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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHEB FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For Iowa Fntr For weather report e pafte 8. 5IEWS SECTION t PAGES 1 TO I. OM AY 'MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1910 - SIXTEEN PAC1ES. SINGLE COPY, ONE CENT. VOL. XXXIX NO. 178. 1 v -v 1 ALL FOOD PRICES 4REMUCKUIGHE11 Department of Commerce and Labor Replies to Senator Crawford'! Resolution. O COMPARISON WITH DECADE AGO f Creamery Butter Nearly Thirty Per Cent Higher Than in 1809. BIO INCREASE IN LARD Wholesale Prices Have Advanced Over Sixty Per Cent. WORK OP CHEMISTRY BUREAU Superintendent Wiley' It Una Saved Government flOO for Every Dollar It Una Spent. ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. That there has been a very perioral Increase In wholesa'e nnd retail articles of food between the years 1S9 and 1808 Is Indicated by a report sent to the senate today by the Depart ment of Commerce and Lnbor tn response resolution Introduced by Senator Crawford of South Dakota calling for the trend of prices. For purposes of comparison the prices In 1.W9 are used as normal and the percentascs of Increase were about as follows: Bread Wholesale, 25.1: retail, 4.9. Butter-Wholesale, Elgin, 29.8; creamery, extra, 27.5; ilairy. 24.6, retail, SO 0, no quality lndlcn ted. Cheese Whotrsale, 20.9; retail, 20 3. Coffee Wholesale, S.9; retail, 5. Eggs, New Laid Wholesale, 39.8; retail, 38 2. Wheat Flour Wholesale, spring, 13.(1; winter, 2C.8; retail, 24.4, no quality ln(l ' cated. Lard-Wholesale, 613; retail. 3S.2. , Beef Wholesale, fresh. 11.8; salt, 41.9; retail, fresh, 14.!); salt, 10.6. Dressed Mutton Wholesale, 21.4; retail, 2H.8. Bacon Wholesnle, 54.6; retail, 62.9. Ham Wholesale, 21.9; retail, 31.8. Milk Wholesale. 30: retail. 18.1. J'otatoes Wholesale. 70.6; retail, 21.0. The report shows prices on sugar, tea, spices and soda crackers have been slightly reduced, Wiley Haves Bl Soma. "Every dollar we have spent In our laboratory has saved Uncle Sam J 100. The vwork of the chemistry Bureau has saved 4flhe government a vast deal of money. In tn twelve years that I had charge of the microscopic tents of sugar at the various porta, under an arrangement between the secretary of agriculture and the secretary of the treasury, I think I can say without boasting . that. .. I. have . saved, the. United States government J10.000.000." Chief Chemist Wiley made this statement at a hearing given htm by the houso com mittee on expenditures In the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Wiley said that be tween 1M0 and 1S02 he found marked dlffer W.ces In the same grades of sugar at dlf rrcnt porta. He said the feovernment was not getting all the revenue that It should and that the polarization at the port of New York was much lower than It should have been. Ills Investigations resulted In new polarization regulations that have proved to be very profitable to the govern ment, he added. POSTAL BILL SENATE Mr. lleyuarn Con 1 1 noes Ilia Attack on T ' the Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Senator Hey burn today completed his criticisms of the postal savings bank bill In the senate,' but aside from his speech, but little pro gress was made In the consideration of the measure. However, It will be before the senate again tomorrow and Senator i Carter In charge of the measure, expects ' a vote on it not later than next Thurs day. Mr. Hey burn declared the bill had been drawn so loosely that If enacted Into law It must Inevitably result In scandal. It should, he said, be safeguarded more carefully than some past legislation, and he Instanced the corporation tax law. wnicn ne saici naa already proved un satisfactory. Detailing his objections to the bill, he aald there was no provision for securing c'eposlta, that In providing for secrecy re garding deposits It would prove a shield to dshonesty and that In the end It would be found to bs Impossible to find invest tnent for the postal savings fund. Its contended tliat It was the duty of the committee on poBt offices to bring In a safe and proper bill and said he would not support the measure so long as It placed the government In the banking business, as he contended the pending measure did.. The bill, he declared to be merely a skeleton and he advised the committee to take It back and put some sinews and flesh upon It" Mr. Hayburn spoke at length regarding the possible