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FOR FIVE HOURS
Day Is Sixth Anniversary of His
Shooting of Stanford
White.
EXAMINATION BY JEROME
Unsuccessful in Efforts to .Make
W itness Display Undue
Agitation
White Pl.-ilns. N. Y.. Jiin<> 25.? Harry 1
K. Thaw spent five hours to-day?the
sixth anniversary ot his shooting of,
Standford White?on the witness stand
under fire of examination by William
T. Jerome, who Is opposing Thaw's
fight for release from the Matteawan
asylum. To-day Mr. Jerome reminded
the witness suddenly of the anni?
versary of tho tragedy, and question-;
ed htm sharp! a:i to the elrc.iinstaneos
of the k'iling. Uotii Thaw and his ;
counsel, Clarence J. Bhearn, quickly .
Interposed objections, on the ground,
that Mr. Jerome was showing nnlmus
ami "serving private interests"
Mr. Jerome declared his questioning
was Within the province of a "mental
examination," and he was generally'
u held by Judge Keogh, but was un- i
successful <n his apparent attempts to
mak?, the w tness dlspliy undue agita?
tion. Tne question of Thaw's motive
In killing White did not bother him.
"It was ah account of the cold?
blooded way In which he had done
th'ngs to my wife and other Klrl"."
he declare1!, firmly. lie refused to
answet when Jerome asked if he was
insane during the half-minute he I
was killing White. But ho said later.
"1 think my mental cond'tlon was |
the same na Ceneral Daniel Sickles,
when he shot Key."
"But." Jerome quickly retorted.
'General Siekles did not hide behind a
woman's skirts, as Evelyn testified th
Other day that you had done."
Thaw said that >y a combination
of his own opinion and that of his
alienists, lie had arrived at the con?
clusion that he it now sane.
At another time. Mr. Jerome asked:
"Mr. Thaw, will you describe In de?
tail the killing of Stanford White, by
you?"
"I don't think I'm able."
"You described It to Dr. Russell In
1911, did you not?"
"No."
"Are you unable to givt? nn account
of the killing?"
"1 am."
"From what does ycir inability
arise? Is your memory Im pa red?"
"In part."
"Will you state what recollection
you have of tne occurrence from the
time you left the Cafe Martin until
you were taken to the Statlonhouse?"
Tiiaw was extremely unwilling to
give an account of the killing, and
replied again and again that he could
not answer, the questions were too
broad
' Yo i understand that we are here
to find out. It we can. whether y
Your
Mother or
Grand Mother
Owned a
Steinway
If so. you know how it was
treasured in the home.
I hat old Steinway is the pride of
.ill the family now.' t?
Maybe, though, some mhor ?
branch oi the family has it.
Then let u- sell you ,1 new Stein
IV.
Catalog free
103 E. Broad Street.
Oldest Music House in Virginia
and North Carolina.
arc crazy or not. don't you?- asked
Jerome.
"1 can't answer the question." re?
plied Thaw.
ASked why he could not. the wit?
ness would not answer.
STOLEN mOJI OPPK BUS' BOOMS.
?icin-? Worth ?2,000 Takrn nt Kort
Totten.
New York. June 23.?The police here
uro sear' hin? to-day for thieves who
entered I'lilted States Army ofiieer*"
quarters nt Tort Totten ltst Sunday
night and got away with 12.of'0 worth
of Jewels from the rooms of lieuten?
ant \V. R. Nichols, of the Coast Ar
tilley.
The Rem?. which were In two
leather cases, were the property of
Washington friends who were ?. Islt
Ing tho officer. The burglary occurred
while the party was o it Inspecting
the fortifications.
PRESENTATION AT CO! TIT.
Sis Imcrlrnn Women Ftorr llcfore
iiriti.ii Sovereigns.
London. June 20?The last and mos:
brilliant court of the season was held
yesterday The Americans presented
to the Klr.g and Cjueen were Mrs
Franklin Ma-Veagh. of Washington;
Mrs. is. Barton French' <%f New York:
Mrs Tra MOrrk?, of Chicago; Mrs. Ed?
ward T. Stotesioury. of Philadelphia:
Miss flo?e Jj, Dexter, of Boston, and
Miss Gladys 'MaoOflllan, of Colorado
Springs.
HON. J. IVAITO BCYS MANSION
Dudley Hou/ie Reverts to Orlens! Otmer's
Family.
