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The Omaha - Daily Bee ,THE OMAHA DEE joes to the homo ia rd hy thw ! Belli goods for adrerttaers. WEATHER FORECAST. Fr Nebraska Partly cloudy. For Inwa-l'artlv rlomlv. For weather report see Page S. VOL. XXXVI II NO. 2tti. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, AriUL 22, 1WD -TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CUMMINS TALKS ON INCOME TAX Iowa Senator Presents Amendment to Tariff Bill r' " Iakes an Extend ' ch. "V X WILL PRODUCE MILLIONS All Incomei Und?r Year Are '. Sousand a CORPORATIONS ARE V TAXED Provision Made for Reaching Divi dend! Drawn by Nonreiidenti. QUESTION FOR SUPREME COURT Hrnator anggests that nerlnlon ol 181)4 Be Reviewed In !- ot Handred Vears' Previous History. WASHINGTON, April 21.-Bubetantial progress in made by the senate In the consideration of the tariff bill. No senator bring pic-pared to apeak on the bill as a. whole, the reading of Ihe mcaaure by para graphs begun. The varloua Itema In the chemical schedule were rassed over for futur consideration. The reading was frequently intr rrupted by the dlacuaslon of amendment and only eighteen pages of the bill were disposed of. Senator Cum mint presented his Income tax provision and discussed It at length. At 6 p. m. tha senate went Into executive scAston. The nomlnatlon'of Thomas C. Dawaon to bp minister to Chlla waa confirmed. fimmlii' Income Tn Amendment. Senator Cummlna Introduced hla amend ment to the rayne-Aldrloh tariff bill, pro viding for a graduated Income tax, which ha believes would produce .tC0.00J revenue. Mr. Cummlna pointed out that it differs In some Important particulars from either the law of 1H or tha amendment offered by Senator Bailey. It exempts Incomee below $5,000 and authoriaes the deduction of that amount from every dutiable In come. The rate provided for la aa followa: Upon Incomes not exceeding $10,000, 2 per cent; not exceeding $10,000, 2H per cent; not exceeding $40,000, I per cant; not ex ceeding $60,000, H per cent; not exceeding $80,000, i per cent; not exceeding $100,000. B per cent; upon all Incomes exceeding $100, ono, par cent, Mr. Cummins believed tha tha gradu ated tax o provided for will produce a somewhat less revenue than a flat tax of I per cent. The duty la to be levied upon Individual tncomea. He treats corporations as mere Instrumentalities for Individual profit an the chief reason for not Including corpora tions la that to put a tax upon the incomea of corporations Is to tax those who are stockholders of the corporations, but whose lutal Incomes would not reach $6,000, pre cisely an' though 'they, hart dutiable Incomes. This would bo the result with a flat rale, tut ha points out that when the graduated tax la employed It Is obvious that the In dividual Income can alone be considered, otherwise," he says, "the man with the lowest dutiable Income would, Insofar aa t la derived from a corporation, oftentimea Star the maximum rat levied upon the Mghest Increase. v Object of Income Tax. . -The chlff object of a graduated Income lax law is to put the burden of government upon those wliu are beat able to bear It, uiul to do so It ia necessary to put a higher rule upon the large Incomes than upon mall ones. There ia no advantage of put ting In corporate incomes, because under the law of WM, as well as the Bailey amend ment, the individual has the right to de duct from his general Income amounts re cc'veil hs dividends from a corporation, If r.'i" corporation pays an Income tax." The amendment proposed by Mr. Cum mins further provides thai all corpora tions shall make annual reports, showing ti.rir grusa nml net earnings and tue ;;m;iinu rnlii an Interest and dividends, nnl tlio persons to whom payments are inmlfi r(i a ln fie names of all officers in- employe receiving fS.000 per year or more. In this way t'ic undivided profits of a coi pot ation are ascertained and the distributed share of each stockholder c! avge.l as a part of hla Income. In in escntlpg the resolution to the sen ate. Mr. Cummins said that if any tax vre levied on corporations It would be ex tremely difficult to classify Ihe corpora tions lo meet the requirements of the con stitution, lie ilcclured that graduated in- ime tax on corporations would result in great crrpoi Mlions paying the highest rate, although their stock might be largely held by men of uniull imans. In thai way the rrkiill might lie to place the highest tax on iv.cn uf amull Incomea. 