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PANIC AS BIS TUG
Passengers of the Astoria Grab
Life Preservers After Crash
in the East River '
Near Hell Gate.
TWO BOATS JAMMED TIGHT
Smaller Vessel Ploughs a Wide
Path Into Passenger Carrier,
and Sticks There?Slow
Work Reaching Man?
hattan Shore.
Hoff sharp steel prow fixed fust in the
deck of th.? ferryboal Steinway, ili<*
? going tug Asher J. Hudson pushed
the ?'lumsler craft i<> shore after s head
on rolllrdon betwsjen th? two in the rac?
ing tide of Hell ?int.- last night while
rerryboat's frightened pasoengera
?vorcl ?nit foarfull) over ili?> ?lark river.
\ putting poll? ?? boal st.l close bj. j
while .-Hier craft moved slowly along?
ns the two boats crept In i?> the '
Manhattan side. No one was hurt, al?
though the captain of Mu? ferryboal and
.\ u ? r? hard put t" prevent the
panicstrlcken travellers from jumping
overboard Afterward it was found th;?' I
the two boats were faatened so tightly j
together thai s wrecking frcw was
on t.? pull the Hudson away from ?
the unwiei.iy Steinway.
The Steinway runs between ?ssl i'-d
?trret and Astoria, and was maklni for
the Brooklyn bank when the collision
-red. Hell 'hit.* Is always a treach?
erous pla? e. aii'i the tide is hard t ?,
fight, so the ferryboat goes north four
..r five blocko, and then swings south
.?earn as she nears the other shore Bh'e
had iust turned southeast, and was off
Mill Ro. k
The Hudson, whi? h I* '-' g" '" ?h?1
Hudson Transportation Company, ol
Norfolk. Va- was going up th? East
River, i" ?nd for Ne? Bedford, she. too,
i.a.I to MkIh Hi?- lide. and her skipper,
Captain Kobert Moon, had swung her
..ver to port a fen points.
VVemen Aboard Ferryboat.
Th???? Both ?'? .
Moon ?nd ? 'aptairi Maxwi n Kaim. i
hlame it all on the tide, The
:- nifelike ? utwater of th? i % tiK
-lit Into two front deck i
l'h? Ir
? way, and the limb? and
i-plintercd ai the Hudson bun
\? ay on in. Th?
oard the Bteinway, perhaps half of
them women, si-d they ran about the
; like v .id people
th<t Huds ?n Jammed her bo*fl
?ay. lln ;"? d up
n?i bgck until h< r front derks were
thi?*e feet Above water, and her rear flot k
? roam. Drivers .lumped to
th? heads of the teams standing In th?
ud h? Id fasl ??? Um plunging
,\ < hauffeur threw a heavj block
..f ?fio under the wheel ?^f his car an?!
?
Pot h skippers r.inc .town their entines
and yanked their whistle cords. The
shaii?. pier? ing shrieks brought i raft
from all points, as the gteinwaj settled
to ,m even keel. Two ferryboats tried to
..se to t! ke the
passengers off, i"it ? kept them
(?ff They were afraid I ? gO tOO > 1. -e
lest they bang into the side of the crip?
rai and break her awaj from the
Hudson. No one knew whether or not
the Steinwas was cut to pieces below the
wat. rune.
Captain Kahn had shouted t.. his crew
from the pilot house as BOOH as the Hud
SOtl hit his boat, an?l sent the men run?
ning to the poosengers, who ware al?
ready crazed with flight. Half a dozen
women were hysterical, and three
fnucht just as they mounted th?? guard?
? leap into the river. Finally they
were calmed just as a liiti-- black p
boat shot into the Sllv< r glare of a
f-eir'hlif?ht ihat flooded the river off the
Hudson's starboard Low.
Police Boat to the Rescue.
??ntrnlnan Stewart, who was in charge
of the patrol which belongs to Harbor
"!'," and Is station, d at Fvtsf 2ath street,
looked carefully over the Hudson and
the Steinway. sending his nimble littl?
ship noalns In and about like a busy little
wator rat Then he decided it would be
too dangerous to have th. Hudson hack
oui from the Bteinway,
Captain Kahn ran? for half speed on
his engines, and with th?- Hudson moving
at the .?anie rat?, the two crept slowly
toward the Manhattan bank. It took
skilful manoeuvring even then, for the
Steinway wkb bulky and hard to keep
handled.
Harbor ?Squad p<?li,?.???.? stood on the
de.-k of the Steinway among UM Pas?
sengers, many ?,f whom were not vet i.
oooured, and still held fast to ti..- life
preservers they had take,, down and
faatened around the!, bodies. The
Bouwery Hay. a sister boat to the stefn
way, sent a big hawser aboard the other
ferryboat and helped the Hudson ?get the
Crippled ?raft to an abandon?'d dock at
Bool ?93d street. The river was full of
floating red. green and white lights
other boats wait in?; to s.-e what would
happen t?i the Steinw.-.y when the ]*,??_
s??n let go
Hut the powerful OCOOngoIng tug coi,|,|
hot let g... Th.? Si.?lriway's passengers
were tended on a rude pUnk gangway
the tug triad to back out. But
despite her high powered emdn.s, ?,.,.
could do nothing. Her steel st.n, W?j
Jamm.d last hi the l.-rr, boat. A wreck?
ing craw had to be <ai!,,|, but at mid
HOght-three hours ?xfter the collision
the boats were still lockod tog?-ther.
The Hudson had ???me holes In her
?ate*-! plates above the water line. ar,d
J?r damage was estimated at about
WJOO. ?he carried a crew ??f ten men.