abuses that might grow out of the secret method provided In connec tion with deposits. Mr. Carter protested against this line of reasoning, saying that no legislation proceeded upon the theory that the av erage man was "a crook." "Would the senators have the names of all depositors publicly announced?" he asked. "I want an open and candid conduct of the business, Mr. Heyburn responded. "Would you advise the posting of the names of depositors?" asked Mr. Carter. Ths Idaho senator responded that hs had not yet reached that polut, and Mr. Carter said In reply: "You soon will reach It If you keep on. Another interesting colloquy between sen ators was as follows: air. Meyourn out or what fund would the Interest be paid? V Mr. Carter The,' bill contemplates th turning over or ail surplus earnings for that purpose. Mr. Heyburn Suppose there are none? Mr. Carter Then It will devolve upon the board of trustees to devise means. Mr. Heyburn The bill devolves too many k things upon ths uncertainties of ths fu v ture. la conclusion, Mr. Heyburn pronounced ths bill to b utterly vicious and predicted that in ths end It would be necessary to pay ths deposits by appropriation out of tlta national treasury. frrlng the discussion Mr. Smith of Mich- Is made ths prediction that If ths bill CftuUuued ga second P Farmers' Share in High Prices lnsusficient Senator McCumber Asserts They Do Not Eeceive Their Proportion of Selling Charge. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Declaring the farmer to be the last person considered In any conflict In which the aurlculturlst Is Involved. Senator MeCumher of North Da kota today delivered a speech In the senate to demonstrate that tho farmers were not receiving a fair share of the high prices which food products commanded. He said that bills such an had been pre sented In the house for tho removal of duties on farm articles were equivalent to an effort to establish a leglslstlve boycott against the tiller of the soil. This boycott" was always to be expected when food prices Increased, he snld. Hut the discrimination would not always con tinue, for the time was rapidly approaching when the farmer would receive proper compensation for h's labor. This prediction was made by Mr. Mc Cumber upon the theory that the day of over-production was rapidly p-.sslns. which would Insure still better prices than were now paid to the producer. Contrasting the prices received by the farmer with those paid by the consumer, he said that a 4-year-old Rtier which In North Dakota would bring HO. would sell for $2,500 when retailed at snate restaurant steak prices enough to buy half a farm. Peary's Helpers to South Pole Proposed Party May Include Several Who Were on Famous Trip Northward. NEW YORK, Feb. 4 Should the propos?d attempt at discovery of the pole be under taken by American explorers as proposed by Commander Peary, Beveral members of the cPary polar quest probably will be selected as members of the expedition. Dr. Herman C. Bumpus of the American Museum of Natural History Is authoritv 'i day for the statement that Captain Bart- . tt of the Arctic ship Roosevelt, Prof. IcMHlan and George Boerup, who were with the commander, will be selected. REBELS TAKE OUTPOST OF NICARAGUAN CAPITAL CITY Battle Lasts Two Honrs and Insnr. gent Array In Pressing On to Manniroa. . MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Fob. 4. Threo hundred Insurgents under command ot General Mails, captured Boace, a town sixty miles east of Managua, yesterday. The flgtffrrfir lasted rVo-houri," burr toe casualties are not know here. The town was defended by seventy-five government soldiers led by Colonel Barquero. The latter were surrounded, but fought their way through the insurgent lines, the sur vivors reaching the main body of the gov ernment army at Toustepe. The Insurgents are advancing In three columns with an aggregate force of 1.000 men. President Madriz Is confident that the advance will be checked at Tipltapa, twenty miles east of the capital. Five hundred additional men and a Maxim gun have been dispatched to that point by the government. General Medina declares that the orig inals of Zelaya's telegrams, Instructing him to cause the executions of Groce and Canon, the Americans, were surrendered to the former president before his de parture for Mexico. Medina Is corrobor- ated by the telegraph operator, who says that the originals were turned over to him at tho request of Zolaya. SOUTH DAKOTA POULTRY SHOW AT MITCHELL AGAIN Location of Exhibition Will Not Be Changed Next Year Elec tion of Officers. MITCHELL. S. D.. Feb. 4.