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DESERTIONS INCREASE IN UNCLE SAM’S ARMY White Soldiers’ Percentage oI Disloyalty Greater Than That of Negroes. LENIENCY IS DECRIED General Ainsworth Says the Authori ties Should Not Be So Easy on the Captured Run aways. Washington, Nov. 28.—Desertion is on the increase in the United States army. The annual report of the military sec-, retary shows in the year ended June! 30. 6.258 desertions, or 7.4 for every 100 soldiers. In 1905 the rate was only 6.8 and for three years previous only 6.1. The rate’ of desertion in 1906 was the highest in field artillery, 9.2 per cent.; cavalry next with 7.8. White soldiers showed a desertion av erage- of 8.4 per cent., while negro sol diers showed an average of only 2.3, per cent. Twenty-five per cent, of the desertions were in the first threes ■months of the deserters’ enlistment. Of men who deserted in 1906, 813 have been apprehended and 240 surrendered. The total number of deserters con victed, sentenced to confinement and. ; dishonorably discharged is 628. “The number ol' desert ions,” says : General Ainsworth, “doubtless will bo j decreased if tin* military authorities cease to exercise the leniency with which they have heretofore treated de serters who have* been apprehended and returned to military control.” WCRM IN BOY’S EYE REMOVED, SIGHT SAVED Chicago. Nov. 28.—Seven-year-old Taiwan! Behringer, .an orphan, was pre vented from becoming blind by an op- | oration, said to be the first of the kind ever performed in tin United States,, at the city policlinic hospital. A worm, whh h slowly was eating its way through the ball of the eye, was I removed. The Behringer boy’s home is on a truck farm near Niles, Mich. Ho had been in the habit of eating radishes and I other truck, just as it came from the garden, and it is supposed one of the* radishes contained the bacillus of a I tapeworm, which in some manner lodged in the eye. JAIL COURTSHIP TO END IN MARRIAGE Postville,, Nov. 2S.—“Promise me? ! .that if you a ? not ha u will be my wife,” were the words spoken by a boy prisoner in the Schuylkill county jail six months ago to Miss Emma Stephany, a fellow prisoner, with whom he had fallen in Jove. “1 promise,” said the girl. True to her promise, Miss Stephany was on hand at the jail door. The male \ risoner was Nicholas Quin ton, of Butler township, a young burg lar, who was released from jail after serving an eighteen-months’ sentence, and who announced that he will bo married at once to Miss Stephany, who was recently acquitted of the murder of her lover, James Frizzle, at York- ; ville. VETERAN POLICEMAN PROVES TO BE WOMAN ’ — Seville, Nov. 28.—An elderly police- • man who has been in attendance on ^successive governors of this town for the last thirty years, was badly injured in a a street car aciuent here the other day. He was taken to the hospital and the doctors there discovered that the “policeman” was a woman. She went by the name of Fernandci Yisson, and during the whole of her long service no suspicion whatever was aroused as to her sex. She is a French, woman, born in Paris in 1835. She says that she assumed her males disguise when she was a girl and served her time in the French army before she emigrated to Spain, many year:/ back. SON’S MURDER IS TOLD MOTHER BY TELEPATHY Milan, Nov. 28.—A strange case of telepathy in connection with a murder Is arousing much interest here. A woman named Lazzaroni awoke suddenly at 3 o’clock in the morning, and calling her son John, who lives in her house, told him that his younger brother, Leopold, living in the outskirts of the town, was dead. The mother j Was deeply affected, hut John tried to comfort her by ascribing her fears to u bad dream. At dawn, however, Leopold Lazzaroni, a handsome, strong young man, the owner of a dairy, was found dead at a spot some distance from his dwelling. After having made an examination of the body the doctors affirmed that Leopold had been murdered at 3 in the morning. EVE’S PICTURE BA -S MARK TWAIN’S BOOK Worcester. Mass., Nov. 28.