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VOL. XI. VI. XO. 14,671.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BLAME FOR PANIC
FALLS ON BANKERS
Begin Too, Late to Re
move Rotten Spots.
PRESIDENT'S HAND IN REFORM
American People Not Disposed
to Censure Him.
INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY
rrosecutlon of "Big Thieves" May
Have Hastened Trouble, but
Roosevelt Declares Disturb
ance Was Inevitable.
BY WALTER WELLMAN.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. Is Presi
dent Roosevelt responsible for the re
cent flurry In banking, called by some
the panic? There is no more interest
ing question before the American peo
ple. It is a question which is pretty
Bure to be much discussed during the
coming .Presidential campaign. It Is
moreover a question which every citi
'zen would like to have authoritatively
answered, for these reasons:
A great majority of the people have
upheld the President in his campaign
for corporate reform and control. If,
as alleged, that campaign has produced
financial distress and temporary dull
times, then the people who have sup
ported the President in his policies are
equally responsible with him.
Venturing no opinion of my own
painstaking investigation would be re
quired before doing that I quote some
Interesting remarks upon the subject
recently made to me.
Bound to Come, Anyway.
First is the President's own opinion.
Nothing makes him more Indignant
then the accusation that he "brought
on the panic" But he Is not unreason
able or undignified in his resentment.
He takes, on the whole, a very rational
view of the matter. He says the finan
cial trouble was bound to come, any
way. It was only a question of time.
He admits his policy of trust prosecu
tion may have hastened it a little,
though he is not sure of that. But It
I was inevitable in the end, and if it had
been much longer delayed might have
been far more serious.
Sir. Roosevelt has been making some
Inquiries as to the responsibility for
the recent flurry, and It is quite prob
able he will have something to say on
the subject when the proper time
comes. These investigations, when fin
ished, are likely to produce Interesting
disclosures. For instance, it is said to
be capable of proof that certain big
financiers in New York, allied with
Standard Oil, have for two years been
trying to bring on a little panic which
could be blamed upon Roosevelt and
the Administration for political effect.
Mr. Morgan was never a party to this
conspiracy, but some negotiations of a
year or so ago in London, with a view
to cornering the money market in
America, carried on by a Standard Oil
banker, are under Inquiry.
Some of the Causes.
As to the cause of the recent dis
turbance, three distinct views are held
by men whose opinions are worthy of
consideration.
First The rabid anti-Roosevelt or
Wall street view, that the President
did it, and he alone, with his little
trust-busting hatchet.
second ine view of the averago
New York banker and business man
that while Roosevelt may be partly re
tponslble, the chief cause was the ac
tion of the Western banks In demand
ing their money from New York and
hoarding It away In their vaults at a
time when it was most needed in the
financial center.
Third The Western retort to this
in which there Is more truth than po
etry, that It was "a Wall-street gam
blers' panic," and that they of the
West preferred to have thelr's at home.
While the New York banks as a
whole were conservatively managed
and sound. the Morse, Thomas
Helze concerns were notoriously used
by plungers in the Ftork market oper
atlons which had been going on for
a long time. These institutions, Ai
managed,. should have been closed up
or a cnange of management ordered
long ago. The big financiers of New
York knew all about it, but did noth
ing. iney wanea uniu the strain
upon credit, confidence and capital by
too much anticipation of the future had
become acute, and then, with trouble
brewing, Ihey got together . and de
cided upon reform at the weak spots.
Morse, Helze & Thomas were forced
out. 'The crisis was on.
Cleaning- Out Rotten Spots.
Rotten banking spots should be
cleaned up at times when there is no
strain, .when everything Is going o
normally. To wait till a crisis comr
through general conditions and then to
clean up is a good deal like cleansing
cesspools after pestilence has appeared.
There is no doubt that Mr. Morgan
and other big men in New York did
cr-ienditl service by cleaning up those
- .noU, though It is a Dity thev
hadn't done it earlier. President
Roosevelt's friends say it is absurd to
charge him with responsibility for the
optimistic American temperament
which draws too many sight drafts on
the future, or for the rotten spots In
New York which precipitated the crisis.
ade evitable by the general strain on
credit. They add that it Is equally ab
surd to criticise him for saying the
rotten spots existed.
