VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,363.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1906.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
PRESIDENT HOTLY
DEFENDS PON
Message on Discharge
of Soldiers.
.GUILTY OF COWARDLY MURDER
Color Did Not Affect Treatment
of Negroes.
DESCRIBES NIGHT ATTACK
Bullets Fly Through Windows at
Women and Sleeping Children.
Quotes Precedents for Whole
sale Discharge in Civil War.
WASHINGTON", Iec. 19. President
Roosevelt today compiled with the re
quest of the Senate in transmitting to
that body a transcript of testimony and I
documents connected with the dis
charge of a battalion of colored troops
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. The mes
sage was decidedly severe in Its crit
icism of the soldiers alleged to be.
concerned in "shooting up" the town
of Brownsville, Tex. Its reading was
listened to intently.
The question whether the Senate
should make an independent investi
gation of the Brownsville rald was
raised in the Senate by Senator Fora
ker immediately after the reading of
the President's message. He offered a
resolution giving the committee on
military affairs authority to make such
an investigation if deemed necessary
after consideration of the testimony
transmitted by the President. Further
consideration of the question was post
poned until tomorrow morning.
The President says:
Discharged for Murderous Conduct.
I ortlerrd the difharso of nearly all the
m.nibnn of companies B. ( and D, of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry by name. In the exer
cise nf niy constitutional nownr and in pur
puanre of -what, arter full consideration, t
found t be niy constitutional duty an Commander-in-Chief
of the Ignited states Army. I
am Kla4 to avail myself of the opportunity
afforded by these resolutions to lay before the
ConRreeg the folloninn facta aa to the mur
derous conduct of certain members of the eom
ranlea fn question, and tut to the conspiracy
by which many of the other members of these
companies saved the criminals from Justice, to
the disgrace of the United States uniform.
The message calls attention to the
accompanying reports of Major Augus
tus P. Blocksom, Lieutenant-Colonel
Ieonard A. Lovering, and Brigadier
General Ernest A. Garlington, Inspector-General,
and the President says an
rffort has been made to discredit the
fairness of the investigation by point
ing out that General Garlington Is a
Southerner.
"Precisely the same action would
have been taken," says the President,
"had the troops been white Indeed,
the discharge would probably have
been made in more bummary fashion."
Section and Itace N'ot nt Issue.
The President states that General
Garlington is a native of South Caro
lina, Lieutenant-Colonel Lovering of
New Hampshire, and Major Blocksom
of Ohio. As it happens, he explains,
the disclosure of the guilt of the troops
was made by the officer from Ohio, and
the efforts of the oflicer from South
Carolina were confined to an endeavor
to shield the innocent men, if any such
there were, by securing information
which would enable the authorities to
adequately punish the guilty. The
President continues:
But I wish It distinctly understood that the
fact of the birthplace of either officer is one
which I absolutely refuse to consider. The
standard of professional honor and of loyaity
to the flag and the service is the same for all
; offcers and alt enlisted men of the United
Hates army ajld 1 resent with the keenest in
dignation any effort to draw any lines among
them based upon birthplace, creed or any other
consideration of the kind.
Referring to the several official re
ports of the trouble at Brownsville, the
President says there is a conflict of
evidence as to whether the citizens or
the colored troops were to blame for
the feeling which culminated in the
outbreak. The President adds:
No Excuse for Shooting.
My impression Is' that, as a matter of fact.
In these difficulties there was blame attached
to both sides; but this Is a wholly unimpor
tant matter for our present purpose, as noth
ing that occurred offered In any shape or In
any way an ixi'ujw or Justification for the
atrocious conduct of the troops when, in law
less and murderous spirit and under cover of
the night, they made their attack upon -the
Cltl7.CU.
Referring to the midnight attark
upon the people of Brownsville, the
President says that from R to 15 or 20
of the colored soldiers look part in It.
lie continues:
Murderous Nistht Attack.
They leaped over the walls from the bar
racks and hurried through the town. Tney
shot at whomever they saw moving, and
they shot into houses where they saw lights.