'fr'uch a result," said Mr. Cummins, -would pot only le unjust, but It would d-.-atroy the essential principles that under lies the income duty." Question wf Validity. Mr. Cummlna Raid lie recognized that hla amendment challenged the opinion of the supreme court of the I'nlted States on the taw of IfH, in respect to the constitutional requirement regarding direct taxation, and he believed It would be impossible to frame an Income lax law that would not antag onize that oplninn. If." he added, "that opinion is to aland In its full scope, than the I'nlted States must abandon for all time, or until the constitution Is amended, the exercise of power snd authority which had been recognised for 100 years before Ihe opinion was announced." Mr. Cummlna expressed the opinion that the supreme euurt should again be Invoked. That decision." he said, "restricts the federal authority and e should not permit time to pass without again asking an exam ination of this vital power of the govern ment." He declared that such a restriction of the power of taxation of the government wi.uld prove disastrous, In lime of war. Mr. Smith of Michigan said the proposed amendment would not reach the Incomes of the Americans resident abroad unless the tax was placed on the corporatlona. Mr. Kayrior took the same view. "Suppose." he aald, ''Carnegie, with an Income of tMn.ouo a year, derived from the Steel corporation, should be living abroad, there woujd be no way to collect the tax If he hud no other property In the 'United bUtea to be attached." "1 propose," replied Mr. Cummlna, "that the corporation shall pay that tax. That is the purpose of my amendment." Mr. Cummins, referring to newspaper (Continued on Second Page.) Political Fight Among Daughters is at Fever Heat Refusal of Mr!. McLean to Allow In surgent Candidate the Floor Riles Antis. WASHINGTON. April 21.-Tbe refusal last night of Mrs. McLean to permit the reading by Mrs. William Cummlngs Story of her report aa state regent of New York because she failed to respond to her name when called has created much feeling among the supporter uf trie antl-adnilnla tratlon candidate for president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion. When the lmughters assembled to day for the third day's session they rallied around their leader and discussed the situa tion with her. The political atmosphere In consequence of this situation has become sttl! further clouded and the Story forces are taking advantage of It for campaign material. The program for today calls for the reading ot reports of chairmen of various committees, the first of which was one on children of the republic. The report of the treasurer-general, Mrs. Mabel Q. Swarmstedt of this city, showed that on March $1, 1908, there was a balance of $34,191. The receipts for the lsst year were $08,436, making a total of I102,fc. The expenditures were S69.SOS, leaving a balance March 31. 1901), of $33,320. One of the most tense situations witnessed during the congress occurred lat night. when President General McLean refused to recognize Mra. Story, state regent of New York, when the latter sought recognition for the purpose of reading her report. Early In the night session the president general entertained a motion that only the reports of state regents who responded to roll call be heard. The administration forces carried the motion through with a rush. Later the strategic move waa made plain when It developed that Mra Story waa absent at roll call. Confusion reigned In the auditorium when the secretary omitted the name of New York's regent and Mrs. Story tried In vain to secure the floor to preaent her report. The Incident reached a climax when Mrs. Story, having yielded to the declaion of the president general waa given an ovation by her sup porters for president general among tha delegates. Street Car Men Vote to Strike at Pittsburg Company Refuses Demand of Em ployes for Advance in Wages Many Apply for Jobs. PITTSBURG, Pa., April a.