-(Special Tele gram.) The State Poultry show is meet ing with unusual success, the attendance being large and the exhibits Include the largest number of birds displayed for several years. Last night the annual election of officers waa held with the following results: President, William Drubbs, Yank ton; vice president, F. P. Sutton, Clark; secretary, L. S. Vlckers. Mitchell; execu tive committee, William Scallln, A. J. Keith, Sioux Falls; G. II. Washburn, Watertown; L. W. Foote, Lin wood, la. Mitchell and Sioux Falls were candi dates for the next show, which was awarded to Mitchell again. The show will come to a close this evening. t i FIRE ROUTS HUNDRED GUESTS Employe of Reno Hotel la Burned to Death In Early Morula Blase. RENO, Nev., Fob. 4.-llro in the Meiers sick hotel early today routed 100 guests from their rooms In great disorder. Au gust Schaefer, fireman of the hotel, was burned to death. The guests, many of whom were from the east, scrambled down the fire escapes and none was Injured. The property loss was nominal. Two Farmers Will Fatten Fish Instead of Cattle Claiming that their profits from cattle raising have dwindled to a low mark within the last five years, two farmers of Scott's Bluff county have decided to fat ten fish Instead of steers. "It's less expensive," they say- "and there's always a market for good, fresh water fish. G raj hoppers and worms and bugs and such things are cheap fod.lt r compared with corn at 00 cents a bushel." Frank Young and Eric Johnson, both hailing from the vicinity ot Minatare, in Scott's Bluff county, called at Burlington headquarters to Inquire into the means of shipping members of the finny tribes from hatcheries in the east to ponds and irriga tion ditches in Nebraska. They are also reeking information from contractors about establishing ponds and tilt chi n We have lots ot ditches In Scott's 1" - COA; v..;uiUCEKS ARE IN .DEADLOCK Miners and Operators at Toledo Con- ference Strike Snag Early in Proceedings. STATUS OF ILLINOIS . MINERS Workmen Insist that They Shall Be Admitted to Meeting. POSITION OF THE OPERATORS Object Because Illinois Mine Owners Are Not Party to Agreement SITUATION IS SERIOUS I'roxpevt of Drenk In Nesrotlatlons nnd finspi-nslon of Bltnliitt When Contract Kxnlres, April One. TOLEDO, O., Feb. 4. With the alterna tive of an adjournment and the possible result of a ganeral suspension of work when present contracts In the bituminous districts expli;e April 1, the miners and operators struggled all day unsuccessfully to reach an organization for tho wage con ference of the Ohio, Indiana and Pennsyl vania districts. A night session was held tonight In the hope of getting together. The deadlock hinges on tho admission of the miners from Illinois, In the absence of the op trators of the state, f The situation is admittedly serious. W hen tne convention, UiU afternoon, reached the. pol ntwhere It waa able to organize, President Lewis of the miners temporary presiding officer, said that there appeared to be nothing to do but adjourn, dui ine convention continued In session without apparent object in view, neither 1 side ap pearing as willing to take the initiative of adjournment. Finally regular proceedings was dropped and the operators and delegates began talking matters over among themselves, until the recess. The deadlock was brought about by a division on all points between the miners and operators, voting by states. The miners refused to seating the delegates from other states unless the Illinois miners were Included. The rules require an un animous vote on every proposition. The operators stood firm on the ground that tho Illinois operators had notified both parties that they would not bo bound by an agreement reached here. STEEL MEN ARE OX STRIKE " - , Six Thousand Walk Out Because Re fused Extra for Overtime. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 4. Be tween GOO and SOU machinists of the Beth lehem Steel company, went on strike today when thelrv' demands for-time -and ahaU. for overtime was refused. The strikers se lected a committee which called on Presi dent Schwab today. EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Feb. 4 Coopers working In the potteries and stave mills here went on a strike today because some men working at the trade refused to Join tho union. This came because of the religious views of the latter, who are either Free Meth odists or are "Holy Rollers." The interna tional union ordered tuat all union coopers to walk out. The order was obeyed. Probably 250 coopers are Idle, but the re ligious ones are still at work. CHICAGO, ,Feb. 4. The arbitrators in the controversy between tho Illinois Cen tral railroad and its telegraphers mot to day, conferred and adjourned until Mon day, when a decision is promised. John A. Scott Critically 111 Newly Elected County Commissioner May Not Recover from Attack of Heart Disease. John A. Scott, elected county commis sioner at the fall election. Is in a critical condition from heart trouble at the Omaha General hospital. Physicians express little hope for his recovery. Mr. Scott has been suffering with heart affliction for some time. Thursday after noon, w hlle at .the Millard hotel, he was seized with an acute attack and was taken to the hospital. Dr. Pinto is caring fur him. GRAIN COMMISSION HOUSES ARE TO BE INVESTIGATED Kansas Attorney Genersl Asks Probe Vndrr the Bucket Shop Law. WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 4. The attorney general of Kansas has asked an investi gation of the grain commission houses In this city. The county attorney of this county has been asked to institute the in quiry. E. J. Smiley of Topeka of the Kansas Grain Dealers' association has complained of violations ot the "bucket shops" law in Wichita and other Kansas cities. Bluff county." said Mr. Younf, "and all they're used for Is to carry water. Fish could thrive in these streams, and once they are stocked the waters will teora with good water food. "This Idea ot paying 00 cents a bushel for corn sort of hurts us fellows. We don't get enough for beef and pork to pay us for the work of fattening live stock. A steer fed on high priced corn or sheep fed on prise alfalfa brings no correspondingly higher price to ua" Both Mr. Young and Mr. Johnson have plans to build ponds on tholr farms, stock them with bass, pickerel, pike, sunflsh and perch and let them spawn. "It's sort of an experiment, I'll admit," said Mr. Young, "but anyway I believe it's worth while trying. The fish ought to thrive in those p..n1 and we would have do difficulty In disposing of then " si?PW mSr Msg I s fib yvja L T! An Ounce From the Minneapolis Journal. . GLAVIS OFF UNTIL MONDAY Ballinger Hearing Adjourns to Await Secretary's Lawyers. COMMITTEE WANTS OTHER SIDE Decision ot BnUlnaer tn Employ At torney Came Only After Much I'rRlnx Membrra Oppose v Delay In Case. v .,-r ?. :--' . . v" v"-" " WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. In order to per mit the arrival in the city of counsel for Secretary Balllngsr and to allow counsel to become familiar with the case, the Bal- llnger-Plnchot Investigating committee ad journed Its hearings today until next Fri day, February 11. John J. Ventrees of Nashville, Tenn., and Curl Rasch, formerly United States district attorney for Montana, have been selected to represent Secretary Balltnger, Land Commissioner Dennett and Field Agont Schwartz in tho controversy. Mr. Glavls Is to stay in the city until full opportunity for cross-examination is given. Members of the committee have questioned him in . desultory fashion, but owing to a lack of familiarity with the subject they have been considerably limited In their quest other than that Glavls has glvtn voluntarily in response to questions framed by tho counsel representing him self and his backers. Glavls has concluded all of his original testlmonly and was cross-examined briefly last Monday afternoon, at which time an adjournment was taken until this morn ing. Ballinger Yields to Urartu. It developed at the brief public session of the committee today that under date of February 2 Senator 1 Nelson, chairman of the committee, wrote to Secretary Bal linger saying he had been directed by the members to suggest to him the Importance of being represented by counsel to examine and cross-examine witnesses and to pre sent to the committee In orderly fashion juch evidence as would be material to "the other side." Replying to this letter under date of February 3. Mr. Ballinger said he had fol lowed the suggestion of the committee, but that it would require several days for his attorney to reach Washington and some additional time to familiarize himself with the case. Mr. Ballinger said he had been ot the opinion that by not having counsel pres ent he would be assisting the committee, or, at