Show I 1 THEODORE SMITH I 1 naturalized american citizen incarcerated in russia eleven months st SL Pet Pe nov 28 theodore smith a naturalized american citi izen zen of astoria oregon has hag arrived in st petersburg having been released on bau ball f from rom the prison at Ps PC kov in the baltic provin provinces eez where he be had bad been confined for eleven months smith who is a native of Eath Di onla I 1 left russia in 1888 on account of political persecution having been prominent in the agitation that year against the landl and settled in oregon he returned to russia af after ter tho the imperial manifesto of october 30 1903 1905 1 I granting a constitution to russia amnesty to political exiles but was arrested re for sedition at tho the height of the revolutionary agitation in december dec em lat last and narrowly escaped being shot later smith was waa placed on trial before acourt martial but owing to the intercession of the american embassy the government decided to try him betori a civil instead of a military court As announced at the time the officials of at the embassy were gratified with the me xe J sult as smiths paper was waa irregular though it was established that he had lived several years in the united states state washington nov 28 speaker cannon diw saw the p president r e aident today to ascertain some 0 of t the h e batters lat views as to the relative importance of the various subjects in which the pros president ident la Is interested te and which will come to the front at tho the approaching session of congress |