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V^LXX....N° 2:U94.
Ml CALLS ft HALT
13 PRESIDENTS FOB
declares Ballinger Committee
Should Not Investigate M r .
Taffs Conduct.
LAWLER SAYS KERBY LIES
Asserts That Garfield and Pin
chot Are Behind "Corrupters*
of Interior Department
Employes.
{Frcitt Th* ban Bureau.]
j. V;r j;-tnr,. May 17. — Indicating his
conviction that a time had come
i uhen ca- nt . hypocrisy and pretence
rhould be put aside, and words and ac
! :;nn? should receive their plain mean
irg. Senator Root called a spade a spade
it the Ballinger-Pinchot hearing to-day,
p- made it ear that he has become
convinced that the critics of the In
terior crement, under the guise of
promoting a movement for conserving
E rstural resources, are in fact bending all
I ihfir efforts to malign the administra
te tier and place President Taft and his
f Cabinet in a position of embarrassment
l, f fnre the nation. That this is the pro
jfraTnine of the so-called conspirators
■A a? been perfectly veil known for some
*«jrne to those have followed closely
-thf proceedings before the Ballinger
1 Ptachot committee, but no member of
•': the committee has made an open dec-
Kjsntirai of thls obvious fact heretofore.
V.TJiough the committee did not take
Ffnrraal art lon on the statement of Bena
i?tnrßoot.'a vote was taken which Indl
■ Seated that all the Republicans on the
pOTnnittee share the views expressed by
"' fly New York Senator. The committee
: to 4 (Representative McCall
pSsganWnt). to sustain Mr. Root's ob-
Sfvetion to a question asked by L. D.
counsel for Glavis. which had
h for "it* purpose bringing the President
jrinto * he controversy- Senator Fletcher
? .(Democrat) voted against Mr. Roofs ob
jection, on the ground that the question
h tskod was not In itself material, but an
?: rounded thst he would be unwilling to
lllsvnr further probing in that direction.
Senator-Boot's staarp comment was made
rftPr Frederick M. Kerby.the discharged
confidential clerk of Secretary Ballinger.
X tad told ...... ..that he attended a
: Tonference at Gifford Pinchofs hoir.e in
. P-bruary. where lie divulged to ex-Sec
. :?:ary Garfield. Mr. Pinchot and Mr.
'. Branded the information gained by him
in his confidential relations with the
Secretary of the Interior. He said Mr.
: Czrfield tola him that It -was his duty to
le:i these facts. For three months after
£je had divulged this informittlon to the
vnfn who "were fighting Mr. BalHnjrer
' :>lr. Kcrby retained his confidential posi
" v.tm In the office of the Secretary- of the
. Ir.terior. who. he said, had "treated him
Mr. Brandeis asked Kerby if he had
vn* the unofficial statement given mit
the White House on Saturday night
. in reply to his charge that the President
did not prepare the findings on the
'• '-.. Glavis rharges.
Mr. Rocfs Sharp Objection.
* •■Mr. Root promptly objected, saying the
wnTr.ittee was not investigating the
President. He said thai Mr. Brandeis
had t*en endeavoring for some time, •'in
c ...-• too ingenuous" and
"ender color and cover.** to lead the in
vestigation "into a trial of the Presi
dent." The whole line of testimony Mr.
Brandeis had sought to offer was an
abuse of the privileges accorded him by
the committee. Mr. Root said the com
mittee -mas not appointed to run down
• everythinsr that nppeared in the news-
TSLpers, and he nodded his assent to Sen
ator Sutherland's suggestion that it was
Sutaxaciast to an Insult to the President
to investigate newspaper charges re-
S 2*ct:ne on tbe administration. Con
tinuing. Mr. R->ot said newspaper sus
; Jic'or.s p.eainst the President bad no
plic* diatevcr in an investigation of
the affairs of th<» Interior Department.
The Lawler inrident was of a most com
mon mi ordinary character, he declared.
