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T"F WEATHER TODAY cr North Carolina: ! . ....... TEMPER ATOJtE j Temperature for the past 24 Hours: Maximum, 94. Minimum, 72. :,r Raleigh : .-: coo er. Post. el. IX LOSS GIVEN V1NDICAT1 tim Retired From the Dip lomatic Service ETS SEVERE ROASTING President Roosevelt Says Some Un rasantly Plain Things in His Keview 01 tne X inaingS J-OOmiS . , T l;.:eives an Admonition for Im - , . ruuence in Official Administration - . . . -.i'.tgton, June 20. Herbert W. of New York, United States . r to Venezuela, "Was today dis i from that office and from the M-.atie service of the United by order of President Roose-f'-r having preferred charges -t Assistant Secretary of State :s. which Secretary Taft report-- the president as having been and for having instigated at in, the newspaper press upon -hu-acter of Loomis. Secretary to whom the president entrust :o duty of investigating Bowen's ;-s against .Loomis, and Loomis' ur-charges against Bowen, ex 'lO'.l Loomis so far as the allega affecting his integrity were con- vil, but admonished that official his personal participation Jn busi- - affairs in Venezuela while serv- a-s the United States minister to . government. approving Secretary Taft's re PresHent Roosevelt gave a brief line to the findings and conclusions .Mr. Taft with reference to Loomis, in.g merely that he agreed with and had nothing to add thereto. resident Roosevelt devoted thirteen! written pages to his review of the' nt T.ro!-. at he had been guilty oi at it t .irpting to tamper with a telegraph operator, with endeavoring to obtain .".--rtrun documents by surreptitious ti.ean?. "in plain words, of stealing," v quote tne presiuem, uimuj- quote the president, y to the diplomatic Hohood, making . loose and v. and corrupt dealing. service, reckless In the : -umer.tary evidence of this sensa- nal case it is shown that President -sovclt had felt very kindly toward ' ..v-nuntil the charges of the latter r. --rtinst Ixxmis became a subject of : - s;isration; had. in fact, intended to 3 , rr.ote him. A telegram sent by Sec-. r:irv Taft to Bowen informing him of r.;; .ciii from Venezuela contained a 3 ".n.is'e that if Bowen were cleared of t rharges preterred" against him by . .tills he would be appointed minister o .-hili,- and subsequently ambassador : Brazil. N i. Ke the president, Secretary Taft ci: ! not mrnce words in his reference to -v . --t had Deen snown Dy xne evmence "i ning Bowen's conduct, and he i v . very frank but kindly in the ad-j ; :. ..!! which he delivered to Loomis. Taft's position as the investigator ' tI liowen-Loomis scandal was par - :: .riy delineate and irksome from the that he was a classmate and old r . of Bowen and a fellow townsman '-. L "imis, with whom he had also been l:.r.:;:ately acquainted for many years. T:;c president has intended all along t"; : ' if Loomis were vindicated he f ! '-' ;, l be given a promotion in ins f ' 'rrtment service, and the under f ' r. !'i et was that he would be sent to T -xi o as ambassador or to Japan as r. ..--r. Whether, in view of Se-cre-t ry Taft's opinion that Loomis, while " '. id not been guilty of anything re ' -'-.us; upon his character, had never t taken part in business transac- - while minister to Venezuela, was like)y to give rise to com ' i f fleeting upon the government of ' i'nited States, the president will J that Ijoomis is entitled to a promo t . in order to emphasize his vindica " :i, has not been disclosed, but it is veil that Loomis will be appointed - iitiother petition which will be in ' nature of a compliment. cretary. Taft, In referring ta. the 1 wrongful transactions of ,vllis aid. No 'one iran read this evidence nout being convinced that Mr.;" haa Keen mrct rrnoll v tnnrlpr. in the charges against his integrity 1 sincerity as a public official and a man; but in the very great ?'faction that we find in his com- tr exculpation from all charges of onr.sty we cannot be blind to the t that his failure to hold himself ' liy aloof from any personal par r uion in plans for investments and ; 'Station of the country to which was accredited and from allowing, ON vei.se ueveiupmeiiio m anj - " If to take personal interest in:businesg but I can see nothing in i jar tions in which he or his lega-'snt at' present that would warrant i might also have to act as in a -t capacity, have possibly lent r to the aspersions upon his char - ' r which his enemies have been too willing to make and support. annot say, because I. do not that the record of Mr. Loomis cuul3te,r in .Venezuela as shown in this record, is such as to .disqualify him from service as minister in the diplomatic service of the United States, but I sincerely hope that his bitter experence in this case makes it unnecessary further to point the moral that one who occupies the position of minister of the United States can not afford in any country to which he is accredited, in which business enter rises must more or less be affected by government favor, and concession, to make personal investments of any sort, or to leave