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fair Fnir1l1UChco Fair warmer much colder tomorrow tomorrowfresh rton tonight ght j j I m 1 flr II a fitn ton El r + I I YOU TALK TO TOThe T 0 A LL
< r tn e1t
fresh orb I t torb
i variable varia Ie wint wIntls g The Th e People P eop I e ThrougH ThrougHTimes Th rOU q
Times T tmes Want W an anNUMBER t Advertiseme W WNUMBER r
NUMBER 3522 WASHINGTON y MONDAY FEBRUARY 1 1904
PRICE ONE CENT
iNVENTOR GRUFF GROFFDENIES GRUFFDENIES
DENIES DEALING DEALINGWITH DEALINGh
h WITH ETH MACHEN MACHENf MACHENUnable
f
Unable Uiiaile Uh ble to See Official OfficialWho OfficialWth0 OfficialWho
Who Was Always Too TooJBusy TooBusy TooBusy
Busy He Says SaysDILLER Saysr SaysDILLER SaysDILLI3R
r
DILLER DILLI3R KEPT NO BOOKS BOOKSTaken BOOKSTaken
UTa Taken ken forGrant for Granted Grant d Every Everyone Everyone Everyone ¬
one Was Honest and andAl1 andAl1b All AllPapers Allapers
b Papers apers Destroyed DestroyedSamuel DestroyedSamuel
Samuel A Groff Inventor or ottheGroft ottheGroftfastenerJand of the Groff Grofffastener GroflZastenriand
fastenerJand fastener land the first of the thedefendant thedefendantto < defendanta defendantato
to go goon on the stand testified testified this tiil morn morning morn morning ¬
ing In his own defense In In the trial trialA thornr of ofA f fA r
A W Machen MachenDlller Dlller B and Samuel A AGroff AGrofT AGrof
Groff and George E and Mrs t1r Lorenzaccused Lorenzaccused Lorenz Lorenzaccused
accused of conspiracy conspiracyGroff consplracGroft
Groff aenied that he had any dealings dealingsor deallngI a
or transactions with Machen In regard regardto regardto regnrc I
to the fastener The only Ume he saw sawthe sawthe sa sathe r
the superintendent was at the taking takingdown takingdown takin takindown
down of the trial letter box lnt in 1633 1633when 1595wh 19 19whim
when wh n Machen was present and nnd re remarked remarked romarked ¬
marked that tho fastener was too t o tight tightGroff tightGrot Ughtarorr
Grot explained that the trouble was WllSdue wasdue wa wadue
due to defective workmanship Subse Subsequently Subsequent Subset ¬
quently quent he tried to see Machen but butthat butthat bu t
that official was always too busy bW and andlie nnd11e aw aw1e 1
lie 1e gave it up upTells upTells upTells
Tells of Invention InventionThe hven InventionThe on onThe
The witness told how he had first de decided declded ¬
cided cId In 1S88 1S that that life fasteners fasteners then In Invogue Invogue I a
vogue were unsatisfactory and had hadworked hadworked ha l
worked on his invention at odd times timesuntil timesuntlllS93 timeuntil S
until untlllS93 1S93 when he applied for a patent patentHis patentHis
His testimony testImon was largely a rehearsal rehearsalof 1
oC wha what had tad gone before and was wa not notot no noof t
of particular interest interestTall tnteNstTallt
Tall Tallt erect well built with a large largehead inrg 111rgehend C
head firm jaW 0 high hlghtorehead forehead rather ratherlarge ratherlarge rathelarge r
large nose and closely cropped gray gmymlr gmymlrSamuel hair hairSamuel iahSathuel
Samuel Groff was an interesting lnterestIn per personage er ersonage ¬
sonage sonage on the stand His H1sc connection connectionwith nnect on onwith a
with the alleged conspiracy has never neverfigured neverfigured r
figured prominently In the case as all allthe aUthe aJ 11
the business busln ss was transacted by b his hisbrother hisbrother hi hibmther S
brother Dlllcr B Qrpff and n4 his binInony testi testimony testImonyln ¬
mony monyln In his own behalf was wris wasltstenI listened lstc qtO qtOwith to towith t
with the tt r greatest interestjby 1n eresr eresrlLudlence thj lorge lorgeiundhrTho e
lLudlence auttIe ce Aln1m A numr4WGmefl r o Wolge wer werctaibrs rc rcm C
JI JINo p pNo
iundhrTho m > hiho spectators spectatorsNo 8p ctatorsr ctaibrs
No Accounts Acc unts Kept KeptDiller X ICeptDiller pt ptDlUer
Diller F Groff eon of o JDlller B Groit Groitand GrOland Groi
and nephew of Samuel A Groff was the theonly theonlt th thS P
only other witness on the stand this thismorning thismornIng thi thia S
morning He testified to the manner In Inwhich Inhlch I a
which hlch the Groffs collected their money moneyfrom mone y
from the Postofilce Department and andforwarded an anforwarded Li
forwarded half the profits pro ts to Lorenz at atToledo 0 0Toledo aToledo t
Toledo He looked after many of thj th thlarge I Ilarge
large business interests of his hlstatho hlstathowho father fatherwho
who he said kept no books at all but butdestroyed b bdestroed bu budestroyed 1
destroyed the papers In each ach tram tra tranctIon I j
action as it was completed So far farthe s sthe 4
the witness knew no special statemeit statemeitof stateme t tot
of the standing of the account was ev r 11 11sent j jsent i
sent by Elller mer B Groff to Lorenz r rt I ISamuel
Samuel Groff but everybody seemed Jo Jotake 0 0take a
take it for granted that everybody CKO CKOWas e ccas P Pa8
Was a8 honest and It was not necessary necessaryto neceJ8 neceJ8to necesad necesadto
to keep a a line on the proceedings proceedingsHOlmeS I IHolmes
Holmes Conrad special counsel for the theGovernment i e eGovernment
Government was unable to be In coin cointhis co coir coirthis rt rtthis t
this morning mornln because of his heath heathSamuel hea heaSamuel be4h be4hSamuel
Samuel Maddox counsel for the GrcrCs GrcrCswho G GWho Ortfswho
who had expected to conduct the exami examination zn1 zn1nation 1 1nation ¬
nation of the Groffs had to turn jthe jthework the thework theork
work ork over to C A Douglass becauz becau of ofa otiL ofa
a a hoarseness which made It almcsulm almcsulmpossible alm alrnGstflm alrnGstflmpossible s Im Impossible
possible for him hlmto to talk above a a whllper whllperDILLER vtdjpor vtdjporDILLER hi per perDILLER
DILLER F GROFF AGAIN AGAINON AGAINON I ION
ON THE THEWITNESS WITNESS STAND STANDAt 51 STAND STANDAt ND NDAt
At the opening this morniigj mornLl mornLl1taddox mornbg Mt MtMaddox MrMaddox
Maddox said his throat was in stcn sic sicshape siclj bad badshape badshave
shape he would ask Mr 1r Douldss Dou1 to
conduct the examination Tie court courtacceded courtacceded courtacceded
acceded and the examination ef f young youngDiller froung froungiIIler oung oungDUler
Diller F Groff was resumed resumedWitness resuniedVltness resume resumeWitness
Witness sold he went to see Nachen NachenIn jachen jachenIn achen achenIn
In response r sponse to a letter addfes addesied ed to toGroff toGroft toGrol
Groff Grol Brothers Machen told tol tok hm h the theprice theprice theprice
price for fasteners would b bi niduced niducedfrom 4iduced 4iducedfront ducea duceatrom
from JL60 to JL23 125 The rfajonrf rfason given givenhim givenhim givenhim
