North Carolina Newspapers

.- " - ; ' - , . . .... - . SECTION ONE r f 1-n rr-ni -v -C ; TPtv .. . ... I t RALEIGH;- 3NT. C., SUNDAY, JUNE 18. 1905. No. 16 m LEANS TO G STICK IDEA Bur Congressman - in a Strong Navy LARGER FLEET NEEDED . Ships or the Abandonment of Colonial Policy the Alterna- Industrial News Manage ;t Wants Dr. Thompson for National Guard Visitors Ey WILLIS G. BRIGGS -hington, June 17 "The United :uust do one of two things, relinquish her 'colonial posses which is so highly improbable :: r.iight almost be termed im . or increase the size and force navy," said Congressman E. W. the- able representative of the ; olitan North Carolina district, . Mr. Pou spent only a few in" Washington. He came this i;;g. virited several state depart- on business for his constitu ar.d returned to Smithfleld on the m train. He has been study- ,.i,oiv tho. nmPTPss nf thf war i io far east, and is unstinted in his ! a of President Roosevelt's creat - m.itic stroke in Dringmg me dci 'nts to a termination of the iy war. fi. rent events have convinced me," - rved Mr. Pou, "that the president i-iprht in his insistence upon an en-.-1 navy. Our distant possessions aO a stronger fleet a necessity, and - day appears remote when the ed States will give up the islands now holds." 'rhe views of Mr. Pou are especially .-llficant at this time, for two rea--:h rst, because the attitude of the r first because the attitude of the iy? was hostile to augmenting the y.:-'-r of warships, and second, r ; this is a question which is cer ! come up at the session next : v. Tndeed, plans arc now being v -J. by naval officers which would his country in a position to play : hng role in the v.-orld drama. " North Carolina congressman - r only for himself not for his . but with his conviction that a . a r navy is needed, he may find :f voting with the Republicans great question, unless there is i - ;'.!: change of heart among his . of the minority. H.h -naval' authorities here have the unofficial opinion that the States will need a navy three! : tL? size of that now in commis si other words, a fleet of be : . and SO battleships, a like r of cruisers and a proportionate r of torpedo boats will be eiui r,f course it is not proposed to ';-. eress next fall for the enor : .!i this would require,-but it is ;il to which some of the navy ."pire. ln.Urs of the majority party in : -. it is believed, now desire it they conceive to be a reason-h- ilthy increase in the American n-h a program as was men i above, which is not dreamed of of the navy circles, would re ;i i expenditure of $80,000,000 a i ' litional for ten years. Editorship Offered to Dr. Thompson ry rus Thompson of Onslow, ex- i 'ist secretary of state and now v.; It Republican, has been of- 1 'ho editorship of the proposed . the-. Industrial News, at Greens This announcement is not made ") itatively, but the report comes reasonably trustworthy source. ' c i)r Thompson, who is a close . sharp debater and a well 1 n an on state politics, has not r '' l the editorial portfolio. It is j "'.at. extra-inducements are being ' 1 him, but he is reluctant to leave . whre he has rebuilt a fine - as a physician. Dr. Thompson to the- directors particularly 1 ' p because he comes from the ' part of the state. The leading in the company are from the nrt as the paper is to be located . it is deemed advisable to have n at the editorial helm hail from tV- coast. " 'lior General J. F. Armfield of nio. and General Francis A. ' f Henderson, of the North Car National Guard, spent several in Washington today on their 'r Paul, Minn., to attend the 'ion of the Interstate National Association, which will open ' Monday. They are the regularly 1 representatives from North for this gathering. This af they left over the Baltimore ' '- 'o Itailroad in a special car with - nt -Secretarv of War flllvPr. Pr.:. i h fr.r,. (.V 1- Advocate G. R. Davis and other ! - nishod national guard official's. ' : W. Sanderlln returned today Kliznbeth City, where she has vlclting. Her daughter, Mis3 Beulah Sanderlln, went from there to Raleigh to visit friends. Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Moore of Burling ton are here. John D. Riggan is appointed post- j master at Woodworth, Vance county, to succeed M. B. Harris, resigned. John ,lM. .Shields is appointed rural froo r?o livery carrier at Carthage. Twelve to See Woman Hanged Woodstock, Vt., June 17. Sheriff H. H. Peck said today that he proposed to carry out the execution of Mary Rogers strictly in accordance with he Vermont statutes, s certain provision of which, in his opinion, had been over looked on some previous , occasions. According to the sheriff, the statutes provide that only twelve citizens of Vermont statutes, certain provisions and as tho officers have no option in the matter, arrangements are being made along these line3.