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Democratic State Committee
Proves His Tool, Only One
Member Daring to Oppose
His Programme.
PALMER SUCCEEDS MACK
Tammany Boss Obtains Election
of Schoharie Man as Chair?
man, and Convention Will
Be Held in New York
City in April.
Rulef* adopted by the Democratic State
Committee at a meeting at the Hotel
Kniekerh?->cker. In this city, yesterday
will make absolutely sure the control by
Charts F. Murphy, the Tammany boss.
of the ninety district delegates from this
state to the Democratic National Con
venti'''?''. at Baltimore.
Murphy < learly demonstrated wh.xt a
tool he har in the state committee, not
only by putting through these rul?-s.
against the objection of only one mem?
ber, but also by obtaining the election of
George M. Palmer, of Schoharie, as
chairman of the committee to succeed
Norman E Mack. It was decided t?
bold the sj ring convention for the elec?
tion of delegates to the national conven?
tion in this city on Thursday. April 11.
This will be another factor in enabling
Murphy to do n? he pleoeoi in the con
ventliT.
Convention to Name Delegates.
The rule which will give Murphy power
over the Mate'a delegation to the na?
tional convention provides that all dele?
gates to that convention shall be elected
by the delegates to the state convention.
In other words, it means that Murphy
can have nominated before the conven?
tion aa delegates from each Congress
district nun whom he can control. Oth?
ers max be nominated, but ns Murphy
???ill control the etate convention?no one
doubts that?the convention will elect
the Murphy delegates in spite of the pro?
test? of any one who may have inde?
pendent inclinations in any of the vari?
ous Congress districts.
The meeting of the committee was
held in four sessions, two wer'- open and
two were in secret. Called to meet at
r.oon. it was after 1 o'clock before Mur?
phy arid his allies In an upper room in
the hotel had mapped out their plan of
c&mpaign. As soon as the committee
was cailed to order William H. Fitzpat
rlck. of Buffalo, offered the resolution
naming the place and date of the spring
convention. It was carried without op?
position, and then Daniel Sheehan, of
Elmira, moved that the committee go
Into ext-utive session.
In Hila aeaslon it was decided to
name a committee of fifteen to draw up
rule** for the conduct of the organiza?
tion under the new direct primary low.
Senator T. Harvey Ferris, of I'tica,
present on a proxy from William Town
tend, was made chairman of the com?
mittee, as be was one of the authors <?f
the direct primary law. Adjournment
was taken until 4 o'clock to give the
committee time to draw up the rules.
They went into secret session in a room
upstairs, and it was ('? o'clock before they
returned and made their report at an?
other secret session of the committee.
Senator Ferris read the rules, a long
and largely technical document, rapidly.
When he had finished Chairman Mack
was about to put the motion for their
adoption, when up Jumped Charles F.
I'attigan, of Auburn. Mr. Rattigan is a
friend of Thomas Mott Ooborne, th
leader of C'ayuga County and the bitter
ftM of Tammany Hall. He had dis?
cerned ? Joker and he wanted to know
about it.
Denounces Steam Roller Tactics.
"Do I understand," said Mr. I'attigan,
"that you propose to have th?; dele?
gates to the national convention elected
by the state convention as a whole?"
Senator Ferris acknowledged that there
was such a paragraph in the rules.
"Do I understand, then," added Mr.
Rattigan. "that we are to have a repeti
****a\ of the disgraceful steam roller tac
*_i?**a of the infamous Carnegi?- II,il] con
venti??n of a few years ago?"
As-.emblyman Thomas F. Foley, also
prej-fM on a pro*****, said that it had al?
ways been the tCUOtOin of the Democratic
atate conventions to elect the delegates
to the national convention. Mr Rattigan
faid at that time th?' organization was ?
law unto itself, and whereas it nomi?
nally passed on all delegates they wer |
really choaen by the delegates to the
?Jronyention tYoin ca< h Congress district.
The 'onvetition. he said, had never dare?!
to override 'he choice-of these Congres,
district groups, merely ratifying such
choie Sow, h" said, the direct pri?
mary law governed, and the rules had to
be forme.] |n accordance with that law.
He believed it Impossible under the law
to select delegates by a von?, of tl ?
tire MOta convention. ,
^H"th Senator Ferris and Assemblyman
talked at length on the law, . x
Walnlng that It gave the organization
Tower to provide by rule for the I
tion of delegates to the national ?onven
tk>n in one of two way?, either by vote
of the state convention or l.y dlre?t vote
ol the people at the prim
Then Mr. Rattigan offer.-] i!n umend
"oent t?. the rule ;>roviding that the na?
tional delegates be ? t the jri
n*ari?-s This suggestion was promptly
Votai down. Mi Ratttfeeo'a being the
only Vet,. ? ?, ;,.