him him for the reduction were w we4e e thit th t pay payments payments paymeats ¬
ments would be more pronpt pro pt ami a d ship shipments shl shlments shipmerits ¬
ments would have to be madeto nade e to 0 only onlytwo onlytwo
two 1 wo points Machen salci sal sal4 if tile t te e price pricewas priceWl1S pricewai
was wai not accepted no mory mon orders orde otders would wouldbe wouldb wouldb
be b given The terms wen wo4 0 subsequently subsequentlyaccepted subsqUent1y subsqUent1yaccepted ubs Q ent11 ent11accepted
accepted I IOverheard I IOverheard
Overheard Interview InterviewYoung Int IntYoung Intviewyoung
Young Croft said hejoverhfard he verheard part partof partof partof
of the interview betweel his father and andthe andthe andthe
the Inspectors when me 4ie e latter Inter Interviewed Intorviewed interviewed ¬
viewed Dlller B Grof Gro In May 1ora 1WS 1WSWitness 1D01Vltneu 1O3Witness
Witness listened at Tie e head of th the thlstairs thestairs s sstairs
stairs because he kner kne knejr of his fathers fathersprevious fathersprelous fathersprevious
previous Interview wljh wi wlfti the inspectors inspectorsHe InspectorsHe
He could overhear onr on onf part of the con conversation concnsatIon conversation ¬
versation clearly H HJ distinctly heard heardan heardan heardan
an Inspector ask hi hij father ath r to come comeinto cbmeInto comeInto
into the Governmen Governme4 wagon and In Inreturn Inreturn inreturn
return promised hlmmd him hlrnjind md Sam Grot imr imrmunity Imlmunlty im imrnunity
munity from proseation proBe tlon the payment paymentof amont amontot
of the ih 13000 the G Gernment ernment owes the theGroffs theGrofts theGroffs
Groffs and the ret retun n of the statement statementDiller statementDlIler statementDiIler
Diller B Ii Groff Grot madearlier mad earlier In the year yearContinued yoarrhe yearPage
Continued oXinth Page PagoWEATHB PageWEATH
WEATH WEATHB REPORT REPORThe REPORTZhe
rhe he weather wl w be much colder to toht tonfSht tonfht
nfSht ht In the mldfe mId e and south Atlantic AtlanticStales AtianUcStt1 AtlanticSttttes I
Stales Stt1 and east eastfl < n lower lake region reglenbut reg1enbut regionbut
but tomorrow ripg rI rIfn g temperatures may maybe mayb maybe
be b expected genpuly ge tlly oust of thi the Mis Mississippi MIsslltllppl MIssigslppi ¬
sissippi River TIC fZC weather will bn fair fairIn fairIn fairin
In the East and fouth outh except along the tholower thplower thelower
lower lakes lal e8 wh who whrr local snows are prob probable probable probable ¬
able I ITEMJERATURE
TEMpRATURE TEMpRATUREa TE TEMJERATURE TEMJERATURElam ERA TURE TUREfI
fI lam a m 28
12 1 noon noonlpm 27 7
1 lpm p m 30 20IIE 30IE 30t
t IIE hlE IE SUN SONSun SUNSun SUNSun
Sun sots itcda < t6d 3 3Sun 0 p m mSun IflSun
Sun ripe ntlClf tomrpWA tOIT tornfP 706 a m mTpE mE mqbE
TpE qbE E 1ADIBJrgh IABLBRgh CABLE CABLEfch
Jrgh fch tide todf tod 7C7a 7 i a in inif
1 3 if Igh h t tide de tonfrrow826 to touirrow rrow 8 a m 85Q p m inXo
Xo 0 tide to rl9w2 rrow2t37a 1 a m 2152 P m mI
I
DISTRICT AFFAIRS AFFAIRSHOLD AFFAIRSHOLD
HOLD ATTENTION A1TENT1OF ATTENTIONOF
OF HOUSE TODAY 1HMYMeasures TODAYt TODAYMeasures TODAYMeasures
t
Measures of Local Im Importance Importance ¬
portance Under Con Consideration Consideratiol1 Consideration ¬
sideration siderationSNOW sideratiol1SNOW siderationSNOW
SNOW BILL IS PASSED PASSEDSmooth PASS PASSEDSmooth D DSmooth
Smooth Sailing Until Bill Billfor Billfor Billfor
for Removing Unsanitary UnsanitaryBuildings Unsanit UnsanitayBuildings iy iyBuilpings
Buildings Is Reached ReachedThe Reac ed edThe
The House devoted Its attention attention today todayto toda todato todayto
to District Dlstrl t matters There was a n large largonumber largenumber largenumber
number df bills on the calendar calendarnndall calendarnndallwere and all allwere allWeredisposed
were Weredisposed disposed of und passed asscd with rea reasonable reasonabJe runsonable
sonable dispatch after Mr Babcock Babcopk Babco t had hadmade hadmade
made made the usual explanations until the thebill theblll thebill
bill to create a board for the condemna condemnation eondemuaUon condemnation ¬
tion of unsanitary buildings was wasreached wasreached wasreache
reached reachedMr reachedMr reache reacheMr
Mr Perkins of New York attacked the theprovisions th thproJsons thprovisions
provisions proJsons of this bill The measure was wasexplained WasexpJalhcd wasexplained
explained by Mr Powers of Massachu Massachusetts Massachusettsland Massachusettsarnd ¬
setts settsland and provoked much discussion and andnot andnot andnot
not a little criticism criticismThe crl criticismI clsm clsmI
I The First Bill BUITh BillTh BillThe
Th The first bill called up by b Mr Bab Babcock Babcocki Babcocki
cock cocki was Sonate 2795 95 which he asked askedbe askedbe askedbe
be considered cbnsldered In lieu of the House bill billo bUlor billof
o or f tie e same language the measure hav havIngassed havIng hayingssed
Ingassed Ing aased the Senate The bill amends amendsthejact nmendsth amendstheact
thejact th theact act to regulate re ulatc the practice of den dentistry denttBJXY dentis ¬
tistry ttBJXY tis ry and for the protection of the thepefple thepetple thepeple
pefple from empiricism empiricismhe
he bill strikes out section 3 of the theand theand
11 ± and Inserts the th following That the Theb theb
b Jird rd of dental
examiners may Issue a alijense aII
11 lijense ease to practice to any dentist who whosHall whos
sHall s all have been In legal practice for or a apjriod ap ap
pjriod p nod of five years ears or more upon the thecertificate thec
certificate c rUfIcnte of the board of dental ex exafalHers exa exa
afalHers a luers of the State or 0 Territory In InwbJch InIch InIch
wbJch Ich he practiced certifying his com compfctency 00111tenc corntency
pfctency tenc tency and
moral character and upon uponthe upont
the t c payment of the certification fee feewithout
without Ithout examlnatl exnmlnatll jf i as to his qualifica qualifications quaUflcaO1S ¬
tions O1S
Suits the Dentists Dentistsunneasure DentistsaQCOCJsa1d Dentistssi
aQCOCJsa1d si U 3ralJihe all 1At At lot
t 1 li bls B tQm 1J g agrjed agrjedojf i
unneasure u lJ1JDM aitlihttersiwas 1 Y J1eI no noofooslllon
ofooslllon o ojf posl lb6n on fo fo the bYll bill bfUfr bill1r v vJtfr <
Jtfr > fr Grlggs of
Georgia offered an anamendment annnendment anonendment
amendment to the effect that the provl provljjon provlon prey preyton
jjon ton on should not apply to dental students studentscertain
11 certain cases Mr Babcock refused
fo t accept the amendment amendmentThe amendmontThe amendmentThe
The bill was then passed passe Mr Bab Babtock BabJOck flabsock
JOck tock explained the provisions of the
bill which fixes the amount of bonds on