-By a vote of 2.288 to 12$. the employes of the Pitts burg Street Railway company have de cided to strike unless the company at a conference which It is hoped may he held t'Klay maltae-eonceseions,- which -so far have been refused. The company's offer to renew the last year's scale was rejected last Friday night by a vote of 3,13! to $5. The company re fused, to grant the advance In wages de manded by the men and meetings were called for last night to vote on a proposi tion to strike. The various meetings lasted till 4 o'clock this morning and it was nearly noon before tha vote was counted and the result ascertained. The men will under take to hold a further conference with the company today and notify them of the determination of the men to strike. The company says It will not make any further concessions and that It will put on new men If the old men quit work. Thousands of applications for work have been received. It Is said, and the company seems to anticipate no trouble In operating Its cars in the event of a strike, which now seems almost certain. Roosevelt Ship Reaches Mombasa Steamer Admiral Has Bees Sighted Off the East African Port. MOMBASA. British East Africa. April H. The steamer Admiral, with Theodore Roosevelt and the members of his party on board, haa Just been sighted off this port. The etenmer Admlrsl srrived at Mombasa on scheduled time, and Mr. Roosevelt will today land In Africa for the beginning of his expedition. Mr. Roosevelt will be welcomed and en tertained at Mombasa by the acting gov ernor pf the protetorate. B. J. Jackson, who lias received special Instructions from King Edward lo show every consideration to the distinguished traveler. The Roose velt party will leave Mombasa tomorrow on a special train for the ranch of Sir Alfred Peaae, on Athl river, whence the start on the shooting expeditions will be made. Certain Lawyers Playing Subtle Trick at Court House Scheming by certain attorneys with the tlew to getting suits entened upon par ticular dockets haa rouaed the wrath of Judges of the district court of D' uglas county, and In particular of judges who are reflected upon by the lawyers' action. The method of these pettlfoggera," chief of whom, a Judge says, is one lawyer who poses aa a moral crusader and political re former. Is simple. By peeping at the daily record in the diatrlct clerk'a rfflce In which all papera are entered and limn glancing at the general appearance docket, it Is easy to determine on the docket of which Judge the last suit filed has been entered. Suits are entered upon the sev eral Judges' dockets one after another, so that it Is easy to learn where the next suit Is to go. If an attorney wishes to avoid the Judge whose docket is next in turn all he haa to do Is to hang around the district clerk's office until some other suit has been filed, which will, of course, go upon the docket in question. This has not been so much the case, however, as endeavoring to get upon the docket of a Judge believed to favor the particular sort of suit Involved. That the practice exists Is not generally HAIL AND WIND STORM IN OHIO Four Fersoni Reported Killed and About Twenty-Five Injured in Cleveland and Vicinity. YOUNG WOMAN BLOWN INTO POND Roof is Blown from Case School and Adelbert Colege. LIGHTNING STARTS MANY FIRES Wind Reaches Velocity of Hundred Miles an Hour. CHURCH BUILDING IS WRECKED Three- Men anal Ose Woman Are Hurled In the Bains Boy Killed by Falling Steeple. CLEVELAND. O.. April . A squall which swept along the southern shore of Lake Erie today left death and ruin In Its wake. The wind reached a velocity of nearly 100 miles an hour for a few minutes. Day waa made as dark aa night. Trees and frame houses were blown down In all parts of the city. Lightning started snany fires. A young woman was blown Into Wade Park pond and drowned. The roof waa blown from the main building of the Case School of Applied Science and from Adelbert college. . Monuments and trees were blown down In Woodland cemetery. Telegraph and telephone wires are down south of here. Hail accompanied the high wind, which lasted only five minutes. Immediately after the rain a score of fires were reported as a result of the lightning. At Wellington, south of here, the wind unroofed the plant of the American Ma chine company, partially unroofed the Big 'Four freight station, knocked chimneys down and otherwise damaged about fifty houses. The storm was local in Its char acter, extending not more than WO miles. East of here great damage was reported both to telegraph wires and buildings. In old South Brooklyn a report reached the Central police station that ten houses and one church were blown down. It 1 impossible to get that section of the city by telephone. St. Stanislaus' church of East Sixty-fifth street and Foreman avenue