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New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
RAIN PREVENTS RI0TING
Whites in Havana Leave Negroes
Alone During Storm.

Havana, June "a deluge Of ram,
which began this morning and threat
ered TO continue all night, relieved tho
civ of Havana Cf the peril of an upris-
ing of the whites against the negroes.
The streets this evening were deserted
save for patrols Of mounted ruraies, reg
.ular infantry, the police and homs
guards. There was not the least indica-
tion of disorder.
President Gomez. on being informed
tonight that American warships hal
been ordered 10 Havana, declined to
make any comment. SeAor Ramirez, the
Presidential secretary, however. said
that the President had expressed neither
satisfaction nor regret Selor Ramirez
belittled the seriousness of conditions IN
the capital. He also said that the gov
ernment had 1000 troops in Oriente
province and that the insurgent bands
we're being broken up. He added:
What happened in Havana last night -
without Importance. Even those no serve
the yellow press and who read ltS eNaS-
gerated reports will agree that what say
is true The President, the secretary of tina
interior and the Provincial Governor took
inI1nediate measures Tor the protection Of
iaw-abiding citizens and for the punish
mcnt Of the disturberS. ,
In general, the situation Is improving IN
Orente The racial movement is disap-
pearing and the insurgent bodies or any
Importance are dissolvlng before the CON
stint pursuit OF OR soldiers. With the
susnension OF the constitutional guarantees
an end will be put 10 spying and 10 re.
crulting the rebel ranks. Many misguided
persons who tcok the field have returned
"a their homes l am convinced that soon
the whole republic will be pacihed-but not
necessarily within i've or six days.
This statement by the Presidential
secretary was made with the approval
If President Gomez.
The riot last night while extending IL
All parts of the city and causing general
excitement and alarm, resulted i'll few
casualties. One white onlooker was
nortallv wounded and several negroes
,,o,a Injured The disturbance lasted
only A short time, but was considered
serious as Indicative of the bitter ami
mostly of the whites toward the negroes
which has been largely fomented by the
reports of assaults on white women.
The government is still without i'm
nortaut news from Oriente, apparently
dine 10 interruption of military move
ments bv the heavy rains, which are
General throughout the island.
Rumors are still insistent here that
;rtorvention by the United States Is inn
/ mediately impending.
Caimanera, Cuba. June BIT IS re-
norted here that the insurgents have al
| ,,c,,ad and burned the town of Sagua de
Tanamo, on the north coast. Inc o'iteu
states gunboat Nashville has been or
dered to that point and Will probably
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
Think He Is Bad Loser.

IT was urged on The hotter heads
among the committeeman. who deeply
resent being classed with those vh"
have been sent 10 tho penitentiary for
less" that Mr Roosevelt was once more
merely demonstrating 10 tho country
hat he was a bad loser. that it was oh
ious that II was not the decision in the
"th Alabama. but the realization tbat he
Vas on the losing side If tho fght which
lad aroused his anger
Of course, MIR. Roosevelts statement
of Yesterday has made IL all the more
Unlikely that any stampede in his favor
an be started in the convention. md 10
hat extent it is IN occasion of graft
Ncation 70 the Taft leaders Those who
come in contact with the members ~
the Republican National Committee
from the South and with the Southern
delegates realize how strong is the re
which ~ Is the latter 10 their leaders
II woJtd be hard 10 find in any com
nunltv man more honored and re-
spected than is General Powell CLAYTON.
for Instance. by the members Of the Ar
Kansas delegation, and indeed by al
The Republicans of his state. The same
r. equally true Of colonel Duncan, of
North Carolina who is, and will con
ttnue 10 be 4 Taft man
To have been Republicans, and espe-
lally active Republicans in the South
during the DAYS when the bitterness
growing out Of reconstruction days had
ndt abated and when feeling in that sec
ion ran high, means more than II does
r. the North. where b. lc Republican
has cost no sacrifice, and the men who
nave been elected national committee
men have. generally Speaking. mad"
many sacrifices which have cndcare |
them 10 their followers.
Scarcely any of tho Taft members Of
'he committee would discuss to-day's
meeting after il had been concluded.
one. however said.
we arc going :" stand on our ac-
lions regardless of the remarks of per
sons who are prcjudiced and unfair.
The work speaks for itself. and that is
all there is 10 il. There is bat one way
10 handle unreasonable people. and that
.s to ignore them"
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
Taft Committees Formed.