In some of these houses tnere were women
end children, as the would-be murderers
must have known. In one house in which
there were two women and five children,
some ten shots went through at a height
of about four and one-iialf feet, one putting
out the lamp upon the table. The lieuten
ant of police of the town heard the firing,
and rode toward It. He met the raid
ers, who. as he stated, were about l.'i col
ored soldiers. Thoy instantly started firing
upon him. He turned and rode off and
they continued firing upon lilin, until they
nad killed nis horse. They shot him in
the right arm. (It was afterwards ampu
tated above the elhowi.
A number of shots were also fired at two
Other policemen. The. raiders fired several
times Into a hotel, some of the shots being
aimed at a guest sitting by a window.
They shot into a saloon, killing th bartend
er and wounding another man. At the
same time other raiders fired into another
house in which women and children were
sleeping, two of' the shots going through
the mosquito bar over the bed in which
the mistress of the house and her two chil
dren were lying. Several ether houses were
struck by bullets. It was at night, and
the streets of the town are poorly lighted
so that none of the individual raiders Jas
recognized, so that the testimony of many,
of the witnesses nf all classes was conclu
sive to the effect that the raiders were
negro soldiers. . . . The townspeople
were completely surprised by the unpro
voked and murderous savagery of the attack.
The soldiers were the aggressors from start
to finish. They met with no substantial
resistance, and one and all who took part
in that raid stand as deliberate murderers,
who did murder one man, who tried to mur
der others and who tried to murder women
and children. The act was one of horrible
atrocity, and so far m I am aware, unpar
alleled for Infamy In the annals of the
United States Army.
Inquiry About Officers' Neglect.
The President says the white offi
cers of the company were completely
taken by surprise, and It was not until
2 or 3 o'clock In the morning that any
of them became aware of the truth.
He has directed an Investigation, he
says, to aee If any of them are blame
worthy, and he has approved the
recommendation of the War Depart
ment that two of them be brought be
fore a court-martial. He adds:
As to the non-commissioned officers and
enlisted men. there can be no doubt what
ever that many were necessarily privy, after
if not before the attack, to the conduct of
those who took actual part in this murder
ous riot. . . . There is no question as
to the murder and the attempted murders;
there is no question that some of the sol
diers were guilty thereof; there Is no question
that many of their comrades privy to tne
deed have combined to shelter the crim
inals from Justice. These comrades of the
murderers by their own action have ren
dered it necessary either to leave all the
men. Including the murderers. In the Army,
or to turn them out; and under such cir
cumstances there was no alternative, for
the usefulness of the Army would be at an
end were we to permit such an outrage to
be committed with impunity.
Proof Is Conclusive.
Tn short, the evidence proves conclusively
that a number of the soldiers engaged' in
a deliberate and concerted attack, as cold
blooded as It was cowardly, the purpose be
ing to terrorize the community and to kill
or injure men. women and children In their
homes and beds, or on the streets, at an
hour of the night when concerted or effec
tive resistance or defense was out of 'the
question and when detection by identifica
tion of the criminals in the United 8tates
uniform was well-nigh Impossible. So much
for the original crime. A blacker never
stained the annals of our Army. It 'has
been supplemented by another, only less
black. In the shape of a successful conspiracy
of silence for the purpose of shielding those
who took part in the original conspiracy of
murder.
The' President speaks at length of
the necessity of maintaining discipline
In the army and training the soldier so
that he shall be a protection and not
a menace to his peaceful fellow-citizens,
and above all to the women and
children of the nation. Unless this is
done, he says, the army becomes a
mere dangerous mob.
Many of the noncommissioned officers
and men of these companies, he says,
must have known circumstances which
would have led to the conviction of those
engaged in the murderous assault. "They
have stolidly and as one man," be says,
"broken their oaths of enlistment, and
refused to help discover the criminals."
The President at length discusses the
efforts made to induce, those soldiers who
rtwy be innocent to help bring the crim
inals to justice. He adds that the sol
diers of longest service and highest posi
tion, who suffered because of the order,
so far from being those who deserve
most sympathy, deserve least, for "they
are the very men upon whom we should
be able especially to rely to prevent mu
tiny and murder." '
Abundance of Precedents.