Every one knows it. The people or
the West know it. Western bankers
knew it when they made haste to draw
their money out of the metropolis."
ROBBED INDIANS OF LAND
Senate Expected to Order Prosecu
tion of Kickapoo Frauds.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Senators Tel
ler, Curtis and La toilette, composing the
committee which was authorized to in
vestigate the affairs of the Kickapoo In
dians, will soon submit to the Senate a
report giving the names of several per
sons who are alleged to have dealt
fraudulently with the Kickapoos, who
Ab Hummel, Convict-Lawyer, May
Die Any Moment.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Abe Hum
mel, the lawyer, who Is serving a sen
tence for conspiracy, may die at any
moment from kidney affection. Hum
mel'B sentence to Blackwell Island
. will expire in a few weeks.
emigrated to Mexico and who disposed of
their lands at Shawnee, Okla.
The report mentions a clique known as
the Chapman-Grimes-Conine people, and
says that their conduct In securing the
vaiuaoie lands owned by the Mexican
Kickapoo" Indians was criminal, and bru
tal in the extreme. It is recommended
that a special attorney shall be appointed,
who shall act under the' direction of the
Department of Justice in entering suits- to
set aside all deeds to Kickapoo lands.
The alleged criminal acts of the men
mentioned in the report appear to be very
hard to deal with, in the opinion of the
committee, for the "reason that most of
them were committed in Mexico.
ROOSEVELT AS A SIT
Prussian peasants worship
PRESIDENT'S PICTURE.
Regard Likeness to St. Peter With
Beard Off and Specs On Brings
Good Fortune to Them.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15. (Special.)
Americans think a great deal of
President Theodore Roosevelt, but It
has been reserved for the Russian
peasants settled in Eastern Siberia to
reverence the well-known picture,
which shows the gleam of -teeth, as
that of a saint. That they do so is as
serted to be a fact by Alexander G.
Denbigh, who arrived on board the
steamer Siberia, and Is now staying at
the St. Francis Hotel.
"The people there are of the lowest
class of Russian peasant and know
nothing about the outside world," said
Denbigh. "In very bouse, no matter
how poor it may be, there is sure to be
an ikon of some kind, and if it is pos
sible for the owner of the place, he
also has a picture of a saint.
"The picture of your President has
gone over the world, and cah be found
in many queer places. I remember
asking one of my men from the Ural
Mountain district, who' had never heard
of Roosevelt, what picture he, had In
his tent. He at once told me that it
was one of St. Peter without the
beard and with specs on. Curious to
see such a picture, I went to the hut
and found that it was a chromo of the
President of the United States. The
man assured me that he had the best
of. good fortune since he had obtained
the picture of the "holy saint."
NEW USE OF EPSOM SALTS
Scientist Makes Discovery It Is Per
fect Anaesthetic.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Announce
ment of the discovery of the new
anaesthetic, according to the American
today, will soon be made by the Rocke
feller Institute for Medical Research.
The new anaesthetic is nothing else
than plain, common salts, or, to give it
its scientific name, sulphate of mag
nesia. It was discovered by Dr. Sam
uel J. Meltszer, one of the Rockefeller
experimenters. Its greatest value is
that It permits any sort of operation
without any danger to the heart of the
patient. General anaesthesia, it is said
may be produced by the Injection of a
20 per cent solution of the familiar
drug into the nerve tract governing
the sensations of the part to be operat
ed upon.
Returning to the Fold.
OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 15. The Jacksonian
Club of Nebraska, which several years
ago expelled a number of prominent mem
bers who bolted the Bryan ticket, has re
instated several of them, including ex
Postmaster Martin, and will hold a re
union and banquet January 6 to celebrate
the return of these former -members of the
club. William J. Bryan will be the chief
speaker- ......
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PATRONAGE TO
FMTHFUL ONLY
Oregon Delegation De
mands Party Loyalty.
SUPPORT AT POLLS REQUIRED
Senators and Congressmen
Meet in Conference.
MAJORITY VOTE DECIDES
Method of Making Appointments to
' Office Agreed Upon After Long
Session Land Office Officials
and Postmasters Named.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. .15. At a meeting of the
Oregon delegation which lasted until
after midnight last night, .it was de
cided that Land Office and Presidential
Postmasters within a Congressional
District would be appointed by the two
Senators and the members of Congress
from the district, a majority deciding.