least, would not be hampering It in asking a full Inquiry of Its own. In view of the suggestion by the chair man, however, he could do nothing but follow the recommendation of the com mittee, lit asked that the further hearings be postponed until Monday, February 14. Following an executive session, which lasted nearly an hour, the letters were read to the public and the adjournment until February 11 endorsed. Me in lie ra Oppose Delay, It waa said there had been a pretty lively discussion In the executive session over the question of postponement, tome of the members of the committee opposing any delay at this time. The majority sentiment prevailed, however, and Louis B Glavls, the star witness for the "prosecution" will be held" In the city until Secretary Bal llnger's attorney shall have had opportunity to cross erfamlne him. Attorney Brandeis, representing Glavls, made a somewhst heated complii-U to the committee over the delay of the Interior (Continued on Strond Page) Get ready for the Fray The Sunday Frny. The people are reading The Bee want ads as they never read them before. You mny have occasion to use a want ad tomorrow. Get it in early today. ( You will be taken care of with an eye single to your good. If you pay rent on a phone, you may call Douglas 23S for whatever you wish. of Prevention is Worth a Pound ' Paris Cleaner . Since the Flood Than Ever Before Work of Disinfection Will Be Pushed to Thoroughness Foreign Con tributions $700,000. PARIS, Feb. 1-The rail ef ' the River Seine was more rapid today. The ap pearance of the city la approaching the normal, but the subway system is still In operative. Water still remains in the tubes, which, after they have been emptied, must be cleaned and disinfected. The progress toward the restoration of the lighting, tel ephone and telegraph lines is slow, but noticeable. The 'ork of disinfection and other pre cautions against epldemto of typhoid has been so thorough that some of the news papers predict Paris will not only escape contagion, but will emerge from the flood cleaners than ever before in its history. The superintendent of sewers reports that from the examinations which he has been able to make it is evident that few of the sewer mains burst, the ruptures oc curring in the branch pipes leading into buildings. Despite the attempts of some of the op position papers to make It appear that dissensions are rampant among the various relief organizations, investigation indi cates that all are co-ooeratlnK with zeal and devotion to a common purpose. Foreign contributions to the relief fund totalled today about J700.0M. MARRYING COUNT DENIES He' KNOWS WOMEN WHO CLAIM HIM Dr. Karl Voa Miller Fnces Nineteen Chances ot Bigamy in New York Conrt. NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-Dr. Karl Emll Von Miller or Mueller, the "marrying count" stood siege today In the Hudson county Jajl in Jersey City, where he is quartered, by a small army of women, who claim him as husband. Miller was brought to Jersey City yesterday from Los Angeles. He Is said to be so plentifully married that a trial for bigamy on some nineteen or twenty counts probably awaits' him. I HERO OF AGUINALD0 RAID First Lieutenant Burton of Mitchell Sends Reslarnatton to Pres ident Taft. FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb. 4 First Lieutenant Burton J. Mitchell, Twelfth Infantry, aide-de-camp on the staff of' Brigadier General Frederick Funs- ton, forwarded his resignation from the army to President Taft today. Lieutenant Mitchell distinguished himself as a soldier in the Twentieth Kansas In fantry and participated with General Funs- ton in the capture of Agulnaldo. Roosevelt Party Leaves the Congo and Heads for Nile NIMULE, Uganda Protectorate, Feb. 4 The Smithsonian African eclentlflo expedi tion arrived here today on scheduled time. All the members are In excellent, health. Before leaving Rhino camp in Belgian Congo, the hunters shot throe more white rl.inos. a bull buffalo and other game not t before reported. Kermlt Roosevelt obtained some splendid photographs ,of a living rhinoceros. All were delighted with their visit In the Congo. It is expected that no more game will be shot until Gondokoro is reached. The dis tance to that place from here over what is known as the Upper road, the one which the party will traverse. Is about 10S miles. Colonel Roosevelt's mall hus brought him a number of requests to speak in European cities, but he will be unable