B* knew of a thousand similar cases
■;. «-ben h» was Secretary of State and Sec
retaryww . ar He said it was the duty
pBS Secretari- Ba-llinger to go U> th*- Presi
°*nt -Kith his reply when charges were
. aad" against him. and It was entirely
is^Per for Mr. Lawle/-. as Assistant At
terof-- General for the Interior Depart
*«Rt. to prepare the memorandum cov
«TOe the facts in response to the per
■sat direction of the President.
Representative James suggested that
h .*u due To the President to have this
I>sticn cleared up. Representative
G: *haa said that the lack of frankness
l * th« dp;^rtirient in dealing with the
**«"•♦■ memorandum had given it an
<"aphasi - beyond its rral value, and he
kfored going into all the facts relating
J° this document fcr their value as to
wefi&uity of Secretary Ballinger and
After Mr. Ktxjt's objection had l>een
• a «t£iae<J Mr. Brandeis was r>ennitted
*^*aake a statement. H« took the posi-
tiiat the President's flndicga <iis
•isjir.. the Glavis charges had beon pre
j* 1 "'-*! under such circumstances that
y*y were partisan and not judicial in
'•b&t nature. The withholding of them
= substantial bearing <*n the crcdi
t??ty cf witnesses for the "defence," and
r *iia reason It was important to go
«ja tLe facts bearing: on their prepata-
L*/,;er Takes the Stand.
T "C hearing to-day ,was a succession
<* •-•xcitiEg incidents which kept the
<*muiittee jmci audience <jn edge. Mr.
rf^'ler took the stand late in the after
r<juu and presented a chronological his
}**X of ii, c celebrated memorandum
'•'-ith bears his name. The witness i 3
?=JOfig those who have been attacked in
* '•' •->! ih e so-called -muokraking"
H sazines and newspai>ers which axe
«J^K t,, force the retirement cf Secre-
x *ry UcUicgtr. Several times Mr. Law
♦•-' used Liticr woria in his reference to
" :<; * a *botj he regarded as actuated by
> iurpose to destroy his character.
-J^st before the committee a'ljournwi
£* _ *>ritij«s» clashed with Mr. Brandeis.
** HSI lir.guuge which the committee
Continued on faith i>ui<-
**-*■». .howfr..
To-morrow, fair; rth««( winds.
STRICKEN DRIVING AUTO
Chauffeur Boards Car and Takes
Dying- Man to Hospital.
East Orange. N. J . May 17 (Special).
— While driving alone in his automobile
here this afternoon. Lewis C. Gillespie,
of No. .'lO North Arlington avenue, a
varnish manufacturer of Jersey City,
was stricken with apoplexy. He was
dead before medical aid was obtained at
Orange Memorial Hospital.
The car was descending the hill east
of Prospect street in Park avenue when
Mr. Gillespie toppled over in his seat.
and the car ran on without guidance
past the Ashland school, at Clinton
street, where it was boarded by Otto
Larson, a chauffeur, and brought to a
stop. Larson was joined by Richard T.
Post, and the two men hurried the un
conscious man to the office of Dr. George
C. Becket, in North Walnut street. The
physician was out. and the journey of
two miles to St. Mary's Hospital, in
Orange, was started. At St. Mary's
Hospital there was no doctor, and no
time was lost in circling the block and
getting Mr. Gillespie to Orange Memo
rial Hospital. He died as he was being
lifted out of the car.
HONOR COP SAVES CHILDREN
Stops Runaway Just as School
Turns Out Thousands.
Patrolman Joseph Ryan, of the East
SSth street station, who received his
second medal after the parade last week
for paving a man from drowning off
Staters Island, performed another act of
heroism yesterday afternoon in stopping
a runaway horse at Avenue A and Slst
■tree! just as Public School iH) sent two
thousand children into the street at that
point.