All officers of a state character such
as United States District Attorney, Col
lector of Customs, etc., will be ap
pointed by the entire delegation, a ma
jority determining in each case. This
programme will be rigidly followed by
the delegation, it being- distinctly un
derstood that no person will be ap
pointed who failed to support the Re
publican patty at the polls.
After reaching this agreement, the
delegation decided upon the following
appointments:
La Grande Land Office Receiver, A.
A. Roberts, reappointment; Register, F.
C. Bramwell.
Lakevlew Land Office- Receiver, J.
N. Watson, reappointment; Register, F.
C. Cronemijler.
Grants Pass Postoffice -George W.
Donneli: - ...
. Cottage Grove Postoffice D. M. C.
Gault.
Klamath Falls PoBtof flee R. A. Em
mitt. McMinnville Postoffice H. M. Has
kins. Union Postoffice is not yet settled.
RICH FEW RULE NATION
Bourke Cockran Describes Revolu
tion in Political System.
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.-(Special.) W.
Bourke Cockran. at the epenlng ses
sion of the People's Forum at the new
Roehelle Theater this afternoon in describ
ing the "silent revolution in our political
system,'" declared that the. powers which
have grown up in the business and finan
cial world during the last ten years now
completely . dominate the Federal Govern
ment and are' much stronger than any
government which has ever oefore existed.
"During the last 10 years," saldjie, "the
entire control of productive agencies has
passed Into the hands of less than half a
dozen men. I think we will take the
names of Rockefeller, Morgan, Harriman
and Hi!I, and for a fifth we will say Ar
mour, and have all that practically control
the important Industries and agencies of
transportation. Not merely do they con
trol these agencies, but by the influence
which this control gives them of the vast
deposits, they have come to dominate our
financial Institutions, our great Insurance
companies, our leading banks and trust
companies. They control not merely the
agencies of production and exchange, but
the agencies of credit, that means the en
tire industrial life of a community."
Mr. Cockran said President Roosevelt
had been frying to do things to the great
corporate interests, but had only succeed
ed In saying things ;-that he had been able
only to make faces at the trusts: that not
a single one of tne neaas or tne great
financial interests had been removed from
control of the companies, which they had
RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF NATIONAL BANKS IN
OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1907 .
Athena
First National
Bums
First National
Harney County National . .
Canyon City
First National
Coqtillle
First National
Enterprise '
Wallowa National
Forest Grove
Forest Grove National
First National
Heppner
First National
Independence
Independence National ....
Joseph
First National-
Klamath Falls
First National
La Grande
La Grande National
Farmers' & Traders Nafl.
First National of Coos Bay.
Med ford
First National
Medford. National .
Newterg
First National
Oregon f'lty
First National
Prlnevllle
First Natlonat
Salm
Capital National
Sheridan
First National
Springfield
First National
Val
First National '
Includes capital stock
surplus
pillaged and plundered. He criticised Gov
ernor Hughes also in regard to the public
service commission and the veto of the
2-cent bill. -,
Speaking of the putative powers of the
National Government as compared with
what he declared the real government.
Mr. Cockran cited the recent financial
panic and said this peril was the greatest
that had ever faced the country, and had
been dealt with, not by agents of the Gov
ernment, but by forces outside. The eyes
EVENTS OF COMING WEEK.
The departure of the fleet of wor
ships for the Pacific; th return Tues
day of Secretary Taft from his jour
ney around the world; the meeting ot
both Houses of Congress; developments
in the Goldfleld mine labor troubles;
the annual meeting of the National
Civic Federation: the trial at Berlin
of Maximilian Harden., the German
editor, who Is charged with having
libeled Count Kuno von Moltke; & con
tinuation of the hearing In the Druse
perjury case in London, and the fun
eral Thursday of the late King Oscar
of Sweden, are among the Important
matters that will occupy public atten
tion this .week.
of the country, he said, had not been
turned on the executive at Washington for
relief, but on the library of a prominent
citizen of New York, where a secret con
clave was held. The result of this con
clave, he said, was the adoption of meas
ures upon which the whole country Is now
staking its financial policy.