No? ?Jaunted by th.- facet thai bo **0M
-II alone in hie fight. Mr. Rattigan then
moved un ?mi. }?*ment providing that the
delegates be tirst selected by tin- Cm
trttn distri.t groupa and be offered to
??he convention simply for appro?, aK He
**a? told that this could not be "done
under the law, and lus amendment was
?""led out of order. All that was left for
oltn to do was t?, vote against the rules,
flnd Mr. Rattltaa registered a solitary
*-*? ngalrst them.
Die organizatlfin has two delegates t?. Hie
^'?-tior.sl convention from each tSostatemS
??Mrlet In the state. In addition lo the
*" ooti-ini-,1 on third uses
Delvers in the scraps re-ect
ed by New York house?
holds find therein enough
of value to make many of
them wealthy. Some inter?
esting facts along this line
will be printed in
To-morrow's Tribune
IKED AS THEY LAY DYING
Sweethearts, Doomed. Marry on
Cots in Hospital.
VICTIMS OF TUBERCUIOSIS
? ' i
Vreird Ceremony Ends Romance
Which Began with Bride
as Husband's Nurse.
\pv Trl?-Rr.-ipli tr, T?-ii- Tritunr 1
?Philadelphia, Feb. IT, Although both
an- sl??wl\ ilvinp. George Rider, of Ger
mantoxvn, and ?Mb bride, who prior to
last Saturday waa Miss Genevi?ve ?Lau
rente, ? f Plttabargh, are harry- on ad?
joining (rota in th? Dermady Cottage
Banatorlum, at Motton, Penn., they arc
awailing d?aath. Both are incurable vic
llma of the terrible white plague and
both km'\x that they are in the final
grip of the disease.
The romance which terminated in
their marriage last Saturday. wh*n
?heir ont.? were pulled elope together so
that th?* dying man might place thf ling
on the finster of his dying fiancOe, while
the Rev. George Wilson perf??rmed the
marring? ceremony, began seven years j
ago. Then Ricler. to all appearances a
well nt;*?n. was ordered to Mount Airy
The phyaiciann had discovered the be
ginning of the disease, which has **Jt?**Oad
Outil l'O?h hinga are nearly gone.
At Mount Airy he met and fell In lore |
with Genevi?ve Laurente, a ruddy, j
healthy girl. She endeavored to nurse
him back to life, ?and contracted tuber*
culocla herself.
Three years ago they decided theirs
was a losing fight, and both were re?
moved to the sanatorium at Mort?in.
Fr.r those thr^e yean they have oeru
pied adjoining cote, each endeavoring to
cheer the other with the thought that
some time they would be gay and happy
once more in the sunshine of the outer
world.
They reckoned without their host, and
last Saturday both bad those terrible
coughing spells allowing thai the end li
only a matter of davs appeared. Then
they decided to die as man and wife.
Rider called to his bedside Miss Mar
garet O'Hara, superintendent of the
sanatorium, and told her of their wish
to get married. Phe arranged with Wil?
son to perform the ceremony, and she
and Miss Lillian May. ?.f ?i-rmantown,
acted as witnesses.
The two cots were placed close to
gether and the sad ceremony was per?
formed. Once more the cuts, were jila, ei
bock in their original positions. Mr. and
Mrs. Sicler now are awaiting the end,
but they are happy.
MANY TAKERS FOR BET
Poindexier Weakened on Offer of
$2,000 on Roosevelt.
[Fiwa Tha Tilt ana B art
Washington, Fob. 1'? EriMft I'oin- j
dexter, brother of ?Senator Polndextor, j
who offered In a moment ol enthusiasm
to bet ?>_'.'?<><> even that ROMOVOlt Would
be nominated <?n the Republican ti? k.-t
and Clark on the Democratic, was con?
fronted by many p?-rsons to-day who
were ?anxious to take ihe wager.
When he arriveil at his office he found
aeveral residents of the capital ?raiting
for him.
"Ill take $1,000 worth of that b?**t you
mentioned," said one
"?Pul tu?' ?l??wn f?>r $'J,(mk? worth," sai?l
another.
Mr. PotndeXter asked time to consider,
remarking, oomewhal nenrouely, that his
i.rotii? r, Senator Polndextor, who is en
extreme Inourgent, did n??t know ?about
the offer. After locking the door ai
th? stream of applicant! be told one
?aller who had offered to cover the
wager up to ?fSO^OOO thai he had mad? a
confidential b? t w'ith a friend who ?li?!
not want his name known, and he could
ii"t at t opt any more.