While Ryan was engaged in piloting
the small <-hilrir^n across the street he
heard cries of "Look out!" and, turning,
saw ?. h<>rse attached to a delivery
coming at top speed through
M.st stieel. As= the animal came upon
him Ryan leaped for the bridle, which
broke, and th^n he threw his arms
around the horse's neck and turned the
bent just ;is it was running into a
irowd of little children directly ahead.
A block further on he brought the horse
t<> a standstill.
The crowd cheered as Ryan led the
horse back to the driver, who had been
thrown from his seat when the animal
CHILDREN SAW HER DIE
Mission Worker Worried Over
Problems of the Poor.
fpy Telegraph to The Tritune.l
PiTtsburg. May 17. — Mrs. Catherine
l>erenzo, an Italian missionary worker,
well known in upper New York City,
committed suicide to-day by shooting
herself in the head in the presence of
nearly two hundred children.
- For several years Mrs. I>erenzo had
devoted hor effortr to the children of the
tenement?. She had worked in many
cities. It is thought her self-destruction
to-day was ,-aused by worry over her in
ability to better the conditions of the
foreign children in Pittsburgh
Shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon
Mrs Perenzo went to the home of Mrs..
J. O. Santo, a friend, in West Carson
street, a section where there are more
children than meals. Calling many of the
children around her she lectured them on
the unpleasantness of life She told them
there was little good in th" world and
the sooner they left it the better off they
would be.
"Children." she concluded, "watch me.
and In case your burdens become too
heavy for. you to bear follow the ex
ample I set."
After this remark Mr?. Derenwj delib
erately took n revolver from the folds
of her dress, placed it to her temple and
pulled th« trigger. The children rushed
yer<-»amir.g from the house. '
CRAZY MAN ON LINKS
Shots Fly Near Yorkers Women
on Dunwoodie Course.
Appearing suddenly on the golf
grounds nf the Dunwoodie Country Club,
Yonkers, yesterday afternoon, an un
known man. believed to be insane, bran
disho<3 a revolver and then fired five
Ehots, frightening a group of women
who were playing golf. The man was
first observed on the links by Mrs. Fran
cis A. Winslow. wife of the District At
torney of Westehester County, and Mr-.
Theresa Conklyn. The man wore two
hats, but had no coat.
When he had gone about a hundred
yards from where • the women were
standing the man suddenly drew a re
volver, and. whirling about, fired three
times. He appeared to be firing at a
tree, but his aim was poor and the bul
lets whizzed dangerously near the golf
ers. Mrs. Conklyn screamed and the
man broke into a run.
The police picked up an Italian last
night at Elvisford -who looked like the
strange intruder. He was hold for ex
amination.
BEATEN AND ROBBED?
Man Found Unconscious Unable
to Explain His Condition.
L. < ». Van Horn, an insurance collector,
of HOl 20 Johnson n'.tnu-. ."ranford.
N. J.. was found yesterday afternoon
OS about a quarter of a
milt- from die grounds of the WestneM
Golf Ciub. The man v.as a short dis
. trolley tracks, in a
and his pockets W«W
out and were empty. He
irried to a local physician's ofßoe,
he parti;- regained consciousness
three hours, but was iroaMs I
plain tilt- condition in which h< was
I
Van Horn is a collector for a Newark
insurance company, and was in the habit
of carrying large sums of money in his
pockets. He is known to have had a
considerable sum with him when he left
his office yesterday, and it is believed
that he is a victim of hold-up men. He
was found by William Ilaub, of Moun
tainside. , .
Mrs. Van Horn was informed and ar
rived within half an hour and took her
husband home. Drs. Vail and Gilpin
said Van Horn was probably suffering
from concussion of the brain, which
might have been caused by a blow with
a club. . _^
• THE SANDY HOOK ROUTE. .
. ipen* Sunday. May 22i.d. Also additional
ah Kill s-rvKf via New Icrsc-y tVsnrul tv
£«S^«eJv Asburv Park, wic— AdyU
m:\v-vohk. wkdmjsday. mvy is, i<>n».— mxtkkn pa<;ks.