"The final outcome of the revolution in
our political system will not be a loss of
progress," he continued, "but the ulti
mate solution of the present difficulties,
the stepping-stone from which the human
race will rise to a higher plane."
THROAT CUT IN DREAM
SALEM MAX AWAKES TO FIND IT
t . ' ...
IS A REALITY.
Does Deed While Asleep Says He
Has No Possible Motive for Sui
cide Is Saved by a Friend.
SALEM. Or., Dec 15. (Special. That
he was acting under the influence of a
dream is the only explanation that Wil
liam Thome can give for cutting his
throat in his room In this city yesterday
evening. .
Though he cuUhis throat from ear t
car, severing large veins and cutting his
windpipe in two, he did not lose con
sciousness. and is now to all appearances
in his right mind. He says he remembers
bis suicidal act as he would remember a
dream, and it is his opinion that he was
asleep on his bed; that he arose and cut
his throat while dreaming, and returned
to the bed. He had no desire to die,
and in his waking moments never thought
of suicide.
But for the timely entrance of a friend,
Thorne would have bled to death in a
short time. As it is. he is likely to re
cover. He is a bachelor, 41 years of age,
and a teamster by occupation. He is in
comfortable circumstances financially and
no motive for suicide can be imagined.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Today's Weather. I'
YESTERDAY'S Maximum . temperature, 42
degrees; minimum, 84 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; north to east winds.
Foreign.
Further scandals expected in second trial of
Editor Harden in Berlin. Page 2.
European press comment on movement of
American fleet. Page 8.
National.
Atlantic fleet will set sail today for cruise to
Pacific. Page L
President and party leave Washington, for
Hampton Roads. Page 1. '
Domestic.
Roosevelt's pictures worshipped by Siberian
peasants. Page 3. -Goldfleld
laborers fear the miners. Page S.
Roosevelt's connection with recent panic.
Page 1. .'
Political. .
Oregon delegation will give plums to only
loyal Republicans. Page 1.
Burke Cockran says handful of rich control
Nation. Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
California hopgrowers organising. Page 12.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane Up
holds Oregon Lumbermen's fight. Page 8.
Neighborhood row leads to Incendiarism In
Linn County. Page 12.
College boys prefer blondes with big feet.
Page 2.
Portland and Vicinity.
National banks of state in excellent shape to
reopen today. Page 1.
Dr. H. W. Cos discusses psychology . of, re
cent panic before People's Forum. Page
6.
Francis J. Heney will explain plans on ar
rival today. ' Page 5.
News of the real estate market. Page 8.
British ship Rajore returns to Astoria dis
abled by rough seas. Page 9-
RESOURCES.
TJ. S. bonds . Surplus and
Lea no and to serure V. 8. and Cash and due Capital undivided Deposits,
discounts. circulation. other bonds, from banks. stock. profits.
$250,388.39 $ 12,500jOO $ 2.T2H.10 60,569.64 $ 50,000.00 t 27,50.09 $294,569.96
. 181.2P3.Srt 25.000.00 18,395.10 1R0.242.52 ' 2.-..O00.O0 . 19.204.34 298.076.41
. 86.6R0.2T 8,50000 H6.833.56 2C.000.00 2.879.73 177.342.80
, 74.832.80 6,250.00, 13,107.07 47,294.38 ,25,000.00 f 8,812.71 119,582.04
. 42.388.44 ' 6,250.00 - 92,843.30 86,432.46 25.000.00 12.608.77 275,380.32
184.203.29 12,500.00 40.127,53 30,000.00 t 40.823.03 143,878.67
Dt.flftn.a - ' '.' ' 160.372.46
'. 122.432.42 ' 25.000.00 81,642.16 68,227.68 25,000.00 13.461.80 192,642.66
. 462,770.85 12.500.00 4,250.00 82.454.55 ' 50.000.00 60,388.06 377.048.81
.142.H0.3t 12,500.00 29.642.38 44.898.85 68.738.72 180,772.04.