London. .Tune IS?The Hon. John Ward
ha? puf-hared Dudley Houif, Park Lin'.
i of rh? tKX\W.it mansion* of London. It!
former owr.er. Fir Joseph R^hlnnen. >-i?<d
II rr?-T Mr. Ward'p brother, the E?rl of
Dudley, and the house ihtta revertv to the
famllj nhlrh has ilred In It for n <entury.
! Mr. i?rid Mrf Ward tnke possession tn
September.
Gold Medal
London, 1911
Largest Sale HIGH GRADE Tea in World
If You Gould See a
Professional Tea Taster
Taste Ridgways!
He appreciates its supreme excellence. Carefully weighs
the tender leaves on scales that will register a breath of air.
Adds boiling water to the cup until the tea steeps to translu?
cent amber.
In no other tea is there such delicate flavor.
The choice of connoisseurs in this country and royalty
abroad for over three-quarters of a century.
1= Soled Alt-Tight Fkrt.
All Blgb-Class Grocers
Order Trial Package
TO-DAY !
(3?>
Mail Orders Filled
Easy to Serve"
miner Luncheons
Are here in nbundonce. Hundreds of various dishes,
each appetizing, wholesome nnd sustaining.
Franco-Am. Entrees . . 25c
Pickled Lamb's Tongue..50c
Potted Meats ....15c, 25c
Luncheon Tongue . 30c
Vienna Sausage.15c
Chili Con Came... 10c, 15c
Boneless Chicken
Ta males .
t '.hop Sucy.
< 'hicken 1 .oaf
Ham l-oaf.
Veal Leaf.
.35c
15c
30c
20c
15c
15c
Headquarters for Summer Drinks. '.'
K... . *****
roe 101-106.
Broad.
^^3^3^ \if Tel- Monrot
i/ HERMANN
SCHMIDT
illlililHIIISIiilS
No Decision Made as to Choice
for Permanent Chair?
man.
Baliluu.re, Md., June 25.?After be- ,
ing forccl into night sessions by a!
vote of the convention, the various 1
committee* on organization took mat- |
tera in their own hands soon after i
meeting, and decided not to continue i
through the night.
William Jennings Bryan, of Ne- |
braska, the probable selection for the
chairmanship of the resolutions . om
nilttee, wrf- not present to assist in
the organization, and the platform
makers aljournwd until 10 oViock to?
morrow,
The permanent organization commit?
tee adjourned until 10:30 A. M. to?
morrow, The-C was no discussion of
the piobable choice to succeed Judge
Parker In the,chair, but it is well un?
derstood that a progressive will be
name.]. .Senator Kern. of Indiana.
Senator-elect lames. of Kentucky.
Senator Culbcrson, of Texas, and
Governor .lohn Burke, of North Da?
kota, nie I eltig considered
I The rul-s committee decided that
; more would be accomplished by post
: ponlng its session until to-morrow
morning-.
I The credentials, committee organ
t Izod. ami then Qdjourned until 3:30
A. M. to-morrow, Contests from nine
States and Territories. Involving the
! seats of HCVenty-SOVeil delegates, will
be heard. Joseph K. Belli Of Indian".
' was elected chairman, and Krnnk J.
: Donohue, of Massachusetts, secretary,
? A motion to adopt tho findings of
the national committee on all contests
j was ruled out of order by Chairman
; nell The full committee will con?
sider ?ach case, and all evidence bear?
ing upon the contests will be ad
j mttted. It is expected they will be
completed, and de.-itlons reached be
j fore the convention meets at noon,
j A call of the States to-n'ght show
] ei the following contests.
Illinois?First to Tenth Districts.
Twentieth District, ono delegate In
Seventeenth District, and eight dele
gates-at-largei South Dakota, all ten
State delegates Rhode Island, all ten
delegates; Missouri. Ninth District:
! Texas. Seventh District: Alaska. DIs
I trict of Columbia, and Philippines, six
I delegates each: Seventh and' Ninth
I? ennsylvanla Districts.
HELD ON CHARGE
OF GRAND LARCENY
Delegate to Baltimore Conven?
tion Causes Arrest of
Two Men.
New Tork. Jur.e 25.?B. J. Buckley,
of Chicago, a delegate to the Demo
? ratlc National Convention, caused the
arrest here to-day of two men. one of
whom he charged with attempting lo
swindle him In a fake-wire-tapping
game The prisoners. John and Henry
M. Wilson, were held In $2.or.o hall,
each, by a magistrate for examina?
tion Thursday on charges of grand
la rccny.