waa practically destroyed. The damage to the building Is estimated at $125,000. The aquall started In Indiana and gained force aa it traveled rapidly eastward. It apparently had gathered full force when this city waa reached and passed over the lake a few miles east of here. In neighboring towna considerable dam age waa done. Dwellings were reported to have been blown to the ground In the southwest part of the city. Many home wer burned because the . -fire. 4 apartment could not attend to all of the calls. The dead: UNIDENTIFIED TOCNG WOMAN, blown Into pond. JASPER CROMWEIJU Mown from crane at Central Blaat furnace. UNIDENTIFIED MAJf, on Central avenue struck by flying timber. JULIUS N1EBATSKI, boy, died on way to hospital, Injured by tailing of St. Stanislaus church steeple. The Injured: Miss Oladys May, injured by falling shed. Mrs. Olive Phelan, attendant at state hospital, struck by stone. Three men and a sister, a teacher, are re ported Injured In the ruins of at. (Stanislaus church. Fifteen men are reported hurt at the plant of the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan En gineering company. Four men were Injured by the falling of a roof at the plant of the Standard Tool company. i More Warrants for Iowa Saloon Men Twenty-One Are Now Under Indict ment for Selling Liquor to Indians. DCS MOINES. Ia.. April M.-Nlne addi tional warrants charging saloon men with Illegally selling liquor to Indians were Issued today by Federal Commissioner lie Arthur. Deputy United States marshals are engaged In serving the warrant a. Eight of them are thought to accuse saloon keepers In Des Moines, the others being directed against men In Marshalltown, Boone and other nearby cities. The num ber now totals twenty-one. with the prom ise that more are to be Issued. Evidence Is thought to have been secured by Secret Service Operative E. E. Van Wert and Superintendent Green of the Indian reservation at Tama, Ia., who visited saloona In company with an In dian and aaw him purchase liquor. It is understood that nearly twenty lealoons were visited In Des Moines two months ago. known, most of the Judges being unin formed, and the district clerk's office being also ignorant of It. The necessary maneu vers are so simple, and those attorneys who will engage In such tricks act so furtively that admittedly It will be a practice hard to break up. The general appearance docket and the daily record are both public rec ords, to neither of which can access b easily denied. The only evidence that a lawyer is trying such a maneuver la his first glancing at the records and then re maining an unusual length of time In the clerk'a office. The folly of such activity is ssld to be extreme, for not only Is the belief erron eous that any ot the judges loans any partlclular way In a given class of suits, but discovery by his part that an attorney thought he would be dlaposed to favor his suit would likely cause the Judge to lean ever backwarda the other way that he might not aerm prejudiced. The moat conspicuous example of the practice In queatlon occurred recently In a liquor suit, wheie this lawyer of re former pretenses, opposing a saloon license grant, wanlted two hours in the clerk's office. From the Minneapolis Journal. CHARGE ACAINST RAILROADS Utah Shippers Allege Gross Discrim ination on Part of Roads. PACIFIC COAST IS FAVORED Concreasmesi Present Matter to President anal Ask that It Be R(rre4 ta trUpeat .. ot Justice. WASHINGTON, April 21.-Prealdent Taft today took up for Investigation and prom ised to act at once on a complaint filed with him alleging that the western railroads are discriminating against Bait Lake City, Ogden and other tnter-mountaln cities in the matter of freight rates and violating the anti-trust laws. The charges were made by Senators Smoot and Sutherland and Representative Howell, all of Utah. They Baked that the matter be taken up by the Department of Justice rather than by the Interstate Commerce commlaslon. The papers filed alleged that Mr. Harrl man shows no respect for any law but the federal. The papera et out that the Harrlman lines are enormously profitable. The papera Include a petition from com mercial bodies In Utah saying the discrimi nation haa been carried on for many years and that the roads have steadily Increased rates and eliminate competition. Higher rates, It la charged, are being charged for freight from Chicago-Missouri river points