to arrange of Cure. FORD 'DEFENSE RESTS CASE Attorneys for Alleged Blackmailer Submit No Testimony. - WOMAN IS . HUMAN VULTURE Attorney for State Makes This Charge la Ills Argument Defense Saya Warrlner's Evidence Should . Tlat Be Believed. - ' , CINCINNATI, Feb. 4. With the probable close of the trial of Mrs. Jeanette fltewart Ford for blackmail coming tomorrow, the. curtain will fall on the second act in tho drama of the gigantic defalcation of CI arles L. Warriner, fcrmer local treasurer of the Big Four railway. " The state today concluded Its case with a terrible indictment of the woman as a human vulture, whose life had been spent in preying upon men. In the face of overwhelming evidence the defense has been unable to attempt a vindi cation of Mrs. Ford's moral character, and contented Itself with a bitter attack upon Charles L. Warriner and Edgar S. Cooke, the two other principal figures in the ex trr ordinary story of $643,000 shortage. The defendant's attorneys will conclude their plea for the woman's acquittal to morrow and probably the case will go to the Jury late in the day. Only two wit nesses were examined today by the state and not one by the defense. They had summoned four railway officials, but only two of these, General Counsel L. J. Hack ney and former Auditor P. A. Hewitt, were subpoenaed. None of the four ap peared la court and the defense waived its right to obtain writs of attachment for them. The trial ended with abruptness. After the court had refused the admlEslon of certain letters of Mrs. Ford the state rested and the defense, when the names of their four witnesses had been called and remained unanswered, also rested. Only Two Witnesses Examined. Mrs. Ann4e E. Jackson, colored, a dress maker, was called as second witness for the state when the morning session opened. She first knew Mrs. Ford In 1801, she said. She had written several letters she said at the dictation of the defendant because the ' latter's eyes were under treatment, and identified two missives addressed to a Mr. Stewart. The defense objected to the admission of the letters as evidence and they were withdrawn as immaterial. Under cross-examination she stated she had heard Mrs. s Ford speak of Pop and of 'Pop's wife." She did not know who "Pop" was. i Ida L. Brockway then appeared. She did not glance In the direction of Mrs. Ford, but the defendant watched the witness sharply. Miss Brockway was asked about Mrs Ford's financial circumstances, "dhe seemed to be able to get about i (Continued on Second Page.) for addresses aside from those already I promised. He expects to speak In Paris April 15, at the University of Berlin May 1. and soon afterwards before the Nobel prize committee at Chrlstlatiia. Colonel Roose velt waa the recipient of the Nobel peace prize of 1906. Colonel Roosevelt will arrive In England May 15 and soon after will deliver an ad dress at Oxford university. He plans to return to New York about the middle of June. The expedition probably will gel under way again tomorrow. The objective point Is Gondokoro, where a launch will be in waiting to take the party down the Bar-el-Jebel, the most southern tributary of the Nile, en route to Khartoum, They expect to arrive at Gondokoro on February IT. WIRELESS CALL SOON MINGS AID New International Signal Quickly Starts Several Vessels Toward Sinking Steamer Kentucky. SHIP DISABLED IN STORM Hurry Up Call Comes from Point Off Cape Hatteras. ALAMO TAKES OFF CREW Seventy-Five Men Will Be Taken to Key West. SHIP ENR0UTE TO SEATTLE It Was Recently Purchased for Alaska Trade nnd Had Been Flttrd with Wireless Apparatus at $ New York. Bill. F.TIN. SAANr.AH Ga.. Feb. 4. Alamo has taken off the crew of the Kentucky and Is proceeding to Key West. . Ill LI.ETIN, SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. 4.