THE BEAD KING
STILL IN POWER
Parliament Pays Tribute to
the Work of the
Peacemaker.
HOMAGE AT WESTMINSTER
Popular Sorrow Manifest Among
Black Garbed Throngs — The
Services Simple Within
, the Hall.
[ By Cable io Th» Tribute ,
London. May 17. — Close are the analo
gies and sharp are the contrasts be
tween life and death. Edward VII in
death, as often in life, has gone from the
palace to meet his Parliament, not in a
state chariot, with Queen Alexandra
smiling beside him. hut in solitary maj
esty on a gun carriage, with the crown
regalia and insignia of the Garter rest
ing on the pall. An escort of Grenadier
Guards and Life Guards he has had.
with field marshal?, admirals, represent
ative officials of the empire, and files of
Yeomen of the Guard have marched be
side him. King George and a great
company of royal mourners have fol
lowed him on foot, while behind them
have been massed the officers of his
own and of Queen Alexandra's house
hold, lords and grooms in waiting, ex
tra equerries, gentlemen ushers and the
new royal households. Behind this pha
lanx of royal and court mourners have
come nine closed carriages, with the
queens, an empress, princesses and court
ladies in deepest black.
All along the Mall and Whitehall
there have been, as often before, dens?
throngs of spectators, but in place of
outbursts of cheering there has been an
impressive silence, broken- only by the
dirges played by the massed bands of
four hundred musicians. Big Ben has
tolled with muffled tongue, and minute
guns have been tired from Hyde Park.
Peace. Parliament's Watchword.
So King Edward has approached West
minster in solemn state, and the two
houses forming his last Parliament have
been drawn up to meet him. with the
Lord Chancellor and the Speaker in their
robes and the mace bearers and the
high officials in their bravery, and the
royai mourners and the court digni
taries have made a splendid tableau in
scarlet, black and ?old. There has been
no speech from the monarch enthroned
on the catafalque except the calming
word '"Peace." while peers and common
ers felt their hearts, and there has been
no partisan debate after the retirement
of the House.
The beautiful service, conducted by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, with
psalm, anthem and hymn sung by the
enlarged Abbey choir, has been like a
gracious benediction after a great reign.
The mourners and court officials have
passed out in silence, and a people's
parliament has assembled to pay homage
to their King by tramping with bare
heads and reverent feeling beside the
coffin at Westminster Hall.
To this brief summary may be added
a few general impressions. First, it was
a ceremonial function, unique in its sim
plicity among the pageants of storied
Westminster. The line of march was
kept by more than ten thousand sol
diers, but there were not many in the
procession itself, nor was there much
1 gold lace or garish color, apart from the
| scarlet uniforms.' There was a long line
1 of mourners on foot behind the gun car
! riage drawn by eight black horses, and
"■ further back there were closed carriages
! with the royal liveries and trappings.
The court was giving up the dead mon
arch to Parliament and the natlof ai*l
lamenting him with unaffected sincerity
| a? a man and a friend, while bells were
tolling and dirges were moaning.
Simplicity of the Ceremony.
Decorative effects were lacking in the
Mall. except that the lilacs and purple
hyacinths were in full bloom in St.
James's Park and the .buildings near by
were mainly bare. Even Westminster
Hall was without decoration, except for
the long barricade draped in purple from
end to end and the catafalque pitched
i high with its magnificent pall under the
tall candelabra from St. Paul's used at
Queen Victoria's funeral and that of the
Duke of Wellington. St. Stephen's win
dow on this gray day seemed to have
I lost its radiance, the ancient hammer
beam roof looked time stained and the
funeral and marble statues were like a
row of royal mourners, even when the
vacant spaces opposite the choristers
were filled with the relatives of the dead
I monarch an " court officials, until, with
- the two houses of Parliament, there
were two thousand spectators. It was
not unlike a village funeral, so natural
; was the grouping of relatives around the
I coffin, so simple were the prayers, so
: familiar were the anthem and hymn.