—Mark Twain's book, “Eve’s Diary,” has been barred from the Charlton free public library because a trustee was shocked at a picture of Eve it contains. Mrs. H. L. Carpenter, employed in the library, picked up and scanned the book before placing it on the circulating shelves. Then she took the book to, Trustee Frank O. Wakefield, who looked at the etchings, which depicted, Eve in all kinds of summery costumes. One in particular, which showed Eve In a recumbent position on a rock, en gaged his attention, and decided him to bar the book. > MAN WITH THE ♦ ♦ CHAMPION HARD NAME ♦ FOUND: WTYKSJ'TXZ. ♦ 4- Milwaukee. Nov. 28.—“Wtyksjtxz.” 4 4- There you have the world ehamplon 4 4 hard name. When the man who wor- 4 4 ries through life under this burden 4 4 appeared before Ju<L«- Neelen in > 4- the district court the judge ad- ♦ 4- journed court while a man was 4 4- found who could pronounce it. 4 4- When the pronunciation was finally 4 4- effected, the judge fined the posses- 4 4 sor of the ec gnoinen $5 and let him 4 ♦ go. 4 POLICY HOLDER SAID TO BE REALLY ALIVE Ii Decatur. III., Nov. :'s. A sensation avas caused here today by a statement .from Chief of Police Albert that in formation just come t«» him tending to prove that J. Mont Shultz, who was believed to have been accidentally drowned October 26 in the river here .was not drowned, but had left the vountry. It appeared that Shultz had taken S»ff his ( lathing and gone into the river ate at night to disentangle a fishing Mine. All his money and clothing seemed to have been left on the river bank or at home. It is now said he had money with him and had procured other clothing, deceiving even a friend at the river with him. Shultz is a prominent member of several secret societies and had sev eral thousand dollars life insurance. TAFT STOPS*CRITICS OF U. S. ENGINEERS Washington. D. P.. Nov. 28.—Secre tary Taft declined to listen to any re flection on the integrity of the corps of army engineers and by an emphatic in terruption today changed the course of the arguments being made to him by J. Horace McFarland, president of the American Civic association, of Phila delphia, in opposition to the diversion of the waters from Niagara river for 1 he creation of power and for transmis sion of the power from Canada to the United States. McFarland had found fault with statements alleged to have been made in a newspaper interview by Captain Charles \V. Kunz, of the corps engi neers, who investigated for the war de partment the applications of persons and corporations for permits to divert the water for power. CUBA QUIET*AGA1N; HEAR GCV. fvlAGOON Havana, Nov. 28.—With the capture yesterday at Cienfuegos of a band of eight men, who took to the woods un der ex-Chief of Police Ruis, the last vestige of disorder in Cuba has disap peared. Reports received by Governor Magoon from all parts of the island ',;ho\v that perfect tranquillity prevails. Washington, D. C., Nov. 26.—Secre tary Taft received the following dis patch today from Governor Magoon, of Havana, under yesterday’s date: “A band of eight men from Cienfuegos was overhauled by a detachment of rural guards under Captain Lauda. They were taken into custody and dis armed with difficulty. ROCKEFELLER CORPSE OF DAUGHTER Breaks Down and Sobs on the Piar as French Liner Sails Into View. New York, Nov. 28.—Breaking dawn and sobbing like a child in his grief, John J). Rockefeller showed nothing of (lie great world financier and Standard Oil king but only his human heart, while awaiting on the French Line pier the arrival of the steamship La. Prov ence, which brought from Europe the body of his eldest daughter, Mrs, Charles A. Strong who died recently in France. As the richest man in Amer ica spoke in broken utterances of his great bereavement he presented a sight pitiful in the extreme and one that greatly affected all who witnessed his emotion. EONi MAN WHO OFFERED JOB TO A DUEL. Divorced Nobieman’s Ire Is Roused at Chance to Work in New York Restaurant. ►4444444444444444444444444 My friend, Count de Cubsae ♦ ♦ will call upon you to demand ♦ ♦ reparation with arms for your ♦ ♦“ insult. Castellane. ♦ ♦ ^ *. + +++* +++ + * New York, Nov. 28.