-At 8:50 o'clock the steamship Alamo reached tho side of the sinking Bteamer Kentucky, lat itude 32:4(1, longitude 711:42 and began to take off Its crew. Sea Is going down. The revenue cutters Yamacraw and Seminole are on the way to destroy the Kentucky If necessary. Nearly a dozen vessels at sea caught the Kentucky's call for aid. NEW YORK, Feb. 4 -The steamer, Ken tucky, of the Alaska-raclfc Steamship company, Is sinking, while struggling through heavy seas 210 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras today, its captain and the seventy-five men of Its crew meanwhile struggling to keep the vessel afloat until aid can reach It. News of the Kentucky's drsprrate plight was received here in a dispatch from the United wireless telegraph station at Cape Hatterns. Tho first distress call from the Ken tucky was received by the Mallory line steamer Alamo, which Immediately pro ceeded to the rescue heading for . latitude 32:18. longitude 76:43, where the Kentucky reportd Its position. The message wgi the new International distress "S. O. S." signal, the most urgent call that can be sent for aid to a disabled craft. ' The Kentucky was recently bought by the Alaska Pacific , Steamship company from the Eastern Steamship company for the passenger trade between San Francisco, Seattle and Alaskan ports. It was fitted,,. out-Jtere foe .lU .lrlp. to the Pacific and just before- Its sailing wireless apparatus was Installed. Boat Leaking Badly. The Kentucky Is somewhat over 200 feet in length. Is commanded by Captain Moore and for its trip around the Horn shipped a crew of seventy-five men.. It sailed from New, York to Seattle on January 23. Six hours after It passed Sandy Hook, a wire less dispatch was received from It saying It was leaking badly. Before It reached Newport News, where It put In for repairs, it nearly turned turtle during a heavy storm. Repairs were effected at the -Virginia seaport and It sailed on February 2 in continuation .of Its long voyage. Since Its departure from Newport News the Kentucky found Itself buffeting seas which battered Its sides and opened Its scams. The weather off Hatteras has been very heavy recently and fears were ex pressed that the steamer might not suc cessfully make the trip. T. A. MacLarney, according to wireless reports, the operator who manipulates tho key on the Kentucky between here and Newport News, declined to continue with the steamer further, his place being taken by W. G. Maglnnls, who sent out the dis tress call today. On board the ship When it left hero was the superintendent engineer of tho Alaska Pacific company, E. Palns kette of Seattle, who superintended the ro tating of the Bteamor at this port. Tho Kentucky was built In 1S97 at Bath, Me., and christened the Lincoln. It ran between Boston, Bath nnd Booth Bay for the Kennebeck Steamship company, which sold It to the Flagler interest for service In Florida. The steamers name was changed to the Martinique, and after some service between the ports of Miami and Key West, the Martinique was sold to the Eastern Steamship company for service between New York snd Boston. It was then rechrlsloned the Kentucky. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Feb. 4 The wire less station here today Intercepted a mes sage from the steamship, Kentucky, of the Alaska-Pacific line on Us maiden voy age from New York to Pacific ports, say ing that it Is sinking In latitude 32 18, longi tude, 743. The Mallory liner, Alamo, Is proceeding with all haste to Its assistance. Navy Department Acts (lulelily, WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Within five minutes after the first word of the Ken tucky's peril was received In Washington the machinery of the revenue cutter ser vice and tkfc Navy department was set in motion to send sld to It. Rear Admiral William P. Potter immed iately dispatched orders by wireless to the battleship Louisiana, cruising off the the coast on speed trial to proceed to the Ken tucky. The revenue cutter service rushed wire less orders to the cutter Yamacraw. which was within fifty miles of tho imperiled ship on a hunt for a derelict and also ord ered out the Seminole at Charleston. The revenue cutter rorvlce, Informed of the condition of the Kentucky by the As sociated Press, Immediately gave orders to tho wireless stations at Savannah and Charleston to pick up the Yamacraw and order It ta the vessel's assistance. The Yamacraw left Savannah yesterday afternoon to hunt for a dertlect reported in Just about the latitude and longliude at which the Kentucky !e sinking. Officers of the revenue cutter service have figured out the lica.lon of the Ken lucky as being 10 miles from Charlej o.i and they estimate the position of the reve nue cutter Yamacraw nu binj within fifty miles of the sinking steamer. Tho Yamacraw, if It has not only Isir-.el through Its wireless apparatus of the Ken tucky's plight, will receive nutlflc I'.lon Im mediately through the coast wireless tia tlons. It should cover the fitly miles under forced draughts within three or four hji: s. In sddltlon to ordering the Yamucnw to proceed forthwith to the Kentucky's a-