In view Of the fact that COlonD ROOsc-
yelt has seen fit TO make 81 much Of the
decision adverse to his ambitions in the
9th Alabama it seems well to explain
iu detail the actual facts which con-
frontcd the committee in that contest.
Before doing 50, however, it should be
,chronicled that two committees have
bc,n pcrfected BY the Taft people 10
luok after Mr.. Taft's interests in the
convention. and, incidentally, to cir
cnnvent the Vaccinations of Bin
Finn.
Tho two committees are headed, re-
.roctivclv. by Senator Newell Sanders
Of Tennessee. and Joseph Kcaling. oil
Indiana. The former viii look after Mi
raft's Interests, especially with the
Southern. and the latter with the North
crn delegates. Among those associated
with Mr.. Healing i'm this work are
,Icssrs. Barnes, of New York, Cllinan'
Of Connecticut. Doughcrty, Of Ohio; Pen
rose. Of PENNSYLVANIA; Cameron, OF Ar
zons: StcifeI. Of Missouri; Milo, Of Mon
lana. and Governor Mead Of Vermont
Charles Nagcl, Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor. arrived in Chicago to-day
and will do everything he can to promote
the interests Of the President Last
night A. o. Bailey, Assistant Secretary
Of the Troasury arrived on the same
mjssion. aud from now on each day VIII
witness the arrival Of TAFT supporters
all bent Oh securing his nomination and
election.
Secretary Nagel declares that the eX-
posure Of the fictitious character Of the
Roosevelt contests has produced pow
erfnl wave Of Taft sentiment in the
East and that he is by no means sur
prised to find general expectation here
Continued on second page, third column.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
Members Express Resentment,
but, Seeing in Outburst a Con-
feSSlOn Of Defeat, De-
eide Not to Reply.
TAFT TREND Is GROWING
Injustice of Southern Roosevelt
Contests and Increasing Be-
lief of Raw Deal
Bring Support to
the President.

Iron staff Correspondent OF The Tr.hune.l
chicago. June 9.-COloncl Roosevelt 5
denunciation Of the Republican National
committee constituted the chief topic of
discussion among the members of that
organization and their friends to-day,
and for a time the Indignation waXcd so
hot that an informal conference Of a
majority of the members of the commit
lee was held. at which the advisabihty
or submitting to the National Committee
q resolution r,plving TO Mr.. Roosevelt
and expressing resentment at his un-
warranted attack was proposed Wiser
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
Ne 'ER-DO-NELL HELD
FOR CH|LD'S DEATH
Police SAY Joseph J. MCKenna
Admits Slgrid ECkstTcm
Died in His Arms.
SUSPECTED FROM THE FIRST
Little Brother Gives Information
on Which Ex Convict and
Deserter Is Arrested a.
Fathers Home.

charged With the murder nf little
Sigrid Eckstrom. whose body was found
Thursday night i'm the cellar ,r her
home. 40 lo77 ogden avenue Josef h
J. Mciionna. described 10y the police as
"nc'cr-do-wcD," at whom suspicion
pointed from Tho first. was locked up i'm
tho Tomh~ last night
Mc<eura. VIII" bad been held since i"
o'clorA SATURDAY night in the Morrisaula
police station. maintained his innocence
and d"uiod lr kuowl6dc. "C the ,rim,
until yesterday afternoon.
Then. at + o'clock McKcnuI. Sd, had
Lo,l piled in.tsSautlr with questions
10y mere than dozen detectives Who
took turns during tho sixteen hours
was told that the little Girl was At that
time bong buried in the Lutheran CEN
etory. At Long Island city.
cope. own up. u"v,' said captain
Price. mead Of Tho Erou-, Detective Bu-
reau. "We'vo got tn" goods on Noo
WI. not save everybody concerned a
!ot of needless trouble
NIckcuna vas about +" enter another
denial 4 detective standing r. pulled
ont his watch and observed. She's be
ing buried now
NcK-nna turned nervouslv ia his
.h4ir Eut he pulled himself together
quickly, and said
IN tell vou. Cartain lad been
standing i'm the vestib1H Thursday
evening when 7 saw the little girl play
ing ON the =toop. She came 70 me- and
asked me for q pennv I took her IN my
arms - play Vith ner. Then'--
one of the detectives handed McKenno
- gl1ss Of water as he paused. The
rris.nor drank il. and. "ipinE his brow.
/ continued,
| She fel ont 81 my arms Some part "f
/ her body, maybe her head DO not
know struck the hard tiled floor She
seemed dazed or maybe dead. was eX-
cited picked her up and took her +"
/ the cellar
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
AdmiraI's Third VISIT.