THREE MONTHS' BRIDE A SUICIDE.
h ? t"1*, Cr**k' M,rh" Jttn "--Because her
nustiand ,ou,,, ,?,. H,.,.ure employm.,,,
month? ' Kt"?*,> * brM" ?f thr<*
?ha. yesterday ?ommltted suicide ,,y
.?-....., ? ?iiii.iiii ir.i ?un m? f,y
li? an8i.rtn???'; of ?trychnlne. Paul Kell0gK
man aiShta V * HH,i(i JhkU ""' '
reoon.-iiii roster father were never
Whka?r ?"u" "'" f<"-int*i''s marriage,
-?Ka JJr. Kellogg did not approve.
Uncle Sam's Boys
"Havea Hard Row
to Hoe" in China
Experiences awaiting troops
that have just gone from
Manila to the Celestial
Empire will be described in
Next Sundays Tribune
GOLD MEDAL FOR DR. DOTY
Louis Livingston Seaman Trophy
Awarded to Health Officer.
The Louis Livingston Seaman gold
r)H?i;ii for achievement In the promotion
of hygiene ?md sanitation and th?* miti?
gation "f occupatioiwl dieease was
swarded last nlghl to ?Dr. Alvah H. ?Doty,
Health Offlcer of the ?Port, by the Amer?
ican Museum ?.f Safety si its annual
meeting In the i'nito.1 Engineering Bo
pieties' [funding.
The ?ward cum?? as h ? ? ?rii-.l?-t?
pris??. .is l)r. !>,.(> s name did not appeal
?m the programme, although thus?' .>i
ri. Ipients i ' other in?'?lals did. Prof) ssor
?i i. k R Hutton, rhalrman of the
.iwr\ of award, announced that the medal
had heen votai to Dr. Doty, "who has
been i?.i man* years the watchful fer?
nem at the door of the port
! ?i Doty was not present A telegram
ft?.m him requested tl).?t Dr. John W*.
Bran nan, president of Hoiievuo and Al?
lied Hospitals, rttrelve th?? medal for hitn.
"What th.- outcome at Albany will ho
i? not known," said I >r Brannan. "Borne
of you may think it all settled, but 1
think it possible that wiser rounael may
prevail and that w< will have more op?
portunity to be under further obligation
t?> Dr. Doty foi protecting our htniM,
our wlv**s .nid children agalnsl other ln
: epidemir from across th"
peas
HUNDRED ?EADJIN WRECKS!
Gale Off British Coast Severe? i
53 Drown in One Ship.
London, Jan. Is The gale which still ;
ri.nl ?nu? s m some parts ??f th?? ITnlted ?
i
Kingdom has been most severe. Almost ?
one hundred lives have been sacrificed
bj shipwrecks ami accidents, and it ?s
I i liai i he tale of disaster la not ?/?et
i omplete.
off th?? Aberdeen roasl th?* weather
h ? I? en particularly wild. A large
steamer was seen to disappear to-day.
Ii maj have put out to sea, bul it Is
feared that it has been wrecked. Two
n recks are rei ort? d along th'it
?. i ?>f which no details can he obtain? d
Another vessel was seen to founder
? lay, and it la supposed t<> have
??????n th?- i--*i?-.i?-ri?'k Rnowden, an Aber
d< en ? oilier, with fourteen hands.
Nothing has been heard of the steam
shlp which ?as teen la distress off th??
Yorkshire coaat s flay ?.r two ?-?, and a
i.?.,it washed ashore at Ramsay, Isle ? f
Man. appstflVtb Indicate th?- wre^k -?f a
large trawler.
The British steamer BpiiSby, fr?-?m Bat?
fin??? for Rotterdam, signalled when
ng Portland Bill to-day that
had had a rough passage acroas the Al?
and that one of th<- mates and a
ir, ha ! been I? I
Aberdeen, ?Scotland, Jan 14 Fifty
three ,,f the crew ?.f the British steamer
VYIstow Hall were drowned this morn?
ing when the ateamer foundered on the
Bullers of Buchan, ?.ff the coast of
?Xherdeenshlre Only Captain* Stoddart
and tin?"- of the crew reached shore.
Captain Btoddart, who was resusci?
tated after long unconsciousness, relates
a story of extremely tempestuous
er from the time of leaving the
Tyne on Monday, The tiros were ex?
tinguished and th?- vessel was at th??
mercy of th?- sea.
The seas ware s?> heavj thai it was
Impossible t<? launch a )if?.h<?at. The
lifeboat crew of the village of Bullera
triad several times t.. pul tu sea, bul
their craft uas hurled hack on to the
The Wlstow Hall was a vessel
?if 2,139 tuns and was built at Greenock,
Scotland, in lift). She was owned by
the Hall Line, of Liverpool.
MISS EDMANDS IN HOSPITAL
Richeson's Fiancee Patient in a
Philadelphia Institution.
Philadelphia, .Ian. is.?Miss Violet Ed?
mands, win? was to have \>een married to
tho Rev <'lar>n?e \*. T Klelieson, of Cam
bridge, now Under sentence of ?loath for tho
niurd?'r of his former sweetheart, Avis l.in
nell, '?f Hyannls, ha? been an inmate <?f
the Oyn?BOean Hospital, on North ISth street
here, for nearly three Weeks.
At the hospital it Is denied that Mi- Ed?
mands in an Inrnat?-. Tin- fame Information
is k?v?'ii regarding any other patient, the
stand being taken that It Is s private insti?
tution, women patients being taken there
by their relatives or friend?, an?l that the
?persons nuking arrangements for the rooms
are the ?miy ??nos entitl'-.i to Information.
it has been acknowledged by >>>io physi?
cian In the city that Miss K'linatuls Is at
the hospital, which essentially is an insti?
tution where warnen are treated for nervous
ilisoas?!? of all kinds.
