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DAVIS IN THE RIGHT
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Action of Rear Admiral in
Jamaica is Approved,
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L REPORT JUST RECEIVED
President Roosevelt Wrftes a Special
Letter of Commendation, Which
is Sent in With the
Report.
la uaequivoc.il terms, President
.Hoa-evelt Friday approved Admirai
Davis' entire action in connection with,
his visit to Kingston, Jamaica, to lender
aid to the stricken city and in addition
requested the secretary 01 the
Jiavy to express to Admiral Davis his
heartiest commendation of all that he
did.
The long expected report of Admiral
Davis of the circumstances leading 10
the withdrawal of the fleet from Kingston
leached the navy department ca
Friday and was at once laid before
tie president. Inasmuch as the president
already has announced that the
diplomatic phase of the case is a
closed incident the report itself wiir
not be made public. However, Secietary
Metcalf gave out ihe letter to
Admiral Evans, commander-in-chief o*
the Atlantic fleet, warmly commending
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Admiral Davis for his conduct of a
situation, "which was, to say the
. least, somewhat embarrassing."
The correspondence is supplemented
by a strong letter of commendation
of Admiral Davis by the president
and by Secretary Metcall", who adds
- ? his approval and commendation of Admiral
Davis* "distinguished service to
humanity."
The letters are as follows:
spates Flagship Maine,
C'Uitvu w? ^ a
Ouantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 23,
1907.?Respectfully for warded approv^
to the secretary of the navy,
through bureau of navigation. The
yv. report and its appendices made by
I officers who were on the spot, and
therefore best able to judge, appear
to set forth the whole situation very
'clearly.
"The-commander-in-chief .feels that
he cannot too highly commend Rear
Admiral Davis for the very dignilied
, " .end masterly manner in which he conducted
a situation, which was, to say
the l^ast, somewhat embarrassing, and
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Ji6 <;eems u uv.uia> ivi iuuuw
] there was at hand an officer such as
? lie to deal with the problems which
arose. The commander-in-chief heartily
approves the commendatory remarks
relating to.the officers and men
of the ship who accompanied Admiral
> Davis, but they did no more than is
expected of officers and men in the
navy, and no more than would have
been done by officers and men of the
other sh.ps of the fleet, and, indeed,
pit'
the ships sent were not chosen above
those of others of the fleet, for any
other reason than they were more
' nearly ready for steaming when tho
* " > needs of-the disaster was received.
' R. D. EVAN,
sW"Rear Admiral United States Navy,
* Commander-in-Chief United States
;v Atlantic Fleet."
President to eMtcalf.
"The White House, Washington,
February 1, 1907.?To the Secretary
' ' of the Navy: I have read carefully the
report of Admiral Davis, submitted by
"v - you, together with the report of Admiral
Evans, commending the actions
- of Admiral Davis at Kingston. I re
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,S. - tarn them herewith, and desire that
fyoii express to Admiral iDavis n^r
t heartiest commendation of all that ho
<Iid at Kingston. I approve of his -entire
action. He upheld the best tradl
v tions of our navy in thus rendering
" distinguished service to humanity.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Secretary Metcalf's letter to Admiral
Davis says;
'The department desires to add also
its approval and commendation of your
able service and those of the officers
and men under your command."
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A WASTE OF GOOD MONEY.
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Investigation of Brownville Affair
Will Cost $50,000.
* The senate committee on military
affairs is beginning to realize the difficulties
in the way of securing wit
* tiesses for the Brownsville inquiry.
The discharged >oldiers are scattered
from Maine to California.
Most of th?. ni are without funds and
the* government must advance the
\ money for their fare to Washington to
testify. One member of the committee
predicted the investigation wouid
cost more than $30,000.
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TRIBUTE3 PAID GORMAN.
Senators Devote Day to Eulcsiuma
of Late Maryland Statesman.
Senators paid tribute Friday to the
memory of the late Senator Arthur
?ue Gorman cf Maryland. Ail business
lor the day was suspended at 2:30
o'clock, according to a special order,
and eulogies were delhored addressed
to resolutions expressing the .profound
sorrow and regret of the senate
at the death of the Maryland senator.
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"ALABAMA SENATE BALKS
Over Resolution Endorsing President
Roosevelt's Action in Discharging
Colored Soldiers at Brownsville.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says: The Rattray resolution commending
President Roosevelt for discharging
the negro soldiers for the Brownsville
incident, after being handballecl
from the house to the senate for over
a week, was pocketed Thursday by
the senate, when it was referred the
third time to the committee on rules,
with the understanding that it will
stay there.