the slightest doubt as to the absence of all personal in terest in any matter which he may bring before the goverments to which he is accredited." In his review of Secretary Taft's report, President Roosevelt starts off j with the assertion that "I agree with all your findings and conclusions re garding Mr. Loomis and have nothing to add thereto." The president then proceeds to con sider the cafe as it affects Bowen though Loomis' counter charges. The president characterizes as "un- true" statements nf Howpn that j Messrs. Russell and Buchanan had j been appointed, respectively, ministers (to Colombia and Panama, through 'the j influence of M. Loomis. "Mr. iLoomis.. says the -presiaent, "had j nothing whatever to do Avith the ap- 1 pointment of either Mr. Buchanan or ' v... " Mr. Russell." In one letter Bowen spoke of hav ing submitted documents with refer ence to Loomis and that a year pass ed without action upon them by Sec retary Hay," which, .comments the president, "by implication, at least, looks as if Mr. Bowen were accusing Mr. Hay also of misconduct.." i The president quotes also statements of Bowen that he was justified in se curing the publication of the newspa per attack upon Loomis and that he did so because Loomis "seemed likely to bring still further disgrace on our government." 'It is disingenuous for Mr. Bowen re peatedly to use such language," says the president. Bowen furnished his charges against Loomis and some of the documents thereto to representa- tives of a New York newspaper. The names of the representatives of the newspaper to whom he furnished this information , were John Grant Dater and Nicholas Biddle. Dater said in an I -Contiued on Page Two.) GONE TO THE BAY STATE President Roosevelt to Attend College Commencements He Is to Receive the Degree of Doctor of Laws and Will Deliver Two Addresses-Be Back in Wash ington Early Friday Morning Washington, D. C. June 20 President i Roosevelt left Washington at 9 o'clock Ltonignt on nis trip xo Worcester ! Williamstown, M'ass. He will be away ! two days He was accompanied only j by ecretary ' Loeb, Surgeon General I Ilixey M. A. Latta, his stenographer, j an(j three press representatives. The ; partv traVelling in a special train on- the pPRnJ8ylvanla roa(j to Jersey . . . a -r-r-r a. -3 City, whence the train will be trans ferred by steamer to-the tracks of the New Haven road. The route will be by way of New Haven, Willimantic and Pu.iii.-ir, to Worcester, where the president will c-t.ved tomorrow morn ing at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt will attend the. com mencement exercises at Clark Univer- city and will deliver an address. After a brief visit to Holy Cross College, the president will leave for Williamstown, arriving there at 6:30 in the evening. He will dine with President Hopkins ot Williams College tomorrow evening, and Thursday will attend the com mencement exercises and receive the decree of Doctor of Laws. After a brief addrss to the public, the presi dent will leave for Washington at 10:30 in the afternoon. The president's train is scheduled to reach Washing ton at 3 o'clock Friday morning. STEEL IS ALL RIGHT : ; . The Industry in Sound Condition A rmr Aincr tn Charlfa M. Schwab , I New York, June w. varies ivi. iSchwab, president of the Betnienem ' Steel Corporation, returned to his of- i3- nftar- n turn VVCtfU-R VaratlOll. v , and had this to say concerning iron aril steel conditions: "Steel conditions look exceptionally sound, and I can see nothing in sight that would warrat the statement that the prosperity the industry is now en joying will not be lasting. There has been a falling off in demand for pig iron and certain classes of light finished steel, but there, is no signifi cance in this. . It is seasonable. Of ronrs nnp ran always look for ad- .. s omr nrnnch of 'tne least apprehension so far as steel jg concerned." j ur Schwab denied reports that he is seeking control of certain iron and ! steel plants for the purpose of organ- izing a combination second only to tne .United States SteeL Corporation in its magnitude. RALEIGH, liiI ft 11118 IflSrafll 3 ! LAID TO REST . , .... I A Great Throng at the Cuban Hero's Funeral CEREMONIES IMPOSING Military Honors Conspicuous in the Procession Crowds Fought for Admission to the Cemetery By Order of President Palma There Was No Speech-making Havana, June 20 The funeral General Maximo Gomez, which held today, was very imposing. About 40,000 persons lined the streets for two miles to Principe Castle. In addi tion to these an enormous crowd ac companied the body to the cemetery, which is an hour's walk from the palace where the procession began. The body was carried from the palace, where it had been lying in state, and was placed on the gun carriage by the sons of the dead commander. Im mediately behind followed the horse that was ridden by General Gomez during the war. On either side of the gun carriage, which was drawn by . eight mules, walked the ex-members ' of General Gomez's staff. I Thfi cortex started from the ualace'. mmctuallv at 3 o'clock. As