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ALIBI. FOR WOLTER WILL SEEK TO SHIFT MURDER CHARGE. lather Comes to Aid with Law per, M ,. r Whitman Promises Speediest of Trials. Pram Albert Wolter's father, who went ♦.a h'.s F-in's aid yesterday and retained n lawyer to defend him on the charge of n-urCering; "uth Wheeler. was learned Just night th« line the defence would :nk»-. .An attempt will be made to es thblish an alibi for the youth, and to chow that, as ho has said consistently since ail arrest, be was not in the house *• No 224 East TJilh street, where the murder was done last Thursday, until that night. The defence, said Albert Wolter. the rider, would nook to show that one of young Wolter's companions tn the white slave t raffle, possibly one I) pher up in the business, actually com minted the crime. Woltrr's father retained \v. D. Scott (is his asaiM lawyer, because Th* Trib tnVe revelations had convinced him that the youth was simply a tool of a gang of traffickers in young girls. The action by The young man's father saved him from er. Mai ft the hands of the police that whs expected to break him down com pletely, for Mr. Scott took steps at once to see th«t h!« client's rights were rot 1m nded. The polio* ar.d the District Attorney office obtained evidence yesterday that »«-d them b attach far greater tm partancfl to 'Wolter's past as a meniU-r of a 'white blave" gang. They took up <i:Mger.tiy pursuit of the clews furnished by The Tribune, and us a result of fur ther information river, to them yester ii.iy have found the house where Jennie Kohn. who once lived w!ih Wolter. as Katchen Mueller has done of late, is liv m with "Jones:," the pickpocket who vrs first brought into the . a>*> by Mary TVeifman. ' hey ate perking Annie "■niristeln. too, through Jennie Kohn, F.nd may *orm restore her to her father. May Be Indicted To-day. Prpm what District Attorney Whitman •hid yesterday I new record for the *«pid execution of justice in this coun ty if likely to be established In this r*se. The grand par* will be ask.-d to indict Wolter to-day. Under his con stitutional rights he may defer pleading, if the indictment is returned to-day, un til Friday. Two days more must then c'ripse before he can be brought to trial. «i:d he may therefore be placed on trial r:i Monday. Wolter's father said last night that Mr. Scott bad obtained enough evidence l«i make out an alibi which he expected €3d Weekly Sale of PIANOS and Player-Pianos To-Pay l"he fact aWI ihe House of Knabe rrptrsrnt* the largest lint of Player- Piano* 1.1 the world, to gether with our enor mous »ale» of nil gradei of pianos and player pianos, makes it nec?» sary for vi to continually > --.I (in part p»v rrient) a number of lightly u?ed instrument* of thoroughly depend able make. 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I Mr. Scott had a long interview with the prisoner in the Tombs yesterday, and j said Int. that he was sure the case '•aid come on tri.il to a clim.ix more ; «*«traordinar>- than the story already re veaJod. , Wesaar« aathar v . as sure laM night | " at "' murder was committed by an- I other. i n the evidence which the parent «s investigating he expects to show that j* Jn " - " v! '« liad held a farreachlnp In- I fluence over the boy. was the one dlrcct jl> responsible for the crime. ICatrhen Mueller, the vouna; girl who j Hved w ith Wolier. is now believed to be wholly innocent of knowlcd?