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"'"' :';": : '-' ' . :;AV'' V '''- : v" ' :k' A 1 ,: "V" ' -' ;V v;, ,:;"!, :.,' A ' '"' '"',';' ''..' ' ''?''..''-.-. ' ' -''',':' ' ! ' ''.K -5;.i-A ' r 1- 'Vl- "i V'V- ; ',-''' ...'-'-,. " ; ' '- . ' -: '', -7 '-' .'. MMtmh Mmt. SO ' ' ::"' :'' ' : " : 'l"ii"'il,-''r'j!-.'-';w"v..i':. Vol. EXIX No. fa.-.: , -V- " . .Th WeatferACt : , :,r:. RALEIQH, ff., C., MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 Double the Nam Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper .1 DM HOT RESIGITi Health Is Good and There Is Harmony In the Cabinet AT FORT Report That Diaz Will Resign OftV dally Denied reace Terms Will bo Rejected-Soldiers Getting Ready for Manoeuvres Handlta Attacking Amerlean Interests Stat of Active Warfare Being Moved Into Sonora-. (By Leasod Wire to The Times ) Washington, March 20 "There la absolutely no truth in the report that President Dlaa will resign the presidency," declared Senor Bulla, first secretary of the Mexican embas sy today. "I can speak for Ambassador Be La Bnrra on this matter. Our pri vate advices here show that Presi dent Diaz is In good health mentally and physically and there is entire harmony in his cabinet. There is no truth in the gossip that Senor Liman tour, minister of finance, will suc ceed him at the present time." Peace Terms Will be Rejected. Washington. March 20 Peace terms proposed by the Mexican insur rectos calling for the retirement of President Diaz will be rejected ac cording to Ambassador Be La'Barra. He declared today that under no cir cumstances would President Diaz re tire and denied the report that Min ister of Fanance LImantour was on bis way to Mexico city with a propo sition for a peaceful settlement of the revolution. (lotting Ready for Manoeuvres. San Antonio, Texas, March 20 activity at Fort Sam Houston was pronounced today In view , of the Mexican peace plans the officers and men now expect serious manoeuvres to determine the efficiency of the ar my for a period of ; three or four months under conditions as nearly stimulating warfare as possible. Hiking under the hot sun with no prospect of an active engagement or the opportunities for promotion which come on the field of battle is not especially attractive hut this is what is placed squarely before the men who are in camp. By Tuesday the first brigade will make the practice march to Leon Springs and return. Manoeuvres are being worked out for the other brigades as well. ' When manoeuvring involving an attack on Galveston will begin has not been revealed. Officers at ' the camp believe.-, the show of force made by the United States has accomplished its purpose so far as Mexico is concerned 'and likelihood of having to invade that country is very remote at present. The measles and mumps which ap peared in camp, continue to 'spread but' have not yet assumed the pro portions of an epidemic. The hos pital corps is having an opportunity of shoeing Its efficiency and is being complimented oV the way ill which the situation Is being handled. Some fever has appeared In camp, but' tills-Is "not of an Infectious or contagious nature and taken as a whole the health of the camp is con sidered remarkably good. Bandits , Attacking American Inter- .. f. - -. ests. . Laredo, Texas, March 20 Bands f maraudlnir bandits claiming to be Mexican Insurrectos, but professing allegiance to no one command, are ntturidnir interests owned by Amer icans In Chihuahua and Sonora. The feeling igalnst Americans is being Increased by publications In Mexican papers of charges that the United , States Is attempting to find an excuse fnr invadins the country. Railroad work trains, sent out fwm Torreon. are being fired on and v.nrinner Brackenhow narrowly . es caped death when several volleys were fired at his train. : ? LaCoToradQ, m the Sonora Ral mart. RAventv miles from Hermossl lo, lias been captured by 400ebeU. : (Continued on Page Two.) DR. WASHINGTOH LICKED Negro Educator Attached In ew York Apartment Receives Severe Beating -at the Hands of Albert rirlch Ulrleli Says Washington Insulted His Wife Washington Says I'lrlch Was Brunk. (By Loasod Wire to The Times) New York, March 20 Dr. Booker T; Washington, the negro educator, was too ill from the beating he re ceived last night from Albert Ulrich of No. 1102 West 63ra Btreet, to" ap pear in the Westside police court to day as complainant against his. as sailant, and Magistrate Cornell there fore postponed the case until tomor row afternoon, holding ! Ulrlch: In $1,500 bail. . Ulricli, who charges that Wash ington insulted Mrs. Ulrich, did his best through his lawyor to get off on parole until tomorrow, but the magistrate declared the caso was "too serious". The prisoner was highly indignant and said he would fight, the case to a