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Ya1mouth Di90rced Di90rcedBut DicorcedBut
But Gets a 7hirdOf third thirdOf
Of Wife Wifes s Fottune
COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH YARMOUTHFormerly YARMOUTHFormerly YARMOUTHFormerly
Formerly Miss Alice Thaw of Pitts Pittsburg Pittsburg Pittsburg
burg Who Won Suit fer Divorce DivorceFrom DinrceFrom DiyerceFrom
From Earl of Yarmouth YarmouthFormerATtlericanH YarmoutkF YarmouthormerA
FormerATtlericanH F ormerAmer ormerA hersca tan Heiress Heiress1iust H eiress eiressMust eIr ess essMust
Must Drop Title But ButCan ButCan ButCan
Can Remarry RemarryEarl RemarryEarl RemarryEarl
Earl Doesnt Appear in inCourt inCourt in inCourt
Court to Defend DefendHis DefendHis efend efendHis
His SuitLONDOm Suit SuitLONDO SuitLONDO
LONDO LONDOm Feb 5 5The The Countess of ofYarmouth orYarmoutb ofYarmouth
Yarmouth formerly tormerl the t o pretty Alice AliceThaw AfC8Thl1VY AHcsThaw
Thaw of Pittsburg was a granted a divorco di divorce dIvorce ¬
vorce here this th i afternoon after a secret secrethearing secrotbearing > > ecrothearIn
hearIn hearing which whichhtsted lasted but thirty minutes minutesThe mlnuteflrhe minutesT1ie
The Earl of Yarmouth Ya mouth although he hesaid hesaid he1p
1p said he had prepared a t plcy + fight flghtagainat fightagalruJt lightagainst
against his wife ite did not appear in incourt Incourt Incourt
court nor did any of his hi witnesses wltn lI who wholie whohe whohe
he claimed could damage the character characterof
of f his wealthy American AJ 6rkan wife put In
their appearance His attorneys made madsro J1Udeno madeno
no defense deteR
Husband Gets Third ThirdIt
It has leaked out here that the thecountess thecount thecountess
countess count 8 has agreed to settle onethird onethirdof
of her vast estate on her nobleman noblemanand noblemanand noblemanand
and it is said that it was was for this reason reasonthat reuof1ttat reasonthat
that the earl did not light ft h tb the case caseOne CaeOne caneOne
One rumor has it that the financial financialclause ttnancidlclause fnancIdlclause
clause in the agreement was decked on onafter onaeter onafter
after the hearing had be ber un Thishowever This Thishowever Thishowcvfr
however has UUI been denied by friends of ofthe otthe ofthe
the countess So far as as B official state statements statemanta statetnents ¬
manta are concerned concernedthere therela there hi no money moneysettlement m money moneysettlement ney neysettlenent
settlement on the ear earl but this th is not notgiven notglvtu notgiven
given credit tIntS the last fey fti minutes minutesit tninut tninutIt e eIt
it was i thought a bitter fight would wouldensue w would wouldensue uhl uhlensue
ensue ensueThe ensueThe ensueThe
The countess must nowdrop nowdrop her title titleand tille tilleand titleand
and resume re u her maiden name n name me Both she sheand Ifheand he heand
and the earl can remarry If they desire dtMIre1
The case is regarded l r g rded as a victory for
both bothfor for the countess in obt obtaining Iaing the theannulment theannulment theannulment
annulment decree for the early in fore ¬
tag a large lan e financial settlement settlementThe settlementlhe settlementThe
The countess count lil refused r tuH4 to see fi te anyone
Sftfl Ian the court room closely elo cloeelyguarded elygualflecl guarded
bt b her counsel and a party of detee deteethvs deteeth deteetis
thvs th e It is understood she will shortly shortlysail shortlysail shortly8a11
sail for America AmericaEarl AmericaEarl m rlca rlcaEarl
Earl Married BeforeThe Before BeforeThe BeforeThe
The nature of the charges on whichthe which whichthe whchlhe
the wifes wite demand for a marriage annul annulment annulment annulment ¬
ment were based hag h i not be been n made madepublic madepublic madepublic
public but the report is that she a1leged al alleged alIegad ¬
leged her husband to He not only unlit unlitfor UR unfitfor t tfor
for matrimony but that he was as a mar married mlLrrled married ¬
ried man at the time he wedded w ded her herShe herShe herShe
She had witnesses it was said to toshow totihow toshow
show that some time before for the care caremony ceremony caremony
mony he eloped from London I to Scot Scotland S Scotland < ot otland ¬
land with an actress llotrUfI and entered into intowitnesses Intoa
a verbal agreement in n the preHDCe of ofwltnes ofwitnesses
witnesses wltnes to live e with h bet r tut her husband husbanda hus busbanda ¬
band banda a valid ll1d marriage under Scotchlaw Scotch Scotchlaw Scotchlahe
law lawThe The actress wa was aaM to have accepted accepteda
a sum of money for leaving the earl earland aarland rl rland
and to have died du d in Paris some time timeafter timeater tameafter
after ta the latters marriage to MIss MJssThaw MissThaw MIssThaw
Thaw ThawThat ThawThat ThawThat
That it would have been a a difficult difficultmatter dlmcultmatter difficultmatter
matter to have proved this alleged allegedmarriage aUegedmfrrlag allegedmarriageespectally