! King George and Queen Alexandra, pre
occupied with their own sorrow, were
i like ordinary mourners; Premier As
quith and A- J. Balfour had ceased to
be party leaders and the rivalries of the
legislative houses had passed out of re
membrance.
Crowds Affected by Music.
Another impression relates to the
music both in the open air and at West
minster Hall. Outside there was a suc
cession of funeral marches, Beethoven's,
Chopin's and Handel's, by the massed
bands, with^ the pathetic interlude
"Flowers of the Forest" from the pipers
of the guards. The spectators were
1 deeply affected by the majestic dirges.
I There was no accompaniment within the
hall for the psalm "The Lord Is My
Shepherd," nor for Spohr's anthem,
"Blest Are the Departed," nor for Gib
bons'S "Amen " which had been sung at
the coronation; but a section of the Cold
stream's band played the music for "Oh
God, Our Help in Ages Past," and the
tension of feeling was so great that the
mourners and members of Parliament
found relief in Joining the choir, al
though the outsiders, with bared heads,
did riot sing also, as was done at Mr.
Gladstone's funeral.
Another impression refers to the de
■■- i onlimnvi on third par«\
Invisible bisighl eyeglasses for near and
distant vision. gpcucer's, 31 .Maiden Lane.
-AdvU
PHOTOGRAPH OF A COMET. SHOWING APPEARANCE OF TAIL SUCH AS THE EARTH
WILL PASS THROUGH TO-NIOHT.
SENATE PASSES THE
- --- INCOME - TAX - MEASURE
By a Vote of 26 to 20 Upper
House at Albany Ratifies
Federal Resolution.
TO RENEW ASSEMBLY FIGHT
Speaker Wadswcrth, However,
Will Do His Best to Keep the
Resolution in the Rules
Committee.
/By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Albany. May 17.— After an all day
fight, renewed to-night with vigor, the
Senate passed Senator Davenport's reso
lution ratifying the federal income tax
resolution by a vote of 26 to 20. It
lacked one vote of the necessary 26 for
several minutes, during which Senator
Bracken's name was called twice. On
the third call he cast the deciding vote
for the resolution.
This probably means that some steps
will be taken looking toward a renewal
of the income tax fight in the Assembly.
Speaker Wadsworth. who dominates the
Rules Committee, will use hi? utmost ef
forts to hold the Davenport resolution in
that body, and it will he necessary to
muster one hundred votes to discharge
this committee.
The Speaker, during the debate,
worked hard to stiffen a few Senatorial
backbones against the income tax. He
evidently felt that they were becoming
we."k and urged their owners to "uphold
the hand- of the Assembly."
The finnl vote on the Davenport resolu
tion was cast at 1 1 p. m.. after a long
parliamentary tangle, with votes on sub
stitutes, points of order, rulings by the
chair an.l appeals from them, tied into
a seemingly inextricable snarl.
In this snarl Senator Hamilton's re
solution for an investigation of the ad
visability of a graduated state income
tax. offered as a tubstf-Ute for the
Davenport resolution, was voted down.
:\?, to 11. Senator Newcomb's resolution
proposing an emergency income tax,
levied without apportionment, suffered
a like fate
How Senators Voted.
The vote for the federal tax was as
foll"Ws:
"Republicans — Alt. Rrackett. Burlin
g;,m*\ Davenport. Davis, 'Jledhill, Hea
cock. Hewitt. Hinman. Kissell, Platt.
Travis and "Wainwright.
Democrats — Caffrey. Cronin. Cullen,
Frawley. Gardner, Harden. Harte, Mr-
Manus." Ramsperger. Schulz. Stillwell, C.
D. Sullivan ;md \Vagner — 26.
Those who voted against it were:
Republicans — Agnew. Allen. Brough,
Coats. <'ob!>. Emerson. Grattan, Griffith.