Buckley told the detectives h? had
met John Wilson on Broadway Satur?
day, and at Wilson's invitation they
vis'ted a gambling house. He was
Induced, he declared, to lay a $12,000
wager on e- race horse, and was told
alter the race that he and two com
pan'ons hael won $105.00". Inasmuch.
SI Buckley had Instead of cash given
a check for $2.000. and r. draft for
110,000, he said, the cashier refused
to give him his share of the $10."..0u0,
but made an appeal to meet him and
Wilson at an uptown hotel to-<lay and
talk the matter over.
Buckley declared that he had no
real Intention to make a bona tide bet,
and that his first act upon leaving the
gambling house was to stop payment
on the check and draft. He told the
police e.f the appointment to-day,
and they arrested the two Wilsons.
The cashier did not put in an appear?
ance.
NEW TYPE GERMAN SHIP.
i Norddeutscher Lloyd May Build Ves?
sel as Experiment.
Berlin. June 25.?The North German
Lloyd Company is conslelering the
adoption Of Professo: Kretschmer's
i plans for trie construction Of an un
j
slnkablu ship. Professor Kretschmer.
of the Technics High School. Chartot?
tenburg, has perfected designs call?
ing for a ship 714 feet long, !<S feet
in beam, of 25 feet draft and fur?
nished with 40,000-horsepowcr cn
glnes, making a speed of -S. knots. Its
essential feature is mat it shall con?
tain Within an outer hull a second
framework, completely incased and
watertight; practically a ship within
a ship.
The lower decks of tne interior ship
will contain the boilers, machinery
und coal bunkers.
To make its construction feasible
and to secure greater stability, the
hull will be letrahedrul In shape.
Sharply pointed at the bows, and will
widen to a point well aft neur tbe
stern, where the ship will measure
its greatest breadth. It <s claimed
ihat the shape will reduce water re?
sistance. Increase the steaming rapa?
city and speed and reduce coal con?
sumption.
SHOOTS FATHER'S SLAVISH.
Kentucky Votith Tnken Port In Liquor
Tronic Feud.
Mayflelil, Ky? June 26.?After Rufus
BHllngton had' mortally wr.undrd Alvln
Wheeler, a tobacco planter of Yeals
enrg. a few miles from here, yester?
day. Wheeler's son shot Tldlington.
Wheeler eMed a few minutes after he
had been shot. BHllngton, despite his
i wounds, escaped A posse led by ?blood?
hounds is in pursuit.
Wheeler and Hlllingfnn had risen at
odds since Wheeler attempted to check
the lltiuor traffic In this part of the
Suite.
firOAPITATF.n It Y EI.F/Vi TOR.
Electrician Killed >Vhen He Thrusts
Hend Into Shaft.
New York, Juno 25.?Thrusting his
head through n hole In the elevator
shaft yesterday, Thonia,< Daly, an elec
trlclan employed by .1 eo-niracting firm
doing repair work in Ilavem^yer Hall,
Columbia University, was decapitated
by tho dercendlng counterweights.
$155.00 for a Title
This picture has no title. VYc will give S155.00 in prize?
for the bix best and most suitable titles for the picture.
To participate In this contest you must purchase from
us tome article during the period of the contest. You can
make as many suggestions as you like. When you make:
your purchase ask the salesman to give you a "Picture Con?
test Card," then fill it out with the title or titles you are
submitting, and your name and address, and turn it in to us.
Every mail order purchase entitles you to make suggestions
The contest will end July 6th. The best suggestion
wins the first prize; the second best the second prize, etc.
Three competent and disinterested judges will award the
prizes.
PRIZES TO BE AWARDED.
First Prize?One Suite of Furniture. S50 00
Second Prize?One Coal or Gas Range. 35 00
Third Prize?One Axminster or Wiltana Rug. 25 00
Fourth Prize?One Reed Couch and Cushion. 20 00
Fifth Prize?One Chiffonnicr. 15 00
Sixth Prize?One Library Table. 10 00
Total.5155 00
Prize winners can exchange these for anything they
want, provided it is of equal value.
Prizes will be displayed in our windows.
Come and see them.
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, Inc.,
Grace at Seventh.