The President says there are plenty of
precedents for the action taken, and calls
attention to memoranda submitted by the
War Department. In several of the In
cidents cited every soldier In the army
organizations involved, volunteered evi
dence and , testimony which resulted in
the bringing to justice of their comrades
guilty of crime, thus declining to iden
tify themselves with the criminals. The
President continues:
During the Civil War numerous prece
dents for the action taken by me occurred in
the shapet of the summary discharge of regl
monta or companies because of misconduct
on the part of some or all of their mem
bers. He cites several instances and con
tinues: I call your particular attention to the
special field order of Brigadier-General U.
K. Grant, issued from the headquarters of
the Thirteenth Army Corps on November
HI. 1S6J. in reference to the Twentieth Illi
nois. Members of this regiment had brok
en into a store and taken goods to the;
value of some $1140. and the rest of the
regiment, including especially two officers,
failed, in the words of General Grant, to
exercise their authority to ferret out the
men guilty of the offenses." General Grant
accordingly mustered out of the service of
the United States the two officers in ques
tion and assessed the sum of $1240 against
the said regiment as a whole, officers and
men to be assessed pro rata on their pay.
In its essence, this action Is precisely simi
lar to that I have taken, although the of
fense was of course trivial compared to
the offense with which I had to deal.
The President also cites an incident in
which General Lee. . when In command
of the army of Northern Vireginla, in
1S64, disbanded a certain battalion for
cowardly conduct, stating at the same
time his regret that there were some of
ficers and men in the battalion who. al
though not deserving it, were obliged to
share in the common disgrace because the
good of the service demanded it. The
President concludes his message as fol
lows: All Murderers Alike to HI in
So much for the military side of the case;
but X wish to say something additional,
from the standpoint of the race question.
In my message at the opening of the Con
Kress I discussed the matter of lynching. In
It I gave utterance to the abhorrence which
all decent citizens should feel for the deeds
of the men l in almost all cases white men)
who take part in lynchlngs, and at the
same time I condemned, as all decent men
of any color should condemn, the action of
those colored men who actively or passively
shield the colored criminal from the. law.
In the case of these companies we had to
Heal with men who In the first place were
guilty of what was practically the worst
possible form of lynching for a lynching la
In Its essence lawless and murderous venge
ance taken by an armed mob for real or
fancied wrongs and who. in the second
place, covered up the crime of lynching by
standing with a vicious solidarity to pro
tect the criminals.
It is of the utmost Importance to all our
people that we shall deal with each man on
his merits as a man. and not deal with him
merely as a member of a given race; that
we shall judge each man by his conduct, and
not his color. Thts is Important for the
white man. and It is far more important
for the colored man. More vicious and sinister
counsel never was given to any people than
that given to the colored men by those ad
visers, whether black or white, who. by
apology and condonation, encourage conduct
such as that of the three companies in ques
tion. If the colored men elect to stand by crim
inals of thelr-own race because they are of
their own race, they assuredly iRy up for
themselves the most dreadful day of reck
oning. Every far-sighted friend of the col-
(Canclud4 an I 'uM 4
SYMPATHY, BUT NO
GENERAL STRIKE
Affiliated Unions Will
Aid Carmen.
FEDERATED TRADES MEET
Moral and Financial Support
Pledged for Strikers.
ELECTRICIANS HOLD OFF
Will "ot Decide on Question of
Striking Until Executive Officer
Arrives Cars In Operation
on All of the Lines.
Cars will leave all bartia upon
schedule time this morning, and prac
tically at normal service will be main
tained throughout the day. Tonight at
least a partial service will be kept up
on all lines or Into all districts), with
the possible exception of St. Johns.
After dark ears will be operated on
the remaining Steel bridge lines to
night ior the first time. Ueaeral Man
ager Fuller.
Portland Federated Trades Council did
not show a disposition last night to coun
sel a general strike to aid the carmen.
Sympathy was expressed with the strik
ers and the moral and financial support
of all the unions affiliated in the city
was promised, to the carmen by commit
tees from the council.