—Monsieur Mar tin, proprietor of tne Cafe Martin, has receiveu a cablegram from Paris chal lenging him to a duel. It is from Count Boni de Castellane. The message refers to Mr. Martin’s recent cablegram to Count Boni de Castellane, offering the divorced hus band of Anna Gould $10,000 a year to act as head waiter, now that his in come is cut off. Mr. Martin says he Is not sure whether someone is trying to scare him with a joke or Count Boni is really .challenging him to a duel. Boni is tne J>est duelist with the sword in France. T never heard of <’ouni de Cubsa,” pays Martin, “but if he wishes to see 1 me for any reason I shall receive him.” I 4 STORY OF AN APPENDIX 4 4 AND AN UNPAID BILL. 4 4 ♦ 4 Waterloo, la,, Nov. 2S.—Harry 4 4 Wilson, who escaped from the 4 4 hospital when he heard an oper- 4 4 ation on him was to be made, 4 4 still has his appendix, as far as 4 4 known here, but the Western 4 4 Union Telegraph company is still 4 4 hunting for $2.50. This is the 4 4 amount of the bill for a message 4 ,4 to Wilson's father, telling him of 4 4 the boy’s illness. Chief of Police 4 4 Sweitzer and Dr. L. K. Evans. 4 4 who had the patient in charge. 4 4 have been asked to pay the bill 4 4 and they refuse. It is believed 4 4 Wilson was shamming. I TAKES COFFIN ALONG ON TRIP TO GERMANY Baltimore, Md., Nov. 28.—Henrv Hu rnin, of Sikesville, has left o.\ the steam er Neckar for his oid home m Metelin. 'Germany. He was so weak from tuber culosis that he had to be carried on board. With him he is taking a zinc lined collin and embalming fluid, and he give orders that if he died at sea he should be buried in German soil. His hope is that he will recover in the air ol his native land. His wife accompanies him. iLONE TRAIN ROBBER CRIES “OH, MOTHER” Bandit, Looting Second Train in Same Pleice, Waxes Pa thetic When Captured. MAKES CREW HELP HIM Early Bird Train Passengers Roused from Sleep and Made to Dis gorge, but Got Their Money Back. i !- insus City. Mo., Nov. 25’. -The rob l)ei who held up the Alton train near Glasgow. Mo., this morning, says his name is Truehart and his home Is in1 California. He secured $2,000 besides several watches, all of which was re covered and returned to the passengers. The engineer Identified Truehart us the man who held up the Hock Island train near Glasgow early this month. Truehart said it was his brother. The robbed train Is known as the “Early Bird.” It left Kansas City at 0 o’clock Sunday night and was due at Slater at 12:27 o’clock Monday morn ing. At Sluter the robber, wearing a mask over his eyes, boarded the train and made fifteen passengers shell out. When the train stopped ill Arm strong on orders oltlcers bosfded tin train and caught the robber red handed. st. Bouts, Nov. 26.—Conductor Hcy wood. who. singlehanded, overcame the train robber on the Early liird, reached Si. Hauls today, tic said the man ad it.itted to him he had robbed the Hock 1st,,ml passenger train at almost the same place about a month ago. Hey wooil said the robber got the drop on him and forced him to go through the smoker while the passengers were be ing robbed. The robber left the train tit Glasgow, but immediately boarded another car and again covered the con doctor with his revolver while robbing] p. spongers In the sleeper. Heywood says the robber moment ar il v turned away his eyes and that lie seized the opportunity to jump on him i and wrest away Ills revolver. A passenger said: “The robber was one of the nerviest I Imaginable. He only ,r wea kened when Heywood and a number of passengers literally jumped on him. Then he cried; ‘Oh. my mother.’ and gave in. “The robber covered the trainmen and negro porter in the chair car and made them aid him rob the passen gers" -__ Old Man of Great Wealth Sus. pected of Being One Who Assaults Them. _ I; ! Paris, Nov. 28.—For several night* I past women have been brought inti; 1 police stations or hospitals suffering from slight (lesh wounds on the neck, ' chest, arms and shoulders, in every case it appeared from their statements that the wounds had been inflicted by an aged humpback of extremely ugly - appearance. He invariably offered money to thn ; Women to allow him to draw blood from them with a penknife, but the sight of blood seemed to put him in h frenzy, and he would proceed to slash them about the neck, arms and breast. Then he rushed off and apparently changed his dress to avoid identifica tion. The police searching for him believq he is an old man of great wealth, noted for several