marriage marriageespectally especially in vl view w of the theactress theactress theactress
actress death was generally admitted admittedThe admittedThe admittedThe
The earl is known to have had thre thredoctors thrdo threw threwdoctors < <
doctors do tors ready to swear that he wasabsolutely was wasabsolutely wasabsolutely
absolutely sound physically in case thecountess the thecounters thffcount
counters count failed to come to his h terms termstor ttnntor tennsfor
tor a financial settlement settlementThe aettlementThe settlementThe
The case vas as heard by Justice Barneswho Barnes Barneswho Barnetolwho
extraordi who not only took too < the meet extraordi extraordinary extraordinary ¬
nary precautions recauUon to prevent the admit admission admitlon admieslon ¬
sion lon of anyone but the th litigants at attorneys attorney attorneys ¬
torneys and witnesses to the hearing hartagbu he rIBb rIBbbu
bu threatened thr tuftd commitment for con contempt contempt contempt ¬
tempt against anyone who subsequent subsequently ¬
ly mentioned anything occurring in thecrurt the thocvurt tbuCUft
cvurt room roomm roomt
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EARL EAP OF YARMOUTHWho YARMOUTH YARMOUTHWho ARMOUTHWho
Who Will Receive Onethird of Hi HiWifes His HisWifes HisWifes s
Wifes Vast Estate Following theDivorce the theDivorce theDivorce
Divorce Decree Today TodayON ToilayTHAW TodayTHAW
THAW BEGINS FIGHT FIGHTON FIGHTON
ON Uli STATE 01 n 1 L ASYLUM ASYLUMATTORNEYS ASYLUMf
ATTORNEYS CONFER CONFERNEW f
NEW YORK F Feb b S i 5At > At a consulta consultation comlultaUon consultation ¬
tion of attorneys of Harry K J Thaw Thawtoday Thawtoday Thantoday
today it was decided to upply at once to tothe tothe t tthe
the State lunacy commission commi sfon to havThaw have haveThaw haveThaw e
Thaw transferred from the MatteawaAsylum Matteawan MatteawanAsylum Iattt8WanAslum n
Asylum for the Criminal Insane where wherehe whorehe whenhe e
he i8 IB now committed to some private privateaylum private2ibylum privatasylum e
asylum asylumAttorneys aylumAttorneys 2ibylumAttorne
Attorneys Attorne s Littleton Peabody and andOReilly andORelUy a aOReilly
OReilly attended the conference The Thedecision Thedecision Th Thdecision e
decision was reached after attt = r Thaws case casein castIn e eIn
in its present condition COD iUon had bee beethoroughly been beenthoroughly beenthoroughlY n
thoroughly canvassed Littleton opposed opposedtlve oPPJsedtbe oppos opposthe
the proposition for a log time hollin hollinthat holding holdingt hoMingtat g
t tat at it would be batter b tt for or him to o j + tay taywhere taywhere ta tawhere Y
where he is for the present presentImmediately prese presentImmediately t tImmedltely
Immediately after the tb conference At Attorney Attorney Attorney ¬
torney Littleton l left ft for 01 Washington WashingtonHe W88hln rton rtonHe
He will continue his trip to Flonaa Ftorl a and andwill andwill an anwill d
will be away for about three weoks werkahe as ashe ashe
he > says Tie l1 IB broken down by the t the > e straiof strain strainof n
of the Thaw trial and n needs dg a reef H Hwill He Hewill Hewill ne no e
will have no n part in the proceedings to tosecure tofiecure t tsecure o
secure a transfer for Tnaw and the theyqung theQung tit tityoung
young millionaires interests will be
looked out for by Peabody andOReilly andOReillyIt and OReillY OReillYIt beis
It was the report made by Lawyer LawyerPeabody LawyerP6body LawyePeabody is
Peabody as to Thaws condition and our surroundings 8urroundings ourroundings ¬
roundings as he found them at the any anylung aaylum asylun
lung lun yesterday that forced the decision decisionto dedstoto
to apply immediately for fo Thaws trans tranfer tranilfer transfer
fer Peabody declared Thaw is exceed exceedingly exceedlngly exceedingly ¬
ingly nervous and ig i breaking down downunder donund dowunder n
under und r the strain of being locked up with withscores with3CQres wit witscores h
scores of o insane parsons parsonsIn personsIn
In th the daytime Thaw is kept in a a large largeward 1argeward e
ward with wit other Inmates Peabody Peabodyys Peabodyyson sa saon says sayson
on one side of him is a man who is con ¬
tinually tlD aJIy threatening to throw somethlnat something somethingat g
at Thaw while on the other is a former r
baseball b 86baU pitcher who insists on showing sliowin sliowinThaw
Thaw how he pitched the curves which whichonoe whichOfHe whioonce
once made him famous famousIn
In his present condition the attorneys attorneysfrankly attornegfrank s
frankly frank I admit they are afraid to have hav a
Thaw taken before a justice on a writ writof wriof Tit Titot
of habeas corpus lest the doctors woulhave would wouldhave ould ouldnave d
have to testify t tlf against him and he hemight hemight h hmight a
might be sent back to the asylum The Themaintain They Theymaintain Theymalntain y
maintain however that the law ha no nowhere noright n
right to condemns condemn s man to 8 place placewnere plaewhere e