When MIhh ICdmaods arrived la the city
she was met hy frisada through whom she
hU'l made arrangements to go t<? I lie hos?
pital, si??- looked well an.i apparently was
not suffering from any DSTVOUS ailment it
In said that she was taken to the hospital
Immediately? hut that ?he has not t><??m ?,
Strictly confined patient and ihat six has
been In the shopping district several times.
J.ynchhurg, Va., Jan. l&.-Thomas V.
lUcliSSOn father of the Rev, Clarence
lUtllSSOn denied to-day the report fi ?nit
I.osi on that he had or ever would desert
his ?on- "Although he la dlHgra?o?l ttnd d?
grad?d," ?aid the eldeily man, 'ho is at ill
my son."
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SLANDER VERDICT $10,000
New Jersey School Teacher Wins Suit
Against Member of Board.
I Hy Teleirxaph to Th?' Tribun?. |
M.irrlstown, N. J-, Jan. 18.?A Jur> gave
S verdi? t of flO.OOO damages this afternoon
In the ault for slander brought by Miss
Lucy llullxit against Willis ?;. Arnold.
The ?oinplainant alleged that Mr. Arnold
had told several persons stories reflecting
apsa nor character.
Arm-Urn ?l.f'-nce was thai lu-, a- g ,lltni
1.1 of the township Hohool Hoard, had
a?t??l In his "ttlcial ??padty In an eti?l,Hvor
t? have it"' f****t ****** r?li. v.,| ,,s a
teacher of the Washington Valley g.hool.
The suit '.f Hfrri i. 'ihn-,. ?. -king tor
damaaes from Arnold lor almll.,, ,., mmona
.?? MI-.S Hulbert's. ?as, begun b-for... judge
'Mm IN PEKING
nra rat
Legations Fear Result of Confer?
ence About Abdication and
Take Precautions.
YUAN NOT TO ATTEND TALK
I Premier Again Accused of Dou?
ble Dealing and Bomb Out?
rage Is Laid to the
Pnnces.
Peking, Jan. IH. The foreign legations
are preparing f??r trouble In Peking to?
morrow The question of the abdication
of the throne Will be discussed by the
I Km presa Dowager and the primes, nut
it is though! that Yuan Shih-kai will t ot ,
lake pari In the conference.
a rising m ih" capital has i.n looked
f'.i many times In the last few months,
and precautions have h.-? n taken in hi- .
I lei pat Inn of it. needlessly, however, and'
the outbreak ma* not occur to-morrow.
Mut it has l.i: !.>tifc expected that the
Mafi'hii irre.i.ncil.ibli s would unite in a
massacre when all hopes for the admit'
Istration had v nnished \ placard
post. 1 to-night Indicates that th.- Man ?
. I,u threats may be fulfilled. It ?'alls on j
all lova1 Man. bus and Chinese to resist |
the abdication of the Bmperor t>> "he ?
death.
Yuan Ha?. Guard of 3.500.
The street near the office of th.- ?'hl
neoe Foreign Board, >?t which Yuan
Shih-kai r?silies, Is htwivlly guarded 1 y
thu Premier's own men, <>f whom it 's
sa .1 there were 3.5001
Many ('hi?ese wh?i have not yet le
serted the clt) are preparing for nicht
to-morrow, and prominent followers ??f
Yuan Shih-kai ar<- taking refug? outside
their 0W4I homes to-night, hoping that
in the event "f .1 massai re the; will n?*l
he found
Th.- charges thai Yuan Shih-kai has
been disloyal t<? the Man? bus, although
pretendins to sui |..>rt H em, Bre attract?
ing ih?- attention <<( foreigners ss well
as the Msnchufl and Chinese s.?m.? of
ih.? revolutionaries have Ions, been
Ing that he waa Working f?.' Mi?'
throw. not th- .-?ab ai Ion "f ' ?
ty. But t bas been thoughl that this
?hart:.- was designed t?? discredit the I
Premier with the Man? bus
charge Yuan Hhlh kal with working for
his ?.un Interests, and thai he Intend???!
t?, become dl< tator, if he did i?"t as
sunn? th?- ?
The Impel him.
point oui (hat I.?- has i ? rslst? ntlj v?. ?th
drawn sh the trained
imperialist ir"?.ps ??.old easily dlapflfM
the untraln-d reoel volunteers l'
said that the withdrawal of the ?rmy
from Nanking ??s ??I Yuan Shi h kal'/*
orders 1 ? lent
money fr?>m Ihe Empress} l">\?.MK??r ami
the prim ? ' palgn an I
aft?r a request l?v th?- general? that
they be 1 rmiteid p. fight Pr,
yuan continue? m wlthdran his forcea.
Lopkinq Toward Dictstorship?
Th.? proposition ?hi? h he Is no? msk 1
Ing 10 Wh Ting fang, 1 he- republican
Mmi.--t.-r 1 .1 . ? . 1 , thought t.? I.??
tantamount t?. a dictatorship, it is un
derstod tl
a bdloatlon if tin- i.-..-, ernmeni
hi* band- until a i r?.j?.-rI\ elected Na?
tional Assembly shall de? Ide th.? form
..f government. Home ?i Yuan shih
kai's right hand men are t'antonaae and
other southerners from provin<*es which
an- recognlx? ?? .. - rebel, und se. ei ?? .i
his Immediate supporters do not at?
tempt t.? lud.- their antl-Manchu
Ing*.