Hamilt-.n. Hill. Holden. Hubbs, Macken
zie, Mejide. Newcomb, Rose. Thomas,
White ami Witter
Democrat — Eayne — 20
Senators S< hlosser and "Big Tim" Sul
livan were paired. "Big Tim" is in Eu
rope. Senators <Jrady Cordts were
absent.
The fight was begun to-day with the
opponents of the Davenport resolution
acknowledging that they were outnum
bered. During the debate vigorous work
was done by .the Speaker and his
friends, and when a recess of a couple
of hours was taken for dinner this even
ing the Speaker, William Barnes, jr..
who was in the Lieutenant Governor's
room, and others were certain they had
the federal tax beaten. That meant that
no further responsibility for it would be
put up to the Assembly.
But the first vote on tabling a 'substi
tute resolution, with the tart debate ac
companying it, served as a test, and
showed that the result was likely to go
against them.
Senator Cobb had closed the debate
with a hot speech against the federal
tax. Then Senator Hamilton offered as
a substitute his resolution favoring a
graduated tax on incomes, the proceeds
to be turned over to the state and pro
viding for the appointment of a legtsla
tive committee to investigate the ques
tion.
Senator Davis ask'd him to withdraw
the substitute so a vote could tirst be
taken on a resolution of his. but Senator
Hamilton refused to grant the request
Then Senator Davenport raised the point
of order that the substitute was not ger
mane to the question before the house
and therefore out of order.
Lieutenant Governor White ruled that
the point of order was not well taken
and Senator Hinman appealed from the
ruling of the chair. Senator Davis moved
to ir;y the appeal on the table, but the
motion was lost \\ ■ VOtt of Ifi to 24.
In spea&lßC to hi* appeal Benator Hin-
C«.:iun> » J » tt'ili mur^
HOW THE EARTH WILL PASS THROUGH COMET'S TAIL, ■
Diagram of the heavens, showing the path of Hailey's comet and that of th* earth;
the relative positions they will occupy to-night, and the intersection J>y the
earth of the comet's tail. _
(Map prepared by M. Rudaux. the French astronomer.' and r»prr«iue«*d from TIM inustratlon."
THREE PERISH IN A FIRE
Father Loses Life in Effort to
Save Little Daughter.
MOTHER THE THIRD TO DIE
Two Sons Almost Suffocated
When Rescued in Sullivan
Street Blaze.
In a fire which started on the third
floor of the three story tenement house
at No. 71 Sullivan street shortly after
midnight this morning, three persons
were killed and two were seriously in
jured, and many others had to flee to
the street. The fl.im^s did little damage
to the b-iilding. those who were killed
beiner suffocated by the dense smoke
It is not known how the fire began, but
the police believe it was caused by a
li£ht<--1 cigarette b'Mrig thrown on the
floor.
William Depiro and Domini* k Cfegß,
of No. 533 Broome street, were walking
in Suiliv-in street when they saw flames
boirstinK from a window on the third
floor. They ran to the front steps just
as Patrolman I'onley. of the Macdougal
street station, arrived. The patrohnan
and the two men ran up tru- stairs,
knocking on the doors of the different
floors as they ran.
When the tenants couldn't be aroused
the patrolman and his assistants
smashed down the doors and dragged
the sleepy Italians to the stairway.
Borne of ttu-m gathered in the hallways
and blocked the stairs. When COBSBJT
reached the third floor he f.iund James
and Tony Depiassa, brothers, stagger
ing around. Almost overcome by the
thick smoke, they were groping their
way about, trying to find an avenue of
escape, and had it not been for the ef
forts of the patrolman they would have
been suffocated.