The council held an extraordinary ses
sion in Musicians' hall in the Drew
building last night, and heartily indorsed
the strike. A large number of the Port
land unions were represented by dele
gates. It was "voted to hold a big dem
onstration Friday night In Merrill's
hall, where the strike situation will be
discussed fully. All union men and all
others interested In the strike are ex
pected to attend. A committee has been
appointed to' make fhe necessary arrange
ments and prepare the programme.
The Federated Trades Council may take
drastic action later and ask other unions
in the city to take up the carmen's strike
in sympathy. The body, which is the
advisory organization of the local unions,
awaits the arrival of the executive offi
cers of the International organization of
car operatives, with which the local car
men's union Is allied, before going to
such lengths. These officials will arrive
this week and then the electrical work
ers and other unions may go out.
The question of declaring the streetcars
unfair was left to the Judgment of union
members themselves. The matter was
brought up, and women delegates scored
their brother unionists for patronizing
cars when they have the option of walk
ing and demonstrating their union con
victions. One woman delegate from the
garment makers' union, who Is over 60
years old and who walks to and from the
city every day from Ockley Green, on
the Peninsula, told the other delegates
plainly what she thought of them for
riding on the cars when the men are out
on strike.
Garmentmakcrs With Strikers.
The Garmentmakers are standing
Ah
stanchly by the strikers. The union la
made up largely of women, and a stand
ing fine of $2.50 has been assessed against
members who ride on streetcars while
the present trouble lasts. One girl who
failed to live up to the principles of
unionism waa fined the limit this week
for riding.
Clgarmakers and other union members
are also walking In preference to patron
izing "unfair" streetcars. A clgannaker
with only one leg walks regularly from
his home In Piedmont to his employment
and . back again at night. Another aged
member of the same craft walked In from
Montavllla early this week but was so
fagged by the unusual exertion he could
not work after he reached town.
Strikers Hold Meeting.
The striking - carmen held a meeting
last night in Drew Hall. Over 100 men
were present. The situation was dis
cussed at length but those attending are
authority for the statement that the
proposition of voting to call the strike off
was not even suggested. It Is said that
new members were taken in.
A committee from the Federated Trades
Council visited the meeting and assured
the strikers of the hearty moral and finan
cial support of that body. It was re
ported to the meeting that W. G. Burton,
international organizer, will arrive in
Portland tonight from San Francisco and
will address the men at Drew Hall on
his arrival. His support is expected by
the men to be a material aid in carrying
on the strike.
A man giving the name of J. M. Long,
and supposed by the carmen to be a
Pinkcrton detective in the employ of
the Portland Railway Company, gained
admittance to the meeting, but was
expelled before any business was taken
up. The man lingered about the build
ing all evening, giving expression to
vigorous union sentiments, and ex
pressing regret that more support has
not been given the carmen by sympa
thetic striKes.
The man was questioned closely
after the meeting, and said he was In
the employ of the engineering depart
ment of the Portland Railway Com
pany, but walked out at the time of the
strike out of sympathy for the men.
He said he was not, however, a union
man, and had no union card. Some of
the carmen did not credit the man's
statement, and would have been
pleased to throw the intruder down the
two flights of stairs leading from the
hall, but thought better of it and al
lowed him to go peaceably.
Electrical Workers Will Walt.
There is no immediate probability of
the electrical workers joining In the
streetcar strike. At a special meeting
of Local 125 last night in the head
quarters at Second and Morrison street,
it was decided to await the arrival of
the executive officer of the organiza
tion. M. J. Sullivan, first vice-president
of the Third District, International
Tti-nt lierhooci r F'.Jjli .ql Workers. -
There was a long discussion of the
situation. .Some thought best to call
a strike at once out of sympathy for
the carmen, but others as stoutly op
posed such a move until the counsel
of the first vice-president could be
had. Calmer counsel prevailed, as it
was decided to await the arrival of
Executive Officers Cornelius and Bur
ton, of the carmen, who, together with
Vice-President Sullivan, will advise the
local union as to the best course to
pursue.