- Governor Bell and Sheriff Peck will hold a conference early next week, when final decision as to who shall comprise the "twelve citizens of Vermont" will be reached. A Hardened Criminal Deputy Sheriff W. II. Cox arrived from Xew Hanover county yesterday with-a, twelve-year-old negro boy who is to serve twelve years for burglary in the second degree. The boy has a very bad record. It seems that he was up repeatedly for larceny and finally the court bound him out to a well known citizen :'.n hope that the boyveould be reformed. He stole all manner of things from the' man to whom he was bound and finally broke into a resi dence, being convicted of burglary in the second degree. Movement to a .Baptist Pioneer Barrington, R. I., June 17. A mem orial monument to Rev. John Miles, founder of the First Baptist church In. Massachussetts and Rhode Island, was dedicated here today under the aus pices of the Barrington Historic Anti quarian society and the Bristol County Historical society. The monument stands at Tvler's Point cemetery. It is natural boulder that came from near j the spot where the original John Miles i church was organized at ancient Re- ' hoboth, now known as East dence, R. I. - Provl- Rev. John Miles was born in Wales in 1621, and died in 1683. FIRE IN SHIP'S HOLD Kansas City's Had a Pam cky.IIour Women Excited and One Fainted After Much Screaming The Ship Made Port Under Her Own Steam. Cargo Badly Damaged New York, June 17. The coastwise steamer Kansas City of the Savannah line came into port just before noon .today with her forward hold red hot from a fjre smouldering in the cotton I and sixty-eight nervous passengers, who had been pretty badly scared but did not like to admit it. When they felt the solid ground of Manhattan under their feet they made light of the pan icky hour or two they spent in the fog off Barnegat, when the steamer was first found to be on fire. The Kansas City left Savannah -at 2 n. m. last Wednesday Capt. H. C. Lewis was in command. She had taken on at Savannah 1,350 tons of freight, which included 393 bales of cotton. The cotton was loaded into forward hold Xo 1. There was a considerable quan tity of rosin in a hold near the cotton. The Kansas City ran into fog off Bar negat about 6 o'clock this morning. The anchor was dropped, and about ! this time one of the passengers, E. B.. Dunkerton, detected a smell of smoke. A minute or two later the cabin began to fill with thick smoke that had a sharp, pungent odor. Mr. Dunkerton called a cabin boy and told him he thought the steamer was on fire. The news was communicated to the cap tain. The captain arid his two officers first got the women quieted. He said there was no danger to the ship, and if there were they were all right any how, with plenty of boats and land i very near. He asked them to keep 1 cool and not to get in the way, and everything would be all right. A girl from Savannah who naci Deen very popular on the trip, kept screaming and crying that the ship would surely burn up and everybody would have to die. She was in such, a state that the other women began 1 to get panicky, and even some of the men looke'd long ingly at the boats. She was led away to a stateroom, fainting before she got there." ' The Kansas City has a crew of 59, and they soon had three lifeboats hung over the side, ready to drop into the water.. The .ship's whistle was turned iloose, blowing for help, quick,' short blasts, as she steamed slowly for Sandy Hook lightsnlp. The big tug McAllister came up after Ave miles had been covered, and .her captain was asked to stand by. . Trfe Kansas City made her way up the bay under her own steam to the berth. Two fire boats got to work on the burning steamer, and after several hours', work extinguished the flames. All the cotton was destroyed and the loss in fruits and other perishable freights Is heavy. ' , . .. It may be that the ship herself is considerably damaged. EACE OUTLOOK NOT PROMISING Europe Does Not Share American Optimism RUSSIA NOT YET READY Possible to Prolong the War in a Passive WayIt Will Take a Worse Whipping to Make the Czar Consent to Terms That Will Be Satisfactory to Japan London, June 17. It 13 