where his reason must soon be lost ow ¬
rug to his very surroundings surroundingsFor
For or this reason they will appeal to the thelunacy th a
lunacy commission to remove him himsome to tosome tosome
some institution where while under underState underState
State supervision he will be able to tosecure tosecure t tsecure °
secure the treatment he needs and not no t
be made worse all the Uuir
iNTNS tat TENSE WANT WANTDUE V VDUE 8 8IN
DUE TO COLD COLDIN
IN NEW YORK YORKCharity YORKCaught
Charity Societies Caught CaughtUnprepared CaughtUnprepared CaugtUnprepared
Unprepared for Flood Floodof Floodof Floodof
of Calls Brought by byBlizzard byBlizzard b y yBlizzard
Blizzard BlizzardMany BlizzardNany BlizzardMany
Many Taken Dying t to tos toHospitals o oHospitals
s > Hospitals From F om Homes HomesWithoutHeatinZero HomesWithout HomesWithoutHeat
WithoutHeatinZero WithoutHeatinZeroWeather Without WithoutHeat Heat in Zero ZeroWeather ZeroWeather
Weather WeatherNBW
NW YORK Feb With 5 the con continuance conUftUtLftCe contlnuance ¬
tinuance of zero weather New York isexperiencing Is Isexperiencing IsexJHKienclng
experiencing the worst cold snap in inpoint InJIOInt inpoint
point of suffering Butr rJnr among the poor since sincelUt sincelist
list 1 the panic Ie year Already Alr dy conditions conditions condi conditions ¬
tions are such that hundreds of deaths deathswill dethewill deathswill
will result re uJt from cold While relief ispromised i ipromised hi hilMOml
promised lMOml ed by the weather forecaster it itwilt 1twill itwill
will require weeks before decided Im ttnprovement Improvement m mMovef ¬
provement Movef ent can be wrought in the condi condition condltJoft condilion ¬
lion of the very poor Any An prolongation prolongationof
of the aero z ro weather ther may may raise ral the lists ItoUC l lII listsof
II of C sufferers Mlst8rers from hundreds hundreds to thousands thousandsTwo th88JHTwo thoesandeTwo
Two causes cau es are mainly re responsible pon tble the thelack theJack thelack
lack of preparation of charitable M MpUon ergaatzatlons r rgaaizaUons
gaaizaUons to supply supp speedy SP relief andthe and aa4the aMtbe
the increased jnere number of persons in heedAt need needAt ReedAt
At the U same > > me time there has been a aotlc aJlotJeeble anoticeable
noticeable otlc bl falling off in the support usually usu usually 1JItUaUy ¬
ally given ven public IJU UC charitiesCharity charities charitiesCkarity charltleIJCkarity
Ckarity Associations Caught Napping NappingThe
The mildness of the winter Inter up to the thetime theUIQQ thetunic
time the c cul cold < lrt wave bit the city caused caihMdcharity caUMdcbarfty causedcharity
charity workers to become JIOllttn1satJLt somewhat somewhatlax
lax la preparing to m mt et emergency emergencyealis MtMr emergencycabs nCT
cabs us When the cold cus e ca used u d them to tob toswamped tol
l b e swamped with appeals appoa they could couldnot coukltot couldnot
not meet me Nt t the demands With their de depleted depleted depleted ¬
pleted tre treasuries urie and scant support gtv gtveu gtyel gtvez
eu el their appeal appeals for funds it ha baa b been an
impossible to give more than emergency eRI enc7
help to the sufferers Nothing lik like aye ys 7 > >
tematic relief of the poor has been pos poeslbie possible poaBible ¬
Bible sibleMore Biblefore slbieMore
More appeals ap al have been made to th these
orgauixatonM in the last few days than thanin
in I years The
great number of uitom uitomIjloyea UIMtnIJlovoo unempIopeti
Ijloyea has seen i > en n largely responsible reep D81ble In Inability InabUlt Inability ¬
ability abUlt of persons perfectly rfeet1y able to pay
t tfl get g t tul because the big companies compa compaOlIn
can an not ill nil their orders ban also added
to the suffering sufferingMany lJuttert C CJl
Many Jl iyC1trl Ctfis Upon Pn HospitalsThere Hospitals HospitalsThere
There have ave been more emergency calls
Iii hospitals hoapl d too to care for persona personsovercome personaovercome prSONlv
overcome v Iome on th the streets or found dying dtngn
n unheatd homes than in years Every
hospital in n the city c ty is lIed ll d with ith each eachpatients 8ucltpatientF sudspatients
patients in many IMn instances the victims victimswore vJctllNltre vlctimathere
wore tre found too late to save their lire
It would uld also a be impossible impoe ibk to note
the cases of person mad Hi because ofcold of ofeold orold
cold old home Not only In the swarming swarmingtenement swarmingtenement swarmingtenement
tenement districts of the lower east and andwest andwest d dweat
west side sides is the suffering intense Inten but buteven buteyen buteven
even in the better tter quarters of tn the city cityusually cityWluaIl cityusually
usually WluaIl supposed to be immune from fromsuch fromsuch fromsuch
such misfortune rnt fo une there has ha h been muchdistress much muchrtictreas muchcUtress
distress rtictreasArctic cUtressArctic distressrc