Before its reference, Senator Mooj?
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j Qy, a. UJIlKCi liL 1 uo^aiuus.1, .IX v-t..a
member 01' the senate, made a
sharp reply, criticizing the president
for his alleged overthrow of the constitution
on many occasions. He assailed
the president sharply for his "unconstitutional
aid to the Panama government,"
intimating that Washington
supported a revolution, and declared
there was grave doubt, if the president
had authority to discharge soldiers
from the army.
"We go too lar in endorsing the
acts of such an official," said Senator
Moody. -.Besides the passing of resolutions
is beyond the scope of the
senate's authority."
Representative Rattray of Cherokee,
author of the resolution, was a colonel
of the fifty-seventh Illinois regiment,
in the war between the states. He is a
lifelong democrat, and, a cit'zen of
Alabama forty years.
CHARACTERIZED AS A "PIKER."
Atlanta Real Estate Agent Charged
With Defrauding New York Woman.
Characterizing W. E. Wimpy, a real
estate man of Atlanta, Georgia
as a ''piker," or a man otherwise
known as one with small means
wlio gives the impression that he is
operating cn large capital, Mrs.. Lucy
J. Wade of New York city Thursday
brought action against him in the Fulton
superior court to recover $80,000
worth of Atlanta real estate,
j Wimpy is the man who persisted
in renting a house in a white neighborhood
of Atlanta recently to negroes,
and for this reason came into considerable
notoriety.
Mrs. Wade alleges in eilect that
she was prevailed on by Wimpy, who
"poisoned her mind" against R. J. Griffin,
her former agent, to give- him
$80,000 of property without so much
"as a scratch of fhe pen" to show
his obligation, not even his note. She
declares that he has ever failed to
give bond in the sum of $10,000 to
iDsure certain improvements on the
property he agreed to make.
Not only does the bill allege that
"Wimpy is a "piker," but it declared
he wen,t to New York with the express
purpose of getting hold of the
Atlanta property from its owner by
fraud.
.The property in question Is a triangular
block on Peachtree street opposite
the Candler building and just
north of the Piedmont hotel. It is
claimed that although this*property is
worths $10C;00Ct at the present time,
Wimpy secured it from Mrs. Wade by
agreeing' to pay $80,000 for it at the
end of thirty years, and in the meantime
pay her interest quarterly at the
rate of 4 per cent.
Mrs. Wade says in her suit that she
had not been in Atlanta in sixteen
years and was not acquainted with
the value of real estate. Neither was
she acquainted with business methods
or law. in fact the petition alleges
she knew nothing about such matters.
RECEIVER FOR NEWSPAPER.
Creditors of Atlanta News Publishing
Company File Petition.
Late Thursday afternoon four creditors
?f The Atlanta News Publishing
company filed a petition asking that
it be adjudged a bankrupt, and as a
result of said petition Referee in<(
Bankruptcy Percy Adams appointed
John K. Ottley receiver of the plant.
- The creditors of the newspaper allege
that The Atlanta News is insolvent,
owing debts which it is ur.able
to pay, and which it has acknowledged
its inability to pay.
ncr&TM FORESTALLED A DIVORCE
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Millionaire Seeking Sepaartion from
Wife Dies in South Dakota.
Ceorge II. Meyers, a multi-millionaire
of New Orleans, died in Yankton,
South Dakota, Friday. On his person
was found Standard Oil stocks valued
at $1,000,000.
Meyers arrived in Yankton nearly
six months ago'-jvith the intention of
o sifvnrra from his wife. Ke
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still lacked one week before be woulc
have become a citizen of the 'state,
when his divorce petition would have
been filed.
WILL DRAW COLOR LINE.
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White Citizens of Cincinnati Opposed
to Colored Surveyor.
According to a dispatch in the
Washington Star, Ralph W. Tyler, col1
ored; declares he will accept the posi1
tion of surveyor of customs at Cincinnati
if offered.
White citizens of Cincinnati are indignant
and it is rumored that every
white man in office will, resign the
moment Tyler is appointed. j
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DISHONEST DIVISOR7
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Used in Weighing Up Mails |
Carried by Railroads.
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OLD GRAFT IS CUT OUT !'