Impossible, unfortunately, to share the optimism; which is evidently felt at Washington in regard to the peace movement. The situation Is, so complicated and has been changing so rapidly almost liour by hour since Mr. Meyer, the American amoassador to St. Petersburg, "first sounded the Russian emperor that the views of the belligerents themselves -as well as other powers have considerably modified. Even the Spectator, which earnestly desires peace, says today: "It is doubtful whether the -president, farsighted as he is, has caught the right psychological moment, that ia whether Russia is sufficiently beaten to accept terms which Japan is bound for the sake of her own salety to make se vere. The czar, of course, has sent a civil reply to Washington, for one does not wish to affront a president of the United States for nothing, and the sic- ceptance of his advice pledges Russia to little, and may indeed bring her great advantage." The Laffan correspondent at St. Pe tersburg writes in the same strain. He sars: , r' "There is not now any real reason why Russia should seek a very early peace. The irretrievable damage in a military prestige sense has b?en tone alreadv. It is recognized that in any case Gen. Linievitch will have a bat tle and will suffer defeat. After this the Russians could keep up an it.termi nable and 'praetrcany passive state of war. "It must be borne in mind that the Trepoff system, judged by results m crushing serious anti-dynastic demon strations and keeping the czar's family alive, has been a success so far. Until it is broken the czar will not believe that his- internal foes can bend hjm. Moreover, his entourage realise in stinctively that if they stop the war and maintain the status quo at home, it would be the most suicidal calamity of ail. " "Many Russians think President Roosevlt's initiative was entirely an error, because they know their own people's as well as the government s powers of self-deception. If Russia is not by force of arms driven to take absolutely alone the step of a de feated combatant, of asking for peace on any-' terms, then she will succeed before the year is out in con vincing the vast unheard form, ortha dox population that she was tricked into stopping the war just when Japan was about to collapse. Already the Sviet and other small sheets, which are read in villages to millions of peasants," say outright that Admiral Rojestven sky's ships were destroyed by Amer ican" submarine boats, operated by Americans, after the Japanese fleet had failed completely to hi them. "Indeed a very great moral consid eration in this labor of Russia to give birth to a national sense and to face the facts in her international dealings, I should have argued against any out siders coming near her with advice." There are other weighty reasons which the Laffan correspondent Js not yet permitted to publish that lead him regretfully to express the opinion that it is extremely improbable that' peace will come from the negotiations now Invited. A memorial service for those who lost their lives on the Alexander III, which was held today, showed that a great part of St. Petersburg society had been placed in mourning. The dead officers included the sons of Count Ignatieff and General Ellis, the commander of the St. Petersburg forces, and members of the great fam ilies of Demidoff .Staal,- Bafanoff," Jur ieff and other historic houses..,.. . . Japan Dissatisfied With Russia's Reply St. Petersburg, June 17. The fact is established that Japan is dissatisfied with the text of Russia's reply, trans mitted Monday, to President Roose velt's note. Japan points out that the reply is -markedly wanting in precision as compared with hefs. Despite the Russian official note it is known that the fundamental question of Russia's attitude towards the negotiatipns caused Japan's delay in agreeing ; to a place of meeting. Count Alvenseleben, the German ambassador, visited United States Am bassador Meyer today and had a lengthy conference with him. Sir Charles Hardinge, the Br'tish am bassador, called at the foreign office today , and protested at th.e action of Russian cruisers against British com merce. The foreign office denies that there has been any exchange of views be- tween the countries interested In an armistice in Manchuria. "Williams Opposes Ryan Plan Baltimore, June 17. John Skelton Williams, former president of the Sea board Air . Line Railway company, has issued another circular 'letter, copies of which he is mailing to stockholders of',, the