NATIOiNAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
NOTES OF GENERAL INTI M X T
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W . F. Scliultz
LARGER WARSHIPS NEEDED.
M arket and Grocery
| Question o f Heavier Armor o r Heav
ier Güns it Not Settled.
Washington— Plans for bigger bat
tleships with heavier armor will Mf
presented to congress during the fgr£n-
coming session by Secretary o f the
Navy Meyer when the question # f the
building program is taken up -for con
sideration.
Naval experts
have
practically
agreed that the new type f t ship, of
which congress will be riked to au
thorize the building o f tw6, will be
larger and heavier than thé 27,000-ton
ships now under constriction.
The
tonnage limit will be Increased to at
least 28,000 and probably 29,000 when
the plans are matured.
The naval general board has not yet
absolutely decided whether the in
crease in weight shall be devoted to
more guns -or heavier armor, but the
prevailing opinion seems to favor
heavier armor.
In case of the latter the new ships
will have only 10 guns, but these will
be 14-inch type, which has but recent
ly been developed by the ordnance de
partment o f the navy.
With the
heavier armor the shin^will be able to
come into closer battle^^tge, thereby
increasing their effectiv en u .
The birilding program w ^ probably
include torpedo destroyers, and one ad
ditional ship, either an ammunition,
repair, supply or hospital ship.
An
important change in the building plana
as outlined in the tentative program
will be enlargement o f the destroyers
to 1,000 tons. The largest now afloat
in the United States navy are 760 tons.
This means that the larger grey
hounds of the navy, the scout destroy
ers, will become an obsolete class.
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Honduras Under Martial Law, United
States to Act.
Washington— Martial law has been
declared in Hunduras as a direct result
o f the revolt o f General Jose Valla
dares, the deposed commandant of
Amapala, against the government, ac
cording to cable advices to the State
department from Minister McCreery,
at Tegucigalpa. The port of Amapala
has been closed and the island ia in a
state o f aeige.
The United States gunlrost Princeton
is in the harbor at Amap.ua ready to
take a hand in the revolution at the
first sign o f hostility towards foreign
ers or their interests. President Da
vila is preparing to send an armed
force against Valladares, and in the
event o f the government’s failure to
restore order on the island the United
States probably will be asked to in
terfere.
It would not be surprising if Com
mander Hayes, o f the Princeton, acting
under instructions from the State de
partment, should send an armed force
ashore at any time to take Valladares
into, custody. However, department
officials refuse to discuss the proba
bility of this beyond asserting that
American interests will be safeguard
ed.
j T e t y
AIDS STRIKERS.
Police Arrest Alleged Rioters,
Make Bad Mistake.
Bu
Chicago— Well known club and soci
ety women dumbfounded the police de
partment through interference in the
strike of
the garment
workers.
Mounted police had charged threaten
ing mobs o f strikers and made numer
ous arreaU ' n three sections o f the
city, ow^Vo be completely nonplussed
whin met by obdurate groups o f the
elite o f Chicago's women who produced
engraved calling cards at police sta
tions in lieu o f bailbonda.
It was a new experience for the po
lice and plainly confused them.
A
score o f these women champions of
the garment workers, who facod the
rioting, were taken into
custody.
They were immediately released, how
ever1, when their identity became
known to the police.
One of them was injured when struck
by a policeman’s club, but her name
did not become known, us she was hur
riedly placed in an automobile and tak
en to her home.
Most of the women o f prominence
involved in the demonstrations were
garbed as working girls, and for this
reason the police could not distinguish
them from strikers until after arrests
had been made.
“ I will take oath that we were doing
absolutely nothing beyond the law,”
NAVY TO TRIM EXPENSE.
Taft and Meyer Plan Concentration
at Large Yards on Coast.
Washington—Sweeping reforms in
the Navy department looking toward
an economy of several million dollars
are said to be included in a plan which
Secretary Meyer is reported to be pre
r-ss-
paring for presentation to President
T sft on the secretary’s return from
the inspection trip upon which he is
WILSON SENT TO TOM BS.
now engaged.