Arctic rc tc Weather WeatherReported WeatherReported WeatherReported
Reported From FromNew FromNew FromNew
New York or State StateUTICA
UTICA N Y Feb 5The coldest eoWastweather coldestweather coldestweather
weather in n several yeaja prevailed in
this city today when the thermometer thermometerdropped thermometerdropped thermometerdropped
dropped to twentytwo degrees belowzero below belowzero i izero
zero All along the Mohawk valley lley the thetemperature thatemperalut th thtemperature e
temperature was about the same as ashere ashere ashere
here but in the Adirondacks the tem temperature temperature temperature ¬
perature was pa8 much lower The coldest coldestplace ooldestplace coldestplace
place heard from in that section was wasLoon waslA wasJoon
Loon lA n Lake where it was fortythree tortJthreebelow fortythreebelow i ibelow
below at midnight At Lake Clear it itwas Itwag itwan
was fortytwo below at the same hour hourOther hourOther
Other places reported are Long Lake LakeK Lakebelow
K below Malone 30 Fulton Chain K KRemsen 18Remsen 8
Remsen 3fi Big Moose SO Tupper TupperLake TUJJerLake
Lake 88 Valley Valle Field 28 S Lowvllte LowvilleSYRACUSE 9S 9SSYRACUSE 35SYRACUSE
SYRACUSE N Y Feb 5 DThe The mer mercury mercury mercurt ¬
cury dropped to twenty degrees below belowzero below1MQ
zero during the night the coldest < Feb February Februar Fobrusty ¬
rusty ruar since nce the weather station was wasopened wasopenetl wasopened
opened here hare At Canton the thermome thermometer ¬
ter registered r SI tered forty below in the night nightand nightand
and twentythree below at 8 a m mSARATOGA mSARATOGA
SARATOGA N Y Feb 5 iWith With alow a alow alow
low temperature record of fortytwo degreen de degrees degrees ¬
grees below zero last night Saratoga isexperiencing is isexperiencing Isexperiencing
experiencing the coldest day in its re recent recent ¬
cent history The mercury had not risen risenabove risenabove risenabove
above ten below at 11 oclock this mornlag morn morning mornIng ¬
ing IngWarmer
Warmer Times TimesBound Tim Imes s sBoun
Bound This is Way WayMuch WayM a auc
Much M uc u J Suffering SufferingWashington
Washington is in for another snow snowstorm snowst
storm st rm but the weather wetb r man says i iwill it itwill t
will 111 get warmer warmore warmereven evn > en so Reportsfrom Reports Reportsfrom s ts
from New York indicate that th thState the t1ttState theState
State Is enjoying a Blizzard but the theWeather theVeather
Weather Bureau In Washington Wnshlngtoncanno Wnshlngtoncannosay cannot cannotsay t
say whether the cold snap snap will make makeIts makIts maleIts e
Its way to the Capital The snow storm stormwhioh stormwhloh stormwhich
which began shortly before noon will willnot w1llnot
not prove serious although It is be believed believed besieved ¬
lieved that a pretty good fall will be berecorded berecorded b e
recorded recordedConsiderable recordedConsiderable
Considerable distress hue hi been found foundamong founQamong d
among the poor of the city Many men menare menare me n
are out of work because pf the frozen frozenground frozeriground frozenground
ground which has put p t a halt tomany tomanyof to man manof manof y
of the building enterprises and the thecharitable thecharltble
charitable associations are being called calledupon calledupon
upon continually l for assistance assistanceJ
J H Small Sons Florists FloristsWa3hIngton ° i iWashington
Washington and amlNew New Toik YOI YorkAdv Advf Adv Advi
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STiLLINGS S SUSPENDED SUSPENDEDBY SIISPE1 lI EI EIBY
BY PRESIDENTS ORDER ORDERS
W S + ROSSITER RG SSITER IN CHARGE
CHARLES A STILLINGS STILLINGSPafclie STILLINGSPIt1c STILLINGSPublic
Public Printer WAG Was Sospeaied byt1te
the President t Today TodayRemovsI TadayRemoval TedayRemoval
Removal to Facilitate FacilitateInquiry FacilitateInquiry FacilitateInquiry
Inquiry Into Big BigPrint BigPrint BigPrint
Print Shop ShopSystem ShopSy ShopY
System Sy SystemMakes Y tem of Accounting AccountingMakes AccountingMakes
Makes IrreguIanTTes IrreguIanTTesHard Irr gular tl Ies IesHard s sHard
Hard to Find FindPublic FindPublic FindPublic
Public Printer Stillings was sus suspended Stilipended suspended ¬
pended today by order of the Presi President President President ¬
dent pending an investigation of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the manner in which whi h t ut l the affairs of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the big bI shcp were ere conducted W Yo SRoseiter S SRossiter SUOHiter
Rossiter chief clerk of the CensusBureau Census CensusBureau Cen uli uliDureau
Bureau was named to act tempo temporarily temporarll temporarily ¬
rarily rarll in his stead steadThe steadTlte steadThe
The news of Mr StilHngs suspen suspension suspension suspension ¬
sion was ya announced in the text of afa afalctt aletter a aletter
letter lctt that the President Prc ic1ent wrote to today l ldaY today ¬
day to Representative Charles DLandis D DLandis Dol DolLandis