District contracts at 25 per cent of the theestimated theestimated theestimated
estimated cost of the work or material
The bill was passed without further
debate debateThere debateThere debateThere
There was no discussion of the bill billto billto billto
to transfer reservation 32 3 from froi the june
diction of the Engineering Uepartment Departmentof
of the War Department tc the District
Commissioners In order to provide a asuitable asuitable 1 1suitable
suitable approach to the new District
Building Tile reservation re ervatlon Is the trian triangle triangle tniangle ¬
gle In front or 0 the old powerhouse site siteon siteon siteon
on the Avenue
The measure was waspassed waspassed waspassed
passed without division
Snow and Ice Bill Passed PassedThe PassedThe PassedThe
The bill to provide for the removal removalof remoalof removalof
of snow and Ice from from sidewalks and giv giving glvlag h ¬
ing additional powers to the Commis Commissioners Commissioners Commissioners ¬
sioners In this respect wo W was amended on onmotion onmotion onmotion
motion of Mr Babcock so as to apply applyonly appl applonl applyonly
only onl to that part of the city within the thefire thefire thefire
fire limits The bill appropriates 5000 5000for 5000for 5000for
for the removal of snow and Ice and andfixes andfixes andfixes
fixes the minimum for failure to com comply comply comply ¬
ply with the law at 5 and makes the thesame thesame thesame
same a lien upon the property The bill billwas billwas billwas
was then passed The bill was later laterpassed Jatorpassed laterpassed
passed by the Senate
Explained by Mr Babcock BabcockThe BabcockThe BabcockThe
The bill to provide for the apprehen apprehension apprehension apprehenslon ¬
sion and dctontlon of Insane persons in inthe Inthe inthe
the District of Columbia provoked some someInquiry someInquIry someInquiry
Inquiry and discussion discussionMr discussIonltr discussionMr
Mr Babcock in response to questions questionssaid Questionssaid questionsstaid
said that the measure me urc was espeolaly espeoltlt di directed directed directod ¬
rected toward the apprehension of indi indigent Indigent mdigent ¬
gent insane persons He said that at atpresent atpresent atpre
present present pre ent there Is In the District of Co Columbia Columbia Columbia ¬
lumbia no provision for the temporary
detention of en a violent Insane par parson porson person ¬
son Mr MorrtH of Pennsylvania Penns lwmla In Inanswer Inanswer inanswer
answer answer to questions by Mr Crurnpucker Crurnpuckerof
of Indiana said that tb t now In ordur to of offect offect
fect the arrest of rm tn Insane portion It is isnecessary Isnecessary isnecessary
necessary to swear out a warrant for forsome torsome forsome
some crime or misdemeanor misdemeanorMr
Mr Ir Crumpacker CrumpackerIs Is there no authority authorityfor authorJt authorJttor authorityfor
for arresting a violently lolen113o Insane person personMr personMr personMr
Mr Babcock BabcockNono None except on the thecharge thecharge thecharge
charge of being dh dbordorly orderly
The bill was then passed without di division dlIslon division ¬
vision visionThe visionThe Islon IslonThe
The bill Introduced by b Mr Jenkins to toincorporate toIncorporate toincorporate
incorporate the Mutual Investment FIro FIroInsurance FlroInsunmce FiroInsurance
Insurance Company of the District of ofColumbia otColumbia ofColumbia
Columbia was then taken up Mr Pow Powers Powers Powera ¬
ers of Massachusetts explained the themeasure themeasure themeasure
measure at the request of Mr Hepburn Hepburnof
of Iowa and the bill was then passed passedStreet passed5tnet passedStreet
Street Nomenclature NomenclatureThe
The bill to enable the Commissioners Commissionersto
to name streets avenues alloys high highways hlShwa highways ¬
ways wa 8 and am reservations In the District Districtof
of Columbia and outside of the city clt of ofWashington dr drWashington t tVashlngton
Washington was passed without discus diKcueslon
I Islon 1 1sion
slon as was also the bill affecting the thoharbor theharbor
harbor master which provides us fol follows 01 01Jows ¬
lows S
1
Every vessel comJng to anchor In any anyother an another anyother
other portion of tho navigable waters watersIn watersIn watersin
In the District of Columbia shall also alsobe alsobe alsobe
be so moored under the direction of the theharbormaster theharbormaster theharbormaster
harbormaster or the pilot of the police policeboat policebout I Iboat
boat acting In the harbormasters ab nbsenco absence I Isence
sence as not to obstruct the channel channeland chllnneland channeland
and be secured with an anchor at bow bowund bowand j jthe
und sterit us to keep the long axis or i
the vessel parallel with that of the thechannel theohannel
channel and prevent It from swinging swingingso I
so as to Obstruct the free passage of the thechannel thechannel thechannel
channel by other vossols vossolsThe vossolsThe vesselsThe
The bill to perfect p rteot title In the prop propContinued propContinued propContinuedcn
Continued Continuedcn on n Second Seiond nd Page 1
I
RUSSIAS REPLY REPLYFINALLY Y YFINALLY
FINALLY READY READYFOR READYFOR
FOR THE CZAR CZARCount CZARCount
Count Lamsdorff to Lay LayConvention LayConve LayConvetition
h Conve Convention tion Before Emperor Elllperor Em Ernperor ¬
peror Tomorrrow TomorrrowPURPORT TomorrrovPURPORT TomorrrowPURPORT
PURPORT IS A MYSTERY MYSTERYDetails MYSTERYDetails MYSTERYDetails
Details a State Secret Un Unsolved Unsolved Unsolved ¬
solved by y the Diploma Diplomatists Diplomatists Diplomatists
tists ofVOrher Nations NationsLONDON NationsLONDON NationsLONDON
LONDON Feb L LThe The Berlin corre correspondent correspondent correspondent
spondent of the th tbj Poll Mall al1 gazette gazettetoday Gazettetoday azette azettetoday
today learns that the proposed draft draftof dratto draftef
of o the Russiansreply Russlnh rcpl to Japans J pans latest latestnote latestnote latestnote
note will be 1l lala t iIU id before the Czar w wCount > v vCount vCount
Count Lamsdorff Lamnsd rff the Russian minister ministerof
of foreign affairs tomorrow All fore forecasts torecnts forecasts
casts of the nature n turc of the retfly relS y ar arpure nrpure are arepure
pure conjecture conjectureFRANCE COnjectureFRANCE conjectureFRANCE
FRANCE WILL NOT NOTAID NOTAIDIN AID AIDIN AIDIN
IN THERUSSIAN ADVANCE ADVANCELONDON ADVANCEL ADVANCELONDON
LONDON L NDON Feb I IThe The Birmingham BirminghamPost Blrmlnghnm BlrmlnghnmPost BirminghamPoEt
Post says the French Fr < < nch foreign minister ministerhas mlnlst mlnlstI ministerhas
I has h s sent to Russia R ssla a long note review reviewing ralewIng reviewIng ¬
ing FranchRusslan relations in the theEast th theEast
i East since 1900 Including the approval approvalof