LAD SAVES SKATER IN SOUND
Father So Proud of Feat He
Gives Boy a Gold Watch.
Hundreds of skaters, including girls
from MVeral private s-hools and the
College of New Rochelle, witnessed a
daring reOCUC on the ice of ]?ong islari?!
?Sound lata yesterday, when Donald Kim
ball Stevens, th<- sixteen-year-old son of |
the Rev. and Mrs. William F. Btevena, j
??i N?.. 18 Jackfon street, Horn?:!' nl
J'.tk, aaved !i?* life of Miss G?raldine
? 11, the fiftc-n-year old nice- of
Miss Ann J Ilolton, of Pelham Road.
The box end girl were with a party of
high ochool students skating between
Hm kl'ltrry Island and F.irt Riorum,
when Mis? PiitffiH calling to the otheri
that aha waa gotng to sk:?t.- to Kx<- *u?
ii?.n Llgbthouae, noar the Long island
ahora Donald Btevena skated after her.
She was twenty feet ahead of dim and
ne.ir th?' lighthouse \x'h?-n tne i.-e l>r<?ke
und'T her cml ah? dloappaarod itu.ler the
water.
The oth? r.-. were 0 mile away. Voting
Stevens broke the i<v all around the
hola through ?which Miss Ratoell r.n ;,,??
prompt I) plunged in when he ?lis? uvered
her, i":; tha h*o broke every time ho
'i led to lift her out
Louis i?riggs and Richard ?Donovan at
lenkt ii iarrived si the spot. ?and. knotting
ihe.r eweetera logothor, they pulled the
? xii.i.i-t, ?i p?,?r out of the water.
I'riggs an.i Don? ?ran carried Mis? i?us.
sell to Fort Riorum, more than a mil?
?Way, where she received medical atten?
tion, and Is r.poif.d to-night to )?.
Covering. Stevens, refusing aid, skated
to Hudson Park. New Hochelle, and dry
clothing was procured for him at th.?
home of Bernard M COOPOT. His father
was so proud of him that he gave him n
gold xvatch last night
??-?????
No COtt-Olaaeur omita Angontur? Bitter,
in punches and fancy drlnka.?Advt. j
rGAYNOR APOLOGIZES !
io raw mm
Fermer Police Commissioner Ac- i
cepts, and Will Discontinue
Suit for Libel.
GREW OUT OF DUFFY CASE
City's Head Admits He Made |
Mistake and Object of His At?
tack Feels That He Has
Been Vindicated.
Mayor Oaynor has made the "-t-rnrt*
honorable" t?*? cjoner.-ii Theodore a. Bine?
bum, an?' the latter has accepted it In
other >\<?rds. the Mayor has humbly
apologised to th?- f.?t-m?-r Police Commis? j
Bioner for his statements about him In j
' 190;.. ?h?- Mr Oaynor, then a justice of
?h<- Supreme Court in Kings County, at
? tack??- General Blngham in ? letter to
Mayor McClellan for tho alleged paree
| cutlon by the police of a boy named
1 <;? i tr.- .;. Duffy.
?'?eneral Fingham sued Mr. C'aynor for
H.'?' damas a for alleged libel. After
many delays in the case, for which the
defendant was responsible, partly through
his faiinr? to (lie an early anawar to the
mit. lite r;,se .?..is set il.iwn on Thurs?
day by Justta Qavegan, in the Supreme
Court, '?.-? triai ??n Monday.
In accepting th*- apology of Ma* i
Oaynor, General Blngham aaya that he
will at onr?? discontinue his ault, it ha*
I ing all .'.ion-,- been understood that h
?ought only th?* vindication which thr
apology ?if th* Mayor carries in the full?
est sens??, and had no thought of th?*
r.ionetary comrensaiion that mlgh' ???
crue to him. The letter of apolog) "?ru?
ten by Mayor Oaynor yesterday an?l the
reply ? f General r.ingham follow
F.-l-ruar. 1?-. 191
General Theodore A. Rlngnam
Blr ?Sine? my letter n May B, it
Mayor McClellafi l have i-rom??
?c<4uaint?-d wltn you and learned mot?
artout I'OU, to BUC?) an ? xtent that I Will
in?]*, ha<J th* city avail ?taelf of
employmei.l ?nd -??rvjees, which are most
valuable
I ' >-.-.] Mr'n*: words In that letter, 1
ahould not have appii?*?) them to you, but
only to tn- ???? who did th- apecifl things
which were done.