Whether th.- suspicions n gains) i,,.
Preml? r ir< false ..r true, 1 h* y r?
sufficient rreden? >? t?. .aus. th.- organisa?
tion "t anti-abdication bodies, against
which Yuan Bhlh kal lias been compelled
t.. take meaaurei of defence, and it is
authoritatively stated that the dynamite
l.oini. outrai,'.- against his life was the
work of a Man? h 1 faction
s.. 1 omplex, Indeed, is tin- sltuatl in
that th? foreign ministers no longer at?
tempt to ?baillai.- ii loi- their govern?
ment*
Bevi h of th?- Mongol princes peraiat In
their determination t.. oppose abdication
and stand (Irmly against the Idea ?.f a
republic.
Th.- I nit.-d State?, troops from Manila
nr.- expected t>? arrive on board the
transport ?ogan at Chin Wang-tao *.?
morrow morning.
'aptain .1. H. Reeves, military at?
ta. h?' of th.- United states !.. gatlon, ha*
gone to 1'hin Wang-tao t.. meat th-em
H?- win conduct th.- main body ..f the
15th infantry and othei details to Tien?
Tain on a special train. On their ar?
rival at Tien-Tain the men win i?. quar?
tered in a large war.house rentad by
the rnite?! States ?'onsul.
A detachment >.f I8U igen will pr... sad
directly from ?'bin Wang-tao t?. take up
their duties as guards along th.- Ameri?
can section <?f th.- Peking Railroad from
Tang-Shan t?> Lanctiow, which has
hith'-rto b.-en patrolled by British trout?*
Fhanghai, China, .Ian ih pour tnins
p.,riH. convoying tour thousand republican
11.. "!?*-. elderly Infantn and artillery, sailed
from Woo.-at.ng, wbera the soldlera em
harked, this mornlm* for Chl-Fu. Several
Otlter transport?! are lying at WiMwattpg
prepared to ?b-part for the name deotlna
ti?n with further ib-ta.'hni? nrs.
This is th.- beginning <.f the pian r,r cain-.
padgn drawn up by Usa republloan <???m
manden* for an OdVOnos on Pelrfng, Th.?
plan i? ii1?1 ahr* rolumns shall odvoa a
Hlmultaneously from ?"hl-Fii. tlUOOgh Shan
Tung. through Ho-Naii. through llu Pah
and thlOUgll Sh.-n-Si and Shan SI, all eOO?
t/arglng OH the cai?llal.
ROGERS'S MIND AGAIN FLEES
He Finds Himself ih Seattle. Only to
Lose Himself in New Bedford.
?>f#?j< H.'dford. Mass, .Jan I? A lettOT
found I?' ?'"* ?"lolhliiK ..f h patient at the
j.;,,?.ri;iii<y Hospital hora iilentill.d him ?.?.
<, ('handler KoKtr?,. the New York man
who underwent a BUTgleaJ operation in
Seattle ,l" ,,ram affection recently, and
lal.r foiui'l himself a stianu.r 111 a Strange
IhikI. arlthWIO ? '-? <>ll. ? lion of What ha?! ? ?
(Hired In las. last fourteen \<?ais The niMii
< ..HaP*'?*"' while in ih?- public library build?
yesterday. an?l for thirty-six hours has
!,,,,,, 1 in a aemi-comatotsr. ??ondHlon a;
the iMssplinl ii- Is opatartsatly unable iu
Ulk int?-llli?ibl?.
'"m. mm a
fine old mm
That Is Governor Wilson's Only
? Comment on Editor's Statement
Regarding Harvey Row.
?HE IS THINKING IT OVER
I And May Reply After He Has
Thoroughly Digested It, He
Tells Detroit Reporters
anr1 Politicians.
I R> T.i. erapti to Thr Tribun?-. 1
Detroit, .Ian l*? 'Colonel Watterson
i- :. iin>- old gentleman," ?.is the only
common! Governor \\-.??lr?i\v Wilson
...ni.i he Induced to make on the Louis?
\ ill.IItor's statement regarding the
breach between r 11 - - Governor and Polonol
lleorrfe Harvey, of "Harper's Weekl)
1 h. ;..\ ..fi'.i.r s train was five hours lal ?
and noarl' ever) inlltical a'rtter i't town
a at ih*? station to get his \ lea s on tin
Incld? ?
Governor WI|?on \<\ It lie understood
ii...' he had read the statement an?l
-iti11 thinking it over, an?l ths
might mak? ? repl> to it after h? ha?l
thoroughl* digeste I it But although
newspaper neu ?ere calling on him coi
llnuously, except when he was making
his i in .'? puhll? addr? ? de? lin.'.l
t C (,,? . I Mill .|
\ host of Democratic politicians from
le reinforced those of l)otr?.it. who
called t.. ''id Governor Wilson a-elcome
lo the ? ? g? . ? . re outspoken In
his defence imong them the national
< urnmltt? eman, R. i > w .....i. and the
former C?ingr***sman from the t??-tr??it
district, Alfred Lurking. The) said Wil?
son acted ??nly as nn honorable man
. ould act
'it itr ..n.- ??in read egactlj what
f'olonel Wntterson says." said Mr Luck
Ii ??:. "he ?? ?ll nee at on? ?? th?-r?. is nothing
m what occurred lo reflect on Governor
W ; ?on He was asked the direct ques
- hcther ii ? ipporl of 'Har
l-i \\..kh was Injurious l?> hlS .an?
dida. \. What . rtulil .: truthful man
SI!) '
m??sl si ? ' aboul ? '.???