of the AngloJapanese agreement In 19021 19021The 1902Lrite 902 902The
The situation has altered however the thenote thenote thenote
note says say and It Is now necessary for forFrance forFmnce forFrance
France to consider what steps she will willhave willhayc willhave
have to take in the event of hostilities hostilitiesThe hostilitiesThe hostilitiesThe
The note indicates that Franco will not notcommit notcommit notcommit
commit herself h < rsen to any measure In be behalf behaIt behalf ¬
half of Russian interests interestsENGLAND InterestsENGLAND InterestsENGLAND
ENGLAND NOT TO PROTECT PROTECTVESSELS PROTECTVESSELS PROTECTVESSELS
VESSELS OF COMBATANTS COMBATANTSLONDON COMl3ATANTSLONDON COMATANTSLONDON
LONDON Feb 1 LThe The Western WesternDally Western WesternDally WesternDaily
Dally Press Prt > ss says the government has hasintimated haaIntimated hasIntimated
intimated to some of the big shipping shippingcompanies shippingcompanies hlpplngcompnnles
companies which are owned by b Japa Japanese Japanese Japanose
nese subjects and sailing under tht thtMikados thtonkados thtMikados
Mikados flag that Much ships will not notbe notbe notbe
be granted British register In dase or orI ornw 0tSt
St nw wrr r ocourrJng ootYeen 1tU lis Ip ana anaaPin rdni
aPin nlf Kfs ni i J firs ri iran irand tranttrred
ttrred d t ABntl Btitlh Howtm Howtmrnthe nxiTs nxiTsYnthe
rnthe I the Sp SpahlahAmeriiKan ri1lhAmer n war war ar bOth BothfAmerican bOthAmerican oth othAmerJcnn
American and Spanish vessels were weretransferred weretransferred weretransferred
transferred to the red ensign
RUSSIAN REPLY DELAYED DELAYEDSAYS UELA DELAYEDSAYS YED YEDSAYS
SAYS MINISTER TAKAHIRA TAKAHIRAThe
The Japanese minister Mr tr Taknhira Taknhiracalled Taknhlracalled Tnknhiracalied
called at the State Department this af afternoon afternoon afternoon ¬
ternoon and informed Assistant Secre Secretary Secretary Seerstary ¬
tary Loomis that he had received ad advices adIces advices ¬
vices Ices from Tokyo announcing that tho thoRussian thoRussian theRussian
Russian reply rep will not reach that city citybefore ell ellberoro citybefore
before tho middle of this week weekMr weekltr weekMr
Mr Takahlra gave no Information con concerning concerning concerning ¬
cerning the nature of the reply replyLONDON ret replyLONDON > 1y 1yLONDON
LONDON HEARS THAT THATWAR THATWAR THATWAR
WAR WILL BE AVERTED AVERTEDi
A dispatch from London to the New NewYork XewYork NewYork
York Sun says saysThe saysThe saysThe
The view Iew expressed In these dispatches dispatchesa dlspatch s sa
a week ago a that the situation in the theFar theFar theFar
Far East warranted strong hopes that thatwar thatwar thatwar
war would be averted for the present presentmay presentmay presentmay
may now be reaffirmed with Increased Increasedemphasis Increasedemphasis increasedemphasis I
emphasis emphasisIt
It Is embarrassing to be unable to toquote toquote toquote
quote authorities for the Important in information Information information ¬
formation which follows but pending pendingofficial pcndlnofficial pendInromcial
official declarations on the subjept subJe t the thewriter th thwriter thewriter
writer must content himself by saying sayingthat suylngthat sayingthat
that his statements come from sources sourcesin sourcesIn sourcesin
in which he places full confidence confidenceThe oonfidenceThe confIdenceThe
The situation at the present moment momentis
is this thisFirst thisFirstRussia thisFirstRussia
First FirstRussia Russia is prepared to concede concedesubstantially eoncedesubstantially concedesUbstnntlaUy
substantially all Japans demands In re regard regard regard ¬
gard to Korea
Second SecondRussia Russia will acknowlelge Chi Chinese Chlnose Cliinose ¬
nose sovereignty and all treaty tront rights
in Manchuria ManchuriaThird ManchuriaThirdRussia ManchuriaThirdRussia
Third ThirdRussia Russia will embody both these theseconcessions theseconcessions theseconcessions
concessions In the form of a treaty treat
Fourth FourthRussia Russia will in no event initi initiate Inltlato initiate ¬
ate war not even and this IH most im important Important ¬
portant If Japan should occupy Korea
This brief statement of the case would
I seem at first rst glance to settle the crisis erlsuand
and Insure lasting peace Such Suchlunhap unhap ¬
pily Is not altogether alto ether true Vhe rhe LD un unequnlcd unequaled unequaled
equaled skill of Russian diplomacy dlploma has hasas
as a matter of fact developed a situa ¬
tion which Japan finds to be extremely extremelvembarrassing
I embarrassing embarrassingJOi embarra8slnJJOHN embarrassingiOFU
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER ROCKEFELLERAction
TO RESIGN RE8IG FROM BOARD BOARDAction
Action Expected at Meeting of Steel SteelCorporation SteelCorporation SteelCorporation
Corporation Directors DirectorsIntends DirectorsIntendsto Intends Intendsto
to Lessen Activities ActivitiesNEW ActivitiesNEW ActivitiesNEW
NEW YORK Feb Ft > b llt 1 1t Is uhderstood understoodthat uhderstoodthat uhderstoodthat
that at a meeting of the directors of the theUnited
United States Steel Corporation tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow ¬
row the resignation from the board of ofJohn ofJohn ofJohn
John D Rockefeller will be submitted submittedand submltte1and submittedand
and accepted aooeptedIt aooepted aooeptedIt
It Is said this step Is taken In accord accordance nccordance accordance ¬
ance with his recently rcccntl avowed Intention Intentionof
of lessening leEsenln his activities in various cor corporation corporntlon corporatlon ¬
poration managements throwlnr upon uponhis uponhili uponhis
his son John D jr the representation representationof
of his Interests InterestsBIG Intert interestsBIG > sts stsBIG
BIG PROMOTION FOR FORDR FORDR FORDR
DR GEORGE W LEADLEY LEADLEYSecretary LEADLEYSeoretlry LEADLEYSecretary
Secretary Cortelyou announced today tod todthe
the appointment of Dr George W Lead Leadley Lea Leadhey I Iley
ley of New York to act an appointment appointmentolork appolntmontolark appointmentclerk
clerk of the Department of Commerce Commerceand Commerceand Commerceand
and Labor by b transfer from morn the Civil
Service Commission
1i o i DAVID n McDOUGAL LEBRETON j
J First FIrs Honor Gradn Graduate at JnJj Annapolis AnnapolisMiddies AnnapolisMiddies OIl OIlMiddies
Middies Receive DipsFrom Dips DipsFromSecretary flipsFrom
From FromSecretary Secretary Moody MoodyLeBretpn MoodyLeBr MoodyLeBreton
LeBretpn LeBr LeBreton t9n Escapes Esc mes From Mumps Ward in inMospitali intlQ iniQ5pitt
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Special to The Washington Tiiws TiiwsANNAPOLIS Tlmt9ANNAPOLTS TlmeANNAPOLIS
ANNAPOLIS Md Feb 1 IThe The Hon HonWilliam HonVJlllam HonWilliam
William H Moody Mood Secretary of the theNavy theNa theNavy