years past for his eccentric habits. WEDS HIS NIECE AT AGE OF 72 Middletown. Conn., Nov. 28—To thu ; surprise of Deep River, one of its resi dents, Robert Galvin, 72 years old, ha.' ■ taken it second wife. Site is only 3J years old, and besides being his bride, . is his niece. When Mr. Galvin's first wife died two years ago, he brought Katie Car- ' roll, of New York, his sister’s daughter to keep house for him. Recently h< said he thought it would be better il they were doubly related, and the.v came to Middletown Hist week, got : marriage license and were married They are adherents of the Catholic church. It Is still-1 relatives have taken step* to have the marriage declared void. Mr Galvin is worth -.flOO.OOn or more. A state statute provides five years' ftp- < prlsonment for the parties contracting a marriage within tiie degree of con sanguinity of himself and bride. GROOM’S BROKEN R BS m BAR TO WEDDING Fort aWyne, Inti.. Nov. 28.—Thomas Miller stood up to he married to Miss l-eona Richards, at Auburn, with foui i ribs broken, and when the vows were exchanged and congratulations began 1 he swooned in ,-t paroxysm of pain. The ' family of the bride and several friends were frightened, but medical attention brought him relief. II seems that he was to be married In October, but had an accident while at nis work in this city, being thrown from his wagon. He was not well , enough to leave his bed for the post- | poned date, Hut he determined that j nothing should cause a second delay, ■ and he went to Auburn. The travel caused him much pain, but he stood up under the strain until the knot was tied. He is now recov- ' ering and will bring his bride to Fort Wayne. FQPE PiUS RECEIVES THE KING OF GREECE Rome, Nov. 28.—After many contra- \ dietory reports it was finally decided 1 this morning that King George of Greece will visit the pope. The king leaves Italy tomorrow. Tiie king, accompanied by ids daugh ter. were driven to the Vatican in a private carriage and was received with royal honors by members of the papal court. Tho pope welcomed the visitors in the throne room. Tho audience lasted hat --- I MISSING HEIR TO THE FAIR ESTATE FOUND New York, Nov. 2S. Frank Smith, /ho long missing and much sought brother of Mrs. (’buries L. Fair. who. with her husband, was killed In an au tomobile accident in France four years igo. lias been in New Providence, N. .1.. as the guest of F. A. Nelson. Ilia I home is in Topeka, Kus.. and he came here to get his share of the-estate left by his sister. The executors of the estate had no trouble in finding the family of Mrs. Fair, except the brother, Frank. He left his home thirty-live years ago, to seek his fortune In the west, lie be • une a ranchman and hull puncher, and continued to live so far away from news centers that lie did not hear of his «ister’s tragic death till a year ago. Smith said he received many times the amount paid to the other heirs, but gave no figures. He is said to have ac cepted $Jf>0,000 for his share, and tho Huai papers were signed at a law office in Newark. Mr. Smith left for Topeka Sunday night. NUN AS A WITNESS, court in conven; 'estifies Behind Curtain ii Case of Woodcutier Charged With Stealing. Vienna, Nov. 2S.—The criminal court at Salzburg has been forced to hold a sitting in a convent, owing to the re fusal of a nun to give evidence in pub lic. A woodcutter in the service of the « unvenl on the Nonnborg was on his trial for stealing, and the evidence of Sister (’destine, one of the nuns, was material. She. however, refused to at tend the court on the ground of her vows, which forbade her to allow her self to be seen by men. An appeal to the archbishop of Salz burg elicited the reply that only tho pope himself could release the sister from her vows, so arrangements were made for her to be examined in the convent. The judge and the counsel were ac eommodated in the visitors' room, while Sister (Vh stine, supported by the ab bess, took her place behind a curtain so that she could be heard but not seen. The sister then underwent an exami nation and cross-examination, and on her evidence the man was condemned to two months' imprisonment. The anti-clerical papers here protest against evidence given in this way be ing admissible. PRIEST USES PINS, CATCHES WIRELESS Cleveland, O., Nov. 28.