Conley was about to descend to the
street, when he happened to see through
the smoke that issued from the Depl
assa flat a body on the floor. Groping
his way. on his hands and knees Conley
reached the body, which proved to be
that of Mrs. Vincent Depiassa, the
mother, of .James and Tony. He carried
the body of the woman to the street, and
there learned that : Mrs. Deplassa'a hus-
; !~ '' _-,— » _ .-. /■ v-v- I"• /'I - XT" In City at Sew To--. !---»■- < ••■• and Hobok**.
' ;*; * PRICE OrV£i CJbjiN 1 ELSEWHERE TWO CCNTS.
band and a nme-ycaa
missine
Conley. together with Acting C
Robinson, ran to the top floor again, and
tying their coats about th--'
shut out th stupefying sm^ke they
searched the whole flat and fma 1
coVered the bodies of Depiassa :md his
daughter. The man had evi'i- • •
to save his daughter when he was over
come. The policeman carried their
bodies to the street, and th^n T>r. Millar,
or St. Vincent's Hospital, was srnn
monel and treated James ami Tony
Depiassa. who were taken to that insti
tution in a serious condition.
It was learned at an eariy hour this
morning: thar the police are investigat
ing a report that the fire was of incen
diary origin
- -MONUMENT TO CARNEGIE
Former Partners Place Contract
with New York Sculptor. ;
"" ' [By T«l«>praph to The Tribune. 1
Pittsburg. May 17. — Former partners,
of Andrew. Carnegie, including Charles
L. Taylor. Charles M. Schwab, William
E. Corey, Alex. R. Peacock and Judge
J. M. Reed, have decided to erect a
statue of the Ironmaster, almost twice
life size, and to cost $GO,OOO. The statue
is to be of bronze and will be placed on
a marble pedestal inside the entrance to
the Carnegie, Institute here. . .*;. v" ;.
The idea has "been under consideration
for some time, and the contract has been
let to J. Matthew Hhinls. the New York
sculptor, who is now working on the de
sign. .
H. C. Prick, Henry Phippsl F T. F.
Lovejoy and A. M. -Moreland. former
partners of Mr. Carnegie, have not bees
asked to join in the movement, because
of their antagonism to Mr. Carnegie anj
their present estrangement.
GAVE FORTUNE TO TEST LOVE
Bride Desded Away $100,000 Before
She Wedded Cousin.
Los AngelfS. May IT.— Mrs. Edward
Swortflguer. recently Miss Marietta Swort
nguer. left Los Angeles last night with her
htsband for St. Helena, Cat., with bjs prop
erty save th© clothes she wore, having
deeded to her brother the *WO,o*> estate
which she inherited recently.
Determined to prove that her cousin. Ed
w:ti.l Swortfisuer. was marrying her for
love, as a preliminary to the wedding rere
tTit-ny .-li.- trans ferret! ail right in the es
tate of her mother to her brother. a« agree
ing not to or?o£e their marriage further.
COMET'S TAIL WILL
BRUSH OLD EARTH
Roofs and Other Vantage Points
Will Be Thronged with Gazers
if To-night Is Clear.
LAUGHS AT FLYING STONES
. Professor Jacoby Says Btory Is
Not To Be Taken Seriously —
Wonderful Sight Due After
Sunset Saturday.
ABOUT HALLEY S COMET.
Earth enters eomtt's tail 11:20
o'clock to-night.
Journey of earth through • I
varying estimates placing it at frsMS
one to six hours.
Length cf tai!, about tw«nty-f«ur
million miles.
Diameter of comet's tail, one mill
ion miles.
Distance between head of comst
and earth, fourteen million mile*.
Relative velocity of comet and
earth, forty-three miles a second.
Angle of comet's orbit to that of
earth, 18 degrees.
The earth is due to enter the tall of
Halley's comet at 11:20 o'clock to-night.
'. at which time the head of the heavenly
body will be at its nearest point to the
earth, approximately fourteen million
■ miles distant. As the tail of the com«
is estimated to have a length of about
I twenty-four million' miles, this will place
; the earth about in the mid.lie of th*
tail.