Navy Na came to Annapolis delivered an anaddress anaddress anaddress
address and presented diplomas to the themidshipmen themldshlpmon themidshipmen
midshipmen of the class of 19W 904 which whichwas whichwas whichwas
was graduated from the Naval Acade Academy Academy Academy ¬
my today The attendant attendant exercises exerciseswere oxarclseswere exercIseswere
were of an anlmposlrtg imposing nature natureThe natureThe natureThe
The graduation took place at noon In
the large new Armory BuDding and the thecorvmonlos thecormonlos thecerornonios
corvmonlos cormonlos were attended att ded by a large largenumber largenumber largenumber
number number of the the friends of the graduates graduatesand gradu graduatesand tcs tcsand
and other strangers who are here to at ¬
tend tho farewell ball tonight tonightGovernor tonightGovernor tonightGovernor
Governor Warfield Speaks SpeaksAmong SpeaksAmong SpeaksAmong
Among the official guests were Rear
Admiral H C Taylor Tn lor Chief of the Bu Bureau Bureau Eureau ¬
reau of Navigation Assistant Secretary Secretar Secretarof
of the Navy Na Darling and Gov GO Edwin
Warfield of Maryland Col R M lL
Thompson of New York city cJt one of the
organizers of the Navy Athletic Asso Association AssocIation ¬
ciation and a l great promoter promoter of ofat athlet lct ¬
ics at the Academy Acndem wax also present present pre ent
Governor Warfleld also made a brief ad ¬
dress to the graduates preceding Sec ¬
retary Moody MoodyThe MoodyThe MoodyThe
The graduation today was made neces necessary neCeBsal ¬
sary sal by the urgent need of officers for
the thenew new ships The T
e regular reg Jar course at atHIS atHIS atFIlS
HIS BARN FULL OF
CONGRESS tIlOEIG8s000UMENI8 tIlOEIG8s000UMENI8Senator DOOUMENTS DOOUMENTSSenator
Senator Gallinger Enters Protes ProtestAgainst ProtesAgainst ProtesAgainst
Against Reckless Extravagance Extravagancein Extravagancein
in Public Printing PrintingExtravagance PrintingExtmvagance PrintingExtravagance
Extravagance in printing by Congress
claimed Ctimcdthe the attention of the Senate for
a 1 part of todays session sessionOne seIslonOne sessionOne
One of the most startling extrava extravagances oxtravnganccs oxtravagances ¬
gances of Congress is the matter of ofprinting ofprinting ofprinting
printing declared Mr Gallinger of New
Hampshire Hamp hlreand and I think It ought to
be kept within the most reasonable I Ilimit
limit possible There are many of us uswho uswho
who live lI In the country counlr who have not notonlv 110ton notonly
only on Iv our houses but our < barns filled filledwith tUledwith filledwith
with Government publications which whichare whichare i
are never looked at In my m opinion the thematter I Imatter
matter of printing expense Is one which whichought whicliought I
ought to be guarded by the Senate II IIought
This was the substance of the protest protestentered protestentered protestentered
entered by b the New Hampshire Senator Senatorwhen Scnntorwhen Senatorwhen
when Mr rr Foraker asked for a reconsid reconsideration reconsidoration ¬ i ierntlon j
oration of the order made in his nb absence nbsence nbsence ¬
sence to refer to the Printing Commit ¬
tee n report received from the War ur De Department Department Departmont ¬
partment partmentThis partmentT partmontThis
This T ls report was in response to a re request reQUlst request ¬
quest from the Senate that the Secretary Secretary Secre Scoretary ¬
tary of ot War ar send to the upper house housea
a complete copy COP of the Journal of the theprovisional theprojslonnl theprovisional
provisional und first and second con congresses congresses congrosses ¬
gresses of the Confederate States StatesThese StatesIhese StatesThese
These records r cords are of great bulk and andto andto andto
to print thorn will cost a numbur of ofthousands ofthousands o othousands
thousands ot dollars the exact cost not nothaving nothwlng nothaving
having ever been estimated For this thisreason thisroason thisreason
reason AIr r Galllnetr thought the report reportoight reportOLght reportotght
oight to be considered by the Printing PrintingCommittee PrintingCommittee PrintingCommittee
Committee before the order to print was wasgiven wasgiven I Igiven
given by the Senate SenateMr SenateMr SenateMr
Mr Foraker made a plea pJ a for Immedi Immediate Immedlate immdiate ¬
ate printing without reference and was wassupported wnsupporte wassupported
supported upporte < l by Mr Bate of Tennessee Tennesseuwho TennossEluwho Tennesseewho
who served In the Confederate Army Armyfrom Armyfrom Armyfrom
from from private through all grades to ma major maJor innjor ¬
jor general generalThe generalThe
The resolution calls as well for the thebinding thebindinG thebinding I
binding of the records
7 7tho >
tho Naval Academy ACndemy niakjjs t nmk es tSe jji1zi iw = t tgraduaUon S
graduation come In June JuneAn JuneAn JuneAn
An especially Interesting Int resUrig Incident of ofthe otthe ol olthe
the graduation grnduatl n exercises was wasthat that th t con conto connected connected
nected with the delivery otthe of the diploma diplomato
to Midshipman David McDougaii McD gall LeBfe LeBfeton thEre LeBreton
ton the Washington VlUIhlngtonbo boy wholEd who led th thclass the theclass thecJass
class In scholastic standing for the thewhole thc i
whole four years Midshipman LeBrgton L Breton I
has been confined in the hospital hospit 1 for fornearly l 01 r rnearly
nearly a week with a severe sevcreattnck evere attack of ofmumps otmumps 01 r
mumps and until yesterday It was be believed beJle beiIeelhe ¬
lieved Jle iIeelhe d he would riot not be able ble to come to tothe tothe tc
the armory armo to receive his diploma diplomaCheered dlp diplomaCheered omn omnCheered
Cheered by Classmates ClassmatesThis ClassmatesThis
This morning morning however he was w s much muchbetter muchbetter mud I Ibetter
better and at his eariest solicitation solicitationthe solicitation ohic1tatlot I Ithe
the surgeon surgeon In charge c lnrge allowed IjIm to at t ¬
tend with his classmates Midshipman Mld hl man I
LeBreton was cheered by b his classmates classmatesas I I Ias
as he received his parchment parchmentThe parchmentTho
The scholastic work done by LeBre ¬
ton while at the Acndom
Academy has been
re remarkable reI remarkabre ¬
markable I 1ark bre as he obtained ob lned an aggregate aggregateof aggregateof
of iSS12 out of a possible posslblcG24 G24 for the thewhole tInwhole
IwhoJe whole course He Is particularly bril ¬
liant as a am mathematician themadclan and
Jn n such suchprofessional suchprofessional suchprofessional
professional branches as navigation and andseamanship and andseamanshIp andseamanship
seamanship he h has always led his class
His rank In the e midshipman brigade brJgude1 is