finish. He declared that, he had acted within his rights and was not afraid of the outcome. : When the case was called Attor neys Wilford and Smith appeared for Washington. He presented a certif icate from Dr. Bosford which stated that the educator's condition Was such that he would be unable to ap pear in court, but was confined to his apartments in the Hotel Man hattan, .James C. Moore, attorney for Ul rich, then asked that the prisoner be paroled. William J. Cibson, another lawyer, who attempted to explain his interest in the case by saying that he appeared In the "cause of justice", also asked that Ulrich be paroled? After Magistrate Cornell had dis posed of the case, Mrs. Ulrich who was In the court, again declared that Dr. Washington had met her in the hallway of her home and addressed her with, "Hello, sweetheart". J. H. Benton, who also lives in the Sixty-third street house, was in court with his two daughters., They said that they had seen Dr. Washing ton in the vestibule and passed him, but that he had paid no attention to them. Mrs. Ulrich told her story of the affair today. She defended her hus band's action .declaring that repeat ed overtures had been made to her. Mrs. Ulrich,. who is a pretty young woman, talked at length after a con ference with her husband. "I was out for a walk last night," she said. "When I returned home and entered the outer, lobby tills man was in the vestibule. He said, 'Hel lo: but I made no answer. He then snld, 'Hello, sweetheart.' I asked him what he meant. Then I ran In and told my husband. He rushed out and said to this man, 'What in are you doing here?' The ne gro replied that he was looking for a friend. Then my husband said, 'What in the do you mean by talking to my wife?' "The man denied it but my hus band said, 'Yes you did,' and went for him. I ran and called Mr. Re vett, with whom we live. When.' he saw the two fighting he said, 'Ulrich can take care of the negro. . Then the man ran away toward Central Park and a detective came out of a hotel and stopped him. When he asked what the trouble was Mr. Ul rich said he wanted the man ar rested. ". - " " - ' . :. 1 Dr. Draper Defendant Washington. Albany, N. Y., March 20. Dr. An drew S. Draper, state commissioner of education, in a statement today, defended the character of Booker T. Washington the negro educator who was arrested ; in New York City charged with being a suspicious per son. Dr. Draper is a warm friend of Mr. Washington. ' In his statement he' said:' "I have known Booker T. Wash ington for many years; That he Is a man of character and superior edu cational attainments goes without question. I cannot believe that he was the aggressor or tnat he was at fault In the controversy which was reported in today's papers. By tem perament he is not pugnacious and I feel sure that he was assoulted with out reason." ' President Back in Washington. s, (By Leased Wire to The Tinles) Washington, March 20 President Taft, and his party arrived here at 9 O'clock from Augusta, Ga. The pre Ident was driven at once to the white SMe. " Ho appeared browner than when ' he left Washington and has lost tbe worried look he' had when be went souio ior a rest. BUT LITTLE LIFE LEFT THE IN STRIKE (P.y Leawd Wire In The Times.) Nen- York, March 20 With fix huh dred policemen on guard in front of the stables at Fifty-Sixth street 'ami Second ti venue and an '.of fleer to pro tect each driver and helper, the ' Ariiim TCxpreaH f'ompany sent out forty wagons today. In addition there w r a lnrgn number of ''detectives In". the streets. ; The police guards were ."today -taken nit the Amerlean Express -' Company wagons, following a protest by the men on Saturday. " The 'company officials applied for the withdrawal of the policemen after the drivers hfld assured them rluit they were .in "no danger. Everything In Jersey City was nulet, and there eeetned to be 111 tie or no lite left In the strike. Spread of Bovine TuIercti)osis. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 20 The great Imporlanee to human health and groat economic; -'.Importance of control of tnhereulosis -In cattle and hogs, es pecially In Cattle, Is emphasized In n bulletin on the subject Issued today by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ami prepared under the direction of Mr, A. J), Melvln, chief of the bureau of ani mal Industry. Ir. Molvln mys that In spile of all the work done to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis the progress of the disease has been more nvpid than the 'progress of the work asninst it. Suit Against Hammond. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) : Washington, March 20 John Hays Hammond probably will see the coro nation of King George, in London, to which he Is- sppcial ambassador of the United States, before.. ho '-defends the $1,500,000 damage suit of Daniel J. Sully, the New York "cotton king." it was learned here today. Hammond and other defendants named by Sully have until May 1 to file an Answer to the damage suit, resulting from, tho organization of the General- Cotton Securities' Company. Service ihas not been obtained by Sully on the prlncipal defendant, Hammond being In Pennsylvala. -.. . . , , Ghouls Open Grave. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Memphis, Tenn., March 20 Ghouls broke into the old family vault of W. W. Whitsell, in Winches ter cemetery, early today and tore open six caskets, searching for jew elry buried with the Whitsells, who died In 1876 of yellow fever. The robbers broke open a heavy Iron door lending to an inner vault and pried the top off the caskets with an iron bar. ; (Hunts IMay Texas Team. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Austin, Tex., March 20 The Aus tin team of the Texas league were the Giants' opponents here this after noon. The new ball park of the lo cals was opened yesterday by the White Sox, but the New Yorkers had a bigger crowd than Coinisky's crew. The Texas legislature 1r in session here and many of the solons of the Lone Star state were among the spec tators. Explosion At French Lick. (By. Leased Wire to The Times.) French Lick, Ind., March 20 A dynamite explosion occurred today under the steel work of a new addi tion to the French Lick Springs Ho tel being erected here. No one was Injured though the flight from t)ie hotel rooms resembled a panic. The explosion was heard for miles. Child Kidnapped. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York; "HiVfch"" 20 While scores of men and women were in the vicinity nearby today, Pauline Meyers, six years old, was kidnapped from in front'of her home 238 Mc Klbbon street, Williamsburg. She was sitting with her five-year-old brother at the time. Her mother tried twice to commit suicide upon learning of the kidnapping. !' Coal Miners Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Harrisburg, Pa., March 20 One thousand, one hundred and twenty flve. coal miners were killed during 1910, according to the statistical re port issued by the chief of the state department of mines today. This toll of life was caused by securing an phtput of 631,966,670 tons of coal. New- York Failure. New York, March 20 An Involuntary petition of bankruptcy was filed today gainst Frederick Slmmonde, a mem ber of the Consolidated Exchange. It Is alleged that the liabilities are 160,000 and the assets $10,000. Tom Johnson Better. Cleveland, O.. March 20 Tom L. Johnson slept well lust night and was apparently better again this morning, maintaining 1 the gain ha had made Sunday. linn CHARTER FAILS OF Indications Are That the New Charter Will Be Defeated By a Big Majority VOTE UP TO 3 O'CLOCK The vote being cast in the election for a commission form of govern ment is heavy. .-'Vp to 3 o'clock a to tal of eleven hundred and twenty eight were cast, of these 225 were for the adoption of the new charter and 90S against it. While this is true, there are some facts that should be considered. The forces for the commission form weer never Organized and never spent any money at all in the cam paign. The -people all sat Idly by and depended Upon the papers to do the work for them.'--While-on the other hand the opposition ..was well organized and spent their money in the fight. T(ie old-line fighters were lighting the proposition hard, they did ''all this .organised work. Tae vote by wards and division was as follows: Kor. Against. 1st. Ward, 1st. Div. . . 40 71 1st. Ward, 2nd. Div.. . 15 102 2nd. Ward, 1st. Div.. . 46 46 2nd. Ward, 2nd. Div. . 4 100 3rd. Ward, 1st. Div. . . 54 1 65 . 3rd. Ward, 2nd. Div. . 15 115 4th. Ward, 1st. Div.. 38 200 4th. Ward, 2nd; Div- H 9S Total ; ; . . ! . . 225 903 WOMAN STOLK $19,000. Sentence Deferred I'ntll Her Mother : Hies Stole That Her Parents Might Live in Comfort. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 20 Judge O'Sul- livan in the court of general sessions today delayed passing sentence on Miss Susan McCornber of Kast '('(range so that the girl's aged mother, who is dying, may pass away without know ing that her daughter is a convict. Miss McCornber who pleaded guilty to stealing $l!t,000 from the publishing llrm of John Line & Oomiiany, was calm and collected when she was taken before Judge O'Sullivan to be sen tenced. ; . ": : Her aged father, for whose comfort she stole, she said, was in court with a. lawyer friend. "Ynuv honor," said the young woman, 'I ask only that sentence be deferred If powsjible until my dear mother shall have passed away. I shall then he ready to pay the penalty for what I have done." Judge O'Sullivan deferred sentence until Thursday. AN AMERICAN KlLLFI). Received Fatal Wounds at the Hands of Insurrectos. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ',.. Torreon, Texas, March 20 Dying from four wounds inflicted by Mexi can insurrectos, H. E. Driscoll, Amer ican manager of Hacienda Guichapa, owned by St, Louis capitalists, was brought to the hospital here today. The Insurrectos tried to' "hold him 'tip and when he refused to give them money they shot him down. Rebels under Sixto Ugalde fought the federals at Colonla Siding, near here, last Thursday and thirty men wre killed on both sides, including Captain Durano, of the federal army. Ugalde is a former shoemaker of Ma temoras. At Coyote Hacienda three rbels were killed and several wounded. To Merge Elevated Railways. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, March 20 A merger of the four elevated railway- companies In Chicago and operation of through routes from Jhe Southslde to the north and west sides will be In effect by September 1, according to an an nouncement made today by Henry A. Blair, financial head of the Chicago Railway Company, who has Just re turned from New York where arrange ments for the combination were made. Limantour Back In Mexico. (By Leased Wire to' The Times.) Mexico City, March 20 Senor Lim antour, minister of finance, arrived here safely today after bis trip through Ute : rebel Infested section of Mexico. He was given an enthusiastic greet ing by waiting diplomats and . other ofliolals when h-stepped from the private t-ar Hidalgo. - OFU SAYS HE IS STILL IN THE RACE l lly Leased Wire'lo The Times.) New York, March 21) AccordiiiR to report current. . in political circles this ''afternoon, William S;ieehan has repudiated Charles l' -Murphy's plan to end the senatorial deadlock at Al bany by a series of caucuses and will stay in the contest. When "Mr.- Slice ban was-, seen til his. home today" he refused to discuss t ae ehal.o'rfhi)i. but close friends declared that, he would not get out. Mr. Slieehan is said to believe that he "has become the. embodiment of a great principle'1 that of majority rule. imowER i!i:ronE (;is.xi .iritv. " . Vice President of the lKfuuct North ern I Sank Testilles. tr.y Leased Wire to The Times.) 1 ,. w Votk. March 20 William I.. lii'ower, vice president -..-of the defunct Northfin Bank, voluntarily appeared h( fore the -grand jury today as a wit ness in the iuvesligntion of the. Car negie Trust Company, and. other hank, log affairs. : He was plied with "'ques tions.' -that hail 'been '.suggested ".by Joseph CI. Itoliin, the brink wrecker.. Before liiower njiiicnivrl, Uohih was closeted with , Assistant '' .District At torney Clarke for several hours. Or. I.oulse Babinovitch was also - .tlierc. itohitr told Mr. ClarUe liiivv to iicsli"ii Brower regarding heavy city deposits in the bank. It Is believed that several indict ments have been voted by the Brand jury, one of which nanies a man prom inent in the management of the l ar ncsie Trust Company. Oilier Indict ments are to be voted this wepk. Ambassador Mill at Home. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York. March 20 David Jayne Hill. American ambassador to (ler- many, arrived hero today on the liner George Washington, In response to a call from the state department to dis cuss tho potash situation affecting Germanyvap4An)erica. He was ac- colnpanied by his family. He re fused to discuss the Mexican situa tion. After a number of lectures in this country he will return to Ger many; ''... HIow to I thick Hand. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) lVttsville, Pa., March 20 A blow t black hand methods was struck here -today- when Frank Tucci. an Italian,.' was' fined $l.in and sentenced to three years 'imprisonment at hard labor In the county jail. He was con victed of sending a black hand letter to Angelo Ksnick, a mine foreman. who was shot and killed from ambush at Morea, subsequent to his receipt of a letter. The letter demanded $1,000 from Ksnick on penally of death. Fell From Third Story Window, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 20 Leaning out of a third story window at his hnme. 1213 Ninth Street, Northwest, to take down a flag pole this niorninK -Oeorge W. Harold, a well known merchant tailor, lost his balance and fell to the brick pavement 30 feet below, He was carried Into a house, where he died half hour later. Went Suddenly Insane. - (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 20 Becoming suddenly insane George Shagorre, n Syrian,: clashed. 'into the office of a firm of bankers at 5 .Wall' street this afternoon and threatened to kill the president and cashier. ; Six policemen were called and subdued him after a struggle. Ijong and Short Hani Clause. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 20 Argument's from the state railroad '.commissions of Washington, Oregon, Nevada. ,and Utah, and various commercial bodies, were presented to the interstate com merce commission today on the ques 'tion of the "long and stiort haul" clause ns applied to trans- Continental shipments. Mobile Bank Kails. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mobile, OAla., .March 20 The Lcin kauf Company, one of the oldest banks in the city, today assigned to Henry B. Pake, of Demopolls, Ala. The fail ure was due to extensive lumber deals resulting In unnegotiable paper. The concern expects to pay in full. . Supreme Court Takes a Recess. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 20 The United Stated supreme court again today failed to hand down decisions In either the Standard Oil or Tobacco trust cases. The Gompers contempt case also failed to potnu down. The court took a recess today until April 3. V. M. C. A. Building Burned. Sprlngtield, Mo., Muroh 20 Forty persons, two of them women, narrowly escaped with their lives when the Y. M. C. A., building end dormitories burned to the ground 'toduy. The Iosb is about $100,000. UPCHURCH TRIAL IS ON Housebreaking and Injuring Personal Property Charge W. K. 'pchurcti is Charged With Kn teiinjt' Cooper Brothers' Shop mid Destroying .the' Murlilo Statuary E. 11. (Vow unci V. V. Itoliarils, i:pei I .Bankers Keclaic Xote I'iiuiiiI is Ik HefeiKlanl's Jliiiuhii i t iiiK." .'' . ''" The case against W, K. rpchiirch, eiiarged-with liouse-hreaking and de stroying personal property.. was tried today. .-. -. It is ' "rehiemhered that, some time ago some one entered the marble shop of Cooper Bros., and destroyed about ?2,(i00 worth of statuary by breaking off wings, arms, heads and chipping off the corners to bowls, etc. The officers were at once notified and they set to work. on the case and as n result of their investigation W. K. rpchureh was placed tinder arrest. Me was given a preliminary hearing and put under a $.ri00 .-bond until his I rial, At. the bearing today the evidence, while eirciimsiantial, is ; -exceedingly strong against Upchiirch. '''Messrs. George and William Coop er told on the stand of the destruc tion of their .'property,- of the finding of blood stains all on the marble, supposed -to have come from a cut on the finger or hand: also about rinding a note written in very ob scene language to Mr. George Coop er, which they believed to be in the handwriting of W. K. rpchureh. Mr. (reorge Cooper said that -rpchureh worked for him about three years ago, and in working a piece of .'.stat uary, some bad work was done, and he was ordered t o work it over, which he not only refused to do, but left the shop. '. Police Officer Jake Pope told of his work- in liud-'ng ont the Kdllty party and that when he found Up church, he had a cut on his left hand. Mr. C. W. Cooper testified that he had seen t'pehurch's handwriting enough to know it and believed the. note found was written by him. James Hoge, a colored employee of Cooper Bros., told of going to the shop early that morning to open up and finding the: door open, lie said that when he went, in to build a fire he first found' a jar or bowl with the corners broken off. He then noticed the door, leading into the show room open, and going in there, lie found a lot of the statuary broken to pieces. Messrs. Gosney, of the Carolina Light and Power Company; W'.W. Kobards, teller of t.ie Citizens Na tlonal Bank: K. B. Crow, cashier of Commercial National Bank, all testi fied that th'ey had examined the note in . quest ion W illi other instruments In Upcuitivh's hand-writing- and be lieved thill., he wrote tho note found. , Messrs. G. S. Goodwin and Lonnie Johnson told of I'pehui'cU's stopping his work because of a dispute over a piece of w ork with. Mr. Cooper, and how he cursed him and said that some day he would get even with him, that he only hoped and prayed that his health would get better, so he could fix him. Chief Stell testified to rprhur.ch'e action when he went to arrest him, of how he refused to let him see his finger, and how he found blood stains alt on his coat, that he refused tr. give him a sample of his writing. Upchurch Is represented by Mr. W. B. Snow, while Messrs. Walter Clark Jr., and R. X. Simms represented the prosecution.." ' He was bound over to superior court under $1100 bond. Anglo-American Alliance. ; . London, March 20 The Anglo American arbitration alliance advo cated by Foreign Secretary Grey can not be submitted to the Imperial con- ference. : Premier Asquiih pointed this out today in a speech in tlx house of 'commons, declaring that nt specific proposal hud been inade bv the foreign minister and that tills- prevented consideration of the-' sug gestion by the coniinf conference. Hallway Mail Clerks ((rganizinK, Washington. March 20 