<) of what happened in tne Baa) - ,- lth Birt , ,. t apart . ment. where the charred body of Ruth Wheeler -*-as found on Saturday after i noon. The new evidence will Ik> with held until young \Volte r is brounht to ; trial, and then it w in l«. prsSMHSaSd as a i surprise to the apparently overwhelm- Itir: evidence now in the possession of j the District Attorney. Father's Conviction Changed. Mr. Wolter at first denounced his «on for what he regarded as his proved con : ruction with the d*>ath of Ruth Wheeler. | bat further evidence which came into his possession caused him to change his mind, and last i.icht he ta id that ha . would d.. everything in his power to j brine forward the true facts of the crime. Ha vln himself put the boy thro U a«. innul^ition. and at the end lof it hopes to b" able to complete the ; alfbt "I atn convinced that the murder of i Ruth WsssaV r la not up to my boy." said ; tlie pntj -haired father. "There is some thing deeper. Fomethine which only ■ father rain ferret out. that hi at the bot tom of this case. ] have, never before j had any experience with the poll. and I was so upset that 1 was ready to accept thing; as truth." "Mary Welsman." said Mr. Wolter. '■ niaanadaaaf Albert as the man she knew ! some time aco. I am sure, that he was with a Ranjt in her neighborhood. You call them cadets.* 1 have always read j of them, hut find It hard to believe that my son was one of them. Yet the evi dence is there, and 1 am now convinced that he knew Jennie Kchn. the arirl | whose picture was found In his rooms. i That connects him with the other women. "If my son wanted to kill a woman why did he wait until Thursday?'* Fa id ' ', the old man. as he summed up the cvi- ' dence for the defence as he saw it. He could have taken nny one of those women whom the police say were sent j (o( o the house In Baal Tr.th street on j Tuesday and Wednesday. He did not. j because he did not plan such an atro « 1 'up deed." Maintains Son's Innocence. j "Ruth Wheeler was the victim of one of the members of the organization which baa made the city dangerous for i | young girls. She was murdered by a j man who wanted to make her lead a Ufa lof disgrace. Perhaps it was one of the j commanders of those fearful gangs. It ! \%as not All»ert. He may have been a wild boy, but he was not ■ murderer." The eater Wolter had denounced his I Bon on Sunday night when the abduc tion charge was changed to murder. I His wife had vied with him in the de- i nunciations. but there was something, a thread in the cord of evidence that may ; have slipped by the police, that caused a change in the parents' manner. They had refused to come to their son's aid, but the mention of the name of another woman, not Nat n Mueller, made them suspicious. The defence will try to show that Ruth i Wheeler was lured to her death by a | man, now unknown to the police. They | will try to prove that Wolter was not in ! the ai>artnicnt when the girl called The j 1 j:int. the umbrellas and the fact that lh« bundle containing the body was placed i«utsid«» the dining room window 111 be explained, it la said. "In \h*> defence we a ill show that Wolter was a tool of be young men aho bf« supported by women.** Mill I. 11. Ritper, of No. n Broadway! Mr. Scott's assistant, "Tlte man who is charged j\>:th the crime is not guilty. 1 say this , :i«.t its his law\er but knowing that i .very word is true. The BtOT>' printed) in The Tribune on Monday is the key to j the murder. It was committed by one of] 1 •!«• gang <<f vicious characters whose habitat is ■ ... mi Fide of th« city. •Th man knew Wolter. He carried .ill Li* plen so cunningly that Wolter was an uuv, tiling aM. He induced him t . let him us«- ihe room*?. under the .l.i.ik of :■.!>,• friendbWn. "Wolter was always broke.' He never lunl money. .'. woman whose Influence wa.s greater than Katchen Mueller's stood behind aim. Sh-- may have engineered iho plan. Then, again, we know it was not a woman who committed the crime but a :-.!:■!;. That man uas the head of tii« syndicate <?hich sent «\omen away."; It is true I denounced my son," said \2lcb. tt'olUT. "I cannot think that this) crime i* !;<>d t.» asm He was neverl cruel. \«t the punier was done in the) tioy's rooms. 