and from Denver to the Utah territory than for the much longer haul to Pacific coast cities. These rates, says the petition, are without warrant of any competent court or commission and are solely "the despotic act of corporate greed and under the arbi trary powers of concentrated wealth appar ently holding Itself above the law and ex ercises against law-abiding communities relatively powerless to resist." The roads specified are the Southern Pa cific, the Union Pacific, the Oregon Sho.t Line, the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company, the San Pedro, Ios Angeiea & Salt Lake, the Denver & Rio Grand", tha Missouri Pacific, the Colorado Midland, the Colorado & Southern, the Burlington, the Rock Island and the Santa Fa. It Is stated that on cocoa beans the rate per car from Chicago to Utah la $j91. while on the same car all the way to Ban Fran cisco the charge la only $266. On a car of r.alls the charge from Chicago to Utah Is $440. and from Chicago to San Francisco orly $?80. On a car of printing psper the rate from Chicago to Utah is $430 and to San Francisco only $:00. Knowing what you can buy and where to buy is something in which every woman is in terested. The ads under the heading "Everything or Women," on the want ad page are a great help. There are a great many lit tle things that you may not know about, or you may not know just where to get them. You will find many of them advertised under this heading. Hay you read ta wa&t ads, yet, today! THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. Patten Takes Look at Wheat Outlook in Tour of Belt Bull Leader, Accompanied by Expert, Slips Away to Inspect Condi tions in Person. CHICAGO, April 71. James A. Patten, bull leader In wheat, left here today to Inspect personally the crop outlook, par ticularly as It bears on the amount of wheat which may be delivered to him on July contracts. Mr. Patten's departure waa discovered by the majority of his as sociates only after It had been an ac complished fact He Is accompanied by an expert and It ia believed will Inspect the winter wheat crop In Illinois and adjacent states, among them Missouri, where reports are conflicting. The most recent tidings from that commonwealth were bearish. Whether this neighboring state will be able to deliver new crop wheat In July is a matter of the greatest Importance to traders, aa the bulls have operated on the theory that this wheat will not be availa ble for delivery here; the bears, of course, to the contrary. The bull leader's destination waa care fully kept secret by those supposed to know. The trip will afford him consider able relief from the tremendous strain un der which he haa been laboring for some months. The market waa featureless early in the session today. July reluctantly rose a cent, but Msy seemed content with the position given It yesterday. Taft to Assist in Forest Policy President in Sympathy with Con servation Program, Says Gif ford Pinchot. WASHINGTON, April 31. President Taft's entire sympathy with the forest and conservation policies Is announced and stories that vast areas are to be taken away from the national forests are denied In a statement regrdlng the administration's attltuda, Issued today by Clifford Pinchot and authorized by President Taft. Mr. Pinchot says charges that the forests con tain great areaa of agricultural land are baseless and that any agricultural land whatever found along the boundaries of forests will be restored to entry. DROUTH ENDS IN OKLAHOMA General Rainfall 'Hill Be of In. mrnae Reneflt lo All Crops. MUBKOGKR. Okl.. April M.-A long drouth In this section was broken last night. The rainfall appears to have been general throughout the state, and In this vicinity amounted to two lnchea. Much benefit to rropa will' result. Boy is Horribly Mangled by Automobile Near Axtell MINDBN. Neb., April . (Special Tele gram ) The 11-year-old aon of William Vannoy, living near Axtell, was horribly snangled by an automobile yesterday while watching a car paaa the school house eignt milea north of Axtell. The car passed the school house during the morning recess and the children flocked to the road to wati h It go by. Just as It approached the crowd of youngsters the Vannoy boy impulsively darted across the nfid in front of It. DUTY ON HIDES CONCEDED Senator Aldrich Will Make This Agreement with Western Men. COMPROMISE ALSO ON PUMICE Senators ere Promise Thla Article Will Be Attended To Olew- uararartae Caveo Taken . 