90, euout four and half years ~ .""'
.,.,.. nc embassy attachc. ana ! came
..,.,i, i'm 1907. at the tim" "t the james
,.,,., ,xnosition. During the SpaniS'
had to observe tn" war h''N''''7
., ,.,.,,ort tn my government. ana th'''
in 1907 the Emperor Sent me ~ "9'''''
,...,.,,,.c | already knew 50 mu'h "'""'
the country. .o
81 am very happy indeed I" '' mere
vo have met every where 'l'
rs,ondlics, and kindcst wishes. ! l''t
,..,,. much honorrd by TIA" WISH t' 'I''
,,.iti,o of thc President and Secretary OF
,I >,oy, with twenty of my officers
,t tn Washington and dined Al the
,,,hi,o House. We were beautifully wei
nod we also paid a visit to Annap"-
J,yays have admired very much
the splendid equipment of Annapolis ana
,ho system OF training the cadets.
.yo were only too glad to come to
New York.
4, this point official visitors had be
,,,r climbing over the side of his nag
ebin First came Captain f.. q. Thorne'
:, 4. from Governors Island, bring
,a, tho greetings of the commanding
,,ororoI of the Department Of the East.
c,utoin Tnorne arrived in the army cut
,ar with Lieutenant Ward Cheney. Lieu
...,,,.d nm ufth mage srcond column,
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
-oucEo RATES TO CHICAGO.

H,-nI Rrpublican National COnVehu Jn;
,,ANi.,,s via Pennsylvania Railroad so!I
,!,'n l,n' +. H.. IL and II, good returning 10
Jun original starting point on or before
I,.1y :. For full particulars consult nearest
1Ycllet Agcnt.-AdVt.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
Denies That He StraneIed Her.

McKenna stopped as if he felt his
story was finished But one Of the de-
toctives turned 10 him and said.
"Wher YOU took her 10 the cellar what
happened?'
Il put her IN the coal bin
And 'hGn?'
i left
You strangl"d her. didn't you?
80 80" protested McKcnna. i
didn't d. that
well. now did those marks come on
her throat" persisted Captain Price.
'Now, tel the truth, YOU strangled
her, didn't you?'
Il dout think so," said Mckcnna.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
GERMAN memo WAR
BRING PEACE MESSAGE
Hardly IS the MoItkC at Anchor
Before Admiral Extends En-
peror'S Greetings to N. 7.
FROM PRINCE HENRY ALSO
Visit Here a Fond Memory I'm
presslve Ceremonial as Mayor 5
Committee Boards Flagship
Freedom of City Extended.

10
Uuse. rang, "a' i'''E i''-'4'''.
,.,tIe.tip uoltke led her $50 eonsort7,
.,. s,,,,,. and pr.mcr. urm little up
,. .,.,,,,. ,rr,y. ,,p the
''''''''7 ''.'' ,,
hudson River YESTERDAY ''''''''" "
anchorage OF >''' '''
....,..d,r p..r Admiral Won Rctcur
49,. >o,,. yorl, the
'E''' " '''' ....,.r nv
greetings "i her l''I7' ''' .
Derivation iron" WV
moan. . desire for peace" The admiral
....,o. ,f similar tenor
also "I'.'''' ,. ~, Prussia. admiral
,'''.' '.,' ,,.a German nayy
.r.i,..., iIe,ry sends his greetings ~
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
Sent to Torbs Without Bail.

Captain Price motioncd To one Of his
men. and the prisoner was taken to a
cell \ few minutes later Coroner Shon-
gut committed McKcnna to the T"mbs
without tail, to await the Coroncr's in
quest.
The dav had been a long and tedious
one for McKenna and the police. For
hours ne denied that he even recalled
seeing the dead child on the day Of her
death.
He told the police he had been stop
ping ia the ogden avenue APARTMENT
house for over week. He had been
out of job that long and had lived with
his sister, Mrs. Alexander Carroll
He admitted that when the father Of
the child, John EckstrOm. a carpenter,
gan TO look for the little girl when
she failed to appear for the evening
meal, he fcigncd to assist him in the
search. taking him to vacant lots in the
ncighbOrhOCd.
Even more damaging than this was
McKcnna's admission that he had agreed
with the father when the latter cX.
pressed his belief that some one had
murdered his siX-year-Old daughter.
This was an hour before the child WAS
found stranGled.
It was little Sigrid's brother, Edward,
who started the detectives on Mckcnna' 8
trail The child, when talked to by the
police, lisped the information that h:
left his sister standing on the stoop
when he went upstairs. half an hour be-
fore she was killed.
HE Gave Her Pennies Before
"Sigrid told me she was waiting for a
man who promised he would give her a
penny" said Edward. He gave her
pennies before"
The police were able to find IA dozen
little girls and boys, companions az
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LOOK AT PAGE 9