I regM-i tilt" ? you air- in ,in\ arSJ hurt
<>r fre? hart, and am s??rry tli.it I stt
you for things which, I afterward learned,
?hould have been confined to others
I *m glad to mnk" thli ipologj '
as I h? Id von in tti?- highest eateen*
cerely youi I. GAYNOB
New York
1-'.-l.pi.it ? It,
Hon William J t lai nor
I'-ar Sir I hm? j ?"it letter ot this date
It give? m?* pleasure lo scept tt In th?
8am* f-i irlt in which tt la written
Th?* pun betweei ui will be dlacaatlnu?ad
at on' ?
i am aorrj you are 111; an?i wtshini
n si?f?ly i*covery, I am.
voi-rs. THEODORE A KIN'ill AM.
The "employment and services" which
the Mayor refers t?> in his letter la tba
Job of < hlef cngin?*er of th.- Bridge De?
partment. which General Blngham now
hold? I y HPixUnttnent of Ftrldg?- >"<>m
mi.ss'oner 0*KeeiTe, who in turn la an
appointee of Mayor GayiKtf i?n?l was
formerly S Deputy Polk**? t'omtiiis
stoner Bot?te taking that Job General
Ringham was engineer In the I ureau ? I
Highway- under Borough Preeldeni M<
Aneny. H?- was tllaiiilaaeil from h
us Police Commissioner bj Ms or M? -
t'leiian soon alter Ihe Duffy Incident.
MAYOR MAY TAKE WALK TO DAY.
Mayor Oaynor may >-? I out of the house
for a short walk to-day, ?sccordtna to hta
physician, Dr. .i W. Psrrlah Yesterday?
h?- sat up for a whtla The physldsn has
urged him to K" ?South f.?r a week ?>r m, to
recuperate There la small likelihood ?hat
the Mayor will be in condition to return t<i
tils duties foi another ar?-**** at least
FIND HOHE RANSACKED
Ellsworths, of Dobbs Ferry, Miss
$10,000 Worth of Gems.
Th.- police of Dobbs Perry arc trvine
to find a clew to the aervanta who are
alleged to hav- robbed tit* home <?i A.
I?. BUaworth <?f $10,000 worth <>f Jew?
elry, trtlverware and much other ntiiff.
There was no one at the BUaworth home
yesterday, and when Mr and Mrs. f.ii.
worth returned fr??tn Manhattan they
fourni th?* hoiisi- in darkness and things
in their apartments ransacked
Mr. Ellsworth is with the firm of
Whit.-h?.us.- <*_ Co., brokers, .?f NV ill
Broadway, Mrs. Ellsworth, who has not
been well jreaterday morning decided to
go to Manhatt in m lth a frl? nd In Ihe
family automobile. When Mr. Ellsworth
arrived home In the evening b*? found
his home in darkness. Two aorvants
the family had engaged some Urne ?i~"
were missing. Mrs. Ellsworth s????n f?.l
lowed h?-r huaband t?? the house, mii?1
then it was learned that the h?OUSe had
b.-en ransacked,
PREFER TAfT TO ROOSEVELT
La Fol-ette's Manager States At-1
titude of Progressives.
[B Tci?.??-,iph to Th.- Tribun* |
rgo, N i).. F'-ii. i* Pramlnani Pro
11 i-..- Bepubllqans in th.- Houas and
Senate, ttrong La Follette m?-n and ar?
dent sni puter.- of the Wisconsin Senator
<v< -rywh-r?*. ?ill In 'he end support
praaddant Taft rather than Colonel
Roosevelt, if <i<-caHi??ti sh?>ulil arls?- where
there would i?e a : ? oaaatty for a ?choies
between l?a two, ai-i-or.iim. t<? Walter L
House-.- i.a Follette's campaign managar,
who oonf?arred with a larga number <?f
North Dakota Progieaalvea here t?i-day.
Mr? H.'Ui-'i said In ;?n address that
strong antagonlam now exists batwaaa
the La Follette and Rooaavett ?amps.
Th antagonism, however. Mr. Houaer
explained. wa? not due t?. tli<- purpose
,,f Mr. La Ff.llelt- to ???ntiriue in the
Presidential nice.
"George to. PerMoa, ?of New fork, fop?
ting the Steel Interests, is rep. n
Kibie for th?- Roosevelt candidacy and
back Of his organization," Mr. Houser
declared
??Those OPPOaed to Senator I.a Pbllett ?