system, strongly advising against-the acceptance of the Ryan Blair holding company plan for pro viding the railroad with money. Mr. Williams urges those who consented to the consolidation plan,' and who have thus far allowed- their stock to remain with the depositors, to with draw it, declaring that those who hold aloof will be in a stronger position than those who tie up with the Ryan Blair plan. Trading in the rights, which go to those who assent to the new plan, continues active and today the price crossed $1 a share. Ryan-Blalr inter ests, or. interests friendly to them, are said to be the principal1 buyers. STUDY FOREIGN TRADE The Government Will Send an Im portant Commission Abroad Washington, June 17. The depart ment of commerce and labor has com pleted preparations for sending five special agents abroad " to investigate trade c6nditlons( with the object of promoting the foreign commerce of the United States. This authority was given by an act of the late congress and became operative July 1. The agents selected are Professor Lincoln Hutchinson, Charles M. Pepper, Harry R. BurrUl, Raymond F. Crist and Dr. Edward Be31ow. Two of these special agents are newspaper men. Professor Hutchison was until recently a. member of the faculty of the University of California. Dr. Bedloe was formerly consul-general of the United States at Canton, China. Mr. Crist has been the confidential clerk of Secretary Met salf. "' The sum appropriated for the work is $30,000 Burrill and Crist will be sent to the Orient. Prof. Hutchison ls to go to South America Mr. Pepper will go to Canada, and subsequently to Mexico and Central America. Dr. Bed loe will be ent to the West Indies, Venezuela, British, Dutch and French Guiana. speciOaFIonds Carlisle Syndicate, Issues i Another Circular . ... - Settlement . Proposed on Basis of Tw0 Per Cent. Bonds for Amount Of Principal Plan for Coercing North Carolina Set Forth ' , ... New York, June 17.-The committee of . North Carolina bondholders issued a circular in reference to the special tax debt. ' The proposition is to accept new 2 per cent, bonds for the amount of the prirfclpal of the present debt, can celling the accured interest, which amounts to twice the principal. The methods proposed for coercing the state into this arrangement are also set forth. One-third of the securities could he transferred to tne state . ot ssew York or to foreign governments, and judgments could be obtained by thoso plaintiffs in the supreme court of the United States. After all this depletion of her resources the state- would re main subject to two-thirds of this lia bility still unsatisfied, which in time could, be sold or disposed of to foreign conversation with the president. Mr. governments. By the acceptance of Delcasse replied that M. Loubet had the - bondholders proposition the total no time for it. Smce then Prince Henry, of North Carolina's liability on the who -had been invited to France by the special tax bonds would be at once French automobile club, has received absolutely reduced to one-third of its an intimation that it would be better present amount, being the sum of the-for nim to refrain from coming, in" the principal alone. interest of. public order. The Grand It is also pointed out that $220,000 a Lmchess Cecelia of Mecklenburg recent year required to pay the interest of expressed a desire to go. to Cannes, the new issue of bonds is only one- The German crown prince was informed twentieth of one per cent. of the as- that 11 aK advisable for him not to sessed valuation of property in the f ,to W jfiancee there. Germany state. Even this moderate payment would be lessened by the state's re ceipts from its dividend-paying rail road investments. s Even this moderate payment The committee issuing this circular Is composed of JohnG. Carlisle, Jeff er-, son '-Ml. Levy, H. H. Melville and L. Fi Whicher. Edward L. Andrews Is the counsel. The United States Trust Company is receiving for deposit the issues of state bonds for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, the At lantic, Tennessee and Ohio and the" Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad. Car Men in Conference ..Norfolk, "Va., June 17. A committee representing the Brotherhood of Rail way. Carmen of America, which has been here for the past week holding daily conferences with J. M. Barr, president and general manager, and R. H. C. Sanderson, superintendent of mo- i tive power, of the Seaboard Air Line! Railway, left today for their homes, alter auving mrc wicti