that of cadet cad t lieutenant commander and m
he commands one of the two battalions battalionsPRAYER battaHonsPRAYER battalonLPRAYER
PRAYER Bf A A RABBIDr RABBI RABUlIN HABBIiN
IN SENATE TOMORROW TOMORROWj
j
Dr Philipson Phi1ip on Invited by Dr Hale the theChaplain theChapJai theChaplain
Chaplain to to o Perform redonnThat redonnThatService erforiii That ThatService ThatService
> Service ServiceThe ServiceThe
The The Senate will hear hdar an an opening
prayer p er by a a Jewish J ylsh rabbi rab tomorrow t morrow orrow
Dr Phlllpson ofthe ot the Hebrew College COlJ olIhge ge In
Cincinnati He will VI flif n fill l the thtt th chaplain chaplaln chaplalnplace
place on n the Invitation ImltaUonotthe of the mourn
bent Rev Re Dr Edward Everett Hale Halewho Halewho Halewho
who is a alJnitartan alJnitartanI Unitarian UnitarianI Un1tarl n nI
I heard Dr Phllipaon ph upsoi was was coming to
Washington said Dr Hale today toda todaand
and as I have known kbQwn him through throughcorrespondence throughcorrespondence
correspondence Ce for a number of years yearsasked el1 I
I asked him to make the prayer in th the
Senate I was w vis Interested In noting a asimilar asimilar asimilar
similar indication of fellowship In the theoffering theoffering
offering by b a Jewish congregation congregation ol J
their th lr auditorium for Lutheran services
by the Luther Memorial Memod congregation congregationwhose congregationwhoso congregationwhose
whose church was severely damaged by b
fire fireSenator fireScna
Senator Scna tor Mitchell of Oregon who Is Isone isone Isone
one of the veterans of the Senate said
he did not recall r cull It rabbi rabbi ever having havingofficiated hnvlngotflclated havingofticiated
officiated In the th Senate We Ve have a
brilliant young rabbi In Portland he hesnld hesuM hesaid
suM and If I he ever er came came to Wash Washington Washington Vasl VaslIngton ¬
ington 1 should IJhouldcertnlnl certainly like to hea heahim heahim heat heathim
him make the opening prayer for the theSomite theSel1nte theSenate
Senate SomiteA
A Senate official who whohns has served twen twentythree twentthrec twentythree ¬
tythree years ear3 said he did not recall recallany recallnn recallany
any nn previous prayer pra erb by a rabbi rabbiAnother nbblAnother rabbiAnother
Another employe of the Senate who whohas whohus whohas
has served thirtyseven years ea Is au authority authorlt authonity ¬
thority thorlt for or the statement that on one oneoccasion oneoccasion oneoccasion
occasion a Jewish rabbi offered opening openingprayer Open1ngpruer openingprayer
prayer This was he says sa In the ses session sessIon seealas ¬
sion of 1S7677 when Ferry F rry was the pre presiding presldln presiding ¬
siding sldln officer officerFather otficerFather officerFather
Father Johns Medicine Cures Bin BionQhltis Binoh11l9 Btinchitis
Qhltis Asthma and andConsumption Consumption Consump on Guar Guaranteed GunranteedAdv GuaranteedAdv ¬
anteed anteedAdv Adv
TAFT SWORN IN INROOT INROOT INROOTRETIRES
ROOT ROOTRETIRES ROOTRETIRESSimple RETIRES RETIRESSimple
Simple Ceremonu Ceremo U Took l ook Place at the War WarDepartment WarDepartment WarDepartment
Department Todau TodauNew T Toda TodaNew odaJJ odaJJNew
New Secretary ecretary Greeted Greet dby by Members Mem b rs of qfCa qfCail Cab Cabinet Ca Camet
< inet il met t General GeAeralSt Staff ff Army Officers OJNcers Offi Oficers
t
cers and Clerks
J
In the presence of former Secretary Secretar SecretarRoot
Root Secretaries Cortelyou and Hitch Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitchcock ¬
cock Lieutenant General Chaffee and anda an ana
a number of prominent members of the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral
general staff William H Taft took th thoath the thEloath theoath
oath of office at noon today toda and be became became becaine ¬
came Secretary Secrtar of War WarThe WarThe WarThe
The Installation ceremony was held In Inthe inthe Inthe
the reception rece t10n room at the War Depart Department Department Department
ment At noon Mr Root and Mr Taft Taftwalked Tartwalked Taftwalked
walked into the reception room and andwere andWere andwere
were met by J B Randolph of the theWar theur theWitr
War ur Department who administered tht thtbrief thtbrlet th thbrief
brief oath as Mr Taft stood with hb hbright hI hIright hisright
right hand raised raisedLieutenant rnJsedLieutenant raisedLieutenant
Lieutenant General Chaffee General GeneraGlllespfe GeneralGillespIe GeneralGillespie
GillespIe General Bliss and General GeneralStory GeneralStory GeneralStory
Story stood In front of the new Secre Secretary Secretary Scoretary
tary and Mr rr Root and Secretary Secretnr Cor Cortelyou Cortel Corteiyou ¬
telyou tel you Secretary Hitchcock Mrs MrsCharles MrsCharles MrsCharles
Charles P Taft wJe of the new Sec Secretarys Secret Secretarys ¬
retarys ret rys brother Chief Clerk Schofleld Schofleldand Schofteldand SchofIeldand
and a 0 number of other officials were weregrouped weregroupfd weregrouped
grouped about the room roomBoot roomRoot roomRoot
Root Congratulates Taft TaftMr TaiLMr TaftMr
Mr Root was w s the first to congratulate congratulatethe consratulatAthe
the new Secretary Secretaries Cortel Cortelyou Cortelyou Cortelyou ¬
you and Hitchcock then greeted the thenew thenewCnblnet thenewCabinet
new newCnblnet Cabinet member Lieutenant L1eutcnantGenertl L1eutcnantGenertlCharree LleutenantGeneralChaffee General GeneralChnffee
Chnffee congratulated Secretary Taft TaftGenerals TaftGenernls TaftGenehiis
Generals Genernls Glllesple Bliss and andStorywere andStorywereth Story were werethen werethen
then th n presented pr seltet1 to Lieutenant Lleut nant General GeneralChaffee general generalChatree GeneralChaffee
Chaffee who took his place beside beslde1Ir beslde1IrRoot Mr MrRoot MrBoot
Root and announced the names of army armyofficers armyofficers armyolflcers
officers who ho had hi i stood toad outside the re reception reception reception ¬
ception room waiting waiting to meet meet the new newhead newh newhhscipf
head h hhscipf tdfr tt the department departmentCol departmentCol departmentColt
Col Colt Clarence ClarenceR R Edwards chief of ofthe otth 01the
the th Bureau of Insular Insul r Affairs headed headedthis headelthlslIne headeIthisline
this thlslIne line which whichwas was made up U of ofall all com commissioned commissioned cornmissioned ¬
missioned officers omc rg at th th4 department departmentac departmentacas as aswell aswell
well as those Stationed at the posts postsnear pos posnear possnear
near Washington The officers ofllc rsltlIworo rsltlIworou oil wore woreundress woreundresa
undress u i1reS uniform uniformAfter uniformAtter uniformAfter
After the line of o officers ofttce o1llceibnd ad d passed passedChief p pausedcif 3ed 3edClerk