1 1committee
Landis chairman of a the House Sub Subcommittee Sabcommittee ¬
committee on Priutingv rritingwhieh which ha habeen h hbeen hits hitsbeen
been engaged in an investigation nnvesti tipn of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the printing office fori for several severalmonth severalmon severalmonth
monthMr month monthMr mon th thYr
Mr Landis had a along long lo g conference confcioncewith conferencewith conf onc6 onc6with
with the President President this thismorning morning in inwhich inwhich
which he told the President that as aslong aslong aslong
long asJNIr S Shillings > milgs remained in incharge incharge incharge <
charge it would be impossible for forhis forhis forhis
his committeetomake committee < to tornake make as as full and andfree andfree andfree
free an inquiry inq iI1 as was desirable desirableLabor desirablcLabor desirableLabor
Labor Committee Co ittee Calls CallsShortly CaUsShorU CallsShortly
Shortly ShorU after Mr Mr Lardis left thePresident the thePresident thePrttaklent
President the executive ex tive committee ofthe of ofthe ofh
the h Central Labor Union called at the theWhite theVhUe the1Vhite
White House and It was to the members mem members members ¬
bers o at the delegation that Mr Roosevelt Roose Roosevelt RO M Mvelt
velt announced the suspension sU suspons4on pcnJij n of the thePublic thePublic thePublic
Public Printer PrinterIt
It is I declared that the the Audit System Systemin
in vogue vogue at thePrinting the Printing Office Offt < e shielded shieldedirregularities shieldedirregularities leld8d leld8dIrregulArlUes
irregularities and that undue and Im Improper Imllro improper ¬
proper llro proper r influence was exerted 8rted in the th purchase pur purchase purchase ¬
chase of supplies and conduct of the theestablishment thestablhdllR8nt theestablishment
establishmentImmediately establishment establishmentImmediately stablhdllR8ntImmedlliLtelY
Immediately following the announce announcement announcemant announcement ¬
ment of the suspension President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentROOIIevelt PresidentRoosevelt
Roosevelt made public the correspond correspondence ¬
ence passing slng between betw en himself Mr Lan Landis LandIs ¬
dis Public Printer Stillings and ActingPublic Acting ActingPublic ActingPublic
Public Printer Rosslter ReselterWrites RosslterWrites RossiterWrites
Writes Letter to Landis LandisThe LandisThe LandisThe
The letters follows followsMy tonowMy followsMy
My dear Mr Landis LandisThe LandisThe LandisThe
The information you ou have given gen me methis methis methis
this morning is so Important that I Ideem Ideem Ideem
deem it best 1 > st that there should b be a awritten awritten I Iwritten
written record thereof I had already alreadybegun alreadybegun alreadybegun
begun some weeks ago an investigation investigationIrito
Irto the GovernmentPrinting Government Government Printing Office under un under under ¬
der Mr Ii Stillings this Investigation orig originating orlgloath origlnatinl ¬
inating loath because of information which whichreached whichroache
reached nae e as to the increased COSt coseof COStof costof
of the pointing nuns to the departments I Iaccordingly Iaccordl Iaccordingly
accordingly accordl th directed Mr Havenner of ofthe ofthe
the Department of Commerce and Lab Labor Labor Labor ¬
or to t investigate and report upon this thismatter thlllmatter
matter His report on Its face was wasseverely WJ115aorely wasseverely
severely condemnatory of Mr Stilllners StilllnersI
I furnished Mr Stillings with a a copY copyNand copYand copy copyand
and requested requc > lted te < 1 an answer from him himwhich h1mwhich
which I have h hove ve not yet received receivedI
I eiclose you a copy of Mr Haven Havenners Havoonors
nors report and assoon ass as soon on as I receive receiveIhe recolv9the recoivethe
the answer I shall also al o forward that thatto thatto
to itf 11 for your information and willlet willlet will willlet
let you know kno what action I have taken takenon takenon
on the report reportYou reportYou reportYou
You now inform me that your com committee com committee committe ¬
mittee has discovered circumstances in incorinecxlon inCOrinooton inconnection
connection with the Printing Office OfficeContinued OfrlceContinued OfficeContinued
Continued on Eighth Page l
W S ROSSITER ROSSITERChief ROSSITERChief ROSSITERChief
Chief Clerk of the Census Bureau Placed in Charge of the Government Print Printing Printi Printin ¬
ing i in g Office Temporarily TemporarilyREPRESENTATIVE TemporariJyREPRESENTATIVE TemporarilyREPRESENTATIVE
REPRESENTATIVE CHAKLES B LANDIS LANDISOf LANDISOf LANDISOf
Of Indiana Chairman of the House Committee Co nunittee mmitt en Printing Printin to Whom the thePresident thePresi1ent th thPresident e
President Announced Stillings Suspension
STOESSEL ELTOQIE ELTOQIETO TO TODIE TODIEFOR OlE OlEFOR
FOR SURRENDERING SURRENDERINGTO SURRENDERINGTHEJAPANESE
TO THE THEJAPANESE THEJAPANESELONDON MAKE MAKELONDON