cittuciu rtrsuiis during their conference in the interest of the order. Moscow, June 17. A terrific explosion yesterday killed eighC persons and set fireto three' army commissariat stores. Damage to the ajnount of three million roubles waa done. France Must Abandon' Her Position or Fight BRITAIN SUPPORTS HER Germany Determined to Exercise a Commanding Influence in Europe. Morocco the Pretext for Settling Some Old Scores With the French Republic London, June 17. It is probable that the crisis which Germany is forcing upon the nations will soon assume a new phase. Every move thus far made by the kaiser has been aimed at France although it has been his chief design to damage British interests. The gov ernment of this country has not the slightest desire to shelter itself behind its more exposed neighbor. There is reason to believe that the Marquis of Lansdowne, the minister of foreign af fairs, will scon take measures to make the position clear and the issue direct. The policy which Germany is flafnflt Roland, conid 'have but one ; result. The British government is by no mea"s to ut the Zeni' 1 ness oi lierman agression u tno test, and the opportunity to do so is likely to arise in the near future. This was clearly indicated in Lord Lans downe's message to the French gov . ernment yesterday, when he said that ; Great Britain was prepared to support ' both the latter and spirit of the Mo rocco agreement. i Tt is understood that "France's renlv to German's demand for an interna tional conference on Morocco will con sent with-the proviso that no existing agreement. o which France is a party hall be interfered with. This answer, of course, is equivalent to a declarar tion that the Anglo-Frenclk-fipamsli compact must stand. Germany can not accept it without abandoning her cihief contention. If France, under further pressure on Monday, gives way cora- pletely the issue will then come dl- ' rectly between Germany and Great ; Britain, for no conference is possible i without British participation. The po sition or the untisn government wni i then be defined without hesitation. . Meantime it is wiser to say notmng 'about the preparations for all eventu- . alities. which are proceeding most ac- tivciy 'in the tnree e0imtries concerned. Widesoead interest has been attract- ed by the statement of the German case against France by Prince Donners- marke, the German confidential envoy to France, printed in the Paris Gaulois today. It purports to be the substance of a representation madeto the French authorities by Prince Donnersmarke, the German confidential envoy now in Paris. It says that the prince first or all pointed out the irritation felt by the German emperor and people at France's repulsing the efforts of .Germany to icf nKHeri rriiirk!iict at: rvn c Ti4tV Vi Or ' It puts the following in tlje German en voy's mouth: "When President ; Loubet journeyed to St. Petersburg Emperor William sent word to Foreign Minister Delcasse that he would be happy to have som UT 'CU l" .."r": 1 scneme witn tn .brencn ministry or foreign affairs, but obtained no reply to her suggestions. Moreover, you tried to separate us from a power with which you established an entente. Of course, you have the right -to choose your friends and allies as you like, but It is our duty to consider the fresh consequences which the agree ment you contract entails upon Ger many. If your agreements with Great Britain -were "'aimed only, at the main tenance ot European peace, we should have approved sincerely. Unfortun ately you disposed, without consulting us -and without, Informing us, ofl the empire of, Morocco, in which we have interests. You have wounded the em peror and the people"to-the quick. Is this policy, " which threatens Ger- j many, the personal policy, of Delcasse or is it ratified by France? "Be sure we shall not wait for a menace to . take ; shape. "I fte emperor doeg not iBraiit.war; he wants only to deveiop GermarL commerce. In this , respect th.e emperor is naturally in rivalry with Great Britain, which de votes her attention to destroying the navies of neighbors, or better still, to preventing them from existing at all. It behooves you to decide whether it suits you to serve England's interests and to confrontj;the perils "you are ex- j posing yourself ; to by the verbal un- derstandins which you are prepared to transform into a British alliance. "The emperor respects your army; he knows its merits and its' failings. In the event of war you Ynay be vic torious; but if you are