1 thuddT t.i Think that j be jshor.liJ have been arrested for such :i tlilrur. ISvea i' nay Eon vaa <as of j that jra'ig 'vhlch !•♦( -t- norsie parts of lh« irity it is better t« know that than •«» Uj.ov. th;tt he k a murderer." Ji.n the reporter as-ked Mrs. Wolter J why she did iKrt go to the Tombs to ron *ol»- her son ar.<i why she had not nrlt t. ii to him. The details of the police ! in«]ui.-ii!on .in Sunday and Monday were j told to her. "I cannot think of asp l->oklng at the boy v til ess li« comes home to me with I his conscience cleared of the deeds that { v.vre <loi»e in that '?'!■• wlierc ho and j Katcbon Mu'lltr liv«'d. Then I will un- ' derstand. Then he will again have a nn i!i« r. but now" The 5 liter view was broken by th«; an pear&ttCti of :«n «»l«i friend of the alter fani'.Sy. who <:ur..- to extend his sym pathy. "Win don't jou move?" asked the visit" I.1 '. "No." s .id Wolter's father. "1 • 1.1 re main ii. :• sinti! I know who killed Ruth | Wli. -el. .-. l^ranU Mot*. 1-irst Aai taj 1 Matriet Attorney. wh«» hs*« been put la charge of the case, decided yesterday that th. : - - a Two-Mile V/jtlk in Eve ry Bo it." ii r\ eTA ww I UUI ••** » OJ '*• : ' ""^^^^7^ < -i*»x* •>' &*«* lnduUfeiu-« from »ny <-v*» 'I 111 * '"■« '••*' 1 < ri» TA. W i » •« 3 * l lv * tv*° i\b » **_"_♦ •»»'•' »•"• ♦*««■&<■>"» Ii - C" TAWW I '• - '«r FT C. I M "** I l,.*da Ii*«; «out«in» t*^ , — ■— ■ .. - ronmnx I- „ jU ,i a »p»rkHis trni'ed wt*r. H*e- I ',',' ied I :«> "* '*■•' <lub!! ' '•° : a ■ ■ ortetv \T».' Ki»il?«V» < «iotU*d ••' •••;'•• •*»;>• •<ft l.v \.-u«-i. tS*mU & OcnJi:. «nd a,: tf. c . 1 L ? l*** iii-utfitM* JJoifis Oub*. «*f** <-r * El. Ue*£ ttm C... » Wfclutoil a. CIV. • XKWrVQRK hmi.y -^iia m;. WIiniSTISDAY, ' 3IA"K( H :;o. into. COMMANDER PEARY AND LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON'. ' Who met at luncheon yesterday. (Copyrtsht, IBM by I'cdfrwotxi & Underwooo.) discovery of Jennie Kohn was important in the cxtronw He spurred Captain t'aroy. of th»» Homicide Bureau, ton to roncwed rfforts. and the two detectives who hay* been working almost continu ously i=inrA early Monday morning on th*» clews furnished by Th* Tribune were reinforced. A dozen were at work last night, and they had traced Jennie Kohn to a house in F^ast 13th street. There she is living with the "Jonesy" of Mary Weisman's story, notorious a.« a piekpoeket. Annie Goldstein, who was found by her father last summer living with Jen nie Kohn. is not far away from this houFe. Two weeks apo >-li«» was living with "Rolph." also named by Mary Weisman. "Rolph" is well known to the police a? a cadet and petty criminal, and they hope to reach Annie Goldstein ere long. All these men and women are inti mately bound up with the life of Albert Walter. Mr. Moss said last niprht that it mißht turn out that Joonle Kohn would b«» an important witness in the murder trial. and he added that she was necessary In the Goldstein case. That is a case of abduction, of "white slav ers,** pure and simple, for the girl is only a child. "It is a puzzle to me. but we do not jump at conclusions." said Captain Carey, of thr Homicide Bureau, when lie found that Wolier had not confessed yesterday morning. "I cannot talk on the subject of Wolter*S guilt or inno cence. I shall head one of th.' most complete Investigations Into the 'white slave' traffic ever made in this city. Justice will be prompt In the case. District Attorney 'Whitman announced yesterday that he would lay the evidence so far obtained before the grand jury to-day. '• is expected that an indict ment will be returned before the .-iay is over. The constitution gives the de fendant the. right to two days' delay between the Indictment and the plead ings and two days more before the trial. It would not be at all surprising, tli«-r«"> fore. If Wolter should be placed on trial by Monday for the murder of Ruth Wheeler. That the crime was more serious than rven at ..r.