—Aceidentally Father Odenbach, head of St. Igna tius college here, has discovered a method whereby he can Intercept wire less telegraph messages by means of the copper roof on the college, some steel pins and the lead from an ordi nary pencil. While listening to the sounder con nected with tin* eeronograph on the top of the college, by which lightning is re corded. Father odenbach. who had sub stituted the lead pencil and pins for the usual expensive coherer in the Instru ment, heard the sounder tick off some Morse code. Investigation showed that he had In lorcepted messages received at the L.Marke Wireless Telegraph company’s station here from the Detroit office. 'ssueof I 907 Will Bear Names of Cities and States in Which They Are Sold. i Washington, D. C„ Nov. 28.—Postage stamps of the issue of 1907 put on sale at the G.000 presidential postofflees will bear on their face the name of the: state and city in which the postofflee j Is situated. The chief reason for this innovation Is said in the postofflee department to be the belief that it will help do away with the big postofflee robberies and make it much easier to trace criminals. The postofflee robbery in Chicago a few years ago is a good example of the •use with which stolen postage stamps •an be disposed of, for no trace of tin* perpetrators was ever discovered, al lhough nearly $100,000 worth of stamps were stolen, and these mostly of small icnominations. Another rtason for the change is to •nable tin* post office? department to de termine tin* amount of business done by the different pnsioffiees and to pre vent padding through stamps sold at mine offices to residents who do busi ness in adjoining cities. WOMAN COMBATS FIRE WITH HAND GRENADES — Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 28.--Cool and i •olleeted, Emma Jeffries, a pretty i poung woman employed as assistant | station agent and telegraph operator at Wynnewood, on the Pensylvunia, rail road, proved herself a heroine when fire was discovered in a small baggage nouse opposite the station. Calling E. B. Krundmker, a medical student of the university of Pennsyl vania, to her aid, Miss Jeffries stood iside while the man was chopping lown the door with an emergency ax. When an entrance was effected she crushed K rum baker aside and rushed Into the blazing shed. With several hand grenades Miss Jef fries tried to extinguish the I lames. She battled single-handed for some time, md then, finding her efforts futile, sent i call to the Ardmore and Nitrberth fire companies. CHINESE WARNED BY AMERICAN CONSUL Hong Kong, Nov. 28. -Advices from 'anton report anti-missionary feeiing n Kienchow, .vhero property has been pillaged. The American consul has inked the viceroy to enforce the pre lection of missionaries and property. NEW YORiT’e’xCHANGE. Chicago, Nov. 28.—New York ex change, 5 cents discount to 5 .v.its pre mium SELL GIRLS TO PURCHASE FOOD Starving Russian Peasants Dis. pose of Mere Children to the Mohammedans. — DISTRESS GROWS ACUTE Reactionary Element Aroused by thf Impending Jewish Reformb— Czar Nicholas Gets Protests. 4444444444444444444444444* 4 MASSACRE OF THE 4 4 JEWS TO BE STARTED. 4 4 4j 4 St. Petersburg, Nov. 27.— 4 4 'Phioats of the* reactionary par- 4* 4- Lies that Jewish massacres will 4 * he started If the rights of the * 4 Jews are enlarged are steadily 4 4 becoming more definite. The 4 4 central council of the League of 4 4 Russian People, claiming to 4 4 represent 30,000,000, has Issued 4 4 a declaration disclaiming re- 4 4 sponsibillty for tho "outrages 4 4 which may result from tho just 4* 4 Indignation produced by the on- 4 4 largomont of Jewish rights.” 