, 46,044.53 , 6.250.00 16.867.57 25,000.00 1.303.54 40,88B.3'8
, 70,851.93 . 10.000.00 23.646.61 , 40,239.78 25,000.00 6.883.98 107.302.29
. 611877 75 lOOOnO.OO 30.886.32 218.580.31 ' 1O0.000 0O 78,8S3.flfl 779.471.23
95,901.1-1 15,825.00 'i0.727.27 108,880.20 60,000.00 1,367.90 . 187,540.67
. 82.049.S2 25,874.92 1-39,583.44 92,790.82 25,000.00 6,187.97 289,291.03
S8 541 01 35.000.00 112.B54.15 327.OfiO.52 50.00000 i 6.5R8.9 298.077.47
. 136,'jSi.Bl 4H.8O0.00 20,307.91 164.194.69 50,000.00- ' 12,424.67 301.400.35
.127.094.76 10.000.00 ' : 47.850.84 25.000.00 2.074.54 153,545.78
. 48.956.87 12,500.00 44.073.23 . .74,956.49. 50,0000 ' 134,659.40-
. 237.294.17 12.500.00 '. 171,970.19 , 50,000.00 63.634.70 307.S75.7s'
. 810.361.34 19,000.00 158,716.58 34.133.11 75.000.00 23.186.04 691,100.95
. 121.120.81 7,000.00 57,674.20 25,000.00 4,808.05 162,382.71
3,071.93 ...V ' ' 16.934.99 23.000.00 15,889.26
. 184,397.43 10.705.7S ,137.802.06 40,000.00 24,210.33 281,103 OT
and undivided profits.
OREGON
BANKS
FINE CONDITION
Reserves 42 Per Cent
of Deposits. : -
READY TO RESUME BUSINESS
No Longer .Slightest Need for
, Legal Holidays.
SHOW ..GAIN IN DEPOSITS
Official Reports Made to Controller
of Currency Indicate That Re
turn to Normal Basis Will
Be Safely Made.
Exclusive of the First National Bank
of Lakeview, from which a statement was
not received, and the three National
banks in this city, the other 63 Natlor.al
banks of Oregon on December 3 had avail
able cash reserves averaging 42 per cent
of all deposits. Since the date of tnese
reports, which were made to the Con
troller of the Currency, each of these
banks, taking advantage of the holidays
that ended jaturday, has still further in
creased the actual amount of cash in Its
vaults. On the date of the reports these
53 banks had deposits aggregating $18,100,
559.92 with available cash on hand amount
ing to 17,661,422.(6. '
Under the law all of these banks, being
located in non-reserve cities, are required
to hold In reserve only 15 per cent of their
deposits, so It Is evident they are carry
ing nearly three times the required
amount of ready funds.
, Banking Law's Provisions..
Under the provisions of the National
banking law. , there are In the Unlt.j.
States three central reserve cities, as
follows: New York, Chicago and St.
Louis. Conveniently distributed through
out the country, several of the larger
cities, including Portland, are designated
as reserve cities, this city being the only
one In Oregon. National banks in reserve
cities are required to carry as a reserve
an amount equal to 25 per cent of their
deposits. One-half of this reserve may
be carried with the -banks In the central
reserve cities, but the other half must re
main in the bank's own vaults.
All other cities having National banks
are known as non-reserve cities and Under
this classification are listed all Oregon
cities and towns outside of Portland
These must earry as a reserve ccrh
amounting to 15 per cent of their deposits
of which 9 per cent may be deposited with
banks in the reserve cities, out the other
6 per cent must remain In the vaults of
the bank. i
Additional Banks Report.
Last Monday The Oregonian published
a statement showing the condition of 29 of
the National banks ot the state from
which reports had been received. Those
banks represented deposits aggregating
$12,229,965.88, with reserves reaching a total
of $5,422,784.67, ois44 per cent of the de
posits. Reports from 24 of the remaining
25 National, banks In ' non-reserve cities
slightly reduce the general average of
those first reporting. With deposits
reaching a total of $5,870,604.04 and a cash
reserve of $2,238,637.38, the percentage ot
cash on hand In these banks is 38 per cent.
or more than twice legal amount ot de
posits required.
Considered collectively, the average
amount of cash on hand compared with
the total of deposits In the National
banks of the state reaches the remark
able figure of 42 per cent.
AH the 24 banks reporting during the
last week have reserves far in excess of
that required by law, reflecting a most
healthy condition financially In their re
spective communities. The First Natlo-al
Bank of Springfield, which was organized
LIABILITIES.
