
ROOSEVELT WILL
 BE A BUSY MAN
During His Few Days Stop
 Over in Paris
IS DUE HOME ON APRIL IA
Recent Flood in the French Cap itaI Are Lynched By the
 Indignant Citizens

Paris February 27.-(Speeial.) .)-Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States, literateur, soldier, big game hunt CT and faunal naturalist, will reach Paris April Ii, according to the present pro- gramme. and while he will only be with US a few days, three or four at the most he will be pretty busy while he is here At the express wish of the distinguished visitor his reception here will be divest- ed of anything in the spectacular line, but Paris and France do not propose to be talked of in their desire to show him in what high esteem he is held here.
 President Fallieres will entertain MT. Roosevelt at a state dinner at the Elysee palace Mr. Bacon, the United States ambassador will give banquet In ms honor and the University of Paris will entertain him after his address at the Sorbourne with reception at which all the noted men of letters and science Tn the capital will be present. It is not known if Mir. Roosevelt will appear in the uniform of the Academy of Political and Moral Sciences, to which he recently was elected Probably not. Other plans for the entertainment of the noted guest have also been arranged.
 Paris can now sympathize with those people in America who find it necessary to call in the aid of Judge Lynch In the administration of justice. During the re- cent floods 1t was found necessary to administer justice without the formality of trial to the Apaches who engaged in pillaging and this summary justice was administered in true backwoods style.
 The crowd lynched four ruffians at Issy, hanging them from sign-posts, and pa trol fired volleys at fugitive scoundrels at Boulogne-sur-Sein and killed two.
 Another pilager had the misfortune to be caught by civilian boat patrol at Ivry. To punish him for showing fight his captors threw him into the water with a moose under his armpits and dragged him behind the boat to the police sta tion.~ He was unconscious when he end ed the trip, which lasted three-quarters of an hour.
 Almost at Ivry band of eight men and women was arrested after determined resistance. It was with the greatest diff ficulty that the military protected them from an infuriated crowd.
 Two other men were not so fortunate at Ivry but were strung up to lamp posts. At Ruil, where the Apaches were active. orders were given to gendarmes to fire at every boat which did not stop when bidden. Ivry gate has been closed to prevent the entrance of everyone not showing a pass from the mayor or mag istrate.
 At Asnieres the people were awakened on Monday night by fusilade. Eight plllagers had landed from boat and en- tered an evacuated lace factory. A police man fired repeatedly. When help came the gang defended themselves with re- volvers. Eventually they sought to es- cape by plunging from the windows and swimming. Three were drowned.
 When pursued at Alfortville a boatload of roughs, seeing Itself rapidly over hauled, began to use revolvers. The sail ors pursuing replied by putting. a few holes in the fleeing boat, which went down. Two of the Apaches were drowned. a third escaped and the fourth, when brought to land, was seized upon and lynched by the crowd, which left his body hanging as a scarecrow for his comrades.
 Similar incidents could be reported in- definitely. These drastic measures, it may be said, were, extremely discouraging to the Apaches.
 Among the Americans I have seen in Paris this week were: Mrs. John Louth- old. Miss B. Leuthold, Miss R. Zimmers and Miss Ada Davis of St. Paul; Edgar K. Bennett, Pittsburg; Emile Majerus, Pittsburg; Don E. Wilson, Colorado Springs; Dr. and Mrs Alexander Warner. San Francisco; w. H. Harbeck, Seattle, Wash Leland 0. and Mrs. Keilbar, Oaks land; Mrs James c. Ayres, San Fran- cisco; Mrs. William Butler, Miss Flor ence Butler, San Francisco: Mrs. Albert w. Barnum, Louisville; Miss Mary W. Frazer, Nashville, Tenn. Miss Lawrence swearingen, Louisville; Mrs. Ernest AL lis and Miss Margaret Allis, Louisville. and Mr. E. P. Mellon of Pittsburg.