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Congress Orders Postal Department j
to Correct Matter and Railroads
Will Lose Enormous Sum of
Twelve Millions.
A Washington special says: n 13 j
estimated thai $12,000,030 will be cut ]
from the annual mail pay of the railroads
by the action of the postofiice (
committee Saturday. Seven millions 1
of this is saved by the reduced rat.cs 1
of mail on account of the new method
of computation which reckons Sunday
as a working day. Formerly the '
mail was weighed only six days in 1
the week, and computation made ca J
this basis. Representative Victor Mm*dock,
of Kansas, started the agitation,
against this system last December, de- (
daring it has cost the government
$30,000,000 in te'n years.
Representative Murdcck said that
Llie department was using a false "divisor"
in -that it weighed mail for i,
seven days and divided the amount I !
by 'six to ascertain the amount on 1 '
which to base tbe compensation of j'
roads, ino provision agrscu. upuu us- \
quires that weighing shall be done for !
seven days and the amount divided j
by seven.
Railroads which have a contract j
with the government for carrying the j
mails will bo required to make th2 !
schedule time of their mail tiains re.g- J
liiarly, or nav a heavy penalty pro- \
vided the bill decided upon today in
vided'the bill decided upon is enacted
into law.
The postoffice department now irr- j'
poses a small penalty for delays in
the time of their mail "by railroads,
but the congressional* committee proposes
to give them wider authority
In order to force compliance with contracts
in keeping advertised sched- j
ules.
It was also decided to reduce tbc ,
present mail pay 5 per cent where j
the average each day per mile is from j
5,000 lo 48,000 ' pounds. Where the j
average is under 5,000 pounds no re- !
duction is contemplated.
The bill will carry a total of $200,- 1
180,561. This is the largest amount j
ever carried for the expenditures of j
the postal service. The total recommended
in the bill is more than $3,*
000,000 in excess of the amount estimated
for the department and is nil
increase of $17,509,562 over the current
appropriation. ?
The salaries of postal clerks and
of both city and rural carriers are increased
to a total of $7,000,000. A provision
is inserted in the bill for the
classification of postal clerks, and the
positions of clerks and carriers are j
made interchangeable.
There are various provisions in the
bill intended to reduce the pay of
railroads for carrying the mails. The
bill cuts off all pay to roads for hauling
empty mail sacks, which is estimated
will save between $3,000,000
and $4,000,000 a year. j
Postmaster General Cortelyou Satur- |
day reported to congress the record j
from Ju'y 7 to December 31, 1906, of
till second class mail matter recelv- !
ed for f'*ee distribution at the one- ;
cent-pound rate, in compliance with J
a provision in the current appropriation
act. It was found that more
than 90 per cent of all second class
matter originated in 429 cities. The
total weight of this class of mail for
the period was 370.008,913 pounds.
The weight of the daily newspapers
was 141,123,856 pounds, an 01 wnicn
was carried an average of 255 miles;
weekly and other than daily newspapers
carried weighed 77,730,648, hauled
440 miles. ?
Inspect All Your Twenties.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service, !
has announced the appearance of a !
new counterfeit $20 national bank j
note, on the Marietta National Bank, j
Marietta, Indian Territoiy.
DISREGARDS CONSTITUTION.
Maryland Senator Criticizes President
for Alleged Usurpation.
Disclaiming any intent:cn of assailing
President Roosevelt and professing
for him profound personal esteem, Senator
Rayner, of Maryland, Thursday
addressed the senate at considerable
length in critical review of what he
terms the presidents usurpation of
governmental functions not conferred
upon him by the constitution. He-first
alluded to the recent speech of Sena*
In ? )>!/><, n/oo tho I
IUI ftUUl, lit n?>vu nuo uv.vvi?r.u
grandual enlargement' of federal pow- i
ers at the expense cf the stated, j
NO WORD FROM ROOSEVELT
As to "Jim Crow" Question Submitted
by People of Oklahoma.
President Roosevelt has received
the resolutions passed by the constitutional
convention of Oklahoma asking
him if lie would approve the constitution
if it should contain a pro
vision on the jim cro\v car question.
No answer has yet been made by ihe
president to the resolution.
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ALL COTTON EXCHANGES
Now included in Congressional Resolution
Calling for Investigation of
Their Business Methods.
The resolution of Representatives
Livingston and Burleson, unanimously
adopted Friday by the committee
an interstate and foreign commerce,
was altered in the committee, so that
it will apply to all cotton exchanges.