November 18, of the present year, has tne
distinction of having in its vaults an
amount of actual cash in excess, of all
deposits. In the two weeks this bank
was in business prior to making' its re
port on December 3, deposits were re
ceived to the amount of $15,889.26, while
Its report shows cash on hand aggregat
ing $16,934.99.
. Reserves Exceptionally High.
Included among the banks showing an
unusually high percentage of reserve
funds are noted the following, which lyive
reported since the last statement was pubT
lished: First National Bank, of Fort, t
Grove, 5S per cent: First National, of Ore
gon City, and the First National, of Pri..e-
vllle, 55 per cent each; Harney County
National Bank, of Burns, and the Medford
National Bank, of Medford, 54 per cent
each; Farmers & Traders National Bank,
of La Grande, 52 per cent; First National
Bank, of Vale. 49; First National Bank.
of Medford, 42, and Capital National
Bank, of Salem, 39.
These figures serve to confirm the re
port that for the last two weeks many
Lord Kelvin, the Great Scientist, Is '
Dangerously III.
LONDON, Dec. 15. Grave anxiety
is felt here regarding the condition
of Lord Kelvin, the illustrious scien
tist. He has been ill for some time
past and today was reported to have
had a relapse.
of the banks have been desirous that the
holidays should be declared off so that
they could resume business on a norm-1
basis. Deposits in banks throughout me
state have been increasing since the date
of the reports, exceeding as a rule with
drawals. A comparison of the last two
reports of the National banks doing busi
ness In Oregon shows that the same con
dition was true with them between August
22 and December 3, the dates of their last
reports to the Controller of the Currency.
Deposits Also Larger.
- For instance, these reports, particularly
from the banks In Eastern and Southern
Oregon, indicate heavy increases In de
posits, the following cases being noted:
First National Bank, of Burns, from $255,
693.97 to $293,976.41; Harney County Na
tional Bank, of Burns, from $161,443.98 to
$177,347.80; First National Bank, of- Vale,
$276,127.15 to $281,103.07; First National
Bank, of Athena, $265,271.03 to $294,569.96;
First National Bank, -of Medford. $276,
389.38 to $298,077.47; La Grande National
Bank, of La Grande, $724,649.37 to $779,471.23.
Further proof of the ability of the coun
try banks to take care of themselves with
out assistance from the larger ipstitutlons
In this city was furnished recently when
In response to inquiries that were sent
out from Portland less than 11 per cent of
the banks In the interior made applica
tion for even a part of their balances car
ried in this city. They now find them
selves with more money in their vaults
than they have had In years and are In a
position to retusn to a normal business
basis without the protection of the holl
days, or any assistance.
FRENZIED SUICIDE ATTEMPT
MAN TRIES DROWNING
ROUGH ON RATS.
AND
Tries to Murder Wife, flThen Jumps
in River Too Cold, So Drinks
Some Poi-ion That Kills' Friend.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Balked in his attempt to kill
himself with poison from the same
bottle that brought death to his friend,
Ed Hoff ; lacking the nerve In a
previous attempt to drown himself in
Icy waters of the river, after he, had
failed to kill his wife, shooting twice
at her with a double-barreled shotgun.
Frederick Angle is now detained at
Marcus, Wash., recovering slowly
from the poison.
Angle yesterday went to the home of
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ed Pellesier
at Marcus, where his wife, Nita, is
staying, and opened fire with a double
barreled shotgun at Mrs. Angle. The
first shot grazed his wife's ear and the
second shot was warded off .by" his
sister-in-law, Edith, who was close by.
After this desperate attempt. Angle
ran to the Columbia River, 100 feet
away, and jumped in, with suicidal in
tent. He swam about 10 feet and re
turned. Next he took a whisky flask
from his pocket containing "rough on
rats," in liquid form, and drank part
of the contents. An antidote and a
stomach pump were used and the
chances of recovery are good.
Angle, while at Northport, has been
associating with Ed .Hoff. and they
both purchased a quantity of "rough
on rats," from a local druggist. Ed
Hoff committed suicide yesterday at
Northport. Angle, while in a saloon
yesterday morning, showed a small
whisky flask three-quarters full of
a.i white, leady liquid substance, and
remarked to the barkeeper that the
same bottle caused the death of his
friend Ed Hoff. at Northport, and that
he was tired of living and was going
to kill himself with It.
ittllil!