-t supposed was established yc-sterday. Professor .1 11. Larkin. of the College of Physicians and Surceons. reported that from a T'artial examina tion of the girl's remains lie found that the had been outraged. Scott Foils the Police. Mr. Scott forbade his client yesterday to say a word to an one about th<- mur der, and thus the jK»lioe wr«? foi'ed in their plan of securing i confession from the prisoner through confronting him with Katchen Mueller. Encouraged by th«- effect that a letter from the cirl had had in breaking tht; young Iran's nerve, iho police tad .';••; i d that the presence o? the anas woman herself would have a Mill niore MrikiiiK <*(i- i ; The letter which produced auch an im pression on Wolter that be fainted on reading it was translated as follows: *\\ly Dear Al: Km you .■■■■■ been cood to bm I bee you to I*ll the truth. They found a aacfe on your tir« escape, and iroin »hut they tell me I think you are guilty, l beg you t«» tell ail. 1 will for rlv«> you. You have been >■•> goodhearted to Him that i Can hardly believe It Take my advice and t»'H everything. You ki;O» v hat I know. l appreciate your kin<inese. b-ut 1 believe you guilty, and ' baa; of you to confess, and. no matter what happens, I v. ill love you. 'KATIE Mr. Scott. the defendant 11 lawyer, has already l>eeii in the public eye. He mar 1 led Blanche Chesebrough. the fornier wif«« «4 Roland It Slolyneux. bo was tried for murder and acquitted. Bhe stuck to Molyneux throujrh his two trials, but afterward went to South Da kota, where Mr. Scott, who was practis ing in Fioux Cli was her attorney, and secured a di\or*e. after which they were married. In announcing his Intention to !ay the car* before the Brand jury to-day Dis trict Attorney Whitman aaid he had no Intention of slighting ih»» Coroner, but considered that prompt action was called for in the circumstances. Coroner Holti h.m.v i "nati intended |to&tponing the in quest until next we« k. but the action •' the Dibiri<t Attorney has induced him to hasten matters, so that to-day wit nessefl will \>o heard In the basement by the Coroner and then nit upstairs t-> th»- grand jury 1 ■■..!!!. C«&e May Break Record. Should the grand jury indict to-day th»* «ax» will establish a record In New York County, and should tb« trial be brought on next week it will I** one of the mo*! notable «-tus» > s of promptness in judicial action in the annals of th«-atat«. "I have no desire to have any contro versy with ih<_ Coroners' office," «<ai'l Mr. Whitman, "but 1 do believe that " in Is * ca>-e thai calls for the gr«-at« st promptness. Ido not ace any necessity it; waituiK foi the Coroner's venllct. l think we have Hiitticient evidence t<» he i ure an Indictment. 1 don 1 »en liow wo «»,uld have niti' >.: more If thi grand jury reaches au indictment to-morrow we will move for trial at on<*«\ giving the defendant ah the delay that th-> Consti tution entitles him to; but we will seek to have the trial brought on at the earliest moment and to push it to an end as speedily as is compatible with the ends of justice." The flat in which Ruth Wheeler was done to her death has been left undis turbed, by order of the police. It is the intention of Captain Carey, of the homi cide bureau, to have Miss Adelaide Wheeler visit the place with detectives from his bureau, in order that she may point out to them the exact situation of things in the apartment when she called on Thursday evening in search of her sister. Jennie Fisher, a salesgirl at a 5 and 10 cent ■tore in Third avenue, near 110 th street, identified Welter yesterday as the man who had bought paint and a brush at the store, in which she was employed last Thursday. On her way to the Tombs she said thai while she could not •-.