LONDON J NDON Feb S 5Anew LA A news agency re report rftPOrt report ¬
port here say sa General leneral Staeeeel S t 1 has hasbeen b8boen hasbeen
been sentenced to death for Mtri lIIIRende lIIIRendeIng atixender atixenderbig en < ier iering
ing Port Arthur to the Japanese Histrial His Histrial Histrial
trial has 1 been om pending for weeks and andthe andthe nd ndtbe
the prosecutor summing up the beoaae beoaaeuked case oaaeasked caseasked
asked a capital sentence ntence againsthint againsthintyesterday against him himyesterday himY6t8rda
yesterday yesterdayTROOPS Y6t8rdaTROOPS yesterdayTROOPS
TROOPS GO TO FRONTIER FRONTIERTURKS FRONTIERTURKS N NTURKS
TURKS MORE AGGRESSIV AGGRESSIVEST E EST
ST PETERSBURG Feb F b 5 ililye 5Fivethousand ililyethousandtroops Five Fivethousand
thousandtroops thousand troops have bean be 11 ordered ordered from fromnorthern fromnorlhetn fromnorlhetn
norlhetn Caucasus Cau ells us to the Turk Tur1cciPerstan Tur1cciPerstantrQnUerwkcre TurkuPerslanfrontier < iPerskm iPerskmfrontier
frontier trQnUerwkcre where detachments detachm nts of t soldiers soldiershave 50Idieriihavt soldiershave
have been proceeding steadily for several jfev jfeveral feVeral
eral weeks w eks TINS concntjrayon is due fiu TO TOthe tothe tothe
the aggressive a sresslv attitude of the Turks In Intheir 1ntheir Intheir
their frontier dispute dl pute with ltJt the Persians PersiansTHE Pe18lansTHE PersiansTHE
THE WEATHER REPORT REPORTThe
The Western eAtcrn storm will move north northeastward nortlteastward northeastward ¬
eastward causing rains and snows gen generally gellaraJly gsnorally ¬
orally in the East and South followed followedby
by fair weather we thcr Thursday if it the th east act a t
Gulf GuI States StatesSteamers StatesStoomars StatesSteamers
Steamers departing today for Euro European EuropeRn European ¬
pean ports will have north to east eastwinds east1nds eastwinds
winds shifting to southeasterly and andsoutherly andsoutherly JW1 JW1BOutlorly
southerly by Thursday becoming high hignwith hlguwIth highwith
with snow and rising rlttlftl temperature temperatureTEMPERATURK tempenLture1EMPERATURX temperatureTJMPERATURI
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trict Committee CommitteeProvision Committeel1ovlslon CommitteeProvision
Provision is made in the tentativo tentativostreet tentaUNit tental v C Cstreet
street it e8t railway bill as It was finally duals dualdrawn
drawn drk wn up uJ today Utd y ty 1 y Chairman Smith of 0
the House pigtrjet J > Committee and a d En Engineer Engineer Etgineer t ¬
gineer Commissioner Commissioner Morrow for th the e
building of a croistown crofstown ro > stown street street railwa railway y
line by b the capital Traction Tra Uon Company Y
from Seventh street street and Florida avenue avenuenorthwest e
northwest bwe hwet t to Pennsylvania Petnl hana avenue avenuescitfK avenuescth avenuscvthast e
scvthast scvthastIn scitfK > ast astIn at atIn
In tHe same Samem m
same measure ure there are para paragraphs pararnphs ¬
graphs rnphs providing the routes by l h v which whichthe whichlM Ii Iithe
the street railways shall have access accessto aCCe88tu ace aceto
to the Union Station and
specifying specltyJnthat specifyinthat 6
that universal nnler l transfers transfers shall obtain i ithe in inthe Inthe
the District on the payment of a cash cashfare can canfare 1 1fare
fare of i cents provided that the trans transfer transfer F ¬
fer arrangements as they now exist existshall existshaH exi exishall st
shall continue In regard to the use of six sixtickets six11Cketft si sitickets x xs
tickets tickets for 25 centsThat cents centsThat centsThat xn
That Js J on the payment p8 ment of 5 cents In Incash Incaah I Icash n
cash a passenger ps tnger may demand a l trans transfer trttnsfttl tramfur s ¬
fur from the lines of one company o mmn to toth tothe t tthe 0
th the line of another companyVote company companyVote companVote
Vote on Bill TomorrowThis Tomorrow TomorrowThin TomorrowThiM
Thin ThiM like Jlke all the other features how however howpvel lionAver ¬
ever has net been finally voted upon uponby uponby upo upoby n
by the committee The entire bill wl wlbe will willbe willbe 11
be paa passed d on and pu put into definite de lnlte shape shapein s1ta s1tain pe
in the meeting 1J1 etln of the tb full committee to tomorrow tomorrow t tmorrow o ¬
morrow morning morningThis nior > > ln lnThla lnThla
Thla tentative bill containing all the thepropositions thepropoaltlOQs t tpropositions h e
propositions mentioned was morel merely merelydrafted merelydratte4 y
drafted by the committee yesterdawith yesterday yesterdaywith 7eterdllYUlt y
with Ult the b he under understanding > > tandl < < that eacii etl 1 pro provitdpn provi pr prvision o
vi vision tolt should KO o to a vote tomorrow a
Ne N Next t Monday MOndA tho bill will be takun i In n ¬
to the House for passage passageAs passa passageAs e
As 8 it now stands the bill eliminatContinued eliminates eUmlnatesContinued es