Railway mall clerks are unionizing In affiliation with the American Federation of Labor, and the postoffice department today mmli known its dlsapprovtil of such organ izing. It' the railway mall clerks al ready In unions do not get out, and if those now out don't stay Out. the department will decide what it will lie to accentuate its disapproved. Tiesidence Burglarized. Washington. March SO The residence of Iteprescntative Herbert Parsons, of New York, was burglarized last night the thieves taking $1,000 worth cil jewelry. BATTLESHIP TEXAS TO BE BOMBARDED Costly Naval Test With Sa? As Target to Begin Today; TEST TO BE SECRET BattleslUp Xew Hampshire Will Hurt Broadsides at Texas Costly Ex lierinient but Xaval Men Say It Id Needed to Determine Effect of Ar-mor-piercing Shells Secretary Meyer, Senator Clapp and Several Congressmen Will Witness Testa Xo Foreign Representatives Al. lowed With Fleet. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cristleld, Md March 20 With, the battleships of the Atlantic fleet, Rear Admiral Schroeder commanding, act Ing. as spectators, the battleship NeW Hampshire late this afternoon will hurl broadsides into the old battleship Texas, re-chriwtened the San Marcos, ten miles off here In the upper reach- of Chesapeake Bay. , ; Groat secrecy is maintained by nary officials. Orders from "Washington, governing tests were that information, technical or otherwise, should be made concerning the bombardment. Ord nance experts of the navy, and-a corps of artillery officers, headed by; Bri gadier: General Crosier, - chief of era nance; IT. S. A are aboard different -ships of the fleet to watch the nrln. .Secretary of the Navy Meyer, Sen ator Clapp,, of Minnesota.; Kepresenta"'. the Rot'erts, of Massachusetts; Loud, Df Michigan, and Gregg, of Texas, Me in the midst of the fleet on the Dolphin. It is the first time In the history of the American navy that a batte ship has been used for a target, a eost- ly experiment when the target to a $5,000,000. It Is a test, however, navy officials say, that is greatly needed ,to determine the effect of armor-ptofctilg shcjs upon the Intricate mechanism of a battleship. I'sually the navy department, In conducting tests of guns and armor plate, permit naval attaches of for elgri government to be witnesses, in this Instance the request of the foreign naval officers was ignored. Last Saturday": the -San" Marco, was lowed up Chesapeake Bay from Hampton Koads by six puffing, busy little tugs. : She was anchored oft Tangier Island In Tangier Sound. There were, no men aboard of her, though none of her fittings had been taken out except the furniture. In her turrets and magazines were lilaced ilumiiiles of men, live chickens and (-ills: . . . : v '.-. .,. Once the pride of the American navy .vhen .she was commissioned the Tex is, in S!!f.,j the San Marcos today wnii-il a mere pigmy compared to the iRhting monsters that make Up tho tlantic .fleet ( which arrived here from Hampton Roads last night to witness .he "l)Mtt!o." : . The New Hampshire avos picked to In the tiling because her guns will iuve to be replaced before those on iny of the other ships. Seventy men losi-rtctl the New Hampshire before lie tli-eti left Norfolk. They claimed hat the guns of the ship are too old o be safe. In firing the New Hamp shire will use her entire battery of our l'J-inch guns, eight eight-tnch inns and twelve 7-inch guns. Before going into "action" the crew if the New: Hampshire will be ord red under the showers and after the wit lis- the men w ill appear; In clean nuU-rclntbing. This precaution Is al lays taken when guns are fired be-.-aiise in event of an explosion there i less liability of poisoning should any f the crew be wounded. It is a prac :icc the navies of the world adopted loin the Japanese after the Kusslan lapanese war. . What effect the firing will have upon he San Marcos Is problematical. The .eneral" belief Is that if hit below the rater line .she cannot Moat for many lours. . When the firing tests, which prob-' ibly will last until Wednesday end, he- fleet w ill return to Hampton Roads nd early 1n April will go to the drill ,-rounds oft the Virginia cape for Wing target practice. Hcuuiiding Grandstand. , (By Leased Wire to The Times.) '.-.Washington,-'' March 20-Jresldent Com Noyes and Treasurer Harry Bap ley, of the Washington baseball club, together with President Ban Johnson, f the American league, made a trip it Inspection at National Park "today ind all expressed surprise at the prog, ess already made.iu the work ofT ulldlng the grandstand and Weaihers .vhlch were burned last week. A rntet-' ng of tho board of directors of the lull will be held this afternoon When he rebuilding plans will be Anally passed on. - -s
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