. Wll n i- that he tells the truth
He answered whit everybody knew t.?
i ? . ?lonel w atteraon ad
? ? ? fai t I '?. .in a polltl
. ,i poll t ,,t ? i,.,. the In? Ideiil w III help
.. illda? \ .-i . ?ov? 111 ? ? t \\ ii nn, be
? ? 111.. t H a i
..-? ? . r| to] .1 i". iront Moi
-
M a lone, Governor \\
travelling ?-ompanlon. in ??? spee?-h
,it i polltii al meeting said The ?
- of the lasl fea ?.-.-ks show whi m
f the | ?"pi.ti-i?l?-i d i
l.. not ?bother -?. nho.it un
?'??> nee It I? worth while And any
man who d*ir->n *?? attempt perso
attach and l'srhir. h a character no
? t|??n na thnt of ?;.. ?-tnor Wil?
son will be repiiiMi to with the Ignominy
end . ontempt a hi? h su? h sn
?ii?. k A+oen ??? "
..??'.rn.ir Wils-rn will leave here ?
t.. moi r ??.?. f..r .\ nn ?\rboi snJ ? Irand
Rapt?
Additional news of the Wilton ? Harve/
controversy on psqe 2.
TEACHERS HURT COASTING
Sled Crashrd Into Trop at Foot
of Yonkcrs Hill.
KIg young ?mu. n? teacher? in Public
H? h... | ? efe h ,it|y h.irt in
istlng n ' Ident last iii.;ht Th? v
ling ?I..? n a t?*ep pit? i '
Hill avenue "?i a i Ig boh iled n hi. h Mis
Short, of siani. \ :i\? nu. ?.?as te?
Rhe !?? ' . ??' n..i ..t the sled and it
. ii im?, .i i,. ? neai th? fool of the
hill M lei .-hu vi i- udered uncoil?
bj a ni.i,' on the head.
..I i . Gin'i n.-. j. ol Win < loi il.n .P .
avenue, and Miss Whltn? . ol Htanli i
avenue, -ach hau a leg broken. A Mis
Hoffman sustain, ?i a sprain-*?] ankle The
other teach'*"*"" were bruised, bm not
isl' hui l. M las < luernse) and M
Willi/" '. i - '.?k? n t.. Bl John's Rivet -
side Hospital. The others were removed
tu their homes or boarding pis ?
?
GERMANS _ALARM ENGLISH
Naval Activity in West Indies
Unprecedented.
| II?- Cabla i?. Tli. I ril.un?. I
London, Jan It. ?Somewhat startling
r? j?? ?rt.- of German activity In the Mriiish
Weal I'xii.'s have Just been received In
London, Ac? ordtng to s correspondent
..i' the Wesl Indis Committee In the Isl?
and of ?Barbados, that Island recentl* has
been overrun by Germans from the cruis?
er Hertha, who have made surveys and
taken soundings at Un- site for the pro?
pose?! coaling station
The Trinidad correapondent of the
committee reports that German vessels
have bean pnuHlslng night fii-in-? in the
?;nif of ?Parta, and doing target shooting
ii Kingston Harbor
These reports show that s numbei of
German warships ??r?' al present cruising
in tho Caribbean ?Sea, but with whal
. iij.-ct is not known publicly.
HUB SNIFFS AT BROOKLYN
Boston's Mayor Doesn't Like Her
Garbage Disposal Methods.
I Hy TH*-?*)??!??> lo AS Trlhune.)
?BtWton, .1.?n IN?Mayor Plt/.Kerald re?
lui n? il t.. ?lay fnnii New V?)rk. wlmro h?.
Invaatigatad the garbage disposai plants
in ?Brooklyn of t?* h..stun Devalopinanl
and simitaiv Campan/, )? contract with
?hi? h ? on? ern Is n??w before tfeg Mav.?i
fot approval or rejection. The Mayor
found fault with the manner In which
UM ?ompany'H plants are ??inducted In
Krooklyn, where f?BUf station? are oper?
ated lie said.
Four of the depots >.f tlM Boatoa Devel?
opment and Sanitary Company, which are
?.|.?r?i?d In Brooklyn tinder another cor?
na.ite name were vlxlted I found the.
efficiency In the conduct of the ?talions
v.i? good but the (liants themselves srsra
conduct-Mi In a aeneral manmr that would
hardly pr<?\?- ?latlafactory in ?Boston. The
water dump *** aaooverad, this condition
treating ? nuisance by havliiK the air illl.-.l
with axh du?>t and h->oaua<- of the ??? apimf
o?ors parii?-?ilarly in certain ?easpi)i of tn
><sr 1 under?!*)?!, however, that under
ih,- plan proposed for Hosten by this ?com?
pany thli. station 1? to oo all covstfa??
MR. AM) MRS. CHARLES W. MORSE
The forme, New York hanker who was reUased hut not pardoned, by President
TaffS order yesterday, and bis Wife, who has worked day and night In h's behal.
HIDE $6,000 IN COAL PILE
Utica Bank Teller and Messenger
Confess $9,000 Theft.
ru? a. \ y Jan. is Arrested this
morning, Lynn C. Watklna, note teller.
and Jchn it Dowllng, mesaenger of th??