The abolition of construction corps
President o f United Wireless Refuses and the pay corps and later, perhaps,
the abandonment o f some of the navy
to'Give Up Letter Press.
yards on the Atlantic Coast, are pre
New York — Colonel T.Christopher dicted if the plan is carried out.
Wilson, president o f the United Wire
The concentration of the work of the
less Telegraph company, ¡was sent to navy at a few o f the largest navy
the Tombs by Judge Lacombe, o f the yards— those at Boston, New York,
United States District court, on a pre Philadelphia, Norfolk and San Fran
sentation of the Federal grand jury, cisco—with a view toward suspending
MISS MAHY 11 »E U , IDE
for contempt o f court in refusing to operations at Portsmouth, N. H., and O f Colville, Washington, who will l>e Queen o f the
National Apple Show at Spokane, Nov. 14 to ltt.
surrender to the'court a letter press Charleston, S. C., is causing mqrh
book, which the board o f directors had speculation, though it ia believed noth
been subpoenaed to produce.
ing definite has been decided in the said Miss Ellen Varer, one of tha club
Certain officers o f the company are matter beyond the plan to merge some women who has become a strike picket.
charged with fraudulently using tne of them for the sake o f economy.
“ The only persons who were violating
mails in furtherance o f an alleged
the law were the policemen, who treat
scheme to defraud investors.
ed us roughly and hurt dreadfully with
Cost o f Feeding Canal Army.
Wilson’s counsel applied to Judge
their clubs some of the poor boya who
Washington—Feeding the army of
Coxe, in the United States Circuit
were walking peacefully past the
Panama
canal
builders
is
a
matter
of
court, for a writ o f habeas corpus.
shops. If there had been a real riot
Judge Coxe granted the writ and fixed tremendous expense, and to keep tab it would have been Incited altogether
on the money the government makes a
the bail at $100.
by the police.”
Later Wilson was brought to the record of wonderful detail that shows
the
cost
per
meal
per
man.
It
is
SEVEN SHANGHAI BANKS FAIL.
Federal building, where his bail bond
shown by the annual report of the Isth
______
was signed and he was released.
mian canal commission that there are
in operation 19 hotels, 19 European Change o f Taotais Causes Panic, Par
alyzing Industry.
PEARY RETURNS TO DUTY.
laborers’ messes and 20 common labor
ers’ kitchens.
Victoria, B. C.— Seven banka in
Polar Explorer Aaaigned, But Not to
The total number o f meals served at Shanghai, ineluding several large onea,
Work He Preferred.
commission hotels was 2,176,451. The have failed, and a financial panic hae
Washington— Captain R. E. Peary cost o f supplies was 24.87 cents, and resulted. The steamship Titan, which
the Arctic explorer, return! to active the expense 6.23 cents a meal, a total brought this news, left Yokohama Oc
tober 15. Following the failure o f the
duty in the Navy department on No of a little over 81 cents.
The meals served in the European banks, the Chinese chamber o f com
vember 9, as engineer expert for the
department of justice in rases before laborers' messes made a total of 1,- merce telegraphed to the prince regent
the Court o f Claims involving construc 092,487, which cost 36.84 cents each that unless aid was given at once many
tion work for the naval bureau of for supplies and expenses. The meals manufacturea would cease operations
in the common laborers’ kftcheri total and over 300,000 men would be made
yards and docks.
This work was the explorer’s choice ed 781,746, and cost 27.09 cents each. idle. The prince regent telegraphed
among several positions offered. Peary The average daily attendance during 700,000 taela, and ia being urged to
would have preferred, it is said, to June in the line hotel* waa 1,915, in send $5,000,000 more.
One of the closed banka has liabili
have been assigned to duty at the messes 3,178, and in kitchens 1,496.