1 Continued on Page Eleven Elevenv
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DISCHARGED DISCHARGEDGET CimnuLU MEN MENGET mil milNavy
GET ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCEfROM ASSISTANCEPRESIDENT
fROM FROMYrd PRESIDENT PRSIOENTNavy
Navy Yard Machinist acinistMEN Is IsGranted IsGranted IsGranted
Granted Conference ConferenceWith ConferenceWith ConferenceWith
With Assistant Naval NavalSecretary NavalSecretary NavalSecretar
Secretary SecretaryCongress SecretaryCongress Secretar y yCongress
Congress Congresso May 1 ay Be Urged Urgedto
to t o Appropriate ft pp opriate Money Moneyto ione oney oneyto Y Yto
to Reinstate the theEmployes theEmployes th e eEmployes
Employes EmployesThrough
Through t the Angiebanded 5tn IInJaaa leluMidd H effort of ofJohn otJohn ofJoha
John B StBtmerinfr StftuJt elC A machinist at the thenavy thena thenavy
navy na yard who y T iterday it made a dl direct dlred dlreet ¬
red appeal to President Roqcevelt Roq lt for forhis forhIs forhis
his intervention in the matter of whole wholesale wholeHIe wholesale
sale di discharges eharxea at the yard several con confereneas confereRoe cons
fereneas ar ace t today dy being betn < < held by navy navyofficials narloft1elals navyofficials
officials it is issaid said with the President Pre Presidentssanction tdents tdentssancti s ssanction
sanction sancti and Awtn owing to the Presidents Presidentsinterest Pr Presidentsigtereet nt s sIn
interest In ter no nourther OJurtb further < < discharges are lirtui lirtuinent IIf itrl ni ninent ii iinent
nent nentFurthermore nentFurtlMnnore nentFurthermore
Furthermore it H is not Improbable that thata
a number nunt r of t U the severs everal hundred men menwho menvho menw1a
who were t = r c junwmrlly dismissed dlttmls ed will willb williota ill illh
b iota reimstatir rE reinstated l ltiu if the Uf 1J President lr eDts interest interestcontinues InterestconUnu interestcontinues
continues conUnu to such an extent that La Laurges lieurg leurges
urges urg Congress to supply more fuida fuidafor fldl fatdsfor
for l < < tr ikr Itf work ct to t rvy yard yardLack yardLack yardLack
Lack of Appr Appropriations ApprepriatioTn AppropriationsThe priati Bs BsThe
The Tn discharged men given at the Yardas yard yardas
as be benS na only 384 4 but claimed by others othersas oth r3 r3as
as beta being a about 500 were all ficn tj tjunderstand tJundertaJkl t tunderstand
understand that lack of an appropriation appropria ¬
tieR necessitated their th r dismissal dismissalYesterday dismissalYesterday l lYesterday
Yesterday Mr Simmering moved uy oythe uythe uythe
the wholesale boleN dismissal of a number ofthe of ofthe o othe
the oldest old st em enps ijycs 7S of the yard ard tOOK it 1Cupon itI Itupon
upon himself to ask the President Presidentthrough Presidentthrough Presidentthrough
I through Secretary Loeb if a conference conferencecouk eonterenc1couk eonferencacouldl
couk not be crraag IHaJgd d L The President PresidentUffttiitcd PresidentMiotcJk14 Presidentlistened
listened to Mr r Simmering a pies fir fjrthe frhis firthe
the his dismissed employes 8J pl y and although althoughInferating although1nfermJag althoughlnfsraitag
Inferating lnfsraitag him it I it said ad that he couidnot couid couidnot couidROt
not personally intervene he arranged arrangedthat alQ arrangedthat ged gedthat
that Mr r Simmers Slmm nn might see tte Aa Aafriamnl A8t11lnt Assistant
friamnl Socreerj rear o the Navy at atnjn atnjntjday nUJnt uuintalay
tjday t A
Matter Under CeastaeratisB CeastaeratisBilr G Gr
ilr r Simmering accordingly acao dingiy laid thematter the thematter thematter
matter before that ot official o < > < Idal this after afternoon atternO afternoon ¬
noon nO and lid it is now said Id to be underadvisement under underadvisement underachSHlBeAt
advisement advisementIn
In addition acl lUo1t to this and as a result itIs it itis itIs
is understood URderst of the Presidents Pre ldeots inter intervention InternUon intervantlon ¬
vention nUon Admiral Mason chief of the theBureau theBureau theBureau
Bureau of Ordnance and Commandant CommandantLeutze C CommandantLeutse lltBJandant lltBJandantLeuta
Leutze of the nary yard were 11 also inconference in inconference incontereRCK
conference this morning with ith regard rd tolire to tothe totrd
the appropriation a Uon needed and toe tuaamount t toeamount e eI
I amount amount at hand handConfers haDCII handConfers
I Confers With Leutze LeutzeAfter LeutzeAfter LeutzeAfter
After his conference confer ce with Mr Sim Simmering SImrnernc Slmmering ¬
mering who was accompanied by several sev several Be Beeral ¬
eral other representative machinistsfrom machinists machinistsfrom JllChlnlstsfrom
from the navy yard Assistant Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary ¬
tary Newberry conferred with Com Commandant Commandant Commandant ¬
mandant Leutz When Vh seen after afterthese afterth afterthese
these th conferences he said that no further furtherdismissals turtherdi furtherdismissals