vm'-'ui'' peace will be signed in ParfS. Do you expect England to nu.ite cunm...! cause with you and attempt a diver sion which you might profit from On the German coast? That may be.' Let us suppose things are "as f,vcvie -possible for you. ' She bombards our forts, destroys our ueet i.iia i colonies. With your milliards we re pair damage of every kind that she has done us. She may think herself invulnerable at home; but if we oc cupy your territory she will be power less to dislodge us thence. "Now let us glance at the other side of the medal. France does not threat- i en Germany. According to a phrase of my friend Gambetta, she is always thinking about Alsace and- Loralne, but never talking about them. Other more immediate questions engage her attention, for the world is wide enough for a great nation like yours to be able to find the wherewithal to satisfy her ambitions and to postpone hopes which are unattainable at the present time. Your country would assuredly have the most beautiful and glorious part to play that a nation could wish for. Placed like a buffer between a friendly England and a not hostile Germany, she might by acting as umpire In even tual dissensions prevent a general con flagration. In this'- matter believe a German who always had great sym pathy for you. Renounce-a minister whose only thought is to 'disturb th.e peace of Europe, and adopt a loyal and open policy toward Germany, the only policy worthy of a great nation pr0vement of the coast defense and like yours, if you desire the peace oft.. , , Voor -, . . ... the world " 1 jthe naval service based on the facts The plausible list of grievances which Germany formulates .In the foregoing ingenious statement is chiefly signifi cant for the indirect light it throws upon the kaiser's attitude and proba- j'ble plans. It makes it abundantly clear ! that the Morocco onestion is mprclv had .a lon scori against France, which he is determined to avenge. He be- lieves the opportunity is now in his grasp, and he may be expected to make the utpost use of it. Whether his motives of aggrandizement as well as revenge will lead him to go to the point of war is not yet quite cleaiy His policy thus far has been provocative as iContlued on Page Two.) COLLISION KILLS MANY Not Less Than a Persons Dead Dozen Passenger and Freight Trains Meet Head-on and Make a Complete WreckA Number of Ar.e Seriously Injured Persons Baltimore, June 17. A head-on col lision on the Western Maryland Rail road this evening resulted in the killing of twelve, and probably fifteen persons, and the serious injury of from 13 to ! Thf nrrident occurred about six j miles east of Westminster. A double I header freight heavily loaded, which ' was eomine to Baltimore, crashed into i the 'Hasrerstown Express which left ' here this afternoon. The wreck was ! complete. Ttn bodies have already ; heen recovered and brought to thi city. Others are still believed to oe in the wreck. The passenger train left Baltimore on schedule time about 6 o'clock and was running at a high rate of speed. When nearing Ransom, above West- ! minister, and wThlle descending a steep grade, the freight, drawn by two en gines and containing a number of sec tion hands pulled around a curve. There is only a single track here. The passenger train dashed into the freight and smashed the engines. George B. CorreJl; passenger engineer, and John Bestlger, fireman, both of this city, were instantly killed. Immediately back of the passenger engine was a caboose carrying a number of train hands who had been clearing a freight wreck about five miles from the scene of the accident. Of these about thir teen were killed. Their bodies were re moved to 'their homes in Hagerstown. Seventeen passengers were; seriously hurt. Among them are three" Baltimo reans. L. L. Lloyd, Charles Medders . J TTT 1 1 1 TT" ,1 The others lived in western Maryland. About three of the lesimi luoijia injured may die. Nearly every train " J ' , hand suffered some injury. The responsibility for the accident has not been placed, butit is thought the freight crew was to blame. INTERSTATE LEAGUE Greensboro, N. C, June 17. Special. Greensboro took the game from Char lotte here this afternoon in a most ex citing contest. Timely hitting and gen eral superior playing won the game. The score: R.H.E. Greensboro .. ..2 0100000 03 11 4 Charlotte .. ....0 0000100 01 8 2 Batteries: Charter and Ryan; How ard and Reid. Umpire, McGrath. - Salisbury. N. C," June 17. Special. Salisbury-Spencer shut-out Danville in ra