Vice-President Sullivan is now In
this territory, although Just where of
ficials of the local union decline to
state. His arrival here is expected
either today or within a few days.
Upon his arrival a special meeting will
probably be called. However, the
regular meeting of the union is
scheduled for next Monday night, and
a meeting may not be held until then.
It was decided to give the carmen
the moral support of the electrical
workers until more definite action is
taken. Committees from the streetcar
union and the Federated Trades Coun
cil, which were in session In the same
building, attended the meeting to ask
Concluded on Pago 11.)
CAUGHT !
E
AND EIGHT HOURS
Freight Trainmen of
West Are United.
WILL COST $8,000,000 A YEAR
Engineers and Firemen Will
Make Like Demand.
STRIKE VERY IMPROBABLE
Railroads Ready to Advance Wages,
'but Eiglit-Hour Day Is Obstacle.
Question Interests 45,000
Men on 4 7 Roads.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19. (Special.) Demands
for a wage Increase of 15 per cent and
an eight-hour day on all through freight
trains will be filed with railway man
agers tomorrow for'brakemen and con
ductors on all railroad systems In the
"West. The demands cover 45.000 men on
47 railroad systems and the increase
asked for amounts to approximately $S,
000.000 a year.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and the Order of Railway Conductors are
acting In conjunction In the matter and
the officials of these organizations ex
pect to open negotiations with the rail
way managers early In January. The
engineers and firemen are preparing to
make a similar move, but they are acting
Independently of the brakemen and
freight conductors.
The railroads covered in the demands
include the Illinois Central and all roads
west of that line in the South. All roads
west of a line from Chicago to Duluth
In the north are Included. The West
ern lines of the Wabash road are in
cluded, but not Its Eastern connections.
Present Rates of Wages.
A few weeks ago the Brotherhood of
Railway Tratnmen secured an Increase-
in wages of 4 cents an hour for all men
In the switch and yard service of the
Western railroads and the present move
is to secure an equal Increase for men
In the train service. The wages now
paid brakemen on through freight trains
are J2.30 per hundred miles and $2.65 on
way freight. Freight conductors are paid
$3.45 per hundred miles on through freight
and $3.76 on way freight. The demands
are for a horizontal increase of 15 per
cent for all classes.
In the negotiations between the train
men and the railroad managers a short
time ago, the demand for an eight-hour
day for yardmen "was dropped through
determined opposition of the managers.
They declared then that the innovation
would requiro a complete rearrangement
of working schedules and could not be
considered at a time when the traffic was
more than ordinarily heavy. The men
believe that the same objections will not
apply to men on through freight trains
and they Intend to Insist on the eight
hour day. They admit that on way
freight it would be impracticable to limit
the working day and they are not making
any demand for that.
Eight-Hour Day Is Obstacle.
That, the demands will lead to a strike
DEMAND
on any of the roads Is considered im
probable by the representatives of the
men. The railway managers have been
expecting some such demands sjnee they
granted the increase to the switchmen
and it is said they are willing to make
reasonable concessions In the interests of
peace. Many of the Eastern roads have
already announced a 10 per cent Increase
to all employes and the managers of
Western roads expect to be able to make
a compromise with their employes on that
basis. The demand for an eight-hour day
is likely to prove a stumbling block, it
is said, unless it Is temporarily waived
by the men, as was the case with the
switchmen.
ULTIMATUM BY TRAINMEN.
Will Strike in New York Yards Un
less Demand Is Granted.
N"ETW TORK. Dec. 19. James Murdock
of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
tonight issued an ultimatum to all of the
railroads centering at New Tork, with
the exception of the New Tork Central
and New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, that, unless the yard employes
are granted an increase of wages of 3
cents an hour by next Saturday, they
will be withdrawn from the service of the
roads.
About 3000 men are affected. Mr. Mur
dock's ultimatum was the result of a
conference with the officers of the
Brotherhood.
Most of the roads affected have of
fered 4 cents Increase. The New York
Central and the New Haven roads
granted the 5-cent increase some days
ago.