It directs the secretary of commerce
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and laoor, mrougu. me i'iirea.i ui tui[lorations,
tc investigate as to whether
the causes of fluctuations in the cotton
market are due to the character
cf contracts and deliveries thereon
made on the cotton exchanges dealing
in futures, or is the result of any
combinations or conspiracy which interferes
or hinders commerce among
the several states and territories or
with foreign countries."
President Karvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association was in
Washington Friday consulting with
Representatives Livingston and Burle.
r.on in regard to the prosecution of the
fight to force the New York cotton exchange
to amend its methods of operation
in conforming with its charter,
or to suspend as a cotton gambling
den.
President Jordan commented upon
the fact that Secretary Childs of the
New York cotton exchange and Superintendent
King of that exchange were
present at the hearing before the cemmitfpp
of the house, and delivered
themselves of the opinion that the
exchange courier such an investigation
as was proposed.
"We will give them all rhe opportunity
they want to disprove the
charges which have been made against
them, if they can. We are entered
in this fight and will net givefup until
the operations that have resulted
in depressing the price of the south's
staple are discontinued or conducted
along straight and honest lines."
Additional evidence will ue lodged
by Representatives .Liviugsto.-i and
Burleson, with Commissioner Garfield,
of the bureau of corporations.
These geptlemen will not divulge
the nature of the exhibits, but it will
consist of the report of the committee
on agriculture and forestry submitted
to the fifty-third congress, and in
which the dealing in "futures" was
severely arraigned.
Further evidence, showing the venal
character of exchange contracts,
will also be placed before the commissioner.
Walter C. Hubbard, president of the
New York cotton exchange, when informed
that the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce had
voted to make a favorable leport on
the resolution for an investigation of
the cotton exchange, said:
"If the investigation is starred, the
exchange will aid in every possible
way those In charge cf the investigation.
We will throw open our books
and records, knowing that v;e have
been doing notmng mat neea ue tuncealed."
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HURT.
Head of the G. A. R. Shaken Up in
a Railroad Collision.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: R. B.
Brown, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, one ether
passenger and the engineer of tiie
Baltimore and Ohio southwestern
train No. 104, eastbouud, wore injured
in a collision between the passenger
train and a switch engine near Seccna
avenue.
General Brown, who was on his vay
from Cincinnati to Zanesville, his
home, received a sprained ankle. The
other two injured were not serioutfiy
hurt.
CARWORKERS OUT ON STRIKE.
Demanded Increase of Salaries and a
Recognition of the Union.
miL-inir certain demands upon
. rtllW U4V?1???0 V?M the
railroads, "including recognition of
the Carworkere' Union, and an in
ciease of salaries, three hundred and
thirty-five men, composing the recently
organized Augusta, Ga., Carworxers'
Unien, went out on a strike Friday.
SHOT WIFE AND BABE.
Drunken Man Runs Amuck With Shot
Gun at Waycross.
At Y?a;.cross, Ga., Wednesday night,
H. EL Lilies, while beastly drunk,
shot and Killed his wife and probably
fatally wounded their four-nionths-bld
babe.
There was no eye-witness to the killing,
but the evidence before- the coroner's
jury i.s to the effect that Lilies
placed a double-barreled shotgun to
the left side of his wife's face and
pulled the trigger. Mrs. Lilies had
her babe in her arms at the time,
unu as sne icii, ine uaoe was aropiieu.
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PUBLLIC DEBT DECREASED.
January Statement Shows Big Increase
in Treasury ^ash.
Monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of business
anuary 31, 190V, the total debt
less cash in the treasury amounted to
$927,441,206, which is u decrease for
the month of $7,629,571. Vhis decrease
is largely due to the increase cf
cash during the montn.
MATTER VET OPEN
Not Certain That Canal Contract
Will Be Let.
RESTS WITH PRESIDENT
A Possibility That All Bids May Be
Rejected and Task of Digging
Ditch Put Into Hands of Chief
Engineer Stevens.
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A aouiu^uu kj^^.
still possible that the administration
may determine to dig the Panama canal,
placing the work in the hands
of Chief Engineer Stevens instead of
having it done under contract. The
final decision will rest with the president
and the secretary of war, and
will depend on their opinion "as to
whether the administration is justified
in accepted the bid to do it by contract.