41 4 4 444444444444444444444444 44 St. Petersburg, Nov. 27 Reports from' the famine districts of Russia, show that the distress is steadily growing) ucuto. The peasants In the government of Kazan have been driven to despera tion and are selling their daughters into slavery to the Mohammedans of tho Caucasus. The ages of tho girls sold range from 12 to 17, and the prices realized are $50 to $75. The announcement of the impending Jewish reforms has aroused, as ex jrctet . the opposition of the reaction ary elements. Telegrams of protest are reaching tin* emperor and Premier Stolypln from ali parts of the empire. The party of legal order, which for inulat- d the extreme right of the con- | stitutionallst. parties at the last elec tions. has joined In the campaign of the openly reactionary leagues. M. Stolypln lias received a dispatch from tin* headquarters of the organization nt Kiev, concluding as follows: "The < xtension of the lights of the' Jew- will drive the patriotic Russian pcnplo to criminal measures." KQV\L PAUPER, SAYS HOSE PASTOR STOKES OF MISS MOROSINI. New York, Nov. 27.—Miss Giulia Moresini’n declaration that she spent $200,000 a year In dress has called forth u spirited reply from Mrs. Hose Pastor1 Stokes, who brands the young woman of wealth as a moral pauper and says she . uin talers fortunes while thousands of her fi How beings starve. "It Is because such women ns Miss Moroslnl never think what the things cost that the women of the working cla s are compi lied to think constant ly what the things cost. That rude j awakening Is bound to come to all id us some day, perhaps at a greater cost than we (. u afford, unless such women Who spend great wealth which they never have done anything to earn, he* gin to think of the deep Injustice un- I derlylng our economic and social con* j dlllnns. "Why do not women who live on thS sweat of other women's brows ever think of the Injustice of their position? "Miss Moroslnl says: T never would wear anything Imitation.’ "It may be a mark of good taste to wear nothing Imitation, hut It Is a mark of far better taste and culture to de fire to be nothing Imitation. "The women of Miss Moroslni’s class may not be aware of the fact that they are paupers, hut they are. A pauper i\ pne who, either from Inability or un willingness to support himself, Is sup ported at the expense of the communi ty. The truer pauper of the two, It Seems to me, Is he who can hut is un willing to support himself, and is thrown upon the shoulders of the com* enmity.” TRIAL MARRIAGE IS DEFENSE OF ACTOR Evansville, Inch, Nov. 27.—Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons' new nook advocating trial marriage; was pleaded ns a de fense in the city court by William A. Young, the hero of a melodrama whd enticed away from home pretty Anna Kerns. 15 years old, of Owensboro, Ky„ and was arrested with her here in d hotel. The actor was asked by Judge Win frey if tie would marry the girl and i thus gain his freedom. Young replied that he had not lived with her long i enough to know If he liked her. He said he believed in Mrs. Parsons theories about marriage and would ndt yet accept the girt for a wife. Judgu Winfrey rose up behind his desk and thundered: ‘‘Miserable and impracticable as tht book is. Its scheme of marital laxity docs not cover a criminal of yout stripe. There is no book that has ever been written which excused a man foi ruining the life of a young girl, i hold you under $1,000 bond to the grand jury.” THREE MESUIELD FOR WRECK IN INDIANA Valparaiso, In<l., Nov. 27.—Coroner Carson today rendered a verdict on tho recent wreck of the immigrant train on the Baltimoie and Ohio at Woodville. j A list of names of sixty-one dead la given. Frank Gelnauer, engineer of tin- first section of the immigrant train; : Samuel J. Moste, conductor, and Daniel 1 Woodward, head brakeman of th<j freight which collided with the second section of the immigrant, are held re- j sponsible. The railroad company is not censured. The three men named have been arrested. j YEARNS FOfTjOB AS CHICAGO’S PRESSAGENT - I Chicago, Nov. 26.—A man has been found j who is willing to act as Chicago's $10,000 j a year press agent. lie is F. W. Lucas, and he lives in Bellevue, ivy. Mayor Dunne and City Statistician Hugo Grosser, who conceived the idea of a city : press agent, had begun to believe no one 1 wanted the job, for no applications had been made until the following letter from i Lucas was received yesterday: BACK IN WASHINGTON. President Roosevelt Returns from Hig| Trip to Panama Much Impressed With the Work. Washington, D. (\, Nov. 28.