1 Iliad. f From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 21. Special Tele gram.) Hides from the free list to IS per cent, ad valorem Is the result of the In surgent movement for better equalization of tariff schedules aa between the east and west. Senator 'Burkert held a long conference last night with Senator Aldrich, chairman of the finance committee, which framed the Aldrich bill, and told the senior senator from Rhode Island In so many words that the ropreaentatlves from the central Mis slsstppl valley would fight the bill until Labor day, if necessary, unless conces slons were given the west. A duty on hides waa one of the conces slons demanded and Senator Aldrich an' nounced to Mr. Burkett that the finance committee would report an amendment at the proper time changing hides from the free list to existing rates, namely, 15 per cent ad valorem. Senator Aldrich went further than the hide achedule and told Senator Burkett that barbed wire and nail achedules would be made satisfactory to western senators, who have been pounding the finance committee at every turn to reduce the duty on barbed wire and nails because of the demands of farmers. ' These concessions, It Is believed, are but the beginning of other concessions which the ao-cslled Insurgents are demanding and by the time the bill goes to conference it la predicted Senator Aldrich will yield prac tically all the demands made upon htm. Ilntr on Pa mice. While Senator Burkett haa been busy, together with ( his colleagues. Senator Brown snd the senators from Iowa, Kan sas, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington. In bring ing about a readjustment of achedules to suit the revision and downward policy of President Taft, Senator Brown has been busy In the Interest of pumice stone. Mr. Brown, speaking of the result of bis ef forts In raising the duty on pumice stone, both crude and manufactured, said he had promlaea of Senator Aldrich to raise the duty on pumice stone to half a cent per pound on all products, and that he would consent to a duty of three-eighth of a cent per pound aa a compromise proposi tion. These concessions, coming as they do so early In the consideration of the tariff bill, debate upon which la hardly well un der way, Impresses the onlooked with the thought the Insurgents, some twenty In number, are In a position to make their demand felt. Senator Aldrich undoubt edly realizes the strength these insurgents possess, and rather than have them break away from the fold he haa begun a work (Continued on Second Page.) He was knocked down, the rsr passing entirely over him. His thigh wss crushed and one leg broken. Several other bones were broken and severe Internal Injuries were Indicated. Repcrte this morning are that the boy la dying. The name of the driver of the car sat not secured, but It is bolleved the car was from Kearney. An investigation la being made now to determine hla identity, though the circumstances would Indicate the ac clldent was due to the Impulsive act of the boy rather than to the negligence of tha YOUNG TURKS AND SULTAN AGREE Abdul Ham id Will Continue to Reign, but Cabinet Will Bcsign Immediately. BEF0RMEKS IN FEAR OF ARMY Troops May Not Stand by Them in Deposing Sultan. SHEIK-UL-ISLAM ALSO IN WAY He Refuses to Sign Decree Accusing His Majesty of Treason. ARMY AT OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY Cabinet Ieclds on Order for Mir. tlal law In Constantinople Dnr Ina Coming; Crlala Troop Take Oatk. BM.1.BT1X. LONDON. April 21. A special dispatch received here from Athens today, says that telegrams that have come In there from Merslna set forth that fully 10,001 persons were killed In the anti-Christian rioting of the last few days In the Adana and Taraus districts. Kntlre villages were rated and the country la a smoking wilderness. BIM.KTIN. PARIS. April 21. A special dispatch from Constantinople attributes the failure of the Young Turks to Insist upon the abdication of the sultsn to fear that their troops would not support them In a demand for the public deposition of the caitiff, as well as unwillingness on the part of the Sheik-ul-lslara to sign a decree pronouncing bis majesty guUty of treason. A compromise between the committee and the sultan la predicted. The committee Is Insisting that the first army troops be sent to the prov inces and that the Constantinople