good game ot Dan nere mis aner- noon, the score being 4 to 0. - Batteries: Salisbury-Spencer, Whip pie and Bently; Danville, Moore and i Benny. THE WAR GAME IS AT AN Some Results the Public Can Understand MORE' FORTS NEEDED . - , v The, Mouth of Chesapeake Bay Not Adequately Protected by Fort Monroe Mines, Searchlights and Wireless Communication of Great Value in Defensive Operations Fort Monroe, Va., June 17. The Joint army and navy exercises ended at noon today. The next thing in order is the consideration of the reports of the umpires and observers and the ul timate formation of plans for the im- brought out. - While a few features gave a farcial aspect to some phase of the exercises, there can be no doubt that much good will result from the test of the person nel and material of both sides. Then, too, many vital facts were developed which can be used to great practical advantage in the future One of these was the efficiency of shore searchlights, At present very few of the forts scat- tercd along the Atlantic. Gulf and Pa cific coasts are equipped with lights, but the demonstration of their value during the past week will doubtless have the effect of causing them to be purchased and placed as rapidly as the I available funds will permit. Fort Monroe cannot protect the en trance of Chesapeake Bay. The exer cises demonstrated that fact conclus ively. The searchlights can not plc!rj up vessels coming in between the capes, nor can the heaviest batteries reach them. One of the results will be a renewal of the agitation for the es tablishment of a fort at; Cape Henry. Such a fort could prevent the. entrance of all large vessels, but smaller ones might get in through a channel very, closfe to Cape Charles, the shoalest point of which is about 18 feet at mean tide. The establishment of a subsidi ary battery 'on Cape Charles, however? could cover the entrance to the bay, most effectively. The cost of such for tifications would be- quite heavy, anX confess will doubtless move slowly, If at all, in providing funds for their con struction. Even though a hostile fleet should succeed in getting by the home fleet, which would naturally be set to pro tect the lower -end of the bay in tha event of war. it could not hope to do any damage to either Washington or Baltimore. The mine system which tba land forces operated so effectively dur ing the exercises could possibly per form the work of annihiliation with out assistance, but the combination of the mines and the batteries would con stitute an 'impregnable defense. In fact the exercises showed that the only weak point of the land fortifications, or at least the principal one, is theifl, inability to turn their big guns toward the rear. If an active enemy could succeed in landing light artillery it could get in behind the forts and do a vast amount of damage unless it was: met with effective resistance on tha part of the infantry, cavalry and field artillery. Wireless telegraphy and other ad vanced means of communication, In eluding signalling from land stations: and from scout boats, have been shown to be very effective. That their more extensive use will result from the joint exercises is probable. These are the main points developed! during the week which will be appreci ated by the general- public. Others such as fire control, ranges, range-finding, etc., are too technical in their nature to be easily understood by any one who does not make a study of them. The board of review will pay particular attention to them however, at c . .. .. M ! greater value than the mere question o s . w-hether the army or the navy got th I . . . auvariLage in uic vmiuus cngaKciiieuiB, The work of the. board will doubtless cover a period of many weeks, and its report will be of Intense interest to the personnel of both arms of tha service. Decision Against Paper Trust Washington, June 17. Attorney Gen eral Moody this afternoon received .from Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel j for the government in the paper trust cases, saying that Judge Seaman of Milwaukee handed down, his decision in the government's suit against tha trust today. Mr. Kellogg added that the decision was a complete victory fop the government on the point, tho wit nesses being required to answer every question and to produce documents and books. The special counsel also said ! in his telegram that the defendants had asked to be allowed to appeal, and that Judge Seaman would decide upon this application Tuesday. El ill s it i i, I! I 1 is- v.-..