Piral Nati?.nal Hank. ibis afternoon
signed h written confession of forgery
and robber*. The amount Involved is
something over K0.<sHl. ? ?f this amount
.??">.itiM? was found in the ?*oal pile in the
bank this morning, where it had been
bidd.-n by the mcii
? ?ti Saturday s deposit of .*.t..''<Ni was
mad.? after ths rault had been i losad
an.I th? time lock sel for Motida' morn?
ing. The money was pla? .-.i In a
drawer In the book vault. On Monda', it
| v'as discovered that the drawer had been
i fore? ?I and $?.000 taken
The forger; was ,,f two indorsements
? on a note i?v whli h Watkins had bor
i..w.?l Jtl.niMI Mom the bank Me re
? i.* to take effect on Monda j, .?.?
I notinclnsj he w.mi.i engage In business,
and Dowllng forged the signature? of
t w ?? ? n isens of it I? ..
i FORCING AMERICANS OUT
Persian Cabinet Insulting Mr.
Shnster's Men.
T? her? I ' Since the deparl
? ?f th? f?i mer treasurer general, W.
lei i he ? ' ihlnel - i ommunl?
? hi-" ? \ m? ? ?? nfrlcials spp? ir
to luv ?? i .-. imp ii i ? islngi* pr??v... a
ll believed thai th?
tent ion o| the fahl I I Induce the
- \ oluntarll) ?.> ah indon their
conti ? ? the Frltlsh and Ru
? desire theli ? ontlnu
Ben i? ? sod Persia
pe? lion m
. a??e of ;.ICh Ol
?|i,. i? Mil ter ha lent s s?*ath
i-: ? 'ah ns. who tern
poraril '? ??' Mr Hhuster In the
Treosur* i"? irtment, ?'?-i entering Into
direct communication with the British,
| nions re inl?
ine previ'.us government communies
Th? \ ?? ? the i ile fot sign
ill in p. rsl . a hose goi emmenl i i
n.?t . vp. *? ?I i" support their lut?
other than ihelr persons rights Th.
English, Belgien, Boredlsh snd Italian
offj i ils are dli ? ? t -. supported !?? their
K .-.. rnments, the Belgian
ernm? i I ' ?ample, strong!) pressing
the appointment ol M Mornard as
Ir? asi i ? i ?:? neral
? ?ii nccounl "f t us distinction, Pe?
alan objection has lasen taken to Mr
.Cairns, appealing, to the Am.-rie.m gov
! ernment
The Persian governmenl has ?main .1?
ni. .1 that it threatened to punish the
Americans and fiirnlehea h copy .?f the
lettei shown bj M Mornard t?. Mr,
?'aims, which refers t.. the suhje.-?.
'l'ii ,. ii?-i. d cop? however, bears s dlf
ferenl signature from the original,
differs m other important respjfeta
| HELD PRISONER BY FISH
Man Rescued as He Was About
to Drown in Rising Tide.
I ny Telegraf?* ??. The Tnt.ni,?. i
Rodondo Be?ch, Cal., Jan. IK Held
prisoner In s cramped position fifty
yards from shore by a large black aba
i. ii.-, Ro) Hotnnwoy, of the ? "it> Engt
Heel's Office, stood in the o< ea II two bonis
t.. .lav and .alb??! for help in vain, while
th.- tide rose until the waves swept over
his head. He was seen by chance and
rescued. He would have been drowned
In a few minutes.
llathaw ty, with <"it\ Engineer Ralph
Hanson and several others, w.-nt to the
beach for ?? walk. Hathawgy clambered
? ii the rocks to look for sheliflah, and
others ??f ih?? part) travelled on s quar?
ter of a mile to fish. In foaling int.. a
crevice Hathaway's rieht hand came
Into contact with the abalone, which
closed down on two of bis Rngors, hold?
ing him Ilk?1 i vis?-.
Buffering intense pain and watching
ii??- water cseep up inch by Inch, the
young man had gtven up all hop?- when
companions ?anie back and .saw his head
and ?hollin?is between the waves Th -v
pried the abal?os ??ff with an iron bar
TO HOLD COURT IN HIS HOME
| Justice Oerard, Sitting in Special Term,
Crowded Out of Covrthouse.
The crowded condition Of the i'.iiim:,
i'ourtlouse has driven one part ?if ?he
court out of the building, and with every
room In us?'. ? v? n t h<- library, .Justice Ger?
ald win tin?i it naceasarj to sit in special
term to-tlay at his home, No. 7^'? Kifth
avenue.
juHtii'c Gerard, In sataldtoklng hi? oouri
n.itside of tha wurthouoo, t<>?>k odvaatgga
??f Section 37 of the ?'?ule of ?"Ivil l'i..
oodgra, arhick ?**?. "Ths parti.? to an
action or special proosoding pending in a
court of record may. with the cons, nt of
ths fadgS who IS I" "V <"' ?'?'???' It without
i a Jury, sUpUlatS in writing UimI il ?hall 11
'tricl Of heard aii'l *rtl i min? ?I elsewhere
; than at ths courthouse."
! Ask for AVI'l.IHI-rVIAN; \\'M IHK l'.Y.
land begin to snjoi l. addahojr. Luyties
1 uros., ?Saw York-Advl.
HOWARD GOULD'S AUTO
IN FATAL COLLISION
Boy Killed and Another Badly
Hurt When Coasting Sled
Hits Machine.
SERVANTS OCCUPY THE CAR
Port Washington Lads Unable to
Stop on Long Hill That
Crosses Old Hicks
ville Road.
Port w ? ?Long Island, .tun.