IT
BOY'S DKJIOXSTRATIOX WRKCKS
FJItKWORKS FACTORY.
Explosion of Dynamite Causes One
Death, Injures Five Men and
Almost Provokes Lynching.
SAVANNAH. Ga., Dec. 19. By an ex
plosion in the fireworks factory of Jo
seph Cargo and John Niva, Italians, at
531 Anderson street tonight, Harry
Eady, a fireman, was burned to death
and an assistant fire chief and two
other firemen seriously and possibly
fatally burned. The proprietors were
painfully burned, and a boy wa struck
in the face by flying debris and severe
ly hurt.
When Assistant Chief Muro arrived
to Investigate the reports that the Ital
ian proprietors had a larger quantity of
explosives in the place than the city
ordinances permitted. Jie and Eady en
tered the building. With them went
Fred Cliitty, 16 years old, who. saying:
"I'll show you how It happened,"
picked up a dynamite cap, hurled it to
the floor, and there followed three ex
plosions in quick succession.
The building collapsed and the de
tonations were heard all over the city.
Eady was caught between the falling
timbers, crushed to death and his body
incinerated. The others escaped to the
open.
A search for the Italians, with the
avowed purpose of lynching them, was
started by the crowd, which held that
they were responsible for bavins? such
a quantity of dynamite 'in the build
ing. Chitty was placed urder arrest.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The M eat her.
YKSTERI AY'S Maximum temperature. M
fieprrcf s; minimum, .
TODAY'S Rain ; southwest winds.
Foreign.
British Tnrds rejrrt education bill and
struggle with Commons Is on. Pnun .i.
Russian Terrorists hold up train and lib
erate prisoners. Page. 3.
National.
PrsUlnt writes vigorous messas oWnd
Iny discharge of Brownsville rioters.
Page 1.
Opposition to Christmas holiday Jn House.
Page 4.
Iomestlc.
Elliott and 11111 testify on car shortage.
Page JJ.
Hansbrough offers bill to remedy car short
age. Page 3.
Great tank of counting insurance votes.
Page 4.
Standard Oil man admits virtue of pub
licity. Page 8.
Sudden death In St. Louis starts graft in
quiry. Page 2.
Trainmen of al! Western roads unite in
wafc'i demands. Page 1.
Mississippi River steamer blows up. killing
men. Page 2.
Mysterious woman who lived as man.
Page 1.
Reckless boy causes deadly explosion.
Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
Fred Miller found guilty at Kalama of the
murder of Fritz Dierks at Castle Rock.
Page 5.
Photographs taken by Chester Thompson
show youth's gioomy view of life. Page 0.
Oregon Good Roads Association meets at
l,a Grand. I'age f.
John Kennedy has no claim on estate
willed by brother to a, Seattle Home.
Pag 16.
Linn and Lane will settle boundary dispute
outside: of the Legislature. Page 6.
Four reputable physicians declare Sidney
Sins nt; wan pane when he killed his
father. Page "t.
Commercial and Marine-.
Unprecedented demand for canned salmon.
Page 17.
Eastern wheat market depressed. Pa 17.
feharp break in New York stock market
followed by rally. Page 37.
Local mining stock market steady. Page 17.
Open-River Transportation Company to di
vert to Portland next year products of
Kennwlck country that now go to Pu
get Sound. Page 1G.
Portland and Vicinity.
Federated Trades Council promises moral
and financial aid for streetcar strik
ers. Page 1-
Three candidates for Speakership from out
side counties look to Multnomah delega
tion for votes. Page It.
John Barrett elected director of the Bureau
of American Republics. Page IX
Swifts will build dredger in Portland.
Page 12.
Mupic-in-saioons ordinance fails to pass over ;
. Mayor's veto. Page 10.
Seines will destroy salmon industry, aays
I. H. Taffe. Page 10.
B. F. Boynton acquitted by order of the
court of charge of perjury In connec- i
tlon with Sell wood election frauds.
Page 12.
Million and half dollars needed to run city I
government next year. Page 10. I
Harrimau's control of St. Paul will give 1
that road entrance to Portland over O.