The average weight of the ration ties of 20,000,000 taels and has 22
naval library to write o f his travels in
supplied each person daily In the labor branches throughout the empire. It
the frozen North.
found to be approxi has on deposit $4,000,000 o f cuitoma
The explorer has been on leave o f ers' kitchens y
abeence from the department about ten mately 4.41 'ef'tands, with a value of revenue and $3,000,000 o f Shanghai
years, during which time he has been 22.26 cents. It is a coincidence that funds, none of which fa aecured. Jap
engaged in Arctic exploration. Re the net weight of the ration furnished anese bankers state that among the
cently he was promoted to the rank of the European laborer is exactly equal failed banks are three of China’s lar
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captain as the result of the death of a to the gross weight o f the United gest.
senior officer. A bill is now pending States army garrison, and the net I
Finest Apple Show Opana.
in congress to make Peary a rear ad weight o f the ration furnished the Í
negro
laborer
ia
exactly
equal
to
the
,
Vancouver,
B. C. — Without doubt
miral as a mark of recognition for his
gross weight o f the United States j the first Canadian Apple show, opened
polar exploits.
army field ration.
here Nov. 1, is the beat in point
of arrangement, size and amount o f
TOLL IN HUMAN LIFE HEAVY.
Peso Maker to Be Freed.
premiums offered, o f any aver held
Managua. N ic.— Provisional Preai- j anywhere. Lieutenant Governor Pat
Railroads Killed 3.804, Injured 8 2 ,-
-dent Estrada has sent a telegraphic erson made the formal opening ad
3 7 4 During 12 Months. %
message to Señor Arrellano, represen- i dress, while Attorney General Bowsev
Washington -K illed, 3,804; injured, tative o f the provisional government I and Premier McBride, o f British Co
at Washington, instructing him to re- 1 lumbia, and Mayor Taylor, o f Vancou
82.374.
This is the casualty record o f ’the quest the release by the American gov ver, gave the ceremonies added dig
railroads in the United States during ernment o f H. N. Secreest, who was ' nity. The show has 3,424 exhibits,
the year ended June 30 last, according arrested a short time ago in Chicago in I including 194 varieties of apples and
to the Interstate Commerce commis connection with printing of counter- ' representing 287 exhibitors.
sion. It is sn increase of 1,013 in the felt Nicersguan five-peso notes.
Indians Offered Bribes.
number killed and 18,464 in the num
It ia sxplsined that Secreest acted
ber Injured over the previous year’s under orders o f the revolutinosry lead
Guthrie, Okie.— A. J . Johnson and
er. The orders were issued prior to j Georgs Kispketon, two Indian inter
| figures.
There were 5,841 collisions, killing the retirement of Madriz and were preters, who are important witnesses
Information! for the government In the hearing to
¡433 persons and injuring 7,765 and subequently cancelled.
damaging railroad property $4,629.- o f tiie cancellation probably waa re- 1 extradite to Mexico five men wanted
279. In the year there were 5,910 reived by Secreeet too late to prevent¡ there for alleged Kickapoo lat»d frauds,
derailments. 340 persons were killed his coming into conflict with the au teat! fled that they had been offered
and 4,814 injured.
During the last thorities.
$500 each to "stay by” the defend
three months o f the year the total In-
ants. They said they had already been
T e rp e d o -B o a t D e s tro y e r F a s t
paid small amounts by two o f tha de
jured was 20,650.
Rockland, Me. A knot slower than J fendants and that they had tamed over
Commission Controls Private Cars. the record of her sitter ahip, the Dray- f the money to tbs prosecutor.
Washington — Asserting that any ton, but faster than either o f the oil-
Franca Births G aining.
other cawstructioG would nullify the homing torpedo boot dee tro; era, the
law, the Interstate Commerce commis SUrrett obtained a top speed of 32.333 I Paris During the first half o f tha
sion reaffirmed its right to exercise krota an hoar in a standardization teat. year 1910, it is officially aimoot.twd.
tur hi nee generated tha births ia Franca exceeded the
jurisdiction over privets cars when The 8tarrett's
used for the conveyance o f amusement about 16,000 horse power. Her aver deaths by 21,189.
During
outfits, theatrical companies and the age speed for the five ruae made was 1909 tha deaths exceeded tha
28,203.
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