BALTIMORE GETTING
POOR ADVERTISING
Baltimore. June .'5.?Baltimore paid
$110,000 to get the I-><:moe-.ratle National
Convention, and It *-Ul get Its money
back. The Democratic National Com?
mittee added $11(000 to Its funds by
designating Baltimore as the conven?
tion city, and thereby Inconvenienced a
thousand delegates, a thousand alter?
nates and about 5,000 other persons.]
Complaints of the poor accommoda?
tions anil of the disregard of the com?
fort of patron* in some of the hotels,
due entirely to the lack of proper fa?
cilities, ate to he heard on all slAes
to-night.
"To save time, walk upstairs.'' That
is the sign that has been placed In a
prominent position In one hotel, and it
means Just what It says. At two hotels
the elevator service ha.-? b.'?ti deplor?
ably inadequate, and it will be worse
for a weoK to come. The elevator s<?r
j vice, incidentally, is hut one of a dozen
A mother's anxious
experience.
"My lillledaughtrr suffered over a year
with a very had form el skin trouble. Snd
recently Irotn kidney or bladder trouble.''
writes Mrs. M.A.Davis ?I Kl Dorado. N.I
"the was treated by three physicians
and we used many things for her. but all
tonopurpose until*he began taking It.H.H.
lleiore she had taken it two weeks that
trouhlo disappeared. Now the skin is heal
tnt nicely; and she is much improved in
general health. 1 shall always he grateful
to the friend that told me ol your li.B.B.
Is your child's tender little
body suffering from any skin
complaint or blood-trouble?
Here is a sure remedy, powerful
yet harmless. Wc guarantee it will
help the trouble or money refunded.
No matter what else has failed.
things of which visitors are complain?
ing.
Centred of Activity.
Tho hotels referred to are the two
r< litres of political activity. At one
passenger elevators ho<d ten persons
each. Scores have waited front ten
to thirty minutes to get into these ele?
vators, and dozens of athers have be?
come to Impatient that they have
walked upstairs, sometimes us many
a stwelve flights stair climbing is not
a pleasant exercise for a f.it delegate.!
Hundreds of persona gave up all I
hope of getting back to their rooms'
except by walking up and waiting for!
the crowd to diminish so that they!
n ight regain the quarters for which
they are paying anywhere from $101
to $20 a day. At the smaller hotels
the conditions are Slightly better, but|
already the hotels have proved their
Inability to handle the big crowds that'
attend a national convention.
Prices are going up. They have not!
yet reached the high tccord at Chi
j cago. but they are on the way, in tho
main, delegates and Others who at
| tend conventions don't mind paying
high prices If they get what they
want. The trouble here Is that they
cannot get what ihey want when they
want it.
Impcrfert IMiilnu-ltoom Sendee.
The dining-room service In practically ail
the hotels is abominable. The wattera seem
to he quite umisucd to takln? care of Urge
i crowds and to glory In their Ignorance of
I what to do in an emergency. As soon as
i a waller begins to hurry In this town he
i breaks -omr-ining or spills soWittthlng.
I Furthermore, if ene asks a w aiter to hurry
he laughs, and Complaints to the "cap?
tains'- are met with a amlle.
If it were not for the muggy heat the
visitors might lake nil (he other discom?
forts good naturedly, bur hot weather and
erowda form a combination caloulated n.
mnke people rro.??. and fault-findings I? the
I order of the day. The burden of the eom-l
i plaints Is this: Why on earth did the n?-!
j tlohal committee pi~k Baltimore .is the
[ convention city? And the answer is onoi
1 hundred and ten ilw:mnil dollars,
t The hotel management! are not t.. blama
I entirely. The simple fact is that this city I
I has nit the facilities 'or convention crowds
j The delegates are learning (hat at high
i prices and In discomfort, and t!i?\ are yell
' ins murder a! the priem of hotel rooms,
i which have gone soaring, though the food
I pries have not advanced proportionately
I :n many Instances
Street? Jammed Vt rt h Peoplo.
; The ildewslka and the narrow streets are
? lamni'd with people, and there is ronstant
i confusion, except at the more Important
j thoroughfares, where the pollc-> orrangr
i merits seem to he good. A? the railroad
' nations, en 'he other hand, the It (MOS, I -on
, fusion has prevailed, and Ihe rallroadi, her*
I give ample proof of their Inability I, handle
I the situation. *
I There, is a lack of porters that is simply
I amnrmg In t lew of the. ample -supply of
i this sort of labor The far; that the ehlef
: hoie'.n are three-quarters of a mile spact
j means a small fortun.- to the laxlcah nvrn.