The diameter of the cornet's tail is said
to be about one million miles at th»
( point where the earth will pass through
! it. and as the relative velocity of th*
, comet an.l the- earth is estimated *t
I forty-three miles a second. it will re
j quire between six and seven hours for
this planet to accomplish the Journey
j through the nebulous body of gases.
The near approach of the Ha'.'ey comet
! has been so widely discussed in the last
j few weeks, and the tales of the possible
• consequences that would ensue have
■ been so graphically described by astron
| omers on every side, that a general mi
i terest has been awakened in the minds
| of laymen that will be satisfied only by
a personal view of the visitor. Already
j arrangements have been made by per
j sons throughout this city to ascend to
i the roofs of their homes or hotels, armed
! with telescopes and all manner of star
gazing instruments, and watch the lu
minous body as it travels with mar
| vellous speed in its passage through tlia
■ heavens.
:, According to Professor Harold Jacobs'.
I Rutherford professor of astronomy at
! Columbia University, it is extremely un
, likely that there win be any luminoU3
display to-night when the earth begins
j its journey through the remnants of the
comet's tail. Professor Jacoby, in fact,
holds the view that there is nothing at
all in the comet's tail worth worrying
| about, and that all the talk of flyinjr
! aerolites and ether obstacles that may
j have been thrown off by the comet is
not to be taken seriously.
Not until an hour after sunset on Sat
urday evening, according to the astrono
mer, will the comet be seen at its best-
Then the evening sky will be a thing of
wondrous beauty, for the comet, with its
brilliant tail, should be seen clearly, and
! the glow and reflection from its passage
: through the heavens will serve to light
! the whole sky.
Professor Jacob? says tnat the best
vantage point in this city from which to
see the comet is Riverside Drive, wher*
it can be seen as it whirls through space
and finally disappears behind the shelter
of the lofty Palisades.
| The cornet will become partly ob
scured, according to the professor, on
Sunday, when the moon Is ill. and its
brilliance will cast a pale about the
comet. After that, however, the comet
will be visible until the June moon
i again clouds its light. Astronomers with,
i the proper instruments, however, will
[ be able to view the body's passage as it
( recedes from the earth for six month 3
or more.
ASTRONOMERS" ONLY FEAR
Is That Earth Will Slip Through
Comet's Tail Unobserved.
» IBy Taie^raph to Th« Trtbnß«.l
Cambridge, Mass.. May 17 — "Astroa
j orners have one fear concerning th»
comet,- said Professor Edward C. Pick
ering, director of the Harvard Observa
tory- this evening. "That is that the
earth may slip through the comet's tail
to-morrow «venlss without their notic
ing it.
■There is absolutely no danger to th«
earth from the passage. The transit will
start at 1*>:oO o'clock to-morrow evening:,
but may begin a few minutes earlier or
later if th- tall of the comet is curved.
The transit will have been completed by
11:43- p. m.. and our anxiety does not
i run to fear of. human extinction, but
that the comtt will lose some of its
brightness by Its contact with the earth.
We are taking every precaution at the
' observatory to have our instruments in
readiness to record the minutest action
of the comet. We do not expect to
photograph It. though, until later in thai
\ month.
' "If the weather conditions aro favor
. able Thursday evening Halley's comet
and its tail should be in view shortly
after sunset. I expect that the most
valuable observations of the cornet ia
, this country will be made in the Yerkes
and Lick observatories in the West,
where the ■Mi offered for observa-
I tion arc better, and the spectroscope an
excellent method of recording pheno-
I mena. No official explanation has ever
! been put forward as to the comet's tail.
Th© theory advanced is that objects at
| tracted toward the sun by gravitation
! are* repelled from that body by the effect*
!of the sun. If the body is very small,
the repulsion of light is greatest, so that
the body goes away from the sun and
the dusts and gases due from, that re
pulsion .m what is known as th*
comet's tai!."
The Harvard asironoxers" corps is
' iHIII'TTIWB awaiting the passage of th*