dismissals di miasah were contemplated at the thenavy thenaY thenavy
navy yard and that It wag probablethat probable probablethat probablethat
that all the men now on the tb rolls would wouldcontinue wouldcOfttm wouldcontinue
continue cOfttm it the service to the end of ofthe ort ofi
the t i o fiscal ft cal year when additional appro appropriation approrlaUou appropriatlon ¬
priation rlaUou becomes available even though thougha thoqghd8AcMftCT
a deficiency fund Is not appropriated in inthi Inth inthe
the th meantime meantimeAdmiral mdntlRH mdntlRHAthuhal meantimeAdmiral
Admiral Mason la declined io be quoted quotedafter quoteiattlt
after hi hie etii coiuerence erenee with CommandantLnttze Commandant CommandantLHitze ColIHfttndantLUtze
LHitze
President Interested InterestedIt
It was rumored today that the Pres President PresIdent Presideat ¬
ident had interested himself in n the sit situation situation sitnation ¬
uation at the navy yard and althoughjust although althoughjust
I just to what extent has not been statedby stated statedby statedby
by anyone it t is known that Mr Simmer Simmerirji Stmm r rI
I irji 1 appealed to Secretary Loeb for an anOpportunity anqpportunlty anOpportunity
Opportunity to talk with ltn the President Presidentovr Presldertovcr Presidentovr
ovr the telephone for a few momentsAfterivard moments momentsAfterward momntsACterlard
Afterward he is said to have received receivedthe receivedthe receivedthe
the desired de lro audience in this manner and andhe andhe lid lidhe
he lost no time in acquainting Preskxem PreskxemRoosevelt PreskletJRooseelt PresiaeuRoosevelt
Roosevelt with 1th the hardships being im imposed Imposed antposed ¬
posed upon some of the employes oy oytheir oytheir y ytheir
their summary dismissal Although MrSimmering Mr MrSimmering Ir IrSimmering
Simmering was 118 not hiaaelf h lf dismissed dismissedhe
he acted as spokesman for those tho e who whowere whowere winowere
were reciting the destitute circum circumstances cJrcumstances ¬
stances of a number of the more untortunate untor unfortunate untortunate ¬
tunate ones their faithful service Iice and andtheir andtheir andtheir
their right to be heard after laboring laboringunder laboringunder laboringunder
under the mistaken belief that their po positions positions positions ¬
sitions were permanent permanentResult j pcrmanentResult rmanent rmanentResult
Result Net DivulgedEzactiy Divulged DivulgedExactly DivulgedEXactb
Exactly what the President agreed to todo todo
do < is not divulged but it is significant significantthat slgnUlcantthat significantthat
that a number of men who expected expecteddismissals eXHtCteldismissals
< < dismissals did not receive rec lv8 them and that thatMr thatI
I Mr Ir Simmering obtained a conference conferencewith conferencewith
with the navy aa vy officials It is said that
i a number of employes actually had their theircards
cards of dismissal diaml al yesterday when the thePresidents thePresidents
Presidents Pre klents interest became known and andthat andtblit
that they were w re recalled recalledThis recalledThis
This is denied at the navy yard where whereit
it was stated this morning that but butfew butfew butfew
few men were being considered for din dlsmissAl dismissal dinmime
missAl other than the 984 already alr dis dismissed dismi dismissed ¬
missed mi These few it was explained explainedwere explklnedwere
were held holdup up merely as a coincidence coincidence6MFT coincidenceGRAfT coincidencel
GRAfT U tl a l l lt CASE DEFENSE DEFENSETO
TO TOOULDOE D CONCLUDE OE TODAY TODAYHARRISBURa TODAYHARRISBUR
HARRISBURG Pa Feb 5Asert LAseertlug 5Aserting 5 Mert MertIng
ing that the Stte has failed to prove proveconspiracy proveconspiracy proveconspiracy
conspiracy against rllnltt J H Sanderson Sandersonformer Se Saitdorsonformer tdorson tdorsonfonner
former Slate Treasurer W L Mathews Alathewsformer Jlathewsformer
former Auditor W P Snyder and andformer andformer
former Superintendent of Pubiio PubiioGrounds PuhiloGround
Grounds Jv J M Shamaker in connection connectionwifti connectionwlrh connectionwith
with trhnning trfnRiing the State capitol th thdefense tht thtdefeae8 n
defense will late today a uk k that the theease thobe e ecare
ease be none proofed proofedIf
If forced U tv t c c1t1nU < atinuc the defense will willmake wUlnmke willmake
make its fght t ght on J the assumption that
Sanderson J 30tract > WB f a e granted rantecl le legally 18gally ¬
gally and 11 at under und it t he was per permitted Jermlttlt ¬
milted to i encore I re furniture by the thaand th81rfACe
a µ 1rfACe thi ryle r 1e that be fulfilled his contract con contract
tract toth to 18tt letter and Ad that the State Stateofficials Stateofficials
officials IrvoJVait ll did not do anythlitf anythlitfunusual an anunusual aytbh aytbhunu8ut1
unusual in pisjjfig r the he bills ia ache th the themanner b bmanner t tmanner
manner testifies testl1J d dJ
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