I,.came n'.armcd at the rapid develop?
ment of his campaign In <?hlo. and th.
m?-th'i'i they purauad t<? htttdar and dis?
integrate it ttug by Intsrpoalni '??.ion?i
R*?oaevelt'a name, ban H Raima, son
of the late Benator M a. Manna, an?i
Walter Frown, ? h.iirrnan of the Ohio Re?
publican Btate ''"nimittee. mad?- a [rop
oaltlon to the La Follette men whereby
delegate.- BltrOUld 1" elected by th,- 00m
blned forces of the Roosevelt and the
La Follette men When the matter was
submitted to Senator La Potlatt? be
Ball) refused to enter any combination." I
THE FATALIST
Di n t lu disturbed, ?Commissioner, i regard this sort of thing as inevitable
SCHIFF PLANS 10 FIGIFI
ill EP WOT LETTE
Never Was Mailed, but Said 1
Re Most Important Docu?
ment in the Case.
MURPHY NOT TO BE CALLE
Gane Declares Neither He N<*
Mortimer L. Schiff Has Asked
for Immunity -Bar Asso?
ciation's Part.
Nineteen lettera belonging t?> Polko i
Brandt, it developed y-Mterda**. wei
foiin.i by the distectlves in his Baal r.
atreet r....in \x hen be teas -?i i
Fifteen of thetn were ?Jeotroyi :
claimed property nft?-r th?* period pr?
si ni.-.i by law for ih.-ir prooervatioi
end four >?f them, the most importan
found th?'ir way through either the \>>
lice ?>r th.; private detectlvee to M,.rt
in.-r L Behttfa counael.
(?f theoe four letters, the i?istri?t ai
torney whs edvleed yeoterday, three \xi
1??. iToilllred f.?r 111.? Use Hi til. inVOStiga
Hon. but Ihe fourth, which is by a
means the most Important ??f .til the let
tera thol were taken from ?Brandt'
room, will not ?be given up until aver
possible legul obetructioo has been awep
?IWIIX
Mortimer !.. BchifTa edvteera I? t It 1.?
known x'ester.lax that Mr. S? liiff wouh
go to almost aux extremity before sur
rend'-rlnK that letter.
This letter, over whit b the S< hill l?aga
array la prepared t.? make a bigger figh
then over ony alngle Item <?r Incident ol
the entire Brand! ?ase. in euui to be .
letter ?written by ?Brandi t?> a member ol
t'u- Schill household, but not mailed, h
Ih understood thai it was eoaled and ad?
dressed? ready for moiling, xxii.-n the de?
tectivee t..?.k Brandi int.? ,ust?..i' it ?*
known that this letter is easily the BIOS!
inii.iirtaiii ducumml In the entire Brandt
case that ?>n it. in f ?? i. hinges the beeia
Of th?- Whole i'i"X.-ment ??? have Brandi
spend thirty years <?f his iif.? in prison.
Other Letters of Servant?.
The other three lettera win? h ate In
the poosesslon of ?Mr. BchllTa counsel
wore written bj ?servants in the Schiff
household i" Brandt? end referred In
tottering terms to Brandt's position end
Influence in the household. Of the nf
t.-.-n letters which were d?astroyed
one. so far os Is known now, were ahnl?
lar to the thr.--?- letters de r*bed above
John Taylor, the pollos defectiva x*i?.?.
with Joseph I?. Wioolridge, arreeted
?Brandt, ?wii asked by 11.d Jury
x? t.'i'iiay about the ?? lettei Prom his
previous statements it Is known thol
he t?ii?i th? Invest?gatele tbsl he had
taken all th?- letters found m Brandt's
room under ?poclflC orders from Iris?,.
to? McLaughlin Taylor sold h gave ell
iii? lettera t>. th?- property clerk ot Police
lle;i,lf|i|.irter--. 1 ?iit it is DO? kll".xn III?!
four nt them ''??'r'' <l''!l'.etvil mi ? t ' i
hands of Mortimer I. S hill'l ?? tttlMl.
Alton I*. Pkrkor ?and William ?Church
tabora wort named rosterday es tha
men xxh?? had ilin?*?l xxith ??oveni.ir I?ix
When li'- xx an In N'?*xv V?.rk City en Jan
!? ;,.. t.?-; < harlo * F Murphy, the
leadet ?if Tammany, xxh?? ?aras named in
p.-xvupaprrs *-*est?trday as ?ihe man
who d'.r.ed with the ??oyernor on that
Kith Hie Intimation that It was
Murphy's lriilueme that ?persuaded the
Qovernor t" deny Brandt's appeal for
? iii-y and fOOl the papen*, did u<t
11 'xernor DiX <>n his visit t?, N?-xx
York on Janunry M.
I'istrlrt Attorney Whitman yesterdaj
?une to ?ay for him that]
\liirp-i* will not be called be- j
fore th.- Kr.md Jury in the Krar.dt case,
? ? ntiPi!?-.? ?? ?? ? ? ii?1 i. ?_? '
LOSES $10.000 IM GEMS
Mrs. Jennie Schiffer Asks Polici
to Help Find Jewels.