IH Howard Gould's automobile, which
it the time \? ??? being driven b> William
Holland, the rhntiffeur, killed > twelve
? ? r?ld ho this afternoon snd s.> badl
\?.iii||.i!.'il HnolhSI lint lie is not e\;. I
i?, ii\ ?? The ta.. lads s ere ? oestlng
down ?? hill through Use w?**ods, snd as
thej aped across the Old Hlckavllle Road
the Gould machine, occupied by several
' ?ti;- on their ???':?> '" the railroad
n, . i me s long,
The sled struck the automobile be
t?\?-en t||p front and rear wheels, und
.?h*? ?\v. t?ojrs were hurled ?from the ?led.
. them eras thrown under the heavy
?rear ?h?.'! S ltd wo? Instantly Rilled. The
fother t...\ Wl >* ???moved to f)r Pook's
itorlum, suffering from rnncusslon ?.f
? th" brain and Internal Injui I
Tl.. I ] twelve
rs ?>ld. ?\hrv,. father is in engineer.
I The Injured h.?\ is John 1 >. Mar
twelve >";ir?? old, son of a local merchant
Coroner Weeks Immedlatelj after th?
,? lnv< itlgation, which
iys i ..MVMici-l him th ?t Hoil ind was
in no way responslbl? foi th? ? rident,
? . anse his irr? St. The
roroner, however, will hold an Inquest
The two I ids, ' i ? ' iftei school a'ss
over, hurt i .1 t.. th.- hill in th" woods,
?a ni, ? number nf oth? i boys ti
t. . "|. ?. th.. i .. , ting. The lull is an
i.i. ,i |,'.,, for i- l?h ? ? The two boys
had one ' I between tl em ? >'i the fatal
nil? Run?*iis was lying flat on th
: and \ ?.in ; I ??? \l .? was "ii top of him,
i |: this manner thej . am.- ..n down th.'
?steep hill up ?i* the turnpike, intending
t., continue on : i rues that road and down
to the .; if the hill.
Tlv trees and hushes through which
' th.- path went prevented the two lads
| from Oculd automobile com?
ling, an.l the -).h truction kept Hol?
land ir. m seeing th? two boys on the
sled. Jus! as the sled reached the road
Mi?, automobile wns passing, and th.- bo i
were unabl?? to do anything to stop the
apead of the sl?**d, and they era*hc*d Into
the >* ? i running board ??f the automo?
bile, Runen'* h>; ?I ?.truck it s?, hard that
his skull was fractured, and he was per?
haps kiii.'ii Instantly, but he "as hurled
from >""' s'e<? end und? r the rear wheel
of th? automobil?., which passed over
I htm.
The other boy, rendered un?ronsclous by
[th.Illslon. rolled ? i- ?r of th?- automo
i hile wheel and was not run over, hut
' when he' w:>s ? Icked up and hiirrle?! to
tin. sanatorium it was found that he was
Isuffering from concussion <d the brain
and Internal injuries, and practically no
hope was hold out for hi* recovery.
The employes ??i Howard ?;..ui?i who
were In the automobile did everything
poaalbl? for the boys They notified the
authorities, and Holland :o?ik the Injured
lad to the sanatorium
?
LITTLE COASTER KILLED
Boy Crashes Into Snow Wall in
Riverside Park.
About thirty <>r f??rt> little i?<?>s. from
eluht to twelve years old, Wei* COaStlRg
I yesterday afternoon ?>n the steep lull that
! runs down ?Nth street to Riverside Park.
? Ons of i hem tras 'Tommy'' < i'Hare, the ten
year-Old son Of Patrick ??Marc, ?if No. HI
. Amsterdam avi-nue. The little O'Hare boy
i u.iN H ins OB his nlod and rucin** down the
? hill With two other hoys, Huddcnly one ot the
I other sleds swerved, strueh his, and O'Hare
and his gjrar oraanad Into ?? ?tone wall.
As 'Tummy" f?'H th?. other hoys ran U> him
! an,i tried i?? ;?sk him hoa it luppensd, hut
the ?hH?i was uaeoastslous aad ?n.i not
: s?swec. ?y*rlghtened, thr (reunggters put
1 him on his Sled >n?l t h- ti ran awa>.
Sonic lime lat?'i tw?? women passing by
i noticed ths tomt t>tu?: ???i tt>." sled, a tlay
stream of l)lo???l was trickling down ?.he
lad'l faca? The women i ailed Patrolman
Flood, ?if the West inth street statte, who
(?Teases' H lau'Htsg car Into service, and
with the hoy in Ids las told the chauffeur
I?> put on full speed f.?r the Red ('-.?ms
Hospital, at 100th street ami ??entrai Paik
West. Hr. Hahlwln said at the hospital
thai Tommy's frontal hone was fractured,
ami th?- .hiii'" parants wars swaunatsei.
The doctors ?onId do Utile. an?l the l,?,y
?lie?l st 8:11 p. ui. No ai rests were ma?le.
GREAT BEAR SPRINp WATER.
,?)?? per vase of 6 glasb-?ituppered bottles.
-Advt.
BUT NOT PARDONED
President, Hearing Prisoner Is
Near Death, Commutes His
Sentence, to Expire
at Once.
CIVIL RIGHTS STILL LOST
Mr. Tafts Action Based on At?
torney General Wickersham't
Recommendation and Sur?
geon General Torney's
Report.
I ?Tran The Tribune Biir-.au ]
Washington. Jan. is.-On the recom?
mendation .?r the Attorney ?General, hased
on a report from the surgeon general of
the nnn:. the President late this after
'iooti commuted the sentence of ?'liarles
\V. .Morse, to expire at once. The New
York hanker, who was sentenced to Im?
prisonment for fifteen years for mlsap
lli.atioi, of th.- funds of the Nation?!
Hank ->f North America, is therefore
?i free man, but his physical ???ndlttnn
if sueh th;.t it la doubtful whether he
will survive more than a few month?.