it started ! a co in to vi mine wna nrn,i TTcrm : procession, which included six hun- j dred artillerymen, a hundred mounted rural suards and four hundred police. At the cemetery the police, after having allowed probably ten thousand persons to enter .before the arrival of the body, starfed to keep out others, which caused a semi-riot. Clubs were freely used to keep back the crowd, 'many of whom, however, climbed the railings. One policeman was thrown from his horse by the eager crowd. It was finally deemed to anow anyDoay to enter .the cemetery. The body was met at the entrance of the cemetery by Bishop Estrade. There was a short service in the chapel, after-which relatives carried the body to a vault, which will be used temporarily until a mausoleum Is erected. . As the body was being lowered Into its temporary resting place three vol leys were fired by the soldiers outside the cemetery, after which a bugler sounded "taps" and the priests sang a chant, which ended the ceremonies. The crowd then quietly dispersed. Nearly all the houses in the city were draped in black and innumerable flags were displayed at half mast. Free masons took' part in the procession. All the arrangements were hands of the executive, who speeches at the grave. in the forbade REBDOCH PLEABS GUILTY Defamer of Claude Kitchin Gets a Year in the Penitentiary St. Louis, Mo., June 20 Special. "Guilty," pleaded M. Ll Reddoch today in the United States district court when the specific charge of trumping up charges against Congressman Claude Kitchen of the Second North Carolina district was read. Reddoch was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the Missouri state penitentiary at Jefferson City and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars. j Crowds thronged the court room de spite the downpour of rain, President Roosevelt's investigation of Reddoch's charges against Kitchin having brought the case to almost every body's notice. Congressman Claude Kitchin and his brother, Congressman W. W. Kitchin, were in court and at tracted perhaps as much attention as the prisoner. The spectators . seemed anxious to look at the faces of brothers and decide for themselves whether Reddoch's charges had been with or without foundation. But Reddoch's plea of guilty settled all doubts. Reddoch had been notified to answer today in the criminal court of correc tion. The state charge against him was a corrupt oath, but in view of .his conviction by the federal court the state's case was continued. Reddoch was taken to Jefferson City this after noon by Deputy Marshal Williams.. The St. Louis postoffice authorities believe Reid'doch assisted Elmer Smith, the drug clerk, who stole $62,000 . be tween October, 1904, and January, 1905. Run on a Bank Forces Suspension Jamestown, N. Y., June" 20. The State Bank of Forestville, an institu tion organized in 1893 with $25,000 capi tal, was compelled by a fierce run to close its doors at noon today. The in stitution had affiliations with the Fre donia National Bank, and as soon as it was known that'the latter had failed the depositors commenced to clamor the Cabana fortress across the bay. I turned state s evidence, was a false likely however, that the actual dis Genew A chol ihe Zltnew- He Said that the Pstofflce cussion of the terms which will end the General Rodriguez, chief or tne rural inspectors were "bloodhounds." kp. entered into before the N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. 1905. I for their money. Between nine o'clock I and noon $10,000 was paid and only $10,000 remained. The directors decided that it would be best to suspend pay ment. The doors were accordingly closed and the banking department was notified. s V The liabilities of the bank consist of $145,000 'due depositors.' The resources consist of $120,000 in loans; $20,000 in mortgages; '$10,000 cash and $6,000 in bonds. Cashier H. G. Allen said the depositors would be paid in full. Oldest Clerk Dead ' Auburn, N. Y., June 20. "William Vr. Deane, the oldest clerk Irf the treasury department at "Washington, died at the home' of his daughter, Mrs. Arnold S. Yantis, here last night. He was 92 'years old, and since the close of the L1V11 V (11 11U 1 1 1 1 OC1 LI CIO I V HI the treasury. . He was graduated from Union College in 1837 and served in the ministry until he took up his duties in "Washington. He came here about four weeks ago for a visit. Rapist Shot to Death Nashville, Tenn., June 20. Simon Ford, a negro who assaulted a white woman near Riversilde, has been taken from jail at Hohenwald, Tenn., by a mob of fifty men and shot to death. Ford was arrested after being seriously of wounded. After his arrest he admit was ted his guilt and was identified by his victim. He was hauled v to the scene of his crime, about ten miles, suffer ing from his wounds. He asked to be killed the quickest way and did not plead for his life. . A Grafter on Trial Washington, June 20. The closing r, f ,v. August W. Machen and George E. Russian government has made similar Lorenz to defraud the government, j re?If1entt , f ' . tovor. .j., .v. Ai While President Roosevelt has taken was held todav and the case went to' 'I , - , Voofa , tVl . . , ... ,. T an attitude of making no haste in the the jury late this afternoon. No ver- negotiationSi it ls more than likeiy that diet was reached at a late hour to- if he haa not done so already, night and the jury was locked up until ;BUest to each of the belligerent morning, iirx-becretary or tne rreas Tl ll.I. J . ri i t . .' " 1S.r p,,' 10,r ! ?erense- who luctuiih -' JAPANESE WILL Russians are Anxious About Oyama's Movement BIG BATTLE EXPECTED The Japanese Operations on an Un precedented Scale Success of Oyama Will Force Linievitch Westward and Isolate Vladivostok. Fighting Due to Begin London, June 20. A dispatch to the Stan'dard from St. Petersburg says that many good observers are inclined to believe that Field Marshal Oyama is prepared to insert a wedge between KIrin and Vladivostok, driving General Linievitch west. The situation is watched with anxiety. Paris, June 20. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Temps says that stupefaction has been caused by in telligence of the operations In Man churia, and hopes of approaching peace are; being abandoned. The present operations are unprecedented. They extend over a front of 500 versts from the Corean to the Mongolian frontier. London, June 21. According to he Tokio correspondent of the Telegraph the Japanese are continuing their vic torious advance in Manchuria. The Russians are completely outflanked on both wings. Joyful news is shortly ex- pected. The Japanese have consider ably, more than half a million men in the field. The preliminary operations began as far back as May 20. The Russians occupying the outer works southeast and svest of Harbin and the forts on the Sungari river number 54, 000, with more than 300 guns. Numer ous mines hatre been laid. A train leaves Harbin; for St. Petersburg daily and one arrives daily from St. Peters burg. One train is dispatched daily to Vladivostok. 1 Soldier Hero Married Denver Col., June 20. Lieutenant Pearl Calvin Titus was married today at Colorado Springs to Miss Grace Anna Robinson, daughter of a promi nent family. Titus was the first soldier to scale the wall of Pekln during the Boxer uprising, and for that and meritious service was appointed to West Point by President McKinley. He graduated In this year's class and' hastened home to marry the girl for whom his attachment antedates his soldier days as a bugler in the United States armir in China. He will remain in the servfce under the lieutenancy re ceived at Vest-Point. DBIVt AW EDGE EAR N LY MEETING OW EXPECTED Peace Commissioners May . Assemble in August LOOKING FOR REPLIES The President Wants to Sea the Movement Accelerated He May Throw Out a Hint to That Effect. There Will Be No Armistice Be fore the Plenipotentiaries Meet Washington, June 20. Advices have reached President Roosevelt from both Russia and Japan that an early meet ing of the peace plenipotentaries is de sired, and indications now are that the opening meeting of the conference in Washington will be held early in August. The Japanese minister, Mr. Takahira, has indicated to President Roosevelt that the Japanese envoys can reach Washington some time &ur- ing the early part of August and the suggest, to nations that their resDective plenipo-i I" tentiaries be selected as speeauy a.t possible and started to Washington for . t A 4. It is not middle of the month. The work of or ganization will take many days, and further delay will be made necessary if the plenipotentaries are forced to leave Washington for some cooler place if thereat here is excessive. Mr. Takahira left Washington early today for Boston. He will deliver the commencement address at Tufts Col lege and -will receive the degree of Doctor of Laws from that institution; He will not return to Washington un til Friday, the day of President Roose velt's return. It is understood that in the meantime he will visit several summer resorts in the north with a point in view of finding a place which would be acceptable to Japan as the northern meeting place of the pleni potentiaries. Whatever might be Mr. Takahira's Intention on this point it will not'be final, as Russia's consent must be given' to any meeting place which may be chosen. Mr. Takahira is also looking for a summer home for the Japanese legation. He will take his entire staff with him, wherever he goes, and conduct the business of the legation in its new quarters. It is not unlikely that a decision as to the date of meeting will have been reached by the time President Roose velt returns to Washington. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, and Mr. Takahira are botti in communica tion with their governments on this subject as well as on that of the choice of plenipotentiaries. It is now well established that there are no negotiations on for an agree ment as to an armistice. It was said authoritatively today that the question of a cessation of hostilities would come up after the plenipotentaries had been designated. Washington Is becoming bereft of diplomats, nearly all of whom have flown from the heat of Washington for a cooler place. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, will remain in the city until he sails for Europe, early in July, unless he gets instructions from his government to remain here until the plenipotentiaries meet. It is quite likely that he will be so instruct ed before long. Baron Rosen, his suc cessor as the Russian diplomatic repre sentative, is not expected to come di rectly to Washington when he arrives in this country early in July, but will to'a summer bome he has procured at go, according to present pians, airectiy Manchester-by-the-Sea. WITHOUT WARNING Death Came "While S. H. Sheerin Was Making a Speech Chicago, June 20. S. H. Sheerin, formerly secretary of the Democratic national committee, dropped dead on the floor of the convention hall in the Auditorium Hotel today while making an address before the delegates to the convention of the National Interstate Independent Telephone Association, which began today. Dea tras due to apqplexy.- Mr. Sheerin was president of the new Long Distance Telephone Company of Indianapolis, and had been selected by the arrangements committee to reply to an address of welcome by a repre sentative of the city of Chicago. As Mr. Sheerin went to the speakers' table he jokingly remarked that he was un able to make a speech without notes and asked the pardon of those present while he read his response. He had proceeded -well along wita the reading when he suddenly stepped backward and fell to the floor, expiring within a few moments. A moment before his collapse he had remarked to Col. J. D. Powers of Louisville, Ky., - temporary chairman of the convention, that he was not feeling well. The convention adjourned for the day in respect to his memory. S. H. Sheerin, Jr., a son,' was present when his father expired, and immedi ately took charge of . the remains, which will be sent to Indianapolis to night. Czar's Speech Suppressed St. Petersburg, June 20. The domi nation of the bureaucrats was never more strikingly displayed than in -their behavior towards the czar's ' audience yesterday" with the zemstovists. The censor withheld the publication of the czar's speech on that occasion, which was communicated to the press through an official agency, and mere ly the fact of the audience and the names of the delegates were printed. The Novoe Vremya and the Bourse Gazette, however, evaded the censor ship by printing a paraphrase of the czar's speech in editorials, but omit ting certain expressions that were likely to bring them in conflict with the censor. Sugar Trust Inquiry Washington, June 20. The bureau of corporations are taking preliminary steps toward investigating the sugar trust, but the work will scarcely b entered into elaborately until the oil trust investigation is concluded. Cer tain facts have been, voluntarily, laid before the department by persons who think they have been squeezed by the trust, which convince the officials that they will have little difficulty in at taining effective results. - Lease of Baltic Shipyards ' St. Petersburg, June 20. It is report ed that the Baltic shipyards of this city are about to pass into the hands of the United States Steel Corporation, which is to receive a ten years' leass r,f thftrv. New York, June 20. E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, says the corporation has not and does not intend to lease the Baltic ship yards. AN ASSASSIN CONFESSES A Negro Hired to Kill White People r -" i Heartless Murder of a Boy and Girl Three Young White Men I Participated With the Negro in! the Double Crime Valdosta, Ga June 20. The confes sion of Alf Moore, a negro, arrested for complicity with J. G. Rawlings and Rawlings three sons in the assassina tion of the son and daughter of W. L. Carter, has been m'ade public. Moore alleges that the elder Raw lings, who is white, employed him, and that he andRawlings sons went to, the Carter home. They were to kill the father and mother and eldest son, set fire to the house and kill the children as they ran out. The boy came out at the sound of the klogs' barking, and one of the Rawlings boys shot him. Carrie Carter started toward, him, ex claiming, "Buddy, are you hurt?" Then she was shot. The boy staggered to ward her, crying: "Oh, Lord, they have shot sister." Then the boy, Moore says, was drawn into the house by his mother. Moore says he heard the boy beg ging his father for water, but the father was afraid to open the door. He says that he ran away just as one of the Rawlings boys was' about to fire ! the house to drive its occupants out. Severe Fighting in Manchuria Paris. June 20. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris friend of Etaperor WMliam, "accompa says that the expected battle in Man- ! nied him on his recent visit to Tangier, churia has begun. The two wings of j Premising that the Moroccan difficulty General Linievitch's army have retired :Will be settled satisfactorily, Profes The fighting is severe. ' SOr Schiemann declared that Germany Hopeful as to Morocco Parish June 20. Commenting upon the Moroccan situation, the Figaro 1 ment of that reapproachment has been, says that the announcement that Great ; her policy for years. Then, pointing Britain may accept the invitation to j to certain English publications that attend the international conference is were lying on. a table, he said: "There of tfie greatest significance. There ! are the organs of the syndicate organ could not be a better indication of the ized against our good relations." favorable 'course of affairs. He added that he did not associata Paris, June 0. In the Chamber of the British government with the Brit Deputies today Prem'er Rouvier, on be-j ish campaign of calumny, alhough its ing questioned upon the Moroccan situa-j interest lay in having France ag a tion, said it would be premature to de-: friend. Germany's policy, he declared, liver a statement as negotiations were ' is absolutely pacific, but if ever ther still in progress. is a war between Germany and Eng , . ir.'l U "-ill imrOK?Bible for Franc The Kaiser Scorching Hamburg, June 20. Emperor Wil liam, while coming from Hanover to this 'city in an automobile, ran a race with an express train on a line whose tracks run parallel with 'the highway, hoDing to prove the contention that the automobile would win in such a con- test. He maintained a speed of sixty miles an hour until, to his chargin, th road made a curve and compelled hh to abandon the race. Near Cello t. tire burst and the automobile tilted until it was almost overturned, No. 18 WALUCE IS ON HIS WAY HOME Important Busings Brings the Canal Engineer MANY ARE GUESSING It Is Reported That He Intends to Resign, but Secretary Taft Pro fesses Ignorance on the Subject. Canal Commission Will Establish Purchasing Age'ncies Washington, June 20. Secretary Taf b has not been informed by Chief Engi neer Wallace of the isthmian canal commission of any desire on the part of Mr. Wallace to resign his position, i as has been rumored. Wallace haa sailed for the United States. His com ing was not expected and officials hera do not know the nature of the urgent businesa whicth Wallace desires, to dis cuss with Secretary Taft. The only, intimation of his reason for leaving tha isthmus was contained in a dispatch received the day of his departure fou the United States, in which he said that he found it would be necessary to re turn on "account of important busi- n&ss." Mr. Wallace's departure from tha isthmus leaves there only one member of the executive committee of the canal commission. Governor Magoon. It has always been the intention of President Roosevelt to have two of the three members of the oommittee in Panama, all the time, and he so announced when, j the reorganization of the canal commis Ision took place. Theodore P. Shonta, chairman of the commission, who ha4 never ten In Panama, intended to sail today, but on account of Wallace's sudden departure from Panama he will remain here until Wallace coraesr Mr. Wallace has a number of things wtotch he might discuss with Mr. Taft before the secretary goes to the Phil ippines early in July. These questions are not so important, however, that they could not wait. Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of tha commission, today .announced that it had en decided after much consid- eration to establish purchasing depots for canal supplies at New York, Newl ! Orleans. San Francisco and Tacoma. Assistant purchasing agents will ba placed at each depot and they will hava charge of the territory in which they are located, making visits to the cities j near their headquarters. Regarding the purchase of supplies1, the following announcement was mada today: - " "The policy of advertising for bids C. I. F. to the isthmus will be ad hered to. Arrangements are being per fected under which advertisements will appear simultaneously in the leading newspapers in each section of the coun try. This method will avoid discrimi nation against any port or section o the country. 1 WANTS FRENCH FRIENDSHIP A Professed Explanation of the At titude of Germany Paris, June 20. A significant sidelight on Germany's attitude regarding the Anglo-French entente, which has al- ready been explained in the dispatches to the Laffan Bureau, is furnished in an interview with Dr. Schlemann, pro-, fessor of (history at the Berlin Univer sity, published, by the Temps. Prof. Schiemann, 'who is a trusted personal was forced to act as she has acted, but nevertheless she desires nothing more keenly than an understanding and r approachment with France. The at t tain to remain outside of It. She will be ini volved, and must choose one side o the other. Sixteen H;at Fatalities Pituburg, Pa., June 20. The Cppres- islve heat .wave that has tightly grip- r'1 '..''burg and vicinity during the: past four days, continues and the'list of fatalities Is growing rapidly. Up to noon today three more deaths were re- ported, making a total of sixteen smce ounday. There were also ixnany prostration fiX a. serious nature I'- i j I' ( i H i i 1 is I! ft m It It f! t- I t til .!?) 1