•■ a full dearlpcion of the man. ■he was sure she could identify him on Mtnt siu picked him out of a line of n men Walter called ;tt the between - and S o'clock, ahe naya Wd he went there between '»• and 10 in the mornlnc ■"I know hor." he said «h<"n Mlsa Plsher identified him. **Bbc aoM BM the paint ■nd brush." Frank ftloea assigned to th*» .-• . and it is likely that the trial win led in Part V of Genera] Sessional luds* Foster. Only relatives attended the burial of Ruth Wheeler. In the family plot at Ma|iit Grove Cemetery. Richmond Hill. Lone l-laii'!. yesterday. The commit ment s^rv :■ 'd by the Rev. John • n. who 1 inducted the funeral at the Wheeler home the previous day. Tho f ; \\> !•> •■ I beei - the curious had be< n k« pt . has XO row i:n SOW. Hut License Bureau Seeks Right to Control Schools. The Commissioner of License-} has no jurisdiction over vocational schools which obtain situations tor ihrir craduafH, be cause they say that their ff>e la taken for i lie instruction and ix>t (or any service they may reri»l«-r In the way of getting employ ment. I<clievlr.R. however, that there Hhould r•• some i»>sponsibillty on the r«'t «>f such school.", Herman Robinson, Coin mlssloner of IJ«'e!i.«es, nent to Albany yes terday it hill which will provide for such supervision r y his burca':. Speaking of the fato of Rutr. V/lieolor. Commissioner Robinson said: "Tliero can be no question in th» mind of any sane person but that these schools should come under the jurisdiction of our branch of tli« city enuaent The courts have held that my department, wb ■ hn to do with employment agencies, has no |.n\\>r to ititerfei© with private schools. notwithstanding that then 1 advertising In many cases contains th* words "positions pi.araMtecd.' "Abo ■ four yearn a«r> this trtment triei n> have this very school tali out a license on the feround that they were ob taining employment for tlieir pupils, but the courts would not sustain us." Th« Beard of Aldermen yesterday passed the following resolution: That the L hereby r> • ■ not wholly ■ ■ which w ill make it al -■• •■ foe any 1 It lon ORDERS IX IXQUIRV. J I oust Vote* to Investigate Alleged Subsidy Lobby. I From The Tribune Bureau^; Washington March LO.— An investigation of the alleged Influence being brought t< 1-eHr on press for the enactment of ship subsidy legislation was assured by the Ilous,» to-day wh«n it adopted the S^sener fcon resolution providing for tlie appoint ment «>f I committee of live to make an Inquiry. Representative Sieen^rsou baa rliarged that the Merchant Marine league if t'levelaml and otfier advocates of ship Mitisidy have threatened members «>f Con greVb who refused to further that legisla tion. The resolution .1 I ,■!. -I to-day au thorizes the committee, which will be up pointed by the Speaker, to conduct hear* Ins*. -ii •■•1 n 1 witnesses an I administer oaths, besides giving It authority to report id th«- charge that lh»-r<- i:. Un extensive -hip Mib.-lily lobby in Waehiiißton, mi. l to uscerlain from what source the funds for this alleged lobby an* b^lng drawn' Th. resolution aUo authorizes the committee, if it ri'Mls that the charges are groundletut. to d«"termn:e whether the members making the*. rhurpe.< liave \lolHte<| t!ie privilege eruiited iii. in b) the lion?..- In making the,,, public: . In the ceiteral d«»bat< on the naval ap propriation bjll H»|iesentiitivft Fowler, of New Jers.y. delivered .i loot speech on currency. He declared that Senator Ald rloh. thrnuKh I ltd Monetary Commission, ivai e.bnatinp himself In lha ■ rudiments Of finance *)>k'll .. oii-»mlst~. .011 .-tiiibnn of in, an- ial .|ii. .-lion-, hml'been lumili.ir ft Mb for tnany yearn He opposed lb« cen« tial batik plan and postal savings banks, lie iitw mucked BneaUer i-'unnyo- Art Objects of .Merit H. 0. WATSON & CO. lESTABUSHED ibm Are »w Offprint nt Attract!