WAR CLOUDS ANDUNREST WITHINTWINREPUBLICS

Dead President of Haiti ProbablyVictim of His Plans Against

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Washington State DepartmentWatches Developments to

Protect Americans

[Special Dispatch to The Call]WASHINGTON, Aus:. f*.?Dark and

ominous- war cloud? hanging over therepublics, Haiti ami t-anto Do-

??ire giving" officials of the de-partment of state much anxiety.

While there is tome doubt whetherthe tragic death of Cincinnatus Le-conte, tise Haitian president, was theresult of an areid- deiiberat"plot, it is believed he was killed eitherdirectly or indirectly as a consequenceof the unrest in the little republic andthe elaborate precautions he took toprotect himself from violence.of great internal dissension andthreatens war with Santo DO?lingO. andas yet no definite policy for meeting

t . \r. ted emergency has been for-mulated. American interests will befully protected, both in Haiti and Santo

NFX'OTIATIOXS FOR LOANDoctor Haynadi-. the dominir-an min-

ister in Washington, has been in-open ns for a

loan ol b to wagea war a gainst Haiti. The state depart-ment doubtless will use every effort todissuade the two republics from en-gaging in a disasl - It ia prob-able that Unit. tops will belanded in Santo Domingo.

The American minister at PoriPrince stated in a dispatch ftdepartment that thedent LecOnte ;due to improper ventilation Of smoke-less powder magazine*. He said thattle ci ty va b < that the con-great elected Tancre de Augdent by a vote Of 111.\\ VR FOR POPI I.ARITY

rded In Wash)as the g Bpii it in the impendingwar. believing it would be a popularmove to start hostilities against theneighboring republic. Just What ef-fect his death will have on thetion is conjectural, but conditions are

d upon as grave.Senor Menos. the Haitian minister.

does not believe that there wa* a ploti the life nf Leconte or in any

event that his death was caused by anyart of the revolutionists. He thinks? the many bullets discharged as. t of the explosion killed thepresident.

BATTLESHIP NEBRASKAIS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED

Vessel Runs on Shoals; May BeTaken Out of Service

WASHINGTON. Aug. ft.?The battle-Xebraska ran on an uncharted

shoal near Jfewport, R. 1- last night!and was so seriously damaged it wasorder' navyyard.

The . t about tbesame time broke her starboard crankshaft and was ordered to Philadelphiafor repairs. #

It is believed the Nebraska has beendamaged seriously, and it may be neces-sary to put the- ship tission,replacing it in the fleet with one -hips.An investigation will be made to lo-cate the uncharted shoal, the existence

In waters so crowded withng : - s gres I b .to nay al

officers.The Connecticut's accident was not

seriou h oc-curred ist week 1 I

pi. The

TWO SAN FRANCISCANSFINED AS "SPEEDERS"

Petaluma Police Keep L'p FightAgainst Fast Drivers

[Special Dispatch to The Call]PETALUMA, Aug. o.?Special Officer

Walter Gylner today arrested ?;. _JPerlian of San Fran- iolatingt.fte speed Ol ? ? prisoner ap-peared before Judge Dillon andfined M*> Shortly before noon officerGuldner arrested .J. B. Coryell of SanFrancisco. He paid $10 and was re-leased.

COTTON DEALER SHOOTSWIFE AS THIEF SUSPECT

Victim Says Husband Fired De-liberately While Intoxicated

XFW YORK, Aug 9.?Matthewo*CaLlagha-W a cotton merchant* living in afashionable section of Brooklyn, wasarrested today on the charge ol shoot-ing his wife, Lillian, whom he declaredhe took for a burglar. Mrs. O'Gallaghansaid her husband wa* intoxicated andthat the shooting was deliberate Shewas taken to a hospital in a criticalcondition. She is 37 years old.

BANK CASHIER GOESTO JAIL FOR STEALING

PRICE, titan. Aug. '.).? a two year\u25a0 c penitentiary was Imposedon Clyde W. Jackson for he embezzle-ment of $12,800 from tee Helper Statebank, of which he was cashier; .lack-son pleaded guilty and surrenderedabout $4,000 of property t» his bonds-men.