Read the advcrtiseiHent of the van roldnv oHry-
-Adyt
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IAuInM BY HYARLLSER SrElll

Photographed by Tribune photographer from the roof ~ the Whitehall
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10

Caimanera, Cuba, June @--lt IS re-
ported here that the insurgents have al
tackled and burned the town of Sagua de
Tanamo. on the north coast. The United
states gunboat Nashville has been or
dered to that point and will probably
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10

Continued on second page. third column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

long chum Sir Charles Gust. who holds
position as one of his majesty
equerrieS.
king George and Sir Charles have much
IN common They We're midshipmen to-
sether on the britannia" and there be-
gan a friendship which has survived all
these years. The king is fond of the
navy and of naval men. He loves to be
called the sea king" Gust spent the
best years of his life in the navy. and
cultivated many of the strong bluff vir-
tues that George admires and tries to
emulate. Eventually he became COM
mander of the royal yacht Osborne and
equerry to the king, then the Prince the
Wales. For sixteen years he vas in per-
soNal attendance upon him, and when his
royal patron assembled the throne lac con-
tinued in the same position. BESIDES their
common affection for the sea, the two
have other bonds. King George is n
genuinely splendid shot-one Of the best
in England Gust has often been called
of the finest grouse shots in this
country, and Is classed among the dozen
most expert all-round rifle shots i'm Great
Britain.
Gust is not only a favorite of Kin.
George. but he is popular with Queen
Mary as we'll. The latter would like moth
ing better than to place the present
Prince of Wales in the hands of worldly
wise Sir Charles. He is well made.
n-gray-hair man of forty-seVen. OF
few words, powerful will. and strong likes
and dislkes. who has done much TO mold
the character OF his royal pal" He is
the third baronet of his line. Ills grand
father. the first. was equerry to Prince
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. who became
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ME ENGLISH SnARRow
hAs BEEN
I'D CONDEFTNEDI