**- l'rl«'*« Period Furniture. Bronzes, Ivories. Tapestries. Porcelains, Persian Pottery. A Smnll f ollr. tion of Decorated Satinwood Furniture at mD 0 Redaction. 16 WEST 30th T. tl^Su^. SBACILETON'S POLE LAUGHS IF HE LOST IT British Antarctic "Explorer in ' I Lecture Tells of ll is Dash. < Carnecie Hall was aarkafl ' Ist ataht to hear from the mouth of tbeir leader the story of the daring, bravery, determination and loyalty of 1 ansal] part* si British subjects who risked their live? to add to the prestise of th«» F:n?lish- nation by slae- ! me the flnc; of th^ir country on the South ; Pole. The story wa? modestly and eater- , tr.inincly told hy Ueutenant sir Ernest H- Shnckleton. the man who planted his» maj esty's ensign "within slcht of the South Pole" and "who would bars accomplished his ultimate purpose bad he had fifty pounds more of pr'>visl.ins." Lieut Shackletnn won the hearts of ' his audience last aisjai before he had spoken fi\ c minutes. Physically he la rep tcsentitive of hi« country. Broad shoul- red. broad chested, his every motion shows 'a* nt power and at length He tola the stor;- of his Rcht for the pole, aided by numerous IHustratlnns and some interesting movint, pi-ttires which h<* succeeded in i having taken In the Antarctic regions. Th* humor of Ins description* kept his hearers laughing and almost hid from them th« dark scenes of privation and the sufferings which: py»ry man of the party endured. Ther« was some ■Uajht trouble In getting the pictures properly on. which worried th*» explorer considerably. "I pay. Is this all tha point we have got?" the lieutenant asked, nf.-fmstedly, when he wa^ handed a rathe* abbreviated rod - Ith which to point out particular spots on his pictures. This re mark somehow caught the audience and they made Carnegie Hall ring with their laughter for .several moments, laughter in which Its causa finally joined. Rufus 1! f*hoate introduced Commander Peary in a speech in which he lauded th* great American explorer and utged 'hat Congress give him toon official recognition for his exp'Otts. Then <*ommander Peary lntrodueed the speaker of the evening as "the world's leader In Antarctic explora tion, the man who had won the title which God Almighty alone can give— that of a • man." When Mr. Shaekletnn rose to acknowledge th« Introduction the audienc? cheered him for several minutes. . Lieutenant Shackleton rapidly sketched the financial difficulties under" which he labored in getting hl« expedition started, its departure from New Zealand; the bad weather encountered soon after the start; and how the good ■alp Nimrod had missed by a Bcanty fifty yards being crushed be tween an enormous lea floe and tho great f. «• barter in Rosa Baa Then he told of the hazardous work In scaling Mount Erebus, the highest mountain of th* Antarctic region. Ha described the party's winter encampment, and the ions; winter night, lasting I3t days. "On October - x . l*n\ we started for th* South." he continued, "and on November 1 7 we sent back our supporting party, and the party consisting of Adams, Wild. Mar j shal! and myself pressed on. We had soon to begin relaying in carrying our provisions and equipment, which meant that we had to walk three miles for every one we got further south." Aa they Brassed on and on up the In iMe glacier and still on santk th* hardshlpa becama mor«» intense, blizzards ;iu| continued hlt;h winds became Incessant and the food allowance bad to be fearfully One day they advanced only m\ hundred yard* "Finally." tho speaker we reached a point where I knew ild maka tha pole, but if we did we could never have got back. With fifty aca c could hive reaches th»r> jm.i relumed. It waa then that we planted tha British Sag and tinned north." retura trip was marked by fear ful suftVringi 'mm hunger. Full and ttca> aleal acco mts or the expedition and the pushed by it have already been ;. I 1' tba pnbna hajj never seen so lbs every day life of the in., ol tha party than were shown to them tout night. Tba ' n an I om farthest North" and the "ir.