—Com-* pletlng a remarkable trip to Panama/, during which In* traveled several thou sand miles by sea and visited not only) {the isthmus, but Porto Rico as well,, and voicing his thorough enjoyment of; tlu* entire voyage, President Roosevelt! returned to Washington. The trip up the Potomac on the yacht Mayflower, to which he and hlsf party were transferred from the Louis-, ian.i at Piny point, was made without! special incident. As the Mayflower) pulled into the dock at tlie rear of the: office <»f the commandant of the navy: fvar i Miss Kthel Roosevelt, the presi-' dent's daughter, and Miss Hagner, Mrs/ Roosevelt's secretary, were awaiting to greet the party. Miss Roosevelt rushed! :m board as soon as the gang plank! was laid and affectionately greeted her' father and mother. There were also at the dock to wel come the president Captain McCoy, TJ,! S. A., and Lieutenant Commander Key, of the marine corps, the president’^ aides; the commandant and other of-, liclals of the navy yard and the Uru-J guayian charge d’affaires. The president landed within ten min-; utes after the arrival of the Mayflower.# THEODORE ROOSEVELT. To those who met him he stated that he, had a delightful trip and that he was! feeling line. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt iin-' mediately proceeded to the White House. As the president alighted from! Ills carriage he shook hands with all* the attaches and others waiting on the; portico. Speaking of his trip the president’ said: “We had a very pleasant, very! <‘n Joy able time, and I am deeply irn-> pressed with the United States navy,j (with Panama and with Porto Rico.” The Panama canal, It was stated by' the president, will be a subject of a special message, and consequently on' that subject the president will say J nothing at this time. BLACK HAND FLOT INVOLVES YOUNG BOYS Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. US.—Two boys of/ the tender age of 10 are languishing' in the Penn avenue police station un-j til further Investigation can be made' into their alleged participation in the Polish Black Hand conspiracy which was revealed recently. These lads are) Robert Straub and Fred Carr, and their homes are on Ridge street. " The warning letter which Grocer] John Droozenski, of Brereton avenue, received from the Polish Black Hand' informed him that ho must put a pack age of $300 under a certain plank in, the Thirty-third street steps which lead from Grant boulevard. Instead of this, however, Inspector R. H. Robin-' son fixed up a dummy package, put iti at the designated spot and assigned) Policeman A. J. Schulze to watch for, developments. Schulze saw two small boys approach* the “deadly” spot, when It was near 9j o’clock at night, and he nabbed them) when one was crawling under the* steps. With good American names andf combining that fact with their ages, it was pretty evident that they could not have written a letter in Polish. The boys claimed they had been giv-1 en the letter by an older boy, of whoso identity they could give little better than hazy descriptions. The police de rided to hold them until they could' look further into the matter. GLAD IN SHIRT AND A SMILE, NOT MUCH SHIRT, HE FIGHTS. Music Teacher, Claiming to B« Carusc, Starts Things at Midnight in Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 28.—Singing at the top of his voice and clad only in1 svhut passengers said embraced a short nightshirt and a pleasant smile, Henry Steinertz, who said he lived at 13 Jefferson street, was taken to the city hospital shortly after midnight af ter fighting like a demon to board the Car. Rain was pouring in torrents. He de clared that he was Caruso, the tenor. The car was backed in from a fashion able neighborhood to the City hospital, where attendants stated that Steinertz was suffering from somnambulism. When aroused he disclaimed all knowl edge of what had happened. Steinertz, the police say, is a music teacher, having lately been a victim of piisfortune. FIRE TAKES CHILD’S LIFE Little Five-Year-Old Girl Victim of an Awful Accident. Pierce, S. !>., Nov. 28.—Her clothing afire from contact with a bonfire which her sister had built, the 5-year-old daughter of Fred l.uebe, north of town, ran as far as she could toward home and then succumbed to the terrible in jury. She lived but a short time after being picked up by her sister, who tied after her. The clothing of the child wus entirely consumed.