chicken hawk. 1t takes toll of the young
of the hen throughout the country. 1t
should be known by every farmer. and
should be shot on sight.
The sharp-Shinned hawk more com
monty known as the bullet hawk, is an
other outlaw. 1t IS also well known and
is responsible for the death Of hundreds
of thousands of chickens and for many
desira bic birds. such as quail and pigeons.
every year. This marauder should like
wise be shot on sight. Then there is the
goshawk. most vicious of them all, that
makes occasional raids into the states
from Canada, and Stays all such game
birds a the plover that come in IT'S way.
These three are outlaws.
The other hawks are friends of man.
They are creatures of the field and rarely
harm the denizens of the barnyari. One
may occasionally sWoop down upon the
chicken brood and carry off one of its
members, but this rarely happens. and.
if allowed to live, the culprit will pay for
the misdemeanor a hundred times before
the year is over. All these hawks are
hunters of destructive rodents. They work
industrously in the fields all the time to
the benefit of man. They Kill rats. mice
and gophers, and all of the latter are
crop destroyers. These men of science.
upon the basis of the things found
in the stomachs of these hawks, have
been able to make an estimate of the
number of rodents eaten by one of these
destruction that this small army of
rodents would have done If it had been
allowed to live. Upon this basis they
estimate that the money value of sin
gle hawk to the farmers over whose land
it feeds is no less than a hundred dollars
a year. They hold that they there
fore correct when they say that the farm
er had better shoot the family COW than
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Herbert vaneTempest and Lord Hyde
The first was long an ardent sutton OF
Marguerite DreXel. who. however. passed
him over for Lord Maidstone. The en-
gagement of Lord Herbert and the Amer
lean girl was rumored times out of num-
ber but as frequently denied. Queen
Mary is said to have used her best ef-
forts to further the suit of her husband 5
friend but the Drexel girl often said
that if she married at all-Which, she
said was extremely unlikely. she had
determined to enter convent-she would
choose man Of about her own age.
However Lord Herbert, despite his fire.
uuent rebuffs, never lost heart and Was
i'm the running up 10 the very moment
oft the announcement of Marguerite s en-
gagement to the heir of Lord Winchil-
sea.
Lord Herbert is a younger brother OF
the powerful Marquis of Londonderry.
both being sons of the fifth holder of the
title The present marquis. who is one
of the leading members of the uniOniSt
party and whose great Park Lane house
is frequently the scene of elaborate party
receptions is also close to King George
and holds the position Of personal aid-de-
camp.
Lord Hyde is undoubtedly the most pop
ular society man in London. He is the
future Lord Clarendon, and before his
marriage to sister of Lord Somers sew
en- wears ago was looked upon as the
greatest catch in society. His father
was an ideal lord chancellor. and Lord
HYDE was slated for the difficult post
when it became vacant some months ago
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one of these. The verdict is for ac-
quittal
The whole owl family has likewise been
arraigned by the biological survey court.
vigorously tired and finally discharged
with the exception of a single individual
The old horned owl of the forest is in
reality an outlaw. He sits In the depth
of the forest and broods. His wisdom and
his brooding have caused him to become
unduly melancholy and he has grown vim
dictive against his rival in wisdom, man.
To ayenge himself upon his rival he
makes haste to devastate whatever chick
en- roosts may lie in his path. Because
of these depredations undiscriminating
man. to whom all owls looked alike long
ago set about the annihilation of all those
creatures of the twilight.
Uncle Sans expert witnesses have
taken a great deal of pains In making on,
exhaustive case With reference to the
owl. The habits of the accused aided in
this work With other birds the final
deductions as to the articles of diet Were
reached after the examination Of hun
dreds of stomachs or crops. The owl
bolts its food without chewing and such
portions of it as feathers, hair or bones
are afterward made into pellet in the
stomach.
X
The scientists of the biological survey
have become expert in determining what
creature has been eaten through the re-
covery of but a small fragment of 1t.
The thigh bone of frog. for instance, is
readily distinguished from that Of a
mouse. The graSshopper has wen
known and indigestible bootleg. and the
number of these in the pellet OF an owl
indicates the number eaten at the most
recent meal Even such soft and APP
parently .digestible creature as a cater
pillar has jawbone that defies the gas
trio juices for long time. The small
bones of the rat and the bird of similar
size are readily differentiated. All weed
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Asquith, prime minister and actual ruler
for he married Charlotte Tenant a
daughter of Sir Charles Tenant, and sis
ter of Margot Tenant. now the wife of
the premier Thus the kings favorite
and the head of the present liberal gov
eminent are brothers-in-law.
There are those who say that Lord Rib
blesdale is not a sportsman in the true
sense of the word. But these views can
he dismissed as unrepresentative of the
great mass OF British public opinion. To
be sure, his lordship. like Sir Charles
Gust and the king. is fond OF shooting the
half tame and wholly harmless deer and
grouse and some years ago. when the
humanitarian League appealed to him to
abandon his intention of establishing Il
new pack for the hunting of stays i'll Lam
cashire he disagreed with their tonten-
ton that all sport is cruel, and refused to
interrupt his plans. But in this country
where it is not possible to hunt big game
as ii is in the United States, for instance
it is probable that he voiced the senti-
ments of the majority of the class which
have the leisure for such pastimes.
Lord Ribblesdale has been a royal ia
vorite uder three monarchs. Queen Vic
toria thought highly of him and APP
pointed him waiting and master
of the buckhounds The latter post was
done away with upon the queens death
because OF the opposition of the public
to the cruelty connected with this so
called sport" Lord Ribblesdale has
given us an intensely interesting account
OF his stewardship in a book.
Although temporarily eclpsed by the
more frivolous pleasure seekers who sur
rounded the late King Edward, he was
much admired by that monarch, who
thought highly of his common sense. Lord
Ribblesdale was liberal whip in the house
of lords and in a position to keep his
fingers on the pulse of the body polite,
and King Edward frequently called him
into consultation at critical moments. es-
pecially in the latter part of his life. He
Is extremely tall, has been called the
handsomest man in the house of lords
and has an old-world, distinguished man
ner that King Edward hit off We'll when
he dubbed him the ancestor.
If Lord Ribblesdale represents sports
Charles Gust the navy, Lord Lovat
might be said To represent the army in
the frequent absences of Lord Kitchener.
tie Will always he remembered for his
part in the Boer war, when he organized
at his own expense the famous Lovat
scouts and led them against the enemy
in South Africa.
TO remain an old bachelor and aspiring
Mayfair mothers angled for him in vain
Tor some Years. Just they were about
To give him up In despair he met the
Hon. Laura Lister, daughter of Lord
RibblesGale, and proposed to her at al
most their first meeting. His real name
is Simon Fraser and he is the leader Of
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An Orange Optimist.

WILLIS WESTLAKE. the Florida
- pomologist. said in a recent address
at Lake Helen:
THE orange grower must be an optf-
mist 10 succeed. He can't expect 10000
oranges from every tree at the start. He
should show the spirit Of John Blanc
.'Blanc's first orange crop. when he set
tied in Florida. wasn't much to boast of.
The man. however, kept up heart.
How did your oranges do?' a friend
asked him at the seasons end.
oh, we had few he replied
Good ones?'
Fine" said Blanc. Ny wife uses them
in place of lemons. 1t makes quite q saw.
ing"