The commutation, unlike a pardon, do-*s
not restore Morse's civil rights.
The White House statement cran tine;
free?),,m t.. Morse follows:
The president this afternoon ? .?m
milted the seilten? e of Charles \\ . Morse,
to expire at once. This action was take.i
upiin the recommendation Of the Attor?
ney tleneral, based upon the following
report >i Surgeon ?General Tornejr:
\ > nro'?? review of reports makeg It
clear to my mind that be I? i f. ring from
a combination -?f diseases, ?lue t.. degenera?
ing?s, a lu. h are Incurable ai d pro
The reports show thai both the
conditions of the kidneys and I ? hear! ar?
growing worse, i ?.??jar?! the attack or
cardiac dyapn?-ee, ?ir h?--Hit !ii...-k. from widen
! lie stiff er??l on the morning: <?f the I'.th ln?l .
as an ominous ?xwurrence. in my opinion
I the pris?.| r- duration of life will he in
I rail protahllttj less than one month If k^pt
iflnement, and In the event of hi? re?
lesas under commutation of It is
i not probable that lie will II ig ?"
six months.
Mrs. Morse Takes Commutation Papers.
i>esiKnated as a special messenger try
the Attorney Oeneral's office. Mrs Met M
left Washington to-nlghl f.?r Atlanta,
| bearing h??r husband's commutation pa*
pers
"i thank Qod." ah.. mid, |ust hefore
she hoarded the train. "I could
have lived louper under the strain. My
h?ait \?.a< brisaklng. Mr. Morse's llf?
?in?..st ended No human '?eing- >an
know the su(T?'iiiiir I ha\? endured -
my husband's Imprisonment. ' ti ad
every means to bring about his rel<
President Tail's s?2l was ..ne ol
{rustic-' if mv husband did ans srmng
h? lias more than t-aid the penalt?,
llf. has been f'otf.-if.. I. I a I I .
?believed, and always will believe
he was an Innocent man th* i< spegoat
I of otht
I h?\?- ii.? hope that m\ husband .III
liv?* more than ta o month
we cai K??t him to Cai Isbad
will hi\>' the bttnefll of the battu 1
h i\ ?? im to make agatnst
one. I know all the ofln ... ? t? '
.online t.? a ???-tise of dut' But it 18
hard, h i?-1 to think that my I
in.? has been taken from him and thai
b? is paying the forfeit of his life. The
judge never Intended t.. I him
In d? Ith "
Th? ".ttorney General. Immediately
following th?' President's action, tel*?
i t ? \v it.ien Mover ..f the Al?
lants penitentiary, who was technically
I In charge of Morse slthough he I ?d
been removed t" the Forl McPheraon
Hoapltal, t?) release th?* pli?..
The army siirc??<>n-. at Fort McPhsr
son received the name. Instructkrna,
rl made
tin ?\ anil)'
Morae could not be paroled until he had
?erved Hve years Under the ommu
tation ho will be allow?**d to lent
army hoapltal St Fort M.-Pherson.
neat- Atlanta, at on' e.
The release of the convl? ted banker,
ROW lindel- the .shadow .?f ?loath, has
been s question la which the President
has repeatedly given 111 ? - cloaest con?
?(deration. Every point In th?
K.me over thoroughly ai ?
fro)ii all sides. On May -i the appeal
for elemene) In behalf of Morse was da
nieii i.e. .ms?' of the gravit) of his .?'
f? tic? ?nit permission was granted to ra?
nea the appeal on January I, Ist?! In
th?? m. an time his condition h?
such thai he was removed t<? t!-.?> army
hoapltal .tt Fort M. iPherson, and r?.
from th? sturgeons have kepi th. Presi?
dent ami the Attorney General Informa?!
Of the Progress of his malady
?1 AM GLAD," SAYS MORSE
Formally Released, but Ma*-;
Never Leave Georgia Alive.
Atlanta. Jan. ix?"i am f*i.??i t<> heat
the news' was the ?ml? ? ?miment mol-?
by ?'liarles W. Morse Whan iiu??rme?l hy
the poet surgeon at Fotl MePhagsatn that
President Tafl had eomssutad his sen?
tence, it was uttered In s wreak v??i.-?,
?.?.lu. h carried little or m elation. Ce* K*
realised ?*-i n?> mortal aiith?>iiiy Could
relias?' him from the clutchas of incur*
aide ?lis?.?:??-.
Warden Moyer, who has been Morse a
jailer at the federal prison sime Jasas*
arj o. IMG hurried i<? the post hospital
as soon as he receive.! ??Ill? ??I notii'e of
the President's action, and formally re
leaaad Mana,
H vas soon after dusk when Morse
heard the g????l news, with no member ?>f
his family ?**reeaaat, hul his sister, Miss
Jennie Morae, arrived a tone num-tats
afterward. From Washington CMM ? . .?
(joyous viegrams from Mrs Haras, end
UM Sich llnancier brightened ponvptih!?.
Mors.? v ill 9* removed from the post
hospital ** s?x>n as he Is able to stand
an amhUlan. ? Journey to an Infirmary
In th? City. He h.??l another bad night
with hi? heart, and was not so well to?
day, but his physMaa was hopeful to?
night that liis r?l?ase might have a fa
vorable cffeit ?>n Ma physical condition.
Slioul?! h?? gntn Htnuigth Morse probablv
will be removed to a sanatorium In Flor?
ida, and he hopes eventually to go t.?
Nauheim, ?Jermany, where the batlu
??? ? ? for s complete pardon
ma\ mine, and onder the laar