-in from farthest South" sat side I .is at .. table in the Astor Hotel a t tee haarheec ghrea by tba Explorers' Cmh in honor of UM latter, while on the left hand <>f tlie English explore: was t'aptatn Robert Bartlett. who coaamandsai tba ■it liming Commander T*aaiJ*l last • •: th- pots. Aroung these men wi-re seated many of Iba most prominent of th« can exptorem, with a aeattertag of n :■ I aatioaa who nave dtatuv h work. ■ Commander Peary made v short addrem of weicorua to tha BngUsh employer, dm tag which h^ told him of hla akictlou to lbs Explorers' Club. Short addresssa were made Bartlett and Wllnasn j. peters, ot tba CaraegWa noa-magnstic yacht expe- : ditlon ! ! . ( ' I'mvn.Mty; Marshall H. Bai ll!< . \■ "• ii-<i i-< rtdent <>f iba ■ ■ : 1 B McMillan, of Cornel] In - Henry ArctowskJ, who \t-d a }'■< ; expedition; Antony FkUa, who ■ oin'ii ■ I SSlegier pater expedunn, Igna m, Henry C Parker, 1 • 1 bank Mount MeKinley loan B Stetson an,i Henry C. •■ 1 - DEMOCRATIC INCONSISTENCY. Dodging Attempts to Make House Rales More Liberal. 1 1 T.>m Tha Trraaaa Baraaa I kngton, March 9 Daaatta their re tbat they f;i\ or a 1 ■ ■ rinuae rules. ti»* Demo* ■ ' I 1I 1 ra hava suscsedad bi cbet^king in . resenlatlva The ma of Tsnaassee, la pal ■ Daiae ratk ram : ■■ - • • •.■ •1 1 daj 1 Mi ■has baa ling to oi.iaiii saough aagaa> la rail a Democratic eancua le adept on provMlag for a raaasatttea ..11 commlttaa Ha bad ohtaine.i almost ■ 1 r. number, when be was b> (on Ib) IbS l>«uiocrattc hmdat th;*t they did v" ; ' that, even I . • g « • ■ !. it would i,. doubtful i!" hla nansattaa weajM h« adopted This incMent has arforderl much aasaaa ii'. 11 to those Republicans ho have all along contended that the Democratic out crj was merely lor political affect, and did not emanate from a hlncere desire to . hange the rub's. AUTOMOBILE CASE DISMISSED. The rasa against James S. kiaatanasta, manager of 11 • printing department el the Metropolitan l.lfe Insurance 1 *iiiii|<au\ . uliumi automobile ran over Helen M .'..ir-' 111 Third avenue, near TMh »tr>et, south Hrookl>n, on March v. was disnusucd in the Fifth avenue court yesterday morning. The girl had no bones broken and ii now entirely out of «i-ii k ur. Exclusive models in Motor Coats for Women In the creation of our assemblage of Spring Coats each point has received the critical study of experts. Perhaps you do not realize just what this means. In our workrooms it means that months of thought and experiment are given to the designing of a Single model — the comfort and convenience of our wind-shield vest, the coziness of the inner wrist shield and adjustable cuft\ the combiner! easy it and fashionable cut of our type of raglan sleeve, the generous sweep of the skirt. These and other unusual features of the Saks Coats are not accidental happenings or after-thoughts; they are achievements made possible only by pro longed study and experiment. ■• - The widely representative character of the assem blage presents unusual advantages for the selection of individual styles. Cloth mats for present wear, buttoned high to the neck, will full sweep, single or double breasted. Of fancy or "mannish" mixtures, Scotch tweeds, or di. signals, in gray, preen, tan or blue. 15.00 to 35.00 Dust Coats of imported pongees, natural linen or English mohair; full length, loose or semi-fitted effects, military collars or combination notch collar with separate shield. 10.50 to 75.00 Rain Coats of balloon silk, satins, fancy silks or English, double texture materials. 