Mra .lennle A. S*hi(Ter, of No 22 Wes
THth street, reported to the police las
night that on February .*> she lost a dla
mon?! and pearl pendant and gold chal?
valued at $10.000 Mrs. Schiffer, who I
the widow of Walter A. Schiffer, doe
not know exactly where she loaf th
? Jewelry, and says she did not miss t
until Thurnda\, "Ithough it had been los
the preceding Monday night.
Mrs -'??hlffer put on the gold chair
which had at ta? hed to It a seventy-grab
i . ri. S two -.nd one-half carat diamon?
_nd a four carat diamond pendant, ani
' went with some of her friends to th
; Empire Theatre in her own motor <-ar
where tha) saw the two Karrvmores an<
1 Hattle wi?ianis In "A BHce <>f Life/
After the theatre Mrs Siiiff.-r and he
dt W'tit to the Folles Berger.? res
laura t, In Wth street, and some tim?
later atarted homo. They had gone uni?
two I?!??? ks, when th.? automobile br?-k.
down and tbe> had t" take a Daxtcab
Mrs Schiffer sai?I she did not notlc
tl ? thfl Jewelry was missing when sh.
arrived home. The following Thuradaj
she missed the chain, paarl and dla?
mon?!.- wh.-n looking through her Jews
caae Bhe think.-, some one robbed hei
while ehe was -landing in the street
after her automobile broke down.
Wh.-n sh?- fourni out h.-r loss she ab
most fainted, then revivad and teie
phonod Drelcer d ''?>, 'ewellers, at No
MO Fifth avenu.-, win advertlasd her
lose This falling, sh?- decided to inform
the i ollce
What piUSlea Mrs Schiffer is how the
thief If thief it wai happened to over?
look a >t?M-o! necklapa "f pearls which
' >;h<- v. ..t
FORGOT TO ORDER DINNER
Sulzer Bad to Wait While One
Was Hastily Prepared.
''? "ii Th? Tr.t-un. Bon ml |
Wash1: gton, Feb. l? Ibpr.*.*- ntatlve
Bulger, .ih?? waa the gueal >?f honor of
(he Dem?crata of the New Torfc dele
gatlon last night, announced to-day that
if ?any more dinners are t?. be given for
him he i reft ra to d?. the ordering him?
self. I'ii?- reas??!? for his resolution !..
thai Ah? n the party .?rri*.?.i st the Ra?
lelgh Motel last night everything was
i. iii- in.-? the dinner and th.- room u
was t,. be ?eaten In, Queat and hosts
were ici? nue?! that n?- preparations had
rnnde, .icil no on?- knie** anything
about i?.
The Ihr.? members of the committee,
among whom was I>r. J, J. Kindred, who
had been delegated to make arrange?
ments for th~r**dlnner, looked at one an
.?tii.-i- inquiringly. Mr. Bulser, with his
usual ittltude of ?Vapolaonlc forbearsnee,
had t.. wait in the lobby while an Inves?
tigation sraa made It waa dlscov-ered
? i, h m rabei of ib.mmlttee on
arrangenienta had taken it for granted
that tin- two others a mid attend to th??
matter. With th.- result thai no provision
r*aa m.-,?l<-.
vft't- much excitement and mutual
t?-, i >i? i r util n a vac nit r????m next to the
Tafi i- i-'.ia waa obtained, and while an
Impromptu ni<-.?l was hastily prepared
Un members of the delegation tried ?
,.,. ,' ihrli gueat of h?'i'?>r with opt I?
'?? tic ," t cal aj.h- a
CHANfrFABLE LIGHTS FOR AUTOS
Bill at Albany Would Benefit Mr.iu
f-ft-irers of Special Dovice
1 Trll ?m- I
?liban/, l*Vn ,fi---A hill In which Senator
BtUweU la interested waa reported Io Ihe
?Senate to-day, an-t at Ms r.-?*_ :?t a?' anced
? . th- ? der ??f ?hir?i reading it ragtlletea
lights an-1 Blgaala of aiitomor.i!es, amone
(.?h'-r thing? requlrlnt. automoMlists to
change their rear lights fmm red to grsea
whenever they latead to .-low up
It l? understood that several large manu?
facturers are preparing to put on the mar?
ket devices hy which such changing of the
light can be r.-gu'ated ty the person run?
ning the automobile.
MAILLARDS BREAKFAST COCOA.
Finest winter drink of all "It satisfies
and keeps out tlie cold." Kasily prepared
-Advt. l
DEMOCRATS INSIST
ON CRIPPLING MY
Appropriation Bill, Abolishing
Five Cavalry Regiments,
Passed by House.