FLEET BATHED
IN MOONLIGHT
Clear' Day Promised at
Hampton Roads.
READY FOR THE LONG CRUISE
President Roosevelt Sets Sail
in Mayflower.
WILL GIVE FINAL ORDER
Warships Will Lift Anchor at 10
o'clock and by Noon Turn Prows
to Straits of Magellan Re
ception to the Officers.
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va.. Dec. 15.
The Pacific-bound Atlantic fleet will
leave tomorrow morning on Its Journey
through the Straits of Magellan en route,
as the official order reads, "for the west
coast of the United States. The President
Is expected to arrive In Hampton Roads
on the Mayflower shortly after 8 A. M.
From the time the President's yacht
casts anchor In the center of the fleet,
the events of the departure will move
rapidly. Rear-Admiral Evans, commander-in-chief
of this most notable ot
American peace expeditions, will repair
on board the Mayflower and pay his re
spects to the President, and will be im
mediately followed by the other flag and
commanding officers of the fleet.
Receptions Abourd Mayflower,
The reception and the Journeys of the
admirals and captains to and from tiie
Mayflower are expected to occupy more
than an hour and a' half. More time will
be consumed in lifting anchor and getting
ships in position for the start, whlfch, it
Is expected, will be made about 10 o'clock.
Two hours later the first of the lonj line
of fighting vessels should have cleared
the Virginia Capes and turned her course
to the southward. The review of the
passing fleet by the President will take
place near Thimble Shoal Lighthouse,
10 miles down the bay, and should be
ended bjs 11:30.
Threatening weather and occasional
rain squalls marked the last day of the
fleet's stay in port. However, a smiling
sun Is predicted for tomorrow. Tonight
the 16 smoking battleships were bathed in
moonlight, the view down the long twin
lines of the fleet being most impressive.
Orders Read to the Men.
The enlisted force of each ship, num
bering nearly a thousand to the com
pany, was lined up at quarters at 10 A. M.
today to listen to the reading of the ar
ticles of war. The met seemed deeply Im
pressed, as they were also with more per
sonal words which came in orders from
Admiral Evans, the commander-in-chief,
and from the rear-admirals on board the
three divisional flagships. Every man
was told what his duty was to his coun
try, to his flag and to his superior of
ficers. They were cautioned to uphold
the dignity of their uniform when going
ashore at South American ports and al
ways to conduct themselves in an orderly
and sober manner.
After the articles of war had been read,
the chaplains of the several ships read
from the Bible at divine worship.
Christinas Trees Put Aboard.
"We couldn't take on another pound of
provisions," said one officer today, "un
less we followed the very bad example of
the Russians, who were caught by the
Japanese with 8-inch gun turrets stored
with hams, and powder chambers filled
with caviare.''
Several scouting parties were ashore to
day looking for scrubby pines to be used
as Christmas trees. Nearly all were suc
cessful, and the little pines will 'be care
fully stowed away until Trinidad is
reached on Christmas eve.
Known as Atlantic Fleet.
Although bound for an extended tour
of duty In the Pacific, the fleet which
sails tomorrow still retains its title of
the "United States .Atlantic fleet," under
which designation the last sailing orders
have been Issued.
Captain Joseph B. Murdock, of the bat
tleship Rnode Island, who has been at
the bedside of his wife in New York tiie
past week, returned to his shiD tonight
and will sail tomorrow. The patient Is
said to have passed all danger.
PRESIDENT OFF FOR ROADS
Will Give Final Command to Send
Big Fleet on Long Voyage.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.. President
Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt
and a distinguished company of guests,
sailed on the naval yacht Mayflower from
the Washington Navy-yard at 3:07 o'clock
today for Hampton Roads. The Presl-'
dent in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief
of the United States Navy tomor
row will give the jford of command which
will Bend the Atlantic battleship fleet on
Its long cruise to the Pacific Coast.
The Mayflower is expected to clear the
broad places in the Potomac before dark,
when the trip to Hampton Roads will he
taken up. There will be a salute by the
entire fleet upon arrival and the cere
monies of the departure will be begun,
which Includes a reception by the Presi
dent on board the Mayflower to the
commanding officers of the ships of the
fleet and the departing review. The Presi-
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