12.50 to 75.00 Broadway g^ltS & (LOVipWXI) 34th Str<M * Two Hours Worth Remembering Lmer»9 I 3"/>AP 204 Century Limited •*^ \«/*M The world's most famous and hand somely equipped train. Eighteen hours of perfect rest amid luxurious furnishings. Arrives at only station on the "L" loop. Ar. Chicago 8:30 a. m. hear* I 1 New York I 2 #^C?P Southwestern Limited • jf^ar M The only train making possible to day's business in New York, to morrow's in St Louis. Connec tions at Cincinnati and St. Lcuis for all points South. West and Southwest. Arrives Cincinnati. 7:27 and Indianapolis 7:55 a. m. i Ar. St. Louis 1:45 p. m. Other Splendid Trains fia 'The Water Lerel" Route for Chicago and the West 8:45, and 9:40 a. m. t 12:40. 12:50, 4:30, 5:30, 6.00, 6:30, 8:02 p. m., and 12:03 midnight For St. Louis and the Southwest 10:30 a. m. 12:40. 6:30 p. m. and 12:03 midnight "Water Level" You Can Sleep Tickets and Sleeping-Car Accommodations Ticket Offices at Grand Central Station end the Station at I2stk Street are open day and night every day in the year. ? Principal City Ticket Office, 1210 Broadway, is open every day (holidays and Sundays in cluded'), from 8:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. ML Other ticket offices open 8:00 a. m. to 0.00 p. m. at the following places: New York; 14Q, 245, and 415 Broadway. 22$ Fifth Avenue end 121 West :251k Street. Brooklyn: jjS and 726 Fulton St. end Q54 Broadway. Railroad and Pullman ticket: can be stewed at any these offices or vn'H be delivered upon request, by special representative, who will furnish any information desired. Address L. F. Vosbwrgh, 1216 Broadway * Phone 6310 Madison CA DIA X TA RIFF. Official Announcement To-daij — More Proclamations. Washington. March 23— It was anasaslt) .stated to-day that the announcement of the tariff agreement with Canada would be made at noon to-morrow In Ottawa and at the State Department simultaneously. The terms of trie agreement will be withheld until that time. Proclamations were issued to-day by the President granting the minimum rates of the Payne-Aldrlch tariff act to Tur.ls. Cabun (French Congo*. Mayotte an<t 1 o mero. French. Somaliland. Salvador. Marti nique, St. I*terr*» and MksaSSMt; the French *ettlements in India, the French settle ments mi Ocean ica. Guadeloupe and depen dencies. French Guiana. French West Africa, Reunion. Madagascar. French |aaa> China. New faletionia and dependencies. • ADOPT TARIFF PACT. French Chamber and Senate PaW U. S. Measure. Paris. March » -The Mil approving the Franco-American tariff agreement was adopted unanimously by the Chamber of Deputies to-day. The sole objection to the measure was raised by M. Antoine Jourde, Radical Socialist, on the ground that the United States could discontinue the mini mum coneension at any tune upon threa H>nfh.>.' notice belne gtvaa of her Intention ». to do. However, the Minister of Com merce. M. Pupuy. explained that both countries were on the aua footing hi thai respect, the right to break th" agreement after due nolle* being reciprocal. M Dupuy added: "This accord ends the x Inquietude on both tides of the Atlantic. ((ENtRAL)] "America's Creates! Roilmy SytUm* Neither France nor America con consldor herself the victor or the victim In the agree ment, which is nasal Important, Doth from 1 raorai and ■<% material standpoint." The Senate tc-dav concurred with gat chamber in passing th© tariff agreement measure. The bills »ii; .■ promulgated in the oftt rtal journal to-morrow, and will go into tlTcct Immediately. A. B. PARKER GUEST OF MINISTER. >• PeK» rr ,bur.;. March 29. -Ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, wan lat guest at luncheon to-day of \. Kokovaoff, Russian Minister of Finance. rVICHYH 1 Natural Alkaline Water A delightful table water with highly medicinal qualities Ask your Physician Owned iv aid bottled under th* aWal control 0/ t.it FttMCH Cov*ram»nt Not Genuine without the word 3