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It was pointed out Wednesday on
high authority that the government
has not promised to accept the bids of
W. J. Oliver, who has been given an
opportunity to associate himself with
two other contractors to do the work
at his bid of 6 3-4 Per cent. The president
and Secretary Taft feel that
the question of cost is not the one
thing alon<> to be considered, and that
they would be justified in declining
to enter into a contract to dig the
canal if they felt that the government
interests would be best subserved by
j not doing so.
; The following statement was made
public at the white house Wednesday
by Secretary Loeb:
"Reports in the papers seem to indicate
a belief that the canal contract
has been conditionally awarded to Mr.
Oliver. This is not so. No decision has
been made even that the contract will
he awarded to any of the bidders. Mr.
Oliver's bid was so hopelessly defective
that it could not be oven consid*
ered, and time was given him to complete
it m a shape that will enable
it to receive consideration. If it is
put into shape it will be considered,
together with the bid already made by
the Gillespie-McArthur combination,
which may itself be altered, and then
whichever bid, after the most careful
examination, seems inest advantageous
-may bo taken, or both bids rejected
and the canal be constructed under
the direct supervision of the government.
In such case, the government
would, wherever it chose, use contractors
simply as agents. The real object
in contracting the work is to have
assembled a large number of the best
specialists In each class of work, and
the prime consideration win oe tne
ability and fitness shown in a variety
of directions by the men making the
bid. The president and the commission
would not even consider a bid of
merely one or two men.- The work is
akeady going well. Over a half million
cubic yards were taken oift of
the Cnlebra cut in January, and the
amount being taken out is steadily increasing."
ANOTHER DISPENSARY WEDGE.
State Institution in South Carolina
Seems Near Doom.
From present indications the South
Carolina state dispensary, on which
was based the initial prominence of
South Carolina's senior United States
oonttf.tw TOill ho shnHehoH hv th<? een.
oguawi , ?? 414 wv mrj ??w o
eral assembly. At Wednesday's session
the Carey-Cothran local option
bill passed by a vote of 74 to 4S.
The dis;>ensary forces, realizing
their defeat, offered as a substitute
for the local option measure, a prohibition
bill, hoping to gain the support
of that element and defeat the
anti-dispensary folks. The substitute
was rejected by a vote of 68 to 55.'
The fight Is given up in the house
and every conceivable influence is being
used to secure the defeat of the
local option bill in the senate, which
is closely divided. It is the opinion
of all factions, however, that, whatever
follows, the state dispensary will
be abolished.
MRS. SAGE OPENS PURSE.
Gives Million to Establish College Department
in Honor of Husband.
At the annual meeting of T.ke Alumni
Association of the Rennselaer Polytechnic
Institute at New York Friday
niglu, announcement was made of the
gift of Mrs. Russell Sago of $1 >000,000
to that institution. It is understood
that the fund will be applied to the
establishment of a new department to
be called the "Russell Sage Scnooi
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering."
KILLED BY GATLING GUN.
John D. Rockefeller, Actor, Meets His
Death on the Stage.
John D. Rockefeller, an actor, was
kiled on the stage of a theater in Chicago
Wednesday, when a Gatling gun,
which was used during a matinee performance,
fell cn him and fractured
his skull. Rockefeller was assisting
in removing the gun from a temporary
platform. His home is x in New
York city.
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OFFICIAL OF SOUTHERN ;J
Joined With Oliver to Help Handle ||w
Canal Contract?Will Manage -^^3
All Transportation.
William J. Oliver, of Knoxvillti^
Tenu., the lowest bidder tor the con- ^
etruction >vork on the Panama
nal, held a conference in New York
Sunday night with ten other contrae- |||
lor? who will, it is understood, be as- ;\%j$
sociated with 11 r. Oliver in the evc.nt, ^pa
that Ilia bid is accepted. The ptxr-J1^ 'i
pose of the conference, it was said, /j?a,,
was to discuss the formation of a-V^af
corporation which would be prepare^^S
to undertake trie work on ine jsaa
Those present in addition to Mr.
Oliver were: John II. McDonaid ana.
John Pierce, of Maine; P. T. Walsh, j |
of the Walsh Contracting Company^
Davenport, Jowa: P. M. Brennan, oC ?
the Erennan Construction Compaajr^J!
of Washington, D. C ; Robert RusseiyJ^B
of New York, who has been asso?:;?j| :A
ciated with Mr. Oliver in many entci^.t^p
prises; W. H. Say re, of the interna^yjm
tionai Contracting Company, of Ne?r.:?jg
York; Charles H. Ackert, vice president
and general manager of
Southern Railroad Company; It.