Chief cif Clerk Schofield took tookhis his hIs place p1a zlac Jje Jjethe b bh belthiOPf
lthiOPf h J1 W Secl1t Secrstitr n and n arpjci arpjcihe O c cUiename
the Uiename t he names nimesofthe ofthe clerks In the thedepnrt thedepartmcm depart department ¬
ment m mcm l as they th theythrnok y shook hands wlthrSecro wlthrSecrotaryTTafjt wlth8 withSerhrTart re ret
taryTTafjt t rTart t jind aJ1 dndtiade t bade n Mr MrJtoot Root goodfcy goodfcyWill gInJd9 b 1 1Will
Will reave Today TodayMr Tod Today3tr y 1 1r
Mr r Roqt ROQt will leave l a Washington W shlngton for forNew fo foI forNwYork
I New NtWYQrk York this afternoon atter oon at 4 oclock clock to toI toI taake
I tnke t up his law practice In l t4at city eltyI cityHwill
I I He H Hwill will be the guest of the older mom members momers ¬
I bers h ers of the Union League Club at a abanquet a aanqueton I Ibanquet
I banquet b anqueton On n Wednesday Wednesda night nightSecretary nightSecretary
Secretary SecretnJJ Taft presented pesentedto to the Presi President Presldent Presiebt ¬
dent dent d ebt this this mornlnjfa mornlnga morning a party party of o members membersof membe membeot
of f his frUnlly who are are in the city clt on onaccount onaccount onccount
account a of his entrance upon the th duties dutiesof dutiesof dutiesof
of his office The party Included ex exRepresentative exRepresentatiy exRepresentative
Representative Charles C Churjes urJes P Taft and wife wifetheir wltetheir wifeheir
their t daughter daug1i er Louise Louise and Miss nss Wllby WllbyOf WllbyQfCfnclnnati Wilbyf
Of QfCfnclnnati f Cincinnati and Henry Henl W Taft Taft of ofNew otNew ofNew
New York The two twoMessrs Mefesrs Taft are arebrothers nrebrothers arebrothers
brothers of the Secretary Se retari ExRepre ExRepresentative ExRepreentathe ¬
sentative s tnt1e Taft Is l the th publisher and andowner andowner L Lwner
owner o wner of the TimesStar of Cincin Cincinnati CIncinnati CinciriaU ¬
nati n aU
Will Follow Root RootIt RootIt Rootit
It Is safe to to say that In general Sec Secretary Secret Seeotary ¬
retary ret r otary r1 Roots policy will be bet followed l1owed
by his successor The recent activity activityshown nctivit nctivitshown nctivItshown
shown by the retiring official Is held heldindicate to toindicate 6 6indicate
indicate not an anxiety to forestall and andprevent andprevent andprevent
prevent reversing action by b Secretary SecretaryTaft SecretaryTaft SecretaryTaft
Taft but a a harmony and understanding understandingboth understnndlnttboth understandingboth
both retiring and succeeding official con concurring concuning concursing ¬
cursing Any An difference In the admin adminiteration admlnIlItrnt10n administration
iteration of the department will come comethrough come comethrough comethrough
through the difference In the tern ternperament tempernment termiperament
perament of the two men for or the theoverflowing theoverfio theoverflowing
overflowing overfio lng good nature and serenity serenlt of ofdisposition ordisposition ofdisposition
disposition of the new Secretary fc fcquite 13 13quIte Isquite
quite In contrast to the cold reserve and anddignity anddignity anddignity
dignity of his predecessor predecessorIt
It is more than probable that in his hisearly 11lsearly flisearly
early days as Secretary Seeretar of War Judge JudgeTaft JudgeTaft JudgeTntt
Taft will be largely guided by b thecounJel the the4counsel thecounsel
counsel of the man now In official offi 1at 1attlrement rer rertirement re retirement
tirement the hand will be the hand nt ntTaft otTaft C CTaft
Taft but the vclce will be that ot otRoot otRoot ofRoot
Root I ISolved
Solved rag ti Problems ProblemsAs ProblemAs ProblemsAs
As indicated bJl oj > the volume just justsued is issu Issued > >
sued su d Five Years History of tt War WarDepartment WuDepnrtment WarDepartment
Department the service of Secretary SecretaryRoot SecretarYIRoothas SecretaryBoot
Root Roothas has been fraught with big thing thingMany thln thlnMany thingMany
Many problems were presented for zoiu zoiutlon Eolutlon solutlon
tlon problems which were without pre precedent precedent precedent ¬
cedent The direction of a greatly In Increased increased Increased ¬
creased army a large part of which wa waoperating W4S W4Soperaisng wdoperaling
operating operaisng beyonc beon the limits of the theUnited th thUnlt thoUnited
United Unlt d States Is transportation and andsubsistence and9lbsl andsubsistence
subsistence 9lbsl tence Its clothing and inalnter inalnternance ma1nt ma1ntnance ma1ntnance
nance under under new conditions of climate climatemilitary cUmatml1ltary climatemilitary
military policies which covered not notmerely DOtmerely notmerely
merely a civil government of a a conv convtuiered con conquered cogquered
tuiered quered people as In the Philippines and andPorto andPorto andPorte
Porto Rico but which required a pecu peculiar pec pecliar peed peedliar ¬
liar diplomatic quality as In Cuba and andthe andthe andthe
the Chinese campaign campnlgn all of these had hadto hadto hadto
to be met met by b the outgoing outgolngSecretpy outgolngSecretpyand Secretary Secretaryand Secretaryand
and that the they were wisely met seems seemsthe Sc seemsthe D1S D1Sthe
the consensus of opinion here regard regardless reprdlcss regard1ss ¬
less of minor mental 11 1 U reservatTons on the thepart thepart thepart
part of opponents of the Administra Administratten Aiiminlstra5j2 AdmlniatratgL
tten ttenI tgL
5j2 a2reeeeas a2reeeeasEquipped Preceie1rlL Preceie1rlLEQullWed
I Equipped with one on of o the most accu accurate accurteTIfii accurate
rate rteTIfii rate IgeaUarilrids ndsotthe of the time tlm SecrefcHir SecrefcHirA SeeZim3Root ec ecR
R Root otwaS waa aji nblto tostepOut tepout ot bjflhts ts of ofrt ofcOurt
cOurt rt p pr ctce e and 1i etablish 4 1llsJi precedents precedentsA ents entsA
A prpbl prpbl ttini mwhicli m which Taft Tllfttlnds flnds before him himIs himIs bluris
Is the movement m vement vernent to consolidate the di divisions dl1slons divisions ¬
visions of the department Foremost in inthis Inthis inthis
this is the order orderre recently nUy issued by bYSec bYSecretary bySeqretary Seer Seerre
re retary tary t thot bot ot transferring an important importantpart lmport Importazitpart t tpart
part of the Adjutants General office to tothat t tthat tothat
that of Records and Pensions a propo proposition propoZlltlon propsltIon ¬
sition ltIon which Is being bitterly fought by bythe bythe b bthe
the officers of the first t r3t named division divisionwho divisionwh divisionwhd
who wh claim that the Adjutant G terais teraiswork eras eraswork eraswork
work is threatened wlth decadence to oa oamere o a amere t tmacre
mere clerical cl rlcal character while whll the ad advocates advocates d dvocates ¬