R. & N. tracks. Page 12. ,
WOMAN
FRIENDS AS
Chicago Startled at
Deraylan's Secret.
SHE EVEN HAS HAD TWO WIVES
Smoked Incessantly and Was
Judge of Liquors.
LIVED AS MALE BACHELOR
Kcvelation at Phoenix Brings to
Light Facts About Strange Hus
frian offered to Knlist for
tlie Spanish War.
CHICAGO, Dee. 19.-(Speela1.) One of
the most remarkable oases of double iden
lty in the history of Chicago was revealed
today when it was announced In a dls.
patch from rhoenix. Ariz., that Nicholas
Deraylan, known in Chicago as a man for
more than a dozen years, was in reality
a woman. Tho deception was success
fully maintained In Chicago during years
of work as a clerk in the Russian Con
sulate. With word of the discovery by an un
dertaker that Deraylan had concealed his
true sex from his acquaintances in Chi
cago came denials from Deraylan's wife
of the report from Arizona. Miss Lillian
Sweeney, for five years Deraylan's sten
ographer, refused to believe the report
that her employer was a woman.
Deraylan never shaved and he spoke
in a high-pitched treble voice, peculiari
ties which often caused good-natured
comment by his friends. He smoked con
stantly, seldom being seen in business
hours without a cigar or cigarette, and
his friends declared he was possessed of
a discriminating taste in liquors.
Mrs. Deraylan says she was married to
Deraylan twelve years ago. She has a
son of 13 years by a former husband,
whose name she today declined to tell.
Mrs. Theo Shangcnberg, at whose house
Deraylan lived for four years, confirmed
today the statement that he was married
one befnr and divorced, marrying the
present Mrs. Deraylan only about threw
years ago.
IdTVED WITH TWO BAC'ITETjOnS
Friend of Deraylan Tells of Life Be
fore Marriage.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 19. The case of
Nicholas Deraylan, who died last night,
is still mysterious. Dr. Rowe of Chicago,
who met his patient first in Colorado,
was employed by the patient's wife, now
residing at 692 South California street.
Chicago. He came here with Nicholas
Deraylan two months ago. Dr. Rowe is
silent, refusing to talk of the matter. Ha
Iihs received instructions to bury the
body here, but is awaiting developments.
No substitution of another body was pos
sible, as the dead person was a patron
of the lodging-house for two months.
Charles Tanner identllied the body as
that of his friend of the pnst thirteen
years. He believed the right name of the
Individual to be Constantinovlch, whom
he met In Chicago In 189.1. The two and
another kept bachelor apartments. He
was shocked at the revelation. Tanner
enlisted for the Spanish War, but Deray
lan was rejected without examination on
account of his appearance. Tanner knew
Deraylan had a woman he called his wife
in Chicago and that she had a son. There
is a Greek cross marked "Nicolai" on
the body. The effects include diamonds,
medals, etc.
Deraylan's habits were mannish and
he was a regular patron of a barber
shop, though appearances scarcely war
ranted such a custom.
AID MUST COME SOON.
Appeal to President Concerning the
Flooding of Imperial Valley.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19. W. J. Wash
burn. president of the Ixs Angeles
Chamber of Commerce has sent the fol
lowing telegram to President Roosevelt:
"Please have aid rendered Immediately
to corral waters now pouring into Im
perial Valley, which will soon render
work along the Colorado River useless,
leave Yuma high and dry, besides under
mining the great Jaguns dam. This ter
ritory can support a population of a
l.flop.000. Unless river Is stopped entirely
within 60 days It will be practically use
less to attempt It."
COLOR OF THE FILIPINO
Washington School Authorities Are
Called Upon to Decide.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The school
authorities of Washington have been
called on to decide whether a Filipino is
white or colored. The problem was
brought before them by Major M. F.
Waltz. I". S. A., who pent a communica
tion asking that his Mllplno servant. 22
years of age, be admitted to tho white
schools of Washington. Major Waltz
said his servant had been denied admis
sion to the public schools of Atlanta, Ga.
After much discussion, the question was
referred to a committee, which has not
yet reported.