ANOTHER BLOW STRUCK
Five Year Enlistment Term,
Which Officers Denounced,
Adopted?Staff Bureaus
Consolidated.
(From Th?> Tribune Rurr-au 1
Washington, Feh. ifi?The nrmy appro?
priation hill, carrying with it the Demo
i r.itl?- reorganisation features drafted
by ?'halrman Hay of the Military Affairs
f'ommlttee. Including the r?*ductlo-i nf
th?' eavalry ??0rce Of th?> regular army by
five regiments, xx is passed by the House
to-dnv
Only four Democrats were record?ad
?against tl??- proposition t.? |oi> off five
? reghdents of cavalry, thereby reducing
th?- str.-ngth Of the nrmy in one Of Its
most Important branches, whlcb ?aras
carried by B vote of HI t?> lit. Font
?Kepublfcans, three of th.-m Insurgents,
\-.?terl xxith the majority
Other changes provided in the bill arc
the consolidation of the auartermastei
general's, commissary g< n-Tal's an.l pay?
master general's divisions under the
lead Of the ?niarterni:.st.-r's COrpe, the
sotahlishmcnl of a general service ?corps
?of six thousand men, to in. hide cooks,
teamsters, clerks and other civilian ?-m
ployes. nil-, the consolidation of the ad?
jutant general's apd Inspector general's
divisions with the C?ner.il Staff. Th.
chief "i ptaiY would i"' the directing
head if th? proposed bureau, xxith the
two tber offlcers as staff sssoclatee.
On the question of extending the term
of enlistment from three t<. flve > ears,
which is recorded m Imprectlcable and
detrinient.il to the military servies bj
n.-ariy every officer of Importance in the
at my, the vote was ?lose, ths aectlon go
lng through by S majority ??f otilx 12.
The rollcall sh?-\v?*?l 1 Hi in favor of Hi.?
?hange an?l 131 against it. Thirteen
I'cmocrais voted against this feature of
the Hay reorganisation rr.igramnie, an 1
for a time it s?-emed that th- Steam
roller would be brought to a stop. Hut
the I ?erne? rats were -goaded into line, an 1
the bill was put through With all th,}
changes mapped ?nit in the Hay scheme,
No roll was coiled <>n tin- final i M
of tho bill, but on a test of strength !
?m the question of cutting off the extra
foreign rervioe pay the Democratic
.-team roller triumphed by a trots <?f 182
t?. It?.
In the debate B?*presentative Berger.
the Wisconsin Socialist, attacked the
?policy "f a large army, declaring it to bo
a "standing proparatloa for war.' n ?
insisted that th.- l'nlte.1 BtatOS t?
n,, standing army f?.r purpeees of de
ff-n'-e
"Texas atone," he .-aid. "could whip
MealCO in COOS ?f an attack. If the t*a
nadians -hould try to aitack us I be- '
|t?v? N.-xx- York could do the Job."
.Yr. Herger ?sold the government was
si ending ??.'-Hi M>.i.:.tt<>.i for militarism ami
then ha'f that sum for th,. puhiii.?
s. h?? d system.
YUAN CUTS OFF HIS QUEUE
But Deprecates Rejoicing, Un?
willing to Offend Manchus.
London, Feb. 17.- "Yuan Shih-kal to
daj- cut off his queue." says the corre
apoadSQt of "The Daily Mail" at Pe?
king, telegraphing on Friday. 'He still,
however, is unwilling to hurt the feel?
ings of the Manchus, and deprecates the
publie rejoicing over hla election to the
1 residency of the republic.
"The acting Yiceroy of the province of
CM-LI has loaned Yuan la.liVMK) for
his ? resent needa."
CEI BIG PLUNDER
Merchant Is Blackjacked and
Robbed of $10.000 m
Diamonds in Shop?
ping District.
GET AWAY IN THEIR AUTO
Latest Job Done at -7 o'Clock in
the Evening, Near Broadway
and 35th Street?Police
Without Any Clew to
Perpetrators.
While police head? were consulting
last night with deeply puzzled brow?
ever the taxicab robbery mysteries al?
ready -onfrontir.g them, practically ad?
mitting that they were completely at ssa,
they were throv n into deeper consterna?
tion by tho news that cama ovar th?
police wires of a third automobile rob?
bery m 25th street, near Sixth avenue,
in which a jeweller was relieved of dia?
monds which he said were worth $10.000.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough?
erty looked at Inspector Hughes and
heaved a sigh. Hughes said "Phew!"'
They had just announced that in their
belief there was no connection between
the two robberies before them.
"Well, here is a third gang at work,"
Dougherty said. "I should like to get out
and get something to eat before ar.y
more break loose."