It roim Jl 10 make the trip between the
two place?, and'an extra 50 cent* piece if
the cah Is held five minutes.
Two things save the situation One Is
the uniform courteiy of the Baltlmoreana
?ho ?eem really anxtoin to guide and dl-'
rect and h.lp the vlalteri and to retain '
for the city Its Kcnor.ii !:IkU reputation for]
hospitality. The other Is the convention I
lull, of which the city and the committee]
on arrangement! are proud, and which'
"lookf good" to probajbly all those who
have seen It. 1
JAII. FOH I'Hin; CUTTER.
' onlempt of Court In Reduction of
I'houoKrupb Records.
Trenton. June 24.?David Reinhorn.
Of Newark, uns lined $20ll for contempt
of court by .Judge Cross in the Cnltcd
Stales District Court yesterday. In
default of payment the man wns sent
to Mercor county Jail.
Reinhorn, it is claimed, disobeyed
the terms of an injunction issued by
the United States Court some time
ago in reference to selling Edison pho?
nograph records below the standard
price.
GAMBLERS IX GRAVE VAULT.
Cemetery '?tinost*'* Found l'layinic
Craps in (Hd Churchyard.
Philadelphia, June 25.?In a dila.pl
datcd old vault in a churchyard, con?
taining the bones e?f some colonial man
r.r maiden, a trroup of roysterlng men
was found Sunday night, laughing,
talking, smoking and shooting "craps."
The vault in which they sat wns the
oldest In OKI Trinity burying ground,
Queen .Street, aibove Second, and it is
f illing into decay.
For more than a week residents of
the neighborhood have heard uncanny
sound..* emanating from the churchyard
after midnight, and the place was be?
lieved to bo "haunted."
DESERTERS IV ClIAIXS.
Soldlern Left llnnkN to Kscapp n
MM,- March Out West.
Mndisoii. W'ls.. June 25?Madison saw
a touch of real soldier life when twen
ty-flve army deserters were brought
back to camp In Irons. sinee leavtn?
Dubuquc it is said that 2oo men have
--?-,
I deserted. Sonic went to Kort Sheridan
anl others to Fort Snelllng. and still
others to Sparta, to avoid a 200-mllc
march on foot.
The government has a standing ofiSY
of $60 reward for the captuie of de?
serters. On a late train Sunday night
six deserters were brought baelc from
Sparta. All were fined und placed in
the guardhouse.
A FI LSI WHICH CAN'T BURN.
English Intention Gin latest Moving
Picture Banger,
London. June 25.?A demonstration
was given in High Holborn of a new
moving pioture film which is noncom
feustUble, and which. It is said, entirely
obviates danger from tire in moving
picture theatres.
Lieutenant-Colonel Fox. president of
the Fire Brigade Officers' Association,
indorses the new film, aiter test, as
[having all the merita claimed for it.
AGED WOMAN III RNBD TO DEATH
Itelntlve? Believe "?he Was Murdered
and House Sei na Fire.
Datvson, Go., June 2."?Mrs. I.ou
Johnson. an elderly widow. living
alone on her farm near here, was
burned to death early to-day. and her
home destroyed by nre. Relatives stato
that the woman had large sums of
money secreted about her home. They
express the belief that Mrs. Johnson
was murdered, robbed and the house
set on tire. Loral police are Investi?
gating.
SWARTIIMORE mil SALE.
' Home of Krtther of the tJiiaUrrs to Change
Hands.
London, .rune 35. i onsldsrable lntercss
I.is been aroused among members of the
Society of Prien,In by the decision that
.-\ ir' .hit it i. Lancashire, the home of
George Fox. the founder of the society, ta
shortly to be sold "t auction. Communica?
tions have been passtag between prominent
Pennsylvania ?Junkers snd persons In Eng
1 land with a view to ArvHesns securing
I the property.
The fear la expressed that If the Swarth?
, Instituts trustees obtain possession
? i r<m ??? t thi sll to Amerlca;
SPECIAL EXCURSION
Round--$ 1.50?Trip
NORFOLK, OCEAN VIEW, VIRGINIA BEACH.
Thursday, July 4.
Fast special train leaves Bvrd Street Station 8:10 A. M., with
through coaches to Virginia Beach; leave Virginia Beach 6:45 P. M.h
leave Norfolk 7:40 P. M.

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