Chester, first vice president of
Commercial National Bank, Washing-^
ton, D. C., and R. A. C. Smith, of Netf$| .S
Mr. Oliver declined to make piibltev^j^
the outcome of Sunday night's
ing, hut said that something
be made public in a few days.
A representative of Mr. Oliver
sequently announced some plans that^R/i
Lave been agreed upon in addition to
tnese^al ready made known. ;Ji|
Mr. McDonald will, if the coriKJfJ^j
lion to oe lormea is awaraea uie m
nal contract, have general supervtiB^|^
ion of the machinery used.
R. A. C. Smith and Mr. Chester^ .||
will have charge of the financial
of the corporation. Mr. Smith is a
. rector of the Metropolitan StreefoijjgB
Railway Company, and is also a Jsj
lor and officer in many other bartSs^H
. Mr. Ackert will have charge of aU':?i?
canal transportation. yjpBBjj
OPINION ON SILLY ORDERS J|
Troops of Uncle Sam Cannot Be
pelled to Attend Church, i :
The text of the opinion of Jadfi||3H
Advocate General Davis, of the
in connection with a sergeant's re^atf||
fusal to obey orders at Columbus, OJyfjjB
barracks, to attend Roman GdtheW^^
service, for which refusal the
department ordered the sergeant's n&fjaH
duction and transfer to another
shows the following question subn$|jK||
led to the secretary of war by
commanding officer of the recrul^j^ ^
depot at Columbus barracks:
"Is an order directing a soldler.%|||
of a command by the commandlsiaB^^
ficcr thereof to attend divine worships!'
in a church in which he was brough#'^j^
up, and who has no conscientious >ivS
1 scruples against attending such 8exst*'j?|
vices so manifestly illegal as to \vaiv|j h|
rent such soldier in deliberately violates! ;|a
mg the same?" % .
In his opinion. Judge Advocate
1 iinoio solloh otfonhrtn tn -J
VJi dl L/av to
fact that congress is forbidden by t$^|?H
first amendment to the constitution 3
make any law "reacting an estati|||jS
jishment of religion or prohibiting the^.;"|
free exercise thereof."
He says that officers and enlisted ^^9
men of the army have never beenr|^H
required to attend religions services. : v - |
?t wlist, therefore, conclude that.-=jgra^
General Davis says, "**%- ? pc^ SI
commander may lawfully
orders as be may deem m'cess&^ la^
secure a droper observance
Sabbath, it is not competent for ''nifcyB
to require officers and enlisted aSp h
to attend divine services, or to pro* r'
mulga*e instructions in aspect to the
observance of the day, which are ia
excess of or contrary to the requite-,
t mcnts of the 52nd article of war." ;
RURAL GUARDS FOR CUBA. J
Order Issued Directing an increase
of the Native Force.
As a result of a recent conference Jfl
at the White House between the president,
Secretary Taft and General-**
P.ell, chief of staff, an order has be^a'?^ [i
issued directing an increase of tAeV^g
- 1 ? rtf P-iha from fi.OCO tB
JUi di ^vaiu \iJ? v -- -?
10,000 then. The purpose is to avoid '
increasing: the number of American y
troons, the native guards bciag more ,;3
acceptable tc the -people.
DEATH DECREED JEWS. 1
Revolutionists in Odessa Preparing
Another Onslaught.
The elements of the population of -^jlg
Odessa. Russia, who are opposed to. 4^
the Jews are renewing their efforts to
organize an anti-Jewish attack, and a*. ^
a result, the people* of Odessa, of
whom about one-third are Jews, art ^J||
in a stats bordering on panic. .v-/JhB
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MAJOR PENROSE ARRAIGNED.' '$j|Sj
Answers Before Courtmartial for-AI^;|?|
leged Neglect of Duty in Texas.
The courtmartiai for the trial
Major C. J. Penrose, twenty-fifth ltr:' pS
fantry, charged with neglect of duty'V^r^
in connection with the Brownsville, >3
Texas, riots, opened at Fort Sam Hons- I
ton. Monday, with Colonel Glenn, 23nl, '
infantry, representing Major Pectr/i^a
rose. Captain Charles Kay is judgo
advocate.; ' - '<