About tr.e most important development
1 of the day in the robbery situation, from
i the poi.it of view of solution, or at least
the thing the police took the greatest
? pride in, before this third case waa re
! ported, was the arrest of a man who
I they say positively is tho chauffeur in
chame of the automobile in which the
!'wo men who robbed Irving Breckerman
last Saturday on the Bowery made their
escape. According to the police, he ia
Abram Sobel, of No. 46 Sheriff street.
Doughetv refused to divulge any of the
evidence en which he was arrested.
But the police had little time to gloat
ever this arrest before all their force?
vere -lectrified into increased activity
by the robbery of last night. They were
inclined to scout it at first as a bona fide
addition to their list of troubles, affect?
ing to ?ee elements of a hoax in it.
?-?,v-r?-e h Berth, a dealer in dia?
monds, arheee oAee?4a >? Ma *?' J"hn
street, st;, ~gered Up to Patrolman Dani*l
Rinn, of Traffic Squad C, ?it Sixth ave?
nue and HHta street, a little aftOM I
o'clock last night and told him that he
had Just been robbed of a wallet con?
taining $10,000 worth of ?inset diamond?.
He said that th?.? robbery took pla"?~ a
I few minutes previously In .'?."?th str?--t,
two hundred feel seal of Btatb avsnus,
?and that his assailants ha?l come Up be?
hind him In an automobil*, and after
beating him into a sami-tienectoua <*<-n
dltlon had jumped int.i th?- machine and
driven awny.
Mr. Horth, who Is fifty years old, was
mu?-h excited and weak and tremhllng
wh'-n he came up to Rinn. He told his
?atory with great difficulty, and finally
?olbipsed In the polic.-nian's arms. Rlnn
carried htm to the Weal Wth street sta?
tion, bul after ha had been altowed to
sit in a chair for ? few minutes he be
, ame a little raimar, and, prompted by
the questions of Lieutenant M??rris. was
able t.i tetl the atory of the robbery.
Ha could give th?* p<'ll<-<? no description
of th?* men who attached him nor could
h? describe the machine except to say
that it was either green or brown. He
lid at t'-rst that the attacking party
| numbered three persons, but a little
later he admitted that there might have
only two men. He waa not certain
Of the direction taken by the aut??moblle
after the robbery, but thought that it
ha?i gone north on Broadway or on Sixth
avenue.
Slugged Into Unconsciouaneas.
11?- explained his haziness as to the de
j tails of th?* attach on the gr??und thai
th?- m?-n came Up from behind him an?!
attacked him from iiehlnd. One of them,
he aald, pinned his arms behind him,
?while the other one, or the other two.
I cat htm on the head with some h?*Avy
Instrument The first two iu??ws .am?,
h?> kn?*w what was happening,
Imt li? att.-mpt.-d to ward off the third.
He showed the police a lacerated hand
which ha said was th?* result of his at
t- mi.i to ? heck the blow,
On the back of his head were several
lumps. Dr. Kutll. of the New York Hos?
pital, who rsepondsd t<> the ?ambulance
call which was sent from the police sta?
tion, examined Horth's head and found
that there were swellings, l.nt that th?*
acatp had not been lacerated. He said
thai hin con?liii?-n was not serious.
Horth told the police that he left hie
office in John street a little at't.-r 4
o'clock. He had the ?liatnonds wtth him
und placed them in the Inside pocket of
h's coat. He explained that he carried
the .li'anvmds In '-rder to show them la?
John Id, Demereet, of the Sage .founda?
tion Homes? Mr. Demarest's office Is ?>n
.-n'li fl?<<>r of ih?? Mar bridge Build?
ing, at No. 47 West .'Uih street Horth
had m api ointment with Deiriareet, who
wlrhed ??? exchange a rlr.g of his wife's
for a solitaire f.,r himself. H??rth said
that the diamonds tn the wallet ranged
from one-quarter of a carat t?> one and
....ven eighths. He ?li 1 not remember the
number <?l diamonds in the bag, but was
certain that the value was between
Siomoand IMMXM.
Before going to the Marbridge Build?
ing he stopped in the optician shop of
B It. Levoy, at No. ?"4 East *_."<1 street.
He had with him a silver mesh bag
which he intended t ? sell to the optician.
While in the shop he pulled out the
wallet to get the mesh bag, whjch was
attached to it hy a rubber band. He
did not open the wallet, but It could be
seen by any one who chanced to ba
looking in the store. Failing to sell the
mesh bag. he went, to a manufacturer
?ind returned It. He then went to th?
Marbridge Building, and found that
Demarest waa out. He Mas told that
he would be back soon, but after wait?
ing for his ? ustomer for an hour b? grew