Actress From AntipodesIs Held at Angel Island

Board of Inspectors Will Determine WhetherWhisperer Told the Truth

Four of the cabin passengers whoarrived here yesterday from the an-tipodes on the hnei- Aorangi *?*?'<fused landing by the immigration au-thorities until a special heard has In-vestigated their titness for admission tothe United States. They were takento Ansel island and will be held thereuntil landed or deported. Among thosetaken to the island was a Miss B.Hiller, an Australian vaudeville actress,

Msd the ocean in sear-h. of anftement.

I Hiller is young and pretty.';' \u25a0 passengers for whom she sang on

\u25a0! 1 occasions, say thai she [a tal-ented, she was pop-da'- in Australiaand made friends with her fellow pas-sengers during the v©j . oss thePacific. She told the immigration of-ficers that she was here in search ofan engagement. Sh< " ? Told them.ihe expected to meet her fiancehere and might, marry instead of goingon the circuit. There was nothingin either program to which strictlyproper LTttCle Sam could Take exceptionand the young woman would have beenallow-d to go || bch ber Of the

sf had not whispered Into thecar of the immigration Inspector Who

was < tig her. The inspector\u25a0 ! to land her and ordered hertaken to Angel island, where a hoardof tnspectdrs \v ill fudge whether or

er to] i I ?. "-. The- oung woman i : iI. . . - Bay? otft . ?- ;*. John Kelghley,

said ! .- ? .orangi tOler of New

: ng on ac-count Ich heram- 1 ere to c RShII a specialist, but1' \u25a0? in: | fear,

ig a public\u25a0 ' . bould hap-pen to - N ? id business be-fore he sets out of the United States.Marl Bister, Mar-garet ift w< ? a IsO held.

too, cam edical aid.with him

: tO be well tO do, but he i?Id deaf. He is held

chiefly, ? a ev< r, on account of his sis-ter, who is 7(1 years Old. blind and

:ng from senility-. Tiie |mition authO "? \u25a0? gard him as Ins sis-\u25a0 i dian, and If it is de-cided to deport her, he also will haveto return to the antipodes.

Miss E. Hiller, Australian vaudeville actress, who is being held by Ithe immigration authorities pending an investigation into her right to land |in the United Stales. *

MAIL'MORGUE' FOREACH STATE URGED

Postmasters Seek 1015 NationalConvention for Cali=

fornia

STOCKTON. Aug. 1.-?That the post-office department at Washington estab-lish a dead letter office in each stateto the end that the return to the Benderof such mail be facilitated, was the gistof a resolution adopted late this after-noon by the sixth annual convention ofthe third and fourth class postmastersof California in session here. IT wasalso recommended all domestic moneyorders be made negotiable and payableat any postofßce in the United Slates,and that all supplies be furnished bycentra! state o/Bcea instead of the pres-ent plan of relying on Washington. The

\u25a0;? ? Mible publicity for the post USavings banks was recommended, andthis branch of.the service was resolvedto be \u25a0 beneficial feature of the depart-

Ident C. !\u25a0'. Keilar was elected aate to the national convention to

be held at Richmond, Va., September 1:1.20 and -1. and he was instructed Toinvite the convention to hold ItJ 'ft

in I'alifornia.ft ? officers elected for th" ensuing

term were: C. I*. Keller of Keawah.Tulare county, president; 11. s. Silts ofCrows Landing, Stanislaus county, Vicepresident, and Dell MahOOd of ?Madera, Marin county, secretary.

The next convention will be held inSanta CrUz. The Stockton sessions willclose tomorrow.

EAGLES' GRAND AERIEELECTS SAN FRANCISCAN

John S. Parry Chosen Secretaryat Cleveland Convention

CLEVELAND. 0.. Aug. 3.?The resultof the election held by the grand aerieof the Fraternal Order of Eagles an-nounced today shows officers electedwere: William J. I'rcnnen, Pittsburg,Pa., grand worthy president; ThomasJ. Cogan, Cincinnati, grand Worthyvice president: John S Parry, SanFrancisco, grand worthy secretary: F.X Hughes, Yonkers. x. V., grandworthy Treasurer. James I*. Kelley.Cleveland, Conrad 11. Runs, KansasCity, Mo., John J. I'.ohl, Stamford.Conn., and Fred