vocates of f the change nge claim that in the thepast thf thfpast thepast
past the office has held too toornuch much power powerarid powerarid powerand
arid more work work than it could perform performDrooertv performDroverl performDrOPerh
Drooertv DrooertvA DroverlA DrOPerhA
A third task for the new Secretary Is Isthe isthe Jothe
the devising of a just and satisfactory satisfactorysystem satlstactorysstem satisfactorysystem
system of promotion In In this he has hasas hasns hasas
as a luckless legacy the fight over the thopromotion t1opromotion thepromotion
promotion of General Wood Woodand and Captain CaptainMills Captmn1U1s CaptainMills
Mills 1U1s
WilliamC William C Whitney WhitnejJUndergoesOper WhitneyUndergoes Whitneyndergoes
Undergoes UndergoesOper Operation OperationMillionaire OperationMilIio ation ationMillioQ
Millionaire MillioQ MilIio fr reon on dnHis His Return From frof Aiken Aikento to New NewYork NewY NewYork
York Y rk is Stricken With the Dread DreadAppendicitis DreadAppehdicitis
1 Appendicitis I
NEW YORK Feb 1 lml 1William William m C CWhitney CVhltne CWhitney
Whitney Vhltne who was operated upon for forappendicitis torappendicItis forappendicitis
appendicitis on Saturday Saturdn night at his hishome hlahome hi hihome
home here Is still In a serious condi condition condltlon condiion ¬
tion t ion this morning He Is said to be bedoing bedoIng bedoing
doing as well as could be expected un under undCl undor ¬
der the circumstances The physicians physiciansarc ph slclans slclansar
arc ar a rc < > In constant attendance attendanceMr attendanceMr attendanceMr
Mr Whitney Vhltne came home from Aiken AikenS
S C a few days da s ago suffering Intense Intenseappendicitis Intensepain intensepain
pain Dr Bun diagnosed the case as asIppendlcltli asppendlcltis
appendicitis e and when alarming symp symptoms smptoms sympome
toms t ome developed It was decided d cIdcd to oper operate operate operate
ate Immediately Imm dlateb Mr Whitneys Yhltne s room roomwas
was qUIckly q lekly transformed Into a hospi hoepital hospital hospial
t tal al and apd the operation was performed performedby
by b Dr Bull BullPhysicians BullPhysicians BullPhysicians
Physicians and nurses took their theirplaces theirplaces theirplaces
places and anaesthetics were adminis administered administered ¬
t tered Dr Bull perforn perforuted > d the operation operationBUCHANAN operationBUCHANAN
BUCHANAN BUCHANAN TAKES TAK SERVICE SERVICEIN iRVi E I IIN
IN WESTINGHOUSE W STINGHOUSE COMPANY COMPANYW
W v I Buchanan who recently recentl sent his hisresignation hisresignation hisresignation
resignation as minister to Panama 10 10the LOthe tothre
the State Department has accepted It Itwas Itwas itwas
was learned today toda u position position as the theEuropean theEuropean theEuropean
European representative of the West WestInghouse Vest Vestirghouse est esthghouse
Inghouse Company at a high salary salaryThe salaryThe
The acceptance of this flattering offer Is Isunderstood Isunderstoo Isunderstood
understood to be the cause of Mr Bu Buchanans Uuchanans Euchanans ¬
chanans retirement from the diplomatic diplomaticservice dIplomatic8prvlee diplomaticservice
service serviceMr 8prvleeMr serviceMr
Mr Russell the new minister will go goto soto goto
to his new post ost In a wanhl wanhlA warship warshipA
A LINCOLN STATUE BILL BILLA BILLA BILLA
A bill for the erection of a statue stat e in inWashington inWashington 1naahlngton
Washington to the memory of Abraham AbrahamLincoln Abrnh AbrahamLincoln rn rnLincoln
Lincoln was Introduced In the Senate Senatetoday Senattoday Senatetoday
today and referred to the Committee ou ouLibrary ouLlbrar onLibrary
Library Llbrar A A similar bill has recently I Ibeen I
been Introduced in the House
The patient rallied r1U d In a manner satis satisfactory satlsf8ctor satisfactory ¬
factory f8ctor to the physicians after the in influence Intluonce inIiuence ¬
fluence of the anaesthetic had passed passedDr po1ooDr passedDr
Dr Bull was las called out of the city cityyesterday cJtyesterda cityyesterday
yesterday esterda and another physician was wasleft wasleft as asleft
left in charge It was learned how however h he however ¬
e ever r that Dr Bull before leaving the thecity thecli thecity
cli city was satisfied that the patient was wasprogressing wasprogrcsslngns w wprogressing
progrcsslngns progressing as satisfactorily sutlsfactorll as to 1 Iasftr Ssua Ssuaafter sua1 sua1lirtE
after lirtE r a successful operation of this tl i sort sortMr sortI sortMrWhltnes sortMr
Mr MrWhltnes Whitneys Illness was so s sudden suddenand suddenI Suddenand
I
I and developed de loped so rapidly that his con condition conI conditlon ¬
I dition was not generally known Only Onlymembers On1yI Onlyniembers
I members of his family famll and a few im immediate imI hamediate ¬
I mediate frIends knew that the operation operationwas operationwas operationwas
was to totake take place Yesterday Yesterda however howevermany howeerI howevermntny
I many mun Inquiries as to his condition were weremade weremade
I made at his home and several messages messagesof mes messagasOf ages agesor
of sympathy = and wishes for a speedy speedyrecovery speedyreCovor
II recovery recovor were received by b the members membersof
of his household householdHANNA ItouseholdHANNA householdHANNA
HANNA AND GORMAN GORMANSAYS GORMANSAYS GORMANSAYSNORTON
SAYS SAYSNORTON NORTON OF OHIO OHIOFormer OHIOFonner OHIOFormer
Former Representative J A Norton Nortonof 1lortonot Nortonof
of Ohio Is at the Raleigh being In the thecity theclt thecity
city clt on private business In connection connectionwith conn connacticawith cttC1 cttC1with
with the political situation 1n n the Buck Buckeye Bucke Buckeye ¬
eye e e State ho said that the choice of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Democrats for President Is Senator SenatorGorman SenatorGorman SenatorGorman
Gorman That of the Republicans he hethought hethought hethought
thought was Hanna HannaThings HannaThings HannaThings
Things are chaotic however > he heconcluded hecOlcludd hecoicuded
concluded and no one can tell 3 > vt tat tatprctlent at atpresent atpresent
present what Is going to happen happenTHANKS happenTHANKS happenTHANKS
THANKS TO WISCONSIN WISCONSINFOR WISCONSINFOR ISCONSINFOR
FOR MARQUETTE STATUE STATUEThe STATUEThe
The Senate today toda passed the resolu resolution resolution resolution ¬
tion sent over from the House on Sat Saturday Saturday Saturday ¬
urday expressing xpressln to the th State of f Wla Wlaconsln WEe WEeconsln p pconsln
consln the thanks of Congress for tits thasWtue th thsutue titsstatue
statue sutue of o Father Marquette which had hadstc h hsttod be4stbd
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