garrison and the city gendarmes be placed under their orders. CONSTANTINOPLE. April , 12:99 p. m. The advance guard of the constitutional army baa arrived at the outsktrta of the city. The cabinet will meet thla after noon and proclaim martial law at capital. The administering of tbe oath to the troops still in garrison Is proceeding today In accordance with the demands of the constitutionalists. Furthermore, tha authors of the recent upheaval are blng sought out and arrested. A cabinet meeting was held this morning to consider the proposals made by the army of Investment. In' some quarters It Is believed there Is an Increasing possibility of arriving at an understanding which may result In a, recon ciliation between the young Turks and the sultan. It waa even declared In official circles this morning that the pourparlers between the government? 'snd the, consti tution army promise a settlement. ' . . . . It Is alleged that the army no longer in sists on the withdrawal of the - present ministry and the ' reinstallation of the Hllmi cabinet, but It does maintain Ita de mand for the punishment of the authors of the recent trouble. Advance Unsrdi at Gavtes. The lines of the constitutional army are drawing closer and closer around the Tur kish capital today and the advance guard of the Macedonlana is practically at the gates of the city. The actual advance into tha city, however, has not yet begun. Negotiations for a peaceful settlement are proceeding with high hopes of success, and there are increasing evidences that there will be no encounter between the army of investment and the first army corps within Constantinople. Everything Is quiet at the Tlldls palace. The sultan Is outwardly calm and Is await ing developments. The first army corps, which garrisons Constantinople, has been completely won over to the constitutionalists. Various units of this corps are today taking oath to obey their superiors, not to mix In politics and not to interfere with the measures adopted to aecure the puniahment of thoae guilty of starting the revolt of last week. Civilians and some of the foreigners to day express fear that at the last moment there may be reslstsnce or that some of the soldiery will get out of hands, and as a result, a general exodus has begun. The immediate neighborhood of Tildis Kiosk is deserted. This apprehension Is added to by the fact that the sultan hss made no statement aa to hla intentions. It Is realized that a majority of the garrison la more than favorably disposed towards the Macedonians, but, neverthe less, there may be a repetition of tbe ex cesses of last week on the part of In dividual soldiers. The men guilty of dis orders of a week ago deserting and are making their way by rail and on foot Into Asia Minor. Wa rah I pa Fare Falaea. A notable development in the overnight situation waa evidenced by the anchoring today of a number of Turkish warshipi In front of Ylldix Kiosk on tha Bosphorus. The vessels that have taken up this sig nificant position are the battleships Mtaxu dleh, Assar-I-Tewflk, Hamldleh and Nd-Jin-I-Chevket and the torpedo crulssr PeU bnland. The new minister of marine who took of fice yesterday is General Immtn. He waa transferred from a command In Asia Minor. One of hla first sets was to change the commanders and parts of the orews of the vessels now anchored off the sultan's palace. Aa the Turkish fleet has been a doubtful element In the situation because the officers and crews have been 'largely devoted to the sultan, It Is presumed these chsnges are In the Interest of the commit tee of union and progress. Two cruisers and twelve torpedo boata are still in tha Golden Horn. The oriental cxprtss came In from Parts and Vienna today sixteen hours late, de layed by trains besting munitions of war to the army of investment. The few pas sengers on board said all stations within thirty miles of ths capital were occupied by detachments of the third army corps. Exodus of tCnfopeans. The express, which three times a week gives the easiest and quickest method of reaching the capitnla of Europe, will leave this afternoon with every place taken, chiefly by the wives and families of Euro peans. In addition hundreds and probably thoukanila of well-to-do Turks are leaving Constantinople with their families today. Most of them are going to ths provinces lo be safe sgalnat possible fighting la the city. Steamers to Black le aorta, espe-